Why It Works | Splitting a Word Art

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Welcome to another edition of Why it Works, where we share and highlight a page from an awesome scrapper in our gallery that utilizes a really cool technique, a design trick, a photography tip, journaling ideas or any number of other things to get you scrapping outside your comfort zone. We hope to share and inspire you to try something new, revisit an old technique you may have forgotten about, or maybe just approach that blank canvas in a new way.

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Today, I am sharing a gorgeous page with you by @Keely~B:



And not only is it absolutely gorgeous, I love how she has altered the word art to better fit the feel of her page. Sometimes the word art that comes with a kit is awesome just the way it is, but sometimes you may want to alter it, maybe to use it mixed with journaling or to fit in a certain spot on your page, or maybe you only want to use part of a phrase. In her layout, Keely cut apart the “everything is too much” word art to make it two separate pieces.

I do this quite often and it’s really simple! If I am wanting to just have a word art that’s on a background split with straight edges I will often just use the rectangular marquee tool, and simply cut/paste or layer via cut. You can do this anywhere in the word art and as many times as you want to fit your layout.



You can also use the lasso tool, marquee tool, or eraser to remove to parts of word art to make it fit the design or theme of your page.



Or cut/paste sections of the word art and move them around



It’s a super fun way to expand your stash and make the most of your word art collection! Do you ever play around with splitting up word art in a kit? If so, please share!

 

Yeah, I was looking for an example in my gallery last night, but my eyes were crossing lol. I know I've done it tons of times haha

 

Love that!!! Perfect example!! Thanks for sharing!

 

Those are so great!! I often split word arts that are really long. Thanks so much for sharing!

 

Omgosh, how creative!! I love these so much!! And now I have new ideas!!

 

Perfect example!! Thanks, Dalis!!

 

Yes!! Love doing this!

 

Those are so great!! I'm getting lots of new ideas! Thanks for sharing, Sandy!!