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
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:
During her browsing, Lisa Ottosson saw this old book jacket.
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.
Diane found background inspiration from this poster.
And used it to create a lovely background graphic for her layout.
Then, Diane used the whole of this mixed media design as the basis for a card. Look how artfully she translated this art
into a colorful little card.
Can you see how Emily created the background for this layout...
from this quilt?
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.
Once she had the background finished, the layout came quickly and beautifully, together.
EmilyS loved the monochromatic rays on this pin.
She used it to create the background for this layout before she had even selected a photo or a story!
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!