Creative Collage for Scrapbooks [Paperback]

Kelly Angard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 5, 2005

Fresh and Fun Techniques for Layering

What is your definition of Collage Art? Whatever your answer, there is no "one way" that Collage Art is made. Collage is, by definition, the assembling of materials onto a surface; any time you have layered a photo over paper and onto a scrapbook page, you have done Collage Art and are therefore, a Collage Artist!

In this book, Kelly Angard takes a personal approach to teaching over 50 techniques that will bring artistic style to your scrapbook art. Through illustrated step-by-step instructions and simple diagrams, she demystifies the techniques that make Collage Art look complicated while encouraging you to create a look that is all your own.

Colorant techniques include:

• Altered ink designs
• Metallic photo effects
• Stamped paint imprints
• Brayered dye washes

Texture techniques include:

• Embossed stencil designs
• Encrusted embellishments
• Gel imprints
• Architextural images

Image techniques include:

• Embossed photos
• Image transfers
• Rub-on transfers
• Painted transparencies

Collage techniques include:

• Multiphoto mosaics
• Abstract portrait collages
• Dimensional decoupages
• Transparency montages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Kelly Angard has worked as a freelance artist and writer with Memory Makers magazine and Memory Makers Books. She has had more than 100 pieces of art published.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Memory Makers (November 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189212758X
• ISBN-13: 978-1892127587
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MINDBLOWING TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS!, November 14, 2005

By 

G. Gallacher (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Collage for Scrapbooks (Paperback)

Without a doubt, this is not your typical scrapbooking
technique guide.

Filled with refreshing and innovative new ways of creating
a stunning array of visual effects, I would say this is more
of a book that teaches you how to create your own
fantastically unique pieces of art. The fact that the results
can be incorporated into the scrapbooking world is just a
deliciously
large piece of icing!

Trust me when I say this book is like nothing else on the
market. Explore the ingenious new methods the author
has personally invented specifically for this book and you will
consider yourself not only a newly reborn scrapbook
creator, but an artist as well.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent find, March 24, 2006

By 

Ayka (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Collage for Scrapbooks (Paperback)

I just ordered this book after returning from a bookstore where I read it for almost an hour. Now, I have to confess, scrapbooking leaves me cold. This book however, goes far beyond scrapbooking. I do mixed media and can't wait to try all the various techniques I spotted here.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Techniques, Easy to Read and Great Photos!, July 23, 2007

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Christine "loves to read" (Setauket, NY, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Collage for Scrapbooks (Paperback)

I never thought I would hear the words "scrapbook" and "collage" in one sentence! Finally, a book that closes the gap between these two mediums beautifully. Collage can be pretty intimidating to some people, which is why I love Kelly Angard's approach to the medium. She describes it as "a type of art as well as a way of creating art", and further explains that "every layout you do is a collage. It is a collage of your thoughts, memories and feelings as much as it is a collage of color, texture and image".

This book is based on four distinct categories that the author feels is essential to scrapbooking: Colorant (techniques for adding color), Texture, Image and Collage. Each chapter contains layouts which illustrate a technique from each category. For example, under the colorant category she illustrates how to alter patterned paper, how to use a brayer to create mask effects, working with glazes, transfers, brush techniques, and so on. There are at least a dozen techniques for each category, and over 50 presented in the entire book. This is literally a gold mine for the technique enthusiast! I would highly recommend this for those who want a one-stop place to look up a variety of techniques, and for those who want to add an "artsy" edge to their work.

Enjoy
Cris Cunningham