Uses over 40 projects ranging from boxes to lampshades to describe the techniques for making and using decorative stencils and stamps.

Take an exciting journey into printing with custom-carved stamps! In this complete stamp-carving workshop, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer covers every aspect of creating and using rubber stamps, including carving linear and curved designs, alphabets, complex and repeating geometrical shapes, and image transfers. After carving your own unique stamps, you'll also learn: • How to combine and layer stamps into original designs. • How to design stamps that work together as well as individually. • How to create stamps that combine with or enhance other stamps (hand carved or commercial). • And how to create complex, layered effects that resemble screen printing. This book also includes simple projects that explore various applications for stamping, including printing on different surfaces such as fabric, leather, paper, and canvas. Find your "authentic" design voice and get carving today!

"20 simple, stylish and easy-to-make decorating ideas for your home"--Jacket back

Texture is one of the hottest trends in decorating, and with the complete program outlined here by Delta Technical Coatings—a widely recognized name in the crafts market— it’s easy to achieve the wonderful faux-finish looks displayed in upscale home d�cor magazines. Striking photos showcase more than 30 projects large and small, ranging from entire rooms to gift ideas. Most inspirational of all are the variety of attractive techniques: combing, imbedding, marbleizing, tinting, and working with stencils and dimensional compounds. Soon, home decorators will confidently add borders to every wall and transform the surfaces of frames, furniture, vases, steamer trunks, and columns.

Readers will love this invaluable resource of 100 incredible ways for rubber stampers to create great cards and keepsake gifts for every occasion. Each of the 25 chapters focuses on a key technique or material, then features a range of four inspiring step-by-step card designs incorporating that theme. Readers will discover favorite techniques such as heat embossing and brayering, along with exciting new trends, including scrapbooking and hand-carved stamps. With 100 handy tips, one for each project, clear color photographs and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions rubber stampers will soon be on theirr way to perfect stamping every time!

Create an individual greetings card for any occasion whether it be a birthday, anniversary, wedding, driver's test, newborn baby, new home, or get-well-soon card from one of the ingenious designs in this fantastic collection. Taking the three most popular and easiest techniques, these quick and colourful cards are made from using stamps, stencils and stickers combined with an amazing array of printed coloured papers. Inventive designs with stamps include using embossing powder, making two-colour images and creating repeat motifs. Stickers are used as the main card design enhanced with decorative paper collages and stencils are used to make decorative borders and designs. Whether used singly or in combination, these simple ingredients make stunning card designs achievable by anyone without prior card making skills. Each of the 36 card designs has a photograph of the finished project as well as clear step-by-step photographs and detailed instructions, making this a straightforward and easy-to-use practical craft book. In addition, there is detailed information on tools, materials and techniques, as well as useful hints and tips throughout.