200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas [Spiral-bound]

Dena Crow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 24, 1998

200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas Creative Concepts

A must for any scrapbook hobbyist. "200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas" contains no advertising and no articles, just ideas! The book has ideas for beginning to professional scrapbooking, detailed on 12 X 12 pages. It is spiral bound so it remains open while you use it. "200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas" is sold in scrapbook stores across the country and has received great reviews from individuals, scrapbook stores, and national distributors. The book has eighteen sections for easy reference. These eighteen sections include: New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, Father's Day, Halloween, Christmas, Winter, Summer, Fall, Title Pages, Baby, Birthday, Children, School, Sports, Vacation, Wedding and Miscellaneous.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas" is a great idea book! It contains wonderfully unique ideas that can be seen in detail.The spiral binding is an asset for the book. I especially like that the ideas are done on 12 X 12 pages. -- Dean in Alabama

About the Author

Creative Concepts was created to publish a scrapbook idea book titled "200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas." The owner, Dena Crow, has enjoyed the hobby of scrapbooking for several years. From this hobby, she realized there was a need for a quality scrapbook idea book. The few that were on the market were not in the style or format that most scrapbooking hobbyists wanted. In February 1998, the marketing plan was established to create the idea book. With advice from friends, help from family members, and prayerful consideration, Dena Crow created the publishing company, Creative Concepts. Once the logistics and financial planning were completed "200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas" was printed and ready for distribution in July of 1998. The tremendous success of the company has been overwhelming at times for Dena. Immediate distribution of presold books began as soon as the book was printed. Today, the book is being sold across the nation to scrapbook stores, scrapbook consultants, national craft stores, and mass distributors. The success of the book has been phenomenal. Most customers first response to "200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas" has been, "I love the book," and "When is the second book going to be printed." Creative Concepts is pleased to announce that initial steps have been considered for the printing of volume two which would be titled, "200 MORE Great Scrapbooking Layout Ideas."

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 104 pages
• Publisher: Creative Concepts (July 24, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966521307
• ISBN-13: 978-0966521306
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,353,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like Creative Memories Idea Books, you'll like this, January 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas (Spiral-bound)

200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas is a wonderful collection of completed scrapbook layout pages. Almost all of the ideas are in the 12x12" format and most are done on white backgrounds, simliar in style to the Creative Memories books. If you love the Creative Memories line then you will probably enjoy this book too. The ideas are basic, clean ideas - there are no complicated "new" things to try. For the type of scrapper who loves to just follow a layout idea like a recipe, this book is perfect. There is only one thing wrong with the book - thee are no details given about the materials used for each layout and no writing to explain what was done on the page. An absolute beginner might find this frustrating, but I was able to look at the ideas and figure out how to copy the layout using if not identical materials, at least a suitable substitute. Don't let the awful, bland cover of this book fool you - the book is in full color and is a terrific resource for the beginner-intermediate level scrapper.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment, November 8, 1999

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This review is from: 200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas (Spiral-bound)

This was the only book that I have bought through Amazon that has disappointed me. If I had leaved through this book at a bookstore, I would never have purchased it. The layout ideas are so average that one sees them everywhere, on the web, in friends scrapbooks. Not in a layout idea book. The pictures in the layouts are sometimes haphazardly put out. The format is small so that one has to squint to see the details. And I can get almost all the ideas from my Creative Memory Idea Books. There are no explanations for the beginner, no step by step instructions. And it is too simple for those who want to take their work to the next level. However, these might be just the qualities that a lot of people are looking for.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, June 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 200 Great Scrapbook Layout Ideas (Spiral-bound)

I bought this book for my elaborate scrapbooking library.

I was amazed at it's simplicity. These layouts are nothing more than poor imitations of Creative Memory ideas. The same layouts are used throughout the book with different pictures. They are nothing more than a couple of women's actual pages - mistakes and all. You would think that the editors would request that Minnie Mouse be spelled correctly and that the artists would want to include only the best pages that they could.

Very poor skills here, my worst pages look better than their best. Pictures are tilted (not on purpose), lettering is awful, and I'm amazed that this book even made it to print.

If you want some good ideas, don't waste your money on this book. Look around instead: you can find a much bigger bang for your buck with a magazine, or if you like the CM style, just get one of the 'professional' idea books that they publish.