The Illustrated Project Book of Gift Cards, Stationery and Scrapbooking: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Making Your Own Greetings Cards, Gift ... ... Memory Albums and Scrapbook Pages to Treasure - Hardcover

Cheryl Owen; Alison Lindsay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754819167 ISBN 13: 9780754819165

Publisher: Lorenz Books, 2009

Synopsis

This lavish reference is a compendium of 350 inspirational ideas, practical craft techniques and fabulous designs that can be followed step and step with more than 200 photographs. An introduction to each craft details all the materials and equipment that are needed. Easy techniques for making and decorating card and scrapbook backgrounds follow along with tips on design themes, putting colours and patterns together and choosing embellishments. For scrapbooking there is also a section that looks at getting the most from a digital camera. For each craft there are colourful examples of designs that are sure to inspire. Make a greetings card to celebrate New Year or use mementoes to create a lasting impression of a holiday abroad.

About this title

About the Author

Alison Lindsay is special projects co-ordinator on a leading scrapbook magazine, Scrapbook Craft. As well as writing many magazine features on the subject, Alison gives regular talks and demonstrations at craft fairs and hobby groups. Cheryl Owen's work regularly appears in leading homestyle magazines, including Prima, Inspirations, Good Housekeeping and Woman and Home. She is the author of a number of books including Quick and Easy Greeting Cards (New Holland).

Edition details

• Publisher: Lorenz Books
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754819167
• ISBN 13: 9780754819165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512