Don’t be afraid to mix pattern papers from different companies like Suzanna did for her fabulous Fall layout. She’s got 4 vertical rectangles of plaid, floral, pumpkin and polka dots forming her background behind the photos and title (which is also cut from pattern paper). Learn more at The Cherry on Top blog.
One of my favorite scrapbooking products is pattern paper. For me it’s usually the first thing I chose and I use it as a jumping off point where I pull coordinating colors from, decide if the style of my page will be cute, elegant or artsy and mixing patterns is a challenging way to get really creative with a design. Autumn is a wonderful time to use all those pattern papers especially one’s with plaids, leaves and fall foliage. Let’s take a peek at Fall Scrapbook Layouts that feature lots of pattern papers. (sometimes abbreviated as PP)
This pretty double page spread uses a green diamond check and colorful Fall Mums papers for the background and behind the photos. Be sure to use pattern paper not just as background but to create borders too like this design with woodgrain and yellow dots with rows of flower stickers. Visit the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog for a closer look.
Use square and rectangle scraps of different pattern papers to create an interesting and unique custom background design. Nathalie’s bright and colorful Pumpkin Patch page also used woodgrain as the base, tiny polka dots over a scalloped edge and more patterns for photo mats. Find all the details at the Doodlebug blog.
Pattern papers add not only color and pattern but can add texture too if you tear them. Traci layered up three different papers in warm rusty shades, tearing two of the layers which adds a nice rustic appeal. She also included two clusters with leaves, birds, words and a journaling tag. Learn more at the Cocoa Daisy blog.
I love the wavy borders Kristina created with PP on her mountain layout! There’s also a distressed cream pattern on the background and green strips behind the wavy leaves. Her clusters are mainly stamped with lots of leaves, acorns, words and signs. Find all the details at the Creating with Kristina blog.
Many pattern papers are double sided and an easy way to get more from them is by simply folding them over. Krislyn used her large fold like a pocket tucking in additional photos, leaves and words to balance the ones on top of the fold. Notice more PP was used for the page base too. Find more info at the Creative Memories blog.
This beautiful Sunflower paper mixes perfectly with pale woodgrains and dark subtle patterns for the perfect Farm layout. The black and white Polaroid style photos work so nicely with the colors of the papers and notice there’s some stitching for texture too. I came across this idea on the Echo Park Paper Instagram page.
Instead of cutting die cut images from cardstock try pattern papers instead. Audrey used several different papers with some vellum leaves tucked in to create a beautiful Autumn wreath around her photo. There’s also thin torn PP borders too. Visit the Paige Taylor Evans blog for more info.
Here’s another Autumn double page layout, this time Lori has used long triangles of different pattern papers to create a unique pattern of her own along the bottom, it kinds of looks like a hill which works nicely with the Fall leaves photos. She breaks it all down at the Stampinology blog.
Traci designed a darling grid style layout using pattern papers with leaf blocks on the top, plaid blocks on the bottom and rust and teal PP for photo mats top and bottom of the wonderful border. It’s super easy to create borders like this by overlapping printed dies. Learn more at the Artsy Albums blog.
This fantastic Fall layout from Heather uses circles cut from pattern paper and stitched around the edges. She also used a subtle yellow print for the base and die cut floral PP letters for part of the title too. I came across her design on the Hey, Heather Scrapbooks Instagram page.
And last but certainly not least is this perfect plaid layout from Karen. She used layers of plaid pattern papers in blocks behind her fanned out photos as well as for the layout base in addition to die cutting some of the letters for the title from the same plaid. Take a closer look at the Scrap Paper Scissors blog.
I hope you’ve been inspired today to reach for lots of pattern papers as you work on your Autumn layouts!
-Heather
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