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Finally finished tangling for the calendar I'm preparing as a gift for 2016. Here is the 12th page using Tri-Bee (among other patterns), as per the Diva's weekly challenge:

I adoooooooore quilled keys. Love this week's EIM topic - Key! You should check out Ann Martin's quilled keys here and here. And generally google 'quilled keys' to see what's out there. I've quilled a few real sized ones over time......
'bout time I did some more. This week I have tiny ones:

This fortnight we need to Show Patterns on Moo Mania & More. The most mysterious pattern I know (and it's my favourite by far) is the DNA coil with its chromosomes:

And this piece, approximate size A3 and completely covered in quilling, was inspired by a medieval book cover. I was going to enter it in a show, but decided to stop with the agricultural shows - I've won enough there. I will now start working on some pieces targeting galleries. Gotta progress.

Yeah, right!

Myth is the keyword on Every Inchie Monday this week. This is my team, in Australia Rules Football, St. Kilda, being number 1 on the ladder. Why is it a myth? They came up with a wooden spoon last season and close to that for a couple of seasons prior. In their whole life of 150+ years, they have only won one grand final. And now, grand final is at the end of this month........ And here is my make-belief:

You can see that my blog's icon is this Footy club's logo

Another "yeah, right" is that this did not win anything at the Royal Melbourne show this year!!! The sphere is around 20 cm (app. 8") in diameter and completely hollow inside! How could 3 other people have done better than this?!  LOL and everything, but seriously!  :)   Those show competitions are now rigged, I'm telling you. To be fair, I got a glimpse of the work submitted this year, and it's magnificent. Fair competition.......   I think. I raised the standards last year when I took first place and best in section at this show. Hard competing against yourself  :D

This cross stitch also did not win any prizes, but I get that and don't question it.

However, and this really surprised me, this cross stitch on linen (with sewn in beads) got 2nd place. So somewhere still a bit of a winner  :)    The size is app. 69cm x 39cm (27" x 15").

Finally got some time to draw. I am putting together a new year's present - a wall calendar with one of my doodles on each month. I already have 8 pages I drew and published previously. Need another 5 (there's an extra page for the start of 2017). So this one is following this week's Diva challenge 235:

And this is my tag for Tag Tuesday this week:

Talk about lots of stuff

Coming up soon is my parents' wedding anniversary. I quilled for them a melting Dali clock. They love showing off all my work. You can check out his paining with the melted clocks, The Persistence of Memory here.

I really struggled with this one. So did my husband (we really enjoy this family game). Suddenly he had this idea for Talk on EMI. Of many olden media, the radio is still surviving. Why, what it is about radio? Anonymity? Can't be tracked as easily as we can be via the internet? Useful in the car, at work, in the shower, whenever we can't look but only listen? What do you think?

On Wicked Wednesday ATC, the theme this week is Pink & Black & White. Here is my tangled ATC in a pink frame:

Today, January 26, is also Australia Day. I found this pic that shows the more beautiful side of this country:

Happy Holidays!

I love the new tangle Arukas, which the Weekly Challenge on the Diva.! And I love what my cyberfriend, Annette Carlo, created for this tangle - have a look here. Inspired me to tangle for the holiday I will celebrating starting next week - Hanukkah.

Any Colour is Beautiful, as long as it is Black

Or grey, particularly dark grey.
Just out from other Moo-maniacs about the Art Journal Journey blog. Their November challenge is Inspired by the Masters. There are some great pieces out there, so go check out.
This one's mine. Edvard Munch rules! That silent scream says it all, that's why I have no words for this page.
And these are my favourite colours for the Moo Mania challenge Favourite Colours.

Here is some more black with grey. My version of the tangle Seton for the Diva's Weekly Challenge #192.

Unfortunately, with all these, white has to be present. Definitely not a favourite, but, hey, this is why I scream on the inside.

Zentangle & Moo

Over at Moo Mania (& More) it's Metal. Here is mine, created with hammer and anvil.

Looks like Damascus steel here

Homework on the Diva challenge is the monotangle Betweed.

And this is just a drawing. I love Judaica in all its expressions.

Herbstfärbung and Celtic Challenge

Haven't tangled for ages. Was finally inspired by Judy West's Celtic Challenge 34.

Slightly larger than A4

But I haven't Moo-ed for even longer. If you'd like to discover what a Moo is, have a look at Moo-Mania, their current challenge is Autumn Colours. We've got spring down here anyway, so the only autumn association is this one:

Stripes???

Oh well, if any of this counts as stripes, good  :)   Then it can stay on Diva's challenge #182.

Weekly Challenge #181

For this week's Diva challenge, I used Aquafleur because it has aqua in it, which translates as water in Latin, and Meer, which translate as sea in German.

D is for Dracula

This week is presented to you by the letter D from ABS Wednesday. I've got this zentangly drawing of a sexy Drac.

Weekly Challenge #174

I imposed the latest string from TanglePatterns, #111 with one of the squiggles from string #3. Didn't take a photo of resulting double string, but here's the ZIA.

These are the 2 strings (or 1.5 strings):

Check out the other pieces of art on the Diva's blog.

Weekly Homework / Еженедельная домашняя работа

EIM it's Cathedral. One of the most famous ones is St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
EIM - Кафедральный собор. Один из самых знаменитых это Собор Святого Петра в Ватикане.

IMTD it's the tangle Jailed Johnny.
IMTD это узор Jailed Johnny.

Q:  Why would you possibly want to do this?
A:  Because you're a cat.
Check out the progression of how he's twisting in there, trying to convince himself this is comfortable.

В:  Как можно хотеть такое?
О:  Если Вы кот, можно.
Посмотрите кадры, как он крутился там, убеждая себя, что ему удобно.

Twinchies Challenge it's Feathers.
Twinchies Challenge - перья.

More Weekly Homework / Ещё еженедельные домашние задания

On I am the Diva,  it's the new pattern Aquafleur. So here are more box adventures.
На I am the Diva это новый узор Aquafleur. Приключения ящика продолжаются.

On the Twinchies Challenge blog it's Idols.

На Twinchies Challenge это Идолы.

And here is my own personal challenge.

А вот моя личная сложная задача.

My weekly Homework & a Card / Моя еженедельная домашняя работа и открытка

On Every Inchie Monday the keyword is Ballet.
На Every Inchie Monday ключевое слово балет.

Rehearsal
Репетиция

And this is a card for my parents' golden wedding anniversary.
А это открытка на золотою свадьбу моих родителей.

My Weekly Homework / Моя еженедельная домашняя работа

This week all my homework is based on keywords.

На этой неделе, вся моя домашняя работа связана с ключевыми словами.

Every Inchie Monday has Amulet. It is the Hebrew word - חַי‎, which translates as 'alive'. The Kabbalists believe this not only protects life, but makes life good.

Every Inchie Monday - Амулет. Это ивритское слово חַי‎, которое переводится как "жив". Кабалисты верят, что оно не только защищает жизнь, но делает её хорошей.

The Diva's keyword is Open. Well, I opened the lid of one of my art boxes and tangled there. And now I am open to tangling more on the inside of the lid.
У Diva это слово Открытый. Я открыла крышку одного из своих ящиков и рисовала там. И теперь я открыта к тому, чтобы дальше рисовать внутри крышки.

And not forgetting the rest of the box.
И не забываю другие части ящика.

Twinchies Challenge blog has Film.
На Twinchies Challenge - Фильм (также переводится, как плёнка).

Yep, I know I got 18 and + the other way around, but, I'm over 18 and allowed to
Да, знаю, что перепутала 18 и +, но мне больше 18, a значит мне можно