Diva Challenge #91 - Beads of Courage

This week, Laura's Diva Challenge was to incorporate "Beads of Courage" into our tile.  "Beads of Courage" is an organization that helps children who have chronic illnesses to tell their stories of courage.  Happy birthday to Artoo, who turned 2 yesterday!

The idea of being courageous was a theme at our school today, too - many classes participated in "Dignity Day", and one of my students was brave enough to share her story with a thousand people via webcam.  I was really proud of her :)  Click here to see her reflection of the day (and to check out her awesome tangles)!

This is my contribution to the Beads of Courage challenge - I was planning to leave the background blank, so that the beads would stand out, but I felt it was very stark and missing something.  I decided to go with a  lightweight tangle, and I'm really happy that I did, because Florz was perfect for what I envisioned.  Happy tangling!

Florz, Flux, Jetties, Striping, Echoism, Betweed, Tipple, Zedbra, Fricle, Hollibaugh

Diva Challenge #89 & Celtic Challenge #7

Hm.  I started the Diva challenge, and I liked what I was seeing (rain - one of my new faves).... then I realized I'd coloured the whole tangle in sepia!  Of course, then I had to finish it in sepia.... and I have to admit that I don't love it.  That, and I found the tangle this week really tough, so I ended up cutting it off before I mucked up the bottom part of my tile. Erg!  I still ended up with a tile that I like, I just wish it had been in black ink!

Flux, Rain, Sankegg, Printemps, Hollibaugh

And, I did the Celtic Challenge on the weekend, and have been contemplating how to colour it for a few days.... and then I did colour it and remembered why I like Zentangle... black and white is my friend :) It's not that I don't like it with colour, but I just don't have the flair for the colours.... and choosing colours is tough! 

Paradox, Bales