Personalised greeting cards

Luxury folding card designed with edding calligraphy pens

At first glance, this elaborate greeting card seems rather complex to craft, when in reality it is anything but! The artistic designs on the front were created with edding calligraphy pens, available in three different line widths and five stunning colours. The beautiful effects are achieved by combining these different widths.

edding calligraphy pens and markers boast a special calligraphy nib which allows for unique handwriting effects and lends a subtle artistic touch to your designs. For beautiful, expressive results we recommend you practice the correct pen position by first doing a few writing exercises on light-coloured paper. You can then use your favorite sections to cut up and stick onto your card design.

Categories: Craft your own cards
Calligraphy
Products: Calligraphy markers and pens
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

Cut a piece of the dark-coloured card to the desired size; this will be used for the card outer. Fold it in half. Cut a piece of the light-coloured card for the insert, but before you fold and place inside, you can try slanting the card when folding. Or cut this layer a little bigger than the outer layer – these effects can be quite impressive.

Step 2

To develop the proper sweep, practise the right hold for the edding 1255 calligraphy pen on the light-coloured paper. Try out the different line widths of the calligraphy pens by drawing some squiggles, waves and lines – and bear in mind that it’s not about perfection, it’s all about your creative sweep!

Step 3

Cut out a selection of squares from your sweep designs, then glue these to the card. For an attractive framing effect, place a slightly bigger square cut from darker-coloured card under your paper square.