Second Diva Weekly Challenge No. 81 "Guest Post - Relay for Life".  I started with the background by wetting the paper then dropping some Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Inks in Process Cyan, Indian Yellow and Flame Orange.  I used this background for the Mandala design.  It looks like there are some cups of black coffe in it.

 Diva Weekly Challenge No. 81 - "Guest Post - Relay for Life!"  I used the tangle Betweed and when I finished they sort of looked like bird's nests.  I used my new distress ink pad and dabbed on the background and then for the centers of the Betweeds I used my blender pen with the ink from the pad.

 This is another Zentangle that I did with a distress ink background.  I did this around 4am because I couldn't sleep.  It started out as a central leaf design and then I started adding to the background.  I guess I could have shaded it but I let the light and dark contrast do that.  I find that on this heavier watercolour paper the graphite really smears and I feel that the colour is shading enough sometimes.

 The background colour is with distress ink.  The flower motif is from a book "5,000 Flower and Plant Motifs.  The tangles I used for the background are:  Pillows, Box Spirals, Bubbles, Chard, Cross Stitch, Printemps and Jambalee.

 The background is a wash with diluted inks - Indian Yellow and Process Cyan.  The string is with a French curve (medium size).  The tangles are;  Mi2, Ixorus, Tripoli - idea from Zentangle Untangled, Tuftid, Checkered Zag and a flower.

 I used a splash background with diluted Dawler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink - Process Cyan.  The tangles I used are:  Boomerange, Printemps, Unyun Bubbles and Baton.  The string is 011 from Tangle Patterns.

 I did a wash background of Process Cyan with Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink then tangled in Mi2 and Bubbles with some flowers.

 I used Printemps for the border.  The background is a wash with diluted inks - Indian Yellow and Process Cyan

 Tangle Refresher No. 30.  I used a splash background with Daler & Rowney Acrylic Artists Inks, mixtures of Indian Yellow and Process Cyan.  The tangles are:  Scrawls, 2-n-5, Hibred, Partay and Track Lighting.

 I bought a 12-pan set of Winsor & Newton watercolours so tried them out.  I haven't used watercolours in over 20 years.  Tangles I used are:  Flotus, Swirly, Hollibaugh, Zedbra and Gauze and Florz.

 Zendala No. 16.  I used a splash background with my new Daler-Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink - Indian Yellow and Flame Orange for this Zendala.  Tangles I used are:  Hurry, Tripoli, Sunflower and Zedbra.

 The splash background is with Tombow markers and they were also used for filling in.  Tangles used are:  Bubbles, Grass border, Knights bridge and Mi2.

 I started this Zentangle with Trentwith Roses then added Efell, Lampionsm, DooLeedo and other leaf ideas.  I finished it off with my new Tim Holtz distress ink. 

I bought some new ink and did this colour wash background.  I also bought some new watercolour papers and cut them up.  The strings are drawn with my small French curve.  Tangles I used are Tripoli, Fife,W2 and Zedbra.

 This is Zendala No. 14.   I just did it as I was away when it was introduced.  This has a splash background with a Tombow marker and I used a new ink with a pen nib for the daisy centers.

 I used a splash background with Tombow markers they tangled in a flower called Cyme.  I added some Printemps in the background.  I used my Gellyroll Crystal Star pen and added the glittery highlights to the stamens in the center.  The scan doesn't show that.

 Tangles I used:  Betweed, Tripoli, Crescent Moon, Efilys, Sanibelle and Hollibough.  The colour is with a Tombow marker.

 I used a flower pattern from the internet and DoLeeDo for this Zentangle.  It has a splash background and I used some colour from a Tombow marker in behind the flowers.

 I tried Dooleedo by Ksenija Vojisavljevic and added Zedbra, Aura Know, and Betweed.

 Diva Weekly Challenge No. 80 "Mi2! Mi2!" by CZT Mimi Lempart.  This time the Mi2 looked like jewelery so I coloured the negative space with a gold metalic pen.  Tangles I used, Mi2, Tripoli, Black-box, Bubbles and Hollibough.  The other colour is with Pigma micron pens.

 Diva Weekly Challenge No. 80 "Mi2! Mi2!" by CZT Mimi Lemport.  I used a splash background with Tombow markers then tangled Mi2 over it.  I filled in some of the edges with Prismacolor pencil crayons.

 This is Tangle Patterns String idea 009.  The tangles I used are:  Camelia by Anne Mark, Tripoli, Bubbles and Auraknot.  The colour is with a Pigma micron pen.

 The "C" is for Christina - my grand daughter whose birthday it is on Tuesday, July 24th, 2012.  This will be made into a card for her.  Happy Birthday Christina.

 "M" for Marcus Allen Scott's first birthday.  He will be one on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - my youngest grandson.  Happy Birthday Marcus from Grandma Joyce.  He is walking now so the footprints, one candle for one year,  M for Marcus, black and white background - the floor he walks on.

 This Zentangle is for a card for my grandson Alex's 17th birthday today.  He just got his driver's license - called an "N" nowadays - last Thursday.  Congratulations Alex.  Happy Birthday Alex.  I went on line and checked out some road signs.