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Hobbyists interested in exploring the fascinating creative possibilities of papercrafts could buy a whole shelf full of books--or find everything they’re looking for right here in one idea-packed volume. As well as a collection of great designs for cards, invitations, gift wraps, scrapbook pages, and decorative objects, here is an A-to-Z course in papercraft techniques: coloring, stamping, embossing, punching, making inserts and windows, creating beautiful origami shapes, and even papermaking. The 27 detailed projects cover a wide range of things to make, from a vacation memories scrapbook and personal stationery to an art nouveau mirror, each illustrated with close-up how-to photographs. The last section of the book contains templates and mottoes for the projects, plus a useful list of suppliers.