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February 28, 2019Chrissie Murphy DesignsLeave a Comment on Plan With Me for March

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I’ve been on quite a journey since I started reading this book. I’ve finished it now and have moved on to reading more of Matt’s books and I’ve been taking some of his courses. .
To those of you who create art, I have a question I’d love to hear your answer to as it’s about something I’m trying to define for myself.....
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What motivates you to create art?
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#artwithastory #onearthasitisinheaven
#propheticword #propheticart #borntocreate #thrivingchristianartists
#communityofchristiancreatives
#artandfaith #rootedartists

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I love learning what motivates the creative expression of other artists. We’re a unique bunch of folks and I love hearing how each piece of art we create is birthed and formed. Today I’m sharing the heart behind Resonate as a means of letting you into more of my Creative Process. .
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This sort of stuff is something I usually hold close to my chest, so opening this up for the world to see is kinda SCARY! But I believe, very strongly, that it adds another dimension to what you see in a finished piece of work. My hope is that after reading it, you see MORE and He resonates. .
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#artwithastory #onearthasitisinheaven
#propheticword #propheticart #borntocreate #thrivingchristianartists
#communityofchristiancreatives
#artandfaith #rootedartists

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Resonate is defined as, to resound or cause to resound; to reverberate. We have all sorts of things that resonate within us, but I believe the Lord wants to be the one that resounds and reverberates within us the most deeply. .
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Finished piece measures 5” x 8”
Mixed media on Hot pressed Watercolour paper 🖍🖊🎨📓
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#artwithastory #onearthasitisinheaven
#propheticword #propheticart #borntocreate #thrivingchristianartists
#communityofchristiancreatives
#artandfaith #rootedartists

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Hi friends, my apologies for the online absence. .
I’ve been doing a small training course with Matt Tommey. His course (called Artist’s Rise Up) is about understanding your place in the Kingdom as an artist. God reveals his beauty through His artists, so Matt’s course has been about discovering my place in
the Army of Artists the Lord is building. .
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Over the next few months I will be continuing the training as I work my way into more of Matt’s teaching through his books. I want to give this teaching my full attention and devotion, so I have chosen to sit my normal week to week tangle activities to the side for the time being. .
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I apologise to anyone that might be inconvenienced by me doing so. Many of you know that Creating with the Creator has always been my heart’s focus. Being provided an opportunity to deepen this through spiritual and personal development is something I just couldn’t pass up. .
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I will continue to create and draw during this time (you can see me working on a piece with the Lord in this picture I’m sharing). I hope the fruit of this time ahead is something you are nourished by, and I look forward to sharing parts of this journey with you xx
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#thrivingchristianartist #onearthasitisinheaven #tangleartist #zentangleartist #penandinkartist #artstudio #borntocreate #kingdomartist #tangles

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Have you ever tried using a real string for your tangle tiles? I did, I soaked one in alcohol ink and used the soggy mess to make myself a colourful string for tangling. Tonight’s Tangle Creative Process Mapping post looks at this idea in greater detail. There’s a link in my bio.
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#livingincolour
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #ColourTechniques #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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This is the Nvelope Tile I have created for Week 4️⃣ of the Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). Last week I wasn’t able to create a Colour Techniques Tile, so I’ve combined last week’s work into this week’s tile as well. .
I created this tile by using a string soaked in Alchohol Ink. If you missed the video where I shared about this, you can catch it on my YouTube channel. It was a smelly, messy process but now that the tile is finished, I’m glad I persisted. The results are quite beautiful. .
#BuildEachOtherUp
#livingincolour
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #ColourTechniques #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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It’s great to arrive at Week 4️⃣ of the Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). This week is such a good opportunity to create a tile using some of the things we’ve learned from focusing on Nvelope over the last month. I never got around to finishing a Colour Techniques Tile last week, so I’m planning on merging it into this week’s tile. .
If you’re joining me this week, don’t forget to tag your work with #CMDFocusOnNvelope, make sure it’s set to public so I can see and share your beautiful creations with our Talking Tangles community. 😊
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #ColourTechniques #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Here’s the Colour Techniques I’ve come up with for Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). I haven’t achieved as much variation as I would have liked with colouring this pattern, so I’m really keen to see how you fared.
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Tag your work with #CMDFocusOnNvelope, make sure it’s set to public so I can see it and share your beautiful creations with our Talking Tangles community. Happy colouring my friend 🌈
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#livingincolour
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #ColourTechniques #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Good morning Talking Tanglers. I thought I’d share a short video this morning to run through how I’ve created the background of my next tile, the Nvelope Colour Technique Tile. This background is made using an alchohol inked string. This tile will be finished later this week and I’ll have a post on the blog about it. For now though, I hope you enjoy this short video of this super quick background technique 😊
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #ColourTechniques #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Hi friends, this is a bit nerve-wracking for me! But.... here’s my first attempt ever at deconstructing a pattern. I’m calling it Tribaz, a bit of a play on the word “tribal”, as the pattern was inspired by some Tahitian tribal wood carvings I saw in a book. I’ve been having a bit of a play with it and I’m loving its stackability. You can vary the width and height of the blocks and play around with different shading techniques for some different looks. Let me know what you think...
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#Tribaz .
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#zentangle #zentangleart #Tanglepatterns #Pattern-Collection #zentangles #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #NewPattern #watercolorart #TangleCreativeProcessMapping #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Hi Talking Tanglers, welcome to Week 3️⃣ of our Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). I love Week 3 because it’s all about colour 🌈 This week we will concentrate on Colour Techniques. This is a really broad study because we can experiment with colour combinations or colour mediums and come up with many different looks. Try to come up with as many colour techniques or combinations as you can and then create a tile using one, some or all of them. .
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Don’t forget to tag your work with #CMDFocusOnNvelope, make sure it’s set to public so I can see and share your beautiful creations with our Talking Tangles community. Happy tangling my friend ✍🏼️
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #ColourTechniques #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Did you catch last nights blog post? I shared about this tile, my Nvelope Enhancer Tile. Earlier in the week I mentioned how I really loved the spiked Nvelope Enhancer I’d come up with for Week 2️⃣ of our Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). But for whatever reason, the beaded Enhancer was the tile I could envisage creating. So here it is! .
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How are you going with your Nvelope Enhancers and Embellishments? Have you been able to decorate Nvelope in a new and interesting way? We’d love to see it! Don’t forget to tag your work with #CMDFocusOnNvelope, make sure it’s set to public so I can see and share your beautiful creations with our Talking Tangles community. Happy tangling my friend ✍🏼️
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #TangleEnhancers #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #TangleCreativeProcessMapping #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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I love this quote by Socrates because it sums up how I feel about tangling. I’m not focused on what was.... my mistakes, my sub standard work, my failures etc... I’m focused on what will be. .
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- Socrates
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When it comes to our tangling we have a choice. We can focus our energy on fighting our old habits, fighting pens that don’t work how we want them too, fighting our lack of ability in an area or we can focus on building the new. The monthly focus on a tangle pattern is based upon this principle - building the new. .

One month intensely studying a pattern, helps you master its possibilities. You understand it like you’ve never understood it before. Before you realise it, you’ve built yourself something entirely new. A new capability..... If we want to change and improve as tangle artists we’ve got to focus on building the new and stop fighting the old. .
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If you haven’t signed up to join our monthly focus as a Talking Tangler then head to the link in my bio and join us. Focus on building yourself something that’s new, your tangly journey will thank you for it. . 📷 @brookemurphyphotography .

#zentangle #zentangleart #TangleEnhancers #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #TangleCreativeProcessMapping #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Hi friends, here’s another Stencilled tangling post using die cut florals. There’s a bit more info in tonight’s post about assembling the flower as I felt last week’s post was a bit ambiguous in this regard. There’s a link in my bio, I hope you enjoy. .

#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #TangleEnhancers #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #TangleCreativeProcessMapping #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Hi Talking Tanglers, to the best of my ability, I have tried to capture my understanding of Embellishments and Enhancers when it comes to tangling. This exercise, (ie writing it down on paper) has really helped to smash some of the blocks and limitations I had in in my mind where these things were concerned. I can see, much more clearly, how there really are many ways you can decorate a tangle pattern by applying an Enhancement or Embellishment. I’m sharing my notes on this in the hope it helps you too. .
#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #TangleEnhancers #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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It felt so good to grab some time this week to catch up on a lesson with Eni Oken’s Art Club. This is the Glazed Whitework lesson, such bright and cheery fun 😀
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#EniOkenArtClub
#GlazedWhitework .
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#zentangle #zentangleart #watercolorblog #Prismacolor #zentangles #TangleLovers #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #DrawingTime #TanglePatterns #watercolorart #TangleVideo #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Hi Talking Tanglers, this is what I have been able to come up with for Week 2️⃣ of our Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). My fave Embellishment and Enhancement is the spiky one, the one with the edges of the Nvelope full of triangular spikes. I’m surprised at how much I actually like this, cos I’m normally a swirly kinda gal 😁 .
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Decorating Nvelope has been really thought provoking for me, because although I never really addressed it, there’s that bit of internal tangling inside Nvelope’s four prongs to think about. And looking back on things, I think I could have done more to embellish it internally... anyways, while I dreaming about what might have been, show me what you come up with, I’m hanging to see!
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Don’t forget to tag your work with #CMDFocusOnNvelope, make sure it’s set to public so I can see and share your beautiful creations with our Talking Tangles community. Happy tangling my friend ✍🏼️
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #TangleEnhancers #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Hi Talking Tanglers, welcome to Week 2️⃣ of our Focus on Nvelope (a tangle pattern originally deconstructed by Alyss Amster, CZT). I have to let you know how great it’s been to see all of your Tangleations. You know, it’s so inspiring for us as Tanglers to see so many different tangleations. It proves that the possibilities really are endless when it comes to your tangling. So thank you 😘
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In Week 2️⃣ we will begin focusing on Enhancements and Embellishments. These are different to Tangleations because they’re more about decorating the pattern. It’s about embellishing the pattern with little enhancements that take it to a new level. A row of pearls here, or some scalloped edges there etc.... Try to come up with as many Enhancers and Embellishments as you can and then create a tile using one, some or all of them. Alyss’s step out for Nvelope is in my Stories for anyone who’s unfamiliar with her pattern. .
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Don’t forget to tag your work with #CMDFocusOnNvelope, make sure it’s set to public so I can see and share your beautiful creations with our Talking Tangles community. Happy tangling my friend ✍🏼️
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnNvelope
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#zentangle #zentangleart #TangleEnhancers #DistressInk #zentangles #Nvelope #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #TangleEmbellishments #Stencilling #watercolorart #christiancreative #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Here’s a super quick Tangle Creative Process Video for the Stencilled Flux Tangleation Tile I completed last month.... it seems like forever ago now, cos we are such busy little Tanglers 😜
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#StencilledTangling
#CMDFocusOnFlux
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#zentangle #zentangleart #TangleEnhancers #DistressInk #zentangles #Flux #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #DrawingTime #Stencilling #watercolorart #TangleVideo #StencilArt #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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Tonight I’m thrilled to share an Artist Interview with Anica Gabrovec, CZT. Tangling as @zen.linea, Anica’s work is some of the most recognisable in the zentangle world today. I’ve been incredibly encouraged by her interview and I know you will be too. There’s a link to her Interview in my bio.
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#BuildEachOtherUp
#WhenArtistsUnite
#CMDArtistInterview
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#zentangle #zentangleart #ZenLinea #DistressInk #zentangles #ArtistInterview #doodleart #HeartTangles #doodling #DrawingTime #OnlineArtist #watercolorart #christiancreative #Ecoline #surelysimple
#Tangleations #Tangleart #strathmoreart
#zentangleinspiredart #artblogger #zentangledaily
#ZentangleArtist #zentanglelovers #TanglersofInstagram #tangles

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