From paper to perfection

With these two delightful, informative, and fun books, you'll be creating stunning papercrafts right away that will last a lifetime!

PAPER FOLDED FLOWERS

Paper folded flowers are a beautiful, effective way of embellishing gift bags and greeting cards, or creating a bouquet of blooms that will last a lifetime.

Through clear step-by-step instructions, Elizabeth Moad introduces and applies simple folding techniques to create a variety of paper and card creations for any occasion. Whether you're folding floral pinwheel napkin rings for everyday use, or a garland for a party; no project is exactly the same, but you will soon build up a repertoire of folding skills and a veritable bouquet of paper flowers!

There are twenty-one projects to try at varying levels of difficulty; you will soon be inspired to turn any sheet of paper into a masterpiece worthy of a vase or a picture frame!

PAPER QUILLING

One reason that quilling is so popular is that you need very few items to get started. It is also easy to achieve very impressive results quickly and easily.

This wonderful book begins with a short history of quilling, a list of practical tips and a tools and materials section. There is a useful techniques section, with step-by-step photographs and instructions, which takes you through some very simple methods to get you started.

The projects section of the book contains 20 beautiful cards, gift boxes, framed pictures and gift tags, featuring ducks, roses, flowers, hearts, a bird house, a Christmas tree, owls, a garden shed and balloons. There are birthday cards, a Mother's Day gift box, a sunflower get well gift bag, a framed wildflower picture, an owl pencil pot, a rose garland wedding card and a string-of-hearts engagement card with matching heart favors box. All the projects have alternatives such as a gift tag, a gift bag or place name cards.

Elizabeth's understanding of color and her stylish designs combine to make this a very attractive and appealing book containing contemporary cards and gifts that anyone can turn their hand to.

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