Easter is just around the corner and wouldn't it be nice to have custom tags to put on your Easter baskets?
The hybrid technique I'm using is to place the text in a circle- I did mine in Photoshop but I'm providing instructions on how to do this in Word, PSE and Photoshop.
In Word:
Click on “insert WordArt” icon
Select the sample that looks like an arch; Type in the text you want.
Your text will display as an arch in your document. Make sure the WordArt tool bar is visible when you have clicked on the image (check View, Toolbars, Wordart).
On the tool bar click on the “abc” icon - “WordArt shape”. You should see several different shapes. Select the one that looks like the letter O to put your text in a circle. You can resize it like you would any other image.
In Photoshop:
First select the ellipse shape tool (right below the text tool in the tool box), and hold down the shift key and drag, if you want a perfect circle. You can also specify a size along the top bar by selecting Style - Fixed Size in the drop down box and entering the size. I used 1.125 for the width and height so I could use my circle punch to cut them out.
Right mouse click and select Make Work Path from Selection (hit ok)
Select the Horizontal Text tool and click along your circle shape.
Type your text -- it will follow the circle.
You can copy the text layer by holding down the Alt key and dragging the layer to another location. I printed mine out on a sheet of cardstock like this:
In PSE:
Text in a circle is a little tricky in Photoshop Elements. The way I have done it is by creating two separate semi-circles as follows:
Select the text tool and type your text. You can then warp your text using the "Create Warped Text" option - on the far right of the toolbar.
Select Arc, Horizontal with set the bend to 100. This will create the first half of your circle.
Repeat the process for the second half and rotate that half by 180 degrees.
There are other ways of faking it but I prefer the method above. Another option for PSE is to use text path templates like Pattie Knox's from Designer Digitals: Text Bytes-Shaped Text Templates 01
Have a wonderful Easter!
~ Paula
Have to go try this out. Really like the effect. Thanks for the tutorial.
Posted by: Darla | April 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM
So cute!! Thanks for the share!!
Posted by: Lesa | April 19, 2011 at 11:06 AM
These are wonderful! Thanks so much for the lesson! :o)
Posted by: Nancy | April 19, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Thanks for the tutorial. I just got my hands on PSE and haven't had a chance to do anything with it, so I'll have to try this out! TFS!
Posted by: Karen Wilson | April 19, 2011 at 11:27 AM
I Love it...:)
Posted by: Irene Aiello | April 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Adorable!
Posted by: Colleen | April 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM
AW!! cute idea...TFS
Posted by: Sherry | April 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM
WOW! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing how to do the personalized cards.
Posted by: Donna Rawbone | April 19, 2011 at 01:12 PM
TFS! Especially the Word directions. So easy to do!
Posted by: Jamie | April 19, 2011 at 01:17 PM
What a wonderful idea.
Posted by: doreen Moore | April 19, 2011 at 03:42 PM
TFS, this is wonderful!
Posted by: Shirley N | April 19, 2011 at 05:17 PM
Those are cute!
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