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Doodle Impaired?

I am.

I can doodle on a pad of paper while on the phone but do I want these scratching on my scrapbook page?  I think not!

BUT, I like how stylized doodles look on scrapbook pages.  You know the ones I am talking about?  The flourishes and swirls that are so popular in scrapbooking right now.  I love them but I am too afraid of ruining a page.  And the more nervous I am about ruining a page the more like I am to ruin it!  These type of doodles feel more like mini drawings to me and not really like doodles from the subconcious.

So what's a girl to do?

Well, this is what I do.  I use these.  They come in a variety of different patterns and are made from a sturdy plastic-like material which means you can use them over and over and over.

I love that they come in a 12"x12" size and offer lots of variety within one page.  You can rotate them and flip them so the variety of "doodles" goes on and on.

I find that they add just the right touch to a page.  See the page below.  Really simple in design but with the doodled circles the page looks complete.

Or another example.  This page below uses two different templates.

A flourish type doodle in white pen and the wavy lines for my journaling. (I did actually doodle the scalloped frame around the photo - that I can handle!)

I love them as embellishment for my pages - not something to take over the whole thing.

And you can use them for other purposes too.  You could trace and cut out the designs or even use them as a paint stencil.

That's it,  my PSA for the day.  Let me know if you try it.  I would love to see. :)



5/14/2008 9:50:39 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [5] 

5/14/2008 10:04:58 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
these are awesome
5/14/2008 11:16:28 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Crystal, I LOVE Jamie's templates! I have spent so much time (and money!) in her store when she was open. I miss her! I created a LO during a weekend crop using the Funky Swirl template. Very labor intense but I loved the result! I think it's on my blog, but if not I'll get it posted there so you can see it soon!
Love what you did here!
5/14/2008 11:23:27 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
I'm back! The doodle LO is in my Crop on the Cape weekend post in my archives. Tried to bring the link here but lost it somewhere. Check it out when you get a chance and tell me what you think!
www.debwisker.typepad.com
5/14/2008 11:46:15 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Off to take a look Deb - TFS!
5/14/2008 6:40:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Love how you've used these with the white pen!
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