I actually spotted this layout on FB of yours but would love to find out how you did the title on this layout (no hurry though as I know it is school holidays here)
Either a cutout like Heather mentioned, or another guess is that the text is typed in the same color as the background and the drop shadow is a solid color... a shade of dark blue.
Now I'm really curious what technique she used. It's pretty small, so it's hard to see the detail, but it looks like an inverted bevel emboss style with a fill opacity of 0% to me, lol.
Thanks Jennifer, but it's nothing flash on my account. Someone else did all the hard work. It's an engraved photoshop style by Mommyish. One click and it's all done.
thanks Jacinda - will have to look out for a style when I have the time and money (I'm heading to summer school next week so scrapping time is limited/non existent)