Patterned Paper - Changing them to make your own backgrounds

Hi, sorry I have been late posting this, I never realised how many backgrounds you can do lol.  This week I will be concentrating on changing patterned paper to make your own backgrounds.  The ideas I shall be showing you are just simple ideas to add your own bit of you on it :-)

Simple Dry embossing

 Simply emboss patterned paper

Close Up

Heat Embossing

 Heat Embossing Materials

Just adds some extra sparkle and interest to 

plain or busy papers

Stamping

Stamping Materials

One of my favourite techniques is to use my stamps

to uplift papers, I also usually pick stamps that

co-ordinate with the theme of my card

Stencils

Stencil Ideas

As you can see stencilling can really make plain patterned paper

really striking

White Patterned Paper

Simple white patterned paper is something I never tend

to use, but you find it normal is in pads you buy

This gave me the idea to try and spruce them up, I simply

coloured with promarkers or swished in some distress ink

and then used some sparkle on top

Sewing

You don't need to use a sewing machine instead just use

normal needle and thread.  I can't sew, and trying to get

a straight line is never going to happen, but I have

really started to enjoy using my machine, I just make

sure it looks like I was meaning to be wonky.

As you can see, it just gives the background a little

more interest, I also went around a word on the blue

paper, to pick the word out, which can make

it extra special

Painting

You can use any type of paint to uplift or tone down your papers

You can see that even the papers were bright by painting over them

or just the sides it's managed to tone down the bright busy paper

which sometimes without paint would be too much for a background

Doodling (something I haven't tried doing before)

Simple doodling with pens can give interest to backgrounds

You can see from below that it gives the papers some

fun features.  I only did dots and dashes and scalloped lines

but I know that there is certainly lots of doodling you can do.

Have a look next time your on the phone or thinking, you can

guarantee that at some point you have doodled on paper

while thinking or listening :-)

Sprays

Colourful Sprays

I use a cardboard box for spraying in :-)

I love sprays, and use them often, I love how they spread

all over the place or blog and splat in places.

 Cutting up papers

To make a chevron pattern

Cut 5 different pieces of patterned papers into strips

you also need to square pieces of white card

Start in the middle layering the strips down with glue, 

keep in the same pattern

Do another identical piece and then cut all the hanging pieces

of the base

Turn one of the squares of paper which then lines up together

Cut them both into strips all the same size

Now start piecing them together on a base

Cut out and add to card.  Also an idea is to cut patterned paper

with die shapes which also makes a fab background.

Right all finished lol, if you managed to get to the bottom that is lol.  My final week next week on backgrounds is doing masterboards, this is were you make up your own background on a large piece of paper which then can be cut down to add to several cards. Hope you enjoyed today, thanks for visiting and happy crafting :-) Kerry xxx