Weekend Workout 6 - DOODLE

  Hiya Claireliz here.

It's my turn to set the challenge this week, it's one of my favourite techniques to use on projects....

Doodling.

We want to see your doodles, on anything, scrapbook pages, cards, altered items, anything you like.

It can be simple doodling such as a faux stitched border or a really complicated flower design, whatever takes your fancy. I've used one of my favourite doodled borders on my layout, all you need is a black pen, a white pen & about 15 minutes...

 

To create this border I drew around the inside of the scalloped edge around the layout, then drew inside it again, then just start colouring in small black stripes, let the ink dry & then colour the blank sections in in white. I love the effect this type of border creates, it really makes the whole page pop.

Thanks for stopping by today & can't wait to see you doodles, be sure to leave us a link in the comments if you join in with us & we'll pop by & say hello.

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Hi - Dolly here.

I love doodling, on phone pads, conference notes, corner of the newspaper, but it isn't a technique I use often enough on scrapbook pages - and I need to use it more. I think part of why I use it rarely is the fear of spoiling a page. Not something that worries me when I am scribbling all over things I shouldn't be.

So I am going to make a promise to myself - doodle more .... on pages and layouts that is.

However, when I saw the challenge for this weekend I did set out to try and doodle on a page and I made this page of a piper we happened across at a local stately home. It was one of those bizarre unexpected moments. I doodled round the scalloped edge and round the strips and elements - very constrained doodles, but heck .... they are there.

 

and this is another page I made a while ago which has sort of doodled text flowing around and the initials in the top corner are doodled too.

 
However, a technique I do use a fair bit is making doodled flowers and adding them to pages. I like the free form of those.

 
 As well as doodling the flowers I doodled round the edges of the papers. I love doodling flowers as they seem to flow well and make great accents for all sorts of things. I will often add buttons or beads  to the centre and you can make them match the papers of the page.   

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Eleanor here, with an embroidoodle.

I simply drew a large E on a piece of linen, outlined it with chain stitch, and then filled it with stitched doodley bits. It was fun, easy and just needs a frame (it's approx A4 size) when I next go to a carboot sale. (I might have to stitch a few more doodles in it first, that's how doodling gets you, once you start you just can't stop looking for another space to make a little swirl or a flower.)

The red heart is filled with French knots:

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Hi Debbie here with my own doodled page. I started with a blank piece of white card and apart from the photo and the paper buttons on the tree and for flowers, everything else is doodled.

Thanks for stopping by. Debbie x

 

Comments

[Mandy]

Oooh.... Lots of doodling inspiration here. I've never really had much success doodling on LOs. I tried once with a white pen because I like the effect but the pen wasn't juicy enough. It was a White souffle pen. Anyone recommend a fab White doodling pen?
Mandy

[Eleanor]

The ONLY white pen worth buying IMO is the Uniball signo, it's very white (IYKWIM) and is acid free (if that's important to you). Lovely flow, on virtually anything from glossy photos to black cardstock. Read what others say here:
http://www.scrapbook.com/products/review.php?m=show&sku=jv-um153
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xx

[alexa]

Gloriously inventive stuff! I love how you've all been so creative - including with a needle and thread!

[Scrapdolly]

Another vote for Uniball Signo - its what I used on my page of the piper. It's good and opaque.

[Debbie Roberts]

Had a white sharpie once which was very good on acetate but not been able to buy another one. Will def get a uniball signo. Thanks x

[jayne]

Loving all the doodling x
Well done ladies and they are all so different too :)

[Mandy]

Thanks for the White pen info.
Hugs,
Mandy