First of all, as always - a few house keeping items:
- If you're NEW here (and there've been a lot of new additions to the party!) I'm working on creating some tutorials to help you out. You can click on the links above or: See "Getting Started" and "Tutorials"
- To see all the past weekly challenges - click the tabs above
- Please grab the button for the Weekly Challenge (on the right sidebar) to display on your blogs! share the fun!
- The limit of submissions to the slideshow is TWO, but please feel free to post as many as you like to your blogs. I will take the first two presented to each challenge.
Hello everyone! Thanks for all your emails and well wishes this week.
Artoo is doing much better. His cold grew into a nasty cough, which brought on several sleepless nights. We had to reschedule a medical procedure that he was booked for, he was coughing too much.
Chewie and i had fun this week making Potato stamps and finger painting, I didn't take any pictures of the process because i was up to my wrists in paint. but it was fun. I really enjoy when Artoo has his nap, and Chewie and i get some much needed 1 on 1 time.
Things are slowly starting to feel like they're back to normal for me. YES - I'm still sick, after 2 weeks. But I took myself to the doctor this weekend. While sitting in the waiting rooms i tangled away in my Tangle A Day calendar. What a great way to pass the time.
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I finally got in to see the doctor who told me that the rhino-virus, which gave me a cold in the first place, has likely settled into my sinuses and that the normal course for a sinusy-virus is 4 weeks. so, maybe i'll feel better by the end of February? sigh. He did set me on a regular course of Neti Pots and nasal sprays with nasal steroids. I can breathe, again, after a fortnight! i still have no sense of smell...
Weekly Challenge #105: "UMT v. XIII: Dansk" - and GIVEAWAY
For those of you who are new here, the first Monday of every month is a UMT challenge, or Use My Tangle, where the challenge is to try out one of YOUR tangles. If you'd like to submit a tangle click this link for submission guidelines.
this week's challenge is brought to you by Margaret Bremner, a fellow CZT and Saskatonian. You can see the step outs for her tangle DANSK here on her blog.
You can see i used this tangle in my TAD Calendar i shared earlier (February 3rd!).
here's my tile:
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dansk! |
I'm giving away a Tangle A Day Calendar, courtesy of the amazing and wonderful Carole Ohl, CZT. To enter, leave a comment saying you'd like a calendar! For an extra entry, share this giveaway on your blog.
but wait!! there's more!
For my fans on FACEBOOK - i'm also giving away a Tangle a Day Calendar! To enter, you must Like The Diva's Weekly Zentangle page. For an extra entry, share the giveaway on your wall! (This giveaway will be live on Facebook by noon today.
Contest will end this saturday at midnight! Good luck!
If you can't wait to see if you won, and would like to purchase a calendar, you can buy one here
have a great week!
MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE - i forgot to add the linky machine. :(
like i said, i'm STILL sick. lol
i can't add it from work - so it will be up later tonight. thanks for understanding.
If you have a blog, add the site-specific URL where your tile is posted to the linkey machine below! Don't forget to link back here so that others can join in the fun! (if you don't know how to find this, you can see my half assed tutorial here)
Also, please feel free to come back often and visit the links of those people on the linkey machine - don't forget to leave a comment or feedback, everyone loves feedback. ;)
If you don't have a blog but still want to participate, you can email your tile to me and i will post it here. (See the contact tab above for my email address). The deadline for each weekly challenge is Saturday night so that i can round everyone up by Sunday. What this means is that i will stop adding tiles to the slideshow on Sunday. You're still more than welcome to do the challenges and add your name to the linkey machine.
I will be more diligent with the linkey machine - by editing out the ones that don't work, the doubles, the links that lead to nowhere, the links that go just to blog home pages (this is why we need those site specific urls), and the spam. And there is some spam. PLEASE do not put your *home* page in the linkey machine... please? for me??
Please enter my name in the Calendar give-away. That would be totally cool. I am so sorry about your sinus/infection. I get EXACTLY the same thing. My allergist has me using a plastic spray bottle (instead of a netti pot). I now have 3 of them...one for travel and one for my winter address and one for summer. I do this DAILY like brushing my teeth. I do think it helps prevent infections! Get better quick!
ReplyDeleteOh yes!! I would like to enter my name in de Calendar Give away. I also did share the Giveaway on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to enter my name in the Calendar give-away, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that you're getting better. I hope the meds will do the rest now so that you'll have your full strength back soon.
I'd like to enter for the calendar giveaway. :) I hope you feel better soon! I get things like this quite often. In addition to the saline rinses, I also have a small face humidifier thing. It feels nice and helps to open things up. I'll be posting the giveaway on my blog later too.
ReplyDeleteI posted on my Blog, liked your FB page, and shared on my FB wall. I really really really want to win. :-) hehe Is Mr. Linky hiding?
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DeleteMe Me Me! Enter my name in the giveaway too..Plz plz plz....:) And ofcourse will post the same on my BLOG and have already LIKED ur FB Page..:)
ReplyDeleteHope you get well soon Laura...Sinuses can be tedious..suffer from the same too...:(
BTW Cant see Mr. Linkey...:(((
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in for the calendar. Thank you so much for these challenges.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I would like a caledar! Please send one to holland!
ReplyDeleteHope you get all better soon. Take care!
Thank you for having the Calendar-a-Day Give-away. Thanks to Carole Ohl too. Please enter my name in this Give-Away.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have this calendar! Thanks to you and Carole for having this give-away.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this! Hope you continue to feel better! I had mine for over a month, but now am feeling normal again! Kate Ahrens
ReplyDeletei would love a calendar. I am tangling daily an am addicted. recently did a fish. Going to start your weekly challange.
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the list of tanglers who would like to win the calendar! Hope you'll be all well soon.
ReplyDeleteGreedy as always :-) I like you to enter my name for the Give-away. I also mentioned it on my blog. I think it's quite generous from you, to do this. So, if I win or not, thank you!
ReplyDeleteI tried to donate something, but it gives a errror all the time.
Sorry to read that you're not better yet. Take care!
Laura, thank you again for your willingness to give us a challenge. Thanks Margaret for your sweet pattern. I hope that your day goes okay Laura, I know how much harder everything is when you don't feel well. I will watch for the linky. I would love a calendar. Your calendar page is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI also would love to get a calendar.. :D... and I will share the giveaway on my blog too! .. Thanks for the weekly challenges! :D
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you for having this great blog and giving all a chance to share. it really is great to see and git great info. here. and I would love to have a Tangle a Day Calendar!
ReplyDeleteHi Laure, please feel better soon, what a trooper you are, the calendar give-a-way is a great idea. Please enter me in. Amazing tangles at the Doc's...!! And many thanks to Carol Ohl.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to win the TAD calendar. Hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteFrancie
fsriley@gmail.com
I would love to have a Tangle a Day Calendar! I will post this on my blog as well when I get around to doing the challenge and posting. Hope you are feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteI also would love to get a calendar.... and I will share the giveaway on my blog too! .. Thanks for the weekly challenges!
ReplyDeleteHi, hope you are feeling better soon. I would love to win one of the Tangle a Day calendars. Thanks
ReplyDeletehttp://aurorasdroomwereld.blogspot.nl/2013/02/diva-dare-105-dansk.html
ReplyDeleteI'd like a calendar.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are feeling a bit better, hopefully full recovery doesn't take as long as end of Feb.
ReplyDeleteWould love a calendar, too :)
I'd love a calendar, too!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in the calendar draw, would love one! Hope you are soon feeling better.
ReplyDeleteI think your tangle page is totally awesome! A mega inspiration.
ReplyDeletePlease enter me into the calendar draw. Yummie!
I would love to receive the tangle a day calendar - too cool! and Hi from BC - :) and I posted it on my blog! :)
ReplyDeleteSandy S
Kelowna,BC
I would so LOVE to win a calendar! Thanks for the chance! =)
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting this book for two years now. Get well soon, darlin'. Sharing on my blog....NOW!
ReplyDeleteLaura,
ReplyDeleteI am so very glad that you are on the mend and the kids toooooo... great going. Thanks for all the input even when you are not feeling so good.. that takes a super human person... but you knew that anyway... right???
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
A calendar would be awesome! Thanks for sharing... glad you are all on the mend!
ReplyDeleteDiane Trew
I'd like a calender! ;-D
ReplyDeleteHope you feeling better soon!!
ReplyDeleteI love Dansk, so much opportunities for this quit simple pattern. Have to play much more with it. Thanks for your challenges every week... And a calender, that would be very nice :-) Love 'n greetz, and take good care! Best for you and your loved ones, Ellen
ReplyDeletePlease enter me for a chance to win a calendar! I shared the giveaway on my blog! http://atangleintime.blogspot.com/2013/02/carrying-on-happy-mail-and-diva-giveaway.html Thanks Laura and Carole!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I am new here. I want a calendar and am going to try my first challenge! Very excited to be participating. I did share it on my blog (http://emilyhoutz.blogspot.com/2013/02/check-this-out.html) and I shared the FB page. This is going to be FUN!
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving away one of Carole's calendars - I would definitely love to win one. Sorry about your sinuses. Instead of the Neti Pot, I've had more luck with their Sinus Rinse Bottle - same idea but it seems to work better for me. Hope you're feeling batter soon!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this week's challenge! I love them all, but was in a particular mood last night when I tackled Dansk and it really helped to turn my frown upside down! I didn't even know you had a Bacebook page-love it! (And 'liked it' and put you on my blog for extra entries for that awesome calendar!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win an awesome calendar. :) Love zentangle. :)
ReplyDeleteHaven't participated in a challenge yet, but I love the fact that you can still do all previous ones as well! (might start with nr 1, since my tiny OCD-self won't let me do it any other way xD)
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better really soon, I know how a clogged nose can be a pita!
And a tangle calendar would be the perfect start for my soon-to-grow tangle library :D
Thanks for another great challenge! This was a good one for me, I used a tangles that I hadn't before. I would also love to be entered in the give away. I hope you and the family are feeling better.
ReplyDeletealmost 800 followers?
ReplyDeleteMy little girl has hit the big time! :)
I love you, Slyde.
DeleteWow, lots of comments. Glad that you are feeling better. My experience with the virus was not as bad as yours. Hope you and the family continue to get better. I would like to throw my hat in the ring for the give away also. I have also mentioned it in my blog with a links back to your blog.
ReplyDeleteWould love a chance to win a give away calendar a day. Also for an extra entry I'm putting this on my site in Flickr.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting! I'm so glad your little boy is better.lol
ReplyDeleteI had fun with this challenge. I used a drawing I'd abandoned, but could rescue thanks to the dansk pattern. There was still a lot to do and I've no idea what most of the patterns are called. I tend to start drawing one and then go off at a tangent. I sometimes think I've discovered something new, but haven't. Sorry the shading's uneven. I've been trying out a new tool. More on FB.
Laura, I am so glad that you and Artoo are beginning to feel better. Thank you so much for the great challenges every week. I would love to be entered to win a calendar, please. I'm about to share this, and I've liked your page. Thanks for the opportunity. So exciting!
ReplyDeleteYay! i have your offer on my blog!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Laura! Another fun challenge and a great offer to boot! Please sign me up for the calendar give away. I have posted it on my blog as well.
ReplyDeleteYou're the best! Here's to a healthy household! May it come to be very soon.
Thanks for the website. I have enjoyed reading and viewing the tangles. I just entered my first weekly challenge. I shared your post on my FB as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for doing these challenges. i really enjoy doing them and seeing other renditions too. Please sign me up for the calendar giveaway
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura, I really enjoyed dansk, you have created a great calender page and I would be delighted to receive a copy, thanks for the chance to be in the giveaway.
ReplyDeletePlease sign me up fora chance to win the calendar. I was just blogging about how much I'd like one of those calendars. What a great idea for tangling every day.
ReplyDeleteYAY! I got my tile done, and it's still pretty early in the week! Maybe I'll have time to do another. I absolutely love Dansk. Your calendar entries are fabulous. I hope you feel better SOON. Hugs from Tennessee!
ReplyDeleteI am new to Zentangle. Haven't had a class yet. But I enjoy your blog and maybe someday I'll try a challenge. I'd love a chance to win a calendar.
ReplyDeleteHey Diva!! Speedy Speedy recovery!! Love to win the calendar..it will help me focus and commit more to tangle everyday...Thanks for the opportunity. Linking it back for others too!! have a lovely week
ReplyDeleteOh I would love to win a calendar! I am still working up the courage to do a challenge though. :-D
ReplyDeleteWhat a gift the calendar would be to this newbie! I just started Tangling in December, needless to say it has taken over my life! Sending you some Florida sunshine for your health!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the calendar! I am new to Zentangle, and am inspired, just looking at pages from the calendar. By the way, there was a great article on Zentangle, by Linda Farmer, included in the second issue of "Featuring" magazine, a new mixed media and art journaling magazine published in The Netherlands. Check it out!
ReplyDeleteOh my! Who WOULDN'T want to win the 2013 Calender? YAH! Please enter me in the give-away. Thank you, Kathleen
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear that you all are feeling somewhat better. Hope your sinus infection goes away soon. I would love to enter your calendar give away. I love Carol's work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the challenge and the calendar give away....I would love to have one!!
ReplyDeleteI would love the TAD calendar journal. I think they are a great idea! so sorry your sick and hoping the whole family gets better soon! Sharing this!
ReplyDelete:::throwing my hat into the ring for the calendar giveaway:::
ReplyDeleteFour weeks for sinusy-virus stuff? Blech. My son's allergist prescribed a "NeilMed Sinus Rinse," which is the easiest nasal rinse we've tried thus far with my kiddo. Still isn't his favorite thing to use ("feels like accidentally snorting up water while swimming" LOL), but it sure is handy-dee-dandy when trying to get over allergy/sinus yuck.
My son is far past the age of wanting to fingerpaint and do crafty things, so I enjoy reading about other moms doing those things with their kiddos -- brings back wonderful memories =).
Hope you are able to reschedule Artoo's procedure soon, and that his cough is now gone, or clears up quickly.
(going back to lurkdom!)
Entered my linky. I added the giveaway on my blog! Thanks again for the chance to win such a great prize! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win! Glad there is a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of illnesses in your family!
ReplyDeleteOff to tangle!
I want a calendar! Newbie here... Think I posted my whole picasa album instead of just the challenge zentangle. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteHi Laura! I'm glad you're feeling better and Artoo is as well! I'm just getting into Zentangle every day and would love to win Carole's Tangle a Day calendar! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteAnother Fabulous challenge, I would love a chance to win a 2013 TAD calendar too!
ReplyDeleteHad a lot of fun with this challenge.
ReplyDeleteMine is updated, too!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this challenge and have added the calendar give-away to my blog. Thanks for everything you do!
ReplyDeleteThis is my first weekly Diva Challenge! I have Diane Maslaroff to thank for that. :-)
ReplyDeleteI do not have my own blog yet so I just pasted a link to my tile, but here is Dianes page.
http://distangleart.blogspot.com/
Thank you all for a fun challenge!!!
ReplyDeleteHope you and your loves are feeling better day by day!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a calendar. I have also added the giveaway to my blog and liked you on facebook. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling like a winner! :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear you know what your dealing with and starting to feel better.
ReplyDeleteI hope the rest of your family feels better soon too. Thank you for the opportunity to win Carol OHl's Tangle a Day Calendar, I have added it to my blog site as well. It would be very special prize and an inspiration for daily tangles.
Those sinus infections can be a bear! They last such a long time. I would love to have a calendar. I love the group of tangles you did in your daily Zentangle book.
ReplyDeletePlease enter my name for the giveaway. The calendar looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a speedy recovery, Laura.
I would like very much to be included in your calendar give-away. Hopefullly you are one week closer to feeling better. :-)
ReplyDeleteI recently started tangling, and would love to win the calendar. The tangles you shared are fabulous. I will share this on my blog & FB wall. Hope you feel better soon,
ReplyDeleteTameko
www.creatingmypeace.com
Thanks for all the great challenges! Please enter my name in the drawing for the calendar give-away.
ReplyDeleteI hope you and your family will all feel much better soon.
Linda
rainsfl@netzero.com
I like the idea of tangling on a calendar - please add me to the drawing. I had an easier time finding the challenge this week. But this comment space still tried to elude me LOL
ReplyDeleteI hope I got mine in on time. I have the calendar, I wish everyone luck!! I love mine!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't get a 2nd one done this week, but my daughter completed a Valentine ZIA that includes dansk--before she even knew that dansk was this week's challenge. Serendipity!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this one! MAybe because I thought a little bit more out the box than normal!
ReplyDeleteOh, Laura, I'm sorry being so enthusiastic: I've entered twice (92+93). I do hope you and your family are feeling much better right now!!
ReplyDeletenot thrilled with my entry, but.... at least i completed it.
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