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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Calligraphy Psalm Card

I like calligraphy. Learned to calligraphy before my daughter was born. Learned the old-fashioned way using a calligraphy pen that has a nib and India ink. It is messy most of the times but worth learning that way and appreciating the art. I now use a Sheaffer calligraphy pen with removable nibs and ink cartridges that you can see in the photo below to the right of the card. My daughter gave me this for a birthday present her freshman yr of college when we went up to visit for Parent's Day. All my personal writing inside of cards is calligraphy.























Closeup of calligraphy & embossing:


























calligraphy: Sheaffer pen
die: Sizzix Sewing & Writing Set calligraphy pen & ink well
embossing; Cuttlebug Grace's Frame
Enamel accents: black - on calligraphy pen nib & ink well
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
paper: cardstock - off-white base, core'dinations black, white - under layer for ink well, red 
Spellbinder: Nest Classic Hearts

stamp: Basic Grey sentiment "thank you"





















Tim Holtz: die - TinyTabs & Tags, Distress Ink black soot
tiwne: Vintage red/brown

Entering this into the following challenges:
A Blog Named Hero Ch20 If I Could Turn Back Time Shabby Chic or Vintage unlim 2/15-28
DLART Thankful Thurs Linky Ch Anything Goes unlim 2/7-28
Pin & Tack Spark Your Creativity Now Ch#6 Anything Goes unlim 2/2-28 



Crafty Boots Out of your comfort zone Ch unlim out of comfort zone by calligraphy of Psalm, have done calligraphy of other themes but first for a Psalm, took me a couple tries to get it to look & fit in the heart area 2/18-3/3
Love to Create Ch54 Wrap It Up String, Twine or Fibers lim3 2nd 2/25-3/3
Paper Playtime Ch4 Sentiment Stamps unlim 2/18-3/3 
Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch The Stamp You Love But Don't Use unlim 2/25-3/3
The Pink Elephant Ch TPE188 Anything Goes unlim 2/25-3/3
Victorine Stamps Ch53 Stamp, Emboss & Embellish unlim 2/18-3/3

C.R.A.F.T. Ch196 Use Embossing lim5 1st 2/28-3/5 
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes unlim 2/27-3/5
Word Art Wed Ch69 Anything Goes lim5 1st 2/27-3/5

Cute Card Thurs Ch258 Something Old unlim 2/28-3/6 

Clearly i Stamp Ch69 Black & White w/ Pop of Color 2/22-3/7
Use It Tues Ch50 Uninked Stamp w/ bonus use Gold unlim 2/26-3/7

Basic Grey Ch88 Anything Goes unlim 2/23-3/8 
Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Write Sizzix die for Calligraphy pen & ink well 2/22-3/8

Creative Insp Paint Anything Goes unlim 2/24-3/9
 Anything Goes Ch87 Make It Manly lim5 4th 2/26-3/11

Craft Us Crazy Ch38 Anything Goes lim3 3rd 2/28-3/13
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15 comments:

  1. Candy CFebruary 28, 2013 at 2:22 PM

    Melissa...your card is very pretty and your calligraphy work is very nicely done. I love the passage from Psalm. Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  2. CarolFebruary 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM

    A lovely psalm suitable for everyone. Love the idea of including the pen and ink well and the heart to reflect the verse. Thanks for joining us at Anything Goes this time and good luck
    Carol xx DT

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  3. Sandi ClarksonFebruary 28, 2013 at 3:59 PM

    That awesome, Melissa! Love your re-do for this challenge!

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  4. MigdaliaFebruary 28, 2013 at 6:20 PM

    This is So BEAUTIFUL!!Love it!
    Have a FABULOUS day,
    Migdalia

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  5. Karen LetchworthFebruary 28, 2013 at 7:06 PM

    This is really sweet, Melissa. Thanks so much for sharing with us again this week. Your art is a blessing to me and I thank you so much for sharing your time and talents by playing along in our challenges each week. Have a wonderful week of crafting and blessings!
    Karen
    Word Art Wednesday

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  6. Dee's Craft RoomFebruary 28, 2013 at 9:57 PM

    It's great to be able to write your own message with such style, it makes all the difference.

    Thank you for playing along with us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

    Dionne

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  7. SharonFebruary 28, 2013 at 10:58 PM

    WOW! This is fabulous!! Thank you so very much for playing with us at Paper Playtime!!!! :)

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  8. Krafty KowsMarch 1, 2013 at 1:22 AM

    It a great card.Thank you for joining us at CRAFT this week. Jeanette

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  9. Lorraine AMarch 1, 2013 at 1:40 AM

    Gorgeous card

    thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  10. GailMarch 1, 2013 at 8:54 PM

    Just beautiful handwriting using that pen Melissa - love the scripture too!

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  11. Wendy LMarch 2, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    Great writing made into a lovely card, thanks for joining us this week at Love to Create. xxx

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  12. Sandra CareyMarch 4, 2013 at 4:40 AM

    Beautiful thanks for joining us this week at L.T.C
    Hugs Sandra dt xx http://careyscards.blogspot.co.uk/

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  13. Stacey's Creative CornerMarch 5, 2013 at 8:07 AM

    Very pretty! Thanks for joining us at Use It Tuesday!

    Stacey

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  14. FernMarch 7, 2013 at 6:09 PM

    Beautifully done!!! Thanks for playing along with us over at SOUS Die Cut Challenge!! Hugs!!

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  15. Jacqui PMarch 8, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    Wow great Calligraphy! My handwriting is appalling!! Lovely card!
    Thank you so much for joining the fun over at Basic grey this time
    hugs
    Jacqui P x

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