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FanCraftic Party Crafts is a step-by-step craft book, that allows anyone to easily make sophisticated party crafts for all occasions with a PC.

FanCraftic Party Crafts showcases 12 fantastic parties from New Year's Eve through Christmas. However, each template can be individualized to fit any occasion.

FanCraftic Party Crafts is fully illustrated and the first book of its kind to include all the project templates and art on an accompanying CD. To access the templates, users will need Broderbund®'s PrintMaster®, The Print Shop®,or American Greetings® CreataCard®. Users new to the software can access PrintMaster® Express free, for a limited time, details are included in the book.

FanCraftic Party Crafts features a full-page photograph of each of the 12 parties, plus individual photos of every item in each chapter. Detailed instructions make FanCraftic Party Crafts easy to follow and easy to use, regardless of your skills as a crafter or computer user.

FanCraftic: make fantastic crafts with your computer!

About the Author

FanCraftic was founded by Valerie Randall, a seasoned graphic designer, creative director, commercial illustrator and fine artist with more than 20 years of entrepreneurial and creative experience.

Randall’s key commercial clients have included Broderbund, Lingual House, Sandia National Laboratories, Charles Schwab, Levi Strauss, Addison Wesley, AT&T and Pacific Bell to name but a few.

Notably, she is credited with producing visual and copy content for many of Broderbund® Software’s best selling product packages, including The Print Shop®, PhotoPro, PrintMaster®, American Greetings® CreataCard®, ClickArt®, and others.

Intimate knowledge of these user-friendly productivity tools has given her a unique depth of knowledge of their creative possibilities, including a collection of user shortcuts and production tips. This knowledge, together with a lifetime of artistic inspiration and experience culminates in FanCraftic Party Crafts, the first in her series of over twenty computer craft books.

As founder of FanCraftic, she contributes her own sophisticated design sense to her project designs and party sets, resulting in a look and feel that’s a cut above the work of other computer craft books.

Randall, a self-taught illustrator, has been honing her artistic skills since high school. At the age of 23, she launched her first small business enterprise after her work began attracting the attention of paying customers. An impressive career followed, with Randall becoming the principle of two successful Bay Area design firms and a five-year stint teaching at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco.

So how did this idea for a series of books begin? Randall has always felt that people are interested in how things are created, a hunch that might have come from her years of teaching. Even the staff at Broderbund is surprised at the things she creates with their products, and she wanted to share these ideas and tricks with you, too.

This first in a series of books is her idea of how to make the most of Broderbund’s software. Randall wanted to show how much fun creative publishing software can be, especially when combined with crafting. The results are all here for you to play with. Amend them, add to them, and most of all, have fun with them.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: FanCraftic Press (July 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0972405100
  • ISBN-13: 978-0972405102
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,930,766 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Decorate your party in style!, July 21, 2003
By Lion Goodman "Evocateur" (Marin County, California) - See all my reviews
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Fancraftic's Party Crafts is a book and software combo - you get the software you need to create beautiful, professional, customized crafts to decorate your party. For example, in the "Children's Birthday Party" section, you can easily make cute invitations with matching place cards, wrapping paper, goody bag, a centerpiece, a banner, balloon tags, and even a game the kids can play.

To buy all these things at a party store would cost you more than the book itself - and they wouldn't be as beautiful. And you get 12 different parties in the book -- including New Years, Valentines Day, Mother's Day (Garden Party), July 4th (barbeque), baby shower, Halloween, Christmas, a harvest party, a Hawaiian Luau, and a Flower (wedding or baby) Shower. With your own computer and this book, you can make beautiful hand-made crafts to decorate your table and room with style and flair. You can easily customize words and images on every item (like names on placecards, invitations, and banners), and the author gives detailed instructions on how to craft each piece, including how to use the tools you need. You absolutely can't go wrong!

I've always loved making greeting cards, and now I can make hats, placemats, t-shirt transfers, menus, wine bottle labels, garlands, pinwheels, food flags, drink umbrellas, certificates, and serving tray liners. She's thought of everything! And her website has even more designs and ideas you can download - ... .

I can't recommend this book more highly if you enjoy hosting parties and you want to show off your creativity and your craft talent. It would have taken me years to learn to make all these things on my own. I can't wait for the next holiday!

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5.0 out of 5 stars So colorful!, September 8, 2003
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What a great book, with beautiful and easy how-to's! The color photos really help. Great unique ideas! Great job.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, August 4, 2003
By Melissa B. Mower (Penngrove, CA United States) - See all my reviews
Valerie Randall's thought of everything to help make any party a whole lot more fun with her FanCraftic Party Crafts. One big help is that she guides you through party planning and creating a timeline, then provides wonderful ideas and easy-to-follow instructions to turn a simple party into an event!

Although there are fabulous ideas for most any party occasion, my favorite is the Pizza Party, which she provides nifty ideas for invitations, a banner, hats, a menu, place cards, placemats, and even a customized beer label. That's not all. She's even thought about providing to-go boxes for the morning-after pizza breakfast! So everyone will have a lasting way to remember the party, there's also an iron-on T-shirt transfer.

This book is very thorough and clever. It is a must for anyone who enjoys throwing parties and wants a fun, easy way to encourage their crafty nature while making a party more exciting and memorable!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas for everyone!
This book has so many wonderful ideas which easily coordinate with other projects. Besides the great book and easy-to-follow instructions, the software is easy to use. Read more
Published on July 26, 2003 by Lorie J. Laux

5.0 out of 5 stars FanCraftic Party Crafts
This is a practical, user-friendly and HIGHLY creative publication. It is the perfect tool for people with a little computer savvy who want to make their own party and gift... Read more
Published on July 23, 2003 by George Fichter

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Shower Ever! Also a Great Gift ...
I recently coordinated a small baby shower for my sister and used this book/cd to design all the decorations etc. Read more
Published on July 23, 2003 by fluffybee

5.0 out of 5 stars high quality, unique crafts that are easy to make
This book is great! it shows you how to make really high quality and unique things. You can personalize everyday decorations and stuff for occasions that are common. Read more
Published on July 22, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Host your party in Style!
FanCraftic Party Crafts is the perfect book and guide to create a party in style. There are many themes to choose from for all occassions. Read more
Published on July 22, 2003 by kaykar6

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