The Simple Art of Scrapbooking: Tips, Techniques, and 30 Special Album Ideas for Creating Memories that Last the Lifetime [Paperback]

Scrapbook Guild (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 1998

Creating a customized family heirloom is easier than you think!

Now you can create a scrapbook to cherish forever--one as unique as the lives it portrays.  This comprehensive source book, produced by the experts at the Scrapbook Guild, will answer all your questions and take you step by step through the process of assembling a homemade work of art.

Even if you have no artistic ability, you will learn how to make scrapbooks so full of style, so engaging, they beg to be shared with others, and where turning the pages is as fascinating as walking through a miniature museum.

The Scrapbook Guild provides expert tips, professional layouts, and instructions for using original quality materials to produce a treasure that will last for generations...as individual as your own memories.  Discover:

How to get started
Best-for-your-money materials--pens, paper, scissors, album types, and more
Remedies for common scrapbook problems
Layouts and cropping
Border designs, illustrations, textured backgrounds
Storage tips
Arrangements for items other than photos, such as report cards, sports medals, pressed flowers, business cards, or airline tickets
How to hold a scrapbooking bee or get-together
A tremendous resource section--with complete ordering information

Plus Great Scrapbook Ideas:
Wedding * New House * Family Tree * Anniversary * Travel * Pet Layouts and Models for 30 Theme Books!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Light on frills, heavy on informative text, this handbook will help beginners and adepts alike make their scrapbooks everything they want them to be. Hundreds of tips on all aspects of the craft lead us through every step, from deciding on a theme and designing the page to journaling, adding mementos, even making over an old album assembled before you knew how to do it properly. The lengthy thematic section offers 30 subject ideas, including scrapbooks for cooks, gardeners, sports enthusiasts, theatergoers, genealogists, pet lovers, and travelers, or those celebrating special occasions. There's also information on "Scrapbook Socials"--organizing scrapbook clubs to turn a solitary creative pursuit into a fun collective endeavor. Other scrapbooking guides may be prettier (this has some black-and-white illustrations and diagrams, but no color), but few are this comprehensive. --Amy Handy

From the Publisher

From advice on the best materials to sample layouts that include captions and lettering--step-by-step instructions on crafting a homemade family heirloom

Tips, techniques, and 30 special album ideas for creating memories that last a lifetime

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Dell (October 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440508398
• ISBN-13: 978-0440508397
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,144,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for beginners, August 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Simple Art of Scrapbooking: Tips, Techniques, and 30 Special Album Ideas for Creating Memories that Last the Lifetime (Paperback)

This book gives excellent, step by step instructions on how to start scrapbooking. Although it is in black and white, the ideas for scrapbook themes and the layout examples are unique and inspiring. The section on design is very helpful.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive AND unique, October 11, 2000

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Gwyneth Calvetti (West Salem, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Simple Art of Scrapbooking: Tips, Techniques, and 30 Special Album Ideas for Creating Memories that Last the Lifetime (Paperback)

This guide by the Scrapbook Guild does not have colorful, splashy layouts to study. Rather, it contains solid information for those interested in this growing hobby, with enough inspiration to encourage the reader to create her own unique albums.

Basic terminology and supplies are covered, and principles of good design are thoroughly explained. Several ideas for unique albums are included, such as a reading group album or theater event album. Those readers who feel that only those with kids can create these works of art, take heart. They will find much to compel them to document their own interests as well.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful and helpful book!, November 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Simple Art of Scrapbooking: Tips, Techniques, and 30 Special Album Ideas for Creating Memories that Last the Lifetime (Paperback)

Rose Gonnella's illustrations are simply beautiful! I used this book to create a lovely baby scrapbook. Any one who wants to cherish moments should use this helpful guide.