Zentangling on Cards

Amber Davis teaches a class for Altenew Academy titled, Zentangle for Cardmakers. It has many ideas about incorporating doodles or Zentangle designs onto card fronts. If you enjoy doodling or Zentangling, add this fun, personal touch to your next project. Here are the steps for Zentangling on the card pictured above.

First, choose an open stencil design and ink blend onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ card front. These two colors mixed together in the middle of the card front netted an additional orangey-coral color. Next, add Zentangles or your own doodle designs onto as many white areas as you like. I used the 005 and 01 pens from the Fine Liner Pen Set for the designs. The picture, below, shows the designs prior to shading with graphite pencils.

After adding shading with pencils and a blending stump on the Zentangled areas, I ink-blended the hugs die-cut and the circle that surrounded it. These are the same ink colors as the stenciled card front and are then cut apart. The hugs die is designed as an inset into a card front. By using the Hero Arts circle die, it can be cut out with a frame. Auditioning the circle with the word attached, led me to decide to separate the word and cut the circle into pieces. The circle segments are glued to the front and the sentiment is popped up with foam tape.

I love the bold look of the stencil with the Zentangling, the bright colors, and the way the card came together. If you make any doodled or Zentangled projects, I’d love to hear about them.