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Spring Whimsy is such a fabulous collection! There is no limit to the possibilities that one can do with this collection. I'm glad you all enjoyed the few tips that I shared. Thanks for your thoughtful comments.

Your article was beautifully written and gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling. The layout was the "icing on the cake". I simply loved reading a story from your past.

Thanks ladies. I think I can speak for all of the Layout Artists by saying that we are having fun sharing our little tips with you! Your comments are appreciated and certainly do encourage us to share even more.

So glad you all liked the tutorial. Titles can really add a lot of interest to your page. Diane was on the right track with the instructions. Here's how I did it using Photoshop CS5 on a Mac.

Arrange the Take Wing acrylic alphas on your page and then merge them together so that they are now on one layer. Duplicate that layer. Turn off the visibility on the top layer. On the bottom layer apply the marching ants. Go to Select>Inverse. Using the paint bucket and any color, fill in each letter. This will give you a solid base. You will need to pour quite a few times but it's not necessary to completely fill the letter. The edges should not show color. Copy and Paste. Now you will have three layers. Next set your foreground and background colors. While the marching ants are still active on the colored letters that are on the middle layer, using the gradient tool (found in the same box as the paint bucket), draw a horizontal line across the middle of the word. Release the marching ants and turn on the visibility of the top layer. Delete the third layer. You can now adjust the opacity of the bottom layer if you feel that you are not seeing enough of the acrylic. The sunglasses are Nick's. I took photographs in several different positions and then extracted the glasses. The font used on the top of SUMMER is Bookman Old Style with a stroke. Each word is a different color. Hope this helps.