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Well, the image above should look familiar if you read last week’s “Adding Words” post. As per usual, I got long winded. You really should be used to that by now 😊 Today I’ll be taking that image from last week and making it look like a classic letter board. It’s all about the frame… Framing a letter board adds a finished aesthetic. A frame also offers a way to match it to your layout through different colors and finishes,…
Welcome back to letter boards. So, in last week’s “Old Signage” post all the steps/images for creating that grooved felt for the background took up a lot of real estate, heh? None of it was overly complicated…just a lot of steps. Sadly, I didn’t get to discuss letter board characters. You may recognize the background in the featured image at the top of this post. That’s the letter board grooved felt I created last week. And today I can get…
Last week I talked about ransom style word art. Today I want to talk about some old signage – Letter Boards as word art. If you’ve read my “About Me” page you likely already know I had a long stint in the corporate world. Over the years I planned more than one conference or other corporate “get together” that generally required some form of signage. Way back in the twentieth century, letter boards were a very common form of signage….
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been working on a layout with a very specific theme and thought I had the perfect kit. Then low and behold, even with all the fabulous word art included, I can’t seem to find what I need. Nothing said I had to stick with only that one kit. I just usually tend to do that since it saves time trying to find bits and pieces from other kits that will coordinate nicely…
I know I’ve posted multiple times about creating grunge overlays. Most recently I shared a layered technique in my “Artsy Layered Overlay” post back in September. There seems to be countless ways for us to achieve a grunge look for a piece of paper or even an element. But today I want to show you how to create some grunge with the use of the Wave Filter (within the Distort category). The Wave Filter is somewhat hidden and rarely used…