Tangle Refresher 92

Here’s another way to give the gift of love this holiday season.

There’s still oodles of time before Christmas arrives for some easy and inexpensive Zentangle®-inspired DIY crafts for the occasion that are especially fun to enjoy time making with young children, and the young-at-heart of all ages 😉

Going with our theme of buried treasure, here are a few interesting links for you to check out with ideas for inexpensive paper crafts just waiting to be tangled.

PAPER ORNAMENTS

20 Homemade Christmas Ornaments That Kids Can Make

Paper Ornaments – this page is a collection of links to all kinds of paper Christmas ornaments and crafts

PAPER SNOWFLAKES

Create a Blizzard’s Worth of Snowflakes (How to Make Paper Snowflakes) – from Martha Stewart

The Essentials of Making Paper Snowflakes – including design tips and tricks (be sure to check them out, great ideas there); how to make a 5-pointed paper snowflake; how to make a 6-pointed paper snowflake; and how to make an 8-pointed paper snowflake

PAPER STARS

How to Make a Paper Star – a free downloadable PDF template by CZT Susan Breen Silvy

GIFT TAGS AND GIFT BOXES

Great for gifting handmade goodies or small items

Easy and quick ornament gift tags – a tutorial by CZT Sue Jacobs

How to Make a Paper Gift Box – a Google search with a whole range of beautiful boxes including some unusual shapes for you to tangle then assemble

You can find lots of inspiration by searching Google for more paper crafts. Enjoy some inexpensive fun and some relaxing time tangling on something lovely that you made by hand!

If you have some Christmas paper DIY craft links you love, please feel free to share with us in the comments.

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The Tangle Refresher series, aka Buried Treasure, spotlights hidden tangle gems from the past. It can remind you of tangles you might not have used for a while or introduce you to some you haven’t come across yet.

Here are five more tangle pattern gems and a Tangle Refresher from a year (or two) ago for your tangling pleasure. Remember to check out the “More Good Stuff” links below too. Zenful tangling!

BTW as you visit these tangles please Tweet or “like” them on Facebook so they get shared with a wider audience. Sharing links are on the left side of each pattern’s page. Thanks!

Buried Treasure from a year ago

	Punzel
	Bumpkenz
	Panthe
	Amoeba
	Up n Down
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More good stuff …

• It’s Spiralicious — A Zentangle Spiral Guide by CZT Michele Beauchamp
• Joanne Fink tutorial on her Zentangle-inspired dangle designs
• How Zentangle changes lives – STORIES told in tanglers’ own words about how Zentangle has changed their lives
• New to Zentangle®? The Official Zentangle Kit has everything you need to get started, including a great DVD tutorial by Zentangle co-founder Maria Thomas.
• Everything you need to know about creating Zentangle-Inspired Art or Products
• Free Interweave eBook – Know Your Rights: Copyright 101 for crafters and artists
• Tangle Pattern Refreshers – the entire Buried Treasure series.
• Find more tutorials on TanglePatterns by visiting the TUTORIALS tab on the pink alphabetic menu bar
• Find a CZT near you – the link to the list of Certified Zentangle Teachers is located in the left sidebar of the site under the heading SOURCE WEBSITES. Interested in becoming a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT®)? Here’s more information.
• Linda’s List of Zentangle-original tangles — THE tangles to learn first if you’re new to Zentangle.

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Tangle or Zentangle?

Often Zentangle newbies describe their drawings containing several patterns as "a tangle". Or conversely, refer to a tangle as "a Zentangle". Not so.

A tangle is one (1) single pattern. And there are guidelines about what qualifies as a tangle. For details visit ZENTANGLES > A PATTERN IS NOT ALWAYS A TANGLE on the top menu bar of any page.

A Zentangle is the finished art on a tile containing one or more tangles. A Zentangle containing just one tangle is called a monotangle.

And while we're on the subject of using this wonderful art form's terminology correctly, as for "Zentangling" or "Zentangled" the terms to use are tangling or tangled. 🙂

As described on zentangle.com, "In its verb form 'tangle' means to draw a tangle. You tangle a tangle, and in that process create Zentangle art."

Learn more by visiting the ZENTANGLES > ZENTANGLE TERMINOLOGY page on the top menu bar of any page.

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