Montage Memories -Creating Altered Scrapbook Pages (Memory Makers) [Paperback]

Erikia Ghumm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 22, 2004 | Series: Memory Makers

A new style of scrapbooking, embracing the trend towards altered books, has been taking the industry by storm. Now Memory Mokers, the number one source for scrapbooking information, gives readers a title that explains everything they need to know about this interesting technique. Montoge Memories: Creating Altered Scrapbook Pages teaches readers how to reproduce the "vagabond" look of highly textured, organic pages and includes projects on: How to stamp, crumple, and distress background paper How to use feathers, metal and leather in embellishing pages How to create album jewelry to suspend from pages and bindings Each project features a simple supply list that tells readers all of the materials they'll need. With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and inspiring ideas, this book is sure to attract first-times as well as veteran scrapbookers looking to spruce up their pages.

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About the Author

Pamela Frye and Erika Ghumm, both former editors at Memory Makers, have long been recognized as innovators and top-notch scrapbook artists. During their time at Memory Makers, Pamela and Erika were responsible for developing many of the trends that define modern scrapbooking, including the use of embellishments, unique lettering fonts and punch art.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Memory Makers (February 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892127326
• ISBN-13: 978-1892127327
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,256,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The fine Art of scrapbooking. . ., March 19, 2004

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S. Fishburn (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Montage Memories -Creating Altered Scrapbook Pages (Memory Makers) (Paperback)

If you're a scrapbooker looking for new ideas & inspiration, then baby, have you picked the right book! If you're a collage artist & think you have nothing to learn from a book marketed to scrapbookers, think again!
Erikia & Pamela have put together a treasure trove of fresh & fun techniques to keep both groups happily experimenting, thinking out of the box, & of course, creating their own fabulous pages & more, for scrapbooks, journals & framed art.
From novel approaches to altering photos & making one's own background paper, to using scratchboard & etching glass - it's all here. These girls are as handy at wielding a metal hammer as they are at showing us how cut our own stencils or print a cyanotype!
And by the way, I am just wild about that funky retro '70s clock on page 35 - can't wait to make my own!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Techniques to Try, July 8, 2007

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Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Montage Memories -Creating Altered Scrapbook Pages (Memory Makers) (Paperback)

This has so many ideas that I'd never thought of. Cutting out words to get a "ransom note" effect, tearing and reassembling photos, sanding photos to age them, transferring photos onto laminate, and many more. I'll have hours of fun trying these out.

It's great to see the cross-pollination between altered books and scrapbooking and card making. Paper crafts are just so much fun and creative artists like these two really inspire me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cute and personable book, June 5, 2009

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sweetyetevil "Beth" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Montage Memories -Creating Altered Scrapbook Pages (Memory Makers) (Paperback)

I really enjoy going through this book and I think the pics are great. Many of the projects are fun and different that most run of the mill craft books. I would have liked a bit more info on a few things in the book but overall I recommend it to beginners and seasoned crafters.