This one-stop practical guide will show you how to say whatever you want creatively with hand-made greeting cards. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy ebook format with colour photos and expert advice throughout.Why spend a small fortune on generic high street greeting cards when you can create your own personalised message with just a few pieces of paper and the right book to guide you?This book is your essential companion to making your own cards. It provides everything you need to create something imaginative and individual to give at Christmas, birthdays and every other occasion you can think of.You’ll find out what materials you can use, learn fascinating new ways to use them and be fired by the wealth of ideas this book has to offer.As a step-by-step guide to techniques ranging from calligraphy to bead work and embossing, this book won’t fail to inspire you with ideas for every event and every person.

Laura Hines runs her own cardmaking business. She supplies local gift shops and sells at craft fairs around the country. Need to Know Cardmaking is her first book, building on the success of that business. She lives in the village of Hook Norton in Oxfordshire with her family.