Nancy Brown, Public Relations Manager, DRG
Phone: (260) 589-4000, ext. 365
Email: Nancy_Brown@DRGnetwork.com

200 holiday card ideas in CardMaker magazine special edition
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BERNE, Ind. -- DRG, nationally-known publisher of special-interest magazines, books, catalog items and continuities, announces the release of a fall special edition of its popular CardMaker magazine. This first-ever special edition of CardMaker features more than 200 holiday card and gift wrap and tag ideas. It retails in specialty stores and on magazine racks for $5.99.

CardMaker launched in 2005 in response to the growing trend toward paper crafting and personalized greetings. The magazine appeals to crafters at all experience levels, with easy-to-understand instructions for creating new card projects that are adaptable to a variety of styles and occasions.

The fall 2009 special edition is 98 pages, with full-color photos and step-by-step directions and illustrations for creating card projects for the holiday season. It includes templates for making special card cuts and offers a page of usable quotes. Projects are divided into seven categories, with quick cards, festive card sets, quilled cards, holiday stamping ideas, embossed designs, gift wraps with matching tags and elegant greeting cards.

Paper crafters can access additional DRG paper crafting products from the company Web site at DRGnetwork.com. Other patterns are available at e-Patterns Central.com, which offers individual downloadable patterns.

DRG is a third-generation, family-owned business located in Berne, Ind., near Fort Wayne. The company publishes magazines and books, and also offers kits and supplies under consumer brands that include Annie's Attic, American School of Needlework, Clotilde, House of White Birches and The Needlecraft Shop.



About DRG: DRG (www.DRGnetwork.com) is in its third generation of Muselman family ownership in Berne, Ind. The company consists of a direct marketing division, featuring craft and nostalgia products, and a marketing services/fulfillment division in East Texas. DRG publishes magazines and books, and also offers kits and supplies under consumer brands that include House of White Birches, Annie's Attic, Clotilde, The Needlecraft Shop and American School of Needlework. Most print products are also available for download via the Internet. The fulfillment division, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), in Big Sandy, Texas, offers database marketing and Internet services alongside traditional subscription and product fulfillment.