Creating Keepsakes magazine's lettering expert Becky Higgins gives easy five-step instructions for making 50 alphabets and hundreds of variations that will add a personal touch to scrapbooks—and to cards, invitations, and signs. This book is a long-lasting scrapbooking favorite!
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Becky Higgins is a scrapbook artist and creative editor of Creating Keepsakes scrapbook magazine. She travels extensively throughout the U.S. to scrapbooking conventions giving workshops on lettering. Previously, she was creative lettering instructor at Relections and Provo Craft in Provo, Utah. Co-author Siobhan McGowan is an editor and writer who lives in New York City.
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Anyone can learn lettering. All it takes is a little patience and a lot of pencils. There's an alphabet in this book with your name on it something for every occasion--no exceptions. When you choose a lettering style and combine it with the right color or pattern, the results will revolutionize the way you look at your scrapbook--or your cards, posters party invitations, and gift tags. The options and outlets for creative lettering are endless. Lettering can be used to tie a scrapbook page theme together, convey a message, or invoke a feeling. Funky fonts add a bold energy to your project, while Fancy fonts bring a touch of femininity. So grab your pencil, and get ready to write. (From the first section, "Great Lettering Made Easy.")
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
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No more excuses for poorly lettered titles!,
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This review is from: The Art of Creative Lettering: 50 Amazing New Alphabets You Can Make for Scrapbooks, Cards, Invitations, and Signs (Paperback)
Beautifully lettered titles can make the difference in the appearance of our scrapbook pages. As a busy person who still wants classy-looking pages, cutting out those letters from templates is too time-consuming to do for every layout. This is where Becky's book is such an inspiration. With clear directions and numerous visual examples, she show even those of us with terrible penmanship how to letter wonderful and creative titles.Beyond showing how to do the lettering, she gives inspiration for clean, classic layouts in all her examples. She provides many ideas for how to place the letters, so that these 50 fonts can provide a multitude of looks. There are a lot of books on the market to help us improve our lettering, but if you are looking for only one, this is the one I'd suggest.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Incredible Book!,
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This review is from: The Art of Creative Lettering: 50 Amazing New Alphabets You Can Make for Scrapbooks, Cards, Invitations, and Signs (Paperback)
If ever there was a book to help you imrpove your scrapbooking skills, this is it! Becky Higgins has one of the most widely liked and admired scrapbooking styles, and in this book, you will find endless possibilities for your own scrapbook pages. Not only are her lettering ideas fun and innovative, the layouts included in the book are sure to jump-start your creative juices into producing fantastic, creatively lettered pages! A must for any serious scrapbooker.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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How to letter for those of us who lack the knack,
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There is a reason this is the standard in scrapbook lettering guides: it explains how to create those fancy letters in a simple, logical way that even people with atrocious handwriting can pick up quickly to improve their page layouts. All that , and it's cute, too!It turns out that Becky Higgins' style of creative lettering is based on a simple alphabet that is adorned in one of six basic ways, then embellished and colored in. Yes, it really is that easy! Your titles and first paragraph letters can be customized according to season, color scheme, occasion, pattern match, mood, etc. The fifty variations on the six lettering styles will be more than enough for most people to fill their scrapbooks without seeming repetitive - but you may find yourself designing variations of your own after practicing for a while. The limitation of The Art of Creative Lettering is that IMHO, the lettering styles lend themselves almost exclusively to a country and/or casual feel in the page designs. This is a popular way to scrapbook, and you may not need anything else. However, sometimes a more sophisticated, adult look is called for. And if like me you have a formal wedding and a heritage album to complete, you may end up turning to sticker letters or laser cut titles to get the traditional look you want. I would highly recommend this book for anybody who believes s/he"can't" letter nicely.
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