Quick & Easy Greeting Cards: 15 step-by-step projects : simple to make, stunning results

by Owen, Cheryl

• ISBN13: 9781580112109
• ISBN10: 1580112102
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr

Summary

Quick & Easy Greeting Cards is full of quick, wonderful ideas for cards for all occasions, including Christmas, Valentine's Day, anniversary, and new baby. The 15 projects cover many techniques, including rubber-stamping, stenciling, glass painting, silk painting, and wirework. With its easy-to-follow approach and contemporary design, this book allows the reader to create fabulous, unique, personalized greeting cards at home for a fraction of the cost. 145 color photographs highlight both the instuctions and finished projects.

Author Biography

Cheryl Owen is an experienced crafter who has also worked as a dressmaker, fashion designer, and embroiderer. She is the author of many books, including Creative Arts & Crafts' Quick & Easy: Glass Painting (ISBN: 1580112110, $19.95, 2004), and has contributed to numerous magazines.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
Tools	8	(1)
Materials	9	(2)
Techniques	11	(3)
3-D birdhouse	14	(4)
Anniversary image transfer	18	(4)
Beaded-heart accordian	22	(4)
Embossed metal fern	26	(4)
Resist-painted Easter egg	30	(4)
Embossed baby booties	34	(4)
Christmas purse	38	(4)
Driftwood ship	42	(4)
Pressed-flower trellis	46	(4)
Rubber-stamped Dutch scene	50	(4)
Wire dragonfly	54	(4)
Pierced and stitched seed head	58	(4)
Stenciled Asian screen	62	(4)
Glass-painted sun catcher	66	(4)
Painted-silk paisley series	70	(4)
Templates	74	(4)
Suppliers	78	(2)
Index	80