Hi everyone, Mou here with today's tutorial!
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I love the stamp sets that come with each October Afternoon collection. Not only do they give me the perfect embellishments for a layout, but they also help me design my very own patterned paper backgrounds very easily.Take a look at this layout, for example
Let me show you what I did in steps.
First of all, I marked off the area where I am going to add a patterned paper block.
I used watercolors to add some colors to my white cardstock working in small sections.
For this layout, I chose Travel Girl See The World rubber stamp set and Travel Girl Clear Stamp set.
When I stamp to create backgrounds like this, I'm not worried about getting the images absolutely perfectly.
Next, I added splatters using my October Afternoon Sprinklers. Take the cap off and gently flick the colors onto the page.
After this, I added a piece of Travel Girl Guide Book paper on the page and stitched it in place.
Now for this layout, the pattern seemed too busy so I muted it down with white paint.
Once the paint dried, I added my photo, journaling, and embellishments. Here's a close-up shot.
Hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and will use your October Afternoon stamps to create some patterned papers of your own. Please do share your creation on the October Afternoon Flickr Gallery.