Notebook with stylish hand lettering

Add decorative lettering to plain notebooks

Whether on greetings cards, note pads or wall art – decorative lettering is everywhere! Hand lettering (also known simply as “lettering”) means drawing letters in an artistic way and then embellishing them. There are no set rules – anything goes. You can make the letters rounded or angular, use script or block letters, add shadow lines or embellishments. In our example we used plain notebooks and added some stylish lettering to the cover.

Category: Special gifts
Products: Paint markers
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: A bit more challenging
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

On a sheet of paper, first practice the words you want to write, to see which style you like best. You can write in script or block letters, make the letters rounded or angular, or simply colour them in. Sketch the letters and wording faintly in pencil on the notebook cover.

Step 2

Next, go over the lettering with the gloss paint markers. Use a combination of large and small letters and highlight some of with a second colour. The fine-tipped edding 780 is good for shading and adding delicate decorative features such as flourishes and dots.