Easy Zentangles

The challenge at my local swap group for May was Easy Zentangles - as seen on this video from Natasha Foote - a New Zealand crafter.  My card basically CASE'd Natasha's card.   I did used different colours but the basic design was very similar. 

I drew my squares and then added the lines and made the "stones"  - at least that's what the looked like to me!  I used Spectrum Noir Tri-blends to colour in and backed onto some purple card and then onto my white card base.  My sentiment is from Altenew. I made stripe of the Zentangle for the envelope.   

This card had quite the journey to get to it's recipient -  Maxine - who lives about 3 hours south of me.  I posted it off early as I knew is was away for a couple of weeks on holiday... so it should have been there for her when she got back.... but no, it made it's way down to Tokoroa but came back as I had so carefully posted it - without putting a stamp on it!!!!!  So duly stamped it made it's way back to Tokoroa - and she finally got it! 

This is a great card idea if you need something a bit different,

Altenew Zentangle class - Homework Day 1

I'm taking the latest Altenew Academy class - Zentangle for Cardmakers.  It's shaping up to be a great class led by Amber Davis.  Lesson one was about getting a feel for adding lines to an image.  This is called aura, a fundamental technique for zentangling.  It is just to get us comfortable drawing on our stamped images. 

Amber used a stamp set called Frilled Petals... which I don't have so I pulled out my Botanical Garden

 

As you can see, it already has some lines on some of the stamps.  I used the flower on the stem.

 

I used the design that Amber used... a masked off rectangle.  I did some additional lines... on my stem and added the two buds.  Need practice on getting  two lines closer together.  I used my pen (Faber Castell Pitt pen) to outline the masked off area.  This set doesn't have any shading layers so added some colour with my Prismacolor pencils.  I added the sentiment from Adore You set across the bottom of the stems.  Trimmed the panel a bit and added with some fun foam to  white base.  

I've watched lesson two and am about to watch lesson three and hopefully tomorrow some time to try out the techniques. 

Just a quick picture of what I spend my afternoon doing.... 

 Nappy (Diaper) cake.

Wrapped in cellophane

Next Saturday there is a Baby Shower for my son's partner - Erin.  She has less than 10 weeks to go till due date.   Very exciting times.... and yes she knows she is having a Girl... hence all the pink!

Thanks for stopping by today.