Monday, November 30, 2015

Once There Was a Tree

I had a friend in high school who was fond of reciting The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and it seemed apt for the Diva Challenge this week. The challenge, set by guest blogger Dillip Patel, is to create a tree using a monotangle to help create awareness about planting trees and being good stewards of this marvelous planet we live on,

I think I could get obsessed with this challenge but I chose to do only two.

Tangle Used: Cat-kin

Tangle Used: Pop Cloud

Last week was so busy with classes and Thanksgiving that I never managed to post my Challenge piece. The challenge was to use the tangle Hollibaugh. I couldn't get the idea/pun of holly out of my head so I went with it an created this tangleation (during class, hence the lined paper):


I can't believe November has flown by so quickly. I always look forward to the holidays but they do have a tendency to whiz by. Hopefully we all take a moment to reflect on how we got here and where we plan to head next.
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12 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 30, 2015 at 7:05 PM

    I like your two very different tiles. Isn't it a great challenge? I think I'll be doing more inspired by this challenge

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  2. The Yorkshire TortoiseDecember 1, 2015 at 12:12 AM

    Great trees, I love how everyone is making trees out of different tangle patterns

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  3. MaggibeeDecember 1, 2015 at 2:45 AM

    I like all three tiles but the pop cloud one is such a good idea, like a Japanese print.

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  4. Anne's tangle blogDecember 1, 2015 at 2:46 AM

    I like them all, well done.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 1, 2015 at 6:37 AM

    Wonderful work! I love them all! Greetings, Anja

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  6. Dilip PatelDecember 1, 2015 at 8:28 AM

    Wow! Great trees.

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  7. jeanchaneyazDecember 1, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    Nicely done trees. I love the Pop cloud. Fun way to use the Hollibaugh style too!

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  8. IlseDecember 1, 2015 at 11:30 AM

    Nice to see you've used Cat-kin as well :-)

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  9. Drawing Peace From TanglingDecember 2, 2015 at 5:40 AM

    That's one of my favourite books too. I love how you added smaller trees to both tiles. I particularly like your Pop Cloud tile. And ... Now I want to go and experiment with Hollibaugh. Thank you!

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  10. MelissaDecember 4, 2015 at 4:14 AM

    Great trees, but I especially love your Hollibaugh idea.

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  11. MelissaDecember 4, 2015 at 4:14 AM

    Great trees, but I especially love your Hollibaugh idea.

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  12. Sue SharpDecember 6, 2015 at 5:10 AM


    great trees, but I 'specially love the whimsy of your Pop-cloud trees!

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