How to Make a Pastel Border

How to Make a Pastel Border

This is so very easy, and when it is done, it makes whatever you have lettered look fabulous.

In the first image, top left, you see the pastels that I used. It's just a simple, inexpensive little package of pastels. You choose the pastel kits you want. They come in all kinds of colors. 

The craft knife is used to scrape off some of the pastel colors you want to use onto a scrap piece of paper.

Make sure you have taped some copy paper or scrap paper around your lettered piece, making sure the taped down papers are straight, both vertically and horizontally. The best tape to use is Removable Tape. And the tape is on the outside of the strips of papers so that the inside is free of tape. See image top right.

Now the magic begins.

Using a cotton ball, dip it into the pastel scrapings. Swipe the cotton ball over the top of the taped down papers towards your lettered piece. That tidbit is important. You do not want to put the cotton ball on your piece and swipe towards the taped down papers. See image bottom left.

Once you are happy with the amount of pastel you have put onto your piece, carefully lift off the scraps of paper to reveal a perfectly crisp border. See image bottom right.

Ta Da! 

Wasn't that easy? And this little gem of a trick enhances any lettering art.