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B3242. Creative Greeting Cards / Genovese
Creative Greeting Cards by Sandi Genovese. 2008. 128pp. 8.5"x10". Paper $14.95. SALE.
This is a great card book. You learn to make various types of cards - accordion, envelope, diorama, dangle, faux embossed, folded, mobile and window. With each type, you are presented with several variations for a range of events including Baby Announcements, Birthday, Christmas, Congratulations, Valentines and more. There are step-by-step instructions and templates for the cards and for most of the decorations (embellishments). The over 50 cards are bright and fun. You can easily adapt the cards to even more uses.
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B3204. Making Mechanical Cards: 25 Paper-Engineered Designs
Making Mechanical Cards: 25 Paper-Engineered Designs by Sheila Sturrock. 2009. 160pp. 8.25"x10-7/8". Paper $17.95.
Mostly based on Victorian and Edwardian cards featuring paper engineering, the techniques/designs in this book include pull-tab butterflies, bouquets, fans and scrolls; dissolving pictures and kaleidoscopes; and Venetian blind variations. Also, a puzzle purse, a box stage with musicians playing, and animals on a revolving wheel. The designs progress from very simple to really intricate, all with good step-by-step instructions and diagrams. Templates are provided for you to photocopy onto your card stock.
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B3238. Glitter Artistry / Trombley
Glitter Artistry: Bags, Tag & Cards by Barbara Trombley. 2006. 128pp. 8.75"x10.25". Hardcover $24.95. SALE.
Glitter is a sophisticated, high-quality product available in hundreds of sparkling shades, sizes, and styles. Discusses the difference between opaque and transparent glitters; the diverse sizes, from chunky to ultra fine; the categories of sheen, from neon to pearlescent; the all-important adhesives; and a variety of exciting techniques. Presents shimmering bag, tag, and card projects -- some travel and vintage inspired, others seasonally themed, and still more for celebrations such as birthdays, graduations, and weddings. For each, you have a materials list, step-by-step instructions, and a full-color photo of the finished project.
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B2731. Pop Up & 3D Cards / Angel
Pop-Up and 3-D Cards: Step-by-Step Projects to Make at Home by Emma Angel. 2005. 96pp. 8.5"x11". Paper $9.95. SALE.
Learn how to make cards that wiggle, fly, spin, and form boxes & tunnels. Includes 18 bright, dimensional cards with step-by-step instructions, templates, and photos of finished cards. Includes V-fold, concertina, interactive and pop-ups. For events and just for fun. Covers customizing the designs for the recipient and making envelopes for your creations. Full-color throughout.
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B2674-SHELFWORN. Cards That Pop-Up Book Free with Scorit Purchase
Order a Scor-it Scoring Board (Regular or Mini) and you can request a shelfworn copy of Michael Jacobs' Cards That Pop-Up, Flip & Slide (B2674) at no extra cost. The book won't be sent automatically; you MUSTrequest your copy if you want it in addition to the Scor-it Board. To receive the free book, you add this product code : B2674-shelfworn to your cart. You must order either of the scorit boards to use this product code.
S682. Scor-it Scoring Board. 12" Scoring Rule. $49.95
S683. Mini Scor-it Scoring Board. 6" Scoring Rule. $29.95
A fabulous tool that helps you make quick, accurate, professional folds without pre-measuring and marking. The resulting scores/folds (with and against the grain) are superior to what you can do with a bone folder. Saves time too, especially when you are making multiples of the same item. Use it for cards & invitations, envelopes, boxes & bags, stamping & collage art, accordion cards and books, and much more. Great for embossing lines and patterns. Works with paper, card, vellum sheets (paper), and cover stock as well as thin metal sheets.
The Scor-it tool is absolutely fantastic! I use it on all my projects requiring scores. The centering ruler makes it easy to place valley or mountain scores precisely, and the adjustable stop guide saves valuable time doing production work. The resulting 'hinge-scores' are far superior to my previous scores made with a bone folder or paper clip. Scor-it is the coolest tool I've ever seen for papercrafters and bookbinders. I highly recommend Scor-it to ANYONE who works with paper. - Michael Jacobs, designer and author of Books Unbound (B2799, $22.95) and Cards That Pop-Up, Flip & Slide.
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B3209. Designing Faces, Figures, Florals /Schneider
Designing Faces, Figures, Florals and More: Contemporary Ornate Pictorial Calligraphy by Linda Schneider. 2009. 85pp. 8.5"x11". Paper
A great instructional workbook for pointed pen flourishing. You learn the basics of flourishing and how to apply those techniques to ornament your work. Linda's flourish style is unique. Instead of feathers and birds, she uses the flourish strokes to create delightful flowers, ladies, dogs and even the Eiffel Tower.
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B2904. Classic Calligraphic Designs
Classic Calligraphy Designs. Book and CD-ROM. 2002. 48pp. 8.25"x11". Paper
378 off-hand flourished images of faces, creatures, birds, fish and abstract motifs in both book form and CDROM. Includes examples of both the off-hand flourishing style of the master penmen of the 19th and 20th centuries and the figurative pen work of Renaissance and later scribes.
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B3240. Illuminated Manuscripts / Woronowa
Illuminated Manuscripts by Tamara Woronowa and Andrej Sterligow. 2007. 255pp. 5.75"x6.25". Paper.
A fascinating visual history of European manuscript illumination (AD 700-1546) using 114 page-filling reproductions from manuscripts. In addition there are three details on the facing page. The text discusses the individual manuscripts shown and their part in the history of manuscripts and miniature painting.
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B3164. Images in the Margins / Nishimura
Images in the Margins by Margot McIlwain Nishimura. 2009. 96pp. 7" x 9". Hardcover
An astonishing mix of mundane, playful, absurd and monstrous beings, called marginalia, are found in the borders of English, French, and Italian manuscripts from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Unpredictable, topical, often irreverent, marginalia were a source of satire, serious social observation, and amusement for medieval readers. Though enlarged full-color details, and a lively narrative, this volume brings these intimately scaled and fascinating images to a wider audience. 84 color illustrations.
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B3234. Building the Medieval World / Sciacca
Building the Medieval World by Christine Sciacca. 2010. 104pp. 7"x9". Hardcover.
This volume illustrates the creative ways in which medieval artists represented architecture, including soaring cathedrals and grand castles & palaces. Provides insight into what these buildings meant for medieval people. Such structures were not just made to be inhabited - they symbolized grandeur, power, and even heaven on earth. Many of these edifices are lost and survive only within the pages of these manuscripts.
102 color illustrations.
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