Photo album decoration with brush lettering

A memory book of the year’s best moments

What could be more delightful than capturing holiday highlights or special memories from the past year and preserving them in a photo album or memory book? As well as selecting the best snapshots, we think it’s well worth putting extra effort into the design of the front cover. Brush lettering – the art of writing with a brush pen – is an ideal way of creating an expressive album title with calligraphic features. The style of the title should harmonise with the inside of the book and entice the receiver to open it up and turn the pages. The Colour Happy Box from edding gives you just the right pens you need for brush lettering: it contains 20 edding 1340 brush pens as well as the ingenious Brush Pen Colour Mixer, a clever tool which is capable of creating up to 190 colour shades from just 20 standard colours. To make the photo book more engaging and personal, add some handwritten notes or captions next to the individual pictures.

Categories: Hand lettering
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Step-by-step

Step 1

Make a light pencil sketch of your motif on the front cover. For complex patterns, we suggest you make a template and transfer the motif with the aid of carbon copy paper. Go over the letters with an edding 1340 brush pen, varying the pressure to achieve both fine and broad strokes.

Step 2

This is where the Brush Pen Colour Mixer comes in: use it to mix the colours any way you want, and create fantastic gradient effects. For each colour gradient you will need two brush pens. To make an orange-yellow gradient, for example, insert the orange pen in the top of the Colour Mixer and the yellow pen in the bottom, so that the pen tips are touching. Hold the pens vertically and wait 1-2 seconds.

Step 3

As well as brush lettering, the brush pen is also great for colouring in templates. Here, too, you can achieve beautiful colour gradients with the aid of the Colour Mixer.

Products and materials

edding 1340 brush pen

edding Colour Happy Edition

Other materials

A memory book or photo album with a light-coloured cardboard cover (e.g. spiral bound type)
Optional: pencil for sketching out the design, carbon copy paper