So to explain all my absences... I am in marching band and have been very busy with that and also just hanging out with my friends. So yes I am very sorry.
But onto this post, I am basically going to be showing you some different techniques for making your own patterned paper.
Obviously to make your own patterned paper you are going to ned paper and if you don't want to paint a whole piece of paper but you want a color you can use colored paper and then embellish it.
The next design is polka dots. I love polka dots and you can create these with an old pencil eraser. You are probably not going to to want to use your new pencil with the perfect eraser.
And to fill in the empty sopts on your polka dots just use a tiny paint brush.
And you could always spray paint. I don't know how well commercial spray paint would work (maybe if you did it lightly) but if you use the spray paint from this post.
Okay now I forgot to tak picture of this which is really sad because it is really cool. Basically you just squirt a bunch of paint onto the paper putting different colors in different spots. So you should be left with spots of different colored intermixed. Make sure all these colors can be mixed together to make a color that isn't brown or black. And then taking a sponge brush just paint using brush strokes. What you'll get is a piece of paper that is kind of one solid color (the mixed color) but has spots where it has the different colors you have. So if it makes any sense it's not one solid color but has spots where it's a different color. You could also do this with dabbing techniques which would give you a less mixed look.
And an ombre pattern...
I just painted using colors from dark to light by putting a line of paint on the paper and using dabbing techniques. I did you use different paint colors instead of using one and just making it lighter.
Dabbing techniques help blend the two colors together.
And then in some places I added more paint to blend and add some paint to some places where is wasn't as pigmented.
That was the ombre...
And then splatter paint which was my favorite to do.
You are going to need a cup to do this a brush that isn't a sponge brush. One with bristles.
To make the splatter paint add the tiniest amount of paint (you only need to tiniest bit of paint) and the tiniest bit of water.
And then taking your brush hold it over your paper and tap it to create the speckles.
And that is it for this. I hoped this helped. Also using markers and Sharpies to add some design is a good idea.
These patterned paper ideas are great for decorating your school supplies. I have more school supply diys coming up. Make sure to make it your own.
