There are some beautiful stamps in this book: oriental ladies, lovely views, fashion, Art Nouveau, Victoriana and others that are suitable for any occasion other than religious festivals. As usual with Search Press, you can expect lots of staged photographs and instructions, showing how to make cards that are indeed "simple and stunning." You mainly need the stamps, ink pads and whatever additions come to hand to make these cards, so no specialist equipment is needed apart from a steady hand and a talent for assembling a pleasing arrangement. I particularly like the way the stamps all come from one company, and the website for this is given at the front of the book so you really can make all the cards exactly as they appear, if you want to. I confess to not having been a keen rubber stamper until these new sets came along, but it is simple to create something really professional with comparatively little outlay and this book shows how versatile these new stamps are.

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