page title, excerpt and read more link on homepage

Would appreciate if anyone could point me to a tutorial that shows how to show a page title, excerpt and read more link on a home page.

I want to create a page template so will code the functionality directly into that page and style with css

What I am having an issue with is finding a clear set of instructions on how to go about it. My knowledge of the codex is pretty average and php not great, but I have a pretty decent grasp of how to put things together.

link to test site

I have managed to put together this code, can anyone advise how to add html tags to the title and excerpt so that I can style them individually.

<?php
$page_id = 5;
$page_data = get_page( $page_id );
$content = $page_data->post_content;
$title = $page_data->post_title;
echo $page_data->post_title;
echo $page_data->post_excerpt;
?>

<a href="<?php echo get_permalink( 5 ); ?>">page link</a>