With these wonderfully simple instructions, creative techniques, enlightening photos, and patterns to copy, any beginner can successfully make dazzling handmade cards. The starting point here is fun-and-easy rubber stamping, that you can then combine with other media, such as watercolor and collage. Send the Rose Garden with its bright foam rose in a cheerful garden for a birthday, get well wishes, or just to say hello. A silly snowman full of cheer—and complete with hat and scarf—graces a holiday greeting. Celebrate Easter with a deluxe Stained Glass Window card. Every one is fun to craft and to receive. The author lives in Kinnelon, NJ.