Michele Gerbrandt's Scrapbook Basics [Paperback]

Memory Makers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 10, 2002

Scrapbook Basics is the ultimate resource for those who are just getting started in scrapbooking. Readers will find helpful, informative instructions and illustrations for organizing photos and negatives, selecting the most useful starter supplies, and setting up an efficient workspace. There is also advice on how to design page layouts quickly and easily, effective photo cropping, simple journaling how-tos, tips on making the first page, and completing an album. Worksheets for brainstorming ideas and a glossary of scrapbooking terms and techniques give beginning scrapbookers inspiration and information for making a scrapbook to cherish. This book contains everything needed to get started in the fun-filled, highly addictive hobby of making and preserving memories.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Memory Makers (August 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892127164
• ISBN-13: 978-1892127167
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #888,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need a jumpstart to get started scrapbooking?, April 9, 2003

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Soozie4Him (Chicago suburbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michele Gerbrandt's Scrapbook Basics (Paperback)

I found this book very helpful. As a beginning scrapper, many of the magazines and idea books are overwhelming. The layouts in those books and magazines look so professional, and are time-intensive and costly to make. I really appreciated this book, in which Michele tells you what you need to know to get started, and helps you along the way.

She starts at the beginning - with how to choose supplies and how to sort your pictures. She takes you step-by-step and after reading this book, I guarantee any beginner will be thinking, "I CAN do this!"

I'm not saying this book is only for the beginner, however, there are quite a few different techniques described that would be helpful to more advanced scrappers as well.

I really enjoyed the author's pages and the fact that she was sharing her own family's photos made it that much more personal and real. The layouts in this book are do-able and realistic.

I would encourage wanna-be scrappers and newbie scrappers to not get hung up about the latest trends and doing things in a particular way. Your own style is what's right for you! There are a few basics to learn about using acid-free products, but I feel that there's too much pressure now to do fancy, "lumpy" and [extravagent] pages.

I highly recommend this book!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so helpful!, January 16, 2006

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M. Stabile (Gwinnett County, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michele Gerbrandt's Scrapbook Basics (Paperback)

I had no idea where to start with scrapbooking. I had seen those scrapbooking magazines with very elaborate pages, but that seemed too advanced, and I really wanted to begin with something simple. This book was exactly what I needed. It takes you through the basics, tells you what supplies you will need, and gives examples. It's kind of like one of those "Dummies" books--it assumes you know basically nothing beyond what glue, scissors and paper are, so it starts right from square one.

The only complaint I had with this book was that now that it helped me get started scrapbooking, I can't seem to stop! :)

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Worksheets and Techniques, December 21, 2004

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Virginia Allain "retired librarian" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michele Gerbrandt's Scrapbook Basics (Paperback)

She gives very detailed instructions for sorting your photos and includes a worksheet to help with this. Good layout is explained and tips given for finding ideas for your scrapbook pages. The reader learns how to use scrapbooking tools like shape cutters and paper trimmers, how to mat, how to crop silhouettes and a variety of techniques.
What a terrific book this is with straight forward directions for new scrapbookers. Even experienced hobbyists will find some useful tips and ideas here (making a pocket page, encapsulating memorabilia, questions to improve journaling).