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Fans of Joanna Sheen will simply love her new book 'Simple and Stunning Handmade Victorian Cards'. Joanna shows you how to create lots of Victorian designs using a variety of techniques and materials. Have a go at decoupage or stamping or see how Joanna incorporates lace, pressed flowers and doilies into her card designs. The book features step-by-step instructions for all projects featured and is simply bursting with ideas and inspiration. --Making Cards, Dec 07<br /><br />If you, like this reviewer, are a lover of Victoriana, then this is the book for you! Recapture the grace and sentiment of the age with some beautiful greetings cards, the sort that are sure to become favorite keepsakes with their recipients. This book also makes use of a medium that those gadget-loving Victorians would have loved - the computer. As so many people own them these days, and there is such a wealth of wonderful software available for the craftsperson, I am surprised that there are not more books on how computers can be used to enhance crafting. But here is one book written by somebody who makes CDs filled with designs for papercrafters to print out and use, so at last the computer comes into its own. More traditional methods of cardmaking are not neglected, and every card makes use of these as well. Pressed flowers, old photographs, pretty papers and doilies are all featured, as are favorite techniques such as paper tole, paper weaving and rubber-stamping. The result is a delicious mixture of old and new that looks perfectly Victorian and makes use of all sorts of ordinary tools that most people are bound to have (not a Japanese screw punch though). I confess to spending much time with this book, getting inspiration for my next batch of cards. Easy to use, inventive and addictive. --Rachel Hyde, MyShelf
If you, like this reviewer, are a lover of Victoriana, then this is the book for you! Recapture the grace and sentiment of the age with some beautiful greetings cards, the sort that are sure to become favorite keepsakes with their recipients. This book also makes use of a medium that those gadget-loving Victorians would have loved - the computer. As so many people own them these days, and there is such a wealth of wonderful software available for the craftsperson, I am surprised that there are not more books on how computers can be used to enhance crafting. But here is one book written by somebody who makes CDs filled with designs for papercrafters to print out and use, so at last the computer comes into its own. More traditional methods of cardmaking are not neglected, and every card makes use of these as well. Pressed flowers, old photographs, pretty papers and doilies are all featured, as are favorite techniques such as paper tole, paper weaving and rubber-stamping. The result is a delicious mixture of old and new that looks perfectly Victorian and makes use of all sorts of ordinary tools that most people are bound to have (not a Japanese screw punch though). I confess to spending much time with this book, getting inspiration for my next batch of cards. Easy to use, inventive and addictive. --Rachel Hyde, MyShelf
If you, like this reviewer, are a lover of Victoriana, then this is the book for you! Recapture the grace and sentiment of the age with some beautiful greetings cards, the sort that are sure to become favorite keepsakes with their recipients. This book also makes use of a medium that those gadget-loving Victorians would have loved - the computer. As so many people own them these days, and there is such a wealth of wonderful software available for the craftsperson, I am surprised that there are not more books on how computers can be used to enhance crafting. But here is one book written by somebody who makes CDs filled with designs for papercrafters to print out and use, so at last the computer comes into its own. More traditional methods of cardmaking are not neglected, and every card makes use of these as well. Pressed flowers, old photographs, pretty papers and doilies are all featured, as are favorite techniques such as paper tole, paper weaving and rubber-stamping. The result is a delicious mixture of old and new that looks perfectly Victorian and makes use of all sorts of ordinary tools that most people are bound to have (not a Japanese screw punch though). I confess to spending much time with this book, getting inspiration for my next batch of cards. Easy to use, inventive and addictive. --Rachel Hyde, MyShelf
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Renowned crafter Joanna Sheen shows how to make beautiful cards with a Victorian theme using techniques such as decoupage and stamping and materials such as pressed flowers, ribbon, doilies and lace.The photographs and background papers used are all readily available and Joanna's clear, step-by-step instructions mean that cardmakers of all abilities will be able to create delightful results.
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I am a great fan of Joanna Sheen but this book will only please those who are very new to cardmaking. It is very simple and basic and does not provide any new insights into cardmaking for anyone with any experience. The projects are little more than exercises in how to mat and layer pre-printed images.
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As a member of a craft group we all find Joanna Sheen's Handmade Victorian Card Book inspirational for beginners and gives great ideas for using unusual colour combinations and papers.
A well thumbed copy circulates our group on a monthly basis and a certain favourite with crafters who love all those wonderful bygone images. A perfect price point for a handy easy to use project book.
A well thumbed copy circulates our group on a monthly basis and a certain favourite with crafters who love all those wonderful bygone images. A perfect price point for a handy easy to use project book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This is a good book for beginners and is very well presented and easy to follow. The pictures in the book are lovely and there are some great projects that have really given me some good ideas. I especially liked the rubber stamping section and have made a lovely card following that.
Well worth the price if you are just starting out.
Well worth the price if you are just starting out.
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This is a lovely book
This book has lovely illustrations.
The instructions on how to make the cards, shown in the book, are easy to follow. Read more
The instructions on how to make the cards, shown in the book, are easy to follow. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Margaret D
Hand Made Victorian Cards
A very nice book with some lovely cards to make. However from a review I read earlier **** NOT ON AMAZON **** this book went with the CD ROM Victorian Birthday cards by the same... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2009 by M. A. Richardson
not very good at all
I agree with the other review, the book is very, very basic, i bought this item with one of joannas CD`s thinking it would give me a few good ideas, but not worth the money at all,... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2008 by Mrs. T. Hunter
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