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suslvgeo
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I LOVE the look

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of these! I mean REALLY love! But I have a hard time with letters that aren't all the same. I mean I can mix and match alphas within a title (different words different alphas) but I struggle hard with the multi ones. Have you guys used alphas like this? If so, care to share here? Image

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redsonic20
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They are darling, but my worry is that you won't have the colors you need even if you have the letter when you get to the end of it.  Plus they are harder to coordinate.  I wish they did this look in smaller alphas.  I have the mix and match set from a while back and still haven't used it because the letters themselves are in some instance, multi colored.  Talk about hard to make go!!

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There ones want to jump in my cart, though.  The different fonts make it look like they are more than there actually are but I refrained for exactly the reasons I stated.  It will be hard not to get them, though!
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Charleneanne
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I have no problem mixing and matching alphas from all different lines and fonts anytime.  Just so long as they are in the same color palette like for instance fall, or primary or pastel etc.  Not sure if that is shabby chic, ransom style or just tacky on my part.  lol
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You know what?  Those would be perfect for this months 'Graphic Design' challenge.  Image
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I find these a little intimidating as well. I did this layout and used the colorful letters on a black background, hoping that would make them "go" more with the bright colors of the paper and not be matchy-matchy (because they were not even the same manufacturer as the paper or of the big monogram letters).  I figured the more colors I threw at the paper, the better ROFL!!!

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koala1966
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Charleneanne wrote:I have no problem mixing and matching alphas from all different lines and fonts anytime.  Just so long as they are in the same color palette like for instance fall, or primary or pastel etc.  Not sure if that is shabby chic, ransom style or just tacky on my part.  lol
Me too, lol. I gave up on matching letters long ago, when I got fed up with half used alpha sheets all over the place. I'm teaching the kids my random ways too. Image
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scrappinmom99 wrote:I find these a little intimidating as well. I did this layout and used the colorful letters on a black background, hoping that would make them "go" more with the bright colors of the paper and not be matchy-matchy (because they were not even the same manufacturer as the paper or of the big monogram letters).  I figured the more colors I threw at the paper, the better ROFL!!!

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Gorgeous! I love the bright letters on the dark background, too.
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Those alphas are cute, though personally I have a hard time mixing alphas.
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Sus and Denise - I LOVE THOSE THICKERS, now I want both sets!!!
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JillinIN
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I love those. The only trouble I have with multi colored alphas is I don't want 2 of the same colored letters side by side. Sometimes that happens especially if I've already used some letters.
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suslvgeo
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it makes me feel better that other peeps feel it is hard to use those types of alphas!! Awesome examples! Anymore? I am still sitting on the fence debating to buy?!?! Image
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I usually use the mixed color fonts in a single word.  I scrolled through my blog for examples:
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I have a lot of old mini alphas from CM that are mixed colors - I usually tried to pick out all of one color for something, but yeah, you do end up w/uneven stuff left.  But there are ways to get around that... use something different/larger for the first letter, alternate 2 colors throughout the word(s), etc.  Here are some examples I found in my Gallery - this 1st was a title sticker but you can see how they did it & it looks great!

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In this one I gave them the same background, though the letters themselves are different colors:

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xmashall2
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Nice use of the letters.
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emarie803
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I was looking through my gallery and only found a couple:

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And then I found this one (that has nothing to do with multicolored alphas) in my gallery Image
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I have a lot of alpha sets like that, especially baby themed ones that I used in Maddie's baby album... 

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And I have this set that I used in Cider's album...

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I so know how you feel - I am the same way.  I just can;t do different colored letters.  I see it work for some but I'm not one of them.  I'm looking forward to seeing what some people do with this set 'cuz they are cool.
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