I love making cards so I thought today I’d make my own paper to make my cards with.

So I opened up my photo editing program. I use Photoshop CS3 but this will work with your personal system too.

1. I created a new document: size 8 x 10.5 inches. I choose this size to it fits nicely inside a 8.5×11 sheet of paper for printing.

2. Using my “Custom Shape Tool” I chose a fleur de lis shape as the object I wanted to repeat.

3. Since my fleur de lis was located on layer 1, I duplicated my layer to create an exact duplicate of my shape.

 

4. I created a “Group” layer, Group 1.

5. I dragged both my layer 1 and my duplicate of layer 1 to the Group 1 layer. This creates an image that sticks the 2 shapes together in the given position.

6. I then duplicated Group 1.

 

7. I then created a new Group layer, Group 2.

8. I then dragged Group 1 and the copy of Group 1 to the new layer, Group 2.

 

9. I continued through this group duplicating and positioning until I fully covered my entire page with the lines of fleur de lis. I used some guidelines to help line up my layers as I went along.

10. I then created a new layer under the fleur de lis image layers. I colored it green by using my Paint Bucket Tool.

 

 

11. Then I played with some of my brush tools and some layering of colors and textures to get my desired paper. It’s just kind of wild and funky!

 

 

Now it’s time for you to create your own simple patterned papers. Let’s see you make your own patterned papers to use on a card or a page.

Here’s a card I created using a simple Superman crest that I downloaded off the internet and created my own papers for this card….

 

 

Supplies:

PP: Scenic Route Cardstock: Bazzill, Prism Stamp: Bella stamping Coloring Tools: Copic Markers Ink: Ranger Ribbon: American Crafts Die Cut: Spellbinders

Tags: card, photoshop, tutorial

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