Decoupage (from the French, decoupe, meaning to cut out) entails gluing cut-out pictures to an object and covering with varnish. It's a fun and easy way to decorate just about anything, from small household items to large pieces of furniture. Find out just how simple it is to personalize your favorite things with these twelve gorgeous projects, suitable for beginners and also as a source of inspiration for those who have already got some experience with this lovely craft.

Paul Cezanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose works inspire us all with his beautiful use of colour and light. Our boxed note card set comes in a FlipTop box with magenetic closure and features 20 note cards - 4 each of 5 images - featuring his famous landscapes. This collection of cards contains a variety of green landscapes, reminding us of travel on perfect summer days. 20 notecards and envelopes 4 each of 5 images Each card: 177 x 120mm. Flip top box with magnetic closure Box measures 139 x 196 x 38mm.

Harry Potter: Paper Crafts is a unique collection of more than 20 magical paper crafts inspired by the Harry Potter films. From DIY pop-up creations to paper-cut decorations, each craft includes clear instructions, a skill-level rating for makers of all ages, and tons of behind-the-scenes secrets from the films, from concept art to fun facts. Harry Potter: Paper Crafts features a wide range of paper-based projects that can be made from everyday materials in your home. Projects include: Howler replica A paper wand that casts a Patronus 3D Knight Bus that actually moves Fluffy marionette-style puppet Marauder's Map Learn to master paper crafting methods from paper folding to DIY pop-ups, Kirigami, and beyond. Also included are reusable templates to help even beginning crafters achieve impressive results! 20 MAGICAL PAPER PROJECTS: Make everything from a Howler replica, a paper wand that casts a Patronus, a 3D Knight Bus that actually moves, a Fluffy marionette-style puppet, a Marauder's Map and much more!! PROJECTS FOR EVERY CRAFTER: No matter your age or skill level, you will find many paper crafts you can make! Harry Potter: Paper Crafts includes crafts for all skill levels and a wide variety of craft types. STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS: Easy to follow instructions guide you through each craft project. REUSABLE TEMPLATES: Includes sturdy, reusable templates to help even beginning crafters achieve impressive results over and over again! COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Also available are Harry Potter: Crafting Wizardry, Harry Potter: Gryffindor House Pride: An Official Coloring Book, Harry Potter: Crochet Wizardry, Harry Potter: Knitting Magic, Harry Potter: Knitting Magic: More Patterns from Hogwarts and Beyond and more!

Cheerful and warm, this Cactus Notecard Set by favourite illustrator Maria Carluccio is right on trend with your other favourite stationery/home fashion designs. Our notecards are blank inside and are the perfect way to drop a note to a loved one or friend to say thank you or just a simple hello. 10 notecards - blank inside - in 1 lovely hand-painted image Foil accents 10 classic white envelopes Packaged in an easy portable clear acetate box Card measures 127 x 101 mm Box measures 131 x 109 x 15 mm We choose the best images from well-known classic and contemporary fine artists, plus talented emerging illustrators and designers from around the globe. Maria Carluccio has received multiple awards for her work from the New York Society of Illustrators and 3x3 magazine. Her artwork can be seen on children's books, gift products, wall decor, and fabric.

Beautiful to receive as well as fun to make, here is a sparkling selection of fabulous card-making projects designed for maximum decorative and creative effect. There are cards for holidays and festivals, birthday celebrations, special anniversaries and red letter days, plus cards to express love, friendship, apology, sympathy and much more. There are also inspirational ideas for gift-wraps, pretty origami boxes and handmade envelopes. The introduction outlines materials and equipment you will need and demonstrates over 50 papercraft techniques - from cutting, scoring and stencilling to stamping, bleaching and pin-pricking - to help you achieve your desired design. Bursting with ideas and illustrated with 1100 step- by-step photographs this book is a treasury of inspiration for every creative crafts enthusiast

Bookbinding is a classic craft that has been practised for over 1,000 years, and is reaching new heights of design and innovation today. This volume is packed with inspirational ideas that are highly original, including a college folder made from a pair of jeans, an elegant wedding album covered with beautiful silk flowers, and a garden notebook complete with miniature spade and fork.

Quilling may look complicated, but all the basic shapes are made using the same simple technique. In this book, you'll learn how to make a number of basic shapes, and how to combine these designs to create greeting cards, gift tags, ornaments, and other decorative objects. Have fun making the projects in this book or get creative and design your own!

Get lost in the beauty of the natural world in this captivating collection of botanical stickers. Page after page is packed with beautiful vintage drawings of ornamental flowers, tropical ferns, and other exotic plants and fungi. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand botanically themed images. Use the stickers for scrapbooking and stationery, create gorgeous artwork, or simply enjoy this book as an exquisite keepsake.

Spread the sticker love! Life is just better with stickers, and this little book of BIG vinyl stickers proves just that! Decorate your laptop, bike, water bottle, phone, or dresser (the possibilities are endless!) with these super-sized designs, and brighten every day with a little sticker magic. A Little Book of Big Love Stickers includes: 20 BIG vinyl stickers 150+ mini stickers

Paper is the ideal medium to craft with: it is accessible, versatile, rewarding and creative. This fantastic book explores contemporary decorative and traditional papercrafts, and offers more than 175 projects for crafters to make. Techniques incude papier mache, collage, paper-making, and a whole range of decorative ways to use and create place settings, gift tags and wrapping paper, napkins, place settings, a mobile, and many more items. Three-dimensional paper constructions include children's toys, bowls, and wrapped paper beads. A final chapter introduces origami, with projects graded according to skill required.

Quilling is a centuries-old art, which requires just three elements - your fingers, paper strips and glue. This practical guide demonstrates the techniques with step-by-step instructions and photos, and explains the best way to develop your skills and thereby push the creative boundaries of this art. Written by a passionate paper artist, it is a comprehensive guide that will inspire both novice and experienced quillers, as well as mixed media artists wishing to explore the potential of paper filigree work. Projects covered within this book include making vortex coils, pixie-hood loops, huskings, multi-strip open coils, fringed flowers, ring coil tracery patterns, folded ring coils and rolling a perfect spiral-centred coil without the need for a quilling tool. There is also advice on forming letters and abstract shapes with quilling and building 3D models from solid coils.

Ampersand's colorful designs are reproduced here for our Mini Fliptop Birthday collection. Our Mini FlipTop Notecard box notecards are full colour, mini cards that can be used to convey personal greetings, thank-yous and invitations. 16 notecards, 8 each of 2 images. 16 envelopes. Magnetic closure. Sturdy, reuseable box, ideal for keepsakes.

From rabbits and foxes to owls and bears, the beloved forest animals in this colorful set of notecards bring a fanciful elegance to everyday correspondence perfect for all occasions.

This book features 25 creative projects that are shown step by step. In this book, the versatile art of papier-mache is brought to life in 25 innovative, yet achievable projects for the home. There are elegant ideas for pots, vases and bowls, plus a rococo screen, an embellished chair and a charming Mexican doll. It features over 250 photographs that show exactly how to achieve every project, with a beautiful shot of each finished piece. It explains all the techniques, equipment and know-how to produce professional-looking finishes, plus inspiring examples from historical and contemporary designers. It comes with photography by Peter Williams, the highly regarded craft, cooking and lifestyle photographer. If the idea of creating something special from next to nothing appeals to you, then papier-mache is the ideal craft. A pile of old newspapers, some glue and a couple of pots of paint are, surprisingly, almost all you need to create the 25 inspired ideas presented in this book. Objects both large and small range from traditional vases, bowls and frames to more unusual items such as a kaleidoscopic room divider, exotic blind pulls and a Cinderella chair.A techniques section introduces the beginner to making paper pulp, building armatures, layering, cutting and drying. For today's designers conscious of recycling, papier-mache is the perfect medium to express creativity without the worry of waste and expense, and the subtle, sophisticated finishes shown in this book are perfect for the modern home.

From pamphlets and zines you can fold in a minute to luxurious leather journals and sumptuous sketchbooks, "How to Make Books" will walk you through the easy basics of bookmaking. Whether you're a writer, a scrapbooker, a political activist or a postcard collector, let book artist Esther K. Smith be your guide as you discover your inner bookbinder. Using foolproof illustrations and step-by-step instructions, Smith reveals her time-tested techniques in a fun, easy-to-understand way.

Appealing to readers of various skill levels, Christine Schmidt shares new printing techniques, motifs and mediums, empowering readers to design anything at home exactly how they like it. Create stationery with inexpensive craft foam; jazz up a plain Ikea dresser with a gorgeous art deco design; or put together the easiest no-sew quilt ever with indigo dye. Then, take those same strategies - stamping, stenciling, resist dyeing (and more) - and use them with any of the other patterns throughout the book. Yellow Owl's Make It Yours is loaded with ideas for ways to use the book's cool, modern motif collections (geometries, florals, animals, travel, and seasonal) even beyond the nearly 40 step-by-step projects it shares. With this vast library of interchangeable graphics, readers will discover endless combinations for using at-home printing to customize home decor, wearables, paper products and more.

Welcome to the world of flying animals! It's entertainment on the fly for the office, backyard, classroom (don't get caught!), or anywhere there might be a party, featuring 12 Lilliputian-size models that create 69 planes altogether. From the Dragon to the Stingray, Beetlebot to the Beach Bomber, these flying creatures are vibrantly colored and gorgeously designed to resemble animals that fly, both real and imaginary. Fold up an antennaed Scarab and the sharklike Predator. Includes step-by-step folding instructions and tips on how to send each plane soaring at its full aerodynamic potential.

Take your Cricut crafts to the next level! The Cricut machine has made it easy for for anyone to create adorable, one-of-kind creations in their own home. Now, with this book crafting expert Megan Meketa shares all of her tips and tricks for making colorful, eye-catching projects that make every day a celebration. Featuring all the information needed to get started, including: -Straightforward details on Cricut models and software (Maker, Explore Series, Joy, and EasyPresses)-Essential tools and materials (adhesive vinyl, iron-on, felt, cardstock, acetate, leather, etc.)-Ideas for celebrations including cake toppers, pennant banners, party favor bags, stencils for pastry decorating, thoughtful gifts, and more-Creative wearables such as iron-on designs, leather earrings, tote bags, flowered headbands, and hair bowsAnd so much more! Whether you're a brand new owner of a Cricut and not sure where to start or a seasoned pro, this book is the ultimate one-stop shop for information and ideas for creating stunning projects.

These fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature twelve traditional Asian prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. An introduction details the history and meaning behind the designs and provides some wrapping inspiration Tuttle Gift Wrapping Papers are an excellent value--a fraction of the price of a single sheet of gift wrap paper from stationery shops Each sheet is removable by tearing along a perforated line There are twelve sheets with six different patterns in each book Cherry blossoms are synonymous with springtime in Japan. Sakura, the Japanese word for cherry blossoms, bloom between March and May across Japan--beginning with Okinawa in the far south and ending with Hokkaido in the north. In Japanese culture, the fragility and fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms act as a metaphor for life.

This beautifully photographed paper-craft book takes you through 20 easy-to-make and inspiring pom-pom decorations that will transform your home, garden or celebration. You can discover lots of creative and imaginative pom-pom ideas - from huge floating "cloud" pom-poms that hang from the ceiling to centrepieces, cake decorations and party favours. Easy step-by-step instructions, accompanied by lots of tips and suggestions, will help you quickly gain the skills needed to create the projects, as well as develop your own unique variations. Crafting creativity has never had such exquisite results!