Saturday, April 6, 2013

Doodle Ideas for Decorating a Scrapbook With a Pen

Doodling is a popular free-form style of drawing by using any type of drawing tool. It's an extension of your personality and creativity. Inexpensive and not meant to be perfect, doodling adds whimsy and flair to scrapbook layouts and design. It is something that comes so naturally that many people don't even know they are doing it all the times. People start doodling as early as elementary school and some may start even early -- filling notebook pages with random drawings of self expression. Use that creativity and put it in the pages of your scrapbook design to create the accents that will make it unique and stylish.

Scrapbook Page Borders & Corners

Page borders add a finishing touch to scrapbook layouts. Make doodles free-hand directly on the background page or add them to stickers and color paper already used as borders. Even a few small doodles can change the look and feel of a page design. If you are scared of making a mistake free-hand, use a stencil for the base of your border and embellish with more doodling. Waves, zigzags, dashes, vines, vertical or horizontal lines make ideal borders. Doodles in the corner of pages can accent your theme and help utilize the full page design of your scrapbook layout.

Beautiful Hand-Lettered Titles

Titles in your own handwriting add an authentic touch to your page layout especially the title of the page. Sometimes you just don't have the correct font type or sizes in your collection of stickers, rub-on transfers or die-cuts for titles. When this happens make your own font style from doodles. Draw a light line in pencil as a guide to keep your letters straight and erase it after you have finished your title. Chisel-tip pens held at a 45 degree angle are ideal for calligraphy lettering, while fin-tipped pens are best to add curls, dots and hearts to ordinary letters.

Polka Dots & Swirls

Random doodles are perfect for filling dead space on a page. You don't need expensive embellishments, stickers and die-cuts to liven up a page. To add a festive flair to your page try doodling stars, polka dots, swirls or random drawings. Thin-tipped markers work well for doodles. First draw your doodle lightly then once the ink is dry go over it again with the same pen or another color to accent it.

Stylish Photo Frames

Doodling a photo frame will liven up a photo. If you can't find the perfect paper to use as a mat just free-hand dashes, dots, waves, zigzags or your own thin and thick or add some color lines to create your own frame. The possibilities are endless to your imagination and creativities as to what you can draw to make a photo frame stand out. Have a layout that is pet-themed? Doodle small cat faces or paw prints all around your photo of you and your pets. Have a photo of a child's birthday? Doodle birthday candles or small cakes all around the photo to make it festive.

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