scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 19, 2022 4:25:11 GMT
I really don’t care for large polka dot patterns, paisley, zig zags, or chevrons.
I love diagonal plaids, though. Not ordinary plaid. They have to be diagonal.
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Post by don on Apr 19, 2022 6:14:34 GMT
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Post by PaperAngel on Apr 19, 2022 6:15:26 GMT
No; my dislike of wonky patterns is totally rational.  By definition, a line is straight & geometric shapes are symmetrical (with few exceptions). Yet, collections in the popular handdrawn illustration style modify classic patterns, such as plaids, stripes, dots, & stars, with wobbly lines & irregular circles & stars. Given that I cannot draw a line, even with a ruler, I - & toddlers - can create the same/similar scrawlings & blobs without paying $1.00/sheet + shipping! UGH... I also scroll past most floral, damask, paisley, vintage, floating icon, scenic, photorealistic, people, etc. patterns because they’re not my style, & I'll never use them. ETA: ...I love diagonal plaids, though... I also  diagonal plaids! |
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Apr 19, 2022 7:11:44 GMT
For anyone who is wondering here's a (giant, sorry!) visual of the differences between gingham, buffalo check, and plaid.  |
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Post by camcas on Apr 19, 2022 11:29:42 GMT
I think the proper name for the design is Damask - it reminds me of Fallopian tubes and labias I literally spat out my tea!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can NEVER look at damask again without thinking of labia…….🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by camcas on Apr 19, 2022 11:31:12 GMT
Nope- Gingham has full coloured squares in my book I would call that a linear checked pattern |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Apr 19, 2022 12:31:14 GMT
Surprised to see so much dislike for gingham. My mother made me dresses when I was a child with gingham fabric and I've always kept a fondness for it. It seems like such a classic, innocent pattern too.
Maybe it's the high contrast of traditional gingham colours (white + red/mid-tone blue)? It can make it hard to use and distracting next to photos and traditional embellishments.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 19, 2022 12:48:24 GMT
Chevron. Don't ask. I don't know why but it's just a big no-no to me. It was all over scrapbook collections a few years ago, too. Me, too. I hate chevron and paisley. I never buy anything paisley, scrapbooking or other. I love gingham and plaids. But, sorry, scrapnnana, never diagonal plaids! |
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Post by grammadee on Apr 19, 2022 14:09:19 GMT
I don't hate many patterns. I do find some harder to work with than others. Large words (unless I can fussy cut them out and use them as parts of titles). Readable script. Random cacti and tigers and... Bold patterns in contrasting colours that distract from the photos.
Pattern and colour set the mood for me when putting together a page. I don't often feel flowery, so flowery background papers don't often work for me. Gingham calls to mind table cloths or tea towels and so I tend to use them on food or baking pages. Plaids seem to be masculine, so I use them with quite a few of my boy LO's. (I prefer the diagonal ones cuz they seem to go more with the action in many of my photos. Chevrons I can work with if they are tone on tone. Same for zigzagged lines. If there is too much contrast they seem to jump and give me a headache.
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chendra
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Post by chendra on Apr 19, 2022 14:22:01 GMT
I think that is called tattersall plaid. |
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Post by riversong1963 on Apr 19, 2022 15:04:41 GMT
I don't like paisley, but I do have a background stamp and an embossing folder with paisley designs that are nice. I don't like chevrons, triangles, quatrefoil, and damask. If it looks like my grandmother's wallpaper or upholstery fabric, I won't use it on my scrapbook pages, cards, or mixed media projects. I can't stop laughing about the description of damask.  |
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 19, 2022 15:36:54 GMT
Chevron. Don't ask. I don't know why but it's just a big no-no to me. It was all over scrapbook collections a few years ago, too. Me, too. I hate chevron and paisley. I never buy anything paisley, scrapbooking or other. I love gingham and plaids. But, sorry, scrapnnana , never diagonal plaids! Don’t be sorry! It means more diagonal plaids for me!  |
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Post by jenr on Apr 19, 2022 15:47:33 GMT
I think the proper name for the design is Damask - it reminds me of Fallopian tubes and labias LOL! This is making me giggle this morning! |
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Post by amp on Apr 19, 2022 16:51:09 GMT
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Post by papersilly on Apr 19, 2022 17:02:20 GMT
i hate random geometric patterns. i remember when Basic Grey shifted to those kinds of graphics and i never bought another collection from them again.
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Post by elljay on Apr 19, 2022 17:13:06 GMT
I really don't like scallop (scalloped?) edges or patterns.
No chevron, no to most polka dots.
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Post by Skellinton on Apr 19, 2022 18:26:18 GMT
Surprised to see so much dislike for gingham. My mother made me dresses when I was a child with gingham fabric and I've always kept a fondness for it. It seems like such a classic, innocent pattern too. Maybe it's the high contrast of traditional gingham colours (white + red/mid-tone blue)? It can make it hard to use and distracting next to photos and traditional embellishments. I love gingham fabric, but I hate it in my scrapbook. I find it very hard to use. |
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Post by don on Apr 19, 2022 19:19:44 GMT
If that were a shirt, maybe with a red tie and navy sports jacket. With my handsome looks, nobody would even notice the shirt. Yes, I live there; "On the outskirts of the back of my mind."
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Post by cycworker on Apr 19, 2022 19:53:05 GMT
Herringbone! Damask, plaids, gingham. Paisley.
They all remind me too much of the terrible clothes my mother tried to get me to wear growing up.
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Post by cycworker on Apr 19, 2022 19:58:14 GMT
I think the proper name for the design is Damask - it reminds me of Fallopian tubes and labias This is hysterically funny and I'll never see damask the same way ever again. Same. I just did a Google images search and in some cases I totally get it, and in others I don't. |
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 22, 2022 6:37:07 GMT
I love pp as a rule and have to think hard about this question. I cannot stand or use the poop emoji on anything, not even a potty training page. There were some papers with that poop emoji all over and that was a big no from me.
Of course mustaches. Just no. But I guess those are more themes than patterns.
Patterns - I can't think of much I havent used. As a theme scrapper I will use anything that meets a theme I am doing. Maybe someone will list something here and I will have to edit this post!
When someone says they hate photo realistic papers I feel so protective of them like someone just slapped my child. You said what? That is crazy thinking on my part but I just love them so much.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Apr 22, 2022 10:18:11 GMT
Sorry myboysnme , but where do you put your photos on photo realistic paper? It’s hard to put more than one photo on those, and it’s usually placed over the sky, or on part of the background so not to cover the photo on the paper. I really struggle with using them, and think I’ve only used a couple. One being a photo realistic paper of multiple pumpkins that I used for a Halloween layout. |
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Apr 22, 2022 11:25:15 GMT
Sorry myboysnme , but where do you put your photos on photo realistic paper? It’s hard to put more than one photo on those, and it’s usually placed over the sky, or on part of the background so not to cover the photo on the paper. I really struggle with using them, and think I’ve only used a couple. One being a photo realistic paper of multiple pumpkins that I used for a Halloween layout. There was this thread a few months ago that talked about how to use these types of papers and myboysnme shared several of her pages. I've never been a fan of them, for the same reasons you've listed, but I think this shows how they can be used as a full background successfully. I really love how she's tucked the photo block in under the palm tree on the Under the Palms page and I feel like the photos are an extension of the background paper on the Salmon Creek Falls layout. |
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Post by marg on Apr 22, 2022 12:06:54 GMT
Hate - paisley, quatrefoil, triangles, large polka dots.
Love - gingham, plaid, small polka dots.
I also love patterned paper that is a sheet of little hearts, clouds, or maps.
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 22, 2022 18:49:49 GMT
where do you put your photos on photo realistic paper I have shared some of my more recent layouts on the link Chinagirl828 shared. If you check out the thread I have 4 that I posted first and then a bit further down the thread there are a whole bunch of others. I just want people to love them as much as I do so they will keep making them. But if not, it's ok (sniff sniff) I'll try to get over it.... |
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Post by infochick on Apr 22, 2022 19:23:14 GMT
I do not like paper with people on it. It's hard to explain, but I also have a problem with pattern paper with an image that repeats like a tile across the paper--like you can clearly and regularly see where one repeat of an image ends and the next repeat starts.
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By definition, a line is straight & geometric shapes are symmetrical (with few exceptions). Yet, collections in the popular handdrawn illustration style modify classic patterns, such as plaids, stripes, dots, & stars, with wobbly lines & irregular circles & stars. Given that I cannot draw a line, even with a ruler, I - & toddlers - can create the same/similar scrawlings & blobs without paying $1.00/sheet + shipping! UGH...
diagonal plaids! 
