Stay Safe Girl Guide Doodle

 Here is a new doodle to share during the pandemic.  

Hope everyone is staying safe! 

If you would like the digital file of this doodle please email. 

See more Doodles HERE.

 

Doo

Girl Guides and Scout Doodles

Hello there! Long time since I did a post on here!  tsk tsk tsk! It has been a roller coaster ride this past year with hubby changing jobs and moving twice. I am currently without a Guiding Unit for 2017 but hopefully we will be moving to a new town soon so that I can get back into Guiding! {Maybe I'll be moving to your town!} However, I have still been sending my files all over the world to many Owl & Toadstool fans ...and I've been doing a few doodles to keep me in the Guiding spirit!  

WAGGGS Thinking Day 2017 theme "Grow" doodle

"Scouting" Doodle 2017

"My Doodle Book"  Cover page 2016

"Girl Guides with Girl Face" 2016

"Girl Guides ferns" doodle published in GGC British Columbia Council
Provincial Newsletter Pipeline Summer/Fall 2016

"Mandala Trefoil" doodle published in GGC British Columbia Council
Provincial Newsletter Pipeline Summer/Fall 2016

"Trail Signs" doodle published in GGC Manitoba Council
Provincial Newsletter The Buffalo October 2016

"Manitoba Girl Guides" doodle published in GGC Manitoba Council
Provincial Newsletter The Buffalo October 2016

"Girl Guiding Fun Mandala" doodle published in GGC Manitoba Council
Provincial Newsletter The Buffalo October 2016

Colouring is a fun and relaxing activity!  Not only do I like to doodle but I also enjoy colouring them too.  This is a calm and quiet activity for the Girl Guides {and Guiders} to do at home, at camp, or to fill in time at weekly meetings.

10 Therapeutic Benefits of Coloring Books for Adults...

"Coloring is not just an activity for keeping kids occupied; we only associate it with children.  In reality, coloring books and coloring pages for adults are also extremely therapeutic and can help generate wellness, quietness, mindfulness and the exact same benefits which meditation imparts on the brain."  

color-meanings.com

If you are interested in obtaining the pdf files of my doodles then you may email me {leeannfraser at hotmail dot com}.  Please be specific when requesting a file.  The file name is in "parenthesis" in the caption under each doodle.

For a complete list of doodles on Owl & Toadstool go here.

Doodle- Brownies

This doodle was fun to do because of the owl and toadstool!

Brownies Doodle 2016#7a

Brownies Doodle Card

Brownies Doodle Card 2016#7b

Go here for a list of more doodles.

Doodle- Sparks

Helloo! Here is a Sparks Doodle and Card...Enjoy!

Sparks Doodle 2016#6a

Sparks Doodle Card 2016#6b

As you can tell I find doodling so much fun to do!  

I will post doodles similar to the Sparks doodle for 

Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders, 

and Rangers throughout this week.

Go here for a complete list of doodles.

Doodle- Girl Guides

Helloo! on this lovely first day of February 2016. Thank you all for the positive feedback on the doodles.  They are so much fun to create.  I've got six more doodles left to post this week.  They all look similar to the doodle below but have the GGC branch names. Enjoy!

Girl Guides Doodle 2016#5a

Girl Guides Doodle Card 2016#5b

Girl Guides Doodle Card- Blank inside 

 Go here for a full list of Doodles.

PS...Any Owl & Toadstool viewers a Guider with Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Units? If so, please email me leeannfraser {at} hotmail {dot} com.  I just moved to Bridgewater a few weeks ago and may like to check out Guiding in Bridgewater!

Doodle- Guiding Wagggs

Another doodle...

"Doodle 2016 #4a"

Doodle Card- "Doodle 2016 #4b"

Doodle Card - Guiding Wagggs

Go Here for a list of doodles.

Doodles- Thinking Day

More doodles to share!

If you would like to request the above doodle refer to it as "Doodle 2016#2a" 

Thinking Day Card "Doodle 2016#2b"

Thinking Day Connect 2016- "Doodle 2016#3"

Go Here for the list of doodles.

Coming up soon... oodles of  Doodles!

Thinking Day Doodle Cards

Hi everyone! It is less than a month until Thinking Day! I'm sure most of you are gearing up for the big day...and Guide/Scout Week.  Here is an idea for the Girl Guide Doodles that I had posted about recently here.  I cropped sections of my doodles and used them for Thinking Day cards. The original doodles can also be seen on the right side of this blog...scroll down to see the Sharpie marker coloured versions.

The Guides and Brownies will be making the foldable version to send to our Brownie Pen Pals in England. A Shout Out to 5th Nuneaton Brownies and Brown Owl Tina! We've been Pen Pals for almost eight years. 

I made the "glitterized" version to send since I had more time at home to do so.

The pdf can be printed then photocopied, folded and coloured.  I left the insides blank so that we could add our own sentiment or letter etc.  The cards may be used as is or cut out the front cover and add it to cardstock... then go crazy! 

I used coloured pencils to colour these cards.   I used blue glitter decorative tape from Dollarama as a border on the one I made at home.

I added a little blue bow to the top,  some Dollarama bling on the flower centers, and yellow bling to the owl's eyes just for decoration. Google eyes would also look cute on the owl.

 

The blue glitter tape was a wide roll so I cut it down using my paper trimmer to make the desired width.  {Notice the book in the background below.  It says " Make Do And Mend *Does not apply to false teeth". I thought it was funny lol ...found it at a fleamarket}.

 

Decorative and Washi tapes can be cut to the desired width using a paper trimmer. This one above has both a rotary blade and a guillotine cutter. Since this blue tape has a peelable backing the guillotine cutter worked best.

Gotta love the bling!  I guess it is called bling or stick on gems...not sure what it is formally called.

Here is what the printed PDF files look like before folding...

#1 Thinking Day Card -Owl on toadstool

#2 Thinking Day Card- Owl on Rainbow

#3 Girl Guide Card- no title

#4 Thinking Day Card- Small Owl on Toadstool

If you would like these PDF files just email me...my address is in my profile.  I am always willing to share my work.  Please specify which one{s} you would like.  The descriptions are beneath each photo.

Whenever I send files I usually ask "Where are you from and what Unit are you with?".  I find it fascinating!  I keep a record of everyone who receives my files, postcard swaps, crest trades etc in a little washi tape decorated book...well, now I have two little books. 

I started a second book in December 2014

I ♥ Washi Tape. I like to edge the pages with it.

 

I've been sending files and receiving blog comments since 2012. I so enjoy making contact with Guiders from around the world.  Without this blog and the internet I would not be able to do such a thing. It is an awesome way to share ideas.  A special Shout Out to the 59 members of this blog!

Thank you all so much for viewing Owl & Toadstool! 

PS...If you had requested files from me but did not receive a reply please try to email me again.

Girl Guide Doodles

Helloooo 

Owl & Toadstool viewers 

Happy New Year!  

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2015

The cold has hit Canada with a vengeance. It was a green Christmas for most Maritimers with temperatures as high as +15 Celsius on Christmas Day but then New Year's day was -15 Celsius or colder.  For the past couple of weeks it has been freezing COLD here...with windchill as low as -25 Celsius on some days.  There has been snow in this area where as other parts of the Province have seen more rain than snow.  Not as much snow as usual but good for outdoor skating and skiing.

Although the cold weather offers fun outdoor activities it also forces us to stay indoors and to entertain ourselves in other ways.  A person can only brave the elements for so long before retreating inside for warmth and hot chocolate! I like to tap into my creative side during this time. Here is what I have been up to...

DOODLING 

with Tangles and Dangles

I do not claim to possess any type of talent for drawing but doodling is so much fun to do. This could be something that the Girl Guides could do as part of badge work or to include in a Smash book or Lapbook or any other type of memory book. The amount of detail depends on the doodler.  I think it would be neat to make Thinking Day cards with personalized doodles!

GGC Trefoil  rubber stamp

I used a trefoil stamp that I had purchased at the former NS Guide store years ago to make a stencil.  This allowed me to trace the trefoil pattern since I am not very good at drawing the trefoil.   I could have just stamped directly onto the doodle with ink but I wanted to have the outline of the trefoil so that it could be coloured different colours.  This stamper creates a solid image.

If you do not have a stamper then you could make a stencil from any trefoil pattern.  Since I wanted to use the image multiple times I decided to make a stencil.  I stamped on {junk mail} paper then covered it with clear tape so that I could reuse it. Then I used an Xacto knife to cut away the image.  You could use either the positive or the negative pattern pieces for a template.

And now for the fun part...Colouring!

Santa Claus left a bunch of Sharpie Markers for me this past Christmas since he knew that I was a good girl LOL Santa knows that I like to be creative.

Since I used Sharpie permanent markers I had a limited colour palette and I wanted to use the colours of Guiding...pink for Sparks, brown for Brownies, blue for Guides, green for Pathfinders, red for Rangers, and blue for Adults.

The words "Girl Guides" are doodled with dangles

If you are interested in Doodling with Tangles and Dangles there are numerous ideas on Pinterest which link to many websites on the subject.  Do a search for Zen Tangles and you will be mystified!

Happy Doodling!

Lee Ann

For more of my doodles go here.