Andrea was too! She said:
I used to look at all these wonderful layouts and cards in magazines and online galleries with delicate and intricate doodles and think no way!!
However, one night when I was blog hopping I realised that I can doodle and that I've been doodling most of my life - especially in those boring meetings and lectures I have to attend (my meeting notes are always so much more colourful than my neighbour's!!) Doodling doesn't have to be flowers, swirls and scrolls. It can be dots, lines and zig zags - in fact anything goes!
Why do I always find inspiration in the middle of the night? It was about 1:00am when I found a particular blog and of course I couldn't go to bed, I had to get out my pens and card and create!!
Step-By-Step Doodled card
1) Doodle your design on card using a fine tipped permanent pen, I used a CD, glass and my roll of double sided tape to draw the circles in pencil first, then rubbed the pencil lines out after tracing over the top. By using a permanent pen you eliminate the chance of the ink smudging and the felt tips running into the black. When you have finished drawing your design cut it out leaving a border of a couple of millimeters.
2) Add colour using felt tips, paint or coloured pencils
3) Use alphabet rubber stamps for the sentiment. I used PSE pixie stamps and black Stazon.
4) Cut out each letter and ink around the edges with black chalk ink.
5) Position your letters onto your card and when you're happy with the final placement use glue (I used glossy accents) to attach.
6) Punch a flower shape out of patterned paper.
7) Doodle around the edges of each petal using a fine tipped black marker.
8) Gently curl the edges of each petal between your thumb and finger and use chalk ink to define the edges.
9) Cut your patterned papers to fit your cardstock and attach using your sewing machine in a combination of straight and zigzag stitches.
10) Use foam pads to stick your doodled design onto your card, add the flower and then a
button or doodled centre to the flower.
11) Finish your card by running a black chalk ink pad around the edges of your card.
I hope you find inspiration to pick up your pen and start doodling. Perhaps like me you'll relise that you've always been doodling - just in your own style. There's no stopping me now!!
Love from Andrea xx
Oh that's lovely - I keep meaning to get my machine out so I can have a play at stitching with it - I usually do hand stitching!
Posted by: Virginia | July 29, 2012 at 10:00 AM