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This title includes stunning works from both breakthrough artists and professionals. Zentangle[registered] is fast becoming a worldwide phenomenon, attracting individuals from all walks of life. Created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, the Zentangle method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. The Beauty of Zentangle celebrates this simple but elegant new craft with hundreds of sensational one-of-a-kind designs from around the world. Selected by the editors of Design Originals, the No. 1 publisher of Zentangle art, this amazing collection of Zentangle-inspired masterpieces encompasses a wide range of styles. Stunning works are included from breakthrough artists and CZTs like Suzanne McNeill, Cindy Shepard, Marie Browning, Sandy Steen Bartholomew and many more. Their inventive tangles are at the forefront of a new wave of creative expression and personal freedom.

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Timelessly popular 'boho' friendship bracelets reinvented for an adult audience. Original projects follow the ultra- hot trend of bracelet making. It uses readily available, inexpensive materials and enhancements. Transform ordinary friendship bracelets from school memories to chic contemporary pieces you'll be proud to wear. Inside "Friendship Bracelets All Grown-Up" you'll find dozens of stylish designs and easy techniques for making beautiful bracelets with embroidery, floss and hemp. There are cool patterns for making chevrons, stripes, waves, diamonds, and more, with step-by-step instructions for each knot pattern. Gorgeous colour photographs illustrate variations in every style, from classic and natural to playful and eclectic. Stack your bracelets for a boho arm party, and embellish them with beads and buttons. Whatever your style, "Friendship Bracelets All Grown-Up" will help you to create exactly the look you want.

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Pasta machines allow you to easily blend the clay to create stripes and intricate patterns for making unique beads, embellishments, and baubles.

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Dive into coloring manga with this fun and detailed adult coloring book, containing over 45 intricate fun, and whimsical manga designs including adorable witches, fairies, students, princesses, a baker, beach goers, painters and more, with a detailed scene surrounding them. Each design is printed on one side of the paper for removal and display with the other side providing manga art styles, characters and fun facts.

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A fantastical coloring experience, this is the perfect creative outlet. This new pocket-sized coloring book for adults by award-winning artist Jim Shore is filled with 32 stunning designs of his original and best-selling fantasy artwork in his iconic folk-art style. Each illustration captures imaginative scenes inspired by fairy tales, myths, legends, and other fantastic adventures and stories, making this coloring book a magical and creative experience! Each line art design is printed on a single side of high-quality paper with perforated edges for easy removal and display.​

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Breathe new life to the timeless craft of friendship bracelets with 101 customizable designs! Learn how to make personalized gifts for your friends by adding names, inspiring words, special messages, pictures, shapes, symbols, and other meaningful images and sentiments that will give your bracelet making as one-of-a-kind style! From the author of the best-selling Friendship Bracelets 101 and Friendship Bracelets 102, this complete guide will show you how to take your knotted, personalized crafts to the next level! Also included is an inspiring tutorial on how to make your own original pattern. Featuring all the basics you need to know, step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, and an inspirational gallery of fun designs, this book lets you celebrate your friendships and give them a bracelet they’ll love! Author Suzanne McNeill has written more than 230 craft and hobby books that share her passion for creating. Designer, artist, columnist, TV personality, publisher, art instructor, and winner of the Craft and Hobby Association’s Industry Achievement Award, Suzanne has been called “the Trendsetter” of the arts and crafts industry.

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Have you ever thought about what you can do with nail polish aside from the obvious? Budget-friendly and easily available in almost every color imaginable, crafting with nail polish is fast, simple, and perfect for everyone – no artistic skills required! Learn how to add marbling effects to coffee mugs and dishware, give splashes of color to sunglasses and phone cases, and embellish shoes, hair accessories, and so much more. Chica and Jo Craft with Nail Polish features 20 fun projects that can be accomplished in minutes with clear step-by-step instructions for painting techniques on a wide range of surfaces – from wood and paper to glass and plastic – so you can have fun with nail polish in new and unexpected ways! Also included are helpful tips on tools, troubleshooting, dishwasher-safe seals, and more. Use supplies you already have and get crafting!

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Enter the lovely and wonderful world of Notebook Doodles Birds, Blooms & Butterflies! Frolic through fields of flowers with this fun coloring book for ‘tweens that’s filled with 32 playful designs from talented artist Jess Volinski to color into life. With inspirational art activities perfect for young girls, Jess also includes instructions on basic coloring techniques, fully colored examples, and motivational quotes to go with every illustration. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

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Welcome to the magical and joyous world of Notebook Doodles Christmas! This fun and engaging coloring book for ‘tweens is filled with 32 festive designs of Christmas scenes, reindeer, penguins, presents, snowflakes, stockings, trees, treats, and so much more from talented artist Jess Volinski. With uplifting art activities for young girls, Jess also includes instructions on basic coloring techniques, fully colored examples, and charming quotes to go with every design. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

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Dingbats are a fun way to incorporate the fundamentals of Zentangle into a wide variety of creative projects and bring attention and mindfulness to the smallest corners of your life. Use dingbats to add flair to whatever you're working on-they provide a wonderful complement to any hand lettering, scrapbook and art journaling project. Small enough to provide a sense of instant gratification when you make them, these "Zenbellishments" require few materials, making them accessible to all skill levels from beginner to advanced. This book will introduce you to how dingbats are constructed and how to build from that basic structure to create designs uniquely your own. Zentangle Dingbats includes a variety of projects that will allow you to practice using dingbats not only as stand-alone designs, but also as accents and enhancements to other art projects.

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Welcome to the happy and colourful world of Notebook Doodles! Youthful readers will discover their inner superstar with this fun and engaging colouring book for 'tweens. Dozens of dazzling illustrations from talented artist Jess Volinski provide empowering art activities for young girls.Jess also includes instructions on basic colouring techniques, fully coloured examples and motivational quotes to go with every design. All new "Let's Explore Color" activities make colouring easy for beginners, with fully coloured examples and help in choosing colours.Watercolours, coloured pencils, markers, crayons and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one- sided page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift. This book has earned the DO Magazine Artist Fair Trade Seal of Approval.

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Enter a world of creative self-expression with this charming Christmas coloring book. Inside you ll find 30 fun and playful art activities that will take you on a festive journey of patterning, shading, and coloring. These whimsical holiday images offer a easy way to de-stress and unleash your inner artist. Thaneeya McArdle s transcendental art explores a visual language of shape, form, line, and color. Each vibrantly detailed illustration is designed to exercise your creativity. Beautifully colored finished examples are provided, along with a handy guide to basic art techniques, from patterning and combinations to shading and color theory. This therapeutic coloring book is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. Printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that resists bleed-through, all of the pages are perforated for easy removal and display."

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Create something amazing with ready-to-use artistic templates inspired by the world's great wisdom traditions. Inside TangleEasy Sacred Symbols and Mandalas are 32 international spiritual icons to colour, tangle and inspire. Use these elemental designs for simple colouring enjoyment, or fill them with tangles to make your own new Zentangle- inspired masterpiece.From dharma wheels and mandalas to crosses, hexagrams and scarabs, these versatile templates allow you to produce stunning original art, even if you're just a beginner and can't draw like a professional. You'll find expert advice here on colouring and patterning techniques, along with a gorgeous gallery of inspiring finished pieces.TangleEasy Sacred Symbols & Mandalas is printed on quality, heavyweight paper, perforated for easy removal and framing. And since there are no copyright restrictions, you have complete freedom to create, display, and distribute your derivative artworks without restriction or fear of infringement.

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Beautiful Bead Weaving proves that weaving has never been more straightforward. It demonstrates through a series of clear, simple diagrams exactly how to use needles, thread and beads to create your own expensive-looking jewellery in stunning textural patterns.The book also shows you how to set up and warp your loom, before discussing basic bead weaving techniques. A series of step-by-step projects will enable you to weave intricate beaded creations, including bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more.Modern looms make it easy to create beautiful and elegant beaded jewellery that you can keep for your own use, or give as gifts to family and friends.

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Enter a world of creative self-expression with this relaxing coloring book for grownups. Inside this big collection you’ll find 96 enjoyable art activities with cheerful subjects like dragonflies, mandalas, flowers, playful animals, and more. These upbeat designs offer a fun and easy way to unleash your inner artist. Thaneeya McArdle’s transcendental art explores a visual language of shape, form, line, and color. Each vibrantly detailed illustration is designed to exercise your creativity. Beautifully colored finished examples are provided, along with a handy guide to basic art techniques, from patterning and combinations to shading and color theory. This therapeutic coloring book is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. The spiral binding is designed to lie flat for easy coloring, with pages printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that won’t bleed through.

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The Desire For Trading And Sharing Tokens Such As Friendship Bracelets Has Become More Popular Than Ever. Learn Over Two Dozen Braiding Techniques And How To Use The Popular Braiding Wheel In This Easy Book.

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Enter an enchanted land of awesome ogres, legendary dwarves and supernatural beasts. This imaginative colouring book will cast a spell on colourists of all ages, with fantastic visions of mythical creatures.Fantasy illustrator Eric Messinger presents dozens of detailed illustrations, ready to colour with markers, coloured pencils, watercolours or gel pens.Fantasy Adventure Coloring Book includes handy guides to colouring techniques like patterning, combinations and shading. Guided Coloring Pages make colouring easy for beginners, with beautifully coloured examples and ready-to-use colour palettes.Each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200- year paper and perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display. This book has earned the DO Magazine Artist Fair Trade Seal of Approval.

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Notebook Doodles Flowers is a colouring activity book aimed specifically at design-savvy tween girls. It contains 30 interactive colouring pages on various fun themes and features original, authentic, trendy art that will resonate with the tween market.The designs are printed on high-quality artist paper, encouraging tweens to add their own personal touch using felt-tips, colouring pencils, crayons or other media.As well as featuring an art lesson at the front, the book also includes 8 pages of stunning coloured examples. Each design is accompanied by inspiring quotes to help lift tweens' moods, and encourage them to let their creativity flow.

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From hamsters and hermit crabs to cats and canaries, youthful readers will meet their favourite animal companions inside this fun and engaging colouring book for `tweens. Dozens of dazzling illustrations from talented artist Jess Volinski provide empowering art activities for young girls. Jess also includes instructions on basic colouring techniques, fully coloured examples and motivational quotes to go with every design. New “Let’s Explore Color” activities make colouring easy for beginners, with fully coloured examples and help in choosing colours. Watercolours, coloured pencils, markers, crayons, felt tip pens and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift. This book has earned the DO Magazine Artist Fair Trade Seal of Approval.

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All the beauty of coloring with chalk but without the mess! These 32 exuberant hand-drawn designs feature all of the charming imperfections of original chalkboard art. Get the party started early with these lively invitations to merrymaking fun. Relax and fill them with color to create your own rustic-chic masterpiece. Each whimsical white line illustration is presented on a textured black background, just like a real chalkboard. You ll be delighted by the way warm colors, bright colors, neons, and lighter pastel shades really pop from these designs. Use light-colored pencils and gel pens to personalize your work with lettering, flourishes, and patterning. Talented chalkboard artist Valerie McKeehan provides useful coloring tips and tricks, along with beautifully colored examples to help get you inspired. Printed on one side only of high-quality, extra-thick paper, each perforated page detaches easily for gifting or display."

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Happy Campers is a colouring book for adults that contains 30 amazing art activities, all designed to take you on a delightful camping adventure involving patterning, shading and colouring. Each vibrantly detailed illustration of fun on the open road offers an easy way to de-stress, while allowing you to unleash the artist within.Thaneeya McArdle's transcendental art explores a visual language of shape, form, line and colour, and can be easily personalised with felt- tips, coloured pencils, crayons, gel pens or watercolours.Beautifully coloured finished examples are provided, along with a handy guide to basic art techniques, from patterning and combinations to shading and colour theory.This therapeutic colouring book is printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that won't bleed through, and all of the pages are perforated for easy removal and display.

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This title features 16 projects for making different styles of beautiful, durable rugs. It is an eco-friendly way to upcycle rags, leftover fabric, and old clothes. It updates a classic craft for a modern audience. Use leftover fabrics to create fun and easy rugs! All you need are the fool-proof and easy-to-follow instructions provided in this book, plus some fabric strips and a large crochet hook. You'll be amazed at how simple and fun it is to make beautiful rugs using inexpensive materials and supplies. With gorgeous colour photographs and clear, straightforward instructions, Suzanne McNeill presents 16 lovely projects to make with strips of fabric. Crafters of all ages and skill levels will enjoy using her simple crochet techniques. You can discover how to update this traditional craft with endless possibilities of colour and fabric combinations. Whether the pattern is square, rectangular, hexagonal, round, oval, or heart-shaped, each custom rag rug you make is sure to become an instant heirloom treasure.

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Expand your exploration of the Zentangle process with Zentangle 2, Expanded Workbook Edition! Inside you’ll find more than 40 new tangle patterns and border designs to use in embellishing scrapbooks, sketchbooks, journals, cards, paintings, quilts, and more. Discover the possibilities of decorating words and turning simple line drawings like butterflies and animals into exquisite art. Use the new interactive workbook section to play, experiment, and create. Tantalizing color brings your art to life as the calming and reflective process of Zentangle brings your life into your art.

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Zenspirations dangles are unique patterns that add interest and texture to any design. Although they may look complicated, they are actually quite easy to create! All you need is a pen, a piece of paper and your imagination. Gifted calligrapher and designer Joanne Fink shares her fun and relaxing techniques for adding dangle patterns to your drawings. Whether you like to journal, draw or doodle, you'll find intriguing ideas here for crafting, designing and decorating with dangle patterns. This expanded edition includes a bonus workbook section that gives you a place to play, experiment and create new, exciting dangle designs. This is where you can practice drawing all the dangle design components, experiment with new techniques and develop your own unique dangle style.

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Patterning is fun, easy, relaxing and adds interest and texture to any design. Joanne Fink presents creative monogram and pattern techniques in Zenspirations, offering intriguing ideas for filling boarders, edges and spaces with creative flourishes. The many decorative boarders, frames, shapes and alphabet will appeal to a spectrum of tastes and styles. Use Joanne's techniques to create details, depth and beauty reminiscent of classical architecture, medieval block printing and manuscript calligraphy. Her passion for beautiful patterns is contaigious. Joanne makes it easy to turn simple lines into attractive designs, while her doodled shapes inspire readers to embellish more and just have fun with the process.

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Discover a bountiful garden of 30 whimsical flower designs in this extraordinary coloring activity book. Zenspirations(R) artist Joanne Fink reveals her easy-to-learn techniques for combining playful patterns in gorgeous floral designs. So much more than mere outlines to color, exquisite Zenspirations patterns are launching pads of endless imagination and creativity. You don’t need to have the skills of an artist to create your own masterpiece here. After your patterning is complete, go ahead and explore color! Use the finished examples for guidance, or try your own interesting color combinations to create dazzling flower art. Printed on high quality extra-thick paper, this beautiful and inspirational book is perfect for decorating with your choice of colored pencils, markers, or gel pens. Pages are printed on one side only, and are pre-perforated for easy removal and display.

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After you've turned on a night light and checked under your bed, grab your favorite art materials and have a blast bringing tons of spooky characters to life! In this super cool coloring book for kids ages 8-12, you'll walk among zombies, mummies, jack-o'-lanterns, goblins, ghosts, and so much more. Featuring 32 line art designs of haunted houses, werewolves, sugar skulls, talking trees, and other scary scenes and characters, this colouring book is the perfect creative outlet for kids to express themselves as they get ready for Halloween.

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Children will love getting creative with dozens of line art designs that give each car, tractor, and truck a funny face! · Features dozens of vehicles, including vintage cars, construction vehicles, taxis, fire engines, farm trucks and tractors · Fun facts outline what each vehicle does · Includes bonus stickers

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Each angelic illustration captures a tranquil and peaceful scene, making this colouring book a relaxing and uplifting experience. Inspirational quotes complement each illustration, and a stunning gallery of Jim Shore’s art is also included. Each line art design is printed on a single side of high-quality paper with perforated edges for easy removal and display.

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In this whimsically charming colouring book, 80 imaginative scenes will come to life as you express your creativity. Featuring coloured examples to follow if you wish, create new and interesting fairy tale art and fill each page with colour. Whilst some designs span across a double spread to fully capture a wider scene, others stand alone on a single page.

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In this whimsically charming colouring book for adults, 80 imaginative scenes come to life as you express your creativity. Featuring coloured examples to inspire and new and enchanting fairy tale art, you can colour each page with your pen or pencil of choice. Whilst some designs span across a full spread, others stand alone on an individual page.

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Discover the amazing Gelli® plate—a revolutionary printmaking surface that makes it easy to produce beautiful, one-of-a-kind artwork with amazing colors and textures! This book will show you how to use gelatin printing to create 32 stunning designs of layered prints, decorative pages for art journals, fabric for quilting, greeting cards, and more! Gelli® Printing teaches you all the basics you need to know on supplies, how to get started, and the best techniques for making colorful backgrounds, textured pages, multiple layers, and basic borders. Perfect for both beginners and experts, durable and reusable Gelli® plates are easy to clean so you can quickly change paint colors and move on to your next project. This newly expanded edition contains an updated gallery of art featuring the latest Gelli® plate techniques. Wonderful results can be obtained quickly, and simple variations give each print its own unique personality!

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This gorgeous colouring book offers dozens of ready-to-colour art activities that combine mystical mandalas with beautiful butterflies. Talented artist Jess Volinski lets her imagination take wing with fragile flying creatures hovering in colourful cosmic circles.Colorful Creations Butterfly Mandalas also includes handy guides to colouring techniques like patterning, combinations and shading. Guided Coloring Pages make colouring easy for beginners, with beautifully coloured examples and ready-to-use colour palettes.Perfect for decorating with all of your favourite colouring implements, each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200- year paper. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display. This book has earned the DO Magazine Artist Fair Trade Seal of Approval.

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Whooo wants to colour? Get ready for hours of relaxing creativity with these happy, mischievous owls. Bestselling artist Thaneeya McArdle presents a parliament of owlish personalities for you to bring to life with beautiful colours. Each adorable avian will take you to a happy place of patterning, shading and colouring.Thaneeya's whimsical images offer a fun and hassle free way to de- stress and unleash your inner artist. Groovy Owls Coloring Book includes handy guides to colouring techniques like patterning, combinations and shading. Guided Coloring Pages make colouring easy for beginners, with beautifully coloured examples and ready-to-use colour palettes.Perfect for decorating with all of your favourite colouring implements, each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200- year paper. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display. This book has earned the DO Magazine Artist Fair Trade Seal of Approval.

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Colouring has never been so yummy! Youthful readers will find sweet inspiration inside this fun and engaging colouring book for 'tweens. From cupcakes and cannoli to gingerbread and gelato, these scrumptious designs from talented artist Jess Volinski offer empowering art activities for young girls.Jess also includes instructions on basic colouring techniques, fully coloured examples and motivational quotes to go with every design. All new "Let's Explore Color" activities make colouring easy for beginners, with fully coloured examples and help in choosing colours.Watercolours, coloured pencils, markers, crayons and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one- sided page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift. This book has earned the DO Magazine Artist Fair Trade Seal of Approval.

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Color your world with the fabulous art of henna tattoo. Mehndi, also known as henna tattoo, is a traditional Middle Eastern art used to adorn the body for weddings and other special celebrations. Today, you can join in the beauty and fun of mendhi with this simple book of patterns and instructions for the body and even home decor objects! Inside, you will find a variety of original henna tatttoo patterns that can be applied to the hands, feet, belly and back. You'll also be interested in creating your own designs by following the simple instructions for the 5 basic henna shapes and learn how to combine them in a variety of ways to create exotic mendhi designs of your own. But why stop there? Mendhi is a versitile art that can also be applied to wood, leather and other surfaces. Follow-along with the author as she shows how she creates one-of-a-kind designs for a wooden box, leather pouch, magnet, tea caddy and more. Filled with stunning photographs of beautiful henna tattoo, this book is sure to inspire.

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Inside this fun and engaging coloring book for tweens, youthful readers will discover 30 interactive coloring activities with gorgeous, mind-blowing art. They will also find instructions on basic coloring techniques, 20 inspiring color palettes, 8 pages of colored examples, and inspiring quotes to go with every design. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on high-quality, extra-thick paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

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Breathe life into your tangles with colour, using pencils and dual brush markers. Learn new techniques and 48 tangles and borders. Anyone who can hold a pen can create a Zentangle[registered]. Created by Rick Roberts & Maria Thomas for people who need to relax, Zentangle[registered] here is brought to a whole new level with rich colours!

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Zen Quilting is an exciting workbook for adults that merges two popular crafts: Zentangle(R) and free motion quilting. It demonstrates how to produce unique, continuous line designs that are easy to execute, and that will appeal to crafters and artists, as well as quilters and embroiderers.Discover the bliss of stress-free quilting as Pat Ferguson expertly guides you through the process, from developing a design concept to quilting through layers and of course finishing the quilt! This addictive book features Pat's own original patterns, as well as amazing new designs created by her students.Stimulate your creativity and soothe your soul by turning simple patterns into artistic designs that you can display at home, or give as gifts to friends and family.

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Go on an adventure through the Amazon rainforest and get a close-up look at jaguars, poisonous frogs, gorillas, giant river otters, and other creatures in this educational and exciting coloring book for kids! Featuring 40 line art designs of animals that live in the Amazon, from sloths and anacondas to toucans, piranhas, and more. This book is the perfect outlet for kids to express their creativity while they learn all about this amazing ecosystem and its crucial role on planet earth! Interesting facts complement each illustration for children to learn about each animal and how they live – from high up in the tree canopies to deep in the river waters – and the rainforest itself and all its wonders for an element of fascinating fun! Also included are extra pages filled with tons of bonus stickers!

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A unique keepsake and tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, this one-of-a-kind coloring book for adults encompasses nearly 71 years of her life and reign. Featuring 32 stunning line art designs that span from Queen Elizabeth's younger years to her historical moments, public appearances, royal properties, and even commemorative mailing stamps, this coloring book also includes fascinating facts about her legacy as queen, personal information about her beloved pets and favorite flowers, food, and more! Opening with an informative 8-page section on the history of her monarchy, accompanied by full-color images, Queen Elizabeth II Royal Coloring Book is an informative yet creative coloring experience for all to enjoy as they remember the amazing life of the queen.

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Artist Nanna Rosengren has created an adult mandala colouring book with some of the most amazingly intricate designs. In this book the patterns pay tribute to the beautiful flora and fauna of our world such as tigers, lions, and leopards; birds, butterflies, moths, and beetles; and jellyfish, crabs and seahorses. Also includes tips on coloring techniques, an up-close interview with the author from her own studio, and a full-color gallery of completed examples. Designs are printed on one side of acid-free museum-quality paper with perforated edges for easy removal and display. The back side of the page holds inspirational quotes about animals and the world in which we live.

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Historic, classic, creative and fun, leather crafting is a craft for all ages. Whether you are just a beginner looking to get started or an experienced leather artist in need of a concise reference, Get Started in Leather Crafting is your guide to an enjoyable craft that lasts a lifetime. Master leather artisans Tony and Kay Laier introduce you to the basics of leather preparation and show you how to use stamps, punches, cutters and other essential tools. They provide expert tips on edge finishing methods and take you step-by-step through a traditional floral carving project. From forming, moulding and embossing leather to creative stitching, lacing and braiding, this book will teach you all of the skills you’ll need to make beautiful belts, wallets, purses, jewellery, home accessories and more.

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Welcome to a happy and colorful world of notebook doodles! Inside this book you ll find 32 super cute Notebook Doodle animal designs that are just waiting to be filled with color. More than 20 fun color palettes are included to help get you started on your coloring adventure. Not only is coloring fun and relaxing, it s also a creative opportunity to be yourself by expressing how you feel through color. Whatever art materials you love to use watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, gel pens they will look stunning on this high-quality, extra-thick paper. Each page is perforated, so when you re done, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift. Because the best part of creativity is sharing it!"

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Inside this big coloring book for grownups are 96 ready-to-color art activities that will unleash your inner artist. Each vibrantly detailed illustration is designed to help you relax and unwind while you exercise your creativity. Beautifully colored finished examples are provided, along with a handy guide to basic art techniques, from patterning and combinations to shading and color theory. This therapeutic coloring book is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. Printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that won’t bleed through, all of the pages are pre-perforated for easy removal and display.

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Notebook Doodles Fabulous Fashion is a colouring activity book aimed specifically at design-savvy tween girls. It contains 30 interactive colouring pages on various fun themes and features original, authentic, trendy art that will resonate with the tween market.The designs are printed on high-quality artist paper, encouraging tweens to add their own personal touch using felt-tips, colouring pencils, crayons or other media.Along with a useful art lesson at the front, the book also includes 8 pages of stunning coloured examples. Each design is accompanied by inspiring quotes and empowering statements to help lift tweens' moods, and encourage them to let their creativity flow.

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Used glass bottles and a few basic materials can easily be transformed into stylish projects like a terrarium, a snow globe, a vase, jewelry, gifts and more!

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Dive deep into the sea with Notebook Doodles Happy Ocean! This adventurous and engaging coloring book for 'tweens is filled with 32 charming designs of whales, sea turtles, dolphins, starfish, and other amazing sea creatures from talented artist Jess Volinski. With empowering art activities for young girls, Jess also includes fill-in prompts, instructions on basic coloring techniques, fully colored examples, and motivational quotes to go with every design. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

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