Nine creative crafters show how techniques as diverse as peel-off, silk painting, lace and embroidery plus many more, can be used to make beautiful, vibrant cards. This extensive collection provides a ready reference for a whole range of techniques and is the perfect way to sample new crafts. Each of the projects is clearly explained with simple step-by-step photography.

Each section of this inspiring book provides full information about the materials and techniques need for a particular cardmaking craft, followed by step-by-step demonstrations showing how to make beautiful greetings cards. The crafts covered include card and thread, quilling, watercolour, silk ribbon embroidery, beading and using glitter.

Cover subtitle: "Accordion, iris, tea bag & more!: 115 designs."

200 step-by-step techniques and projects with 1100 photographs - a comprehensive course in making cards, envelopes, invitations, tags and papers in a host of different styles.

Susan Pickering Rothamel, author of the best-selling Encyclopedia of Scrapbook Tools and Techniques (Sterling/Chapelle, 2005), now turns her A-to-Z eye to another popular papercraft: greeting cards. With its detailed definitions of terms, tools, materials, and techniques; illustrated how-to instructions; and hundreds of handmade cards from leading artists, this will become the must-have visual reference for anyone interested in the craft. Photographs of delightful greeting cards appear on every spread, along with step-by-step pictures of key skills. Sidebars on leading card makers discuss the techniques for which they’re celebrated, from Dee Gruenig’s rubber-stamp designs to Alli Bartkowski’s quilling.

Handmade cards are a delight both to give and to receive, and coordinating gift wrap adds an extra special touch. This book presents a range of beautiful and fun cards, boxes, bags, and gift wrap suitable for all occasions. Book jacket.

A solid greeting card has the power to touch the human heart and it will compel its reader to feel, to laugh, to smile. Play your cards right – 'Ultimate Cardmaking' is the only card book you ever need buy! Covering a wide range of occasions from anniversaries to seasonal highlights, children’s cards to invitations, this fabulous collection features the best cards from Sarah Beaman's two previous books – 'Fast Cards' and 'The Complete Guide to Cardmaking' – and a range of new and exclusive cards. The book is packed with creative techniques covering every type of card making. Clear step-by-step pictures and detailed instructions take you through every technique, from creating hand-stitched or beaded edges for cards to pressing and attaching flowers. Moreover, a gallery section provides readers with a bevy of new cardmaking ideas.