Doodle - Not Everything Counts

I was in a mood to play with black paper again... so opened my Strathmore Black Field Drawing book and started adding wavy lines.
size: 4.5"h x 6.25"w
Then coloring with Prisma colored pencils, then played with some Uniball metallic gel pens, then decided to put some gold leaf (Mona Lisa Variegated Green Leaf). This time I used a good bottle of Gerry Tresser Gold Size Gilding Adhesive. Text in monoline with a white Juice Up pen.

words:
Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts. William Bruce Camero

Grafwood - An HB Pencil

I was in a mood to play with a pencil... I was playing with the leathers and liked the look so drew in the pencil and words...
size: 6"h x 4.25"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Grafwood HB pencil and paper stump.

words:
An HB pencil can take you anywhere

Circle Booklet - Hllarious Crooked Puns

A friend sends me funny sayings and things and this time it was hilarious crooked puns and then another friend had just made a circle booklet and I thought it would be perfect for these puns. It's so good to have friends that inspire me...
The last time I made one of these structures was in Oct 2023.
size: 4"sq x 1/2" thk
This time I used 2 scalloped circle dies from Spellbinders cutting white cardstock (16 large scalloped circles and 14 inner decorative circles..) Cover done in funky lettering and Prisma Colored Pencils. Wrote in my Pun text using a ZIG Writer. Colored each circle's dots with a rainbow color and then clear embossed them (I've been in a rainbow mood lately,,,)
Since there are so many circles I thought I'd make a box for them. Added Sari ribbon to hold it closed since the top comes off and a title on a scalloped circle. 

 

 

 

Scribbled Lives - Wk 20 - Lesson - Pinkalicious

wk 20 - Lesson - Pinkalicious
Size: 5.25" sq
On pink Value Pack cardstock wrote out the text with a bright yellow Prisma colored pencil and shadowed with a ZIG Writer.
words: you get what you get & you don't get upset. Pinkalicious Victoria and Elizabeth Kann 

Doodle - Black & White Prevails

Just doodling again... I was in a black and white mood.
size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using both a Zig Writer and a Juice Up pen as well as a Caran d'Ache B pencil and paper stump.

words:
When words fail, black and white prevails.

Sparkle And Shine

I was in another one of my moods... this time for something sparkly... So pulled out a bunch of my various brands and colors of sparkles...
size: 6"w x 4.25"h
Outlined the word "Sparkle" and filled with diluted glue and sprinkled with glitter. With the 1st and 2n letter I was still getting a hang of the glue... For the word shine, I filled it using an embossing pen that had a pink tone to it (which I didn't realize before I started using it...) and then sprinkled with clear embossing powder.
Finally added the shadows with a Zig Writer.

words:
Sparkle and Shine

Pencil Work - A No 2 Pencil

I was in a mood to use one of my wide graphite pencils (Lyra 2B)
size: 6"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper Drew out the word "Pencil" and then shadowed with a red Prisma colored pencils and paper stump. Then wrote out the rest of the quote with a Caran d'Ache #2 pencil.

words:
a #2 pencil & a dream can take you anywhere. Joyce Meyer

Speak To Me Only

size: 6"sq
I decided to use one of colored sketch Paper Pads (Strathmore "Toned Gray"). Drew out the words then outlined with a white Uniball gel pen. Colored with  Prisma colored pencils and a Lyra Splendor Blender.
colors used: #901,903, 904, 905, 906, 908, 911, 913, 919, & 1006

words:
Speak to me only with thine eyes.

BVCG Env Exc - Roxanne Smit - May 2025

Roxanne Smit (May 2025)
Env created on Columbia Mills LBS End Paper, Funky/doodled letters with a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, white gel pen, and various colors of Juice Up pens.

The card was created during one of the online classes I took

Wisteria - Pale Moonlight

I painted the wisteria then found a quote to go with it.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper. Painted the blooms. For the calligraphy used a pointed pen and my favorite blue "Holbien Peacock Blue" w/c

words:
In pale moonlight
the wisteria's scent
comes from far away.
Yosa Buson

Scribbled Lives wk 19 - Non Tradiotional Surface - Orange You Sweet

wk 19 - Non Traditional Surface - Orange You Sweet
Size: 6"w x 3.25"h
I was in a quandary as to what to use and then I turned around to the table behind me and saw these 3 Mandarins...
Using a Sharpie pen wrote out the words "orange you sweet"... and they are...

Doodle - Ladybug Good Luck

I drew that leafy branch and then  the rest evolved...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper. Painted the leafy branch and used Prisma colored pencils for the rest. Zig Writer and Zig Calligraphy pen for the lettering.

words: Ladybug is a positive symbol of good luck & new beginnings.

Jellybeans - Jujubes

I drew the oval shapes and they reminded me of Jellybeans... I then colored them in all my metallic gel pens. I very rarely eat them.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the oval shapes with my template and colored with Gelly Roll metallic gel pens in every color... added white highlights. Text written with a Zig Writer.

words: Jujubes The best things in life are sweet.

Pencilwork - I'm Not Ornery

I felt like playing with my pencil for a change...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using Caran d'Ache B pencil and paper stump.

words: I'm not ornery. Adj. Bad Tempered or Difficult to deal with

TwoHearts - Heart To Heart

I think this is the worst gilding I've ever done even when I was initially learning the tech... I have a lot of size in my drawer so have been using them one at a time. This one is going in the garbage...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using watercolors, gel pen. Text written with  Juice Up pen.

words: Often we live side by side but do not communicate heart to heart. Thomas S Munson

Pink Ribbon Flowers - Charming Gardner

When I was drawing these flowers they felt like ribbons...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using Prisma colored pencils and a Lyra Splendor Blender. Text written with  Juice Up pen.

words: Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy, they are the charming gardner who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust

Shades Of Blue - Learn To Surf

I was in a mood to some kind of blending w/c and this evolved...
size: 6"sq
On St Armand 140# w/c paper. I mixed a large batch of diluted Daniel Smith Phthalo Blue (green shade) with water. Painted the whole page with that color, then painted over it with the same paint mixture leaving one section untouched (that very light blue). Repeated about 7 times before it wouldn't get any darker. I like doing this technique... It reminded me of the ebb and flow of waves.
Added the text using a pointed nib and Bleed Proof white in a loose script style.

words: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Jon Kebat Zinn

Scribbled Lives - wk 18 - Malapropism - Shakespeare

wk 18 -  Malapropism - Shakespeare
Size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Marker paper wrote out the text in a Black Letter style using a 2.4 Parallel pen dipped into Daniel Smith Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) watercolor. Author written with a med toned Blue Juice Up pen.

words: Our watch, sir, have comprehended two auspicious persons. Shakespeare "Much Ado About Nothing"

Abstract Doodle - Housework Can Kill

I was at our Guild's play day this past Saturday and created a bunch of things... this was the 3rd piece I worked on and finished at home - I felt like playing with an involved doodle design...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew a bunch of overlapping squiggly lines, added the large dots at the junctures and larger circles here and there. Started painting areas and then using colored pencils for other areas. No two the same color. Then doodled, again no 2 the same... When I got home added the metallic paints (Kuretake Gansai Tambi). Created the text with a red Juice Up pen

words: Housework can't kill you but why take a chance. Phyliss Diller

Triangle Brush Leaves - Spring Has Sprung

I was at our Guild's play day this past Saturday and created a bunch of things... this was the 2nd piece - I felt like playing with one of my triangle brushes - the smallest one.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the leaves and flowers, added graphite shadow. Text written with a med blue Juice Up pen in a basic monoline.

words: Spring has sprung the grass has riz I wonder where the birdies is. Tom McCallum

Blue Floral - Spring Begins

I was at our Guild's play day this past Saturday and created a bunch of things... this was the 1st piece - I love drawing flowers...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the floral design with a Zig Writer and colored with Prisma colored pencils. Used a dot alphabet style for the lettering.

words: Blossom by blossom spring begins

Spritz Bkgrd - The Richer We Become

I was in a mood to do some w/c spritzing... so pulled out my Tim Holtz and Dylusion sprays which I haven't used in eons... Wet my St Armand w/c paper and sprayed with various colors. Blotted some areas and let dry. I really like the results. BIG GRIN and then I came across this quote by Martin Luther King Jr. while surfing the net and it just spoke to me.

size: 8"w x 9"h

I used a Bone lettering style and a Zebra pointed pen nib with a funky inky mix I made a long time ago... (Holbien Burnt Umber, Pearl Copper, Dk Green and N.E. Copper). Crazy mix I know...

words: The richer we become materially the poorer we become spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together like brothers. Martin Luther King Jr.

Exploding Rainbows Booklet

I forgot I did so many of this style of booklets... but came across it on Facebook and was in a mood to do something with rainbow colors.
size: 2"sq x 1/2" thk.
It's created from 4"squares. I used Canson Colorline heavy paper. added the title on white cardstock and a geli plate ribbon with a velcro type closure.
I drew the funky letters and cut out from a scrap geli print, then outlined with a ZIG Writer. Added a quote beneath the Rainbow word - one word under each letter.
words: Bring a happy smile to my face 

 

Hexagon Endless Book

Our May challenge is to create a Hexagon Booklet  that Mary Conley gave us the instructions for. I redesigned it to create larger hexagons. This one is made up of 13 individual pieces and adhered together with the geli print borders.
Size closed: 5"w x 4"h x 3/4"thk
Again I used my hexagon punch to make an enlarged master piece and then traced around it to get all my hex's down on my 2 colors of scrapbook cardstock. I cut 1/2" strips of geli print to adhere the hexes together and then wrapped a border around each hex.

Since I used a dark green and a light green I needed to use 2 colors of writing implements - a white Gelly Roll .08 and a black Signo Uniball.
The title page has the title "endless" done in white and shadowed with a black Juice Up pen.
I created the box to hold it and added a small textured sticky tab to keep the box closed.
I added a long thin strip of the geli paper (also from my scraps...) which wraps around my booklet to keep it closed.

 

 

 

Scribbled Lives wk 17 - Words of Wisdom - Wisdom 1 & 2

Scribbled Lives - wk 17 - Words Of Wisdom - Wisdom 2

Size: 7"sq
On Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper wrote out the word WISDOM using Prisma colored pencils (903, 930, 913, 1002, 916 and 1008)and black for the shadow lines and small text.

words: words of wisdom: he that can have patience can have what he will. Benjamin Franklin

Wisdom 1:
Pic below is the first one I did and then realized I used the wrong media... I like it more it has better ZAP

 

 

On Canson mixed media paper using a 6.0 Parallel pen and Ecoline inks, Juice up pen for the shadow line and a ZIG writer fr the text.

Floral Sunshine On A Stem

I was with the gals again yesterday and this is what I was playing with...
size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the floral design with a Juice Up pen  and colored with Prisma colored pencils. Use DC Rose Font for the lettering.
words: Sunshine On A Stem

Art Of The Fold - Hexagon Alphabet Booklet

Our May (Art of the Fold) challenge is to create a Hexagon Booklet  that Mary Conley gave us the instructions for. This one was done from an 8.5" x 9" piece of Bogus Recycled Sketch Paper. that was laying around...
 

 

 

Size closed: 2"sq
I used a hexagon punch to make a master piece and then traced around it to get all my hex's down on my Bogus paper. Cut my slits and around the perimeter  and inked a border using a Zig Writer.. I then created a smaller hex template for my geli print paper from more scraps... at around 1.25"w x 1.5"h. Adhered them to the larger hexagons.
I had these black die cut letters (Tim Holtz /Alterations/Vintage Market/Sizzlets Decorative Strip) from another project so decided to use them... Edged them with a gold Krylon pen.

 

Two Heart Doodle - Merging Hearts

I just drew these 2 interlocking hearts and the rest evolved...
size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the hearts with a Zig Writer, then started adding misc designs, then added the words and then colored it with various products - Prisma colored pencils, watercolors, Gansai Tambi golds, graphite shading.
words: Merging Hearts

Mushrooms - Myk(c)ologist

A spelling mistake again... it should read Mycologist
Size: 4.5"w x 5"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, Lyra Splendor Blender, FW white acrylic ink and Juice Up pen for the text (red and black).
words: I'm not a MYKOLOGIST but these sure look poisonous to me.

Doodling - Humming Of The Strings

I  drawing random lines on my paper, then adding the spheres and then found a quote to go with it...
size: 6" w x 4.5" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, and Juice Up pen for the text.
words: There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras

Funky - Vituperative

I came across this word and thought it would be fun to write it out...
size: 6" w x 4.5" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, Lyra Splendor Blender, Caran d'Ache graphite B pencil, paper stump and Lyra Splendor Blender.
words: Vituperative: adj: Bitter & Abusive