Magenta Style Paper Magic: Ideas and Techniques for Stunning Albums, Cards, Gift Wrap, Home Decor, and More

by Nathalie Metivier, Leslie Conron Carola, Leslie Carola, et al.

A Main Selection for Crafter's Choice Book Club Elegant, artistic, inspiring, magical---all terms used to describe Magenta, a unique company in Quebec, Canada, whose glorious papercrafting products and work are sought after and admired by papercrafters. An inspiring combination of inventive ideas, tips, and techniques on creating memorable projects, offering more than fifty imaginative scrapbook pages, album covers, cards, invitations, stationery, picture frames, Christmas tree ornaments, decorative boxes, all with distinctive treatment---Magenta Style: lavish, rich color, texture, and embellishments. Each main project offers a technique and variations---a change in the color palette, or a different composition using the same materials or techniques, or a smaller type of project (card vs. frame or album cover) using the same materials or techniques. Learn the 'Magenta' way to use rubber stamps, stickers, sumptuous embellishments, colored pencils, inks, or decorative paper and how to get the most from a variety of materials, even how to adapt the projects to use materials from other sources. Known for their meticulous attention to detail and imaginative projects, this is first book to showcase the unique and always elegant" Magenta Style Paper Magic."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312367090
• ISBN13: 9780312367091
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

I really enjoyed this book. There are a lot of projects I want to make in it. I highly recommend purchasing this book.

everything you might want to do with paper and more!

This book just makes you want to play with paper all day! New techniques and fine design as well as good instruction make this a must have book. I had the book spring bound for ease of use, and the folks who did this said that they could not put the book down while working on it!

For those familiar with MAGENTA and the more advanced stampers

I have loved the MAGENTA products since I started stamping about 10+ yrs ago. I am very familiar with the "MAGENTA-style-stamping" since I have taken a few "advanced" stamping workshops using MAGENTA products. Anyhow, this book is probably the only book out there written about MAGENTA STYLE STAMPING (by Nathalie Metivier), and therefore, if you are a MAGENTA stamp lover, like me, then this book is a must! I am thrilled to have bought this book and have been drooling over the photos all week! I have bookmarked many craft ideas presented in this book already, and I will be reproducing them very soon. Can't wait! Another point I have to make is this: .... if you are just starting out in the rubber stamping arena, then this book could be a bit overwhelming. My suggestion is that if you are just starting out with any rubber-stamping crafts, then I'd suggest taking at least one "rubber stamping 101" course (for example: at your local Scrapbook store), to get a "feel" for the Magenta-Style. Once a beginner understands how the Magenta-Style works, then this book will make more sense.

Beautiful!

One of the most beautiful and informative papercraft books I've ever seen! Exactly what I've been looking for. Highly recommend it for all paper-crafters!

Love This Book

This is an absolutely great book. So many techniques and projects to do. The photos and instructions for everything is done up very well and easy to understand. It is definitely worth the price.