Card Books

Love Notes: Expressive Handmade Cards to Express Your Love

Love Notes: Expressive Handmade Cards to Express Your Love by San Stephenson. Nothing compares to a beautifully crafted, handwritten note; still the most heartfelt way to express affection. Creative array of 40 projects with something for everyone. Ideas for composing the greeting and finding quotes along with a wonderful gallery of examples and step by step instructions. 8.5"x10", 128 pp., hb.

Love Notes: Expressive Handmade Cards to Express Your Love (LOVENO)

Notes of Gratitude: 101 Thank-Yous for All Occasions

Notes of Gratitude: 101 Thank-Yous for All Occasions by Kelly Browne. Endorsed by Crane Stationery, this little volume provides perfectly worded thank-yous for everything from baby showers to business interviews to charitable donations. Make use of this extensive selection and avoid struggling for just the right words of appreciation and affection. 5 3/8” x 8.25”, 128 pp., hb.

Notes of Gratitude: 101 Thank-Yous for All Occasions (GRATIT)

Designing Handcrafted Cards

Designing Handcrafted Cards: Step-by-step Techniques for Crafting 60 Beautiful Cards by Claire Sun-ok Choi. Exquisitely well-designed and beautiful cards & invitations for birthdays, thank yous, weddings, friendship and holidays. Clean and simple ideas using paper quilling, decorative cutting, piercing, embossing, weaving, folding and layering. Recommended for inspired simplicity. 98 pp., 8.5"x11", full color, pb.

Designing Handcrafted Cards (DHCARD)

Cards That Pop-Up, Flip & Slide by Michael Jacobs-SALE!

Here's Michael Jacobs doing what he does best! Learn how to make clever, one of a kind, interactive cards using simple tools and a variety of papers from handmade to recycled and how to jazz up projects using inks, collage, colored pencils and more. Envelopes, too! 8.5"x11", 96 pp., full color, pb.

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Cards That Pop-Up, Flip & Slide by Michael Jacobs-SALE! (CPOPUP)

Quick and Clever Handmade Cards

Quick and Clever Handmade Cards by Julie Hickey. Eighty card projects for birthdays, holidays, thank yous and more using a wide variety of materials and methods. 200 color illus., 20 b&w line drawings, pb.

Quick and Clever Handmade Cards (CLEVER)

The Complete Guide to Card Making

100 techniques with 25 original projects by Sarah Beaman. 100 techniques in one volume! Sarah shows three to 13 ideas in 16 categories. Two to nine photos illustrate the how to for each technique as Beaman creates one example and then gives ideas and inspiration for additional ways to use the method. A huge variety of ideas to dip into! Categories include making card blanks (8 variations), making envelopes (from templates, copying existing envelopes, pillow envelopes), decorative edges (with scissors, tearing, beading, stitching, coloring), sticking & fixing, decorating paper (color washing with ink, bleaching, masking fluid), transferring images, stenciling, spraying & stamping, stitching, fabric & ribbon, punching & piercing, using botanicals, collage, embossing, metallic effects and relief effects (pop-ups, simple 3-D). Highly recommended for quality of ideas & examples and huge, appealing variety. 160 pp., full color, 8.75 x11.5”, hb.

The Complete Guide to Card Making (CRD100)

Art & Craft of Handmade Cards

Art & Craft of Handmade Cards by Diane Maurer-Mathison. Acclaimed paper artist and teacher, Diane Maurer-Mathison has done it again! This luscious volume offers something for every skill level with dozens of innovative ideas for card & envelope designs: using folds, windows, edges, layers, color, texture, dimension, stamping, embossing, collage, pop-ups, marbling and, yes, calligraphy! Excellent instructional text complementing great examples by contributors Jill Quillian, Paul Maurer, Kathy Rogge, Fred Mullett, Michael Jacobs and Joan Machinchick to name just a few of the 40 artists whose work you will see. 8.5"x 11", 144 pp., 200 color illus., pb.

Art & Craft of Handmade Cards (DICARD)

Creative Correspondence-SALE! Was $19.99, Now $9.95

Includes 15 Unique Card and Envelope Projects by Michael and Judy Jacobs. A great new book by nationally known teachers in our calligraphic and paper arts communities! This wonderful publication features 15 step by step projects including letters & envelopes with photo inserts, stapled booklets, envelope pockets and acetate address windows plus clever self-mailers. Tips on turning used cardstock, bags & junk mail into colorful postcards, paper bag letters & stationery as well as instruction on lots of fun techniques like basic paper folding, and embellishing with colored pencils, stamps, labels and stickers. 8.5"x11", 96 pp., 250+ color illus., pb.

Creative Correspondence-SALE! Was $19.99, Now $9.95 (CORRES)

Make Greeting Cards with Creative Materials

20% off original price of $23.99, now $19.20

Written by MaryJo McGraw. Branching out beyond rubber stamping, MaryJo McGraw inspires paper crafters and collage artists to create imaginative & artistic greeting cards from innovative materials such as fabric, ribbons, mica chips, foils, photos, feathers, charms, yarns, wax, embossing powder, tags, unusual papers and household and hardware store items. Projects are suitable for beginners & experienced cardmakers; most can be completed in under an hour, some in 10 minutes. Fun & “use-friendly”; includes resource guide of stores, magazines and web sites. 8.5" x 11", 129 pp., 200 color photos, pb.

Make Greeting Cards with Creative Materials (CARDMM)

Simple Beautiful Greeting Cards

SALE BOOK. Orig. $19.99.

Simple Beautfiul Greeting Cards by Heidi Boyd, pb.

Simple Beautiful Greeting Cards (SIMPLE)

Classic Cards

Classic Cards: 60 Projects for the Discriminating Crafter by Marrian Piers. New inspirations for using the amazing collection of papers & embellishment in your stash! Cards are arranged by degree of difficulty; clear, simple-to-follow instructions, stitching patterns, folding & construction diagrams will help you produce beautiful results in a short time. A fair amount of metallic thread sewing is featured, combined with center medallions, teabag & iris folding, beads and kaleidoscope cards – all quite wonderful. 8.75”x10.25”, 160 pp., hb.

Classic Cards (CLSCRD)

Mad for Minis!

Mad for Minis! Dozens of tiny books & cards. Full color step-by-step instructions. 8.5” x 11”, 22 pp., pb.

Mad for Minis! (MADMIN)

Making Mini Cards, Gift Tags and Invitations

Making Mini Cards, Gift Tags and Invitations by Glennis Gilruth. 34 clever little designs that would be a pleasure to receive and a treat to make. Ideas for parties, weddings, baby events, change of address. Fun! 7”x9.75”, 112 pp., pb.

Making Mini Cards, Gift Tags and Invitations (MINCRD)

Calling Cards: Business and Calling Card Design

Orig. $17.95. Sale $6.95

Calling Cards: Business and Calling Card Design by Janet Allon, From the Editors of Victoria Magazine. Displays 100 creative and inspiring calling and business cards, and shows how you can promote your business through an innovative card design of your own. 8.3 x 5.5, 96 pages, hb.

Calling Cards: Business and Calling Card Design (CALLIN )

The Cardmaker’s Workbook: the Complete Guide to Design, Color & Construction Techniques for Beautiful Cards by Jenn Mason

Enjoyable extras you might not expect include templates you can download, a selection of 60 quotes from the “the right thing to say” section and decorating & making envelopes & inner linings all punctuated with Jenn’s quirky sense of humor. Includes many styles from detailed multi-layered beauties to simpler cards to make in batches for holidays. Her easy to absorb advice on basics like composition & color will serve you well when creating cards & beyond. Sections on pop-up, flip-flop & matchbook card construction and inspiration from supplies you have (stamps, punches, ribbon, microns, decorative scissors & paper). 8.5”x10”, 216 pp., pb.

The Cardmaker’s Workbook: the Complete Guide to Design, Color & Construction Techniques for Beautiful Cards by Jenn Mason (CRDWRK)

Pop-Up Cards and Other Greetings

Bright, joyful, exciting!

Make your day and thrill a lucky friend with the gift of one of these happy cards. After giving cardmaking basics, Sandi teaches four simple pop-ups, eight accordion pop-ups, three 3D cards with dangling Christmas trees, ducks & tags; six “assembly required” cards (some that double as books or centerpieces) and four animated cards including a Jacob’s ladder money magic card. 8.5”x10”, 128 color pages, hb.

Pop-Up Cards and Other Greetings (PUPCRD)

PB_Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards

Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards by Alisa Golden. Calling all paste paper addicts!! If you are mesmerized by the unlimited possibilities of making your own decorated paper this is an amazing tour. Alisa Golden begins with terrific advice on paper, inks, paints, pigments & dyes, watercolor crayons and texture paste and proceeds with enchanting examples of handmade books made with the painted paper techniques she clearly teaches. I was particularly enamored with layering on acrylic inks, masking, making marks with eyedroppers and using smaller pieces of large painted paper that are transformed when cut into smaller parts. Alisa closes with instruction for the handmade books themselves. Especially recommended to fans of Judy Melvin. 8.5”x10”, 176 pp., hb.

Now in Paperback Only! (New cover.)

PB_Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards (PAINTP )

Paper Transformed: A Handbook of Surface-Design Recipes & Creative Paper Projects

Paper Transformed: A Handbook of Surface-Design Recipes & Creative Paper Projects by Julia Andrus. 100 ways to transform paper (marbling, watercolors, paste paper, pastel techniques, shimmer paper, metal look-alikes, stippling, stenciling and LOTS more) along with 25 paper projects to use the paper you create: holiday card, patina portfolio, framed mirror, chess set, pencil box, frame, pinwheel and 18 more. 8.5” x 11”, 176 pp., pb.

Paper Transformed: A Handbook of Surface-Design Recipes & Creative Paper Projects (TRANSF)

2009 Card Calendar designed by Jeff Cole-SALE!

Make 100+ Original Cards!

50% OFF! Originally $14.99, now $7.49.

100+ original cards and a template to make your own envelopes designed by master paper engineer Jeff Cole to celebrate special days and everyday with whimsical fun. Seasonal, holiday, 3-D pop up cards, note cards, postcards, gift cards & tags!!! Calendar’s box measures 7.25”x 1.75”x5.75”.

2009 Card Calendar designed by Jeff Cole-SALE! (CARD09)

Teeny Tiny Cards

Teeny, Tiny Cards: Little Projects That Make a Big Impression by Jane LaFeria. Add your hand lettering to these 40 clever little cards. Each measures 3.5"x5" or smaller; they feature windows, pockets, fold-outs, stitching, stamping and painting. Clever gifts & mementos; fun! 8"x9", 128 pp.,hb.

Teeny Tiny Cards (TEENYE)