Creative Crafting With Recycled Greeting Cards [Paperback]

Catherine Lawrence (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1998

“This book is crammed with projects, with...color illustrations....the instructions are good, and the book is full of ideas.”—Library Journal. “More than 300 adaptations for old greeting cards. Ideas tumble one after another, explained in a how-to format resembling a recipe, with ingredients listed first...color photographs of finished projects...guide readers....A cachepot of craftables for anyone.”—Booklist.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

These two books cover several aspects of working with greeting cards. Sienkiewicz, author of several books on applique for quilters (Applique 12 Easy Ways!, C & T, 1991), provides instructions for handmade cards containing cloth cutouts "appliqued" to paper with fusible plastic bonding. Her projects take the form of "lessons" of increasing complexity with full-size patterns and instructions. Each lesson includes a gallery of photos of similar finished cards made by artists. The cards are in "country" style with a very professional finish, and are certain to become keepsakes. Lawrence takes a different approach to greeting cards, using them as raw material for making and decorating household items of all kinds. This book is crammed with projects, several to a page, with very small color illustrations. The quality of the material really deserves a larger format. However the instructions are good, and the book is full of ideas for dealing with those accumulations of cards that are just too nice to throw away.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Chapelle seems to be the arts and crafts equivalent of a Disney, with mainly anonymous artisans turning out dozens of projects for the mass market. In fact, the studio often creates a new niche--as is the case with the more than 300 adaptations for old greeting cards. Both small areas and large items, from a fridge notepad to the sweet dreams chair, are covered with this modern-day version of decoupage. Ideas tumble one after another, explained in a how-to format resembling a recipe, with ingredients listed first, extremely brief instructions, and "in other words" (variations on the first project). The clarity of the directions is, unfortunately, obscured by a confusing and cramped layout and constant references to the up-front "general instructions." Although color photographs of finished projects do guide readers somewhat, they are less than 100 percent helpful because of poor reproduction quality. A cachepot of craftables for anyone. Barbara Jacobs --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; Crds edition (December 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806998261
• ISBN-13: 978-0806998268
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #398,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Should Be: "Creative Decoupaging With Old Greeting Cards", July 3, 2001

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K. Caster "thebooknest" (FLA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Crafting With Recycled Greeting Cards (Paperback)

I was somewhat disappointed with this book. I bought it thinking there would be good ideas to use the cards I receive, particlarly holiday cards. Well, first of all, most are based on decoupage, not a wide variety of techniques. Secondly, most of the projects shown use really nice "artsy" types of cards and would not have the same effect using the majority of greeting cards being circulated these days.

I also wish the layout and instructions were better presented. Projects are divided into months (though they could be used any time of the year)...it would have been better if grouped by similar projects. Each month has a photo of several sample projects, then you have to look for the instructions a page or two away...all of which start out by saying "Refer to General Inst. on pages 6-18"

Nice if you're interested in decoupage ideas.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crafting with Recycled Greeting Cards, April 19, 2000

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Linda (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Crafting With Recycled Greeting Cards (Paperback)

I have this book at home and it has many good ideas for re-using greeting cards. Decoupage, cards, bookmarks, and boxes are some of the finished products. It shows 3-d decoupage also. I recommend this book highly. The instructions are clear and the pictures are very pretty.