7 Very Useful Paper Texture Brushes

Paper texture brushes can add a lot of depth to your crafts to make them more realistic and more professional. You can use them as overlays, with clipping masks or as brushes for your desired look. You can really get as creative as your mind allows with these brushes to create beautiful stained glass effects, classic posters, bespoke greeting cards and artistic scrapbooks.

Here are some texture paper brushes you can use for your craft project.

 

Pad Paper Texture Brushes

This will give a notepad type effect and will be perfect for creating special notes to send to family and friends such as save the date cards. If you wanted to create a display type greeting card, you could have a corkboard card with pinned bits of paper on for you to write your greeting and memories. The receiver will be amazed with their personalised handmade card. There is a lot more you can do with these types of brushes, it just depends on how creative your mind is.

Scrapbook Paper Texture Brushes

These are really fun brushes and will look great in your scrapbook. You can add a lot of texture and colour to scrapbook with these brushes to make your photos and keepsakes stand out. If you are making a scrapbook for a loved one, they will really be wowed by this effect. Use this brush on scrapbook backgrounds instead of using a solid or gradient colour; it will make it a lot more interesting.

Crumpled Paper Texture Brushes

This is one of the most popular out of the paper texture brushes. Imagine crumpling up a piece of paper into a ball and then unwrapping it, you can imagine there will be a lot of creases in the paper. This is the effect this brush will have. It will look great for designs that you want to have more of a 3D effect such as clouds, mountains or even the world.

This is one of the most popular out of the paper texture brushes. Imagine crumpling up a piece of paper into a ball and then unwrapping it, you can imagine there will be a lot of creases in the paper. This is the effect this brush will have. It will look great for designs that you want to have more of a 3D effect such as clouds, mountains or even the world.

Grungy Star Paper Texture Brushes

The grungy star paper texture brushes will add flashes of colour to your scrapbook or other craft project. The stars have sweeping brush strokes so there are no hard lines, giving it that grungy vibe. This would also look great as wrapping paper if you are feeling adventurous or as a gift box. In fact this brush was actually inspired by old wrapping paper but with of course filters have been added to make this grungy star brush.

Newspaper Texture Brushes

The newspaper texture brushes are great for school or college projects especially if the project is about journalism. Just imagine how good your project will look if the cover is brushed with a newspaper texture. This would also be great as a rustic poster layer to give it the effect of being old and worn. Whatever you are using it for, it is sure to add character and an interesting detail to your craft project.

Water Stains Paper Texture Brushes

Water stains paper texture brushes also include tea and coffee stains. This will be good if you want to create an old paper look, if you’re having a tea party and want to create invites, or even on a wedding invitation if you’re having a cottage style wedding. The tea ring really looks good in scrapbooks as it looks as if someone has set down their cup of tea on the page. You can create endless effects with this texture brush.

Torn Paper Texture Brushes

The torn paper texture brushes look great when creating a torn photo look for your scrapbooks. You can use Photoshop to create your torn photos and use your digital printer to add to your scrapbooks. You can also use them to create a torn page look for your scrapbook or party invitations; it will certainly be different and more fun. Why not create layers of different coloured papers to really create a bold effect. This is the answer to your unrealistic torn edge prayers!

These are but a few of many more texture paper brushes which you can find on the digitalpaper.shop website as well as the brushes mentioned in this blog post. Be sure to check out the scrapbook paper and clipart too.