Jennifer here, welcoming you to another Tips, Trends and Technique Tuesdays! Today is a technique especially for all of the Storybook Creator Plus users! One of the things I love about Trixie’s kits are that they almost always include an alpha set. Most of the time the color or pattern of the alpha works great, but once in awhile, I love the alpha style, but wish I could change the color/fill of the letters for some reason or another. Or maybe, I like an alpha from one kit, but I’m using a different kit(s) for my page and the colors just don’t go together. For all of you who use Storybook Creator Plus, I’m going to walk you thru the process of customizing your alphas and titles, and you’ll be a pro in no time!!!

Once you have the letters placed on your page how you want them, select them all and on the Arrange tab, click on Group and then Flatten.

I really love the look of using papers from the kit to refill the alphas. It reminds me of my old Sizzix days but without all the time and hassle involved. Make sure your alpha grouping is selected and then go under your Content tab and select the paper you want to use fill the letters in. Solid papers work best as well as small prints. If you use a small print, you may want to experiment with flattening and not flattening your letters to see what look you like best. Click on your selected paper and under the dropdown menu, choose Fill Selected Shape.

Voila!! Add your shadows under the Format tab and you can be done!

For an added bit of oomph, right click on your title, choose Apply a Filter, select 3D edge and click on Apply.

You now have a title or wordart that looks like it was designed just for the page you created!

Here’s my finished page made with AAM The Tweens kit and glitter paper:

I can’t wait to see you show off your new skills in the Trixie Scraps Gallery!!

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