Want to make some lettering using decorative paper for a card or collagey project? Here’s one way to do it!

1. Open up Photoshop and make a new document at the size you’d like.
2. Add white text saying what you’d like in a font that won’t be too difficult to cut out!
3. In the layers palette, make sure the text layer is selected, and add a stroke using layer effects. Make the stroke grey. The point of this is so that you have lines to cut on, and no dark areas that will interfere in the final project.
4. Now go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal
   Here’s what it looks like:
   
   Now if you don’t have Photoshop, most drawing programs should be able to get similar results. You can also do it in Microsoft Word: Go to Insert > Picture > Word Art, select the style with white text and black outline and format the text the way you like, then on the Drawing Toolbar go to Draw > Rotate or Flip > Flip Horizontal.
5. Now print your letters on light copy paper.
6. Glue the printed text onto your decorative paper, back-to-back. I like glue sticks, but any glue will work if you spread it thin.
   
7. Now you can cut out your text using tiny scissors or a cutting device of your choice. Cut right on the lines. I used straight-blade cuticle scissors, which work well for the tiny-ness!



8. Now you can stick your letters on your project with adhesive of your choice. I stuck mine atop some ripped banana leaf paper on a blank note card.

The End!