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JaNuARY AJ Challenge #2

Dalis

Dalis

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January's AJ Challenge: Word Art

Hi everyone our Technique challenge this month is sponsored by Krista from Sahlin Studio. I am a HUGE fan or her kit but I am even a bigger fan of her Word Arts, so I knew I had to ask her to sponsor this challenge.
I have created 3 video tutorials on how to use the freebie you are all getting. So much to do with WA, so little time. This freebie is actually a sub-set of a WA set she is releasing next month here at the Lilypad. So guess what? If you complete this WA challenge using at least one of the two WA in this freebie then you get a coupon to download the COMPLETE WA set BEFORE is even available to buy!



Here is the preview for the full WA set...
tlp-motivationwordart-01.jpg


Here is video 1 OF 3... I am still uploading videos 2 and 3, youtube doesn't like me today. BEWARE: Video #2 is cut off at the end, just go to video #3 and I will recap, ok? I tried 3 times to stop before, but I was feeling chatty.
[video=youtube;e64HUyxEDHs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e64HUyxEDHs[/video]

VIDEOS 2:
[video=youtube;wW7ndQ3UnIY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW7ndQ3UnIY[/video]

VIDOE 3:
[video=youtube;QeUlz9mT9jM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeUlz9mT9jM[/video]
 
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Now shud be 10.30am EST Jan 24 (= my 11.30pm Jan 24).

So I'm going for a power nap to nurse my sprained back. Hope I can make it for the AJ chat. Cos I missed the last one. :(
 
Oh hun, I didn't know you sprained your back! HUGS (but gentle ones so your back doesn't hurt).
 
I love this word art! Can't wait to get started! Thanks, Krista!

And I'm just going to put this here for Vivi. ;)
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Sorry about your back Agnes.. feel better. Dalis thanks for the tutorials and Sahlin for the word art.... love it!!
 
Ugh, I had the chat sign in page up and had to go get the mail, totally forgot what I was doing by the time I got back to my desk... waaa!
 
Video 1 very informative.. great job Dalis!!!
 
I had to redo Video #3 due to some corruption, so it's being uploaded again.
 
OMG Lorry, you are cracking me up!

PuSticks said:
Ugh, I had the chat sign in page up and had to go get the mail, totally forgot what I was doing by the time I got back to my desk... waaa!
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Stephanie! Sorry you missed it!

cfile said:
Video 1 very informative.. great job Dalis!!!
Click to expand...

#2 is up and I had to re-do #3 but it's uploading already.
 
You ladies are SO SPOILED!!! Krista sent me a PM and said I could show you the preview for the full set. So I have updated the first post.
 
Hi ladies!! I tried to join you in the chat... and realized my software wasn't updated.
I tried to get it done, but I wasn't fast enough. I hate when that happens!!!

Have fun with the word art all! :)

Valerie, holy smokes!! This page is incredible!! I love what you did with the
word art, and the graphic stripes inside each of them.
 
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Oh the word art looks awesome! Love those stripes in the word art too! I'm pondering the last details on my page now and again, I'm enjoying this too much lol!
 
Thanks Sahlin...


Dalis the Videos are great! I will look at 3 tomorrow after you put it on line :)


 
Video #3 uploaded! It took only 4 hrs to upload! Not sure what is wrong with you tube but it's working now.
 
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Dalis- thank you for all 3 tutorials :) I learned a few things I didn't know so I am a happy camper!! I have been using some of the brush techniques you showed but in different ways then you showed, and I found like the wand selection was easier than "my way" .. (I used to hold down the shift all the time and clicked in.. your way without holding the shift is much easier!!) Also the dual brush, never used that... ummmm now I am going to have to do another page.. ha ha so I can play or I will see what todays MOC is and try to incorporate that little new trick!! Very informative techniques you have shown. All I can say is thank you. While I do a lot of the blending and using of brushes, seeing your little tips in the videos adds new dimension for me :) I also use the style I made for the "no font float" for extra blending on my brushes and such and I clipped the word art too (the little paragraph) over the paper fill in the "I Will Do This" for an extra added look which was pretty cool thing to do with word art. Thank you again for the fun tutorials, fun techniques and fun layout page challenge. Awesome, and Thank you Sahlin for the wonderful word art!! FUN FUN FUN is all I can say!!!


In case anyone is interested in that style I made for PSE11 and Photo Shop CS3 and above, here is the link again to grab it: https://app.box.com/s/uh6r0mmgkx5pq0jgb2m4
 
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Is there a trick to using the style? I still had to edit it since it depends so heavily on what the background looks like, and I thought it was a lot harder to edit since I couldn't tell so easily where the pixels were starting to disappear. If it's easier to just do it from scratch, I'm not sure why to have the style, tbh. :/

I decided to make a filler card for my pocket pages.
 
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