Please ask all the questions you would like; I owe my knowledge to the ladies from DIS so I am happy to help someone else. To journal: there should be a side bar that has a "T" on it (probably for "text") Click on it. Then a bar will appear on the top where you can choose font, size, center vs left/right align etc. Then click wherever you would like your text to appear and start typing. If you would like to type into a text box, click and hold with the left side of your mouse and drag down a box. You can then use the side arrows to change the shape of your box.
dafont.com has tons of free fonts. Fonts for Peas is another site that has free sites (I particularly like this site)
Another thing to try on your LOs is shadowing. Look at the "effects" palate on the right side of your screen. There should be a drop-down box called drop shadows. You can choose which shadow you want and that click "apply" (make sure the layer that you want to have the shadow is selected first) This will add some extra dimension to your LO. Want to go another step? After applying the shadow, double click on the blue "fx" that is on the selected layer. A pop-up box will appear and you can change the color, size of your shadow.
Are you addicted yet?