ee, quel & ey f a Search Press5 Ms, Take time to read through thie eral pene” before you start the projects. The alphabe™ cgatisfar the that you will need are on pages 26-31. You can on to your paper with transfer paper. Ask on adult fo hele enlorge the letter: patterns ono photoes Transferring letters eo ns Enlarge *, on a phe, and cut. ‘on. shee Poitern sir 4. Loy i + paper and topes, - @ @ reo scporer end ope the bottom to keep it in plo’ oui @ound the pote, “of the “with o ‘9 transfer ‘sign the pei" on to Per, Rema, = rere the transfer Rub out any lines or POPE thy cl th er theciiten go over smudges with on eras . tne with a and fill in the design w# Pen. Leave to coloured pens. five minut enHIRsIeS ‘Note Remember to put the topsbackon your ges. chyee. coe mr em Ore Oe ee ee Copying letters ecccvcccccccoce You will be asked to copy letters from the alphabets at the back of the book. Planning your lettering is important. Always work in pencil before going over the letters with a pen. Lightly drow in the guidelines for the lettering. A guideline is the line on which your letters sit. It may be straight, curved or wavy. Pencil in the letters using the e@ alphabet os a guide (see page 26). This dot serif olphobet is the easiest one to stort with as i is bosed on neat writing Note Cutostor shape oround the design, or chose your ovn shape Go over the pencilled letiers with a coloured pen, adding dots to the ends ond joints of the letters. When the pen has dried, remove eny visible pencil lines with an eraserHobby Box The style and decoration of lettering tells us quite a lot. This container needs a bold, brightly coloured label which shouts ‘paints’. The letters have @ drop shadow and are overlapped slightly to give them a three look. The colours of the box and label complement each other, which creates a bright, stylish look. YOU WILL NEED Round crdboard bor 16cm iomterx Tem high (614i x in) White oper * Pencil Black fel-tioped pen Coloured felt-sipped pans + Scisors ‘Acrylic paints Small and large paintbrushes PYRalue mensional Draw the guidelines on white paper with pencil. Copy the word ‘Paints’ using the clphabel on page 28 as a guide. Replace the dot over the “’ with Use a block felt-tipped pen to go over the @ splash shope, then add a drop outlines of the letters, then fill in the drop shadow to the splash. shadow. Run wavy lines along the top of the letters to look like dripping paint. Fill in the letters with @ bright colour, then fill in the splash and Cut around the letters, leaving a 0.5em drips with different colours, (in) border of white papere@ Use acrylic paints and @ large eintbrush to paint the box and lie with BD Slee the firished label 10 the front bright colours. Draw splash shapes over of the box. the lid with a black fel-tigped Pen. Leave fo dry, then int them in with bright colours using © small paintbrush, FURTHER IDEAS Moke a jewellery box ‘sing poste colours and Sparkly lees, ora treasure box using metalic coloursIlluminated Bookmark The inspiration for this project is taken from beautifully illuminated old manuscripts. These were created by monks using quill pens and paints, and the first capital letter on a page was always decorated with gold leaf and bright colours. Water-based paint and a metallic marker pen are used to create an illuminated bookmark, Use « dark colour for your own ini that the metallic pen work really stands out, YOU WILL NEED Dark coloured card Light coloured paper Netallc marker pen Water-based pant * Smal paintbrush Transfer paper * Masking Tope Pencil * Eraser * Ruler Scissors + PVA glue Hole punch * Ribbon Tronsfer a letter from the alphabet & ‘on page 27 on to light coloured paper (see page 8). Paint it using a dark colour. Leave to dry. Use the alphabet pattern as a @ guide. Outline the leer and swirls with @ metallic marker pen. Draw the inner lines. Leave to dry. With a ruler and pencil, draw 0 square around the letter, Cut oround the square leaving a small border, then tear the edges following the lines,Draw rectangle on dark card and tear the edges. Colour the edges of the square iy ‘and the rectangle with @ metallic marker pen, Punch a hole at the top of the @ rectangle with @ hole punch and glue the letter below it. Add 6 swirls around the square with Threads Sadkmaricsiy the metallic pen, then transfer matching ribbon. Fold the the pattern shown on page 31 tbbon half, push the loop ‘on fo the oreo below the letter through the hole and pull the (ove. nerge 8) ends through the loop. FURTHER IDEAS By changing the nto and the colours you can make bookmarks forall your frendsee ee eee Balloon Party Invitation jation to your friends. A ‘sans ser Send a special party alphabet with a ‘drop shadow’ is used for the lettering. Serifs are the lines that extend across the ends of the letters and ’Sans serif’ means without serifs. Compare the alphabets on pages 28 and 29 to see the difference between ‘serif’ and ‘sans serif’ letters. A ‘drop shadow’ is a thick line which is usually drawn down one side and along the bottom of a letter, which makes it really stand out. This type of lettering is often used on food and sweet wrappers as it is bold and eye-catching. YOU WILL NEED Coloured cord Coloured fl-tipped pens Bleck fet-tipped pen Curling ribbon + Transfer poper Masking tape * Pencil Stissors * Eraser Transfer the basic pattern from page Drow two curved lines on the top 31 on to coloured card [see page 8) half of the bolloon. Lightly pencil Go over the outline of the letters and in ‘you ore invited to a’ using the designs with o black felt-fipped pen. alphabet on page 28 as o guide Fill in the drop shadow. Outline the lettering with o brightly coloured pen. Leave to dry for a few minutes, then rub out any visible pencil lines. 124 Fill in the word ‘party’ ond the zig-zag shope underneath with the same colour. Fill in the stars using « different colour, then add some curly lines Lightly pencil in some guidelines on the back of the invitation, then write down your message. ‘Cut out the invitation. Tie a BD siecs:stipaper tuscn-areuna the knot of the balloon. FURTHER IDEAS Write your name in the balloon and fill in the letters with lots of Aiferant colours