How To Make Checkerboard Backgrounds

Today I am going to be making checkerboard backgrounds using a fancy deli papers and assorted papers! Great for your art journal, mixed media or junk journals!

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Checkerboard Backgrounds Video

Items mentioned in this video:

Checkered Deli Paper (240 sheets for $15)
Canson XL Paper Pad
Dyan Reaveley Creative Journal
Procreate
iPad
Nuvo Glue
Liqutex Matte Medium
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All The Checkered Backgrounds

I am loving how these backgrounds are turning out so far! If I had to pick one I liked the best I would for sure pick the vintage paper background with the black checkerboard border!

I used a pack of 24 Checkered Deli Papers to make these. For all of these I started with a base of either Canson XL Mixed Media paper or pages pulled out of my Creative Journals.

Then I used a mix of maps, ledger paper, graph paper, sheet music and vintage paper as the middles and then used the checked papers as accents!

This is just the first step in the process so don't forget to check out upcoming posts to see were I go from here!

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