Compendium of Cardmaking Techniques


Book Description

Nine creative crafters show how techniques as diverse as peel-off, silk painting, lace and embroidery plus many more, can be used to make beautiful, vibrant cards. This extensive collection provides a ready reference for a whole range of techniques and is the perfect way to sample new crafts. Each of the projects is clearly explained with simple step-by-step photography.




Compendium of Cardmaking Techniques


Book Description

Nine creative crafters show how techniques as diverse as peel-off, silk painting, lace and embroidery plus many more, can be used to make beautiful, vibrant cards. This extensive collection provides a ready reference for a whole range of techniques and is the perfect way to sample new crafts. Each of the projects is clearly explained with simple step-by-step photography.




All New Compendium of Card Making Techniques


Book Description

Each section of this inspiring book provides full information about the materials and techniques need for a particular cardmaking craft, followed by step-by-step demonstrations showing how to make beautiful greetings cards. The crafts covered include card and thread, quilling, watercolour, silk ribbon embroidery, beading and using glitter.




Ultimate Cardmaking


Book Description

A solid greeting card has the power to touch the human heart and it will compel its reader to feel, to laugh, to smile. Play your cards right – 'Ultimate Cardmaking' is the only card book you ever need buy! Covering a wide range of occasions from anniversaries to seasonal highlights, children’s cards to invitations, this fabulous collection features the best cards from Sarah Beaman's two previous books – 'Fast Cards' and 'The Complete Guide to Cardmaking' – and a range of new and exclusive cards. The book is packed with creative techniques covering every type of card making. Clear step-by-step pictures and detailed instructions take you through every technique, from creating hand-stitched or beaded edges for cards to pressing and attaching flowers. Moreover, a gallery section provides readers with a bevy of new cardmaking ideas.




The All New Compendium of Cardmaking Techniques


Book Description

Includes several sections, each of which provides information about the materials and techniques needed for a particular cardmaking craft, followed by step-by-step demonstrations showing how to make greetings cards.




The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools & Techniques


Book Description

Susan Pickering Rothamel, author of the best-selling Encyclopedia of Scrapbook Tools and Techniques (Sterling/Chapelle, 2005), now turns her A-to-Z eye to another popular papercraft: greeting cards. With its detailed definitions of terms, tools, materials, and techniques; illustrated how-to instructions; and hundreds of handmade cards from leading artists, this will become the must-have visual reference for anyone interested in the craft. Photographs of delightful greeting cards appear on every spread, along with step-by-step pictures of key skills. Sidebars on leading card makers discuss the techniques for which they’re celebrated, from Dee Gruenig’s rubber-stamp designs to Alli Bartkowski’s quilling.




The Best of Card Creations


Book Description

Offers more than 500 card projects from recent special issues of Card Creations, published by the editors of Paper CraftsR magazine.




The Practical Book of Card-Making


Book Description

200 step-by-step techniques and projects with 1100 photographs - a comprehensive course in making cards, envelopes, invitations, tags and papers in a host of different styles.




Encyclopedia of Cardmaking Techniques


Book Description

This new cardmaking compendium comprises material from the following 18 titles in the Handmade Greetings Card series: Punched Cards, Embossed Cards, Eyelet Cards, Glitter Cards, Metal & Wire Cards Polymer Clay Cards, Silk Ribbon Cards, Card & Thread Cards, Quick Parchment Cards, Glass Painted Cards, Tea Bag Folded Cards, Peel-Off Cards, Rubber Stamped Cards, Watercolour Cards, Beaded Cards, Quilled Cards, Three-Dimensional Cards and Iris Folded Cards. The compendium features the introductions and techniques sections from the original titles with projects that have not appeared in any previous compendium. Together they make an exhaustive guide to cardmaking techniques that will inspire beginners and experienced craftspeople alike.




The Big Book of Handmade Cards and Gift Wrap


Book Description

Handmade cards are a delight both to give and to receive, and coordinating gift wrap adds an extra special touch. This book presents a range of beautiful and fun cards, boxes, bags, and gift wrap suitable for all occasions. Book jacket.