AlphaTangled Contest - The Winners!

I always seem to forget how difficult it is to hold a contest! I like the challenge aspect of it and seeing the amazing work... but "choosing" a winner? So hard!

I really wanted to give everyone who entered a prize - so I had the idea of giving each person a copy of the Tangle Library App! I've sent each of you a message on Facebook with a special code. If you don't see it in your Messages, check the "Other" folder. 

If you'd like info about Tangle Library, or have questions, please visit the Tangle Library Facebook page.

So, in my non-technical manner, I counted up the votes and added in mine and Bonnie's and - since some people voted for a few people... well... that's why I like to give everyone a prize!

The entry receiving the most votes was...

ELLEN WOLTERS!!!!!

Congratulations, Ellen!

And the second winner - good grief! Are there really THREE people who tied!?
Alrighty then - our winners are...


ADAM ROADES

 

ASJA GOVEN

and

 D LAUREN PRINCE

Fabulous!!!
And if you folks would please send me your mailing addresses (email to me at beezink@tds.net) then Bonnie and I will gather your prizes and mail them out to you. Too exciting. :-)

Oh - and I have had a bunch of requests from people who are asking about getting the books and trading cards in Canada and Europe... we are going to look into the shipping costs and, perhaps, offer international sales for one week. If you might be interested, leave a comment and let me know WHERE we should be checking the shipping (what countries). If you have friends in the area who also want stuff - you could order together too. Thanks.

Results of Tangle Card Challenge #7 - Gewgle

I hope this kind of creepy tangle - Gewgle - didn't scare anyone away! :-) I wanted to end the series of Challenges with something fun and unusual. As usual, I was really impressed with the incredible entries - and the sense of humor is wonderful too. As you can imagine, choosing one winner, or even two, is really stressful! So - I decided to completely change the way I picked the winner for this huge, final decision! (See below...)

Arnoldo Romero

Cheryl Kroll

Debra Castaldi

Diane Yaciuk

Donna Hubbard - Bloom of Gewgle Eyes

Donna Hubbard - Gewgle Blooms

Donna Hubbard - Gewglemen

Ellen Wolters - Gewgle and Brabs

Ellen Wolters - Gewgle and Bunzo

Heather Jackson

Janneke de Lange

Kailey McEvilly

Linda Cannizzo

Melody Farrell

Pamela Wolfstone

Penny Brouckaert

Rita Nikolajeva

Sue Jacobs

Traci Frogley

And the winner is....
EVERYONE!

Yes, that's right. I wanted to reward all of you who kept entering and submitting beautiful work every week. And those who were brave enough to try this weird tangle... And, maybe it was a coincidence, but my publisher just sent me a box of my personal copies of the tangle cards... so I am feeling very generous. Each of you posted above should send me an email with the address where you would like your pack of cards sent. (Even if you think I already have your address, please send an email, so I can keep track).

My Head Studio Minion, Bonnie, is going to scream when she reads this! (Sorry Bonnie!?) because she has been doing all the packing and shipping lately. But I will find a way to make it up to her. Bribery seems to work well with her too. [Speaking of Bonnie - she was accepted into the Certified Zentangle Training for this October in Providence! I promised her I would drive her down and back, so I will be around to say "hi" too. Anyone else going?]

Feeling nostalgic for Challenge days gone by?
Entries from Round 1 can be seen here.
Round 2 is here.
Round 3 is here.
Round 4 is here.
Round 5 is here.
Round 6 is here.

Gewgle is from the Kidz Edition card pack. As I mentioned before, don't let the "Kidz" in the name fool you. This pack of cards has tons of great, non-juvenile, patterns in it. The "Kidz" just means that there are some Lilah Beans integrated into the pack. The Tangle card packs can be ordered HERE.

Results of Tangle Contest #5 - Hemp

This was a fairly complex tangle, but with two weeks to attack the challenge - you all rose to the occasion! And we get TWO winners this week. So let's see what we have. Try not to drool, these are fabulous!

Cheryl Kroll

Kailey McEvilly

Nicole Kelly

Dennie York

Diane Yaciuk

Dianne Yaciuk 2

Donna Hubbard (close-up)

Donna Hubbard

Dorothy Allison

Ellen Wolters

Jean Chaney

Lena Ulses

Lila Popcheff

Penny Brouckaert

Rita Nikolajeva

Rita Nikolajeva 2

Sharon Morris

Traci Frogley

The winner is... 
Pamela Wolfstone!!

Pamela Wolfstone

The Facebook People's Choice Award goes to...
Dawn Collins!!

Dawn Collins

Congratulations! Absolutely beautiful work - and please email me where you would like me to send your Tangle Card packs.

Want to know who won Challenge #6 - Pingline? Take a look HERE.

Tangle Card Challenge #5 - Hemp (And #6!)

For this week's Challenge, we are going to do things a little bit differently. I will be away at Art Camp next week so I won't be able to choose winners and post the art. I'll be on a little island in a lake, doing arts and crafts. :-) (YEAH!) That means, I am going to give you a harder... or more "interesting"... tangle, and you will have TWO weeks to work on your entry. Sound good? To make it even better, I will choose TWO winners. Well, I will choose one, and YOU all will choose the other by popular choice on the Facebook Page.

AND Tangle Card Challenge #6 will be happening simultaneously on the Zentangle for Kidz site. Anyone can enter #6 - any age, any skill level, and you can enter #6 even if you have already won on this site.

This next Challenge features Hemp. This design came from a Japanese kimono pattern, but seems to pop up all over the word in different forms. Basically, it's triangles divided into more triangles. There are all kinds of cool variations that include funky 3-D effects by using shading. My sample piece uses black to create graphic looking stars...

Post your art on the Beez Ink Studio Facebook Page.

The winners will be chosen in TWO weeks on Thursday, August 22nd, sometime after lunch. ;-)

Don't be afraid to post whatever you come up with - any skill level is welcome.
Let's see what you've got!

To see all the contest details, read this post.

Entries from Round 1 can be seen here.
Round 2 is here.
Round 3 is here.
And Round 4 is here.

Hemp is from the Totally Tangled Edition card pack. The Tangle card packs can be pre-ordered HERE.

Tangle Card Challenge #4 - Kaleido

And on to... what is it?... Round 4... wow

Everyone seems to have gotten a little overwhelmed with the last two tangle patterns being on the more difficult side. So this week we will take a little bit of a breather and do a fairly easy one. Kaleido is like a checkerboard where someone (maybe a Lilah Bean?) has kicked all the vertical lines so they fall whilly-nilly. The horizontal lines stay parallel to each other. As you can see from my sample above with the Lilah Bean's hair, it works great with curved lines as well - just keep the horizontals straight. Or not... see what happens! Kaleido also looks really cool used as the "string" for a Zentangle - instead of coloring in the black sections - try using another tangle!

Post your art on the Beez Ink Studio Facebook Page.

The winner will be chosen next Thursday, August 8th, sometime after lunch. ;-)

Don't be afraid to post whatever you come up with - any skill level is welcome.
Let's see what you've got!

To see all the contest details, read this post.

Entries from Round 1 can be seen here.
Round 2 is here.
And Round 3 is here.

Kaleido is from the Kidz Edition card pack. The Tangle card packs can be pre-ordered HERE.

And also be sure to take a look at the tag contest on the Zentangle for Kidz blog.

Tangle Card Challenge #3 - Ballenchain

Round 3...  Ballenchain

Ballenchain is based on a traditional quilting pattern usually called something like a wedding ring design. So, if you take it just a teeny bit off to the side, you can make the leap from Wedding Ring to, ahem, Ballenchain. (Just say it out loud if you don't get it).


Tips for this tangle -
There is no shame in using a pencil to draw guidelines when you are learning to draw a new tangle. Hear that? No shame! I use a pencil to draw a very light grid. If you are super clever (oooo, a dare) you can draw the grid in pen and integrate it into your tangle design. If you aren't clever - only kidding - or this tangle is too advanced or cluttery looking for your taste... then try leaving off the overlapping circles. Notice how the bottom pattern (on the front of the card) looks much simpler and cleaner?

You can create a piece that uses Ballenchain the way I have designed it, or create your own tangleation, or variation. Post your art on the Beez Ink Studio Facebook Page.

The winner will be chosen next Thursday, August 1st, sometime after lunch. ;-)

And anyone can enter - any age or skill level. And it is fine to submit more than one entry.
And please tell your friends. Unless they are wicked good tanglers and you don't want to compete with them. This is supposed to be fun after all.

Let's see what you've got!

To see all the contest details, read this post.

Entries from Round 1 can be seen here and Round 2 are here.

Ballenchain is from the Yoga for Your Brain card pack. The Tangle card packs can be pre-ordered HERE.

Results of Tangle Contest #2 - Annee

Prepare to be amazed! This gets better and better. Here are the results of this week's challenge.
Behold... Annee...

Becki Miller

Angela Whalen

Cheryl Rotnem

Debra Castaldi

Dennie York

Diane Yaciuk (Winner of YAF Challenge)

Dorothy Allison

Janneke de Lange

Jean Chaney

Jessica Swanson

Jessica Swanson - close-up

Judy Burkett

Judy Burkett 2

Lena Ulses

Linda McMillen

Lois Stokes

Lynne Norikane Newbarry

Maya Hardcastle

Melody Hampshire

Nicole Kelly

Penny Brouckaert

Rita Nikolajeva

Rita Nikolajeva 2

Sharron Morris

Traci Frogley

Arnoldo Romero

Linda Fine

And the winner of Challenge #2 - Annee is....
Megan Schlobohm!!!

Megan Schlobohm

YEAH!!
(Megan, be sure to email me where you want your super secret, highly coveted new Tangle Cards to be sent!)

Tomorrow I will post the next Tangle Card. I hope everyone will do another piece and pass the word around too. Megan (and Diane), you are welcome to enter again - you just can't win twice. ;-)