ALLELUIA

Dans Friday

'HAPPY EASTER'

Coloring Page #6

   Easter is just 3 days away! I am ready to say 'Alleluia' and sing praise that 'Christ is Risen!!!' And with that, I wanted to create a coloring page that would show the spirit of Easter!

   Click HERE to get your free download!

       May everyone have a wonderful Easter and may Peace be yours! Please enjoy this coloring page and share it with family and friends!

Many Blessings!

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VALENTINE CARD

Happy Valentine's Day

   Here's a chance to give that someone special a very special Valentine. And I don't mean your sweetheart,............ I'm talking about your best friend, or teacher, or grandma, or the cashier at the market. This is a Valentine that will make someone smile and feel appreciated. It is a Random Act of Kindness Valentine, that keeps on giving.

   Not only is it special that way, it is also a coloring page. It can also be passed on and on and on and,............. well, you get the picture!

   This is not a Dan's Friday download. It is just an extra, free, coloring page that I just had to share.

It is in two PDFs, so that you can print the front and back. I hope your children, and possibly you, will enjoy handing these fun little Valentines out. Maybe leave one randomly in the tip jar at Starbucks or even with a tip at a restaurant. The possibilities are endless. Spread some cheer and warmth this Valentine's Day! Click HERE, for your free download.

This is the front of your Valentines. You will need to cut them into four separate cards.

Click on image to enlarge.

This will be the back of the Valentine. See how it allows it to be passed on again and again. That is, of course, if your receiver wants to pass it on.  :0) 

Happy Valentine's Day!

May it be filled with CoLoR and Love!!!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016

Dans Friday

'Happy New Years 2016"

Coloring Page #5

    Happy New Year 2016, to one and all!!! I hope that your 2015 holidays were joyous and that you were able to celebrate them with loved ones! Here in California, we have had quite the cold weather. And by that, I mean it's been getting in the mid 40's at night. Oh, but I have been loving it, I'm not complaining.

   My father's side of the family is Sicilian and we have a tradition that we uphold every new year. We place a head of cabbage for wealth, a loaf of bread for food, and salt for wisdom, on our table, to represent the wishes we ask for in the new year!

   Before I post this month's coloring page, I just want to wish every one of you a very Happy New Year! May it bring you Good Health, Happiness, Love, Peace, Prosperity, Hope and Good Will!

    To get your free download and print this New Year's 2016 Coloring page, click HERE. As you can see, it is a bottle of champagne popped open and all it's bubbly and goodness is flowing, with wishes for the new year! 

Enjoy!!

   

   This month I have some fantastic pictures to show you! I was so excited to see family members taking part in coloring 'The Newborn King' coloring page, from last month. I want to share them with you.

(Done by my 9 year old niece.)

(Done by my 9 year old nieces twin sister. )

(My sister's client's 5 year old daughter.)

       

This one I had colored with my Prismacolor colored pencils and new markers I received for Christmas! :0)

   Again, A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Color on!!!

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'NEWBORN KING'

Dans Friday,........(On a Monday)

'Newborn King'

Coloring Page #4

   Wow, I don't even know where to begin,.......... 'Life as I know it' has been very much like a rollercoaster! Highs and lows!!! Some good, some bad! Besides my neighborhood around me changing from an agricultural, peaceful nature,.... to an industrial, cement tilt up, highway, catastrophe, it has also been under great siege of investigation. Yes, I live about 30 minutes from the San Bernardino shooting that took place last week. It saddens me greatly! So with a heavy heart, I felt that this month's Dans Friday coloring page, needed a strong message of HOPE! 

   I don't remember how long ago it was that I first saw the image of Santa Claus kneeling beside the Infant Jesus, with cap off and hands folded in prayer. It just grabbed my heart! I would love to give credit to whoever was the first to illustrate this powerful image, but I don't know who that is. (If anyone knows, please add it in my comment section and I will rewrite this post.) 

   Forgive me for not having this posted on Friday, as it should be. And believe it or not, it wasn't even due to the Hustle and Bustle of the season. Life sometimes calls us to dedicate ourselves to being helpful hands and not so much about the superficials of life. (Not that it is easy.) I have so much I have to do for Christmas, but I feel that the 'True' spirit of Christmas is in my heart and my family's. That's all that really matters!

   May this coloring page be shared with your families and friends to remind you that Christ is always Love and Hope! That 'He' is the greatest gift, one can have!!!

   Click HERE, for your Dans Friday #4 coloring page download. 

   Not only did I not have this completed by it's due date, I did not have time to color last months 'Give Thanks' coloring page. Maybe over the kid's Christmas break I will have some extra time to sit back, relax and color. 

   I pray that this Christmas Season will bring wonderment and joy to your hearts and families! 

God Bless You and 

Merry Christmas!!!

(((hugs)))

Annette Carlo

The Art Zenter

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   See you next year! 

PLANT A TREE, CREATE A FOREST

I Am the Diva, CZT

Weekly Challenge #246

"Guest Post: Monotangle Tree"

with Dilip Patel

   I have been preoccupied with a many different things in my life, right now, and computer time is last on my list. (Unfortunately I haven't even had time to tangle,......big sigh of sadness....) Any who, I was able to read, briefly, last week of what the challenge was to be set before us. My heart filled with emotion!!!! "I LOVE TREES!!!!!"  On Pinterest, I have a board dedicated just to trees! Trees, even as silent as they are, speak volumes of Strength, Stability, Life, Future, Beauty, Purpose, Hope, New Beginnings ........and the list goes on! 

    Recently, I have been touched by sadness, concerning trees. With the progress of development and buildings going ALL around me, ALL the trees that have been here forever, are being cut down. Yes, the developers are planting some, new ones,.........but not as many as were here before.

A beautiful, mature Olive tree on my parent's property. (From which my Pops, cures delicious olives)

Many, many Citrus trees on my parent's property, also. All of which are getting ready to be ripened.

The front of my parent's home. Look at all of those mature trees!  

Across from the corner where I live. Pure destruction of homes and trees down to the ground!!!!

   This is why this challenge touched me so profoundly!!! Thank you Dilip for giving us such an awesome and purposeful challenge!! In California, we are in a drought right know too. So we are being asked to not water our trees. They've even gone as far as wanting us to move most if not all foliage, anywhere on our properties. (It doesn't make any sense to me. Trees help our environment so much, but,...... I won't go there.)

Go Plant a Tree and Create a Forest!!!!

Here are my trees, using tangle LoLo by CZT Hsin-Ya Hsu. She has deconstructed some of the most amazing patterns. LoLo is one of my 'mac n cheese' tangles. I just love it!

   Anyway, I have had so much that I have been wanting to share with you all but my hands and brain and computer intelligence get in my way of getting these posts done quickly. What probably takes some of you 5 minutes to do on a computer, takes me about 30 minutes. My thoughts and comprehension of technology just get in my way. :0/

   Sorry for the long and babbly post, but I always have so much that I want to say! (I'm known to babble :0)    )

   Have a blessed week and may you and your families be safe, wherever you are!<3

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JUST A TINY TASTE

I Am the Diva, CZT

Weekly Challenge #243

'Just a Tiny Taste'

Haha, and you thought it was going to be about eating,...........Nah!!

   This week's challenge, the Diva, Laura, has asked us to give just a sample of tangling on a tile (hence, just a taste of tangling').  I actually love having open space on tiles, so I enjoyed this challenge very much!!

    As a little girl, I would make my own stationary. (What little girl does not like pretty paper and pens?) So for stationary, I would always give some kind of border and then add a little something in a corner. Then on the envelop I would add a touch of, matching whatever it is was that went with the stationary. Before email, everything was snail mail (sorry Bijou, no offense). I think that is why stationary was such a hit. The prettier the better. Sometimes though, I would receive some as a gift and I wouldn't want to use it because it was too pretty. (Sound familiar, anyone?)

   So this week, I made stationary cards to hand out for Thanksgiving. I told each of my children that they had to think of someone that they wanted to 'Thank' in a special way, and we would send them a card. So for the challenge, I left off the words that will go in the center of each card. I had so much fun, that I know I will be making more! 

(feel free to click images to enlarge)

   I have been busy! But I wanted to give the kid's teachers something for Thanksgiving. They have such wonderful teachers and I am always so impressed with the way they inspire and feed my children wealths of knowledge!! A many thanks to all teachers!!!!

It was difficult to find the best lighting for these. My mother and I would make these kind of hanging trio eggs and give them at Easter. We would, mostly, do Pysanky Eggs.

Again, these are eggs that our chickens are laying. They are so pretty all in themselves, that I cannot crack them and throw them away. :0/

   

   Please, don't forget that it is Dans Friday, here at The Art Zenter! Click HERE to get your free download for November's coloring page, 'Give Thanks'.

   Have a wonderful weekend and may we all be reminded that there is always something to be thankful for!!! 

   Speaking of thanks,........THANK YOU,...for all the lovely rays of sunshine left on my blog last week. Hugs to all!! ((((hugs)))) :0)

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GIVE THANKS

Happy Dans Friday

"Give Thanks"

Coloring Page #3

   November is already upon us and almost half way gone! On November 11th, we celebrate Veteran's Day here in the US. It is a tribute to all the brave men and women who have given their lives for our country and our freedom, and all the privileges we have in our wonderful country!

   We also celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday to commemorate a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims and Native American Indians, in 1621.

   We have so much to be thankful for! I know I do! My family, my faith, my talents, my home, water, food, and the list goes on,............it is endless! So please as you color this month's coloring page, reflect on all the wonderful things you are blessed with and want to give thanks for. 

   Maybe, once you have colored your page, you'd like to give it to someone to say thanks. Or give it to someone as a gift to color it themselves. Whatever you do, "Enjoy"!! A many blessings and thanks to all who visit my blog and continue to inspire me and keep me motivated to share my talents!

   To get your free "Give Thanks" download, click HERE

   I hope you enjoy this coloring page and please share you blog or website address with a finished picture of this month's Dans Friday picture!

   I almost forgot! Here is my finished colored picture of "Trick or Treat", last month's coloring page!

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GOURDGEOUSO!!!

I Am the Diva, CZT

Weekly Challenge # 242

New Official Tangle: Gourdgeous

   Well, it was a crazy busy week last week and this week set me off to be a little under the weather and welcomed me with a root canal. (yuk yuk yuk) So if you'd like to pass up all my exciting happenings and scroll down to my Diva entry, please do so at any time. (But I promise, I will not include info about my root canal.) (yuk yuk yuk) 

   So my daughter's kindergarten class had a field trip to a pumpkin patch, Mind you this is my 3rd time getting to go, because of my other two kids. :0) I love going on field trips with their school and love helping out any time I can, because I get to meet their friends and get to know the teachers a bit better. (The privileges of being self employed, I guess.)

Here we were on a hayride!

   Then we had our first Halloween celebration! Can you guess the theme we chose this year?

Please feel free to click on images to enlarge.

     Well, at that celebration, there is always a very gigantic pumpkin they have and everyone gets a chance at guessing the weight of it. So guess who guessed the closest weight? You got it, ME!!!

So I'm not going to tell how much it weighed until next week's challenge, but do you think you might be able to guess it correctly?

There it is in our van.

Here my client is standing with it. Just to give you an idea of how big it is, next to a grown man.

   Now it was 'Say No to Drug Week' at my kid's school so they had a different dress up day every day, but I won't include all of that. I also got chosen to go on another field trip this time, with my son, to the Safari Wild Animal Park. (I am having waaaaaaay too much fun, right?)

This was just one of my favorite creatures we got to see.

 

These are just little 'do' drop zenisms that I left around the zoo, and on the bus for people to find.

   And last but not least, my entry for the Diva Challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed this new tangle. Anything that is more on the organic side of tangles, become my favorites!!!!

tangles; 'gorgeous' 'blooming butter' and a form of mooka

 

I still have a passion for doing artwork on eggs, and I thought this new tangle would look great on one. To find the step outs for Gourdgeous, go HERE

My array of different fall eggs. All the brown ones are coming from our chickens. We are getting 3 a day now. They are all so pretty just in the raw, that I can't use them with cracking them. So I blow them out and keep the beautiful shells to be used as a canvas!! (Yes, my husband thinks I'm crazy!!)

   I sure hope I didn't bore you! Please keep an eye out for my blogpost about all of my Inktober creations. What a fun idea that is. If you didn't join in on Inktober this year, give it a try next year!

   I love reading all of your uplifting comments that you leave on my blog! Thank you Very much!! 

Blessings to all and I will see you next week!

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STONES and CEREMONY

I Am the Diva, CZT

Weekly Challenge #241

Guest Blogger: Paula Bramante with Strings and Auras CZT

Stones and Ceremonies

   I didn't think I would get to posting anything this week, as it is CRAZY busy. So it will be short. Love making stone pillars with an added name on bookmarks, and give them to people with gifts as a name tag. So that style is what came to mind for this challenge. And here you have it!

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   I'm hoping to add a bunch of pics to my blogpost next week. Lots of fun stuff happened this week in the Carlo calendar and more this weekend. So stay tuned and I will see you then! Not sure if I'm going to get to The Bright Owl's , Zendala Dare by Tues, but I'm gonna try! You should check out Erin's challenge, it is loads of fun!

   I enjoy reading all comments that are on my blog and thank you for them! Have an SPOOKtacular weekend!! 

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ZENDALA OF FALL

The Bright Owl

Zendala Dare #113

with Erin

Go to The Bright Owl and download your Zendala Dare!

   It's been quite the busy week,.......and yet,........I didn't get any housework done! :0/ Actually, I take that back, I got ALL of my laundry done. (And yet, if you looked in the laundry baskets in each bedroom it would be depressing, because there are already dirty clothes in each one!!! Yeeeeeks!!!!)

   Anyways,...when I saw this week's template, I wasn't too sure about it. I kept going back to it and looking at it, thinking, "what am I going to do with it?" Well, once I traced it and the pencil markings were on my paper, it came to life! I tend, NOT, to use all the lines that are on the template and/or if I do, I just restructure them.  

   Thank you Erin for always giving us such interesting templates to play with. I really feel I'm breaking through a lot of my own personal challenges because of them!

Here is my zendala without shading and without color.

I used  my Faber Castell Gelatos to watercolor this.

   When I trace Erin's template and transfer it onto my page, I always pick the largest template. The artist pad that I use is the Canson Mix Media XL. It is 7x10 inches and is 98 lb weighted paper. I really love it and the large template always fits so nice on it. But I usually have a strip of solid white to the right of my zendala. So I have been filling them up with a couple Bijou size squares. And putting a bit of inspirational words along with them. So here's what this week's space filler looked like. (I stayed with the fall theme.)

   I am still learning how to use my Faber Castell Gelatos. I have never taken art classes so a lot of this mixed medium stuff,..........I'm still learning. But it's fun and I enjoy looking at my past blog posts and seeing that I am making progress. (baby steps) 

   Anyways, enjoy your fall weather! If your on the opposite side of this planet and you're having spring right now,..... Enjoy !!!!!

   Thank you, one and all, for your uplifting comments! I will see you all next week! WE have our first Halloween party this Sunday. Stay tuned to see pics of what our theme is this year! :0)

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LEAVES, LEAVES, BEAUTIFUL LEAVES

I Am the Diva, CZT

Weekly Challenge #240

"Birthday Leaves for Artoo"

   "Happy 5th Birthday Artoo!!!" This passed weekend Laura, The Diva's youngest son had a 5th birthday celebration!!! It is always so nice to see her updates with her children and family, on her blog. I think with all that celebrating, though, Artoo ended up getting sick. So, lots of well wishes are going out to the birthday boy!!! Hope you feel better soon!!! :0)

   As a part of Artoo's birthday fun, he and his little celebrators were playing in the leaves outside. So that inspired Laura to give us a challenge surrounding leaves. Her challenge is to use colors of fall, tangles that look like leaves, tangled leaf zia's and/or anything that is fall inspired. I just love fall, and these kind of challenges just warm my heart. The colors, the smells, the feeling in the air,........everything about fall, I LOVE!!!! 

   Last year I had quite a lot of fun tangling on real leaves. I think I ended up flattening and drying out about 50 leaves from last year, to work on for future projects. (It's so hard to pass up a perfect leaf that has fallen on the ground, and not pick it up.) Anyway, if you'd like take a peak at my sister blog, Call it What You Quill, HERE, you will see leaves I tangled last year.

The background is actually handmade scrapbook paper that I have had stashed away.

   Here are the tools that I used for these leaves.

I just love brush pens. The black ink is from a Faber-Castell brush pen. (I forgot to add it to the pic.)

Hope all is well in everyone's neck of the woods! We've got Halloween, fast approaching! Yeeeeks!!! I think we have decided what we are going dressed as for the festivities. Easy year for me, no face painting and no making costumes. (Nice, but it doesn't help me get in the mood.) Have an awesome week and hope to see ya' all around, next week!!! :0) Hugs

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TRICK or TREAT

Happy Dans Friday

"Trick or Treat"

Coloring page #2

      Good Dans Friday, to you!!!!! I thought I would get into the spirit of Halloween for our October coloring page. Please use it to color and maybe frame it for the holiday! Just remember to have fun!!!

This is just a photo, when you download the PDF, it is of the scanned drawing. Enjoy!!

Click HERE for your Trick or Treat download!

   So I thought I would show you, my colored version last months coloring page, "Pleasingly Paisley".

You can see the gold pen, better in this photo.

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   If you did not get your download for Pleasingly Paisley, then click HERE, and it will take you to it. Just remember, I will be posting a new "Dans Friday" download every 2nd Friday of every month. Stay tuned for next months!

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