My Other Creations: Notebook using Dina Wakley's Funky Silhouettes

Doodling is the focus of this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  My cute little family members went on a camping trip this past week and I had to stay home to hold down the fort.  I missed them terribly and those fond feelings of family are what inspired this notebook cover.  I had fun doodling and coloring and using Dina Wakley's Funky Silhouette stencils.  

I started this project with a floral notebook, which I coated with Gesso and then white paint.  While that was drying, I traced two of the funky stencil silhouettes and cut them out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  There are two of these funky silhouette stencil sets- one with two "giant" silhouettes and the other with smaller silhouettes.  I like the variety that having both sets offers.  To give this scene the look of a parent and child, I used one of the giant silhouettes from the first set and paired it with one of the smaller silhouettes from the second set.

I doodled and cut out a scallop border and laid out some patterned paper scraps.

Next I whipped out my Prima Oil Pastel Crayons and drew around the silhouettes and the scallop.  After I made the crayon lines, I smudged them with my finger.

I also used the Prima crayons to doodle some circles in the background.  They looked a bit too...circle-y, so I ended up blending them in a lot more.  You can smudge and smear the oil pastels anywhere without adding water.  Next I stamped the "I just love you" sentiment with a stamp from Joggles.  I added a scrap paper circle frame made out of black patterned paper (this plus-sign design is one of my faves- it's from Crate paper's 6x6 Cool Kid paper pad).

When I glued my silhouettes on, I didn't like how it looked, so I tore off the patterned paper scraps I'd had on the bigger silhouette and replaced them with some text paper and a strip of Washi tape instead.  I did some cursive scribbling along the sides of the silhouettes.  I also added acrylic paint to both silhouettes to give them more color.  I flicked on some Dylusions Black Marble spray to create the background splatters and dots.  Then I cut some more patterned paper scraps for the tabs at the top.

Here are the products I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Dina Wakley Giant Funky Silhouettes stencil	Dina Wakley Funky Silhouettes stencil	Joggles I Just Love You cling stamp	Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS	Happiness is Homemade 12 x 12 paper by Echo Park
Crate Paper Cool Kid Paper 6x6	Carta Bella Metropolitan Girl 12x12 paper	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Prima White Heavy Gesso	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley LEMON Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint
Dylusions Paint - London Blue	Dylusions Paint Cherry Pie	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble	Doodlebug Dainty Dots Spring Garden Washi Tape	Fiskars Corner Punch
Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Ranger Fude Ball 1.5 Pen In Black

What will you doodle this week?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.