Customer Reviews

40 Techniques For Card Making

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1 star:		(2)

 

 

The good news: the projects are okay. I imagine the content would be better for someone new to paper crafts. It covers stamping, embossing, aging, etc. For that I gave it 2 stars.

The bad news: the format makes browsing and reading the book cumbersome at best. It's spiral bound with pages that flip up and over the top. The cover creates a stand so the book (supposedly) stands upright. It didn't for me. Constantly turning the bulky book over to read the next page made me want to throw it across the room.

This book has well written instructions for a lot of great techniques. The only complaint I have is the binding. The stand-up format might be marginally helpful while completing a project, but it makes for very awkward reading.

This is a great resource for different techniques used in making cards and scrapbook pages. The step-by-step instructions are accompanied by clear full-color photos and there are several sample projects that you can make with each technique.

The format is clear and easy to follow - the instructional pages are followed by the sample projects with complete directions on how to make each one. Experienced crafters may want to vary the projects, but the steps for making each are clearly outlined for beginners.

Unlike some of the other reviewers, I love the format! After checking out some of the techniques and projects, I promptly opened the easel flap to make the book stand on my desk, where it can inspire me. No problems at all with the construction of my book, the easel works fine and the book stands steady.

Large tabs along the bottoms of the pages provide a speedy way to find another techinque. It's great to have so many techniques included in one place. There is a CD with additional techniques that I haven't watched yet.

The 1-star rating I'm giving is due to the book's horrendous format. The outside is heavyweight and the pages flip up and over - I'm guessing so that you can stand it upright; however, it doesn't stand for me. Nor do I want it to...I want to casually browse through the book on my sofa or wherever. I'm unable to even give a rating for the projects because I haven't yet been able to endure the torture of actually looking at them.

I recently purchased this book and I found it to be really good for someone who is a beginner, like myself, on creating cards. The design of the book is pretty nice too. I like the different twist on it. It would have been nice if they added sketches on the layouts presented. All in all, it is a good book to have in your collection.

It has great pics of the techniques and explains pretty good how to do it. It shipped fast and was packaged great!

I've never reviewed anything I've purchased, but I had to logon and warn everyone about this book. I tried to give this book a zero rating, but I was forced to give it at least one star. I was trying yet again to read this book tonight, but the print is SO SMALL that I could go blind trying to read it! You definitely need either a magnifying glass or a copier to enlarge the pages . . . so why bother? The pics are great, but the binding is hard to deal with and, again, the print is about 7 point . . . maybe 6. I'm not lying. I give up. There might be some great techniques in here, but it certainly is not worth the frustration of being unable to read them easily. Back it goes. There. I feel better now. Should have trusted the other reviews.