The Joy of Card Making (Paperback)

by Primedia Inc (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Save time and add a little spice to ordinary cards with these creative design recipes. With The Joy of Card Making: 53 Fun Recipes for Designing Cards you’ll be able to whip up a batch of homemade cards using one of the basic designs and whatever “ingredients” you like. And with 53 different card concepts, you can recreate hundreds of unique cards that will warm the hearts of friends and family. Making cards that suit your personal taste for any occasion has never been so simple!

Product Details

• Paperback: 154 pages
• Publisher: Primedia Scrapbooking (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929180845
• ISBN-13: 978-1929180844
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #556,017 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for all paper crafters, December 21, 2005

By	A. Thunker "Scrapbook Enthusiast" (South Dakota) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the best and easiest book to give inspiration. The ideas are quick and each comes with a sketch and multiple examples of how to adapt the sketch. It is a book I pull out again and again!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A font of great ideas for cardmaking, April 17, 2006

By	Erika R. Alvarez (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I agree with the other reviewer: I loved reading this book. I pored over every page and card idea.
You get one sample recipe or template where the how-to's are explained and then several riffs on the recipe, all very different and done by different designers. It was easy enough to figure out how these other cards were made.
I would describe the card elements used as being mostly those in a scrapbooker's arsenal: embellishments, ribbon, and patterned paper, and the designs are all very clean and contemporary. Hallelujah! There is hardly a country or Victorian/romance design in the bunch and for that I am very grateful.
I am excited to get going on making some of these.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars the joy of card making, November 12, 2007

By	Frances J. Johnson (Marion mt) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have so many card making books and magazines. This
book seemed repetitive and fairly elementry. I don't see myself
using more than reading it once. A person just starting out
making cards might find it quite imformative.