Hand Written Text...
... Not as hard as it seems !

The first thing I do is take a sheet of lined paper and, with a black marker pen and a ruler, I go over the lines to accentuate them even more.

Use this as your template and place it under the piece of paper you are using for your sentiment.

You can see from the photograph that the lines are just visible through my paper.

It is just an ordinary piece of copier paper, and the lines underneath are my guidelines for the text.

Use your coloured pens to write the letters.

I have some sparkly Sakura pens that add glitter to the word and it looks very pretty.

Start writing the letters in different sizes and on different levels.

Then go back to each letter and add a large dot to the end of the stroke.

The picture shows you what I mean.

But just this simple little trick will alter the look of the word.

So it doesn't matter if it isn't straight or tidy...it's not supposed to be!

Complete the word or phrase that you want, adding the large dot to each downward stroke of the letters.

The only thing you need to be aware of is the size of the card it is going to adorn.

The words will, of course, need to fit onto the front of that.

I have added several sentiments to my piece of paper, but leave enough space between each one so that you can cut them out completely.

The guide lines are visible in the phot0graph and these will help you to space out your words too.

Using whatever method you have cut them out.

That can be punches of various shapes, or as I have done here with Spellbinders.

By leaving enough space around each word means they can be cut out completely for you to use.

Adding several hand written text phrases to the paper at one time will give you some in reserve for the next card.

Once they are cut out ink all the edges.

I have used distress inks and with my Blending tool I gone over the centre of each piece to blend out the whiteness of the paper.

Then all you need to do is Mat and Layer each one to go with your colour scheme.

Use glitter card or any of the lovely Special Card to make them really interesting.

Add Faux stitching around the edges, and then add them to your cards.

I find my self doodling phrases and words just to practise the technique.

Try longer phrases and don't worry about the spacing for this as it is only a practise sheet.

But I hope you will give this a try as it is really easy to do, and will make your cards as individual as you are.