This mammoth book is the must-have resource in every scrapbooker’s library. The history of the craft unfolds in over 300 pages, from the albums of eras past to today’s scrapbooking renaissance. Interviews and profiles of leading designers offer insight, and there’s abundant advice for newcomers on improving images and layouts. Learn how to take full advantage of your camera; store photographs to ensure archival quality; and create powerful, balanced page designs. Invaluable tips cover choice of materials, using words effectively, and selecting and integrating typefaces. There’s also a plethora of fabulous techniques to try, from cropping, matting, and mounting photos to stamping, embossing, and distressing papers. Sample layouts spotlight those important moments—from birthdays to weddings—that everyone most wants to commemorate.
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It's the craft of the century, infiltrating every specialty store in the country. The headlines about scrapbooking are all true: it's one of the fastest-growing hobbies-avocations. What the authors have accomplished here is a multipaged how-to and visual illustration of all kinds of memory books, intended for almost professionals as well as novices. The first half or so concentrates on the basics, from the reasons to create keepsakes, and design possibilities (for instance, shabby chic, grunge, and eclectic), to the use of words, photographs, and successful layouts. Then on to the "real" content. Any personal or universal event--Halloween, babies, pets, holidays, weddings, among others--is well documented with ideas, different styles, and enhancements. Every page is adorned with examples; questions and answers populate chapters on specific scrapbook occasions that are on every family's top-hits list. Barbara Jacobs
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All inclusive information for scrapbookers, no other books needed!,
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This review is from: The Joy of Scrapbooking (Hardcover)
Save yourself money and shelf space - this book covers everything you need to know be a brilliant scrapbooker! I checked out every book on scrapbooking from our county library system (over 40) and this book is far superior to any of the others, so I had to have a copy of my own for frequent reference. It is a big, thick, all color book of high quality glossy pages with a good sturdy binding to allow for heavy use. It starts with the basics - colors, including what-goes-with-what for the more color challenged of us, how they interact with each other, how diffferent colors on the same layout touch different emotions, etc. It covers photography: what makes a good photo and how to take it, how lighting can change the feelings the photo evokes, how to crop a photo so it coveys what you want reflected, etc. It covers papers, vellums, cardstock, and what you need to know about each category. It covers embellishements thoroughly, and gives great ideas for uses of household items that look fantastic, not tacky, on pages. It gives great info on what makes good titling, journaling, etc. I could go on and on. This is not just a 'picture book' though it has literally hundreds of pages of gorgeous layouts for those of us who prefer to 'scraplift' ideas (copy the layout). It has all the information you need to be a designer scrapbooker, all you have to do is read it, and it is worth reading - every word!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The full-page color photos of sample layouts are clear and uncluttered, and the result is packed with inspirational examples.,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Joy of Scrapbooking (Hardcover)
There are plenty of books on scrapbooking in the market, but this packs in so much more information than competitors that it's the recommended pick for any library seeking just one or two authoritative texts on the subject. Such a collection will find not only the usual tips on how to produce polished scrapbook results, but interviews and profiles of leading designers and companies, advice for newcomers on improving images and presentation, and keys to understanding a camera's advanced - often unused - capabilities. The full-page color photos of sample layouts are clear and uncluttered, and the result is packed with inspirational examples.
Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
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My Scrap Bible,
This review is from: The Joy of Scrapbooking (Paperback)
As a confirmed scrap-a-holic this is my most used resource. The book is divided in two parts. The first part covers all the basics, photography, design, journaling, tools, etc. The second part covers page themes such as holidays, pets, sports, boys, girls, etc. At over 300 pages The Joy of Scrapbooking is loaded with great scrapbook pages that are guarantee to inspire. Every time I pick up this great book I find something new.
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