The idea for this card came by an article by Lisa Mason in the November 2012 edition of
Craft Stamper. This was the first time that I had done any zentangling, but if you've been following my blog, you know that it hasn't been my last.
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| Proud of my first attempt at Zentangle |
As in the original article, I started by finding a stamp that I liked. The zentangle pattern is stamped on a piece of super smooth white card (12.3cm x 12.3cm). I decided to use a stamp from the Build a Tree set from Personal Impressions, as it gave me the opportunity to add a small amount of colour; later echoed in one of the matting layers. I stamped the tree using black Versafine ink and the flowers using a small pink pigment ink pad by Do crafts, towards the bottom left corner of the panel. My next job was to draw a line following the outside of the tree and a wavy line around the outer edge of the panel. Once that was complete, I used a sunburst / tree branch pattern to divide the area around the tree into sections, following the contours of my first lines and leaving a narrow border between each area.
I really enjoyed trying out different doodles for the separate sections of the background; the leaf and bark designs tied in with the stamped image and the flowers in the small section below the tree echoed the pink flowers above. Once I had completed the zentangled elements, I matted the panel onto black card, leaving a narrow border; then onto a piece of 14.3cm x 14.3cm pink pearlescent paper, to bring out the colour of the flowers. The base card is a black 14.8cm x 14.8cm card blank, made from a piece of A4 card; folded in half and trimmed square. This is the card which started my fascination with Zentangle - so thank you Craft Stamper and thank you Lisa Mason.
As in the original article, I started by finding a stamp that I liked. The zentangle pattern is stamped on a piece of super smooth white card (12.3cm x 12.3cm). I decided to use a stamp from the Build a Tree set from Personal Impressions, as it gave me the opportunity to add a small amount of colour; later echoed in one of the matting layers. I stamped the tree using black Versafine ink and the flowers using a small pink pigment ink pad by Do crafts, towards the bottom left corner of the panel. My next job was to draw a line following the outside of the tree and a wavy line around the outer edge of the panel. Once that was complete, I used a sunburst / tree branch pattern to divide the area around the tree into sections, following the contours of my first lines and leaving a narrow border between each area.
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