Crafter Clare Youngs has produced a brilliant guide to transforming old books.

Creative Book Arts offers 50 projects, from stationery and homewares to paper animals and gifts for kids. Clare shows you how to make stunning projects that look impressive but are deceptively simple to make.

Will you be cutting, slicing and gluing? Sure. But there are also projects involving simple folding, too, creating Origami shapes as well as book sculptures.

If you’re a confidant crafter you’ll find project ideas to inspire a new level of work. And if you’re not yet fully skilled, Clare’s simple instructions will help you gain confidence and enjoy the process of making something brilliant.

We like Creative Book Arts so much that we’re including a free pack of pages culled from damaged old books - a packet worth £4, including a vintage postcard to enjoy as well!

Stop by to browse the book - or order your copy now; you can arrange to collect it at Much Ado, or have us post it to you (together with the paper pack, of course).