Color-Your-Own Greeting Cards offers a practical twist on the ever-popular colouring book. These 30 ready-to-colour cards have images and hand-lettered messages for celebrations big and small throughout the year including birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, welcoming a new baby, and offering congratulations and thanks - as well as more general all-purpose pictures. The heavy-duty back cover offers a sturdy coloring surface for the pre-scored pull-out cards. Accompanying ready-to-colour envelopes mean the completed 5x7 cards will be ready for mailing.

A fantastic selection of cross stitch alphabet patterns, from some of the world's leading cross stitch designers. This booklet features 9 different cross stitch alphabets in a range styles, with clear, full-colour cross stitch charts. As well as giving the alphabet charts, the booklet also features a selection of projects that can be made using your alphabets to create personalized items, which make wonderful handmade gifts. All the projects included have easy-to-follow sewing instructions to help make your stitching a success. With styles including Celtic, Art Deco, and Delft there are some classic cross stitch alphabets here, as well as floral designs, cross stitch alphabets suitable for wedding designs and a pretty cottages alphabet full of country charm.

Learn all the steps necessary to make a variety of colorful, decorative, useful boxes created from book board and covered with decorative papers and book cloth. Nearly 300 color photos illustrate every step needed to make hinged lid, clamshell, and creative boxes. Necessary tools and materials are discussed in detail, and essential formulas are provided for each box type discussed. Basic skills necessary for the successful production of any box are also explored, including determining grain direction, pattern layout, cutting materials, covering book board with paper or book cloth, and gluing. Also provided are box making resources, a useful glossary of terms, and an appendix featuring measurement conversions. This 2nd edition includes a brand-new chapter on divided boxes, as well as additional creative box examples to further inspire you as you explore the craft.

Be inspired by this brilliant collection of 21 simple and modern cards! You'll find plenty of ideas for birthdays, along with a variety of themed cards for Christmas and other special occasions, making this book a handy resource for your card making throughout the year. No specialist equipment is required, so the designs are all easy to achieve, even if you're a complete beginner.

With this wonderful collection of classic and contemporary papercrafting ideas you can celebrate the festive season in style. Discover over 40 fresh and inspiring designs for greetings, gifts and decorations, including colourful cards and tags and gorgeous garlands and wrapping. Experiment with versatile techniques, a lavish range of yuletide papers and an array of eye-catching embellishments, including beads, wire, ribbon, stitching and more. Combining bright and stylish photography with bold projects and gorgeous page design, this book will be as valuable to the Christmas preparations as the turkey itself!

* Cardmaking is a hot topic, with over 82,000 copies of Quick & Clever Instant Cards sold to date* Includes a gallery of super-quick projects for the overwhelmed and busy Christmas shopperSixty incredible card designs and twenty stunning tag projects make up this collection of easy-to-create Christmas greetings. Simple, step-by-step instructions and detailed photographs enable even beginners to create professional and impressive results in no time. A variety of techniques--including using peel offs, felt sequins, glitter, and ribbons, and implementing sponging, quilting, and rubber stamping--gives readers great projects for the holidays and a wealth of ideas to draw upon all year round.