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500 Great Heartwarming Expressions For Scrapbooking & Cards

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2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Most scrapbookers are creative by nature, and most idea books have ideas in them that we could have easily come up with on our own. But "500 Great Heartwarming Expressions For Scrapbooking & Cards" by Sandy Redburn does not follow that train of thought...It is the idea book that every scrapper wishes they had come up with! For the phrases in this book---from romance to babies to pets---are beyond the average thoughts that one would want to include in their scrapbooks and cards! These "heartwarming expressions" are refreshing, lively, sometimes serious in nature, and sometimes just plain cute and fun! Everyone will find something they can use with the various themes in this book---whether you're scrappin' a layout about your grandfather's birthday or your child's first homerun---, because these expressions cover it all! Furthermore, reading this book will not only give you ideas, but it will put a big smile on your face...And that's something we could all use at one time or another!

The rave reviews here on Amazon persuaded me to order this book, but it's not a keeper for me. The overall style of the sayings and the clipart are just too cute-sy and country for me. Just not my scrapbooking style. So, I got a few ideas, but overall I found this book disappointing.

This book was not what I expected it to be. Unstead of Expressions for scrapbooking and cards it is a book of clipart. I was very disappointed in the content of the book.

I found the book to be childish. I was disappointed but my 14 year old niece was thrilled when I gave it to her.

With this versatile book crammed full of clip-art and sayings you will be able to create as far as your imagination takes you! You can use it in so many different ways: tracing, enlarging/copying, paper piecing, and even using it as a guide to freehand draw your own art. And it's not limited to scrapbookers, either. Included are ideas for tags, cards, and envelopes; you can use them on just about any type of crafting project you can think of. In this edition, there are also several full color pages of examples of the clip-art in use. You will never be at a loss for words when you have your HEARTWARMING EXPRESSIONS book(s) handy!

I just got my copy of this, and I like it even better than the first three. I love to scrapbook but need good ideas for titles and short verses. This book has plenty along with wonderful illustrations to trace or copy. The color pages with examples are terrific, and I'll get a lot of use out of the pages that can be copied and folded into a greeting card. I hope we'll see a Book Five soon!

This book reminds me of old-fashioned, inexpensive clip art. As a graphic designer I know my standards may be higher than others who ordered this book, but personally, I was very disappointed with the quality of these illustrations.

While several of the ideas are good, the art itself is far from what I consider usable. Rather than the professional looking product I was expecting for the price, this looks like someone compiled all their "doodles" and ideas, photocopied them and bound them in a book. Not worth the price. I'll be returning it.

Having already had books 2 and 3-book 4 is the favorite of both my daughter and I. We have already used several of its ideas in our scrapbooks. Sandy Redburn has given us, in this book, so many cute sayings, frame shapes and, adorable pictures that one is always sure to smile over. They must be cute if it got my husband to chuckle.

As an avid scrapbooker, I find the caption the most difficult
to create. Book #4 not only provides great expressions, but in
the most creative types of lettering! I am so confident in my
lettering and captions now because anyone can make it look like
Sandy's, and I am not an artist! If not, you can trace them. She has provided something so useful and easy to do that it's like frosting a cake when you are decorating a scrapbook page. Once you use one of the books, you'll want to see them all.

This book is a must-have for any one from the novice to the seasoned scrapbooker. Chock full of wonderful sayings and captions, myriad clipart designs, this book covers every possible need for all levels of scrapbookers. Really gets those creative juices flowing! Hope to see more books in this series!