The Complete Practical Book Of Making Giftcards And Scrapbooking: 360 Easy-To-Follow Projects And Techniques With 2300 Lavish Photographs, A Compendium Of Ideas For Every Occasion

The complementary crafts of creative greetings cards and decorative scrapbooking have soared in popularity in recent years. Each offers the opportunity to create carefully tailored and highly personalized designs that celebrate life's special events, and to delight family and friends. This lavish practical reference book is a compendium of 350 inspirational ideas, craft techniques and fabulous designs shown in evocative photographs. An introduction to each craft details all the materials and equipment needed to get started. Easy techniques for making and decorating card and scrapbook page backgrounds follow, with tips on selecting design themes, combining colors and patterns, and choosing embellishments to personalize designs. The book features hundreds of versatile techniques such as papercraft, stamping, stencilling, painting, modeling with air-drying clay, simple sewing and embroidery. It also includes guidance on using a digital camera to enhance projects. Create various greeting cards for occasions like New Year, Christmas, or wedding anniversaries, and scrapbook pages celebrating birthdays, family weddings, or holidays. All techniques and projects are explained with over 2100 step-by-step photographs, offering ideas suited to all tastes and skill levels.