Some new things, at least for me.

Have been busy trying to get some things ready for the Art in the Park show that is coming up in a couple of weeks. Is an opportunity to show what can do with Zentangle® and to get a little publicity for classes. Of course, I am hoping to make a few sales. Have been looking at different things that I could do and will include some old favorites also. Here are a couple of new travel mug inserts.

 Have not trimmed them and fitted them to the mugs but it is easier to take a picture this way.

Have looked at the posts from Maria on frames and seen some of the things that others have tried so I decided to try a few mattes. Here they are.

This one would fit in an 8 x 10 frame for a 5 x 7 picture. here are a couple of close ups of different sections since was hard to get too close. 

 This is fits a 5x7 frame and the cut out is 4x6. 

I was generally pleased with the results of these, especially for a first try.

Was trying to think of something that I could do with some of the tiles that I have completed. It is nice to have them around, but after a while storage is a problem. Took a page from Maria and Rick and what I saw a local photographer do, and decided to see if could make a coaster out of them. This is the result.

Cut out a piece of hardboard, glued the tile to it and then covered it with epoxy. Am still looking at ways to finish the bottom as when you use the epoxy you get a good deal of dripping before it sets. I may try to see if varnish will work as well but would probably have to put on multiple coats. Have seen spray varnish with UV protection. Do not really like the spray and think it would also be expensive rather than something that could brush on. If anyone has had any other experiences would like to hear what you used. This one turned out well but the problem with the epoxy is the fumes(although they were not too bad. Temperature may be more a problem later in the year) and sometimes end up with air bubbles.

I know this is a long post and I appreciate if you have stayed with it this long. The last thing is a project that my sister told me about. I have never seen any of the ones that she did, but wanted something that would be quick and something that might attract a few shoppers. Have 3 different key fobs. Two of them could have been tangled on both sides but decided to only do one side. Here are examples of each of them. 

This is just a little smaller than the ATC tiles.

This is about 2" long & just under 1" wide.

 This is just a little longer than 1" at it's widest part.

Thanks for visiting. Hope you enjoyed  looking. If you have questions, let me know. As all ways, comments are welcomed, encouraged, and appreciated.

Go Tangle !!

They are finally done - Well almost. Travel mug inserts.

Earlier I had posted an unshaded ZIA that I was going to use as a travel mug insert. Received some comments that people wanted to see them when they were shaded. I finally finished the inserts. The reason that I said they are almost done is that I still need to do the final cropping and insert them in the mugs. Here are pictures of the 5 inserts that I did. They will be in travel mugs which will be Administrative Asst. Day gifts for the staff at my office. Hope you like them.

Tangles used: Hibred, Paradox, Sanabelle, In-a-Pod, Tierso, Keeko, Puf, Betweed, AHH, Shattuck, Crescent Moon, Cadent, Flux

Tangles used: "NZeppel, Eyelet & Ribbon, Twirl, Brayd, Daggerly, Fearcles, Beads, Hurry, Hollibaugh, Florz, Huggins, Sankegg, Vache, Meer 

Tangles used: Florz(variation), Arckles, Indy-rella, C-scape, Cadent, Vega, Diva Dance, Keeko, In-a-Pod, Munchin, Socc

Tangles used: Bales, Rain, Poke Root & Leaf, Chordin, Swarm, Fancy Nancy, Chillon, Hibred, Tripoli, Striping

Tangles used: Doodleedoo, Beeline, Japonica, Dansk, Ragz, Cubine, Copada, Pea-nuckle

This was my attempt to take a picture of the finished product. Only took one. Not the easiest to do and not get glare. Cannot see it, but this mug does have a handle. 

Thanks for visiting. As always, comments are welcomed, encouraged and appreciated.

ZIA: Travel Mug Insert

Had seen on another CZT's blog about putting tangles on the insert of a travel mug. Had tried to do some things before and just did not get to it. Finally was able to get something done. Have been working on this instead of doing the Dare and Challenge. Has a dual purpose as these are for gifts for staff in our office and I also want to have a class on this as well as do some for the Art and Craft show later this year.

The hard part was getting the template right. The company that I got the mugs from included paper for the insert, but no template. After a few struggles and searches of the internet, and some modifications of the template, was successful in getting something that worked. Below is the result.

Tangles used: Angel Fish, Paradox, Tierso, Hybrid, Onomato, Keeko, Puf, Ahh,  Betweed, Shattuck, Crescent Moon, Cadent, and Flux 

Other than the letters, this was done in Zentangle style. After I did the letters I did a string to divide the insert into sections and then began doing tangles. This is not shaded yet. Will try to take a picture of it after shading  just to show the difference. Had a little difficulty deciding on the tangles to use, but am pleased with the results. I chose to use colored card stock rather than white. 

Have 4 more to do. Will all be different colors. Will post the results later. 

As always, comments are welcomed, encouraged and appreciated. Thanks for visiting.