We'll Make Paper....and Patterned, To Boot 17 comments  

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Are you like me....and love patterned paper?  I so admire it, whether it is digital or paper.  I so admire those designers out there who feed my passion.

So, that got me to thinking....."Hmmm, what does it take to make my own?"  I put this challenge to the test and most of the Digital CT members came along for the ride with me.

Below you will see our layouts that feature our own "hand made" digital patterned paper that we used as our wall paper / background paper.

Let us know what you think, won't you?

Dolphins by Egle (FairyMouseMom)

"I created this paper by starting with one "symbol" and copying it into a pattern. With that I created a template, used two colors, and an effect on one of the colors (if I remember correctly) and came up with that background paper you see here."

45 days by Glenda (bamablue)

"I created the funky stripy paper by creating a 1x5 inch color strip with 5 blocks of color, then chopping it up by copying chunks of the block and pasting it over other areas. I then used this as a fill pattern on a 12x12 sheet. After I did that, I took a white circle/dot brush and liberally painted all over the stripes. I quite like the way it turned out!  And, I was very lucky with my colors; they matched up pretty well (with the kit I used)."

 I Can Fly by Janell (janello)

"I made two different backgrounds for this layout. The first one I created by by simply using the paint bucket tool and filling in the background with navy blue and the using the eye dropper tool, selected the same yellow in the swirl and used text to make a patterned background and then duplicated it to fill the whole paper. I also took a dry brush and painted some green edges on the paper. The second paper I made using the the paint bucket (brown) and then the paint brush tool and stamped teal circles to make polka dotted paper!"

Mermaids (Left and Right) by Egle (FairyMouseMom)

"I created this paper by starting with one "star" and copying it into a pattern onto a blue paper that I used a 'film grain' effect. "

Sprinkler Fun by Angie (nun69)

" I started with a blue background.  I added a 2nd transparent layer.  Then I added bubble and background brushes to transparent layer.  After that I added a Photo Filter to background layer and changed the opacity to 50%.  I then added a Gradient Filter Radial Style at a 45 degree angle changed the opacity to 75%.  I also added bubble brushes and background brushes."

Recipe Card by Jackie (CamsMomma)

" To make my paper i used a combinatin of brushes/stamps found in kits and collections and the use of my program filters.
For the purple background paper, first i filled my canvas with a gold color. Then I used Julie Meads bold brush strokes, sized them very large (long enough to go all the way across the canvas) and filled them with the purple color. To add more depth and texture I used an overlay from Gypsy Chicks grungy overlay set and filled it with the same gold color I used in the back. You cant see very much of the gold backing I did this just to fill any holes in the paint strokes.
for the lighter paper I created a rectangle and used a lighter shade of the same gold. I used one of the chalk effect filters on it and played around with the setting until I got the look I was going for. Then I took the grid stamp from one of Amy Teets kits, repated it on the paper until I had most of the areas filled. I colored those graph lines in purple and erased some of them away until I got what you see here.
I used the template peices from Marcie Reckinger to create the corner folds. I filled each fold with the gold color and used a criss cross watercolor effect on them.
All in all I really love how this turned out!! It has a lot of texture, and the colors are really rich--especially with the added elements--and get me totally psyched for fall!"

Joyful Smile by Kristianne (MamaK321)

"I used a few different brush styles and a couple doodled designs to create my paper.  I started with a wide round brush and stippled in yellow on a cream colored base. Then I used another rough brush to create a distressed pink edge. I used a Gypsy Chick brush to add the doodled flower in the corner and I created my own brush from a doodled swirl and added that to the bottom of the page as well."

New Scrapbook Room by Amanda (mkcdaisy), Guest Digital Creative Team Member

Don't you love how Amanda let her creativity soar and created a background paper to match the patterned design that she painted on her scrapbooking room wall???

Sea the Horses (Left and Right) by Egle (FairyMouseMom)

"I picked a background color that matched one of the colors form one of the sea horse bird baths.  I then had created a separate file which was an outline of a sea horse....cut and pasted across the entire page.  I layered that page onto the teal base and masked it with a lighter color, as I wanted the pattern to be a bit more subtle."

I am truly amazed at what was created for this digital CT reveal!!!!!  I think we truly had a blast with this one.  Now, it's your turn.  Show us what you can create!