"Creative Greeting Cards shows just how easy and exciting it can be to make your own unique cards using inexpensive materials. There are designs here for every sort of celebration, from birthdays and bar mitzvahs to Christmas and christenings. You will be inspired by the innovative ideas that include a Victorian-style paper lace card, a jigsaw puzzle card, and cards made from edible paper. Simple printing projects reveal the secrets of making multiple cards for party invitations or birth announcements. The projects in this book utilize a variety of craft techniques, including collage, cross stitch, paper cutting, silk ribbon embroidery, and stenciling. Each project is accompanied by clear, step-by-step instructions and full color photographs of the finished designs. To ensure that professional results are achieved every time, you'll find helpful hints like these throughout the book; how to cut a shaped window mount, draw a decorative border, choose a style of lettering, make an envelope to fit the finished card, and much more. So whatever your message, be it Happy Birthday or Congratulations, Creative Greeting Cards will help you say it in style, with the perfect card that is a joy to make and a pleasure to receive."

Creative greeting cards : personalized projects for all occasions