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Here are 19 different ways to bead and stamp memorable cards! Combine ribbon with beads, add style with beaded fringe, stitch a daisy chain border, and more.
Beads offer endless creative potential. Combine them with the fun of handmade cards, and the sky's the limit! This entry in a new beginner-friendly, richly photographed series explains exactly how to pair the two crafts perfectly. Creating the cards requires only straightforward techniques, such as sewing, gluing, or wiring the beads-all thoroughly explained in a basics section-and most projects require just a few simple steps.
Seven experienced craft authors show how to make simple and stunning greetings cards in a rich variety of themes: fairy cards, art nouveau, clear stamped, Celtic, oriental, Victorian, rustic, paper pierced and paper lace cards. The techniques simply explained and demonstrated include pen and wash, 3D decoupage, using pressed flowers, glass painting, using embossing powder, metal embossing, using polymer clay, rubber stamping and using clear stamps, using craft stickers, using chalks or alcohol inks, sewing beads on to cards, origami, using craft punches and quilling. The resulting projects are stunning, but the clear step by step photographs, templates for the designs and simple instructions make them achievable for card makers of all skill levels and there are dozens of beautifully photographed variations for more inspiration. Card makers looking for all kinds of different techniques will find something to inspire them here.Uses material from:Handmade Fairy Cards 9781844483051Handmade Art Nouveau Cards 9781844482092Handmade Clear Stamped Cards 9781844482207Handmade Celtic Cards 9781844482603Handmade Oriental Cards 9781844482108Handmade Victorian Cards 9781844482467Hand Painted Rustic Cards 9781844482450Handmade Paper Pierced Cards 9781844482474Paper Lace Greetings Cards 9781844484072
Discover great new tricks for creating extra-special greeting cards! Pick up your stamp, follow along with the illustrated, step-by-step directions inside, and ta-da! - you'll amaze everyone (including yourself!) with your beautiful and original creations. This book features 21 quick and imaginative projects in styles from the classic to the dazzling. The techniques are easy - from basic folds and simple cuts to extravagant embellishment with silk threads, glass beads, dried flowers, seashells, embossing powder, watercolor washes?even your own handmade charms! Galleries at the end of each chapter are filled with colorful examples to inspire you to create your own greeting card magic.
Provides step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions for making eighteen vintage greeting cards, and covers twelve techniques, such as rubber stamping, beading, and paper pricking.
Learn more than a dozen stamping techniques, with easy-to-follow instructions. You'll be able to make your own greeting cards to mark milestone occasions, celebrate holidays, or just say hello--
Big names in the craft field have offered up their creative secrets for this collection of 60 new and highly creative approaches to card making. Full-page, full-colour photographs of each project offer inspiration while instructions are simple and clear.
Whether your tastes are simple, sophisticated, or slightly whimsical, you'll have fun creating stylish rubber-stamp designs all year long! Choose from over 50 special projects for holidays, birthdays, weddings, parties, and other special events throughout the year.
A one-of-a-kind set containing realistic floral elements for building arrangements and blooms to fit every season—tulips in spring, sunflowers for Thanksgiving, poinsettias for those festive winter months—this guide enables crafters of all skill levels to create handmade floral cards utilizing a single stamp set by Gina K. Designs. Organizing 32 projects by month and holiday, the book features detailed, step-by-step instructions for both simple and multilayered designs in a variety of color palettes and layouts, from whimsical to vintage. With its built-in calendar and address book, A Year of Flowers will not only allow crafters to grow and perfect their card-making skills over the course of the year but also help them sit down, plan, create, and get cards out on time.
