Features ideas for page layouts and more. This book explains how to combine unexpected colours and patterns; make words an important design element in the composition; and produce personalised papers with stamps, pencils, and punches. It includes projects such as heritage page and tags embellished with three-dimensional stickers and ribbons.

Kay Stanley’s a bright and shining star in the crafts world, with honors piling up by the minute. Her company received the Inc 500 Fastest Growing Company Award, and Kay herself won the Creating Keepsakes Reader’s Choice Award in 2003. Now she shows scrapbookers how to celebrate the important moments and people in their lives by creating inventive and beautiful pages in the renowned K & Company style. The company’s staff of famous and talented designers has gone all out to devise brilliant layouts, and also to come up with unique projects and gifts. Antique documents transform into paper and sticker designs. Embossed ivory papers, pearl vellums, and traditional florals suit a wedding album to perfection. Materials lists, patterns, and templates make it all so easy to create a keepsake scrapbook...and beyond, including garlands, collages, and handmade cards.

Let this be your guide to useing a Sizzix die cutting machine, and enjoy step-by-step projects to use upcycled paper crafts.

Gain a wealth of information, inspiration, and know-how on moving your artistic career forward from one of the most successful illustration agents in the industry! I Just Like to Make Things is a dazzling, colorful volume of career and personal advice for artists, filled with ideas, playsheets (as opposed to worksheets), case studies, and tools for staying inspired and creative. These pages are grounded in the wisdom and experience gleaned from a long and buzzing career as creative juggernaut Lilla Rogers shares her analysis of leveraging various working styles and ways to keep your art fresh. Artist interviews provide inside details about the best jobs, as well as tips on how to work smart and stay creative. You’ll also find annotated case studies of several successful art jobs, in addition to coloring book pages, hand-drawn charts, and lots of crazy fun. Acquire real-life, professional advice from an artist known for setting the trend with I Just Like to Make Things!