diff --git a/TODO.todo b/TODO.todo
index 05ddf5f..2ad76f5 100644
--- a/TODO.todo
+++ b/TODO.todo
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Documentation:
         Use `capsys`
         `assert capsys.readouterr().out`
         A new line may be inserted if using `click.echo()`
+        <https://docs.pytest.org/en/6.2.x/capture.html>
 
     ☐ Document using datadir with a module rather than a shared one. Link to tembo as an example.
     ☐ Can prospector ignore tests dir? document this in the gist if so
diff --git a/tembo/cli/cli.py b/tembo/cli/cli.py
index b2e47a8..0014fea 100644
--- a/tembo/cli/cli.py
+++ b/tembo/cli/cli.py
@@ -173,25 +173,21 @@ def _new_create_scoped_page(config_scope: dict, inputs: Collection[str]) -> page
     try:
         return pages.ScopedPageCreator(page_creator_options).create_page()
     except exceptions.BasePathDoesNotExistError as base_path_does_not_exist_error:
-        tembo.cli.logger.critical(base_path_does_not_exist_error)
+        cli_message(base_path_does_not_exist_error.args[0])
         raise SystemExit(1) from base_path_does_not_exist_error
     except exceptions.TemplateFileNotFoundError as template_file_not_found_error:
-        tembo.cli.logger.critical(template_file_not_found_error.args[0])
+        cli_message(template_file_not_found_error.args[0])
         raise SystemExit(1) from template_file_not_found_error
     except exceptions.MismatchedTokenError as mismatched_token_error:
         if config_scope["example"] is not None:
-            tembo.cli.logger.critical(
-                "Your tembo config.yml/template specifies %s input tokens, you gave %s. Example: %s",
-                mismatched_token_error.expected,
-                mismatched_token_error.given,
-                config_scope["example"],
+            cli_message(
+                f'Your tembo config.yml/template specifies {mismatched_token_error.expected} input tokens, you gave {mismatched_token_error.given}. Example: {config_scope["example"]}'
             )
             raise SystemExit(1) from mismatched_token_error
-        tembo.cli.logger.critical(
-            "Your tembo config.yml/template specifies %s input tokens, you gave %s",
-            mismatched_token_error.expected,
-            mismatched_token_error.given,
+        cli_message(
+            f'Your tembo config.yml/template specifies {mismatched_token_error.expected} input tokens, you gave {mismatched_token_error.given}'
         )
+
         raise SystemExit(1) from mismatched_token_error
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli/test_cli.py
index 039e12f..de08919 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli/test_cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import importlib
 import os
+import pathlib
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ from tembo.cli.cli import (
     _new_verify_name_exists,
     _new_get_config_scope,
     _new_show_example,
+    _new_create_scoped_page,
 )
 
 
@@ -147,3 +149,97 @@ def test_new_show_example(path, message, shared_datadir, capsys):
     # assert
     assert capsys.readouterr().out == message
     assert system_exit.value.code == 0
+
+
+def test_new_create_scoped_page_success(shared_datadir, tmpdir):
+    # arrange
+    os.environ["TEMBO_CONFIG"] = str(shared_datadir / "config" / "success")
+    os.environ["TEMBO_BASE_PATH"] = str(tmpdir)
+    importlib.reload(tembo.cli)
+
+    config_scope = _new_get_config_scope("some_scope")
+    inputs = ()
+    scoped_page_file = pathlib.Path(tmpdir / "some_scope" / "some_scope").with_suffix(
+        ".md"
+    )
+
+    # act
+    scoped_page = _new_create_scoped_page(config_scope, inputs)
+
+    # assert
+    assert scoped_page.path == scoped_page_file
+    assert scoped_page.page_content == ""
+
+
+def test_new_create_scoped_page_base_path_does_not_exist(
+    shared_datadir, tmpdir, capsys
+):
+    # arrange
+    os.environ["TEMBO_CONFIG"] = str(shared_datadir / "config" / "success")
+    os.environ["TEMBO_BASE_PATH"] = str(tmpdir / "nonexistent" / "path")
+    importlib.reload(tembo.cli)
+
+    config_scope = _new_get_config_scope("some_scope")
+    inputs = ()
+
+    # act
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as system_exit:
+        _new_create_scoped_page(config_scope, inputs)
+
+    # assert
+    assert system_exit.value.code == 1
+    assert (
+        capsys.readouterr().out
+        == f'[TEMBO] Tembo base path of {os.environ["TEMBO_BASE_PATH"]} does not exist. 🐘\n'
+    )
+
+
+def test_new_create_scoped_page_template_file_does_not_exist(
+    shared_datadir, tmpdir, capsys
+):
+    # arrange
+    os.environ["TEMBO_CONFIG"] = str(shared_datadir / "config" / "success")
+    os.environ["TEMBO_BASE_PATH"] = str(tmpdir)
+    os.environ["TEMBO_TEMPLATE_PATH"] = str(tmpdir)
+    importlib.reload(tembo.cli)
+
+    config_scope = _new_get_config_scope("some_scope")
+    config_scope["template_filename"] = "some_nonexistent_template.md.tpl"
+    inputs = ()
+
+    # act
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as system_exit:
+        _new_create_scoped_page(config_scope, inputs)
+
+    # assert
+    assert system_exit.value.code == 1
+    assert (
+        capsys.readouterr().out
+        == f'[TEMBO] Template file {os.environ["TEMBO_TEMPLATE_PATH"]}/{config_scope["template_filename"]} does not exist. 🐘\n'
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("example", [(True,), (False,)])
+def test_new_create_scoped_page_mismatched_token(
+    example, shared_datadir, tmpdir, capsys
+):
+    # arrange
+    os.environ["TEMBO_CONFIG"] = str(shared_datadir / "config" / "success")
+    os.environ["TEMBO_BASE_PATH"] = str(tmpdir)
+    importlib.reload(tembo.cli)
+
+    config_scope = _new_get_config_scope("some_scope")
+    inputs = ("some_input",)
+    if not example:
+        config_scope["example"] = None
+
+    # act
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as system_exit:
+        _new_create_scoped_page(config_scope, inputs)
+
+    # assert
+    assert system_exit.value.code == 1
+    assert (
+        capsys.readouterr().out
+        == f'[TEMBO] Your tembo config.yml/template specifies 0 input tokens, you gave 1. Example: tembo new some_scope 🐘\n'
+    )