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Looking for a colorful, fun, and easy way to personalize your notebooks and clothing? Gel Jotters are fun ideas for decorating just about anything with gel rollers and milky pens. Gel Pen Doodles is packed with cool Gel Jotters that will inspire oodles of doodles to personalize notebooks, journals, reports, folders, backpacks, hats, shoes, and more. These tips will show you how! Armed only with a selection of gel pens, you will learn a range of cool and stylish doodling techniques, including: *Crosshatch *Dots *Shading *Swirls *Scribble *Fill in Solid *Character *Negatives *And more! Once you have mastered these, you will be able to apply them to any of the hundreds of creative concepts contained in this guide. A whole range of stunning designs for flowers will bring a prize-winning gardener's flair to your personal journal, or perhaps even help you to decorate a meaningful card for a friend. You'll be able to brighten up your lecture notes with intricate borders of climbing roses,

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In the book you'll find dozens of fashionable ideas for making intriguing hand-tied jewelry with hemp, bamboo cord and baker's twine, all of which are readily available from craft suppliers. Discover how to make fun and funky bracelets, chokers, necklaces, key chains and anklets, in bright colours and natural earth tones.Hemp Jewelry offers fresh designs ranging from classic and natural to playful and eclectic - all with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow knotting diagrams.

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Zentangle Drawing for a Calm & Focused Mind is an inspirational colouring activity book that contains over 500 designs to help you relax and unwind. You don't need to be the world's greatest artist to master this simple, meditative drawing technique.This amazing selection of art activities will enable you to de-stress and see patterns and beauty wherever you are; it is ideal for use on the train or bus, at lunchtime, or even as a form of therapy during a rainy weekend. Enjoy the step-by-step practice tangles and learn advanced techniques for shading and colouring. Zentangle Drawing for a Calm & Focused Mind is printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that won't bleed through. Each design can be easily personalised with felt-tips, coloured pencils, crayons, gel pens or watercolours, allowing you to exercise your creativity and unleash your inner artist.

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Zentangle Basics introduces you to today's hottest trend in drawing meditation. Using only pencil, pen and paper, you'll learn how to draw 25 original tangles and discover inspiring ideas for incorporating these designs into your art. This expanded workbook edition includes a bonus section where you can get started with warm-up exercises, practice tangling, and experiment with strings and shading. With benefits including stress relief, inspiration and improved self-esteem, Zentangle can be done anywhere and no special 'artistic' talent is required. Tangles can be used to decorate wearables and home decor objects as well as cards, scrapbook pages and journals. Best of all, you can tangle even if you have never drawn anything before.

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Simple, colourful wire jewellery is so easy! And making it is so much fun when you create coiled, spiralled and twisted links from colourful wire and use them to craft a wide array of necklaces, earrings, bracelets, creatures and more. Wire Art For Kids shows you how to twist and twirl soft wire to make colourful jewellery and fun critters. They can learn wonderful ways to combine wire with polymer clay, with over 60 projects and easy, step-by-step instructions. It is fun for kids, tweens, teens and grownups too!

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Zentangle(R) 12 is an inspirational colouring activity book for adults that contains 30 original tangles, and 16 bonus interactive pages to help you unwind and de-stress. You don't need to be the world's greatest artist to master this simple meditative drawing technique.This book features new and exciting techniques for black and white Zentangle(R) art, and demonstrates the amazing range of design techniques that can be used to push the artistic limits of Zentangle(R).Zentangle(R) 12 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. Let your imagination run amok as you create your own extraordinary designs using coloured pencils, felt-tips, crayons, gel pens, water colours, marker pens and more!

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Rediscover old world papercrafting! Scherenschnitte, which literally means "scissors cutting," is a lovely old Swiss-German folk art tradition. Pronounced share-en-schnit-ta, this venerable technique was introduced to colonial America by the "Pennsylvania Dutch," who applied it in intricate and symmetrical designs on marriage and birth certificates, silhouettes, valentines and love letters. Now Paper Cutting Old & New makes this ancient craft come alive, with easy step-by-step instructions and complete full-sized patterns for snipping your own framed treasures, holiday ornaments, unique cards, scrapbook pages and much more. Add a touch of old-fashioned elegance to your art, with easy-to-follow instructions for false-grain painting that will transform even the plainest frame.

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This book shows crafty parents and children how to make 48 different captivating flower pot characters to celebrate any season with creative holiday decorations, party bags and dishes to hold sweets.Pot people are easily assembled with easy-to-find supplies and they are very inexpensive. This makes the projects perfect for children, group crafts and quickie adult gifts.Easy-to-assemble figures, little people, holiday decorations, party bags and dishes to hold sweets are perfect for every holiday and season. Pots of Fun for Everyone, Revised and Expanded Edition promises a whole year of projects for readers to enjoy and share with children.

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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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Welcome to the wonderful world of bead crochet. This attractive collection of necklaces and bracelets includes designs and patterns for beginners to intermediate skill levels. The easy-to-follow instructions will have you creating your own designer accessories in no time. With projects ranging from everyday- pretty to evening- elegant, you are sure to find several you'll want to make. Even if you have never crocheted before, you will have a successful experience making these beaded baubles.

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Learn to dye and wear your own colorful designs, with 33 terrific projects that use fade-resistant, easy-to-apply cold water dyes and popular tie-dyeing techniques.

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This book covers all of the most popular tie-dye techniques - ice dyeing, crumple dyeing and shibori - and shows how to create a wide variety of designs and patterns. All you need to get started are inexpensive materials - fabric, string, rubber bands - and dye.

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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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Zentangle[registered] is an easy-to-learn method of pattern drawing that reduces stress while promoting creativity. This book will introduce readers to the basic theory of Zentangle and provide instructions for drawing over 100 tangle patterns from such Certified Zentangle Teachers as Suzanne McNeill, Sandy Steen Bartholomew and Marie Browning. This beautiful book is filled with examples of Zentangle drawings as well as other art projects and compelling stories from those who have improved their well-being through Zentangle.

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If you have ever looked at a piece of beaded jewellery and wondered if you could make it yourself, the answer is "Yes! And "Bead Basics" is definitely the book for you!" Simple steps make it easy...just refer to the gorgeous photos and follow our step-by-step instructions. You will want to make every project.

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