The ultimate rubber stamping workshop at your fingertips—with nineteen innovative projects, boundless inspiration, and sound how-to advice. Rubber stampers of all abilities will find themselves turning to The Rubber Stamper’s Bible time and time again for essential how-to advice, design tips, projects to make, and inspiration that will take their creations to new levels. Talented crafter Francoise Read takes the reader from the must-know basics of tools, materials, and key rubber stamping techniques to her design and layout secrets. Finally, she provides nineteen technique-led projects—with new and unusual methods beginners and intermediate crafters will love, as well as a creative level that will inspire and challenge even the most experienced rubber stampers.
Readers will love this invaluable resource of 100 incredible ways for rubber stampers to create great cards and keepsake gifts for every occasion. Each of the 25 chapters focuses on a key technique or material, then features a range of four inspiring step-by-step card designs incorporating that theme. Readers will discover favorite techniques such as heat embossing and brayering, along with exciting new trends, including scrapbooking and hand-carved stamps. With 100 handy tips, one for each project, clear color photographs and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions rubber stampers will soon be on theirr way to perfect stamping every time!
MaryJo McGraw takes stamping a step further! Inside, she'll show you fun, fast and easy ways to create fancier greeting cards, cooler note cards and prettier invitations. &break;&break;Get stamping with more than 30 easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects, ranging from the cute to the wild - with even more "recipes" for exciting variations. You'll learn how to: &break;&break;Layer embossing powders to create smooth enamel, cobblestone, carved stone and other textures &break;Use versatile vellum to create any look you want from cute to country to ethnic &break;Add fresh elements to your cards with sealing wax and beadwork &break;Create a sense of nostalgia with antique finishes &break;Use clay to create beads, "fossils" and other ornaments for your cards &break;And lots more! &break;&break;Mix and match techniques for truly original results. Why, with all the possibilities?you'll have a virtual stamp attack!
This beautiful book provides a complete guide to printing with rubber stamps. Beginning with a foreword by the artist Rob Ryan and a short history of rubber stamping, it then explains the technical basics: how to cut your stamp, mask prints, make your own printing pads, clean your stamps (making more artwork as you do so!) and what equipment to use. At the heart of the book are forty inventive projects that will inspire readers to create their own rubber stamp art. These include making typefaces and repeat patterns, mail art, creating stickers and labels, printing on t-shirts, making portraits, and translucent and 3D prints. Also covered are other printing approaches such as roller printing, and printing with clay and plaster. This highly accessible book will appeal to creatives and crafters of all ages.
We all want to make a million, the truth is that it will not happen overnight unless you win the lottery or you have some money in the family waiting for you. But for the rest of us, there is still a way to get it! This is a guide of 100's of ways to make tons of money!! Things only the insiders knew and businesses you can start. There is too much information to list in one book, so a 2nd one will be out soon! Anyone can try these businesses and be on your way to making that first million! There are way of getting it with no investment, little investment, or a good investment, but ANYONE can do it!
Discover a powerful and popular new way to engage with Scripture through art, as the world’s leading Bible Journaling artists share their personal faith journeys. Includes hundreds of bonus stickers, index tabs, vellum overlays, and traceable illustrations.
Patterning is fun, easy and relaxing. It is a great way to add interest and texture to any design. Whether you like to journal, draw, doodle, design, or craft, you'll find a world of inspiration here. These decorative borders, frames, shapes, and alphabets will appeal to a spectrum of tastes and styles.
The ultimate guide to sewing bags from expert Lisa Lam, whose technical knowledge, creative flair and enthusiasm have helped and inspired thousands while promoting the craft of bag-making worldwide. Whether you are getting started, improving your technique or want to design your own creations, this is the book you will grab for every bag you make! Detailed photographs illustrate every technique in this unique book, from choosing fabric to inserting fastenings. Expert tips, trade secrets and inspirational advice result in professional and beautiful results every time, allowing you to create a capsule wardrobe of eight exclusive bag designs which will amaze your friends – they will never believe you made it yourself! Lisa's helpful and friendly tone comes through in her instructions, and it really feels like you have an expert by your side holding you hand every step of the way. She starts with the basics of how to read and interpret patterns, how to prepare and cut fabrics, and how to select the right interfacings and interlinings for your bags, then moves on to more specific techniques in each chapter. The Structure and Reinforcement chapter covers how to sew darts, pleats, gussets, flat bottoms and gathers – showing you in detail how to sew these features. The Linings chapter reveals how to insert zip pockets into your linings, as well as different methods of inserting a bag lining. The Closures chapter explains how to insert a zip in three different scenarios, plus how to insert magnetic snap fastenings, twist lock fastenings, and how to use eyelets and rivets. The Handles and Straps chapter teaches you six different types of straps, from making simple straps to adjustable straps and even designer looking piped handles. The Pockets chapter contains a wealth of different pocket types, showing you how to sew a slip pocket to sewing roomy bellows pockets, elasticized pockets and darted corner pockets. Finally, the Edgings and Trimmings chapter reveals how to bind raw edges for a professional finish, including how to make bias binding, and also shows you how to sew piping and how to use ribbon, jewellery and embellishments on your bags. At the end of each chapter there is a bag project to make so you can put the techniques into practice straight away. These exciting and desirable designs are explained in full detail, with helpful photographs to guide you every step of the way. Starting with how to make a tote bag, the projects build in complexity. You will learn how to make a clutch bag, how to sew a messenger bag, how to make a hobo bag, how to make a travel holdall bag and more. Crucially, the pull-out pattern sheet gives full-size patterns, meaning there is no resizing or photocopying to do – you can get straight into cutting and sewing bags. This one-of-a-kind book is the ultimate guide to bag-making and an invaluable resource that you will reach for time and time again. "An amazing sewing education coupled with beautiful bags that of course, you can customize!" Amy Butler.
This bundle presents Doug Lennox’s popular trivia book series in its entirety. These books will provide years and years of fun, with countless questions to be asked and tons of knowledge to be learned. The books cover general trivia but also such topics as sports (baseball, hockey, football, golf, soccer, among others), Christmas and the Bible, disasters and harsh weather, royal figures, crime and criminology, important people in Canada’s history, and so much more! Along the way we find out the answers to such questions as: Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? What football team was named after a Burt Reynolds character? Who started the first forensics laboratory? Which member of the British royal family competed at the Olympics? Lennox’s exhaustive series is fun for all ages. Includes Now You Know Now You Know More Now You Know Almost Everything Now You Know, Volume 4 Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Christmas Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2 Now You Know Golf Now You Know Hockey Now You Know Soccer Now You Know Football Now You Know Big Book of Sports Now You Know Baseball Now You Know Crime Scenes Now You Know Extreme Weather Now You Know Disasters Now You Know Pirates Now You Know Royalty Now You Know Canada’s Heroes Now You Know The Bible
