Doodling In Your Scrapbooks

I feel like a kid again! Flash back to when you were in school sitting there with a pen in your hand taking notes. What did you do while the teacher lectured? Doodle of course! I am still guilty of doodling while listening in church and while talking on the phone. All of that doodling practice can now be put to good use. Break the gel pens out again because doodling in your scrapbook is the trend! Open up any idea book or scrapbook magazine and you will see tons of doodling.

My friend and Faith Sister Sunny Kohler designed this amazingly beautiful Doodled layout! She used penwork around the outside edges of the heart. She doodled the most adorable little flowers and bee, eye, a heart with wings, and a cloud with a sun peaking over the top...and look at all the little details around the outside edges of that white paper. This is so stinking cute that I have to say it is my FAVORITE layout that I have seen in a long time!

Doodling is defined in the Webster's dictionary as scribbling aimlessly. Scrapbook doodling is a little more planned so I don't think you would call it aimless, but remember it is just a doodle, not a drawing masterpiece! You can doodle to create flowers, lettering, plants, animals, borders and shapes. Doodling and penwork is such a great way to accent your layouts! It is an easy way to add an inexpensive personal touch to your projects. Even if you don't consider yourself a freestyle artist, you can find ways to work this hot trend into your scrapbook.

Doodling can take a little practice. Here are a few ideas you can use to practice your doodling skills:

* Doodle while you wait.

* Trace other artists doodling to get a feel for the movement of the lines.

* Add penwork around the edges of diecuts, or journal boxes. I always use short lines with a dot at the end instead of long continuous lines.

* Doodle in pencil and then trace over it with your pens so you are less likely to make mistakes.

*Use a stamped image as your base shape and then add doodle lines and shapes around the stamped image.

I have found some great doodling inspiration by looking on tattoo websites! You must be careful because you can come across some very unpleasing graphics on these sites too! Just do a google search for Tattoo. Here are a couple of sites that will give you some great doodle inspiration Every Tattoo and Bullseye Tattoos

happy doodling!
Michelle:)