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The Encyclopedia of Scrapbooking Techniques

by Karen McIvor and Sarah Mason



      If you have precious photographs moldering away in old acidic albums then this book is for you! Learn how to join the revival of a Victorian hobby and make beautiful albums that people will actually want to look at - no more bored faces at family gatherings or yellowed, cracking pictures...

Archival is not a word normally associated with having fun, but this is one addictive hobby. This book shows you how to go about revolutionizing your photo collection, what you need, how to use it and even where to get it. Of course, this is a huge subject and much of what is used to make a page is the same as you use to make a card, but with some fundamental differences. Find out how to organise your photos, choose a theme (if you want to), feast your eyes on a "stash" of materials (no, you don’t need them all) and discover what makes the items photo-friendly. Have a look at what makes a good picture, learn in some detail about layouts (this is gone into very deeply) and how to arrange it all pleasingly. This section really made me think about my pages and had me playing around with a pile of photos for ages, so this is definitely more than just another book about different papercrafting techniques. Those are covered. of course, but more briefly as so many books already cover them in depth for cardmaking - stickers, rub-ons, shrink plastic, metal sheets etc. And it is still great to see how they look when used on album pages. Lettering, journaling, using the computer (very briefly covered; there is room for a whole book on this), paper piecing etc are also here and ultimately I was pleased that such a well-rounded picture had been given of this wonderful hobby. Everything isn’t in here but there is enough to get you started, and even the more advanced scrapbookers ought to find something of use in here - all those layouts, perhaps. A very useful book for your keeper shelf and refer to again and again.

If you cannot find scrapbooking materials locally try SearchPress.com for a list of suppliers. You can also buy this book from this site.

The Book

Search Press
August 2006
Paperback
1844480623
How-To Books/Scrapbooking
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2006
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