Hello friends!! Welcome to this week's demo! We’ll be exploring with Circles, Doodles, and Mini-Books!! Follow along and create something fun with us today!
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We have quite a few circle punches here, let’s use one of the bigger ones to create book pages!! Let’s start by punching out a collection of circles from our decorative paper.
Purposefully punch a circle where some of the image is cut off! We’ll be doodling to fill in the circle! You can stagger circles with full doodles, full images, or a bit of both!!
Sometimes doodling can feel intimidating, this is a great way to have something to ‘copy’ and practice similar shapes and lines!
There are so many good doodle pens!
Le Pen is an affordable felt tip pen, not water resistant but creates the same thickness line. If you want to doodle on top of watercolor, make sure it is fully dry!!
Uniball pen is one of the Best pens for doodling and everyday writing!! It flows very smoothly, but it is not waterproof so wait until your watercolor is completely dry!
Glaze pen is a waterproof, slightly raised, gel pen! Very juicy, and sticks to a variety of surfaces like Rocks and Glass and Tile!! This pen is Very satisfying to doodle with!!
Slicci pen is for the tiniest doodles!! It’s the smallest gel pen EVER, perfect for the tiniest details on your doodles!
Try doodling with a variety of line sizes!
You can watercolor your pages too!!
This metallic and shimmery watercolor paint is SO FUN to create with!! Try coloring in the shapes or adding a background color to complete your scene!!
Some of the doodling pens can be doodled on TOP of watercolor!! Others you’ll need to wait until the watercolor has dried!
Once you’re satisfied with your books pages, it’s time to create the Mini-Book!!
Choose your favorite ribbon to adhere your pages to!
Using double-sided tape, lay out your pages, and adhere the back panels! If you want the back page of your booklet to show, flip the last pages so it’ll be showing when the book is closed!
Now you have your very own Mini-Book with circles, doodles, and fun galore!!
This craft will be up to Make and Take ALL WEEK!! And as always, if you’d like to create something similar to this after the week is through- let us know and we’ll create together!!
See you next time, crafty friends!!
Art and Happiness
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Bellingham WA 98225
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