3D Liner - Joy - Choose Joy

size: 4.5"w x 7.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper lined the JOY letters using a new product to me... Stamperi Contour Black - needle nose tube. When dry adhered my paper to heavy cardstock so it wouldn't warp. Loaded the letters with water and dropped in Kuretake w/c #30 Cad Red, #43 Cad Yellow, #51 Light Green & #62 Turquoise Blue.
Wrote out the rest of the text with a Staedtler Calligraph Black 2.0 broad edge tip.
words: Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. Henri Houwen

ECS Env Exchange - Feb 2026 - Edwina Klein

Looks like I got Edwina for a 2nd month...

Env done on Genoa Bond paper in a Western style lettering using the 5.0 end of a ZIG black calligraphy pen, a red pen and adding Uniball gold gel pen dots.

Artwork was made a few years back in Gemma Blacks class. I mounted it onto a light brownish base and then onto a white card base.

Shadow Letters - Alphabet Words

size: ea 3 word pic is approx 6"w x 4.5"h

I finally decided to do an exemplar with all the letters... Love shadow lettering. I have to get a new 2.0 marker, mine is getting tattered on the end...
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the words in alphabetical order... in Shadow Lettering style. Love this style... using the small end of a ZIG Calligraphy marker
words: Adequate, Boredem (I know a spelling mistake... got a have at least one...), Catchall, Drumstick, Eclipse, Funky, Gravity, Hugs, Iconic, Jinx, Kingfish, Lament, Mercy, Nails, Oops, Packed, quartz, Retire, Sushi, Traitor, Universe, Value, Wolf, Xyron, Yikes, Zero.

Accordion Glued Spine - Cowboy Proverbs

My Guild (BVCG) gave us a challenge of Cowboy Sayings... I created a couple larger pieces and submitted them... but then I was thinking that there were so many more I wanted to play with... so created a booklet of them.

I was looking for something else and found these papers in the back of the drawer and decided to use them for this booklet. It has a lovely texture. The paper is called Ruche paper because of the crinkly effect in it. It has a weight feel of about 100# although I have no idea what it is advertised as. I have it in several colors and decided to use the beige and deep brown (cowboy colors). Text is written in a western type font called "Cowboy-Movie font. A little time consuming but I like the effect.

The booklet has 16 dark brown pages plus the beige cover which is an accordion fold glued spine with folded over covers for additional strength.

Black White Design - Stand Firm

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the design with a ZIG Writer and shadowed with Caran d'Ache Grafwood B pencil and paper stump/
Lettering done with a black Staedtler Calligraphy Duo pen and a ZIG Writer
words: Stand firm as the tower that never shakes its top whatever wind may blow. Dante Alighieri

Linear Bkgrd - Relax Play Enjoy

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the bkgr'd with every color of ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens I have. Then created the black lines to make the colors stand out more.
Words done with a black Staedtler Calligraphy Duo pen in my style of lettering adding a white highlight with white paint.
words: Relax Play Enjoy

Black White Floral - Be Bold Be Brave

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the design with a ZIG Writer and shadowed with Caran d'Ache Grafwood B pencil and paper stump/
Lettering done with a black Staedtler Calligraphy Duo pen and a ZIG Writer
words: Be Bold, Be Brave enough to be yourself. Queen Latifa

BVCG Env Exc 2025 - Diana Carwithen

 Diana Carwithen (Dec 2025)
Env created on Canson Mixed Media paper (I think). Drew out the elongated letters of her name and colored with every color of my ZIG Calligraphy marker set...

The card was from my stash... I'm trying to use them up.

Funky Lettering with Christine Ahmad - Day 1 - Hello

ID: Hello
size: 7"w x 3"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out my word and colored with Prisma colored pencils and gel pens.
words: hello

BVCG Env Exc - Laurie Broadhurst - Nov 2025

ID: Laurie Bradhurst (Nov 2025)
Env created on Canson Mixed Media paper. Drew out some circles and with a broad edge red ZIG Calligraphy pen wrote out Laurie's name. Painted with Kuretake Yellow Gold paint between the letters. Added "Laurie with a black ZIG Writer. Edged a border on the envie with the same gold

The card is a funky center fold. Wrote out the AUTUMN word with various colors of the Calligraphy markers. The "vibes" word doodled with a black ZIG Writer. The leaf created with various scraps of paper glued to another sheet and die cut with Tim's "Layered Leaf" Sizzix Bigs die.

Scribbled Lives 2025 - Wk 45 - Courage - Irish Blessing

Size: 5.25"w x 6.5"h
Cut my card, folded and edged the front with a couple green Zig Calligraphy markers then punched the corners with a decorative punch. Text written with a Staedtler 3002 Calligraphy duo pen in my funky style...
words: May you always have the courage to spread your wings & fly. Irish Blessing

Oct - Puppets On A String - Marionettes

size: 6" w x 4.25" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote the words in various styles. October with a Zig Caligraphy marker, Puppets with a Zig Writer and Prisma colored pencils.
words: October Puppets on a string Marionettes

Linear Shapes - THINK

size: 5.75"w x 3.7"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper, created my shapes using Pilot Juice Up pens in every color... then outlined the artwork with a black Juice Up. Text with 3 colors of ZIG Clean Color pens.
words: We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we THINK

Abstract Flower - Music Of The Ground

size: 6"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the and painted with various brands of w/cf. Added gel pen highlights. Text written with a brown calligraphy marker and outlined with a Juice Up pen.

words: Flowers are the music of the ground from earth's lips spoken without sound.

Scribbled Lives - wk 40 - Play - Ovid - In Our Play

Size: 5"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote out the text then traced it in reverse order using every color in my Zig Calligraphy set.
words: In our play we reveal what kind of people we are. Ovid

Scribbled Lives - Wk 38 - Ruth Asawa quote

Scribbled Lives - wk 38 - Ruth Asawa quote
Size: 7"w x 8"h
On Bee Super Deluxe paper using every color (except black) from My Zig Calligraphy pen 24 pce set - 2.0 for most of the text and 3.5 for the focal word. Shadowed the focal word with a Caran d'Ache Grafwood 2B pencil and paper stump.
words: An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special. Ruth Asawa

Splendor Of Autumn Leaves

size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Edge Sketchbook paper drew and painted my leaves with various brands of watercolor. Using a Juice Up pen doodle in some of them. The word "Autumn" a la Lisa Engelbrecht style with various colors of ZIG calligraphy pens and Itoya Double Headers.
words: Splendor of Autumn Leaves

Scribbled Lives - Wk 35 - Andrea Gibson - Better Case

Scribbled Lives - wk 35 - Andrea Gibson- Better Case
Size: 8"w x 8.5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper wrote out the text using various colors of Elegant Writer Calligraphy pens in a Art Deco style. Shadowed each letter with a ZIG Writer.
words: When all the good in you starts arguing with all the bad in you about who you really are. let the bad in you never make the better case. Andrea Gibson

Building Blocks - Fail Better

Continuing with what I saw on Instagram a few times... created a 2nd piece...
size: 5"w x 6"h
On Strathmore Calligraphy paper created each block one at a time with various brands  and colors of Calligraphy markers, adding the words with a Unibal white gel pen, each block in a different script style.
words:
ever tried
ever failed
no matter
try again
fail again
fail
better

Building Blocks - Just Start Again

I saw something similar on Instagram a few times... I finally played with the technique. I'll probably do a bunch more.
size: 3.5"w x 5.5"h
On Strathmore Calligraphy paper created each block one at a time with various brands of Calligraphy markers, adding the words with a Unibal gold gel pen, each block in a different script style.

words: it's OK to not have it work for you. Just start again...