Diva Challenge 227 and E from Estival.

Hello, hello, wonderful people ^^,
I hope you had a good start for this week. For me, this is the hardest week because I countdown the days until my holiday. I will be on the Black Sea shore, where I hope God and the Univers will forget me, lying on the sand, with the waves washing my ankles.
But, there si a long way until Friday - last day at the office, and even longer way until Sunday - first day on the beach. So, to be able to stop dreaming and focus on my work, I made some tangles. I tried simplicity again, because I really liked the airy zentangle tiles.

And, off course, I had to prepare my tiles for Diva's Challenge and for the weekly challenge on my blog. So, for the DIVA Challenge (Lee Darter this week), I used the required tangles and also I added some colours, because for me, Circus is about clowns with red noses and white faces.

And, for my weekly challenge, I used only tangles with the letter E(stival):  Echo, Emingle, Enyshou and Ennies. If  you would like to join, please subscribe your tiles bellow. It would be lovely to see what amazing things you can do only with 3-5 tabgles that start with an E.

Less is more.

I think, sometimes, less is indeed more. This is what I thought when I saw this week Diva Challenge. I like the simple tiles, with that airy chic look.
But, before I show you my tile, please take a moment to look at some other tiles I made this days. The one bellow is my first tale made with official Zentangle® supplies: Sakura pens, official tiles, official penci, all send by my friend Debbie. The paper is so very different and, indeed, Sakura Pens work best on this kind of paper. And the shading is a different process on official tiles than on other papers.

To return her the wonderful gesture, I prepared a small package: Romanian pages and pages of a Romanian-English mini dictionary, to use them in her wonderful creations. I also added two liners. In Romania, Sakura liners are not to be found, so, before receiving liners from Debbie, I have used, and still use, Faber Castell's liner. I sent her 2 linner  - 0.1 and 0.2 /  to tell me what she thinks about them.
I also added some handmade "jewelry" I made. I like to make my own earrings, or pendants. I know hers are wonderful, but maybe she will like my humble ones too.

And last but not least, my tile for Diva Challenge:

Hope you like it, and if you have time and if you like, please feel free to join the challenge I am hosting.

Dream it! Do it!

Hello, hello, my beautiful zen friends!

 Let me share with you two moments from my last week, moments that showed me what wonderful people are in the world.

My friend Debbie, who has an incredible talent (you can see that here, on her blog, or here on her FB page) and an incredible big heart, sent me some official zentangel tiles and sakura pens. I can not find them in Romania and bringing them from the USA...the transportation costs and fees will rise the price 3 times. :( I was so touched by the words she sent me, by the earrings she put in the envelope for me, that...I...I just needed a moment to sit down and cry for a little bit. Happy tears, no sadness...just speachless.

The secomnd moment was this Saturday, when I met some beautiful friends. With the help of my friend Madalina, who has an NGO with cultural themes, I was able to show the Zentangle method and Zentangle spirit to some wonderful people. I am not a CZT, but I wanted to see if here, in my country, I could make a Zentangle community, if they would be interested in tangling. And, for my surprise...they were. I think they liked it! And because I think that the best way is the "power of example" way, I showed them some patterns and watch them tangling. And the results are...wow!

So, this week was a busy week for my soul. I had never felt so overwhelmed by joy, emotions, and positive thoughts. Even now, when I remeber those moments, my soul makes somersault in my stomach :)

now, let's move to this week challenge. It is all about the patterns that start with a "D".

This is what I did, using DEx, Diva Dance, Diamon Drope and Discolea:

So, all you have to do is to choose 3-5 patterns and show the world what you created by leaving a link below:

How do you C the world?

Hello, hello, my zen friends!
This week promises to be a busy one for me and an extremly hot one. It is 10.00 o'clock in the morning, and the sun is already burning the asphalt here, in my town. I think in 2 hours, the air will the impossible to breath. Thank God and the men who invented the air conditioner that I can find some nice and cold spaces to work :)
So, this week challenge..is about the letter C, and I named it "How do you C the world?". The rule ia to use for your tile 3-5  tangles that begin with a "C" and please leave your link bellow, so everybody can see how you C the world.
I used Camelia, Chard, Clove, CO2 and Capell.