Creative Cardboard Making Fabulous Furniture, Amazing Accessories & Other Spectacular Stuff

by Ragsdale, Linda

• ISBN13: 9781579902193
• ISBN10: 1579902197
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Lark Books

Summary

"Offers one of the most imaginative takes on paper crafts yet. Filled with groan-worthy puns, sharp color photographs, and detailed directions, this how-to tome also provides 20 patterns with upscale designs few could resist. The basics are explained up front, including materials, tools, and techniques."--Booklist.

Author Biography

About the Author
Linda Ragsdale got her start in cardboard creating displays for the film industry. Now she's teamed up with her sister to run Mixed Nuts, a fun-loving company that sells precut cardboard furniture and accessories, ready for crafters to assemble and decorate. She has demonstrated cardboard finishing and design techniques on craft and home decorating shows, and has written about cardboard crafts for various magazines.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Cardboard Diving Board	6	(1)
BOARD BASICS	7	(110)
THE BOARDWALK
Vase Rubenesque	28	(4)
InVerse Temple Bowl	32	(3)
Punch & Jewelry	35	(4)
E-Zeemoney	39	(4)
Whirlwined	43	(5)
A LEG UP
No-Bake Boxes	48	(3)
Make a Stand	51	(3)
Ha, Ha, Ha Hall Light	54	(4)
Hangin' Around	58	(8)
THE PLUNGE
Call of the Wild	66	(4)
Cardboard Bouquet	70	(10)
Weave Seen It All	80	(6)
THE BIG SPLASH
Mask of Gazelle-Da	86	(5)
United We Stand Divider	91	(4)
Forest Trunk	95	(4)
French Groove Rolltop Desk	99	(5)
Curlicue Curio Cabinet	104	(5)
Flair Chair	109	(4)
Ms. Divine Divan	113	(4)
Patterns	117	(27)
Resources	144	(1)
Acknowledgments	144	(1)
Index	144