Go Wild

This was a jungle/forest themed trade called, "Go Wild!" for doodlerssketchpad. I have Spotted Owls in the first one, tiger stripes in the second and a Gorilla in the last.

Short & Stout

I actually drew this teapot before that last drawing of my treasure but I forgot to scan this in. This is a little teapot about 4" wide from spout to handle that we found at the Renaissance Fair. We bought it for my mom because she couldn't go with us. So we got her this trinket to let her know we thought of her and it was perfect because she collects teapots!

Worth Its Weight In Gold

These are my precious trinkets that I have collected over several years. My newest addition is a little monkey and the thing that started it all was a miniature of Jose Carioca from the the Three Caballeros. So here is pretty much everything in between. I have bull dog salt shakers, rubber lizards, Polly Pocket dogs, puddles of glue that dried and I wrote on top of, pet rocks, and many other vending machine finds.

Pink Pocket Purse

This is a purse that I purchased from the well-loved Goodwill. It's has a corduroy feel with nice big pockets in front. It's big enough to hold my planner and finding a nice purse that big at Goodwill has not been an easy search. I put so many things in it, though, that it makes me feel like my should is going to dislodge itself from my body.

Numerous Giganticus Opus

My mom got a Color Cutter pen for Mother's Day. It has an Xacto knife inside a silver marker. She let me try it out and I had lots of fun. Mom and I were also talking about how we've never been able to get the hang of Opus. So I thought maybe I should do a whole Zentangle of Opus' so I could practice and get it down. I think it turned out rather nicely.

Eye <3 Xyp

I tried a new variation of xyp and I really love it. I think it turned out really nice.

Pink and Orange

I made these for a Doodlerssketchpad trade. The technique I used for the card on the left is one that I learned from a lady at camp. I'm not sure what it's called but you take your water color and make it really wet. Then you put a big glob on the top of your paper. You can shake your paper, tap it on the table, whatever you want to get the paint to drip down the page. You can try to make it change directions but that's really hard to do.

You get a really neat effect when the colors run together and you have two layers of color.

6 Circles 3 Lines

These I also made for a trade and my mom liked them so much that she keeps pressing me to put this in the Zentangle Flickr group. So here they are, why not put them on my blog first. My parents are trying to persuade me to keep these cards and send different ones instead cuz they like them so much hehe

Stars

This is what I made for the "Colorful Stars" trade. I think I like the one on the right the best. I called it "Stocking Star" because when I see red and black stripes it remind me of socks. :D

#1 Nails

I went with my friend Becky to #1 Nails in Waterloo so she could get her nails done for prom. There was a wonderfully nice lady getting hers' done and I tried to draw her without success. But when I showed it to her, she said it reminded her of something her husband sent her home from Iraq and she had it framed in her house. How cool! Something I did reminded her of something she had framed in her house! Definite confidence booster!