Zeart- a Heart Beat Inspired Tangle

It seems quite a few TV shows and commercials lately show the rhythm of a heartbeat on the screen.  I must have seen this a dozen times last week.  That’s what inspired me to try out something similar on a doodle I was playing around with while sharing the couch...

Video Find Crafters Challenge

I recently launched a new (on-going) challenge in the CHW forums.  For this challenge we’ll be viewing a video or two about every 10 days or so and looking for ways to incorporate what we see into a project of our own.  The projects don’t have to be just...

Valentine Projects Already?

So in November I did up a project for the Life’s Journey Scrapbooking store – the chunky holiday scrap journal.  Then there was no project for me to do in December.  🙁  But I was lucky enough to get another challenge kit to work on this month.  Wahoo! 🙂...

Scaper- a City Scape Border Tangled Pattern

I created this City Scape pattern to be used as a border around straight edge shapes.  However, once I finished it up I learned that it looks pretty cool on smooth edges and even as a filler sometimes....

Stacked Hearts and Stars – Doodle Templates

In the last couple of videos I did, I used a template with a small cluster of stacked hearts. I find easy shapes like this a great way to use new design that I find and give them a practice round or two.  Sometimes these practiced doodles even turn out worth bragging...

Shnocking a New Pattern from Fish Net Stockings

Fishnet Stockings come in all types of patterns and this line weave/tangled design that I’ve zenned as “Shnocking” was inspired by a very simple mesh weave found in a pair I came across the other day.  This pattern can be used as a filler or along...

Doodles from the Past

I drew these two doodles (shown in the title banner) quite a while back.  A year or two at least.  When I was finished with them I liked parts of them, but there were also some line markings that I wasn’t so crazy about.  Because I wanted to use them on some...

ATCs For Fun and Trade

I thought I’d share with you today a few of the ATC’s I made up recently.  Here’s a couple examples of those I handed out at Christmas time.  This one called “Holiday Wish”.  And I have only one more left to trade. This next one is called...

Lucky Charms Repeat Pattern Design

This is a “charming” little line/weave tangle that’s based on a grid design and works wonderfully as a shape filler.  There are various shading options and I have found myself using this one often lately. In the below creation I used it on the pedal...

Migraine Update and Frova!

I’ve got good news, my friends.  Better than it was last time I spoke on it anyway.  As some folks already know I’ve had migraines since my teen years and they became chronic and darned near uncontrollable 12 years ago.  Like most migraines I have multiple...