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Machine generated contents note: ch. One Foundations -- Bubble Wrap -- Crayon Resist -- Gel Medium Resist -- Magazine Collage -- Masked Background -- Monoprint -- Negative Mask -- Reverse Resist -- Smooshing -- Wax Paper Resist -- ch. Two Textures -- Embossed Resist -- Encased -- Fabric Painting -- Fabric Paper -- Faux Letterpress -- Frottage -- Gesso -- Glitter In Wet Paint -- Tie-Dye Markers -- Tissue Paper Decoupage -- ch. Three Supplements -- Burnished Metal -- Candy Wrapper Decoupage -- Dryer Sheet Art -- Foam Stamps -- Glitter Tape -- Masking Tape -- Paper Piecing -- Paper Towel Art -- Sticker Masking -- White Glue Stamp -- ch. Four Embellishments -- Beaded Ribbon Ruffle -- Cardstock Flowers -- Cupcake Wrapper Flowers -- Embossed Metal Chipboard -- Fabric Flowers -- Foil Transfer -- Heat-Embossed Chipboard -- Paper Quilting -- Stamped Vellum -- Tissue Paper Flowers -- ch. Five Layer It On! -- ch. Six A Little Help From My Friends

Expressing yourself with maximum creativity takes tools--an 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-step--can 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 techniques--more than 40 unique ways to create textures, backgrounds, embellishments and more--that can be used in any type of art