Getting Your Font Fix with a Designer Art and Font Bundle, Part 1

This month, I had the opportunity to work with a designer art and font bundle from the Hungry JPeg. They had noticed how so many of us at Get It Scrapped were gushing over fonts in the message boards and they wanted to see just what a few of us could do with such huge resource. It was a wonderful opportunity and an awesome gift from the Hungry JPeg. I am sharing how to use the Floral Bundle from a hybrid perspective. If you check out the full article on Get It Scrapped, you can see how Celeste and Debbie use the bundle as digital scrapbookers.

Designer art and font bundles can be an excellent value. There are a few sites out there that offer them, but I must confess that the amount of product in the Hungry JPeg Floral Bundle was astounding. Bundles like these can be used in multiple ways. Many come with commercial licenses (though I do recommend you check on the license for each bundle) which would allow you to use the graphics and fonts to decorate your website,blog or store front. Buying fonts individually can add up quickly. This bundle includes 17 fonts and essentially, you are paying just the price of one. In addition to the fonts, the bundle is packaged with about 1900 graphics. These vary from full patterned prints to png images. Many of the images can easily be manipulated or recolored to your liking in a program such as photoshop. To give you an idea, I literally only touched the tip of the iceburg when it came to using product from the bundles. There was just so much to choose from!

My first step, after opening the bundle, was to peruse through the content. I made note of color palettes and theme, marking graphics that would coordinate with paper scrapbook products I owned. This is a definite case in which the supplies came before choosing the pictures and the stories. Once I had a feel for the stories I wanted to tell, I set to work. I will be using my standard arsenal of hybrid scrapbooking tools: my Epson Artisan Printer, Good quality Cardstock and my Silhouette Portrait.

My Bridesmaids by Christy Strickler |Supplies Patterned Paper: Basic Grey,My Mind’s Eye; Tag,Vellum: PinkFresh Studio; Pearls: Freckled Fawn; Glitter Glue: Stickles; Hungry JPeg Floral Bundle: Sophisticated Wedding Flowers

As I was looking through the bundle, I came across the Sophisticated Wedding Flowers graphic pack. I have been working on my wedding album off and on, but have found myself struggling. Many of the supplies were bought several years ago and quite honestly, I didn’t buy enough to complete the album. It’s difficult to find supplies that coordinate with these older papers that are no longer for sale. This particular graphic pack just happened to match some of the paper I had in my supplies. It also has an added bonus in that, these graphics fit in with the current design trends.

Tip: Look for graphic packs which compliment your older papers and supplies. Graphic packs often feature current trendy products. They are an excellent way to give new life to old supplies.

To The Lake by Christy Strickler |Supplies Cardstock: Bazzil; Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up, Basic Grey; Chipboard: Basic Grey; Button: Jillibean Soup; Markers: Tim Holtz Distress Markers; Other: Ribbon; Hungry JPeg Floral Bundle: The Spring Collection, Wendy Font

Many of the graphics in font bundles can be used on their own in much the same way you would use a digital scrapbook kit. For this layout, I printed one of the pattern samples to be used for patterned paper. I then mixed in coordinating papers, ribbon and small embellishments to support the theme. The fonts can, of course, be used in the Silhouette to make custom titles. Many of the graphics can also be cut to make custom die cuts. On this page, I die cut the crane, then used markers to add details.

The examples above are really, just a small part of what you can do with this bundle. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this article in which I will share how I made my own custom scrapbook papers using the fonts and graphics from the Floral Bundle.

*update* You can read part 2 of this article here.