It should be obvious that I love to craft. But one of my weaknesses, within crafting, is painting letters freehand. That's why I LOVE my Martha Stewart sticker stencils and Silhouette. If I'm etching glass, painting on ceramics or making gifts with lettering involved, I must have stencils because the thought of free handing the letters is a daunting task - am I writing all the letters in the same font? Are they spaced out correctly? What if one letter comes out bigger than the others? Which is funny because I actually have very nice, neat handwriting.
Then one day, while walking through Michael's, I came across one of their end cap displays of Sharpies. But these weren't the run-of-the-mill permanent marker Sharpies. These were Sharpie Paint Markers!
Sharpie has made what appears to be paint in marker form! EUREKA!
I purchased one to test out on some food cards for a baby shower (for a British Mum).
It was easy, mess free, no brushes to clean or cups to rinse out afterwards....I became an instant fan!
Since then, I've used a gold paint marker for the lucky red envelopes (still practicing Chinese characters and spacing).
And I recently purchased a hot pink one to make a sign for a baby shower:
Now that I can free hand letters using the Sharpie Paint Markers, the possibilities (for me) are endless! GAME ON!
A fun find!
ReplyDeleteJanice taught me a trick with letter spacing on cards - start in the middle of the word and move out. So simple, but it never occurred to me!