Creative Cardmaking : a Complete Guide 480 p.

Creative Cardmaking : a Complete Guide 480 p.

Delight your friends and family with wonderfully creative greeting cards.  This how-to book features 80 grand cards using easy to find materials.  Every step is simply explained and well photographed.  It is like four books in one with contents from greeting cards for every occasion, vintage greeting cards, creative correspondence, and stenciling and embossing.  I especially enjoyed the creative correspondence section where Michael and Judy Jacobs explain simple projects for those with little time.  Some of the projects utilize used paper (their mantra is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).  Check out the French Door Foldnote where the note folds into the envelope or the Diamond Foldnote.

Encyclopedia of Greeting Cards Tools & Techniques / Susan Pickering Rothamel 304 p.

Encyclopedia of Greeting Cards Tools & Techniques / Susan Pickering Rothamel 304 p.

Susan Rothamel has written a peach of a book on card making.  From A to Z most every term used in card making is explained.  She has techniques and tips on a boat load of card making skills like embossing, accordion card folding, die cutting, glues, envelope making and quilling.  Samples abound illustrated the specific term or technique.  There is a history of card making (Hallmark came later into the greeting card world).  Featured artists along with their speciality are interspersed.  The back of the book includes holidays around the world as well a good grouping of quotes.   A good go-to book for getting a new concept.