11.27 Using 2 Alphas in a Title | Digital Scrapbooking Skills

One thing I LOVE about digital scrapbooking is being able to easily add interest to a title by using multiple alphas. With traditional scrapbooking, it was so difficult and expensive to add multiple sticker letters to a page, that often my titles were short and boring. But, with digital scrapbooking it doesn’t cost any more to add 2 or more alphas to a title, and the impact is so great that I find myself doing it more often than not. I can mix kits I already own and use the alphas over and over without using them up, like I did with my favorite stickers, making any digital kit a great bargain. Take this page by Karen, for example: She has used 3 different alphas in the title, and the three different shapes, textures, and colors to the letters (and number) give emphasis to each word. It also fits the fun energy of the overall theme of the page about riding a roller coaster in the amusement park. She used Ticket to Ride for the page and she used the Rainbow Collection for the alphas.

Next, Ronnie used Chelle’s Chillin’ and Grillin’ kit for most of the page and 2 words in the title, but she supplemented her title with the Button Alpha, which is a neutral colored alpha and works with any color scheme. The Button Alpha highlights the word “family,” which is always a good word to emphasize on a page, and making the word “Fun” much larger than the others certainly tells you about the page’s purpose. In fact, everything about this page says “Fun” from the angle of the photo collage to the bright colors of paper strips behind the photos.

So, what if you are a “one kit” scrapper and the thought of mixing alphas from other kits makes your palms sweat? Chelle’s CU alphas are a great resource to help you. My friend Leslie has made a page specifically to show you a great way to break into the multi-alpha trend. She created a page with Chelle’s We Wish You A Merry Christmas {Bundle} which includes the red alpha she used in the title (it’s actually part of the Add-On which can be purchased separately from the bundle). Then, she used one of Chelle’s CU Dynamic Alpha Doodles and clipped a black paper to it to coordinate with the dark sweaters in the photo and the black music notes on the papers. Using a multipurpose alpha like this one with paper from your kit makes it easy to add that extra interest to your title without having to search through several kits to try to find a coordinating pattern.

I hope I’ve inspired you to break into the multi-alpha trend. See you next week!