I haven’t forgotten about this blog. While it may not be obvious by the lack of posts, I’ve been doing some things on the blog behind the scenes as well as just learning how to do use WordPress (the site my blog is on). I did something last night that I’m ashamed to admit – I scrapped instead of working on the blog! I worked on updating the scrapbook about my dad. (See About Me for more details on this scrapbook).
Anyway, I promised some layouts from my friends at the scrapbook weekend, I’m finally going to deliver.
This layout comes from my friend Doreen, who, incidentally, commented on my last post. This page shows the “Wilson” she was referring to in her comment. She had purchased the sheet of basketball paper. She put it on a black background with a gold behind that to mimic the lettering on the basketball in the photo which is black with a gold shadow. The white strip across the top of the photo has the name of the school the girl in the photo attends, but I blurred it out for her protection.
Since the basketball in the photo said “Wilson”, Doreen thought it would be cool to have “Wison” in a similar font on the ball in the layout. I cut the word using my Cricut* and a software program called Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL).** I used two different fonts, one where the ‘M’ upside down resembled the ‘W’ and one that resembled the cursive style of the ‘ilson’. I used the welding feature to make ‘ilson’ all one word instead in individual letters. I shadowed the black letters with gold to mimic the real ball’s lettering. (Welding and shadowing are two of the features of SCUT.)
If you already own or use a Cricut, you know how awesome the machine is for cutting out letters and shapes from the cartridges. SCUT cuts True Type fonts, like the ones you see in your font list in Word (with many more free ones found on the Internet). You don’t need to buy any cartridges, just the one-time cost for the software with free updates for life. After installing the software on a computer, you use the USB port on your computer to attach the the port on the Cricut using the same type of USB cable you would use to hook up a printer. You can cut fonts and webdings (a type of image) and the software allows you to weld the letters to make words. I will be giving many more examples of projects created using this software in future posts, so either come back to the blog again or check out the Sure Cuts A Lot site for more information.
*Cricut is a registered trademark of Provo Craft. I am in no way affiliated with Provo Craft, but I do love the Cricut!
** Sure Cuts A Lot (SCUT) a product of Craft Edge, Inc and is in no way affiliated with Cricut or Provo Craft. More information about SCUT can be obtained here.
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