Stamping Made Easy
by Michele Charles

36 Full Color Pages. Distress, dye or pigment ink, clear stamps, red rubber stamps or roller stamps. With so many choices on the market, what is a stamper to do?

Stamping Made Easy comes to the rescue with updated lessons in basic skills, explaining which stamps are used for what purposes, as well as providing updated techniques for surfaces, coloring and backgrounds.

It's not just red rubber anymore, folks! Now there are wonderful clear stamps, roller stamps and cube stamps... plus lots of fun

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Fast and Fabulous Cardmaking
by Suzanne McNeill

51 Full Color Pages. Fresh ideas and new shapes in cards

BLOCKHEADS REVIEW: I almost put this on the page with bottle cap books, but not every project used them. Almost every project did. This books has a lot of cute ideas using bottle caps and bottle cap stickers as well as Design Originals brand papers and ephemera. Some of the products highlighted in this book have been discontinued.

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Inks & Stamps 101

52 Full Color Pages. Packed into this valuable book are dozens of wonderful techniques to get your creative juices flowing with ink and color mediums. Tips and tricks are included to make every project fun and successful. This book uses Alcohol Inks, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Glossy Accents, Dye Ink, Frosted Crystal, Rainbow Sponge, UTEE, Embossing Powder, Perfect Pearls, Liquid Pearls, Color Wash, Pigment Pens, and Memory Glass.

BLOCKHEADS REVIEW: This book focuses strictly on products manufactured by Ranger Industries. It doesn't offer alternatives to these products manufactured by different companies. This book is collection of some of the greatest techniques frequently shared on the Internet and in magazines. There is nothing earth shatteringly new but it's a nice compilation especially for a beginning stamper.
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Collage Cards, Mini Books, Slide Mounts & More

It is fun and exciting to bring this fabulous collection of collage art cards and mini books to you! The styles are so varied, something is sure to please everyone. This book gathers classy cards, wall hangings, photo frames, and home decor from the best designers. If you enjoy collage, you are in good company. In the early 1900’s, Picasso and Braque combined paper, wood, and oil paint on canvas. Kurt Schwitters and Henri Matisse used metal, cloth, wood and wire in their collage art. American artist Joseph Cornell expanded collage with his shadow boxes. In the 1960’s, Robert Rauschenberg brought Pop Art collage to its high point with newspaper, magazine clippings, and silk screen prints. Today, all these media and more are being used to push the definition of collage art into the 21st century. I hope the projects in this book inspire you to join the ranks of these fine artists.
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Paper Play

Treat yourself to a fabulous time with silk embedded papers from India, Florentine prints from Italy, and metallic patterns from Japan. Paper Play gives you an opportunity to experiment with all of these and more. Have you tried hand-dyeing your own papers yet? It’s enjoyable and the results are so dramatic, you won’t want to stop! Artists have been exploring ways to incorporate paper as a medium since its invention in the first century A.D. Paper folding and cutting have been elevated to art forms for centuries in China and Japan. In Mexico, “papel picado” uses punched design to create decorations for festivals. Today, cutting, punching and folding are combined with tearing, layering, inking and dyeing techniques. In addition, we are using textured papers, translucents and metallics to create exciting projects.
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Paper Artistry
by Suzanne McNeill

This book has 35 full color pages of various paper projects including lots of unique little booklets and origami ornaments..
BLOCKHEADS REVIEW:
There is very little rubber stamping in this book, but I still highly recommend it for the rubber stamp artist. This book has several ideas to help those of us out of our A2 sized card rut. Simply substitute the decorative origami and yutzen papers used in this book with your own, one-of-a-kind, stamped papers to create any look you want. This book is worth it's price alone for the fabulous little cone coffee filter pocketbook template. It doesn't show all the neat ways you can decorate the coffee filters, but don't leave them white like they did in this book!
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Trading Card Techniques & ATCs
by Lisa Vollrath

This book has 19 full color pages and is a limited edition.
BLOCKHEADS REVIEW:
If you like to make and trade artist trading cards this book is definitely worth owning. It's worth the price alone for the trading card pocket template and instructions on making little folded pocket books to hold and display your artist trading cards. As books from this publisher tend to do, this book uses primarily paper ephemera that is printed and sold by the publisher. If you have your own collection of ephemera, you can definitely modify the projects to include items from your collection instead.
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Bridesmaid's Guide for Wedding Invitations

This book has 35 full color pages.
BLOCKHEADS REVIEW:
Lots of general crafts for weddings including table decorations, invitations and even jewelry. All of these projects assume you have no experience.
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Paper Fun for Everyone

This book has 16 full color pages..
BLOCKHEADS REVIEW:
This is a very basic paper crafting book. It has some good ideas for teenagers and will appeal more to those who love home ec than those who love art class.
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Paper Quilling for the First Time
Hardcover

Note from Publisher: Delightful and unusual quilling designs are made simple with over 50 step-by-step photographs and patterns. Beginners and experienced crafters can create fun and easy cards for any occasion.

Blockheads: This is a good 48 page book with 6 projects. The instructions are clear. Some of the projects are more juvenile than the cover suggests.
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Paper Quilling for the First Time
Hardcover

This is a complete book on quilling, a must-have in your collection of quilling books! It's packed with OVER 200 colorful step-by-step photographs, demonstrating basic quilling shapes, off-centered coils, folded roses, fringed flowers, alternate side looping, husking, combing, boondoggling and quilled miniatures and more! Great instructions and helpful techniques for beginners and experienced quillers. It features many easy-to-follow projects such as elegant rose tags, a stunning hummingbird and butterfly, a Noah’s ark filled with animals, floral quilled lettering, holiday ornaments, adorable bride and groom cake toppers and other creative projects. Over 20 creative and unique projects. Hardcover, 112 pages.
Add to Cart $19.99