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Diva Challenge #314 – Scallamp

This week’s Diva Challenge #314 is another Use My Tangle (UMT) challenge. For this one we are asked to create a tile using Scallamp by Sarah Uram, CZT. A step out is available here on Sarah’s blog Zen and Zin.

Scallamp reminds me of shallots for some reason. Anyway, I had a little trouble with this new tangle. The main problem was in keeping the wavy parts reasonably symmetrical. I also think the ends are too wide on the central tangle. The lines should be closer together, and I didn’t do the c-curves correctly. But overall I think my first attempt at Scallamp looks pretty good. I will have to practice, practice, practice! Thanks to the Diva for another good challenge. Continue reading →

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Diva Challenge #269 – Ellish

Diva Challenge #269 Entry
Tile for Diva Challenge #269

The Diva’s challenge for this week is to create a tile using the newest official tangle called Ellish. The step outs are available in the May 20th newsletter from Zentangle.com. Ellish was inspired by the cursive letter L, and of course would make a lovely monogram.

I was first introduced to Ellish at the Zentangle Retreat that I attended earlier this month. My initial attempt was okay, but I wanted to practice and get better at it since it is such a neat tangle. The release of the step outs helped, and I think I more or less have it down now.

For this challenge I went for simplicity. When I finished up ellish I couldn’t resist adding the zingers at the ends. This was a fun challenge!

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