Zentangle Swap

I was feeling a little 'stifled' creatively, and whilst wandering around the web, found Zentangles. Apparently they are all the rage, so I'm obviously a bit behind the times.....no matter. The girls and I had a go last night, and found them totally addictive, so we thought we would like to organise a swap.

The kit required is minimal; a black pen and some white card; and the plan for this swap is to make them ATC sized (2.5 x 3.5 inches).

There are loads of sites out there that explain what they are...
http://zentangle.com/about-what-is--1.php (click on the newsletters to see loads of different patterns, you do not need to spend $40 on a kit from the US!!)

and we particularly liked this one http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-zentangle which shows you how to get started.

Basically there are no 'right' or 'wrong' zentangles, as long as you use a black pen, and possibly a pencil. (No rubber stamping or computer generated stuff here girls!). Here are the ones we made.

So, for the swap, you need to make four zentangle ATC's.. Get them to me by Saturday 25th September with some return postage, and I'll swap them about for you. Any questions, please shout!

Signed up;

Tina.........done
Steph.......received
Emma.......received
Lindy........received
Kim...........received
Kate.........received
Jo.............received
Rosie.........received
Lorraine......received
Maria........received
Karin.........received
William.......received
Rachel

Ooh these look fun Tina. I'll have a go. I've never heard of
them, but are right up my street.

My mum would love this swap... If only she'd come back on and build up her posts

kt_dragonfly wrote:My mum would love this swap... If only she'd come back on and build up her posts

...well we 'bent' the rules for someone else recently; don't see why she can't join in with this one; it's perfect for people who have very little stash!

Scrap Monkey wrote:

kt_dragonfly wrote:My mum would love this swap... If only she'd come back on and build up her posts

...well we 'bent' the rules for someone else recently; don't see why she can't join in with this one; it's perfect for people who have very little stash!

Quite agree - it's not as if we don't know Lindy - she's not a total
stranger so don't see why she can't join in, but up to Tina and Lorraine.

Thank you, will go speak to mum, shes turned the PC on so maybe she has plans lol

She loves stuff like this!

Not sure about me though, will let you know. Can you put up some images that u and your girls did Tina?

oooo yes please do the 4 need to be indentical?

MrsShorty wrote:oooo yes please do the 4 need to be indentical?

Hope not !!!! More fun to be creative with 4 different.

Can I please join in?! Gonna have a go anyway so can I post any efforts to you guys? Input always needed! (Still new to all of this. Little bit shy and tentative but company would be greatly appreciated!)

See look at what I can achieve with enough pestering

MrsShorty wrote:oooo yes please do the 4 need to be indentical?

I reckon it would be near impossible to do 4 the same, so no, all different. Will go and take some piccies now.

go on then , count me in

UUm these look interesting Tina but sorry I cant join in this time cos I am going on holiday on sunday and still lots of things to do.
Will look forward to seeing what everyone elsr does though.

Put me in, have had a go and found it quite fun

Tina, Rosie and I would like to have a go at these. I am sure we can manage this by 25th,lol.

I'll have a go too but I have to be honest, I'm loathe to do anything that takes me away from the computer at the moment, pmsl.

I has been zentangling at work lol

Why dont you try doing some digital zentangles Lorraine if you cannot BEAR to be away from the pooper lol

kt_dragonfly wrote:I has been zentangling at work lol

Why dont you try doing some digital zentangles Lorraine if you cannot BEAR to be away from the pooper lol

Cough cough - Tina said no computer ones. LOL

How did they turn out Kate ?

Lorraine wrote:I'll have a go too but I have to be honest, I'm loathe to do anything that takes me away from the computer at the moment, pmsl.

they are supposed to be particularly good for hospital waiting rooms, where you can't do a lot else

Steph wrote:
Cough cough - Tina said no computer ones. LOL

How did they turn out Kate ?

Whoopsie so she did

they turned out ok, but need a finer pen for work because the one I took is far too thick!

Weren't you supposed to be WORKING, sweetheart?!
Oh. I know - you were multitasking, right?! No worries about computer ones from ME. I wouldn't be able to FIND any!

Oh darn it all, why the heck not. Ive just done one and its quite therapeutic.... sign me up Tina.

kt_dragonfly wrote:

Steph wrote:
Cough cough - Tina said no computer ones. LOL

How did they turn out Kate ?

Whoopsie so she did

they turned out ok, but need a finer pen for work because the one I took is far too thick!

we got some good fineliners in Wilkinsons.

Maria, great to see you joining in

Oh, I'm so glad you're joining in, Maria.

I've done 3 this aft but I only like one of them, pmsl.

Lorraine wrote:Oh, I'm so glad you're joining in, Maria.

I've done 3 this aft but I only like one of them, pmsl.

....yeah, but they get better with practice!

I had a play last night and wasn't very impressed with my effort
but as you say, hopefully will get better.

Maria wrote:Oh darn it all, why the heck not. Ive just done one and its quite therapeutic.... sign me up Tina.

Aw - excellent news.

Finished my first one this morning and am very pleased with it.
I think the hardest thing is getting started. Once you have your
basic shape it's good fun filling the gaps in.

Mine are all done just waiting for mum and then I'll send ours together!

I'm interested in this too. Not something I am good at, drawing or doodling but will have a go. Question though. That second site says to leave a border round the edge and also that you should use a pencil. Do we do both, or are we using a pen. I know your post says pen, but thought I'd best check after reading the site.