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Hello, my name is Dionne and I have been crafting for a very long time. As a very young child my mother tried to teach me to knit, it was a disaster. However, it must have sparked an interest in making things and, partly to prove that I was not totally useless and partly because I really wanted to make things, I taught myself to crochet. Over the years I have developed a love of cross stitch and all types of paper craft ..... I eventually even taught myself to knit.


I am married to a very understanding man, thank goodness, because I spend all my time either crafting, thinking about crafting or talking about crafting. I am hopeless at housework and dinner is often late!


Thank you for visiting my blog.


Dionne

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Zentangle Dream


I am a great admirer of the amazing Zentangle art I see on Pinterest, but I never realised just how skilled these artist are until I tried it for myself.  The recent Crafty Boots Black and White Challenge gave me the idea to try my hand at Zentangle.


I sat down with a plain sheet of card and discovered my first problem, where to start and then I needed to find suitable patterns for my design.  This is actually my second attempt, I tried to cram too much into my first design, too many patterns and the overall effect looked like a lot of chicken scratches.

For my second attempt I took my inspiration from some of those artists on Pinterest and some of my other ideas came from my collection of stencils,  I think I need to practice more, but it is sometimes good to push ourselves outside our comfort zones - or so I have been told!

I layered my finished design onto white card and black pearlised papers.


Dionne
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4 comments:

  1. Mrs Beez9 July 2015 at 07:15

    Wow - love your new direction, this looks great. I always think Zentangle should be right up my street, being a serial doodler and all, but it's much harder than it looks. You did a great job here. xx

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    1. Dee's Craft Room9 July 2015 at 11:05

      I was totally taken aback by how hard this was - but then I have never been a natural doodler (I always end by turning my doodle into a solid square so nothing remains of my original doodle). I think part of the secret is to invest in the right pens.

      xx

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  2. Pamellia11 July 2015 at 16:16

    Wow Dee, you are blowing my mind right now! Well done with the Zentangle, I have never tried this because it would be a complete disaster! Colour me impressed!! hugs :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room11 July 2015 at 17:42

      You are so kind Pamellia, I am not a natural at Zentangle and I certainly have a lot to learn. You really should have seen my first attempt, the patterns were all there but that was the problem, tooooo much going on.

      But you have to try these things, otherwise you never know if you can do it. But with good friends like you and Lisette encouraging me, I will keep pushing myself beyond the safety of what I know ... otherwise I would have never discovered how much I love the shabby chic and the steampunk looks.

      Thank you.

      xxx

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