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Publisher:
Search Press |
Release
Date: August 2003 |
ISBN:
1903975778 |
Awards:
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Format
Reviewed: Large Format Paperback |
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Genre:
Nonfiction / How-To Books/Making Greetings Cards |
Reviewed:
2003 |
Reviewer:
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewer
Notes: If
you cannot find peel offs locally try www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers or opt for my suggestions:
In the UK try
Cardcraft Plus, Unit 1, Oxheys Industrial Estate, Greenbank
Street, Preston, Lancashire PR1 7PH
Tel: (01772) 466157
Email: mailorder@cardcraftplus.co.uk
This company ships WORLDWIDE! |
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Peel
Off Greetings Cards
Handmade
Greeting Card Series
By Judy
Balchin
Fancy
a peel off? No, you can keep your clothes on but have a ball making
greetings cards with the latest type of sticker on the market, the
peel off. These plastic outlines can be stuck to many surfaces and
colored in – try them on glass or china with suitable paints.
This book is dedicated to their most usual use of making greetings
cards and is the latest in Search Press’ series on modern
card making techniques.
This is one of my favorite titles
from this series due to the author’s method of using a minimum
of materials and doing the maximum with them. Here is truly just
a book about peel offs which is presumably what the purchaser actually
wants, and no expensive items or equipment are showcased, nor are
any cards made using several fancy or costly items. As with the
whole series, the staged photos illustrating the projects are first
rate, and children too can have a go at this safe and relatively
easy craft. I particularly liked the matching gift tags that accompany
each card, and the way in which various other new craft materials
such as metal foil and colored sand have been used, although such
a lot can be done merely by using ordinary papers and card. As usual
I searched in vain for any mention of recycling but you cannot have
everything! I would highly recommend this book to anybody thinking
of trying a new way of making their own greetings cards.
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