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Tangle of the Week - Flora

Hi Sandy, I am new to Zentangle and am working my way through the tangles in the book, "Joy of Zentangle". I am looking at your tangle called Flora. In the book it is illustrated within a small square and in the last square the petals are cut off by

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Tangle of the Week - Nebel (take 2)

I recently received this email: Hi Sandy, I have the yoga for your brain tangle cards. Right now I'm trying to do "Nebel" and having a hard time with the beginning steps. I was wondering if you could do more of a step out for me. I just can't seem

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Tangle of the Weak - Bannah

Ah, those typos, glitches, and flat-out-WTF moments... The Tangle Library App was doing so well - and the brand new in-app purchase of 40 more tangles - that was fabulous. BUT - a few glitches were found: some messed up step-outs in a few patterns. Nothing life threatening for sure.

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The Perfect STAR for "The Bauble Tree"

Just before Christmas, I released my ebook, "The Bauble Tree," with step-outs and techniques and ideas... and a challenge to show me what you do with it. Rita Nikolajeva took the challenge even farther by integrating the Bauble tangle with a new tangle of her own design - Auseklis. Here

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The Bauble Tree

It started as a "great idea" - as they often do... and turned into a major project! Now my eyes are starting to cross from staring at the screen and I realize I haven't eaten anything since... wow... it's been more than 7 hours! I think it is time to

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Results of Tangle Card Challenge #7 - Gewgle

I hope this kind of creepy tangle - Gewgle - didn't scare anyone away! :-) I wanted to end the series of Challenges with something fun and unusual. As usual, I was really impressed with the incredible entries - and the sense of humor is wonderful too. As you can

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Tangle Card Challenge #7 - Gewgle

I've decided to pick two winners again since it seems much more fair. And I'm all about "fair". ;-) This final Challenge features Gewgle, which is a play on words ("google" as in the wiggley eyes). Although these don't necessarily have to be eye-like... And don't worry about trying to

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Results of Tangle Contest #5 - Hemp

This was a fairly complex tangle, but with two weeks to attack the challenge - you all rose to the occasion! And we get TWO winners this week. So let's see what we have. Try not to drool, these are fabulous! The winner is... Pamela Wolfstone!! The Facebook People's Choice

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Tangle Card Challenge #5 - Hemp (And #6!)

For this week's Challenge, we are going to do things a little bit differently. I will be away at Art Camp next week so I won't be able to choose winners and post the art. I'll be on a little island in a lake, doing arts and crafts. :-) (YEAH!

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Results of Tangle Contest #4 - Kaleido

It was nice to have an easy week wasn't it? Nevertheless - there were clever and beautiful solutions for this tangle - Kaleido. The winner is.... Maya Hardcastle's "Kaleid-ohm"!! Maya's piece is simple and yet really plays up the fun "trick" of hiding another image inside Kaleido. (Maya let me

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Tangle Card Challenge #4 - Kaleido

And on to... what is it?... Round 4... wow Everyone seems to have gotten a little overwhelmed with the last two tangle patterns being on the more difficult side. So this week we will take a little bit of a breather and do a fairly easy one. Kaleido is like

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Results of Tangle Contest #3 - Ballenchain

As I looked through the entries, I would say "Ooo this one!" Then "Ahh, this one..." There was something about every piece that made me look again. And Alex isn't home this week to help me pick the winner. I was starting to get really nervous - how was I

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Tangle Card Challenge #3 - Ballenchain

Round 3... Ballenchain Ballenchain is based on a traditional quilting pattern usually called something like a wedding ring design. So, if you take it just a teeny bit off to the side, you can make the leap from Wedding Ring to, ahem, Ballenchain. (Just say it out loud if you

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Tangle Card Challenge #2 - Annee

And on to Round 2... Up next is one of my most favoritest tangles - Annee. Annee was inspired by fancy, carved wood trim in a Newport (RI) mansion. The name came from the fact that I was starving while I drew it and it reminded me of a pretzel

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Tangle Card Challenge #1 - Y.A.F.

Ready to play? To see all the contest details, read this post. Our first contestant is the tangle Y.A.F. "Y.A.F." stands for "Yet Another Flower" because there are SO many flower-based tangles in Zentangle® world. True? This one was inspired by henna designs from India and

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Toot-Toot! The Tangle Cards are Coming! The Tangle Cards are Coming!

Let's travel back in time... to April 17, 2009... (I had been certified as a Zentangle Teacher, just one month earlier! Wow- time flies!) In April of 2009, I posted my first "Tangle of the Week": Notice the lovely Tangle Trading Card shown? You all know that I am just

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The Dragon Charmer - Jennifer Carson

I'd like to introduce you to one of my heros. Any of you who have written me letters saying things like "You are SO creative. I don't know how you do it all!" - you will be relieved or horrified to know that Jennifer Carson, The Dragon Charmer, does even

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Tangle - ETCHER

Hi Sandy, I have purchased your book, YOGA for Your BRAIN. It has provided many helpful hints and challenges for my tangles. Thank You for this. I do have a problem with your illustration of the tangle, ETCHER. Is there a more simplified way how to do it. I have

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Something Light and Fluffy

I am so excited that my peonies are blooming! Big whoop, I know, but it means that my garden is still alive. I am not a failure at this growing plants thing! And peonies are just so amazing. They die back over the winter and then suddenly, this tall plant

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Reader Question - Chambray

I recently received an email from Lydia that read: "I have a question about a couple of your drawings in your book Totally Tangled . The one on page 34 in the lower right corner and the one on page 47 lower right corner. Could you email me the directions on

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Killer Tangles (of the Week)?

A few posts back I promised to post my sketchbook pages of Japanese kimono patterns that couldn't be tangled. Well, maybe "haven't" is a better word. I had many pages of Japanese designs in my sketchbook - almost all were converted into Tangles for the book, including the two shown

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Tangle of the Week - Tasket

A week or so ago - when I posted my Zentangles from my Middle East trip - I described my adventure in figuring out the steps to drawing the basket on the ship's deck. I asked if anyone could figure out the steps for "TASKET" from my sketchy clues. Sandra

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Tangle of the Week - Journal Page

I know I need to make up for quite a few weeks without Tangles! So here is the page from my journal where I recorded some of the great patterns I found: We saw a lot of churches - especially in Paris - with amazingly complicated stained glass windows and

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Tangle of the Week - Flutter Tile

This week's Tangle comes from THE BOOK. Flutter Tile is a great grid pattern with a lot of room for variations. I'd love to see what you do with it! The WCANH Round-Robin Challenge is almost finished. I haven't gotten my own book back yet (it's been a whole year

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Tangle of the Week - Hairy

This is my most recent Zentangle drawing for our ongoing WCANH Journal Challenge. The string in this book (the challenge) is the shape of a fish. I've included a few tangles from the book I'm working on. Don't you love the Japanese waves in the background? And the tail is