Product Description
This mammoth book contains so much valuable information, and so many exciting examples of great work, it will become the must-have resource for every beginning and experienced scrapbooker’s library! In more than 300 pages, the history of the craft unfolds, from the old-fashioned albums of eras past to the renaissance of creative scrapbooking today. Interviews and profiles of leading designers and companies offer insight into the art, and there’s abundant advice for newcomers on improving their images and their layouts. They’ll find out how to take full advantage of the camera’s key components; store photographs and ensure archival quality; and create a powerful, balanced design on the page. Invaluable tips cover choice of materials, selecting and integrating type, and using words to enhance the images. And of course there’s a plethora of fabulous techniques to try, from cropping, matting and mounting photos to stamping, embossing, and distressing to creating custom papers on the computer. And the sample layouts spotlight those important moments that everyone most wants to commemorate: birthdays, graduations, weddings, and special family events.
A Main Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #462119 in Books
- Published on: 2006-08-28
- Original language:
English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
It's the craft of the century, infiltrating every specialty store in the country. The headlines about scrapbooking are all true: it's one of the fastest-growing hobbies-avocations. What the authors have accomplished here is a multipaged how-to and visual illustration of all kinds of memory books, intended for almost professionals as well as novices. The first half or so concentrates on the basics, from the reasons to create keepsakes, and design possibilities (for instance, shabby chic, grunge, and eclectic), to the use of words, photographs, and successful layouts. Then on to the "real" content. Any personal or universal event--Halloween, babies, pets, holidays, weddings, among others--is well documented with ideas, different styles, and enhancements. Every page is adorned with examples; questions and answers populate chapters on specific scrapbook occasions that are on every family's top-hits list. Barbara Jacobs
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