Tangled Guitar

I found an old beat up guitar at a  yard sale for $4.00 and snatched it up last fall. Then last month with forest fires all around in CO I found time to work on it.  Had to stay indoors due to smoke, but put on a mask long enough to sand it down.  Wish I had taken some before pics, as this guitar was really a mess!
After sanding, staining and sealing I stamped several images from various stamp companys (including my own).  Then got out my permanent ink Sharpies and drew more images (eyes, etc) and started filling in the blank spaces by doodling some zentangles.  Bought some strings and lo and behold, it can actually play music!  I'll be taking this to the festival with me instead of my "good" guitar.  Hope no one laughs at it too much.  What do you think?  Sorry the pics did not show the drawings very well today.

Zentangle Bird Woman in Color

Finally got some free time to color this one.  I used water color pencils, but have not done any of the actual blending yet, just the dry pencils.  What do you think?  Looking for honest criticism.  (Yes, you can be brutal)  I had a rough time with deciding how to color the birds and don't quite like them.  Maybe after I get the colors blended they will look better.  The pic is pretty large, so you should be able to click it and see it much bigger.  Images used in the zentangle are stamps from Wild Frog Creations.

Zentangle Journal Page

As many of you know, I've been working on a Zentangle Journal for well over a year.  Just off and on between other projects sporadically.  Here is my most recent *unfinished* artwork.  Unfinished only  because I intend to color this one.  That's why there is very little black and no shading at all yet, however, I still think I could call it done if I wished.  Hopefully will get the colored version up soon.
The images are stamps from Wild Frog Creations Rubber Stamps.

I am entering this artwork in:

1. Gingersnap Creations "Words Of Wisdom" challenge.  The words of wisdon on the piece are: "You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus". 

2. Paper Creations Ink Challenge 19 Show Us Your Style

3. Smudgy Antics "Wicked with Wings" Challenge

Floral Zentangle

Here is an 8 1/2" X 11" zentangle that I made for my large journal.  I've done several of these recently and this one was made very quickly in free minutes here and there over the course of about a week.  I don't think I ever worked on it for more than 15 minutes at a time.  It's certainly not my best, lol.

If you'd like to see some of the other zentangle pages posted previously, check the sidebar links  with the label zentangle.

Dragonfly Zentangle

Sorry about my long almost 2 week absence.  Unfortuneately, I became addicted to a silly game called Farmville on Facebook.  My sister called and needed a friend, talked me into playing and I was hooked from the start.  Jumped to level 30 in under 2 weeks.  Anyone else addicted and need another neighbor?

Enough babbling, onto my latest zentangle for in my zentangle journal.  I'll show the entire journal when I finish the picture pages.  This one is done around 3 images from Wild Frog Creations Rubber stamps Mosaic Frog Sheet.  The page is another 81/2" X 11".  Whatcha think?  I believe if you click on the picture it will take you to a larger image.

Iris Folded Valentines

These two Valentines are almost identical.  I really liked doing this one so I did a second using just a different color for the folding and a different color ink. 

Stamp is from Azadi with the center cut out of the heart and the iris folding is inside the heart.  Hope it shows up in the scan.  I should have used 2 different colors on the red so it would show up better.

Mark Twain Quote with Bird Woman

Here is the card I made for the "GC55: Random Redhead - Quotes" Challenge.

Birdwoman stamp and Mark Twain quote stamp from Wild Frog Creations layered on metallic papers from Paper Pizazz and black glossy cardstock.

This card will also fit right in with the Flight of Fancy Month!