Sunday, April 17, 2011

Zen Grungy Monday 3

Okay, those that know me know that this is not my typical style card.  Was having a go at Zentangle for the Order of the Opus Gluei challenge and playing with my newAdirondack Color Washes by Ranger for the Grungy Monday Challenge #3 hosted by the lovely Linda over at StudioL3  .   The Grungy Monday challenges are in honor of Tim Holtz and his many products and techniques.   I managed to combine the two challenges in this one card using Stampin Up! stamps no less----what a menagerie of supplies/tools etc!!  So, not to go on too much of a tangent here, but, I started with a technique from Jennifer McGuire's blog using the Pearl Paint Dabber from Ranger.  You can see the technique on the video in this post.   Funny thing is, I had the Pearl Paint dabber on my wish list so long (after seeing this video when it was originally posted) that when I finally got one I couldn't rememeber why I wanted it--ha!  I did remember that it had to do with something I had seen on Jennifer's blog so I was able to do some research and found out why.  Okay, so the tangent is over, back to the card.  I used the technique to create the background using the Wild Plum Color Wash and the Stampin' Up! stamp.  Cheated a bit with my first crack at Zentangle and did it on little triangles to create the pennant banner.  Have to say, I did like doing it and it is as calming and therapuetic as they say so if you are so inclined,  give it I try!

6 comments:

Kim said...

Very nice!! I like the way the background came out, and the Zentangles came out great! I think using the pennants was a great idea.

June Houck said...

GREAT card, D! I would never guess this was SU! Good luck with both challenges; you'd have my vote!

Jana said...

This is a wonderful way to display your zentangles. I started out small too. Love your card. Thanks so much for joining the OPUS GLUEI make-up challenge.

Linda Ledbetter said...

Deanna, this is springtime on a card! What a gorgeous background, and the pennant banner is AWESOME! Wild Plum is my favorite Color Wash of them all, and this just makes me smile, seeing that lovely purple and the sweet, elegant design. You always do such wonderful work, and this is a prime example!

Dria said...

Wow,!
I really liked how you put the zen-tangle on the banner and.....

how you put the banner sort of bent from down to up but sort of left to right

....................Dria

Rosemary said...

This is the prettiest grungy anything I've seen. I really like it, the color is beautiful and the manner in which you have included the zentangles is really cool.