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Book Art: Creative Ideas to Transform Your Books, Decorations, Stationary, Display Scenes and More
Book Art Creative Ideas to Transform Your Books Decorations Stationary Display Scenes and More Author:Claire Youngs Do you have a shelf of old books that you love, but rarely touch? Well, why not — give them a new lease of life and use them to create one of the 35 beautiful — projects Clare Youngs has developed? Faced with a house move and an — excess of books, Clare decided rather than get rid of some, she would — combine them with her passion for crafting to ma... more »ke pretty gifts and items to
decorate her new home. Divided into five chapters, discover greetings cards,
stationery, animals and display scenes that use pages from all kinds of books.
The beautiful typography and vintage artworks will provide interesting colour
and pattern to designs such as the owl and pussycat pop-up scene. The
illustrations in children?s books give a retro feel to bunting to decorate a room,
while atlases work well on lampshades or birthday cards. Use elegant images
from interiors books to decorate a wardrobe or cut away at a hardback book
to make display scenes like the cliff and lighthouse scene. Each project
comes with step-by-step instructions and artworks. There are also templates
and a techniques section at the back to help first-time crafters, plus timesaving
tips that confident crafters will appreciate.
? Packed full of projects for everything from greetings cards and stationery to
room decorations and display scenes.
? You?ll be amazed at how easy it is to repurpose pages into items that will
look wonderful in your home.
? The designs use a variety of crafting techniques ? from papier-mâché and