I'm Seeing Spots!

I'm always looking on Pinterest and YouTube for another design, technique or materials to try out. I stumbled onto this "dotty" design and thought I'd try it out. It looks pretty good; better in person. But it's true that right now I am seeing spots everywhere!

If you attempt this type of doodling, I'd recommend you draw it in small doses, taking a break for your eyes! LOL  Meanwhile, my "new" art journal is filling up fast. It seems I only have time (or energy) for some quick drawing. I should be able to spend more tine on painting and crafting starting next week. Yay, me!!
 

Garden Party

 

I had fun creating this whimsical garden of flowers and mushrooms. Maybe it's because I started with that swervy base line. I drew the garden above the line and used colored pencils to give my scene some highlights. I found the perfect sentiment, "Your words can plant gardens OR burn down whole Forests". I am a lover of words, metaphors, similes, antonyms, homonyms, phrases and onomatopoeia. Words have so much power, and I strive (and sometimes succeed) to think before I speak.

My "troll" is from Ike's Art, one of a set of Gnomes available at her store. I chose the plain gnome so that I could color in clothes. After I did that, he looked more like a Troll than a gnome. So of course I added the HAIR! LOL I had some leftover tie-dye fur from a previous project and used it for his "up-do".

Then the page below that swervy line looked awful, so empty and white. So I had to stick in a bit of doodling, which I think improves the overall look.

 

Paper Shelter Sponsors Your Scrapbook Place

It's that time of the month to get crafting at Your Scrapbook Place, This month's Anything Goes challenge is at its mid-point, and I thought you might like a little inspiration. My card features a digi image from Paper Shelter, the guest sponsor.
The image, called Hippie Chick, was colored with Copics and gel pens. I used to have a guitar case just like that one, stickers included. This digi sure brings back some good memories! I dug deep into my stash and pulled out a piece of leftover paper with the iconic peace symbol.
You have until the end of the month to create ANYTHING and link it up to Your Scrapbook Place challenge blog. Good luck and happy crafting!

Challenges I am Entering:

The Cutie Pie - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes w/pp

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Scribbles Designs Leads the Way to the North Pole

It's time to set your GPS for the North Pole, crafters! Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog offers an optional theme of "Welcome to the North Pole." Your creations for this challenge should include an element that might be found in the North Pole, like elves, Santa, Mrs Claus, presents, toys, images that have a sign for the North Pole in them, penguins, reindeer, polar bears, etc.
I used Santa Hat, a digi image from the Scribbles Store, to create my Christmas card. The North Pole sign is from Pixel Scrappers, and that fun patterned paper is from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.
To give my hat dimension, I adhered some homemade "faux snow." I made it by rubbing two white Styrofoam balls together, collecting the "snow" made from the friction. I finished off my card by doodling the border with a white gel pen. 
It's time to pop in a Christmas movie and create with the North Pole as inspiration. Then link it up at Scribbles Designs for your chance to win free digis at the Scribbles Store. See you there!