Spotlight on Art: I See a Pattern Here…

Today’s artist broke some rules, but still created some unquestionably beautiful finished products. Our Art Studio artist used the beautiful new Stella paper pack to make today’s four beautiful cards. At first glance, you may not realize, but the patterns she used are actually patterns from my scrapbooking how-to books! To create these 6”x 6” cards, she simply shrunk the dimensions on the pattern down by half – take a look!

This first card draws from a pattern found in Magic. In place of the large photo called for in this pattern, a B&T paper and a few well-placed paper butterflies serve as the visual focus of this card. (Did you spot the appearance of one of the B&T papers from the Elemental kit in this card? It blends in well, doesn't it?)

This pattern from Cherish is also one that calls for a large focal photo. In this instance, the artist has turned the photo space into background, using the spray pen to add interest, and drawn the focus down to the large stamped flower and Happy Birthday sentiment.

This card rotates a pattern from Imagine, again adding a large stamped sentiment, and this time showing off some careful paper piecing. And how about that fabulous ribbon in the top right corner? That ribbon was custom-made for this project by sponging and stamping on the brand new Color Ready Seam-Binding Ribbon from the Spring / Summer 2012 Idea Book!

And finally, a pattern from Reflections brings lovely layers to our last card. Not every pattern lends itself to this kind of alteration, but you can see the rewards are high when you are willing to try new things!