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DIY faux calligraphy

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    jingle96    May 28, 2010   DW in ARUBA/livin' in VA

    This is how I spent my SNOWED IN day!  My inspiration was from Mrs. Lab.  I'm doing box invitations so I made these tags to personalize the invites.  The tags were made from my Cricut and the font is Chopin Script from dafont.com

    It does take patience, but I did have fun!  I redid a couple because I'm picky like that! 

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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    Beautiful!  I did a bit of faux-lligraphy on our invitations myself!

     
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    kate6214    July 17, 2010   Maryland

    What kind of pen did you use?

     
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    jingle96    May 28, 2010   DW in ARUBA/livin' in VA

    I used a prismacolor metallic fine pen.  It was in the art section of Michaels and I used a coupon so it wasn't too expensive.  I tried to use a gelly roll pen, but it didn't have the same effect!

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    kewl!!!!

     
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    kate6214    July 17, 2010   Maryland

    I want to try this because my handwritting is not the best, but I know you can't use just any old pen. Thanks for sharing. This is beautiful!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    I'm doing the faux-calligraphy route too!

    Your tags look schweet!  :)

     

     
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    jingle96    May 28, 2010   DW in ARUBA/livin' in VA

    Thanks ladies!!

     
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    classysolo2010    August 14, 2010  

    The tags look great!  I especially like how the tag slot is oblong instead of round, so it's held in place by the ribbon really well.

    Did you download your shape or use a cartridge?  Mind sharing your source?

    Did you print the name before cutting with the cricut?  How were you able to line up the printed names with the tag templates?  Or did you use a cricut marker before the metallic ink?  I'm dying to try that method!

    Thanks for the pics!  They look great!

     
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    shannon1126    August 21, 2010   Washington, Wedding in Vegas

    Wow, you did a fantastic job! These look great!

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    Michael's has the tag punches as well. I know it's probably a billion times easier to use the cricut to do the tags, but the punches are definitely another option...

     
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    shoop43    10/17/10   Philadelphia

    Awesome!

     
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    jingle96    May 28, 2010   DW in ARUBA/livin' in VA

    Thanks again bees for the wonderful comments!

    classysolo:  I posted a tutorial on my site.  I used the tags, bags, boxes, more cartridge. Hope it helps.  If you have any more qustions just ask!

    http://allaboutjingnjeff.weebly.com/diy-projects.html

     

     
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    sewing    July 2010   SF Bay Area / Oahu

    I love prismacolor pens...your tags came out really nice! :D

     
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    rainbow    January 1, 2011   Tampa

    Wow! They turned out so gorgeous! Great job!

     
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    mandalynn17    June 19, 2010   Medford, OR

    Nice!  I'm planning on breaking out my faux ligraphy skills and my cricut for wedding stuff, too. 

     
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    jingle96    May 28, 2010   DW in ARUBA/livin' in VA

    @ Mandalynn:  You'll have so much fun!!!  I used my cricut a lot and I'm so glad the Fi got me one last year!!  I think I've used it more for wedding stuff than i have for scrapbooking!!

     
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    jennifer_espos    June 18, 2010   NYC

    That's such a good idea!  I may do that myself, if I have a bottle of wine to join me.  I feel like that takes a lot of time and patience. 

     

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