Pogo StickBy Stacy McFadden

Finished size: 12" x 12" Level: Intermediate August 2004

Page template:

Supplies• HP Premium photo paper (matte or

glossy)

• Green and black cardstocks (for papercrafting)

• Optional fonts or lettering stickers:French Script MT (or any desired)

Tools• Word processor or HP Creative

Scrapbook Assistant software

• HP inkjet printer

• Deckle edge scissors (optional)

Free art downloads• Practice text background –

CottageArts.net

• French script background –CottageArts.net

• CottageArts.net August 2004-A expansion pack (Windows)

• CottageArts.net August 2004-B expansion pack (Windows)

• CottageArts.net August 2004-A expansion pack (Macintosh)

• CottageArts.net August 2004-B expansion pack (Macintosh)

Pogo StickGive a kid a pogo stick and the laughter will bounce right out of him. Give ascrapbooker a camera and the shutter will start snapping. Put them togetherthough and you might find the scrapper getting a bit frustrated. Blame it onshutter lag, a problem inherent in any digital camera. Using the burst orcontinuous motion features solves the problem with split second shutter speed.You can shoot like mad and save only the best of the bunch. Stacy has done justthis in her delightful page, which you can handscrap or make digitally.

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Let’s get startedDownload and print practice textbackground and French scriptbackground for papercrafting. Fordigital scrapbooking, download andinstall CottageArts.net August 2004-Aand August 2004-B expansion packs.Open HP Creative ScrapbookAssistant and create new page ofdesired size. From Theme menu,select CottageArts.net AUG04-B.

To handcraft this page:Open word processor, inserttext boxes (no fill and no line)and type titles. Copy and pastetext, and offset as shown inlayout. Print on left side ofgreen cardstock. Trim practicetext from print and mount ongreen cardstock as shown.Add thin strip of green card-stock to right side of page.Mount all on white cardstockbase. Tear photo edges, or cutwith deckle edge scissors, andmatte on black cardstock. Cutout leather tag, journal date,and mount all on page.

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Instructions

To digitally craft this page, select practice text background from Backgrounds tab.From Shapes tab, select rectangle with torn edges, resize, and position as shown.From Frames tab, drag solid color frame onto shape, set frame width to 2, andchange color to gray. From Images tab, import photo and drag into shape.

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From Shapes tab, select shape with torn edges, resize, and position in bottomcenter of page. Set transparency to 40. Right click and duplicate. Repeat frames(set color to black) and images steps from step 1 and offset framed photo overgray shape to create shadow as shown. From Shapes tab, select shape withbottom torn edge. Rotate for left side photo as shown. Duplicate shape andrepeat frames and images steps. Offset photo over shape. Repeat steps for rightside photo as shown in layout.

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Add text box and type “POGO” in black (Futura font shown), set transparencyto 0, and rotate as shown. Duplicate text, change color to deep red, and offsettext as shown. Repeat add text steps with “stick” (all black and no shadow),name (Cezanne font shown) and “makes perfect” (change red color to lightgray) and position each as shown. Set transparency to 100. From Theme menu,select CottageArts.net AUG04-B. From Clip Art tab, select leather tag, thenresize, rotate, and position as shown. Add text box and type date. Settransparency to 0, rotate, and position date over tag.

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Get Inspired!For more projects like this one, checkout “Techniques & Tips” layouts on theHP Scrapbooking Web site.