Lesson 3; Part 2 Making Templates

Okay, enough chit chat, let’s turn this template into a Super Awesome Page we can share!!

Open up your template. (File, Open, and find your template) It will be a PSE File.

It will probably bring up a window that says, some fonts are missing, jut hit okay. This just means that you do not have the font that is on the paper, but it will change it for you (or you can change it) when the time comes.

*Note: CTRL+G. THIS COMMAND WILL BE YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND! MEMORIZE IT! :)

Now, it’s time to add some papers!! In your layers window, we are going to select a layer. You can start with whatever layer you want, but I like to start with a background color first, so go down and select the Background Layer at the very bottom.

Now, we are going to select a paper to go into this layer. I have not chosen any specific kit for this lesson. Be creative and pick a kit that you think will work great for this Page! Or use several kits if you want!! :)

So, we are going to go File, Place and choose a paper. Now your screen should look like this:

For a page like this, I like to keep the background nice and simple, preferably a solid or a lightly patterned or textured piece. But this is just personal preference. :)

If you like the selection you have made, hit enter or click the green check mark. Adjust your paper to fit over the background layer if needed and then Press CTRL+G. You have just set your Paper INTO the background layer!! Try moving your paper now, it will only move inside the background layer!

LET’S DO MORE!!!

Same thing….choose a layer either by picking a layer on the page itself or by going to your layers box and choosing it. File, Place, Enter, Ctrl G! Let’s do the Accent Paper Layer (one up from the background) and then we will do a picture!

For this layer, you don’t need to worry about making the paper fit the Accent, No need to adjust really unless you have a paper with large artwork on it that you want to show up in the accent Layer. Hit Enter and then CTRL G and the Paper will just go into that layer for you!

Pretty Neat Huh?!! You can do this with Paper, Elements, Pictures and even Text!!!!

Let’s do a photo shall we? We are going to put our first photo in the top cut out of the flower. Find this layer and make sure it is selected. Now, File, Place your Picture.

You can do this one of two ways, you can adjust your picture and then CTRL G or you can CTRL G and then adjust the picture. I find CTRL G, then Adjust, to work the best for me.

When you are done, your picture should fit nicely in the top part of the flower.

Not all pictures are going to work in these spaces….I had a hard time getting all three girls in this one without cutting off little Bina’s head!

I think you get the picture, but I would like to go over the text part with you. So, double click on the text layer in the Workspace Area. You will probably get a message like this:

Hit Okay. It will change the text to a font you already have. Remember, you can go back and change your font to whatever you want so it doesn’t matter what it changes your font to. :)

I would like to change my Text to be a little bit Wider of Wording. So, Since it is already highlighted (and if it isn’t, go ahead and highlight it) and then select a different font and then type what you would like here. If you like the font you have already you can leave it!:) I also ended up having to change the size so that it would not run over onto my photos:

The reason I wanted to change my font to a thick, filled in font, was so that I could show you that you can also place papers into text!! You do this the exact same way as you would with any other part of the template.

File, Place, Ctrl G. With the wording you may want to scale down the paper, depending on if you are using solids or patterns so that you can see more of the pattern in the wording. This is what mine looks like after I place a paper, some Drop shadowing and a bevel:

*Note: When you add drop shadowing or beveling or any effect for that matter to a layer, you need to make sure that you have the actual Template Layer Selected and not the paper you placed into that layer.

Well, I think by now you get the picture, and if you have any questions at all you can always email me at liviesmommy2008@yahoo.com

Here is my final Page:

With Templates, use File Save As and then put in your scrapbook folder. Be careful not to save over the template with all of your layers put into it! :)