Tangley Pattern – Zixts

  I’m ready to share with you the third patten in this series.  This one is called Zixts (pronounces like 6’s).  This one has the similar number 6 and tear-drop shape shared in the Diamond Drop and the Muzaky patterns.  I hope you enjoy this one as...

Sharing my Diamond Drop Pattern Today!

  Last week I shared with you the first pattern in a series of three that were all inspired by an earring.  Today I’m sharing with you the second pattern I came up with.  It’s easier to draw than the last one, and it has a very similar look to it.  So...

Muzaky Pattern Share

  Well July was a month that was just crazy with unexpected events and challenges.  I’m looking for August to be much smoother as I’m merging back into the daily grind of things.  Including stepping up to the plate with a new pattern share.  Back in...

Sharing Patterns Chlink and Da’Rough

  A few weeks back I shared with you a SteamPunk journal page I had accomplished and in it was one of my patterns from 2010.  A friend from Flickr mentioned she liked it and I promised to share the how-to for it soon.  Well today I’m finally getting around...

ZenDoodle Pattern and Template GiveAway!

  Dearest Friends,  I am so tickled to tell you that all your visits to the Rainbow Elephant blog has added up to over 100,000 hits now!  How cool is that?!  When I told my hubby of the news he brought home an over-sized cookie to celebrate.  I so wish that I...

More Repeat Patterns from the Colorful Elephant?

So I’m in the studio yesterday gathering up the last of my 2011 loose-leaf journal pages and compiling them into my “creative yearbook” and “book box” – when just for gee-wiz sake I decided to count the number of repetitive patterns...

12 Patterns for Christmas – Wrap Up

  Patterns Spearl and Kurlllz are the last two patterns in this blog series AND the last two patterns I’ll be posting on the Rainbow Elephant in 2011.  I kind’a felt like closing things up this way – with a series of tangley fun – would be...

Pushing Out Popporz Pattern for You to Play With!

  Stuffed Peppers were on our holiday menu this year.  Yum. Yum.  Need I say more about the inspiration behind this pattern – the 10th one in my blog series “12 Patterns for Christmas?”  I’m guessing you get the picture here.  LOL   I...

Zikle – Pattern 9 of 12

  Here’s another pattern inspired by one of the ornaments that hangs on our Christmas tree. I like the way the curves in his beard hairs and the sharp corners of the crystal below him contrast against each other.  I thought this would make for an...

New Patterns from Old Patterns

  I have two patterns to share with you today- the 7th and 8th ones in this holiday blog series. I hope that you are enjoying the shares thus far. Feel free to leave a comment here and let me know your thoughts. Good, bad, or indifferent, I am open to all...