I hope your had fun last night looking through Pinterest with fresh eyes and a new perspective. Were you able to find some cards that appealed to you? I hope you were! Today let's look at how we can find ideas for page backgrounds.
As I look through Pinterest, I find that sometimes there are large graphic images that catch my interest. For instance, when I saw this poster
pinned here:: original source here
I was struck by how the triangles made the hexagons. So I drew up a file in my silhouette studio software and came up with this:
Flip Flops | Teka Cochonneau
During her browsing, Lisa Ottosson saw this old book jacket.
pinned here
Inspired by the repetition and the crude form on the e's, Lisa looked for a way to replicate such a pattern on her layout. She bent an empty toilet paper tube into a heart shape and dipped it into craft paint. Not only was this resourceful and clever, but it also helps give that primitive feeling of the lettering.
Hearts | Lisa Ottosson
Diane found background inspiration from this poster.
pinned here
And used it to create a lovely background graphic for her layout.
You Color My World | Diane Payne
Then, Diane used the whole of this mixed media design as the basis for a card. Look how artfully she translated this art
pinned here::original source here
into a colorful little card.
Hi! | Diane Payne
Can you see how Emily created the background for this layout...
Silly Beautiful | Emily Spahn
from this quilt?
pinned here::original source here
Quilts are wonderful sources for pattern ideas. Not only for graphic patterns but also for color combinations.
Lisa pinned a pin that Deb had pinned (love that!). She decided to recreate the dotted background.
pinned here::original source here
Once she had the background finished, the layout came quickly and beautifully, together.
Happiness Is | Lisa Ottosson
EmilyS loved the monochromatic rays on this pin.
pinned here::original source here
She used it to create the background for this layout before she had even selected a photo or a story!
Shine | Emily Spahn
Aren't the monochromatic rays lovely?
Hopefully this helps you get ideas from unexpected places; book covers, advertisements, posters, and quilts are all good jumping off points for page backgrounds!
