Tracy Kremer

Doodle yourself a greeting card

If you are looking for inspiration for patterns, take a look at the site : tanglepatterns.com This site is a sort of database for all the official registered Zentangle patterns, with hashtags and links to tutorials given by the people who actually create and register the patterns. I found it a wonderful source. (besides looking at my surroundings for inspiration) What I do is to browse through the database and when something catches my eye, I practise it a bit in an A5 sketchpad. I make little section patches to draw in on my page, fill it with a chosen pattern and note the hashtag (every pattern has a registered name!) I have a whole collection of sample patterns that I refer to when my own brain doesn't come up with anything pleasing enough. Here is an example of one of my sample pages. <img src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/parentClasses/d47130f6c8b50e544662047b2961d0bc/7c4d852a" alt="7c4d852a" /> There are literally hundredss of patterns. Check it out. See if you can find these: #popsicles #Plaited #Flux (I use this one a lot) #Allium #Pippin #Alaura

<img src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/aefe2638d6853de0f54d02ab3656353d/b788f6b0" class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" alt="Doodle your first greeting card - image 1 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/aefe2638d6853de0f54d02ab3656353d/b788f6b0 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/aefe2638d6853de0f54d02ab3656353d/b788f6b0 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy"><img src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/aefe2638d6853de0f54d02ab3656353d/5af514e1" class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" alt="Doodle your first greeting card - image 2 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/aefe2638d6853de0f54d02ab3656353d/5af514e1 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/aefe2638d6853de0f54d02ab3656353d/5af514e1 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Let's make it personal! People generally get chuffed if you work their name into their greeting card. Proof enough that you sat down and made something specially for them. My card, if you are confused by what looks like a christmas tree in the design, is for somebody whose birthday happens to be on Christmas day.

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