Expert crafter and lover of Scandinavian design Clare Youngs presents a collection of gorgeous gifts, soft furnishings, kitchen items, bags, clothes and accessories to make and embroider. Fans of the clean, elegant lines of traditional Scandinavian style are sure to be inspired by the 35 sewing projects in this book, which fuse classic Scandi motifs including hearts, flowers and birds with contemporary techniques and materials. Arranged into five chapters, the projects use a wide variety of fabrics: there are adorable fleece and felt baby bootees finished with French knots, a classic gingham curtain tie-back and a striped machine-embroidered apron. Progress through the projects and learn a range of sewing techniques, including appliqué, cut work, patchwork, decorative machine stitching, shadow work and ribbon work. Simple stitches such as herringbone, cross stitch, French knots and daisy stitch are also used to great effect. Simplicity is at the heart of Clare’s designs, and the clear instructions and step-by-step artworks mean anyone can have a go. You will be surprised how quickly beautiful pieces can be made.

35 inspiring papercraft projects, from stylish notebooks and printed cards to garland decorations and patterned lanterns. Discover how to create useful and innovative papercraft projects with this beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide. The designs require just some paper or card and a few basic tools and materials to make. Many of the projects use recycled materials such as old magazines, greetings cards, scraps of wallpaper or corrugated cardboard, offering an eco-friendly way to craft. For the home, learn how to make plant-pot slipcovers, a punched lampshade and a clog advent calendar. Try your hand at making simple and striking decorations such as cascading leaf garlands, printed butterflies and moths and festive silver-leaf pinecones. There’s also a chapter of stylish and practical stationery designs including spring bouquet cards made using magazine pages, printed clipboards and bold cut-out notebooks. The projects guide you through a variety of techniques including papercutting, découpage, printing and collage, and all the steps are explained with easy-to-follow illustrations.

Introducing an exciting multi-sensory board book series written by Camilla Reid, with illustrations from acclaimed collage artist Clare Youngs! All pre-schoolers will adore Clare Youngs' friendly animals with their high-contrast collage artwork, decorative foil highlights and signature animal noises - but there's a tiny creature to find behind a tuggable felt flap on each spread, too! In this book, you'll meet Munch Munch Rabbit, Glub Glub Fish, Quack Quack Duck and Woof Woof Dog herself. With a final 'recap' animal noises page, and the question, "But what noise do YOU make?", little readers will enjoy lifting the last flap and saying 'hello' to themselves in the surprise mirror! Visually gorgeous and with a genuinely engaging hide-and-seek narrative, this is a stunning new series from the author behind some of Nosy Crow's bestselling pre-school books: Felt Flaps Where's Mr/Mrs?, Pip and Posy, Bizzy Bear and Peekaboo. Also available: Look, It's Moo Moo Cow!, Look, It's Roar Roar Lion!, Look, It's Twit Twoo Owl!

Keep your kids’ boredom at bay with 35 environmentally-friendly ideas they’ll love to make. Designed with the environment in mind, this brilliant collection of craft projects will keep kids entertained for hours. It features decorations, toys, jewellery, gifts, and more, every one of them incorporating natural materials – woodland folk are created from pine cones and seed pods, a length of bark is the base for an animal painting, and a piece of slate is transformed into a pretty brooch or badge. The fun ideas range from bark rubbings for budding artists to herb head flowerpots for junior gardeners and are sure to give kids the creative bug. Best of all, finding the project materials encourages kids to get outside! They can gather shells on the beach to make the shell mice, or collect leaves and twigs on a countryside walk to make a printed fox wall hanging. Even their own garden will become an exciting source of crafty materials.

Introducing an exciting new multi-sensory board book series written by Camilla Reid, with illustrations from acclaimed collage artist Clare Youngs! All pre-schoolers will adore Clare Youngs' friendly animals with their high-contrast collage artwork, decorative foil highlights and signature animal noises - but there's a tiny creature to find behind a tuggable felt flap on each spread, too! In this book, you'll meet Clip Clop Zebra, Ooo Ooo Monkey, Munch Munch Hippo and Roar Roar Lion himself. With a final 'recap' animal noises page, and the question, "But what noise do YOU make?", little readers will enjoy lifting the last flap and saying 'hello' to themselves in the surprise mirror! Visually gorgeous and with a genuinely engaging hide-and-seek narrative, this is the launch of a stunning new series from the author behind some of Nosy Crow's bestselling pre-school books: Felt Flaps Where's Mr/Mrs?, Pip and Posy, Bizzy Bear and Peekaboo. Also available: Look, It's Moo Moo Cow!

Introducing an exciting new multi-sensory board book series written by Camilla Reid, with illustrations from acclaimed collage artist Clare Youngs! All pre-schoolers will adore Clare Youngs' friendly animals with their high-contrast collage artwork, decorative foil highlights and signature animal noises - but there's a tiny creature to find behind a tuggable felt flap on each spread, too! In this book, you'll meet Baa Baa Sheep, Cluck Cluck Hen, Oink Oink Pig and Moo Moo Cow herself.With a final 'recap' animal noises page, and the question, "But what noise do YOU make?", little readers will enjoy lifting the last flap and saying 'hello' to themselves in the surprise mirror! Visually gorgeous and with a genuinely engaging hide-and-seek narrative, this is the launch of a stunning new series from the author behind some of Nosy Crow's bestselling pre-school books: Felt Flaps Where's Mr/Mrs?, Pip and Posy, Bizzy Bear and Peekaboo. Also available: Look, It's Roar Roar Lion!

30 super-easy projects for beautiful and colourful homewares, accessories and gifts. Punch-needle embroidery is the perfect creative and mindful hobby, and involves punching threads into fabric to form a design. Ideal for beginners, it requires just a punch-needle pen and a few basic supplies, and is also a great way of upcycling scraps of yarn or thread. With this beautifully illustrated book by Clare Youngs, you'll learn how to use this skill of ‘painting with wool’ to make 30 gorgeous and colourful projects. For the home, try your hand at stitching textured plant pot covers, or create a hanging decoration as a centrepiece for your living room. You’ll also discover how to make accessories including a patterned tote bag, and designs such as zipped pouches and geometric cushions that make brilliant gifts. So pick up a punch needle and explore your creative side with this accessible and versatile craft.

Introducing an exciting multi-sensory board book series written by Camilla Reid, with illustrations from acclaimed collage artist Clare Youngs! All pre-schoolers will adore Clare Youngs' friendly animals with their high-contrast collage artwork, decorative foil highlights and signature animal noises - but there's a tiny creature to find behind a tuggable felt flap on each spread, too! In this book, you'll meet Squeak Squeak Mouse, Munch Munch Squirrel, Ribbit Ribbit Frog and Twit Twoo Owl himself. With a final 'recap' animal noises page, and the question, "But what noise do YOU make?", little readers will enjoy lifting the last flap and saying 'hello' to themselves in the surprise mirror! Visually gorgeous and with a genuinely engaging hide-and-seek narrative, this is a stunning new series from the author behind some of Nosy Crow's bestselling pre-school books: Felt Flaps Where's Mr/Mrs?, Pip and Posy, Bizzy Bear and Peekaboo. Also available: Look, It's Moo Moo Cow!, Look, It's Roar Roar Lion!, Look, It's Woof Woof Dog!

Transform old books and magazines into beautiful paper crafts, with over 50 inspiring projects. Packed full of ideas for everything from stationery and homewares to paper animals and gifts for kids, Creative Book Art shows you how to make stunning projects that look impressive but are deceptively simple to make. Get cutting and gluing to make display scenes and decorations such as a fairy-tale castle, printed feathers and hanging paper birds. There are also ideas for turning books into 3D works of art simply by folding the pages – you’ll learn how to make beautiful sculptural shapes including a heart, a star and a cloud and raindrops. Clear step-by-step instructions guide you through a variety of techniques, such as origami, block-printing and quilling, to make your paper creations. With just a few basic tools and some old books or magazines to get you started, you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to repurpose pages into unique items to keep or gift.

Over 35 creative ways to transform recycled and natural materials into stunning projects.  With ideas for makes from gifts and stationery to homewares and decorations, this collection shows you how to craft innovative projects from foraged and upcycled materials. The 35 designs include a festive gilded leaf garland, pretty seedpod coasters, floral paper bags and an appliqué wall hanging. Expert maker Clare Youngs guides you through all the techniques you’ll need, showing you how to use a wide range of materials including fabric and paper off-cuts as well as natural elements such as twigs, flowers and pebbles. With just a few inexpensive supplies and tools to get you started, you’ll soon be making beautiful works of art and developing your creativity while being kind to the planet.

In today’s busy world, it can be difficult to find time to slow down and make time for the simple joy of making, so Clare Youngs has designed a wide range of beautiful and tempting projects to help you experience the pleasure and satisfaction that making something with your own hands can bring. The best thing about practising mindfulness through craft is that you have something tangible to show at the end, and you can start small with the coral reef-inspired embroidery hoops, or just by making pompoms and tassels to be added to the edge of a cushion or blanket. You can learn techniques such as block printing, punch needling, shibori dyeing, weaving, macramé and quilting, all of which encourage a mindful approach, and a way to experience a feeling of 'flow'. Make unique things for yourself and your home, using natural materials such as wool, cotton, linen and leather. Clare is a believer in making new things from old, using what you have and adapting old fabrics to counteract a throwaway society, and all her designs have a Scandinavian-inspired, modern aesthetic.

Discover how to make creative, personal collages with advice, techniques and projects from craft author and graphic designer Clare Youngs. We are all born with an inner desire to express ourselves. Making collages, especially in the form of art journals, gives you an opportunity to express thoughts, feelings and wishes and to capture memories. It is a way of collating and putting thoughts in order. You can look back at filled pages with a real sense of accomplishment. Most of all it is fun! In Creative Collage, Clare Youngs reveals the secrets of collaging, one of her favourite crafts. Learn about the kinds of paper you can use, such as maps, tickets, photographs, typography and magazine pages, and how to add texture, use layering and make use of geometric designs. Some of Clare's amazing collages are included for inspiration, and she explains how she chose the materials and composition for each one. Clare then presents a collection of projects that offer unique ways to display your collages and even make 3-D collages, such as a decoupaged chest of drawers and a family photo wooden block house. Along with helpful prompts to give you ideas for collages, such as ‘something you saw on a walk’ or ‘a happy memory’, this book provides all you need to get started with this personal, expressive craft.

“Calling all crafters, the marvellous Clare Youngs is back... Taking inspiration from the beauty of letter forms and typefaces, she  has created 35 effortlessly stylish and contemporary projects for your home.� Making Magazine 35 quirky and cool makes to bring a touch of typography to your home. Clare Youngs presents a range of simple projects, using inexpensive and easy-to-find materials, so you can make your very own colourful alphabet. For a stylish display, adorn your mantelpiece with bold letters made out of recycled fruit crates, make your own vintage fabric ‘T’, or cheer up a child’s bedroom with a bright alphabet pillowslip. All the projects are clearly explained with step-by-step artworks, and there is a tools and techniques section so you can brush up on your crafting skills – all you need to do is decide which letter to create. It’s as easy as A, B, C.