Day 9

On the ninth day of Christmas

My true love got from me

Nine hand-y tangles

An eight penny wallet

A seven-finned Fan-tangle

Six letters dancing

Five Golden Things !
Four puzzle pieces

Three bottle gift tags

Two Yuletide ornaments

From my Treasure Box of ATCs!

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Rick's Notes:
Maria tangled these Zentangle ATC tiles as borders to frame pictures. Instead of pictures of faces we decided to do hands. Well, that led to taking pictures this morning of the hands of everyone here today - Mary Lou, Sue, Martha, Molly, Maria and me (and more) - and then some Photoshop® fun!

I took the pictures at tea time. Every day we stop work around 10 am and have a pot of tea with our traditional toasted rice cakes with butter, salt and pepper.

Today Sue brought in some tiny tangerines as an added treat!

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Day 8

On the eighth day of Christmas
My true love got from me
An eight penny wallet

A seven-finned Fan-tangle

Six letters dancing

Five Golden Things !
Four puzzle pieces

Three bottle gift tags

Two Yuletide ornaments

From my Treasure Box of ATCs!

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Rick's Notes:
Molly created this wallet using white and black Zentangle ATC tiles, clear packing tape and a snap.

These pennies are ones that Maria and I found as we walk together. We treasure every little thing we encounter and these pennies, full of color, character and history, are some of our favorites.

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Day 7

On the seventh day of Christmas
My true love got from me
A seven-finned Fan-tangle

Six letters dancing

Five Golden Things !
Four puzzle pieces

Three bottle gift tags

Two Yuletide ornaments

From my Treasure Box of ATCs!

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Rick's Notes:
That button was from my grandmother's sewing box. Maria used an awl to punch a hole through the layers of tiles large enough to push the button's shank through.

She attached it with the same clevis hairpin that originally held the button on its display card. You could also use a paper clip.


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See you soon!

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Day 6

On the sixth day of Christmas

My true love got from me

Six letters dancing

Five Golden Things !
Four puzzle pieces

Three bottle gift tags

Two Yuletide ornaments

From my Treasure Box of ATCs!

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Notes:
After Molly tangled these Zentangle ATCs, she sandwiched a silk ribbon between the tangled ATC and a blank one, added a couple beads, and ta-da!

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Day 5

On the fifth day of Christmas

My true love got from me

Five

Golden

Things

!

Four puzzle pieces

Three bottle gift tags

Two Yuletide ornaments

From my Treasure Box of ATCs!

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Maria writes:

Not everyone has these tools, but it's what I work with on a daily basis. I used one of my pointed pens, dipped in (actually "swiped" with a brush loaded with) gold gouache. 

Gouache is a watercolor-like paint in a tube with a little more gravitas than the usual watercolor. I used a Turner® Gold Orange and a Holbein® Brilliant Gold. Both of these tubes of paint (approximately 0.5 ounces each) are a hefty investment . . . each around $20 a tube. I tell you all this because, well, someone is bound to ask! 

I have yet to find a gold marker capable of producing this effect. Maybe someone out there in this Zentangle universe has found one. If so, give it up to these passionate tanglers!  :-)

- M

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Day 4

On the fourth day of Christmas

My true love got from me

 Four puzzle pieces

Three bottle gift tags

Two Yuletide ornaments

From my Treasure Box of ATCs!

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Puzzle Solved!

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Day 3

On the third day of Christmas

My true love got from me . . .

Three bottle gift tags

Two Yuletide ornaments

From my Treasure Box of ATCs!

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Close-ups:

Molly's tag is a tangled Zentangle ATC tile with a hole cut to fit a bottle top.

Maria threaded a silk ribbon through a small hole and knotted it.

Rick taped a beaded chain pull to the back of his bottle tag.

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