Synopses & Reviews
Cards are the perfect gesture to show you care, be it marking a special occasion such as a wedding, a new baby or a friend's birthday or just a heartfelt thank-you to someone you love. Receiving a home-made card makes any event infinitely more special, and this book makes it easy and simple to create beautiful cards with a unique personal touch. The book begins with an extensive guide to all the craft equipment and materials you might need and then follows with a comprehensive range of papercraft techniques such as cutting, scoring, creating torn edges, gilding, stamping, stenciling and making envelopes. A range of popular and innovative stylistic approaches are presented, such as working with natural materials, retro styles, and contemporary and vintage approaches, Plentiful examples and mini-projects show these special techniques and themes in action. Next follows the creative core of the book: over 150 techniques and beautiful projects for every occasion. These include a fleece bunny 1st birthday card, a retro-style cocktail glass house-warming card, a wire anchor on torn paper 'sea' bon voyage card, and a tranquil watercolor scene retirement card, There are cards for holidays and festivals such as Easter, Hannukah, Divali, Thanksgiving and Christmas; cards for birthday celebrations for ages one to 100; cards for special anniversaries and red letter days; and cards to express personal sentiments of love, friendship, apology, congratulations, sympathy and more. The book closes with templates to copy and a useful list of stockists and suppliers. Bursting with fabulous ideas and illustrated with 1000 stunning color photographs, this comprehensive practical book is the ultimate guide tothe art of card-making, and offers crafters of all levels of artistic ability the chance to create truly inspiring cards that will make a lasting impression.