Computer Generated Text

This week I created a tutorial over on Lasting Memories showing how to create computer generated text for your scrap booking layouts.  Since I ran on and on I promised to share a few pages here on my blog that feature a few more ideas so here goes.

For this first page I decided to trim a 12 x 12 piece of card stock to fit my printer - it can be 12" long but just not 12" wide - I don't have a 12 x 12 printer.  I typed my name aligned to the left on a page in horizontal orientation.  Then I stamped pretty flowers in black ink in the empty space at the right side and added colour using pens.  After layering up my title border strip I also added a few extra words that I thought described Maddycakes to a tee.

In this next page I used my computer to create the journaling block, the large title letters and even the coloured names.  For the large letters and numbers I simply enlarged my font once I had typed what I wanted.  Then I printed on patterned paper.  Next I added a straight pen border roughly around each one making sure to emphasize the differing sizes & heights and then went back with a 'quirky' pen border just inside the first one.  Finally I cut around each letter leaving a bit of additional border and my accent letters and numbers were finished.  For the names I simply used an interesting font that I downloaded and changed the colour of each.  If you are unsure which ones you can trust try http://www.dafont.com/ for absolutely tons of free fonts.

The journaling block is pretty basic and was created in a table format as explained in my tutorial but I left enough room in the left margin so I could add coloured snaps.  I wanted the 'polka dot' theme to run throughout my layout and for me this just finished it off nicely.

This last page features more clever use of text by creating a circle shape.  I repeated a simple phrase 'the TRUE cost of beauty..... the TRUE cost' etc.  I did this so I could place my circle anyway I wanted and you could still read the text.  I printed it on white so it would blend in with my background page - I don't have a 12 x 12 printer remember so you have think smarter to make up for it. 

I added lots of die-cut scalloped and plain circles inside and outside my text circle and finally added alphabet stickers across the centre to finish off the phrase.  The journaling was created in a tall thin table and I left enough space top and bottom to overlap the free stickers we got from the store.  Maddy got stickers but Grandma asked for extra to use on this page.

It's been kinda nice re-visiting these pages.  I've done quite a few over the years but I don't get them out to look at very often and maybe I should.  Next time the grandkids come I think they'd enjoy seeing some of these.  Would be interesting to see if Maddycakes remembers getting her ears pierced!