Today's post is my entry for the Craft Barn's alpha/dictionary challenge. The letter for this challenge is 'D' and I have chosen to feature daisies.
Now while I have lots of flower dies, none of them were really very daisy-like (other than the flowers I featured in the last challenge when I chose garden as my topic). I didn't want to repeat the flowers and so I though about illustrating daisies in a different way.
I'm quite intrigued by zentangle and so I decided to use zentangle techniques for my tag. Of course I couldn't leave my die cuts behind entirely, and I made a stencil to draw round for the lettering and a label die for the mini-tag. I had a few practice daisies and then I was off! I really enjoyed playing with these patterns and I will definitely try some more on my cards.
Thanks for visiting my blog!
Anne
A sweet daisy tag. Love all the cute garden critters/insects you included with your daisys. This does look like a fun way to play around with zentangling.
ReplyDeleteHi Annie - thank you for your comments. I have a zentangle workbook by Suzanne McNeill which is really instructive, and then I saw a book by her called Floribunda Basics, which turns all sorts of doodling into flower zentangle. She's really inspiring. Best wishes Anne
Deletegreat zentangling.
ReplyDeleteHi Vicky - thank you for your kind words
DeleteDoodling is good for the soul! Great tag.
ReplyDeleteHi Kaybee - I quite agree - doodling is very good for the soul. Thank you for your comments. Anne
DeleteI realize I'm late visiting and the Craft Barn has already announced their next letter, but I vowed to visit everyone and even though I'm late, I'm here now. I am SO sorry I wasn't able to visit sooner, since I always look forward to seeing what you create.
ReplyDeleteI really adored how you took us through the steps you used to create this gorgeous tag. Although zentangles hurt my hand because I seem to hold the pen/pencil too tight, I simply adore what you did. I love that you even created your own stencil for this. It is amazing.
Thank you so much for visiting! It's never too late to visit and I'm always so pleased to receive a comment. Thank you for your kind words. I've not done much zentangle but I do find it very rewarding!
ReplyDeleteYour tag is just beautiful! Love your Zentangling!! Thank you for joining in The Craft Barn Challenge.
ReplyDeleteJane x
A great idea and lovely zentangling.
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