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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.
Zentangle[registered] is fast becoming a worldwide phenomenon. It
includes 40 unique cards, each presenting a tangle pattern, with
easy-to-learn steps to complete each design on the back. It is
presented in a conveniently sized package, so you can tangle any
time, any place. Keep your brain flexible with this handy Zentangle
card deck! Inside you'll find 40 unique cards, each presenting an
original named tangle pattern. Easy-to-learn steps for completing
each design are provided on the back of each card. Nine bonus cards
introduce basic tangling methods and you can flip these cards over
to assemble a mind-bending puzzle! The Zentangle method, created by
Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, is a fun and relaxing way to create
beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. People of all
skills and ages can enjoy Zentangle, and no special artistic talent
is required. You can tangle any time, any place, using just white
paper, a Micron pen (not included) and this card deck.
Throughout marbling's long history, people have been captivated by
both its apparent simplicity and its extraordinary complexity. Get
to know and enjoy marbling's beauty in this guide from paper artist
Freya Scott, whose enthusiasm for the craft is highly contagious.
As Freya explains the wide range of the art's possibilities and how
to make them come to life in your work, beginners will learn the
craft from square one, while advanced marblers will find many new
ideas and directions for expanding their skills. Learn how to size
and prepare various papers, choose color palettes, and make
patterns, while being inspired by photos of dozens of beautiful
marbled artworks. Throughout, try step-by-step projects. Learn how
to marble with gouache and with acrylic; a special section covers
marbling on fabric. Freya shares the personal experiences that have
shaped her marbling career (for example, she learned marbling
thanks to a debilitating illness) and the ways marbling can become
a source of your best creativity. As she explains, although
marbling is a simple concept, there are so many variables that the
adventure never ends. This absorbing guide offers you the art and
science you need to take marbling as far as you want to go.
Floral Wonderland explores the endless beauty of flowers and the
myriad possible arrangements. The designs include seasonal
bouquets, arrangements from around the world, bouquets with
additions (fruit, butterflies, crystals, other bespoke items), wide
variety of blooms (classic cultivated flowers, wildflowers,
woodland blooms, dried flowers, bridal bouquets and arrangements),
different style vases, hanging baskets, wreaths, arches, some with
arms holding arrangements.
These postcards showcase the words and artwork of MARCH, the New
York Times bestseller about the life of Congressman John Lewis.
Featuring a special essay by Andrew Aydin on the power of written
engagement, this book of postcards invites civic involvement and
makes a special gift for activists, comics fans, and collectors
alike.
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.
Paper - both affordable and universally available - is possibly the
most versatile material in the crafter's kit box. In this new book
from Quadrille's Simple Makes series, Christine Leech demonstrates
30 original and creative ideas for lovely papercraft projects. Some
of the projects are simply drawn and cut, such as the fish mobile
or rose gift tag, whilst others are constructed and glued, for
example a cute yet practical stationery birdhouse that holds
paperclips inside and has Post-It note tiles on its roof. A few
slightly more advanced projects involve special techniques, such as
the beginners' bookbinding method used to create the hand-bound
Japanese-style notebooks or the wedding guest book, but everything
is easily achievable by following the clear, step-by-step
instructions and guides.
This title offers 75 imaginative designs to make, that is shown in
500 stunning photographs. It includes practical projects for
beautiful and original greetings cards, gift wrap, boxes, gift
tags, wallets, invitations and matching envelopes. There are 75
unique designs for every occasion including new baby,
congratulations, thank you, get well, and more. More than 500
step-by-step photographs show in detail how each project should
look at every stage - with concise instructions and templates for
every design. You can try out a range of simple craft techniques -
beadwork, embroidery, silk painting, printing, painting,
papercraft, stamping, pressing flowers and embossing foil. It
includes ideas and suggestions for cards to suit every taste, from
a cute dog's face for a child's birthday to a pretty lace pram to
celebrate the arrival of a new baby. Here is the ultimate book of
greetings cards to make, perfect for the complete beginner as well
as more advanced crafters looking for new inspiration and
techniques to add style and individuality to their own hand-crafted
card designs. Each design has a timeless classic quality, with
ideas for birthdays, weddings and anniversaries, as well as cards
just to keep in touch. There are all kinds of papercraft skills to
try including stacking and layering papers to creative effect,
quilling, decoupage, papercuts and more. Whoever the recipient, a
beautiful handmade card adds to the sense of occasion, and is a
token to be cherished.
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