Pastel Watercolor Papers

About this freebie

The Pastel Watercolor Papers pack includes 8 digital backgrounds for your layouts. You get a mix of painted textures and soft patterns in white, blush, mint, lavender, peach, and plum ink. The JPG files include a watercolor wash, soft wash, ombre, polka dots, ditsy floral, and solid blush, mint, and lavender papers.

These gentle colors work well for baby photos, spring memories, and wedding albums. Each paper measures 12 x 12 inches at 300 dpi. The download is a 7.8 MB ZIP file. You can use these free files for personal projects and for cards or layouts you sell.

Ideas for using it

1. Create a soft background for newborn photos using the blush watercolor wash and the ditsy floral pattern.
2. Design spring greeting cards by printing the ombre or polka dot papers as a base for your text.
3. Build a wedding album layout using the solid mint and lavender papers to mat your formal portraits.
4. Mix the peach and plum ink colors with the soft wash paper for a gentle Easter scrapbook page.

How to use it

• Unzip the 7.8 MB file on your computer before trying to open the 8 JPG backgrounds in your software.
• The 3600 x 3600 pixels size is standard for 12 x 12 inches, but you can scale the patterns down for smaller cards.
• Layer the solid blush or mint papers behind the busy ditsy floral pattern to help your photos stand out.
• Use a clipping mask to cut the watercolor wash paper into a title or shape for your layout.
• Use the papers as page backgrounds, or cut blocks and strips by clipping them to shapes.
• The papers are 3600 x 3600 pixels, so they can be scaled down for 8 x 8 inch albums without losing quality.

What is inside the ZIP

One folder named pastel-watercolor-papers with the files below (file names start with pastel-watercolor-papers-), plus README.txt and LICENSE.txt.