Creative Foundations

Expressing yourself with maximum creativity takes toolsan arsenal of techniques that you use, combine and modify in your own unique pieces. For many crafters, taking that step into learning techniques rather than just following a project step-by-stepcan be a big one. But once those techniques are learned, the possibilities are truly endless because they can be incorporated into any type of art imaginable.In this book, author Vicki Boutin focuses on the teaching the techniquesmore than 40 unique ways to create textures, backgrounds, embellishments and morethat can be used in any type of art. Each technique is accompanied by at least one finished piece of arta card, scrapbook layout, canvas piece or other itemand a gallery provides further inspiration, with 20 pieces of art created by contributors using a 'recipe' of 2-3 of Vicki's techniques.