Handmade romantic card

A loving greeting with a soft pastel effect

Fancy surprising someone with a really special card? If so, why not craft your own fun, quirky greetings cards, letters and invitations using the edding pastel pen – soft white to add personal and expressive touches in delicate pastel shades. To bring out individual characters you can use hand lettering and add some creative highlights. Whether you use uppercase or lowercase, shading, decorative touches or stars, there are no limits to your imagination! With its white pigmented ink, the pastel pen produces a semi-transparent white effect, perfect for drawing gently sweeping lines that even show up exceptionally well on dark paper.

Categories: Craft your own cards
Valentine's day
Products: Fibre and felt pens
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

We recommend that you start by making a template of the wording you want to use on the front of the card. We chose this “I love you to the moon and back” card, which would make a lovely DIY Valentine’s card. There are no set rules when it comes to brush lettering - anything goes. You can use a variety of fonts: script or block lettering, narrow or broad letters – it’s best to try out a range of styles. Using the black pen, write out the wording and place it underneath the grey paper so the lettering shows through.

Step 2

The pastel pen – soft white is ready to use straight away and writes in semi-transparent white. Use it to go over the wording and decorate by adding small stars and a moon. When the letters are dry, draw over them again to make the white look more intense and opaque. Write the words “to the” and “and” using the blue colour pen. To achieve a paler blue, simply go over the letters with the pastel pen to lighten them. Fold the white A4 sheet in half and glue your finished card design onto the front.