Large Text

You know what they say, “Go big or go home!” We’re looking at using large text on a digital scrapbooking page, and I mean large enough to fill a third or more of the page. First, I want to show you a couple of pages using  large numbers. Krista made a page about Zach’s 12th birthday, and she used the giant 12 as part of the title and background. Happy birthday, Zach! The 12 is huge and yet it isn’t overpowering, but it is quite obvious that 12 is an important age to mark.  I love the way she used paper clips to attach the photos to the large numbers. She used Chelle’s newest birthday kit called One Year Older.

Jan also used a large number and the same birthday kit, but instead of placing the number behind her photos, she used vellum for the number 13 and layered the number pieces on top of her page. Her daughter turned 13 on the 13th of July 2013, so the 13 was an obvious choice for emphasis. I really love the vellum effect and the thick shadowing she used to lift it off the page. Happy Birthday, Charlotte!

April chose to use large letters on her page instead of numbers. She used Chelle’s Aviator kit to scrap a page about her grandfather’s involvement in World War II. This kit is a perfect match with its vintage feel, and her black and white photos are complemented well with the colors and elements in the kit. She chose to make the title of her page from a very large font and then fill the chunky letters with a photo of the B-29 plane. She has done well capturing the time of such an important memory.

Mel chose to use a large symbol on her page instead of a letter, number, or word. Using a large ampersand sign is a popular trend in digital scrapbooking right now, and Mel has used it well. It is large and central to her page and helps to make the perfect title. She has used Chelle’s Gone Fishin’ kit to document her memories of a family fishing outing.

Now, if you really aren’t comfortable with such a huge piece of text as these ladies have done, you could do what Melissa has done and move into this trend slowly. She has made a page using a photo of her sweet baby at one year old using Chelle’s Love Grows kit, and she made her title word oversized but not so large as previous examples. It’s still a big impact and yet the focus is the photo.
Can you think of more uses for large text? I would love to see your pages! Post them in the gallery at Scrap Orchard if you use Chelle’s kits, and be sure to tag them with #chelle so I can find them.