1st Jan, 2010

DO-odle it yourself {tips & techniques}

Monique Helfrich

On the very first day of 2010 we all wish you a very happy and healthy New Year!!!Did you make good resolutions like creating more scrap time?Finally using all the old scrapbooking papers? Giving your scrap art your personal touch? Well, if you do I hope this first 2010 Tips& Technique post will help you to grab all your old papers, sit down with nice photo’s and coffee (hot chocolate will help as well this time of year ;)) and start Doodle it yourself!

I got inspired by all the doodling art I lately noticed in the Dutch magazines like Libelle and Flow. In earlier days my school diaries and notebooks were full of doodles but it seems so long ago that I went with that doodling flow. Nowadays I feels that kind of fear I had when I first tore a beautiful patterned paper, inked paper and wrinkled paper … can you believe we once feared that scrapbooking part? No, not any more and that’s why I thought ‘let’s throw all the fears over board in 2010, grab a pencil and doodle!’

   But hey, don’t jump in that freezing water at once but take it easy and get yourself a life jacket by visiting some doodling queens. Elsie Flannigan is well known for her doodles and she also takes part in Red Velvet Art.  Adrienne Looman even wrote a book about doodling and they both now design scrapbooking doodled papers and Dawn Inskip turned her doodling qualities into digi-kits.

Marieke Blokland wrote a Dutch doodling book and she made a very clear video about doodling (#5).

What did I do?

I grabbed all 2009 Scrap-Club kit leftovers and doodled a background like a green curtain.  

Small rectangle pieces patterned paper became books. I remembered that type of moon from my childhood and for the rabbit and bookworm I used the examples of clipart.  Just by google search for rabbit clipart f.e. 

To adhere the transparent title I used a tooth pick which I first dipped in some glue. And this is the result.

Here you see both the clip art I used for doodling a snail in the second layout.

Some doodling around the clouds and layout finished this one: Spring is in the air again. 

Well we have to wait some more time before Spring is really here but in the meanwhile you can work on your resolutions like scrapbooking isn’t it ;)  

Have fun!

Comments

wow, Monique thanks for the fab tip, i should use more doodling!!

Love it Monique!!

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