Scrapbooking: 100 Techniques with 25 Projects Plus a Swipefile of Motifs and Mottoes [Paperback]

Sarah Beaman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2005

An inspiring and practical guide to preserving cherished memories.

Scrapbooking is a wide-ranging and comprehensive guide to this popular new craft. The 100 creative techniques described in this book make each scrapbook a joy to create.

The book offers ideas, tips and techniques for:

Baby memories

Childhood memories

Engagement and wedding memories

Vacation memories

Family heritage, and more.

Useful tools and equipment are fully illustrated and carefully explained. Readers can get excellent results with such simple tools as scissors and glue. More advanced equipment like sewing machines are used to achieve more sophisticated results.

Each chapter provides clear, step-by-step instructions with color photographs. Options and materials are discussed, and the twenty-five projects are illustrated from start to finish.

Specific topics include:

• Making a cover and the interior pages
• Using decorative backgrounds
• Preparing photographs, sticking and fixing
• Adding threads, yarns, ribbons and fabrics
• Creating accents and embellishments
• Incorporating loose memorabilia items.

Whether making one large album to celebrate a special person or occasion, or creating many, Scrapbooking is an essential reference and guide for success.

(20050917)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

And they keep coming--that is, books on the craft of preserving memories, rediscovered in the late 1980s after centuries of dormancy, which seems to continue its appeal. This new book underscore why this billion-dollar-plus industry increases its revenues, year after year.Count on Firefly to add more than a dollop of professionalism to any art or craft. In the hands of Beaman, capturing nostalgia and memories is an endeavor made permanent, with her emphasis on 100 techniques. Included in the categories are book binding, preparing photographs, creating text, and handling loose memorabilia, among a dozen-plus topics. Each is infused with a goodly sense of adherence to great graphic design principles as well as step-by-step color photographs. (How could, for instance, anyone argue with her statement to stick with one type or font?) The 25 projects highlight family memories, from vacations to romantic occasions, featuring, yes, a step-by-step format but, just as important, tips for choosing pictures. An elegant introduction to popular pictorial presentations. Barbara Jacobs
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Review

This book ... make[s] your scrapbooking experience productive and creative and provides lots of design and layout ideas. (The Cottager (cottager.com) 20050901)

An elegant introduction to popular pictorial presentations. (Barbara Jacobs Booklist )

Gives good tips for putting loose memorabilia into scrapbooks... very detailed in its instructions. (Keshia Hair St Louis Post-Dispatch )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books (April 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552979598
• ISBN-13: 978-1552979594
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,942,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Take scrapbooking to a higher level!, February 14, 2008

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Rizzo (Nowhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scrapbooking: 100 Techniques with 25 Projects Plus a Swipefile of Motifs and Mottoes (Paperback)

If you plan on taking scrapbooking to a higher level than the usual cut and paste, this book is for you. Plus, it is not for the beginner. It is for the very creative mind, the person who has that extra knack to be crafty and skillful.

Great ideas are here, and you will explore attaching memorabilia, pockets, buttons, tags, pennants, felts, cords, etc. You will learn stamping, embossing stitching, piercing and painting. I like the idea of photo mosaic.

Pages are colorful with complete instructions, ideas, examples. Included are templates, motifs, and mottoes.

The author, Sarah Beaman trained as a fashion designer and author of Complete Guide to Card Making and Fast Cards. This 2005 book is an excellent source to challenge yourself with scrapbooking. The ideas and pages demonstrated will be used for a long time. It is beautiful work....Rizzo

5.0 out of 5 stars Help any beginner put together a professional-looking album., January 6, 2007

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This review is from: Scrapbooking: 100 Techniques with 25 Projects Plus a Swipefile of Motifs and Mottoes (Paperback)

SCRAPBOOKING: 100 TECHNIQUES WITH 25 PROJECTS PLUS A SWIPEFILE OF MOTIFS AND MOTTOES is a project-based instructional guide which is perfect for any who would put together a scrapbook from scratch. From creating text and using fabric, accents, photos and backgrounds to handling loose memorabilia and depicting themes such as travel, friendship and more, this is an excellent gathering of instructions and bright photos to help any beginner put together a professional-looking album.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

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