Paper Pop Up [Paperback]

Dorothy Wood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 25, 2006

*Thirty dynamic designs incorporating a variety of pop-up and 3-D mechanisms *10 project chapters plus a gallery of ideas provide readers with a range of inspiration Both innovative and surprising, the projects in Paper Pop Up incorporate ingenious elements that will leave recipients speechless with delight--from pull tabs and slider bars, to turning wheels, envelope reveals, and, stunning pop-ups. Grouped by holiday, including projects celebrating new babies, Mother's and Father's Day, birthdays, weddings, new homes, and more, the projects feature the most appealing and contemporary papercrafting and scrapbook products on the market, as well as step-by-step instructions, illustrated guidance, and fool-proof techniques to ensure finished products that will charm and amuse.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dorothy Wood is the author of over 20 craft books. The author of Simple Glass Beading, and a frequent contributor to Crafts Beautiful and Cardmaking & Papercrafts, she lives in Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the United Kingdom.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles (December 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715324306
• ISBN-13: 978-0715324301
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Making pop-ups, March 16, 2007

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Sharyn K. Nourse "paper creator" (Hewitt, Tx.) - See all my reviews
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Very colorful with easy to follow instructions. More than one idea to use on each card.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars beautiful with good projects but not for a beginner, November 18, 2009

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H. Lyons (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a beautiful book. It is organized by themes (e.g., birthday, Easter, wedding, etc.) with a group of paper projects for each theme. Some of the projects are popups and some are just interesting paper projects. I think it will be particularly helpful if you are planning some kind of event or celebration and you are looking for a group of projects that will cover the gamut for what you need for that event (such as an anniversary party or an Easter dinner). Of course, the projects for any particular theme can be adapted for something else. The pictures are beautiful and plentiful but for some reason they miss the mark when it comes to being useful for making the projects, particularly the popups. They are a little too artsy and fuzzy and the popup mechanisms are not quite clear enough to be helpful. There are not enough clear pictures of "this is what it looks like when it's done" separate from the group picture of all of the projects in the theme. I am a very experienced paper crafter and paper engineer and I am able to use the projects by just depending on the explanation, but I am aware that I am having to rely on my own experience rather than on the pictures in the book. In response to another reviewer, yes, the book does require a set of tools but none of them are expensive or out of the ordinary if you are going to be doing these kinds of crafts projects. I thought that the materials requirements were quite reasonable (you should see the requirements in some cake decorating books if you want to see ridiculous lists of tools!). In summary- the projects are good but they will be a challenge to a beginner paper crafter mainly because of the lack of clear pictures rather than because they are particularly difficult to do. The book provides good ideas and has some new twists that I appreciated. I am glad that I bought it and I have learned some new techniques from it. But it is not titled appropriately - it should be titled something like "Paper Projects Through the Year."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT about pop-ups, September 29, 2009

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Healthy Me (Sanford, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paper Pop Up (Paperback)

It's a beautifully laid out book, with plenty of photos and easy to follow directions -- for all kinds of things. If you're looking for ideas for a party or a themed event, this is the book for you. While there were plenty of cards, too few of them were pop-ups. I'm an experienced card maker and was looking for something challenging and new. This book was a disappointment to me.