2016 #10 Butterfly Trails{by Wanda Hentges}

2016 Topic 10: Doodles

Hi everyone!!! Wanda Hentges here. Tonight I'd like to share with you this panel for the Doodles theme. 

It's fun to doodle on a project!!! I seem to go in spurts - I'll be doing it on everything and then on nothing, although quite often my doodling is just adding a squiggle by an edge. With this as a topic I got to thinking about different ways to doodle and then had a good time incorporating a few of those ways into this piece. 

Step One: I began with a 5" x 7" Media Board (Ranger) and used a palette knife to put a thin layer of Grunge Paste over the canvas side of the board. The only thing I tried to do is not get it really thick, otherwise there were some spots without any Grunge Paste and the thickness is not completely even. While the paste was still wet I scribbled in it with the tip of a skewer. Once it was completely dry, I used a sanding block to smooth out any really rough spots, wiped it off with a damp cloth and painted over it with Sherbet. 

Step Two: After drying the paint, I used a stamp from EEV05, stamping it with Pink Peony ink. This was very subtle and even less noticeable after everything else was done but you do catch glimpses of it.

EEV05

Step Three: Next I stamped the same image with Snowflake paint and dried it. I put a Fine Line Applicator top on a bottle of Bougainvillea and used this to add little dots (I think adding dots counts as doodling) in the grids of Snowflake stamping.

Step Four: To bring out the lines in the paste more (and just because glazing is fun to do), I mixed some Banana and Satin Glaze to use on the panel. I knew I didn't want it to sit long because that could tint the pink in the flat areas so I brushed it on and wiped it off immediately even taking a damp towel and wiping a bit harder to keep those areas pink. I must have rubbed too hard in a few spots where maybe I didn't have as much pink paint and it took it back to the Grunge Paste color but that just made it look like another layer... Bonus!!! 

Step Five: Instead of just using a pen around the edge (my first thought), I used a Finnabair Paint Brush (the silicone end) along with Little Black Dress to make marks. Each time I put paint on the brush I would make lines 2 or 3 times before putting on more paint which made some marks darker or more solid than others. 

Step Six: I used the sketchy petal shape from EEV02 along with Leaf Green ink to give some background and added dimension to the flower. With each inking of the stamp, I stamped 2-3 times being sure to get the darkest images between the petals of the flower.

EEV02

Step Seven: To make the flower, I started by brayering a piece of Heavy Smoothy Card with Fresco Finish Paint. The colors are brayered in this order - Bougainvillea, Candy Floss, Caribbean Sea, Banana, Bougainvillea. 

Step Eight: I stamped (EEV09) the flower Petal 5 times and the circle for the center once with Archival Ink Jet Black and cut them out. To cut out the circle I used a 1" circle punch. I doodled inside the flower petals with a White Gel Pen and added Bougainvillea dots. In the circle I added White Gel Pen dots. The flower is attached to the panel with foam mounting tape. 

EEV09

Step Nine: The words (EEV10) were stamped on a scrap of the brayered paper with Jet Black and embossed with Detail Black Powder, cut out, glued to black paper and cut out for a black border. The butterflies are punched from Heavy Smoothy. I first sponged Caribbean Sea along the outer wings and then lightly added some Candy Floss over that, glued them to the panel and added sticky-back pearls.

EEV10

I really had fun making this and hope you are inspired to do some doodling!!! I can't wait to see what you make!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for following along!!!

~Wanda

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Hi Wanda, lots of great doodling here. Your choice of doodle stamps fits perfectly with the scribbled background. It is great how that fades into the background while still retaining the interesting texture. ~Darcy

We would love to see how you interpret this Doodles topic by linking what you make to our 2016 Challenge #10: Doodles, on this page HERE.

All of our bloggers love to see your twist on their ideas, particularly if you were inspired directly by their post.

All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Doodles link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, May 29th 2016. The winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00.

2016 #10 Impress {by Gabrielle Price}

 2016 Topic 10: Doodles

Hi everyone Gabrielle from Crafty Thoughts here.

Tonight I'd like to share with you this evening with a post about first attempts at doodling.

I am not a huge doodler outside of boring meetings at work (!) and so I wanted it to become a background to my main image rather than be the main feature.

Step One: On a piece of board I used palette knife and 'painted' an uneven layer of Chalk.

Step Two: Then I added a little Beach Hut and then a little Tangerine Twist

Step Three: As I wanted the doodling to go behind the main image I stamped the image (isn't he adorable?!) and then, using the stencil PS018, added the boxes making sure I didn't draw over the image.

PS018

Step Four: It is at this point you could make the decision if you want to doodle INSIDE or OUTSIDE the boxes. I decided to draw inside but if you are more experienced than me then you could be braver and do the outside! Using a Berol Handwriting pen I doodled in the boxes. 

Step Five: The reason I used the Berol pen is that I knew it would soften when I added a watercolour pencil shadow.

Step Six: The final touch was to add a frame. I made the frame the same way as the board, added more stamps from the same set and the added a layer of Chalk paint to knock it back a little and bring the main image to the fore. A little Treasure Gold and a Barn Star from the PaperArtsy stand at Ally Pally and it was finished!

I really like the shadow as it makes the main image stand out:

I think I shall explore more doodling patterns and how to do them but I hope that this shows you that you really don't have to be an expert to have a go!

Thank you for stopping by - Gabrielle x (@freyatom)

For all us beginner doodlers this was a great idea to incorporate the stencil to allow you to explore doodling further Gabrielle.  Thanks for sharing your doodling debut with us. ~Gillian

We would love to see how you interpret this Doodles topic by linking what you make to our 2016 Challenge #10: Doodles, on this page HERE.

All of our bloggers love to see your twist on their ideas,  particularly if you were inspired directly by their post. 

All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Doodles link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, May 29th 2016. The winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00.

2016 #10 Finishing Touches {By Kay Carley}

 2016 Topic 10: Doodles

Hi everyone Kay Carley here.

Tonight I'd like to share with you a post about adding doodles to your creations.

I quite often like to finish off my card designs by adding doodled lines or dots using either a black multi-liner or a white pen. One of my favourite things to do at the moment is to add a doodled frame around  any stamped words but I thought for this 'doodle post' I'd take my doodles a step further and create a jar for my flowers to stand in along with some doodled stems and tiny leaves for one of the tiny flower heads contained on EKC02.

Originally the two tiny flowers that are found on this particular stamp sheet were included so that you could stamp borders or backgrounds; use them to layer up on top of the larger flower heads or stamping them so that it looks as if they are falling from the flower heads. You can also use them to stamp on top of the grass stamp to make the grass into mini flowers which is what gave me the idea of using them this time with some doodled stems amongst the grass for this card;).

Step One: Paint a 10x21cm smooth white panel using Moonlight Fresco Finish - I personally like to use a damp sponge wedge to do this in order to give a patchy/streaky effect as I prefer this to having 'smooth colour'!! Next, using Lin Brown's PS001 stencil and Teresa Green Fresco Finish add some dots and circles over the entire panel. Thoroughly dry with a heat gun. Using a pencil draw in a jam jar. Don't worry if it is a wonky jam jar (like mine!!) as this is part of its charm!!

Step Two: Add some Teresa Green to the top and base of the panel, dry with a heat gun then using Watering Can archival ink and stamps from EKC02, stamp some grasses and the leafy sprig along the base of the panel and then stamp a couple of the leafy sprigs into the jam jar.

EKC02,

Work out where you want to stamp your main flower heads then using a damp baby wipe dot in Snowflake, Dolly Mix and Lavender.

Step Three: Sprinkle a small amount of Violet Storm Infusions onto the flower heads and lightly spritz with water. Dab with kitchen towel to absorb some of the water and dye. Dry with a heat gun.

Stamp the flowers into the jam jar using black archival ink using the prepared circles as a guide as to where to position your flower heads. Stamp three small flowers amongst the grass and draw in stems and tiny leaves for them using a 0.3mm black multi-liner. Then trace over the jam jar using the multi-liner.

Step Four: Colour the jam jar using Tumbled Glass and Pumice Stone Distress markers. Elongate the stems in the jam jar with the black multi-liner. Paint all the tiny flowers, leaves and stems using Dolly Mix, Lavender, Zucchini and Zesty Zing Fresco Finish paints.

Dry with a heat gun then trace back over the black stamped imagery using the multi-liner.

Step Five: Trace over some of the stamped leafy sprigs using the black multi-liner in order to make them into foreground imagery.

Using the white pen add highlights to the flowers, leaves and down one side of the stems and to any other areas that you feel would benefit from having white added to it.

Step Six: Using the black and the white pens add faux-stitching along the base and top of the panel.

Paint a small white strip of snowflake at the top of the panel, dry with a heat gun, stamp the words with black archival ink, heat set then lightly paint over the letters with the Fresco paints. Heat set again before tracing back over the letters with the black pen and adding a doodled frame. To finish attach to a card base and apply some Stardust glitter glue accents for some sparkle!

Adding doodles to your creations really helps to add interest. I often use both my black and white markers to help certain elements stand out or as a way of highlighting something. Even for those of us who can't draw - just doodling wavy lines or dots around stamped sentiments or faux stitched lines around a panel is an easy way of starting to doodle! Give it a try - you'll be surprised what a difference just a little bit of simple doodling will make to the overall look of your finished item.

Thanks for stopping by :).
Kay x

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So delicate and summery. the doodled details on the flowers and the white accents really makes them pop against the dabbed backgrounds. This is such a great combination of paint and pen. ~Darcy 

We would love to see how you interpret this Doodles topic by linking what you make to our 2016 Challenge #10: Doodles, on this page HERE.

All of our bloggers love to see your twist on their ideas,  particularly if you were inspired directly by their post. 

All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Doodles link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, May 29th 2016. The winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00.

2016 #10 Keepsake Box {by Hazel Agnew}

 2016 Topic 10: Doodles

Hi everyone Hazel Agnew here. Tonight I'd like to share with you my decorated box; a combination of some of my favourite stamps, a recycled box and embellished with lots of flowery doodles.

I find doodling very relaxing, and I now have a notebook with collections of various styles and subjects which I have collated for reference. 

Step One: First, I covered my box, which contained chipboard letters. I used dictionary and manuscript paper and vintage papers from my stash. I glued them with Multi Medium Matte.

Step Two: Next, I stamped my main images using Black Archival onto some background paper. Because of the musical notation, the faces didn't stand out enough, so I stamped them again onto less patterned paper and glued them over the top. The stamps are some of my favourites. They are MN07 and MN10.

 MN07 

MN10.

 Step Three: Next, I doodled flowers around the images using a Black Fudeball pen, and, using watercolour crayons, coloured them in what I hope looks like a shabby chic finish. I also added a metal tag sentiment, and some roses to add to the nostalgia. The lace helped to frame the scene.

Step Four: I treated the inside of the box much like the outside, with various papers, paint washes and Vintage photo distress ink. I also added lace around the window and lace as an opening tab and another photo from MN13 with a little wooden frame. The Prima flower just gives it a finishing touch.

MN13 

Step Five: To age the outside of the box, I painted Fresco French Roast roughly around the papers. Allowed it to dry. Added PaperArtsy Crackle Glaze, allowed to dry and overpainted with Fresco Mermaid. This gave me a lovely aged crackle finish. I added some stamped script and a few random pictures, finishing off with a bow and another Prima flower.

I hope that this has inspired you to have a little doodle. I find that if I am stuck for images to doodle, then I Google a title like "flowers", and add the word doodles and hey presto, images are there to play with. I find that doodling can be very relaxing and colouring in also.

Thankyou for joining me and maybe you will join in with this challenge. Happy doodling from Hazel Agnew

Blog: Mellifluous Meanderings, 

also known as Craftroomgran.

Oh Hazel your doodling is wonderful, they look like vintage stamps and tie in beautifully with the whole theme of the box. ~Darcy

We would love to see how you interpret this Doodles topic by linking what you make to our 2016 Challenge #10: Doodles, on this page HERE.

All of our bloggers love to see your twist on their ideas,  particularly if you were inspired directly by their post. 

All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Doodles link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, May 29th 2016. The winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00.

2016 #10 Stitch A-Doodle {by Penny Nuttall}

 2016 Topic 10: Doodles

Hi everyone Penny here.

Tonight I'd like to share with you this evening a post about doodling with your sewing machine to tell a story with your stamps.

I never can stay away from the sewing machine for very long, so when the subject of doodling came up it seemed natural to reach for some fabric and thread.I actually find it easier to draw with a needle than with a pencil....something to do with the spontaneity and the relative lack of control probably. So this doodle stitched triptych happened...

Part One.....

Kim's lovely stamp sets EKD01 and EKD02 once again inspired me to make this project, telling a happy story. 
Once upon a time.....

There were two little hedgehogs, stamped onto a post-it note and carefully cut out using a craft knife to make a stencil.

EKD01 

Their shapes were sponged on a background of natural cotton calico, using Fresco Acrylic paints, which make a great sealed surface for stamping.

The two little hedgehogs were under a tree, waiting for the juicy red cherries to fall....

The grass was cool and green, and the fluffy grey clouds drifted across the sky.....

The biggest hedgehog tried and tried, but he could not reach the cherries.

So he asked the little blue birds to help, and happily they obliged......

EKD02 

Thank you little blue birds. And they all lived happily ever.......

This is how the three hanging panels were mounted on foam board pieces, and then they were neatened on the back with a piece of card.

I hope you have enjoyed this little story and maybe will be inspired to create one of your own and get your sewing machine out, or alternatively add a bit of doodle stitching by hand.

Thank you for listening, Penny.

Blog: Cutting my Coat..

This is so adorable Penny, I love the doodled stitching. the story you have told is so lovelyi am glad the little birds helped out so that the hedgehogs could have their juicy cherry. ~Darcy 

We would love to see how you interpret this Doodles topic by linking what you make to our 2016 Challenge #10: Doodles, on this page HERE.

All of our bloggers love to see your twist on their ideas,  particularly if you were inspired directly by their post. 

All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Doodles link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, May 29th 2016. The winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00.