Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
If I've heard it once I've heard it a million times - "12 x 12 paper patterns are too large for card making." As someone who has a large stack of 12 x 12 paper with large patterns in her stash, I'm not willing to take that as an answer. Today's post is all about large-scale pattern paper.
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Before we delve into the details of these cards, I want to talk about the old scrapbook paper in our stash. If you're like me you've hoarded your faves for years, or maybe you've inherited someone else's stash by one road or another. Regardless you probably still have a stash of papers gathering dust in your craft studio. Two decades ago I really thought I wanted to be a scrapbooker. I've tried the old school way and the pocket card way and, nope, not for me. That's left me with a lot of supplies that I've spent good money on and am not willing to just toss. Yes, you can donate it, and yes I have done that with some of the supplies, but I'd rather use it. We bought these supplies to use, and I hope this post inspires you to do just that. Ok, off the soapbox and onto the cards for today.
This was one sheet of 12 x 12 paper that I was able to get six fun cards out of this large pattern. I kept the design really simple. Using just the pattern paper, a black mat, and a simple shadowed die cut. Here's a closer look at one of the cards.
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These cards were really quick and easy to make. I let the patterned paper do all of the work and matted it on black cardstock before adding it to a white card base. The focal point becomes the thanks die cut with a black shadow. Clean and simple at its best.
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