Craft Edge

I want to use all kinds of shapes to do this, crosses, etc. I already know how to wrap words around a circle or box, but can someone explain to me how to do this with a more elaborate shape, like a cross? I also want to be able to save as a jpg or png so that I can use the new pic on candy bar wrappers.

Thank you so much for this, whoever answers it.

Sonya

Here is one way to do what you're talking about.
http://scrappydew.com/tutorials/files/c ... kscape.php

And here's another using Pattern Along Path
http://scrappydew.com/tutorials/files/a ... r_text.php

Just click on the photos to begin the video

Draw a shape (path), create your text, select both, then choose text>put on path, adjust text size and spacing to get the look you want and it is done.
I usually go ahead and finish my design in Inkscape so as not to lose quality and so he text stays editable, but if you really want to export a jpg or png, it's easy. For jpg, just choose file>export bitmap. For png choose save as and choose png from the pull down menu.

Here is a card I made using the text to path feature a couple of days ago.

awesome instructions Kay, thanks!