Paper artists, papercrafters, cardmakers, collage artists, and scrapbookers are always looking for unique and exciting ways to embellish and enhance their work. The Art of Paper Stencils provides crafters with a range of instruction and inspiration to create beautiful stencils inspired by the cultures of the world.
With interviews and profiles of leading designers, this work offers insight, advice and tips for newcomers on improving images and layouts, materials, taking full advantage of your camera, storing photographs, creating page designs and selecting and integrating typefaces. It also provides a plethora of techniques, and sample layouts.
From measuring and scoring to folding and cutting, from tools for bookbinding to useful media for writing and image-making, this title provides information and includes a range of projects. It includes projects such as: accordion and flag books, including miniature volumes; side bindings, with cross stitching or laced edges; and sewn signatures.
Presents a collection of greeting cards. This work contains colourful cards that are made from using stamps, stencils and stickers combined with an array of printed coloured papers. It includes 36 card designs, each of which is accompanied by a photograph of the finished project as well as detailed instructions.
Stationery and other paper products have become not only valuable necessities, but also fashionable goods for artists, designers, and students. This title presents design ideas for creating your own special stationery and paper products. It also includes photographs and step-by-step illustrations that guide you in making your stationery craft.
Where will your wedding take place? What color theme will you use? Will yours be a formal evening wedding or casual garden event? This title features page after page of beautiful wedding projects created by some of the best paper craft designers, complete with easy-to-follow instructions and project photos.
A guide to the art of decorating paper, mostly with paint but also with bleach, varnish, glue, dye or whatever else you may have to hand. It features over 130 simple techniques, especially tried and tested on paper, presented in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step style that is accessible to beginners and more experienced artists and papercrafters.
As art journaling grows in popularity (even attracting a new breed of scrapbookers who call themselves "life artists"), there is a movement afoot toward creating more authentic and personal journals. These journals are filled with not just attractive, well-composed pages, but pages that are filled with personal, meaningful content.
Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) are small cards measuring 2.5 X 3.5in (6.5 X 9cm) which you can decorate in whatever style you choose using a range of materials and techniques. This book provides numerous ideas for a range of ATCs based on many different methods and techniques.
Everyone loves handmade books. This collection includes beautiful leather-clad journals, block print notepads, accordion-fold mini-zines and others that feature interior pockets, unique closures, colourful stitching and eye-catching bindings. It also includes an illustrated stitch guide that provides the essential info for every binding.
Includes definitions and descriptions of greeting-card terms, tools, materials and techniques, illustrated how-to instructions and photographs of hundreds of handmade cards. This book contains an appendices that include a list of holidays around the world and a survey of popular card"es and sentiments for varied occasions.
Contains 50 diverse paper quilling designs that feature quilled cards for holidays, special occasions and just for fun. This title allows you to start with simple, fundamental forms, shown in photographs that novices can easily follow: a tight roll, teardrop, square, scroll and more.
Comprises of material from the 18 titles in the "Handmade Greetings Card" series including, Punched Cards, Embossed Cards, and "Eyelet Cards". This work features the introductions and techniques sections from the original titles. It also shows you how to create cards using techniques such as rubber stamping, quilling, and beading.
- A collection of fun, creative and stylish papercraft ideas for adults and children, with more than 70 easy-to-make step-by-step projects - Learn a range of skills and techniques, from papier-mache, block printing, sponging, stencil work, painting and folding
From simple greeting cards to intricate paper creations, this workbook explains the mechanics of pop-ups while teaching paper artists of various skill levels to create 10 different designs. Each section includes perforated pages with pre-printed designs and directions. Scissors and glue are all one needs for nearly instantaneous pop-up creations.
While photos, embellishments and page design provide striking visual appeal, the story and emotions behind those elements represent the true heart and soul of a scrapbook page. This book provides the advice and examples that scrapbookers need, to help them record and remember.
Quilling is a centuries-old craft that is experiencing a bold resurgence. This title presents an introduction to quilling. It includes projects that show a modern sensibility, incorporating unusual materials like vellum and using the latest supplies.
Features a gallery of projects designed by the author. This work features 20 step-by-step techniques, in which there are tips for attaching elements with simple materials like string, wire and tape, aging objects, and adding texture with modeling paste.
For most photographers the picture is the end product of the creative process. In an array of projects using techniques from Photoshop to needle and thread, this title shows beginner and experienced photographers alike how to turn their pictures into handmade objects of art.
Adding dimension and movement in your card designs is a great way to improve the overall look of your handmade cards. This book includes more than 140 inspiring projects that show a wide variety of popular paper folding techniques used by some of the best card designers.
Shows readers how to take every day materials from around the house, flea markets and thrift stores, and hardware and office supply stores, and turn them into fabulous books. This title reveals how a vintage souvenir wallet becomes a photo album, or last year's trendy sweater becomes a take-along journal.
Helps you to make gifts such as artist trading cards, cards, gift bags, and tiny paper plants. This work features: 11 projects that are explored in depth and accompanied by many variations; ideas for using your craft punches; and 200 photographs accompanying the projects, making this step-by-step format accessible to various ages and skill levels.
ournals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration and personal expression. Journals offer a tantalizing, voyeuristic view of an interior life.
Shows how to create decorated paper with distinctive and personal patterns. This title features different methods of applying inks and paints to paper that can alter the appearance of finished works. From artist books and journals to greeting cards, and collages, it features techniques that work on paper surfaces and give skills to the crafter.
Includes 30 designs that incorporate 10 pop-up mechanisms and other 3D elements such as pull tabs, slider bars, turning wheels, concertinas and envelope reveals. This work also includes a six-page gallery that offers another 12 pop-up card designs with hints and tips for adapting them for other occasions.
It's not hard to remember the big events: birthdays, holidays, vacations, graduation. The hard part is finding a creative way to scrapbook the same activities year after year. Featuring 150 fresh layout ideas, this title inspires readers to create their own creative layouts during every season.
From heirloom memories to unique journals, albums and altered books, or simple tag books for your kids - this book contains the skills to help you create handmade books. It allows you to explore the art of making books. It features a comprehensive collection of binding techniques and decorative finishes.
Provides artistic inspiration designed to encourage the reader to embrace her inner eccentric and express her true self visually in her journal. This book features interactive illustrations, doodles, tutorials, tips and prompts. It allows readers to use a variety of artistic mediums to start their own visual-journal journeys.
Offers the information beginners need to learn the craft, including tools, step-by-step instructions, and finishing tips. This title presents: basic cutting skills and tips; easy-to-use patterns for traditional designs, seasonal decorations, and more; ideas for painting; and, gallery of designs from around the world.
Provides ideas on gift wrapping. This book contains 40 projects for various styles, sentiments, and gifts. It covers the wrapping basics - including handling an oddly shaped present and tying the perfect bow. It offers guidance on how to make boxes, embellish gift bags, personalise gift cards and tags, and create signature wraps using stamping.
Combines basic collage techniques and found objects to create crafts with not only style, but a story to tell as well. This book includes 20 step-by-step projects with fashionable designs for greeting cards, magnets, necklaces, journals and more. It also provides information on basic collage, collecting ephemera and jewelry techniques.
This title includes innovative techniques and step-by-step demonstrations of 12 different collage projects. Readers are shown how to 'rust' or 'antique' any object for collage, and there are also recipes for creating collage backgrounds as well as image transfer techniques.
This Kit Box combines a 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.
Every year Penland, the innovative school where crafters from around the world come to hone their skills, offers a master class in the art of bookmaking that's simply without equal. This guide showcases ten contemporary book artists who have taught at the institution. It presents 400 photographs that highlight the crafters.
Contains easy instructions, ideas and inspiration for making greetings cards based on paper lace products, including paper doilies, rubber-stamped lace designs, die-cut and laser-cut lace. This title includes simple techniques, for example stamping, embossing and decoupage.
The easy-to-follow layout and straightforward content make this book the ultimate guide to successful hand lettering. The appealing variety of lettering samples provides the ideal lettering style for any number of memory and card projects. Two different formats of practice pages are included for convenience.
Enables you to create greetings cards to surprise the guys. This work includes over 70 designs that reflect the interests of various ages in themed chapters. It features advice on creating personalized, masculine themed cards, from choosing colours and subject matter to suitable presentation.
Demonstrates quilling with fashioned fairies, flowers, butterflies, and chocolates that look good enough to eat on greetings cards, gift boxes, tags and even a glass vase. This book explains the basic equipment needed, and features step-by-step photographs that cover the basic techniques. It offers ideas for creating decorative items on your own.
This Kit Box combines a 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.
A collection of over 400 original verses, sentiments and sayings for cardmakers, scrapbookers and anyone who wants to find the perfect message at Christmas. It includes over 50 seasonal copyright-free motifs and illustrations for crafters to copy on to cards or festive projects, or just use for inspiration.
Focuses on incorporating journaling and art making into your daily life, while encouraging a carefree, non-judgmental approach. With step-by-step instruction for getting started in 25 media techniques (watercolour, resists, transfers, oil pastels, ink, collage and more), this work guides the reader through journaling exercises.
Offers creative page layout ideas and versatile sketches, tips and tricks for creating unique scrapbook pages and photography pointers. This title includes articles on advanced scrapbooking techniques and tools, advice on organising thoughts for journaling, creating captions, and more.
Suitable for a number of applications, this work presents sayings and verses, that are gathered in occasion-themed chapters. It includes motifs and simple illustrations which can be copied and applied to pages and cards. The texts vary from witty or poignant one-liners to inspirational or heart-felt verses.
Whether you want to say 'Happy birthday', 'Merry Christmas' or 'Get well soon', this work contains 19 card projects with detailed instructions and step-by-step photographs to help you achieve a professional finish. Each project includes full-size templates that ensures that the cards are simple and fun to put together.
Suitable for both beginners and experienced quillers, this title provides ideas for quilled borders and motifs which you can use to embellish picture frames, greetings cards, gift tags, and envelopes. It also includes themes such as Weddings, Babies, Toys and Flowers. It also explains the techniques you need in clear, step-by-step photographs.
These creations are truly inspirational. From a realistic bird of prey to a fantasy wizard, it is hard to believe that they were made simply by manipulating strips of paper. Shows in clear, practical steps the techniques required to make many beautiful projects.
Covering a range of occasions from anniversaries to seasonal highlights, children's cards to invitations, this collection features cards from "Fast Cards" and "The Complete Guide to Cardmaking". It contains step-by-step pictures and instructions that take you through several techniques of card-making.
Follow the simple instructions in this book and turn ribbon, chenille, beads, feathers, glitter, shells, pressed flowers, and paper into stylish cards to capture any mood. Learn how to turn your hobby into a business, how to stay creative and where to find sources of inspiration.
Pop-up cards, with their interactive, dimensional nature, are all the rage these days. In this book, the author shows crafters how to make their own. It features 25 projects such as a multi-tiered chocolate cake design that looks good enough to eat, and an ornament-bedecked, three-dimensional Christmas tree card for the holidays.
Teaches the tricks and techniques for making quick scrapbook pages in 6 popular and time-tested styles: graphic-clean and simple graphic design inspired layouts; romantic-including Shabby Chic and bohemian; fun and funky-bold and bright freestyle layouts; distressed-worn, grungy and a little country; and, classic-traditional scrapbook page styles.
Papercutting is an ancient, elegant art that dates almost as far back as the creation of paper itself. It is an all-inclusive art that requires few tools and minimal materials. This book includes more than 20 projects that feature a range of sizes, subject matters, and techniques. Every project features step-by-step photographs and helpful hints.
Includes instructions, ideas and inspiration for making greetings cards based on Celtic designs.This book includes a wide range of techniques, for example stencilling, metal embossing and stamping, and there are step-by-step photographs to guide you through the six projects.
Features instructions for 100 card making projects. Whether you're crafting a last-minute birthday card or looking to stretch your papercraft skills, this title includes step-by-step photos that help readers work through all the tricky bits to create truly memorable cards with swivels, pop-ups, spinners, shakers, sliders, and more.
A how-to guide to the art of paper engineering that features over 100 techniques and projects shown in 1000 photographs and illustrations. It provides a history of paper engineering and inspirational gallery pages. It features pop-up projects of different levels, from simple cards to more complex architectural designs.
Blank books are so empty. Here's how to make them bold! Flowers dried in the microwave add decoration. Frescoes and textured backgrounds make each page unique. Found items, photos and clever embellisments help crafters and diartists express themselves fully.
Combines two trends in crafts - altered books and scrapbooking. Just take an existing volume and add embellishments until it's transformed into your own personal scrapbook. This book shows exactly how it's done, from choosing the right book to creating a pleasing composition. It also provides ideas for materials and techniques including metal.
Containing craft projects that use scrap paper - including storage boxes, picture frames, photo albums, journals, tote bags, desk accessories, napkin rings, and much more, this title features 50 craft ideas for gifts, keepsakes, and home decorations.
Shows how simple techniques can be used to make stunning three-dimensional cards. Suitable for complete beginners as well as more experienced card makers, the author shows in illustrated steps how to create beautiful 3D pictures and turn them into greetings cards by adding decorative papers, craft stickers, ribbons and other paper embellishments.
Featuring 21 layouts, this book for scrapbookers contains captions which explain how the various effects are created. It helps you learn how to create a heritage feel to scrapbook pages by tearing, inking or chalking papers to give you an aged look, or use a file folder for a wartime page, to make your journaling look like an official document.
Those who want to start a scrapbook to tell their stories can consult this guide to find out what materials to buy, which stories to enter in the scrapbook first, and how to present the materials effectively. Over 100 easy page ideas are demonstrated. 65 color illustrations.
Presents ideas for cards for various occasions including Christmas, Valentine's Day, anniversary and new baby. This book features the projects that cover many techniques including rubber-stamping, stencilling, glass painting, silk painting and wirework. With easy-to-follow approach and contemporary design, it helps to create projects at home.
The popularity of Copic markers in the paper crafting arena continues to grow at an astonishing rate. As a result, there is more and more need for instructional material to assist crafters in achieving successful results when using these high-quality markers.
Suitable for beginners, professionals, collectors and enthusiasts, this collection offers a look at contemporary collage work from approximately 40 leading artists. It features a mix of techniques from traditional cut-and-paste to digital to collage with paint or encaustic.
Provides techniques for preserving precious ancestral memories through scrapbooking. This book helps you use the vintage photographs, uncovered documents, and newly-found family stories to create scrapbooked family trees and pedigree charts, depictions of holidays and family reunion, and histories of families.
Special memories deserve an equally special showcase and sometimes commercially available blank books won't do. This title features 25 inventive projects for new and expressive ways to preserve treasured moments and mementoes. It helps to create a quirky album from bound-together record covers decorated with personal photos.
Focusing on simple, elegant projects, this book offers paper crafters a complete technique guide along with step-by-step project ideas for making beautiful framed pieces, cards, and gifts. It features designs built upon simple rolled coils of paper that when grouped together, form intricate flowers, graceful butterflies, and delicate scrollwork.
Presents 50 ways to make use of letters, labels, leaflets and more to decorate your home. This title features projects such as the spiral paper bowls and ideas that make the most out of plain paper, like the dove mobile in white or the picture frame that incorporates crepe paper.
While scrapbook styles change, information on tools and supplies, techniques, photography, design basics, preservation, organization, and journaling remain timeless. What's more, the book's user-friendly, concealed wire-binding lies flat for hands-free reference.
Aims to show how to make cards with a Victorian theme using techniques such as decoupage and stamping and materials such as pressed flowers, ribbon, doilies and lace. This title also features photographs, background papers, and step-by-step instructions.
Paper is a remarkably versatile, easy-to-use and easy-to-find material for use in arts and crafts. This book presents detailed instructions for making hundreds of things out of paper: ranging from cutting out paper stars, to folding birds and animals, making windmills, masks and folding and sticking gift-bags.
Paper can be used to make so many different things. It can be folded, cut, pasted, painted, punched, stencilled, stitched, woven, quilled or embossed - and, of course, it's the basis of many other popular craft techniques such as papier mache, decoupage and origami. This book contains cuttings and collages for a creation on various pages.
This illustrated guide presents bookbinding as an accessible craft. It provides a thorough grounding in materials, tools and techniques, and explores a variety of methods. For each of the seven basic book structures, a simple project is presented, and variations suggested.
Life moves so fast. Everyone longs to capture special moments as they fly by - pregnancies and new babies, children suddenly transformed into big brothers and sisters, parents looking at their little ones for the first time. This title focuses on taking photographs of expectant mothers and newborns.
Offers simple designs for hand-making a personal card. This book includes an introductory section which teaches techniques ranging from adhering sequins and applying glitter to embossing and rubber stamping - along with instructions on making matching envelopes.
We've heard it all: Scrapbooking is too time-consuming, too expensive, too complicated. This title shows readers just how easy scrapbooking can be with the right mindset and a few simple techniques. It teaches readers with step-by-step instruction how layouts they create can be fast, fun, frugal and fabulous.
Some of the most valiant people are not mentioned in history books but are found in dusty journals and in the memories of grandparents. These are the stories to preserve and celebrate. The gift of legacy and belonging can heal and strengthen families. This book inspires one to search out his legacy and display the findings through scrapbooking.
A selection of vintage papers useful for creating a 3-D picture. This work features illustrations of waterlilies, primroses, buttercups and daisies, holly and bluebells complement poems on aged pages; and Victorian figures. Each sheet includes numbers showing the stages needed to build up the pictures.
A collection of handmade cards that offers more than 500 of the best card projects from the editors of "Paper Crafts" magazine and its "Card Creations" special issues. It helps you through the year, including major holidays, traditional family milestones for all ages, and special occasions.
Paper + Craft offers 25 charming and projects to make from paper-vintage-inspired frames, festive garlands, oversized flowers, personalized place settings, and much more. Plus, all the templates are available for download on a dedicated Web site making for easy printing and crafting.
Helps artists and crafters create a card for family, friends, and significant others. This book includes 40 varied projects and a chapter with ideas for composing the greeting and finding"ations, as well as a gallery section with even more card ideas.
The craft of bookbinding has a long history and tradition. This work introduces the techniques with step-by-step instructions and photographs. It explains how to transform a few sheets of paper and some thread into a book. It also covers how to work with leather to create classic, professional bindings.
A collection of over 50 projects inspired by various things floral. It presents each chapter with cards, tags, 3D projects and variation ideas. It presents techniques that include using punches, embossing and rubber stamping. It includes cards and projects for different occasion.
Features a cross between simple embossing techniques and paper pricking, and should not be confused with the original parchment art form. This book looks at making parchment cards using a basic kit and three-step stencils and suggests ways of mounting your finished pieces as attractive cards.
Part of a series which contains a selection of beautiful papers for card making, scrapbooking, collage and all paper crafts, this book contains twenty-four A4 acid- and lignin-free perforated sheets of paper designs which can be torn out and used for a whole host of craft projects.
Provides an examination of the basic techniques, tools and materials required to make handmade books and cards. Demonstrating examples from around the world, this book gives an illustrated guide to the many applications, from the simplest cards to advanced book bindings.
Features 32 projects that show couples how to create one-of-a-kind paper goods that can add an exclusive touch to their special day. Rather than spend thousands of pounds on custom invitations, seating cards, menus, programs, favours and albums, this book gives readers the freedom to create their own.
Although most scrapbookers are drawn to the tactile nature of the craft, they use their computers to journal, write titles and print photos. This book teaches readers to use their computer programs to their fullest potential to produce and combine digital elements with the actual papers, fibres and embellishments they've come to know and love.
More than 200 card projects for any occasion Greeting cards are a fast, fun, and inexpensive way to add handmade flair to any occasion. Here, you'll find projects to make more than 200 greeting cards and an additional 50+ paper projects like tags, boxes, giftwrap, and more.
Offers an approach to rubber stamping with dozens of 3D ideas for the creative crafter. This title features designs which helps rubber stampers to create a variety of items, from gift boxes to gardening journals and stationery folders to snow globe cards.
People love their pets. This work helps you capture each playful and adorable antic of your pets and turn them into a fun scrapbook. It offers creative ideas for every creature, including dogs, cats, even farm and zoo animals. It talks about using such accessories as machine stitching, patterned paper, ribbons, beads, silk flowers, and more.
Explains the basic techniques and shows you how to create layouts using holiday photographs, a school photograph and a wedding picture. The author helps to use dozens of techniques such as slicing, silhouetting, montage and mosaics to enhance your pages. She then shows how eyelets can be used to attach vellu, acetate and fabric to your pages.
Combines designs with techniques and materials to create cards based on stylish floral designs, animal motifs, mandalas, geometrical shapes and more, all decorated with sparkles, beads and patterned ribbons. This work includes embroidery patterns for all of the cards, along with detailed instructions and lists of the materials you need.
A collection of 50 paper creations, cards and keepsakes to mark life's special occasions, including birthdays, weddings, Mother's Day and special anniversaries. It offers inspirational projects which include gift boxes and bags, cards and books and album covers. It helps to explore a range of papercrafting techniques.
This illustrated guide provides the would-be quiller with everything one needs to know about quilling flowers including basic quilling equipment, techniques and standard quilled shapes. There are 40 flower designs from around the world and each design has clear, easy-to-follow instructions.
Scrapbooking is a fantastic way of storing your memories for future generations. Part of "Inspirational Scrapbooking", this title celebrates various aspects of love, including young love, brotherly love, the love of a child and even the love of a favourite hat.
Features traditional layout sketches along with sketches for the other things the readers make, like mini albums, greeting cards and even home decor items. This book includes 64 perforated cards featuring sketches and artwork that allows readers to take the sketches with them to the store or to a crop.