Tutorial: Using Digital Alphabets for Card Making
By: Mary Jo Johnston

One of the things I love about making cards is fun titles using hybrid letters! By hybrid, I mean taking a digital image and printing it onto cardstock, then cutting the letters for your project. But, I’m somewhat of a perfectionist and those tricky centers to the o’s, b’s and d’s can leave me wanting to throw my scissors across the room!

I’ve got a solution! You can use the clone stamp, in Photoshop, to duplicate the same pattern for the inside of those pesky little letters! Here’s how:

1. Choose the letter you’ll be printing for your project. Open it in Photoshop.

Hybrid Letters Screenshot 1

2. Choose the Clone Stamp Tool (it’s the one that looks like a little stamp in your tool box)

Hybrid Letters Screenshot 2

3. While holding down the ALT Key, click inside the center of the circle on the pattern you want to duplicate. You may need to change the brush size just a little.

4. Now, click inside the letter to duplicate the pattern.

Hybrid Letters Screenshot 3

5. Continue filling in the center until complete.

Hybrid Letters Screenshot 4

6. Now you can print and cut your letter without having to worry about the center. You can leave it as is or you can use a hole punch for the desired size you prefer. Voila!

Here are a couple of examples I created for you:

Supplies:
Polka Chipboard Alphabet – Yellow (recolored)
Polka Chipboard Alphabet – Pink
Craft Cutters Vectors – Jungle Nursery Animals
Cardstock
Rub Ons or Stickers
Foam Squares
Ink

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