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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