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Folk Art is a colouring book for adults that contains 30 amazing art activities involving patterning, shading and colouring. Each vibrantly detailed, charming and international folk illustration 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.Both traditional and contemporary artworks are included, inspired by the living cultures of indigenous people around the world.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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Zendalas are actually Zen mandalas! A Zendala is an inspired form of mandala that is drawn using tangles to fill each section of a circle. Create your own beautiful Zendalas and other fascinating circular designs with this step-by-step guidebook. For centuries, mandala circles have been used to connect the spirit with the divine. Drawing a mandala helps one discover true inner self and balance. These special circles provide a unique opportunity to explore ancient teachings. In Zentangle 7, Expanded Workbook Edition, talented CZT artists share their secrets for creating sacred circle designs, and show how to add colour, resist, layers and more. This book includes 40 original tangle patterns, plus a bonus 16-page interactive workbook section where you can get started with warm-up exercises and practice Zendala tangling.

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This much anticipated sequel to "Totally Tangled" is just as tangled! Inside, the pages are jam-packed with Zentangle ideas, tips, projects and 60 new tangles. Zentangle is the perfect exercise to keep that big muscle inside your skull flexible.

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Taylor Swift is a superstar, a global sensation, and the greatest singer-songwriter of her generation. And there is no better way for a "Swiftie" to celebrate all her amazing achievements and dynamic personality than with this SUPER FAN-tastic book. Unleash your creativity with more than 30 coloring pages, test your Taylor Swift knowledge with easy, medium, and hard quizzes, and solve fun and challenging games and puzzles, including labyrinths, spot-the-difference, and word searches. Learn new fun facts about Taylor, including her favorite number, her early years, her songwriting and music evolution, and her iconic trend-setting fashion style. Complete with photographs of Taylor's performances, walking the red carpet, and at award ceremonies.

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Enter an endearing world of garden gnomes as you color them to life! This new coloring book for adults by award-winning artist Jim Shore is filled with more than 30 stunning designs of the most beloved character in folklore: gnomes. From Christmas gnomes to gnomes from around the world or with special interests, hobbies, and animal friends, you’ll find page after page of charming caricatures, all illustrated in Jim’s signature folk-art-inspired style. Attractive gatefold covers feature a stunning gallery of Jim Shore’s original artwork, and 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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An imaginative and fairytale-inspired colouring book from the author of Garden of Fairytale Animals and Kingdom of Curious Creatures. This beautiful collection of 80 line art designs captures a magical and charming setting. Fully-coloured examples are included as inspiration and full-spread designs are mixed with stand-alone designs to offer a variety of colouring options, all printed back-to-back on high-quality paper

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Inside this friendly guidebook you'll find plenty of easy-to-follow advice from best-selling colouring book artists. Their tips and tricks will have you drawing like an accomplished "colorista" in no time.Discover the differences between gel pens and marker pens. Learn the best way to use watercolour pencils. Understand why expensive materials are different to those that are cheaper. Master exciting techniques like patterning, blending, cross-hatching, shading and other cool ways to "up" your colouring experience.

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Color Zen Coloring is a conveniently packaged, perfectly portable colouring book for adults designed to reduce stress and relax the mind. It contains a selection of amazing art activities that can be transported anywhere, making it ideal for use in waiting rooms, during your lunch break, or even as a form of therapy on a rainy weekend. Each illustration can be easily personalised with felt-tips, coloured pencils, crayons, gel pens, or watercolours.As well as being the perfect product to support the largest craft trend since loom bands, this therapeutic colouring book is the ideal travel companion for commuters wishing to unwind after a stressful day at work, allowing them to exercise their creativity and unleash their inner artist.

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Color Fun Coloring is a conveniently packaged, perfectly portable colouring book for adults designed to reduce stress and relax the mind. It contains a selection of amazing art activities that can be transported anywhere, making it ideal for use in waiting rooms, during your lunch break, or even as a form of therapy on a rainy weekend.Thaneeya McArdle's transcendental art explores a visual language of shape, form, line and colour. Each illustration can be easily personalised with felt-tips, coloured pencils, crayons, gel pens, or watercolours.As well as being the perfect product to support the largest craft trend since loom bands, this therapeutic colouring book is the ideal travel companion for commuters wishing to unwind after a stressful day at work, allowing them to exercise their creativity and unleash their inner artist.

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Welcome to a lovely world of flowers and patterns! Inside you ll find 32 modern floral coloring activities from visionary designer Debra Valencia. Perfect for enhancing with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, crayons, or watercolors, each of these superb illustrations serves as a springboard for creative expression. Pages and pages of beautifully colored samples are included to spark your imagination. Multiple color schemes are presented side by side, to show how different approaches can make the same design look radically different. Gorgeous hand-colored examples in a variety of art mediums are also provided from best-selling craft author Marie Browning. Printed on one side of high quality, extra-thick paper that resists bleed through, each page is perforated for easy removal from the book. Frame your completed artwork for display, or use it as inspiration for gifts, home decor, needlepoint, stenciling, wall murals, and more."

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Inside this book you ll find 30 creative art activities inspired by the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. Fun, exotic, and full of psychedelic details, these intricate drawings are sure to spark your imagination and awaken your inner artist. Express yourself with fascinating images based on Day of the Dead sugar skulls. You ll love coloring this mystical folk art, from dancing skeletons to traditional nichos and papel picado . The book also provides valuable advice on coloring and patterning techniques, plus some fully colored examples to get you started. Printed on high quality extra-thick paper, this inspiring coloring book for grownups is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. Designed to eliminate bleed-through, each page is pre-perforated for easy removal and display."

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Notebook Doodles Amazing Me provides a fun and interactive colouring diary for `tweens to keep about themselves. Empowering art activities from talented artist Jess Volinski are designed to build confidence and self-esteem in young girls. Jess also includes instructions on basic colouring techniques, fully coloured examples and motivational quotes to go with every design. “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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All the beauty of coloring with chalk but without the mess! These 32 gorgeous hand-drawn floral designs feature all of the charming imperfections of original chalkboard art. 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. Each design is printed on one side only of high-quality, extra-thick paper, perforated for easy removal and display."

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Customize your world with colorful, durable duct tape! Awesome Duct Tape Projects is packed with awesome new duct tape activities for both guys and girls. Whether your look is bold, funky, or hip, this ultimate duct tape idea book will get you rolling with cool projects for your room, for school, for play, and just for STYLE! Inside you’ll find more than 50 original projects to unwrap your creativity. Author Choly Knight shows you how to personalize, organize, and decorate with brilliant colors and patterns. You’ll learn how to make popular duct tape classics like purses, belts, and flip flops, plus you’ll discover unexpected twists for smartphone wallets, laptop cases, charging stations, and more. You can make tons of cool stuff using only duct tape, with no extra materials required. But you may want to go for something spectacular, with added zippers, Velcro® closures, or jewelry findings! You’ll also discover eco-friendly ways to upcycle common objects around the house, plus imaginative ideas for washi tape, FrogTape®, and masking tape.

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Are you ready to make the most awesome, fun new accessories EVER? Then jump in to Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry, the ultimate companion for making the next big thing for cool kids! With just a few simple tools and easy-to-follow patterns, you can create completely colourful and super stylish bracelets, necklaces, earrings, mini purses and other accessories in just minutes. Rubber band jewellery is great for parties, sleepovers, breaktime, bus rides and any other place you can think of, and you can enjoy it alone or with friends. Be pretty in pink with a Zigzag Bracelet, hit the pool in style with Toe-and-Ankle Chains and tote your new Mini Purse to the shops. The possibilities are endless. All you need is a hook (a crochet hook will do), small rubber bands in all the colours you love, small plastic clips to connect your links and a loom such as Rainbow Loom(t) or Cra-Z-Loom(t) to bring it all together.

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Let your spirit soar with 30 uplifting and encouraging designs in this extraordinary coloring activity book. Zenspirations(R) creator Joanne Fink reveals her easy-to-learn techniques for combining positive messages and playful patterns. 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 wonderfully motivating and meaningful 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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Like speed cutting, the '10-minute' technique is revolutionising patchwork. Anyone can sew large blocks in just 10-minutes. Sewers who previously avoided quilting because "it just takes too much time" are getting involved. Fast and fabulous...with flair! That's what you get when you turn large blocks into speedy quilts using this handy '10-minute' technique. You can really make a 19" block in less than '10-minutes". That means you can sew a king-size quilt top in a day, a throw quilt in an hour or two! Imagine how many quilts you will finish this year!

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With easy die-cutting using Accuquilt, it is now possible to cut fabric shapes accurately and easily. Where once we were fortunate to have sharp scissors and a rotary cutter, now intricate cutting for piecing and applique can be accomplished in minutes! With these time saving cutting and sewing techniques, you will experience the joy of creating beautiful quilts, wall hangings and fun wearables. You'll have the time to sew more than ever before. Immerse yourself in tantalising designs, drenched in sumptuous colour and fabulous texture. Happy Quilting!

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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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Twist, bend and shape pipe cleaners into 23 different dog breeds with Making Pipe Cleaner Pets. This book shows readers how to craft a realistic pipe cleaner likeness of their favourite pooch, using only a few colourful chenille stems and some inexpensive craft supplies. Kids and adults alike will enjoy making these quirky canines. Inspiring high-quality photos illustrate the petite pups that can be made for each breed. Each well-organised project includes step-by-step instructions, bend-by-bend illustrations and stem measurements to aid in creating the perfect doggie. The easy-to-learn techniques require no complex knotting, just simple knots, twists and curls, and a dab of glue. Popular featured breeds include Boston Terriers, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Chihuahuas, Dachshunds, French Bulldogs, Labrador Retrievers, Miniature Schnauzers, Pomeranians, Pugs, Shih Tzu, Toy Poodles and many more. The authors include instructions for customising the wiry woofers, plus tips for turning the dogs into clever accessories like necklaces and barrettes.

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