American Greetings Crafts! 2.0

by Broderbund

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001ZWUW
• Item model number: 0-7630-3470-3
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,229 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The only trouble with this 2- and 3-D crafts program is deciding what to try first. From envelopes to business items to nut cups, the 63 projects here arrive with preloaded templates, themes, and stock images to manipulate creatively. Said nut cups, naturally, will be the finishing touch at a party for which the invitations, garlands, gift-wrap, name tags, tablecloth, place mats, place cards, napkin rings, and centerpiece are Crafts 2 designs.

With possibly the most perfectly mapped user interface ever sold, Crafts 2's home page begins with a stylish drawing of a craft store. A display table presents projects such as greeting cards, wearable fun, and package accessories. Two easels offer more crafts, and in the background intriguing alcoves house the Art Gallery, the Creative Workshop, the Arts & More Store, and a "staircase" to the Internet. Each alcove lights up when the cursor moves in. Click on an alcove or project, and the main page for that module appears. These pages use actual drawings, and instead of icons and pull-down menus, text appears when you float the cursor over a command (unless you unselect this help option). All choices--such as the "quit" button showing a figure exiting through a door--are entirely unambiguous. And there's still more guidance: select a project, and instructions formatted for printing pop right up.

Crafts 2 is structured to help you orchestrate multifaceted projects. If your duty as cross-stitch club secretary requires sending lively meeting notes, for instance, Crafts 2 will import address files from other programs, maintain the mailing list, tell you when to send notes, keep a file of project themes pertaining to your mailings, and make those memos just darling.

In some cases, such as for Brother Francis T-shirts, Crafts 2 enables you to order a product. While paper masks require no more than a color printer, T-shirts, for instance, require special transfer paper and, of course, blank T-shirts. Overall, however, this is a design suite.

Many projects here will require a trip to the craft shop, but only one! American Greetings Crafts! 2 cuts out those subsequent trips to the shop--the ones you have to make after messing up. --Edith Sorenson

Amazon.com Product Description

Create an assortment of crafts with American Greetings Crafts! 2. Choose from over 1,400 templates for project possibilities such as gift-wrap, costumes, buttons, and stencils. Each project includes assembly instructions, designed for both amateurs and advanced crafters. It's easy to personalize your projects with American Greetings Crafts! 2.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of great ideas for projects I want to do!, June 25, 2009

By 

Barbi E. Rakes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Greetings Crafts! 2.0 (CD-ROM)

This software is full of things I want to make this next year. I even came up with things to make I never thought I would do!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Basic Graphics Program!, April 4, 2009

By 

E.S. Cousins - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Greetings Crafts! 2.0 (CD-ROM)

This is the perfect BASICS program for producing your own graphics - cards,calendars, posters, etc. Very easy to navigate, lots of ideas and templates - just plug in the disk and you're ready to create. I wish American Greetings would produce an updated Version! I'd upgrade in a flash!