Happy Birthday card
You will need
l Kelly Creates products: Dream Pens; Deluxe Lettering kit l Happy Birthday stamp l Cardstock – white, silver, mirror, turquoise l Vellum l Glass mat l Water spritzer l Baker’s twine l Foam tape l Sequins
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Cut, score and fold white cardstock to create a 7in x 5in folded card. Cut a piece of white cardstock 5.75in x 3.75in. Create a background design
by scribbling randomly onto a glass mat with four colours of Dream Pens. Spritz with water, and then lay the white piece onto the ink and move it around to pick up the colour. Leave to dry.
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Stamp Happy Birthday onto a scrap of cardstock. Trace the words onto a vellum strip using the fine black brush pen from the Deluxe
Lettering kit. Wrap and secure the vellum piece to the background. Layer this onto a slightly larger piece of silver mirror card and then to a turquoise piece of cardstock.
Wrap baker’s twine around and tie a bow. Use foam tape to layer this to the folded card. Finish by adding
a few sequins to the vellum. brilliant range!
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Hand lettering at a glance
Hand lettering is set to be big news, so if you want to try your hand at creating your own font, we’ve got some handy pointers for you
Rosemary’s TOP TIPS
Follow these few simple hints for the perfect finish
l Use a piece of vellum that is wide enough to wrap around to the back of the cardstock layer on both sides to avoid unsightly glue marks.
l Don’t wet the cardstock too much as it will affect the performance of the pens when creating the brushstroke border.
l When tracing letters from the workbook only, lean on the page you are tracing
from. Fold all other pages away from you to give your writing hand stability.
l Add a drop shadow to your letters with the grey Dream Pen from the Deluxe Lettering Kit.
l When creating the ‘smooshing’ background create a pastel effect by using kitchen roll to dab off some of the colour when wet.
HAND LETTERING refers to creating hand-drawn letters using single or multiple strokes.
DIFFERENT TYPES of pens and nib sizes can be used to create different typefaces and decorative effects. A fine nib used in single stroke produces a clean and simple look, and the same pen can also be used to add pattern within the space of hand-drawn block letters.
BRUSH NIBS create different line widths depending on the hand pressure on the downward strokes. To get the best results, sit with your lower arm resting relaxed on a table.
BOUNCE LETTERING is when you form letters without a baseline grid. This freedom can produce some very interesting results. Why not decorate a page or envelope of hand lettering by adding hand-drawn borders, symbols and drawings.
DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START? Our range of Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pens are the perfect place. The high-pigment, water-based ink doesn’t penetrate paper and is waterproof once dry.
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