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JANUARY 14: Drop Caps (big letter for first paragraph)
Hello everyone, and welcome to day 14 of MOC 2026.
Today, I want to immerse myself in the world of fairy tales and novels, where XXL initials herald the start of a new chapter and a new adventure.
Here are some examples of letters. The text is written in French, but it's just to show you some ideas.
Don't worry, I'm not asking you to write an essay or a novel, but I would like a short journal entry of at least five lines, with the first letter larger than the rest of the paragraph.
Your first letter can be as large as you like but it must be equal to or greater than at least two lines of text.
You can keep it simple as in the first example, but you can also let your imagination run wild and use embellishments or stamps.
Have fun with this letter !
You can, of course, use an alpha (https://the-lilypad.com/store/alphas/).
The theme of your journaling is up to you ; you can write about whatever you like provided that there are at least 5 lines.
The photo is not mandatory.
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My page as example :
credits :
Rachel Jefferies & Lynn Grieveson : Hear my Voice 32 | Considering . The Complete Mega Collection
Rachel Jefferies : All the little joys . Inky Stamps ; Messy Marks . Date Stamps 2025
Hear my Voice 32 | Considering . The Complete Mega Collection https://the-lilypad.com/store/hear-...omplete-digital-scrapbooking-mega-collection/
All the little joys . Inky Stamps https://the-lilypad.com/store/all-the-little-joys-inky-stamps/
Messy Marks . Date Stamps 2025 https://the-lilypad.com/store/messy-marks-date-stamps-2025/
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Here are some inspiration from the Pollys
@EllenT
@StefanieS
@Angela Toucan
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If you are an Affinity user, @Angela Toucan wrote two new tutorials to help you :
Using an Alpha as a Drop Cap
https://the-lilypad.com/forum/threa...apping-text-around-and-inside-elements.99223/
Using Typography to turn the first letter of the text into a Drop Cap
https://the-lilypad.com/forum/threads/affinity-studio-tutorial-typography-an-introduction.99228/
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RULES FOR THE CHALLENGE
Your page can be any style but your first letter can be as large as you like but it must be equal to or greater than at least two lines of text.
Your page must be a new page in order to count for the Month of Challenges.
Your page must be posted in three places:
Your page must contain Lilypad product (pages with photos and font only do not count). Product from other stores will not be allowed for MOC ; your pages must contain 100% Lilypad product (current or retired product from designers or guest designers presently selling at The Lilypad). For more details, check out THIS post.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me - Gaelle @Gaelle
Hello everyone, and welcome to day 14 of MOC 2026.
Today, I want to immerse myself in the world of fairy tales and novels, where XXL initials herald the start of a new chapter and a new adventure.
Here are some examples of letters. The text is written in French, but it's just to show you some ideas.
Don't worry, I'm not asking you to write an essay or a novel, but I would like a short journal entry of at least five lines, with the first letter larger than the rest of the paragraph.
Your first letter can be as large as you like but it must be equal to or greater than at least two lines of text.
You can keep it simple as in the first example, but you can also let your imagination run wild and use embellishments or stamps.
Have fun with this letter !
You can, of course, use an alpha (https://the-lilypad.com/store/alphas/).
The theme of your journaling is up to you ; you can write about whatever you like provided that there are at least 5 lines.
The photo is not mandatory.
===========================================================
My page as example :
Rachel Jefferies & Lynn Grieveson : Hear my Voice 32 | Considering . The Complete Mega Collection
Rachel Jefferies : All the little joys . Inky Stamps ; Messy Marks . Date Stamps 2025
Hear my Voice 32 | Considering . The Complete Mega Collection https://the-lilypad.com/store/hear-...omplete-digital-scrapbooking-mega-collection/
All the little joys . Inky Stamps https://the-lilypad.com/store/all-the-little-joys-inky-stamps/
Messy Marks . Date Stamps 2025 https://the-lilypad.com/store/messy-marks-date-stamps-2025/
===========================================================
Here are some inspiration from the Pollys
@EllenT
@StefanieS
@Angela Toucan
===========================================================
If you are an Affinity user, @Angela Toucan wrote two new tutorials to help you :
Using an Alpha as a Drop Cap
https://the-lilypad.com/forum/threa...apping-text-around-and-inside-elements.99223/
Using Typography to turn the first letter of the text into a Drop Cap
https://the-lilypad.com/forum/threads/affinity-studio-tutorial-typography-an-introduction.99228/
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RULES FOR THE CHALLENGE
Your page can be any style but your first letter can be as large as you like but it must be equal to or greater than at least two lines of text.
Your page must be a new page in order to count for the Month of Challenges.
Your page must be posted in three places:
- Uploaded to the TLP Gallery (no outside hosting will be permitted)
- Posted in your MOC 13 page thread you created in the MOC Layouts Folder, using the Copy GALLERY BB found on the right side of your page in your gallery
- You should have one post per completed challenge page. If you complete all 31 challenges, your thread should contain 31 posts
- Please do not comment in the participants’ page threads so we can keep them clean
- Posted in this thread using the Copy GALLERY BB found on the right side of your page in your gallery.
Your page must contain Lilypad product (pages with photos and font only do not count). Product from other stores will not be allowed for MOC ; your pages must contain 100% Lilypad product (current or retired product from designers or guest designers presently selling at The Lilypad). For more details, check out THIS post.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me - Gaelle @Gaelle
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