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Award-Winning Scrapbook Pages (Leisure Arts #15932) (Creating Keepsakes)

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Be prepared to spend countless hours flipping through all 288 pages of inspirational examples of award-winning pages. There are examples of just about every technique you could imagine. You can copy the ones in the book or combine techniques to create your own personalized pages. The book lists the supplies required to create each page and tips for duplicating some of the techniques. The only criticism that I can possibly make is that there are no step by step instructions, but then I don't think that is what this book is all about. It's meant to inspire. Well worth the money.

I started scrapping over a year ago and this was one of the first books I purchased. Even then, it was VERY outdated. While there are some good ideas inside, this is a book for a scrapper that is not at all interested in using any of the new materials available. In 2004 (this book ends with the 2003 Creating Keepsakes Hall of Famers scrappers) patterned paper and TONS of embellishments especially designed for paper art emerged. It changed everything about scrapbooking.

This book is good if you only want to work with construction paper, vellum, colored wire, magic markers, and photos. If you are interested in using even the smallest amount of the new tools (even a hole punch!!), paper, materials, and embellishments out there (brads, circle cutters, patterned paper, tags, fibers, stamps, textured cardstock, die cuts), this book is NOT for you. This book was compiled and published before the "scrap how you want to" movement started up and is sort of firm in what is "right" and what is "wrong". There's little personality to any of the layouts- they all look the same.

I recently flipped through the book again, and it was astonishing to find scrappers like Ali Edwards, Cathy Z, etc inside, using things like construction paper and tissue on their pages. Their styles have completely changed, and it made me realize that several years ago, there were unspoken and rigid requirements about scrapbooking. Now it's a totally personal hobby and art form and these formerly "traditional" scrappers are paving the way for individuality and creativity, finding your own voice within the pages of your family/your personal scrapbooks. It sort of made me hopeful- if they can make so much progress in a few years, maybe I can, too!

Bottom line- if you are interested in the new materials available, which cost fairly little and are acid/lignin free, and are interested in learning some of the new techniques, this book is NOT for you. If you are interested in spicing up your photo journals with some things you already have in your stash (construction paper, vellum, old-fashioned cartoon stickers), this is a good source of inspiration.

Save your money- always look for scrapping books published in the last year or so. Scrapbooking changes SO much, and there has been such a huge explosion of styles and products, so any VISUAL publication compiled before 2005 is almost archaic (and not easily recreated!)

A good starting book instead? Any of Ali Edwards or Cathy Z's (better for simple, basic scrapping) books, or "The Amazing Page" by Making Memories. Or just get a subscription to any of the magazines- tons of layouts and ideas every month.

this is an awesome gift for scrapbookers. there are countless ideas and tips in it and just flipping through it is enjoyable. the pages featured are beautifully inspired. this is a great book for beginning and expert scrapbookers alike.

I have bought countless Scrapbook books, sometimes the information overwhelmed me, sometimes there wasn't enough information. This book finally taught me the way I LIKE pages to look.

In the past I have been trying to make my pages too busy - like my friends' pages, but was never satisifed with the way that they looked. In looking through this book I saw many different styles and "looks" and found one that I like. I then was able to go to my scapbook and make some of my most favorite pages ever.

Highly recommended. I think I could look at the beautiful pages in this book countless times and still get new inspiration.

This book is amazing!! The ONLY problem I have found is that there are so many great ideas that I dont have enough time to do them all! I would suggest this book to anyone that just needs to look at really well done pages but not someone that is just beginning scrapbooking because the book does not come with how to instructions.

Want inspiration? Look no further - here it is! This book is filled to the brim with all sorts of techniques and ideas for every scrapbooker. I have purchased quite a few books in search for one that gave me inspiration. Generally they were full of these weird totally-not-me examples that while they looked good were impractical for everyday use. In this book, you get all sides of the creative spectrum. You get the far-out-there looks, to the homely looks, to in-between. You can turn page to page ohh'ing and ahh'ing over the pages but you'll find you wont - you'll bookmark the page and start scrapping immediately. I've had this book for a year and still haven't finished looking through it. It's definetly a keeper and one of my 2 favorite books!

I must respectfully disagree with the reviewer who called Creating Keepsakes' Award Winning Scrapbook Pages "seriously outdated." I purchased this book just a few months ago and read it cover to cover, using up an entire package of post-it flags in the process. This is a fabulous idea book, and I would consider it a must-have for your reference shelf whether you're brand new to scrapbooking or a seasoned veteran.

This book is a snapshot of some of the best work of several amazing scrapbook artists during a specific window of time - 2001 to 2003. It doesn't set itself up to be a source for the newest products and latest trends. If you want that stuff, pick up a magazine or browse the internet. What you will find here are tons of great-looking scrapbook pages that do what they're supposed to - capture the stories and moods behind photos of a specific event, person, or everyday moment through color, design, and creative use of available supplies. There is a great mix of single photo and multi-photo layouts, single-page and double-page spreads. I loved reading the little bios about each featured artist and seeing how each woman's style played out in their various pages. Some layouts are very simple, some are quite detailed and heavily embellished. Whatever their style, these pages are TIMELESS. Whether you look at this book today or ten years from now, the pages will still be meaningful and beautiful. Trends come and go, but good scrapbooking is good scrapbooking, period.

The photographs are exquisite. The color schemes are lovely. And the embellishments are amazing. These artists took tools and techniques that are available to all of us (brads, eyelets, charms, craft wire, beads, buttons, paint, vellum, tags,transparencies, colored pencils, digital photo editing, computer fonts, stamping, die cuts, patterned paper, rub-ons, stickers,calligraphy, doodling, memorabilia, embossing, fibers, scissors, adhesive, etc.) and used them to create artwork that's uniquely their own. I was continually inspired to incorporate their ideas into my own pages, and every so often the featured artists give you a little how-to lesson for some technique they used on a layout.

While this book certainly doesn't contain some of the trendiest stuff on the market today, I was totally confused by comments about the scrapbook pages in this book being limited to construction paper and magic markers. Are you sure you're reviewing the right book?! This isn't the Joy of Scrapbooking 1987. The artists featured use ALL of the "new" stuff listed - brads, circle cutters, patterned paper, tags, fibers, stamps, textured cardstock, die cuts, etc. The materials are archival quality supplies from reputable manufacturers still in business today. While the pages in this book may not lean toward what I would call the bohemian, free-style esthetic that is so popular right now, I personally think the layouts still look fresh and offer a variety of styles and perspectives on how and what to scrapbook.

I love the book. Its great has lots of ideas. How can scrapbooking be out dated. If a page looks grate then it looks grate no mater what technique you use. I digital scrapbook and even tho this is geared to paper scrapboking, I still get good ideas from traditional scrapbooking. I can mimic any technique in Photo shop elements.

This is one of my favorite books. It is also my inspiration when scrapbooking. Even though it portrays pages from actual handmade albums, I use it in my digital scrapbooking since I can virtually re-create anything I see on my computer. Highly recommended!

If you are like most scrapbookers sometimes you need a little help to get inspired or you need something to "scrap-lift". I do not like everyone's layouts. Everyone has different tast and that is why the Hall Of Fame books are great because you get many layouts from many artists.