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The Adventurous Scrapbooker: Creating Wonderful Scrapbooks from Almost Anything

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I've been eagerly waiting for my copy of The Adventurous Scrapbooker to arrive in the mail and today was my lucky day.
My expectations were seriously surpassed. With the help of scrapbooking and journal keeping luminaries such as Claudine Hellmuth and
Steph McAtee, Ms. Aimone has created a passport/guidebook to some heretofore unexplored scrapbooking frontiers.
With themes running the gamut from a Grandmother's Voyage to Israel, to the Doors of Prague and Rwanda 2005, and via scrapbooks created
from a wooden soapbox, an old Boy Scout First Aid tin, and a reticulated paper doll, we are inspired to think in terms of the unexpected and unusual;
even the cast-off detritus of everyday life can be transformed into a scrapbook or journal worth returning to time and again.
Although the focus is definitely on colorful photos of each scrapbook, detailed supply lists and a step-by-step process for creating a similar
presentation are included.

I am so glad I ordered this book.Each page and project is such an inspiration.The directions are easy to follow and each item is doable as well as something you can incorporate into your own work or ideas.This is just amazing!!! One of my Fav "artist" Steph McAtee really wowed me!!:)

Amazingly wonderful images and ideas abound in this superbly documented and organized book. Once again Katherine Aimone has done it. As in her other books, she has chosen the "best of the best" projects and presented her audience with readable and clear directions. No other scrapbooking book can outdo this one in creativity and imagery. A clear winner!

I'm going to jump right on the 5 star rating bandwagon for this book. I figure there is something for everyone between these pages...using dolls house elements as embellishments, cigar boxes, altered books, fabric, tins and of course lots of paper. I figured I'd seen just about every permentation of scrapbbok, but the paper doll book was a new one for me.

And I just loved the suggestion of using gin as a tranfer agent onto polymer clay. Can't confirm that it actually works, but I intend to give it a try. At least if the technique doesn't work, there should be some compensation left in the bottle!

I was getting so tired of the scrapbook pages in the magazines; the standard layouts in the pre-made books! Then I found this book and it is great. Making my own books And out of recycled found items! I love it!

it's exciting to see scrapbooking taking to a new level. This book has lots of examples to keep your scrapbooking fresh and out of the box. It is an honor to be one of the contributing artists to this wonderful book!

I was very refreshed by the contents of this book,each project unique and thoughtful!
Thank-you,Katherine for inspiration anew!