We Dare You: Scrapbook Challenges About Real Life [Paperback]

Kristina Contes (Author), Meghan Dymock (Author), Nisa Fiin (Author), Genevieve Simmonds (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 27, 2007

Feel like a challenge - a scrapbooking challenge? Then open the pages of this book and get inspired to create some of the most personal, funny and random layouts you've ever made.

Since 2005, the authors have posted scrapbook challenges - scrapbook Dares - on their website... challenges designed to really get you to think about your life, your art, yourself. In this book, the authors showcase some of the best challenges from their site along with over 25 new challenges to get your creative juices flowing. And the layouts inspired by the Dares, created by the authors and their amazing contributing artists, are the perfect jumpstart to get you thinking about your scrapbooking in a whole new way.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Kristina has been published in Scrapbooks, Etc., Scrapbook Answers, Scrapbook Trends, Creating Keepsakes, and Cards. Kristina has contributed to several scrapbook idea books (including Imperfect Lives) and appeared in the movie Scrapped. Kristina is a founding member of The Dares and is on several manufacturer design teams.

Meg has been published in Creating Keepsakes magazine and scrapbooking idea books, including Imperfect Lives. A founding member of The Dares, Meg also is on the Scrapologie.com design team.

A Creating Keepsakes 2006 Hall of Fame winner, Nisa has been published in Imperfect Lives as well as Scrapbook Answers, Paperkuts, and Creating Keepsakes magazines. Nisa is on the design team for several manufacturers.

A 2006 Creating Keepsakes honorable mention, Gen has contributed to several scrapbooking idea books (including Imperfect Lives), and has been published in Scrapbooks, Etc. and Creating Keepsakes magazine. She also designs for the online store Memory Creators.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Memory Makers (August 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599630133
• ISBN-13: 978-1599630137
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best scrapbooking book out there, November 10, 2007

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Snowy Marigold (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: We Dare You: Scrapbook Challenges About Real Life (Paperback)

From the moment I picked up this book I was hooked. I sat and read not only the text, but all the journaling on all the pages. This is the stuff of real life - sorrows, joys, passions, disappointments. As a single woman with no children I relished the diary-like pages with contemporary layouts. It's perfect for any scrapbooker who wants to go beyond kid and family pages to something more personal and reflective of her (or his) self.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for everyone., February 2, 2008

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Lois Lain (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Dare You: Scrapbook Challenges About Real Life (Paperback)

I have been scrapbooking for over a decade, and it's fun to see the new turn that the hobby has taken. As it appeals to a wider audience of people, we'll continue to see more diversity and differences in style... and that's a good thing.

That said, this book is not for everyone -- and it is not for me.

I consider myself an out-of-the-box scrapbooker, meaning I'm always willing to try something new and shake things up a bit. But I agree with others who find this book to be unappealing. I would have liked to see the Dares undertaken by a wider variety of scrapbookers, not just "throw all the stuff I can find on the page and try to make it cool and urban hip." As a result, it is very trendy but won't necessariy make it to the "classics" section of a scrapbooker's bookshelf.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Art Journal Than Scrapbook, May 19, 2008

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Maggie Choo "Joywalker" (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Dare You: Scrapbook Challenges About Real Life (Paperback)

Unlike the usual scrapbook stuff,this book shows designs that are more edgy and wild.Contributors show their work on different issues like their fears,anger and etc.It reminds me more of someone's art journal than normal scrapbooking.I do find the pages inspiring and hope to re-create some of those ideas into my art journal.If you are looking for ideas on how to journal in a more artistic way,you might want to look at this one.