CELTIC ALPHABETS With Borders and Motifs

Containing numerous project patterns, this unique resource offers beautiful step-by-step sequences and inspirational artwork samples that illustrate numerous styles of Celtic alphabets. With 11 alphabetic fonts, each project is marvelously versatile--from greeting cards and calligraphy to home decor and personalized monogramming. Included among the variety of expressive designs are block alphabets embellished with leaves, lions, birds, and dogs as well as decorative swashes, internal tracings, and figurative Celtic knots. In addition to alphabets, supplemental projects, both modern and traditional, cover an array of motifs of foliage, animals, and avian subjects, as well as instruction for intricate borders and numerals.

Celtic designs, with their strong and distinctive lines, are ideal for many rubber stamping projects. Celtic Alphabets by Judy Balchin, provides eleven different Celtic alphabets, plus motifs and borders. The designs are ideal for incorporating into papercraft and rubber stamping projects. Judy Balchin also provides a range of different project and technique ideas throughout the book. While this isn't a rubber stamping book, it is a good source book of designs that can be incorporated into stamping projects or used as templates for carving your own stamps.