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Card Design: Rubber Stamping with Colored Pencils and Watercolors
by Dave Brethauer Details

Gather your paints, pencils, papers, and stamps; then get ready to play! Discover how to use watercolor paints and colored pencils to create a clean, colorful, contemporary look in stylish greeting cards for occasions throughout the year.

CardMaker's Sketch Book: Ideas to Inspire Creative Card Making
by Tanya Fox Details

Card sketches have quickly become a favorite creative resource among card makers. Your interpretation of these 45 sketches, along with your extensive stash of supplies results in a one-of-a-kind statement of your affection.

Designer Cards & Tags with K & Company
by Tracey Niehues Details

K & Company is one of the most recognized names in scrapbooking and paper crafts and Tracy Niehues is one of its top designers. This follow-up to the company's successful "Designer Scrapbook" bestseller reaches out to the novice with both traditional and exciting new card and tag ideas for all occasions.

Encyclopedia of Cardmaking Techniques
by Julie Hickey Details

Combining the best techniques from the popular Handmade Greeting Card series and new projects, such as wire daisies and beaded purple parchment, this exhaustive guide contains numerous projects to inspire both beginners and experienced craftspeople.

Greeting Cards
by Taylor Hagerty Details

This snappy guide offers countless creative ways to say Happy Birthday, Best Wishes, or simply I'm Thinking of You. Plus, it takes no time, with these simple and lovely designs that cover almost any imaginable occasion.

Handmade Greeting Cards for Special Occasions: Step-by-Step Techniques & 30 Original Creative Projects to Make
by Amanda Hancocks Details

No store-bought greeting card expresses your feelings, or flatters the one who receives it, like one you've made yourself. These 30 exquisite, professional-looking cards use texture, color, and layering to achieve fabulous looks with such simple materials as crinkled paper, scraps of ribbon, sequins, or flowers.

Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards
by Alisa Golden Details

Create decorated papers as beautiful as any found in an art store! The results will be more distinctive and personal, too, with exactly the colors, themes, and design desired.

Vintage Pop-Up Cards: Making Your Own Timeless Treasures
by Taylor Hagerty Details

Holiday cards, sweetheart cards, humorous cards: they're all popping up in this charming vintage collection. Warmly colored, and richly adorned with lace, beads, satin, and feathers, there's nothing like them in the stores! These elaborate pre-1923 classics are not only beautiful in and of themselves; when disassembled, they also form the basis for 25 brand-new projects.

Updated 12/21/2011