Card idea for the best mum

Lettering with acrylic markers

With edding acrylic markers, you can not only paint incredibly colourful pictures, you can also design neat-looking cards using hand lettering. We show you how to make a really special Mother’s Day card using acrylic markers. If you love bright colours, there are up to 26 opaque shades to choose from. For our Mother’s Day card, we chose a subtle design with a sweet sentiment. Our greeting is: Without me today would be just another Sunday – Happy Mother’s Day.

Categories: Mother's and Father's day
Craft your own cards
How to paint with acrylics
Products: Acrylic range
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

For the design, you will need the following acrylic products: fine edding 5300 acrylic markers in black, warm beige, traffic white and neon yellow, a medium edding 5100 acrylic marker in sunny yellow and the edding acrylic and oil pad (format: A4). Before you start to draw, activate the acrylic markers as follows: shake the marker with the cap on until you can hear the mixing balls rattle inside the marker, then carefully pump the nib up and down until ink appears in the tip. Test the marker first on a piece of scrap paper.

Step 2

First, gently trace out your design using a pencil. If you really want to play it safe, we recommend you create a template and transfer the motif or lettering using carbon paper. Simply try out different fonts and styles. You can even combine different styles to achieve a nice overall look. Use the black acrylic marker to go over the text and accentuate specific letters.

Step 3

Colour in the cat with the sunny yellow marker and leave to dry. Next, go over the sunglasses, whiskers and nose. If the ink is not completely dry, the colours will mix so let each colour dry thoroughly before applying the next one.