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Tangle Refresher 168 – Featuring Tangle Folk, a random string and how to draw Waybop, Loopy Blossom, Paravan, E’rutats, 96X

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world. Also featuring CZT Billie Lauder’s Tangle Folk and a random string …

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Tangle Refresher 167 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Gourdgeous, Sundy, Batumber, Ingwi, Hexastar

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! This Black Friday we have useful links for inexpensive DIY paper crafts that are fun to do for the upcoming Christmas season, Plus our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 166 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Noom, Ginili, No-No, Sunsun, Lenche

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! A Veterans and Remembrance Day salute, and our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 165 – Featuring pumpkins, a random string and how to draw Opus, Hollyhock, K-Leesi, Curly-Q, Fluxogee

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring tangling pumpkins, and our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 164 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Huggins, Aloha, 3D-Room, Cathedral, Litbee

Lady North's Canadian Thanksvigin Gourds

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Our random string of the week and Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

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Tangle Refresher 163 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Betweed, Ltd, Fran, MA-XIII, Angel Line

Miss Mouse and her cuppa tea

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 162 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Aquafleur, Chloe, B-Twixt, Bep, Ando

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week … with a Hurricane Irma update

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Tangle Refresher 161– Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Marasu, Xin, Lamar, Sinchun, Petal Pusher

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Hurricane memories, Hurricane Harvey, and our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 160 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Strircles, Kiasom, D’rua, Ping, Whimriph

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 159 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw BB, Sati, Y-Chain, Fraccing and 3-Loops-6

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 158 – Featuring a random string, plus how to draw Fife, ‘Dillo, Eclipse, Fission and Tamisolo

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 157 – Two special occasions, a random string, and how to draw Molygon, Tattle, Zooloo, Natti and Wocar

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Plus two special occasions, a random string, and how to draw Molygon, Tattle, Zooloo, Natti and Wocar …

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Tangle Refresher 156 – A random string, plus how to draw Cadent, Subline, Croissant, 2SS2 and Snowflower

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 155 – A random string, plus how to draw Ellish, 2-S, Calix, Fe-Ba and Caught

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Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 154 – A random string, plus how to draw Ixorus, Marnie, Win-Zetta, Contacted and Hua

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Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And our random string of the week …

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Tangle Refresher 153 – A random string, plus how to draw tangles Keeko, Sand, Plop, Puchong & Oybay

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! A random string, plus how to draw tangles Keeko, Sand, Plop, Puchong & Oybay

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Tangle Refresher 152 – A random string, plus how to draw tangles Pendrills, Fleavy, Gotcha, Wedge & Bala

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! A random string, plus how to draw tangles Pendrills, Fleavy, Gotcha, Wedge & Bala

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Tangle Refresher 151 – Featuring “Stages of the quest”

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring “Stages of the quest” …

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Tangle Refresher 150 – On taking time for each stroke

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring thoughts on taking time for each stroke …

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Tangle Refresher 149 – Featuring a tutorial from CZT Marie Browning on how to draw colored gems with Tombow markers

Marie Browning's Dragonfly with Gems

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring CZT Marie Browning’s tutorial on how to draw gems with Tombow markers, and links to more resources on rendering gems

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Tangle Refresher 148 – Featuring personal accounts of how Zentangle® has changed lives

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring personal accounts of how Zentangle® has changed lives …

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Tangle Refresher 147 – Featuring the Zen of Zentangle®

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring the Zen of Zentangle® …

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Tangle Refresher 146 – Featuring the Zentangle magic of aura-ing

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring the Zentangle magic of aura-ing …

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Tangle Refresher 145 – Featuring tangles that are good for Zentangle newbies

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring tangles that are good for Zentangle newbies …

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Tangle Refresher 144 – with a special vocal treat and warmest wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2017!

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! With a special vocal treat and warmest wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2017!

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Tangle Refresher 143 – and celebrating a Florida Christmas with the Winterfest Boat Parade

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And celebrating a Florida Christmas with the Winterfest Boat Parade …

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Tangle Refresher 142 – Take time out from Black Friday to get your Zentangle on!

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Today we spotlight hidden tangle gems from the past. Here are some terrific tangles you might not have used for a while or maybe some you haven’t come across yet.

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Tangle Refresher 141 – Veterans Day and RIP Leonard Cohen

The Legendary Leonard Cohen

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Veteran’s Day, Remembrance Day, and RIP Leonard Cohen …

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Tangle Refresher 140 – Featuring inexpensive Zentangle®-inspired DIY crafts for the holiday season

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring inexpensive Zentangle®-inspired DIY crafts for the holiday season …

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Tangle Refresher 139 – Featuring a step-by-step tutorial on how to tangle on glass ornaments …

Tangled Ornaments Tutorial by CZT Anna Houston

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring a step-by-step tutorial on how to tangle on glass ornaments …

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