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Title: Paper Bouquet: Using Paper Punches to Create Beautiful Flowers
ISBN: 1600590594
Author:
Susan Tierney Cockburn
Publicate Date: 2008-07-01
Publish: 2008-07-01
List Price: $14.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $8.99
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $8.99
Amazon Merchant Price: $10.17
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1: Beautiful and easy to make
I had ordered the book from Amazon and was very disappointed when I got a message from them that they would be unable to fill my order. I was lucky enough to take 4 classes from Susan, the author, this past weekend. Fortunately, I was able to buy the book at the class. The book is wonderful and very helpful. My flowers turned out beautiful and although time consuming, the end results were worth every minute. I feel sure that with practice, I'll be able to make each flower easier and quicker. I suggest you find a couple of friends and each buy a punch or two and share. But everyone should have a book. Susan said they are going to run another printing and it should be available soon. Susan is writing a second book and I can't wait to buy it.
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2: Make extraordinary flowers simply and easily ...
This book takes paper flower making to heights. The directions are easy to follow on how to make your paper flowers look more realistic and the book includes many inside tips to making flowers easily. This book is well worth purchasing if you are a novice or professional wanting to see the inner workings of how to build a flower.
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3: beautiful flowers 12 months a year!
With this book, some paper, paper punches available at most craft stores, and a few other items, you can make beautiful flowers to trim, frame, use on cards. . . let your imagination go wild. I can't wait to give beautiful hand made cards and framed gifts using this book as a guide.
I love it!
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4: paper punching
Amazing ideas for making 3D flowers with paper punches. The techniques show how to shape petals and enhance with colors to look like a variety of popular flowers. Beware: There are so many wonderful ideas, this book will cause a spending spree to buy more punches!
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5: I wish I had known...
I don't like to give negative feedback, but I wish that I had had some sort of customer feedback before I bought this book.
Let me start out by saying that there are some beautiful flowers in this book. From what I can see, the author does a good job of presenting each flower with good photos and detailed instructions . However, I was looking forward to receiving this book and "digging right in" - but that isn't going to happen! The author states "when I began creating paper flowers, I used simple craft punches..." - but there is only one or two of the 40 flowers in this book that use "simple craft punches". Unless you want to shape the petals and leaves yourself, (for the most part) - you have to buy the punches. And these are not simple punches that the author says are available in your local craft supply store. (I live in a city of 120,000+, and the craft stores here might carry one or two of the smaller punches used) These are elaborate punches that you will probably have to order over the internet-unless you live in a big city that has alot more specialty stores. AND, the author does not give the name of the company that makes the punches OR list the craft sources in her book. Instead, she says to "visit us at www.larkbooks.com" - which I tried. She leads you to believe ordering the punches from this website is a breeze - but I got so frustrated trying to find any mention of them there, that I eventually gave up. I did find some "mega-punches" on another website that looked like some of the ones in her book, and they were $26.99 each. Just a bit beyond what I'm willing to pay for a single punch.
Another thing that bothered me about the book is that there is NO REFERENCE to the SIZE of the flowers. She uses terms like "mini, small, medium, large, super giant and mega" - but no actual sizes... I wanted to use these flowers for quilled invitations, but have no idea of the size - without first buying one of the specialty punches and trying it out!
If you want to make some pretty flowers, buy the book. But be prepared to spend a bunch of money on the punches - if you can find them!
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