Fall Zentangle® Card

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Beverly

Are you having a good day? I spent the morning mowing my grass in the hot sun. But praise God I am able to do that! Today I wanted to share with you a Fall Zentangle® Card I made. I love the Zentangle® Art Form and have wanted to create a Zentangle® for a fall card, and here it is:

The fall season brings such beautiful colors and striking leaves. It is such a pleasure to see God’s beauty when you are on a mountain top looking down at the valleys and soaking in all the glorious colors of leaves on trees. But if you do not live in an area when you can enjoy this every Fall, you are missing a lot of beauty. Actually, I live in Florida, having moved here from northern Virginia where it was fabulous every fall. Florida never seems to get the memo announcing that it is fall, so I do not have to opportunity to share in God’s beauty unless I travel approximately 1,000 miles north! It is so worth it when I do go north in the fall.

Back to the card. The following picture is a close up of the Zentangle®.

What is a Zentangle? You can get complete information HERE!

To create the card, I used an original Sizzix Leaf Die (no longer available) to cut out a leaf from Solar White card stock. I retained the negative to use for the card front. I began creating my Zentangle® art piece by stamping an autumn leaf in the center of the leaf cutout.

To create my tangles, I decided to not use an official string, which is the norm. I let the stamped leaf be my guide. I selected several official tangle patterns, got into a Zen frame of mind, and started tangling. After drawing my selected official tangles, I used Copic Sketch Markers to color the tangles that create my leaf.

Remember the negative that I put to the side? I embossed it with a vines EF, attached it to the card front, inserted the Zentangle® art piece into the negative, and added two pumpkins to complete the card. I hope you are inspired to create a Zentangle® art piece.

SUPPLIES USED THAT ARE AVAILABLE

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God’s Blessings!

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A man named Lazarus was sick. His sisters sent word to Jesus of his illness. Jesus comforts Lazarus’ sisters:

“Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:23-25

Zentangle & Japanese Notan

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Beverly

Zentangle & Japanese Notan

Hello, my friends!! Before I discuss my card share today, I need to provide you with definitions for Zentangle & Japanese Notan.

Zentangle is a noun, not a verb! It is the resulting art of creating beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. When you create a Zentangle, you are “tangling”, which puts you into a “Zen” frame of mind. The art method is easy and uplifting. The tangling on my card is in the white sections of the card.

Japanese Notan is a guiding principle of Eastern art and design. It is a Japanese word meaning dark-light, and it focuses on the interaction between positive and negative space, and embodies the ancient symbolism of the Yang and the Yin. It recognizes the separate but equally important identity of both a shape and its background.

Now, here’s my card:

I prepared the card in response to two Splitcoaststampers Challenges. One challenge was to create using the Japanese Notan method of art for the Mix-Ability Challenge. The other was to create in black and white for the Inspiration Challenge. For the Inspiration Challenge, participants were to visit this Pinterest Board and draw inspiration from the board’s images.

This image was my inspiration. As soon as I saw the gorgeous Zentangle boot, I knew it would be my pick! Thus, I combined the two challenges to create my card.

To create the Japanese Notan portion of the card, I used the retired Stampin’ Up! Blossom Punch to cut four half blossoms from a piece of black card stock. I laid and glued these four pieces to the sides of the related white half blossoms. I then used different tangling patterns to fill in the white space. Typically, there would only be white opposite of the black for the Notan technique; however, because I combined the two challenges, I used the white space to tangle and to create my Zentangle & Japanese Notan card. I hope you enjoy it.

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God’s Blessings!

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“In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive and your joy will be complete.” John 16:23 & 24

Happy 4th of July – Zentangle

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Beverly

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY – ZENTANGLE

Happy 4th of July, everyone!! I hope your day is filled with blessings! May those of us who live in the wonderful USA be grateful as we celebrate our country’s birthday. God bless the USA!

My Happy 4th of July card features tangling. I created the design, therefore, there is no official name for the tangle.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the current Stampin’ Up! Hostess stamp set, the Morning Meadow. The sparkles are from the Stampin’ Up! retired July Fourth stamp set. The “USA” is from an old Sizzix alphabet set that I have. I have had this set of dies for years, and I foresee keeping and using it for many more.

The picture to the right shows more clearly the tangling I designed. It is very simple and easily duplicable.

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

God’s Blessings!

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Beverly Polen

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY – ZENTANGLE

Stampin Up Zentangle – Happy Birthday

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Beverly

It has been close to a year since I created a Stampin Up Zentangle card. I decided it was time to create one, so I did for my sister’s birthday. I used a few Stampin Up products for the Zentangle. If you’ve never tried to the art of Zentangle, here’s a website chocked full of tangle patterns that are fairly easy to learn. I hope you try them.

Stampin Up Zentangle

The following provides a closeup of the ice cream cone in the center of the card along with the Happy Birthday sentiment.

Stampin Up Zentangle

Tangling is a wonderful and relaxing form of art. It can be time consuming; it just depends on the size of your creation and the patterns used. When I tangle, I am certainly in a “Zen” state of mind!

SUPPLIES USED FOR THE STAMPIN UP ZENTANGLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARD:

Stamps: Stampin Up You Rule Stamp Set (129264) and the retired Stampin Up Clearly For You Stamp Set (I used the crown from this set)

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Paper: Stampin Up Whisper White Card Stock and Elegant Eggplant Card Stock

Ink: Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink and non-Stampin Up Markers

Just in case you decide to replicate the Stampin Up Zentangle card, I tried to keep track of the tangle patterns that I used. I may have left one out, but you can find them on the above website. I made slight changes to some of the patterns, and my hands aren’t steady, so some of the patterns are not perfect.

The tangle patterns I used are:

Betweed
Zenplosion Folds
Mooka
Pokeroot
Poke Leaves
Hollibaugh
Jeewels

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