Doodling
By: Sara Naumann
Check out any scrapbooking magazine and you’ll see—doodling is one of the hottest trends around. Can’t draw? Don’t worry! Hate your handwriting? No big deal! Designer LeNae Gerig shares her doodled-on album page, along with tips and tricks for this hot trend.
Alexis & Emma
LeNae Gerig
LeNae’s Doodling Tips:
• Start with a simple design
• Practice until the doodling is smooth and flowing
• Use fine point pens
• Doodle with dark ink on light papers and white or metallic on dark papers
• To make doodling look continuous, stop when you come to obstacles like borders, then continue again on the other side
• Doodle onto solid or faux-texture papers, not heavily patterned ones
• Add doodling at page corners or around the corners of a photo for an instant accent or frame
• Start with a simple design
• Practice until the doodling is smooth and flowing
• Use fine point pens
• Doodle with dark ink on light papers and white or metallic on dark papers
• To make doodling look continuous, stop when you come to obstacles like borders, then continue again on the other side
• Doodle onto solid or faux-texture papers, not heavily patterned ones
• Add doodling at page corners or around the corners of a photo for an instant accent or frame
Supplies:
- Paper Pizazz® 8"x8" Vintage Papers for papers and cut-outs
- Cardmaker’s™ Citrus Ribbons
- Sakura Microperm .03 black pen
- foam tape
- stapler and staples
Instructions:
- Cut a 5 3/4” x 6 1/4” rectangle of brown and teal striped paper; glue even with the right side of the textured tan background paper. Mat the photo on textured dark brown paper. Glue the photo in the center on the page.
- Glue the aqua dot border cut-out across the bottom of the photo. Attach the circle cut-out to the border with foam tape.
- Cut teal grosgrain ribbon into two 2” lengths; fold each in half. Staple a folded ribbon piece to either side of the circle cut-out.
- Glue the “smile” cut-out at the top right corner of the striped photo mat; attach the “laughter” cut-out on the right edge of the striped photo mat.
- For the doodling: Add a flowing, looping doodle along the top right corner of the page, on the textured tan background paper. Accent the doodle with small dots and circles. Repeat on the left-hand side of the photo, along the left corner and by the dot border. Journal in the bottom right corner.
LeNae’s final tip: “Practice makes perfect—and you may be practicing doodling without knowing it! Next time you’re in a meeting or on hold, notice the loops and swirls you doodle—then use them on your next project.”
