In the latest edition in the popular handmade Greetings Card Series, beads get an airing
away from their usual jewelry use. Using a selection of pricking and embossing templates,
beads, lace, glass gems and thread, you can make an assortment of beautiful, Victorian-influenced
cards.
Build up a collection of the materials and you will have enough to make everything
in the book, or something like it. With the exception of one pricking pattern, everything
else is made using the Dutch metal stencils, which certainly shows what can be done with
them apart from the obvious, but does involve some initial outlay. The cards are fairly
simple and enjoyable to make, and very much the style of the author. If pretty floral
cards in soft colors aren't your (or rather your recipients') taste then this book might
not appeal.
You can search in vain for men's or children's cards, but instead you can discover
how to stick beads and jewels together to make flowers, how effective a plastic cameo
can look and how to use parts rather then the whole of those metal stencils.
There is room in this series for another book on using beads, but perhaps that goes
for every technique, as styles are as varied as practitioners. You can certainly learn a
lot, quickly, from this user-friendly book and maybe if you want a different look then
all you really need to do is buy some different materials.
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