Valerie's Definition Sheets
 

In the gallery there are several cards using what I have penned, "Valerie's Definition Sheets".

To avoid from having you wait by pm'ing Valerie or myself, here are the instructions.

These sheets that the immensely talented and beautiful 11Valerie11 developed are......guess what......created by your printer!!

1. Visit m-w.com (Merriam-Webster's website) and enter in desired word.

2. Highlight and copy.

3. Paste into MS Word or similar program over and over.

4. Print onto cardstock.

You can even change the font styles for multiple fonts on one sheet. This idea of changing the font styles is the concept of the lovely stamping goddess Michelle Wooderson. Try saving them under the desired word for future use.

Here are a few links to the cards using Valerie's Definition Sheets:

http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=108339&cat=500&page=1

http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=109856

http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=110797&cat=500&page=1

http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=110382&cat=500&page=1

Wow, that's an awesome idea! I've always loved the By Definition background stamp, but wanted something more appropriate to the them of my card. Solves the problem nicely!!

A twist on the same idea: cut & paste Bible verses, poetry, etc. Makes a wonderful background! TFS!

What a great idea! Thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks for the directions, I can't wait to get home and play!

Stupid work is always standing in the way of me being creative ;)

Thanks, my dear friend Cindy, for taking the time to do this! It was on my "to-do" list, but ya beat me to it!! The possiblities are totally endless, that is why I love this so much!!

V.~

Thanks for a great idea--one of those "Eureka" moments! :-D

Cindy,
Thanks so much for posting the directions on making those definition sheets, they ROCK! I loved all the card examples you gave, too! Thank You Thank You Thank You! Keep up the awesome work (and Valerie, too!):)
Laurie

Just went and made a cute shet for thank you cards I need to get out! What a great idea! Thanks!!!

Does anyone know an online Bible text site that doesn't have footnotes and text marking?

Bible online
 

Hi there! I just found a nice site for scipture online. It's http://www.kjvbible.net
You can type the word "faith" in the search box and choose from entire bible, old testament, or new testament. Now, if you do NOT click any of the other 3 options, it comes up like this:
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Matthew 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Matthew 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
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That's just 3 out of a list of 280 verses found in the New Testament.
Hope this helps! I will certainly be trying this. Great idea!

I *LOVE* this idea...can't wait to try it!! Hmmmm..graduation cards!!!

Such a GREAT idea, and your samples look mah-velous! Thanks for sharing the idea!!

This idea has "Printmaster 16" written all over it!!

Thanks for the info!! :)

Thanks Cindy and Valerie!

Cool beans! Thanks Starlit & Val! :D

Thank you for sharing this great resource!

I just tried it and it is a fabulous idea...thank you so much for sharing it with us. Also, the cards are exceptional...great job!

What a great idea!!! Thanks for the inspiration. Definately going to give this a try!

What a cool idea! Thanks so much for sharing!:)


Sencie

Thanks for the great information! Great for scrapbooks!

Hope the stamp companies don't try to shut the site down for ruining their background stamp business!! This is an AWESOME idea. I had been thinking about this in a modified way for some time and you girls brought it to life!! TFS

way cool idea, thanks for sharing. I always liked the "By Definition" background stamp, but didn't think it was versitile enough, now I can save my money for other stamps and still have the look of the "By Definition" stamp. Thanks again!!!!

Does anyone know of a resource that has quotes that can be used for this technique?!?

Please help! I got the Bible site and will use it. Thanks, buttttttt the dictionary site doesn't bring up the meanings for instance basketball looking like it does on the card. Any help. [email protected] Sort of new to all this, but boy this would be great.

Can't get the dictionary definitions to come up anything like the basketball card. Help. [email protected]

Showmestamper: what do you think?
 

Perhaps we should suggest this as one of the weekly technique challenges? what do you think Beth?

Great ideas, Val & Starlit! TFS :D

Sounds cool :)

MG - it won't look exactly the same because you'll need to remove the little megaphone picture and then make it all on one line. Remember after you get it how you want it to look copy and paste it into the same document over and over again to fill up the page.

I'll attach a basketball one I just did. I made the margins as small as I could so as not to waste any paper ;) It's a word document.

Now off to check out my stamps and think of what word I want to use :)

There are a LOT of different quote sites out there. A few that I like are:

http://www.quoteworld.org/
http://www.wisdomquotes.com/
http://www.quoteland.com/
http://www.memorablequotations.com/
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/

And for poetry:

http://www.poets.org/
http://www.americanpoems.com/
http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC...andBritish.htm
http://oldpoetry.com/
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/

Actually, Bartleby.com is an excellent reference site in general. There's a pull-down box at top right where you can select from different resources -- quotations, KJ Bible, Encyclopedias, mythology -- whatever you might be looking for. http://www.bartleby.com/

Heather

How about we start a "library" of defination sheets? Wouldn't it be cool to just go to the library thread and have some already made up. We'd just need to print them off!

We could start a thread and attach the ones we have made onto our posts.

Where would it be best to do this? In template and techniques or the resources forum?

Any other ideas on how to make this work?

Thanks for this great idea! I just had to try it as soon as I saw this, so I got the definition for Father from the m-w site and made this card:

http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.co...cat=500&page=1

I'll give this card to my Dad for Father's Day.

Thanks again!

Cyndie

Library
 

I LOVE these sheets and the possibilities are endless! What's the word (ha, ha!) on creating a library filled with our creations? It would be awesome to have all of these ideas at our fingertips!! :) :) :) Kerry

Here is my card and my 'definition' sheet.

Super cool idea! Now, maybe I should get my computer to print stuff in the SU colors? Hmmmmm :)

What an awesome idea... thanks for all the great info ;)

This is a really fun technique! I love that you can change the font to fit the "mood" of the word definition. This is a link to the first card I did using this technique:
http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.co...cat=500&page=1

That's a terrific idea. I'm having one of those duh moments now. Why didn't I ever think of something like that. Especially since I've always liked By Definition.

Loving this idea!
THanks for sharing it!