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Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Paper crafts > General
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.
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