Calligraphy Psalm Card

I like calligraphy. Learned to calligraphy before my daughter was born. Learned the old-fashioned way using a calligraphy pen that has a nib and India ink. It is messy most of the times but worth learning that way and appreciating the art. I now use a Sheaffer calligraphy pen with removable nibs and ink cartridges that you can see in the photo below to the right of the card. My daughter gave me this for a birthday present her freshman yr of college when we went up to visit for Parent's Day. All my personal writing inside of cards is calligraphy.

Closeup of calligraphy & embossing:

calligraphy: Sheaffer pen
die: Sizzix Sewing & Writing Set calligraphy pen & ink well
embossing; Cuttlebug Grace's Frame
Enamel accents: black - on calligraphy pen nib & ink well
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
paper: cardstock - off-white base, core'dinations black, white - under layer for ink well, red 
Spellbinder: Nest Classic Hearts

stamp: Basic Grey sentiment "thank you"

Tim Holtz: die - TinyTabs & Tags, Distress Ink black soot
tiwne: Vintage red/brown

Entering this into the following challenges:


A Blog Named Hero Ch20 If I Could Turn Back Time Shabby Chic or Vintage unlim 2/15-28
DLART Thankful Thurs Linky Ch Anything Goes unlim 2/7-28
Pin & Tack Spark Your Creativity Now Ch#6 Anything Goes unlim 2/2-28 



Crafty Boots Out of your comfort zone Ch unlim out of comfort zone by calligraphy of Psalm, have done calligraphy of other themes but first for a Psalm, took me a couple tries to get it to look & fit in the heart area 2/18-3/3
Love to Create Ch54 Wrap It Up String, Twine or Fibers lim3 2nd 2/25-3/3
Paper Playtime Ch4 Sentiment Stamps unlim 2/18-3/3 
Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch The Stamp You Love But Don't Use unlim 2/25-3/3
The Pink Elephant Ch TPE188 Anything Goes unlim 2/25-3/3
Victorine Stamps Ch53 Stamp, Emboss & Embellish unlim 2/18-3/3

C.R.A.F.T. Ch196 Use Embossing lim5 1st 2/28-3/5 
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes unlim 2/27-3/5
Word Art Wed Ch69 Anything Goes lim5 1st 2/27-3/5

Cute Card Thurs Ch258 Something Old unlim 2/28-3/6 

Clearly i Stamp Ch69 Black & White w/ Pop of Color 2/22-3/7
Use It Tues Ch50 Uninked Stamp w/ bonus use Gold unlim 2/26-3/7

Basic Grey Ch88 Anything Goes unlim 2/23-3/8 
Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Write Sizzix die for Calligraphy pen & ink well 2/22-3/8

Creative Insp Paint Anything Goes unlim 2/24-3/9
 Anything Goes Ch87 Make It Manly lim5 4th 2/26-3/11

Craft Us Crazy Ch38 Anything Goes lim3 3rd 2/28-3/13