This week’s Letter with Me word is gubbins, a wonderfully quirky British slang term that means odds and ends, or miscellaneous. And what better way to celebrate a word that’s all about variety than by mixing and matching as many lettering styles as we can?

So this week’s challenge to go along with the word: give each letter in gubbins its own style.

This week’s Letter with Me word is fard and since it’s such a short word, I thought it would be a great example to learn some 3D techniques! Adding dimension to your letters is one of the simplest ways to make them pop off the page. Today we’ll explore four different techniques: drop shadows, embossing, debossing, and bevels. Each one creates a totally different feel, and once you understand the basics, you can mix and match to your heart’s content.

This week’s Letter with Me word is one that I actually use fairly frequently because words often escape me … Thingamajig (a gadget or random object whose name you don’t know or can’t recall). Since the word itself means random objects I thought it would be the perfect excuse to mix lettering with doodles!

This week’s Letter with Me word is catawampus (askew, crooked, or awry).

And what better way to play with a slightly crooked word than by adding one of my favorite lettering embellishments, banners!

his week’s Letter with Me word is yaffle and ur challenge this week is to see how many you can fit into a single shape. I chose a rectangle, but you can pick whatever shape you like. The trick? Not only do the words need to fit inside, but each one should look a little different. Afterall, we are trying to develop our lettering style bank for us to refer to whenever we need a little inspo on lettering styles.

This week’s Letter with Me word is Erf, a short word that, in some regions, means a plot of land. Since it’s such a tiny word, I thought we’d do something extra fun: a No Pencil Challenge with a splash of watercolor!

Lets put away the pencils and erasers, let go of perfection, and lean into play, experimentation, and happy accidents.