Thursday, February 9, 2012

Studio J - Super Hero



12" × 12" One Super Girl Layout

Kit: Superhero
Pattern: Elegant Context™
Photos: 2 vertical, 1 square
Colors:  Black  Cranberry  Moonstruck  Sky  Sunkiss Yellow  White Daisy

Technique

  • Rotating and swapping pages
  • Creating a custom title using a combination of My Stickease® and new text areas

Preparation

  1. Select Superhero kit.
  2. Select Elegant Context™ pattern.
  3. Select Kit Mix 4.

Putting the Layout Together

  1. Swap left and right pages.
  2. Rotate left page 90 degrees.
  3. Rotate right page 270 degrees.
  4. Rotate comic strip B&T paper pieces on each page to vertical position.
  5. Change vellum background of title well to Cranberry cardstock.
  6. Drop photos into photo wells.

Finishing Touches

  1. Change color of toggle accents as follows:
    • ribbon to Sky
    • buttons to Cranberry
    • button threads to White Daisy
  2. Add the following My Stickease images to left page, resizing, rotating, and cropping as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
    • blue starburst (Large Accents) at 175%
    • left parenthesis (Large Accents) at 100%
    • right parenthesis (Large Accents) at 100%
    • yellow star outline (Medium Accents) at 80%
    • “Able to leap” sentiment (Quotes) at 100%
  3. Add the following My Stickease images to right page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
    • yellow star outline (Medium Accents) at 125%
    • star swoosh (Medium Accents) at 135%
    • “Incredible” sentiment (Quotes) at 100%
    • “Faster than” sentiment (Quotes) at 100%
  4. Create title as follows:
    • type one space in the title well to hide the “Add title” reminder
    • new text area “one” in 85 pt. Tickled font, no background, Black text
    • use quick-title tool to create “SUPER” at 120%, 8 px. spacing
    • add new text area “girl” in 85 pt. Tickled font, no background, Black text
  5. Add White Daisy running stitches and zigzag stiches at 100% as desired.
  6. Add journaling as desired, using a mixture of scaled Arial and Typewriter fonts, vellum background, Black text.

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