how I use my wacom tablet (and a free printable)

I got my wacom tablet over a year ago and I just love it. It makes adding words to my photos so easy. I have used it for many different projects in the past year and can't imagine not having it on hand anymore.

It takes a little bit practice at the beginning because it is different than writing with a pen. For practice, I simply opened a blank canvas in Photoshop Elements (I recently upgraded to PSE 13 and I love it) and started to write word after word. After a while you get used to it.

WHERE I USE MY WACOM TABLET:

• I use it to add my handwriting onto photos for my Project Life spreads or similar projects where I print out photos like here in my week in the life album.
• I use it to add my handwriting onto photos for my blog. I especially like the combination of typed and handwritten words. Take a look here and here.
• I use it to add my handwriting to a card I want to print like our Christmas card or these reflections pages for my one little word album.
• I sometimes use it to create simple filler cards for my Project Life (more about this below)
• And I had the honor to create the handwritten words for Jen's blog

I always use the "pencil tool" in PSE and set the size to 50px. I open a big canvas (A4 or Letter Size) and write my word(s).

Just make sure, that you don't write directly onto the background. Add a new layer first. This way you can select and resize the words you just wrote. If you write on the background you don't have that option.

After writing the words I open a new canvas in the size I want it to have (3x4 inches for example). Then I drag and drop the words into the smaller canvas and resize them. Of course, you could write directly onto the smaller canvas but in my experience it's easier to write with a bigger tip of your pencil. Just use, what works best for you.

One of the things you can do with your tablet is creating simple filler cards for your Project Life. Of course, you could make them also without a tablet, but I like that I can print them as often as I want and that I can make adjustments while creating them (like adding or removing something)

For the card on the bottom right I just duplicated my words over and over to fill the whole card (I'm sure there is a faster and easier way to do this).

And because you are awesome I am offering these four 3x4 cards as a free printable.
(I don't plan to start selling Project Life cards, this project is just for fun)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE CARDS
Please note, these cards are for personal use only.