Designing Handcrafted Cards: Step-By-Step Techniques for Crafting 60 Beautiful Cards

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Summary: it has potential...
Review: I received this book as a Christmas gift. There are lots of pretty and delicate designs in the book and I like how the author finds many different uses for a few basic embellishments however every card in the book is a 5"x5" card - the dimensions/scale are planned for square cards as opposed to rectangular cards. I also thought more illustrations would have been helpful in some cases. I don't think a beginner card maker would find this book very helpful.

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Summary: Techniques ranging from paper quilling, cutting and piecing
Review: Sixty lovely hand-made card ideas for all occasions are covered in Claire Sun-Ok Choi's Designing Handcrafted Cards, a guide to techniques ranging from paper quilling, cutting and piecing to layering and using photos in cards. The use of simple materials - often no more than card stock paper and tools on hand - lends to the final production of a personalized masterpiece following the techniques outlined in Designing Handcrafted Cards.