Doodles are fun and simple additions to your cards and they allow you to add a personal touch that is all your own! In my video, I show a variety of cards where I added doodles - everything from simple lines to a rainbow of dashes to a leaf covered background. All you need are some basic tools to do the markings - things you probably already own - Stampin' Write Markers, Stampin' Blends and Watercolor Pencils.
I used to do a lot of doodling years ago when I started scrapbooking in the early 90's. Back then, I used to do some elaborate doodles to spruce up my pages. The same concept can apply to your cards - just on a smaller scale. Today, Zentangles are quite popular and if you search for images of these, you will find a wonderful source of inspiration.
Today's video will be a little different in that I am not making a card, but am showing you a bunch of cards where I doodled to enhance my design or layout. After I show the card, I explain how I did the doodle and for many of them, I demonstrate it on a scrap of paper. All of my cards are basic layouts so I wanted to focus my time on the doodles and show you more of that aspect.
Gather your supplies:
- Writing tools such as Stampin' Write Markers, Watercolor Pencils and Stampin' Blends
- Pencil and eraser (helpful but not required)
- Beveled edge ruler or drafting ruler
- All the normal card making supplies you normally use
The first card uses a doodle as a frame for a simple die cut element. Here, I drew wavy lines from one corner to the next, about 1/4" in from the edge. Then I drew another line, curving in the opposite direction and criss crossing. Do this on all four sides to complete the framing effect.. For this card, I used the Bright & Beautiful DSP, Basic Black and Basic White cardstock, the Wonderful Thoughts Bundle and the Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack.
This lovely thank you card features the Irresistible Blooms Bundle, the Bright & Beautiful DSP, Berry Burst and Basic White cardstock, vellum, Meadow Dies and Iridescent Pearls. After assembling my flowers and leaves and stamping my sentiment in Berry Burst ink, I used my Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' Write marker to add a border - leaving a gap between my line and the elements that crossed where I was drawing. Sometimes I got too close to my leaves, but that's ok too. I added some pearls to the corners - this is optional. They looked OK without them, but not perfect. I really like how the border and the sentiment intersect.
The Brights DSP pack, along with cardstock in Basic Black, Basic White and Pumpkin Pie pair so well in this simple birthday card. The sentiment is from Pansy Patch and the doodle is similar to the first one, except that I didn't go all the way around the Stylish Shapes square die and I did loops rather than intersecting wavy lines. I would recommend practicing your loops - don't think too hard and let your hand flow freely with loopy lines. If you think too much, your doodle might become stiff and lose it's fluidity (speaking from experience here!).
I just love the Wanted to Say dies, which I used here in Moody Mauve. A simple rectangle with the word Celebrate is dressed up by doing a series of dots and dashes using my ruler. A single flower (Season of Chic Bundle and the 23-25 In Color Dots) looks fabulous on the background piece that was embossed with the Basics 3D embossing folders. I really like how this doodle looked on the bottom of the inside card layer too.
This next doodle is one of my favorites I learned from my markings lesson in the watercolor stamp camp I took earlier this year. The design is slightly wavy lines with dots added to alternating sides of the lines. Some of them cross each other, while others do not. I used Basic White, Basic Black and Real Red cardstock, along with the Dots & Spots, Tailor Made Tags and Wanted to Say dies. The ribbon is from the Real Red & Burlap Combo Pack and the inside sentiment is from Good Feelings.
I love the sentiment "Sending sunshine & rainbows" from Kindest Expressions and felt that this needed some rainbow doodles! I drew some pencil lines as a guide for my colors, then used my Stampin' Write Markers to make vertical lines in each of six colors along the arc. After erasing the pencil lines, I matted it in Basic Black, added the Gingham ribbon and put it on a Daffodil Delight base. The resulting look is delicate, but could be made bolder by using Stampin' Blends instead of Stampin' Write Markers. The inside sentiment is from In the Moment. Which one do you like better?
Branching out a little more, this next card uses Stampin' Blends to essentially make DSP! I used Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia to draw circles of color on a Basic White rectangle. Then I used my Basic Black Stampin' Blend to turn those circles into flowers. For Fresh Freesia, I added big loopy petals that extended well behind the circle. The Lemon Lolly flowers have a circle center and petals that stay within the color boundary and the Bubble Bath "roses" are made with a bunch of C shapes expanding out from the center. I used sentiments from Irresistible Blooms and Biggest Wish and the tag is from Something Fancy dies.
My last card uses more paper from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack (which I love as you might guess and is part of our June DSP paper sale). I drew sprigs of leaves using Watercolor Pencils. While these may look hard to do, they really aren't! A simple sentiment stamped in Lemon Lime Twist from Season of Chic on a Stylish Shapes banner look great on the leafy background. I matted it in Granny Apple Green and added it to a Crumb Cake base. Instead of a sentiment for the inside, I drew some more leaves on a Basic White strip and added that at the bottom.
So what do you think? Ready to try doing some doodles yourself? You've got what it takes - just give it a go!
Karen
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