In The craftroom 19th July 2014 – Coffee Stain Tangling

This week over on the  Diva Challenge  it was a B. Y. O. B (bring your own beverage) challenge and Jenna thought it would make a fun crafty afty for us all to have a go.   My daughter Jenna, a self taught  Zentangle® addict, is regular participant on a couple of Certified Zentangle Tutors

In The craftroom 5th July 2014 – Having fun with shaving foam

 Reading Jo Rice’s  blog post, about the Clarity Cumbria workshop they held on 29th June and how much fun they had with shaving foam, gave me the idea for a Saturday session for my little group, but…….   Could I cope with my group, shaving foam and INK?   Some research first I think, At

In The craftroom 28th June 2014 – and Its my birthday

Yes, its my birthday and I’ll play if I want too, and play I certainly did!   It actually started on the Friday when Lisa and I set off to the village of Winterton (on yon side of the Humber bridge near Goole) where Jill had organized a days  workshop with the lovely Maria Simms

In the Craft Room 29nd March 2014 – The Art of Zentangle – The Conclusion

The Zentangle® art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. and you can learn more at zentangle.co This is our final session of what has been a thoroughly enjoyable and absorbing month and I just want to say a BIG thank you to

In the Craft Room 22nd March 2014 – The Art of Zentangle – Lesson 4

The Zentangle® art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. and you can learn more at zentangle.co We are starting to  build up quite a collection of tiles now and have nearly filled our sketch books with the tangle patterns Jenna has taught

In the Craft Room 15th March 2014 – The Art of Zentangle – Lesson 3

Continuing  with this month’s theme,  The art of Zentangle®. The Zentangle® art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. and you can learn more at zentangle.com Our homework from last week was to use was to use Tanglepattern string 092 and patterns, aquafleur,

In the Craft Room 8th March 2014 – The Art of Zentangle – Lesson 2

We are continuing on from last week with this month’s theme,  the art of Zentangle®. The Zentangle® art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. and you can learn more at zentangle.com First, it was show and tell with our homework from last

In the Craft Room 1st March 2014 – An Introduction to the Art of Zentangle

Although “doodling” has been around since we learnt to use writing implements, Zentangle® was developed by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas (www.zentangle.com). “Traditional Zentangle®  includes a ritual to help get in touch with life while creating beautiful art” Suzanne McNeill CZT This month in the craft room we are delving into the art of Zentangle®

In the Craft Room 22nd February 2014 – All things Clarity – The finale

Alas  it is the final session  of the craft room for “All things Clarity” and there is sooooo much to do and soooooo much we haven’t even tried yet I had planned a very busy session today for the group as we had a lot of finishing off to do (including actually making some cards)

In The Craft Room 30th November 2013 – Triple layer stamping technique

Where has the week gone ? I cannot believe half the week has gone and I haven’t written up Saturdays craft room report yet. How those who blog every day manage I do not know, still it could be worse, it could be Saturday again. I had promised that we would to some Christmas stamping