Spread the joy and craft of books in your family with Making Books with Kids. This inspiring collection features more than 25 creative, kid-friendly projects in design, illustration, paper decorating, binding techniques, and more. Book artist and author Esther K. Smith offers an exciting resource of easy-to-follow instructions supported throughout with step-by-step, full-color photographs and illustrations. Each sequence is accompanied by finished samples and variations as well as the inspiring work of a prominent book artist. Whether you use these projects independently or as a curriculum for hands-on, family-friendly, bookmaking experiences, you'll find that the lessons in this book are open-ended so they can be explored over and over-with different results each time! Colorful photos illustrate how different people using the same lesson will yield different results, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each artist's personal style. Making Books with Kids is the perfect book for creative families, friends, and community groups and works as lesson plans for both experienced and new art teachers. Children of all ages and experience levels can be guided by adults and will enjoy these engaging exercises. Encourage the artistic spirit in the children in your life with Making Books with Kids.

Award-winning graphic designer and author Luke Herriott invites you to create uniquely idiosyncratic messages or decorate your stuff with these fun alphabets.

Everyone loves the cool graphic look of the classic ransom note, and letters cut from newspapers make any message a little edgy yet playful. The Ransom Note Sticker Book makes it easy to spell out anything you like and capture that unique look.

Thousands of stickers—A-to-Z, plus accents, numerals, and punctuation—in a host of fonts and typefaces are ready for your messages. You can use them to add color to your journals, you can name your stuff, or you can give a Valentine’s Day card a mysterious anonymous touch. . . .

Stationery, wrapping paper, and collages will all benefit from these alphabets, and they make the perfect gift for the crafter, journal-keeper, or scrapbooker.

With 20 original step-by-step projects and 81alternative, inspirational designs, Joanna Sheen explores many different techniques in a book that is packed with ideas, tips and good advice. The cards include layered, decoupaged, collaged, stamped, embossed, glitter, mirror and stencilled designs. More exciting ideas range from cards on acetate, cards with pockets and envelopes, shaker designs and 3D paper architecture - including pop up and waterfall cards, star and book cards and exploding boxes. Inspiration ranges from strongly traditional to more contemporary designs, but all are distinctively in the author's popular style. Throughout the book, readers will also discover Joanna Sheen's favourite recipes, household tips, fun quotes that crafters can use in their cards - and other intriguing snippets. With its lavish, original design and beautiful styled shots, this book is packed with simple and more complex ideas for all cardmakers, whatever their skill levels.