Two free graphic patterns from the book and CD Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 4

I "heart" you readers! And in honor of all the love I have two free patterns from the book and CD  Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 4 for you to download and use to make your Valentines or whatever you like. In addition to these prints, I have another twofer giveaway!

Here's how it works: Leave your answer to the question,

"Are you making Valentines this year? If so, what is your medium of choice?"

To be entered a second time pop on over to the Craftside Facebook page and leave your answer there too! This will double your chances of winning! And the prize you ask?

Your choice of ANY BOOK from the Qbookshop!!! You pick!!! Answers must be posted both here and on Craftside Facebook Page by midnight ET Wednesday February 16th, 2011. CLOSED!!!

Here are two of the copyright-free patterns included in the book and CD  Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 4 that I thought would be fun to work with when making Valentines and other project meant to share the love.

More about:

Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 4:

A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Perfect Color and Pattern in Design

By

Kathie Alexander

and

Harvey Rayner

This is a new volume in Rockport’s desktop library of color and pattern. The book and enclosed CD provides professional designers with seamless geometric patterns in a variety of color palettes to address the specific design needs of designers, art directors, and students working in textile design, product design, graphic print and website design, and advertising and corporate design. The enclosed CD contains interactive vector files to allow readers to resize motifs and patterns and change colorways to suit their own design purposes.

Kathie Alexander is a freelance designer based in Peoria, Il. Prior to her freelance career, Alexander was employed by Dynamic Graphics/JupiterMedia for nine years, were she worked in the Marketing and Publishing departments. Her latest role was art director of Dynamic Graphics magazine, which she designed for six years.

 

Harvey Rayner is a graphic and web designer in Suffolk, England, and creator of the website root2art (http://www.root2art.co.uk/CV/index.php) and patterncooler.com, a library database of more than 11,000 seamless patterns. In addition to the enclosed CD, the author will create a dedicated web page for this book with an interactive online component on that site.

 

Comments

[Tiffany]

Yes, we always make our valentines and have used a variety of mediums. I think they will be fabric postcards this year:)

[Ginigin]

I have been making valentines with the children I work with - so far out of woven paper, glitter glue, and stickers. I am thinking of making some out of felt also - woven like the paper or possibly stuffed with lavender or other fragrant herbs.

[Suella]

Bread!
One of my valentines is a stamp which says "I love you on it", reversed of course. It gets used every valentines day.

The first time we were in a country house hotel in England, and the staff got the giggles serving the toast for us. They thought it was a bit of fun, too.

[retha molett]

I USE FABRIC, COLOR PAPER . GLUE.
AND.DRAWING THINGS TO MAKE MY VALENTINES

[Janel]

My daughter no longer has Valentine parties at school and I can barely get my son to sign pre-made Valentine's, let alone make them. I guess I'll just make one special one for their daddy. :)

[Aimee]

I look for any excuse to pull out my paper scraps and make mosaic collages. Scrappy valentines this year for me.

[Janet Lee]

I love to make special cards for friends at Valentines. I guess the medium would be called mixed - a mix of paper, fabric, and embellishments.

[wen]

My medium of choice is paper, along with rubber stamps. I went with clean and simple Valentine's cards this year: no frills, just a little bling (it is Valentine's Day after all!), no extra layers; just clean, graphic simplicity.

[d]

I am using cardstock and embroidering hearts with pink, red and magenta floss.

[dorothy yuki]

I am stitching printed origami paper scraps or scraps of fabric from quilting to cardstock leaving an open space of a heart in the center... very simple....