Creative Scrapbooking

"Sandi is probably one of the foremost authorities on scrapbooking and the use of die cuts...Each is well photographed."--Craft Digest What makes this guide to scrapbooking better than and different from any other? The creativity of author Sandi Genovese (host of DIY Scrapbooking, a daily television show on the DIY Network) and her unique cutouts--easy, imaginative patterns and templates that bring style to any scrapbook. Simply follow directions for transferring them onto tracing paper and applying them to spreads. Then add special features such as embossing, die-cuts, and stickers. Use basic design principles--color, placement, and balance--to develop themes for pages and spreads. Some of the ideas you'll love using are Boo Boos, a colorful band-aid covered layout; Wreaths, so perfect for a number of occasions; and A Star is Born, just the thing to celebrate that recital or school play.

Offers a treasure trove of ideas, techniques and projects for scrapbookers who have already mastered the basic skills, and can use this guide to build on their expertise. Step-by-step projects cover embossing with enamels, paint effects, working with various materials; includes 24 sheets of templates, stencils etc.

Inspiration at your fingertips! A much-loved best seller! Do you ever sit down and find yourself at a loss for ideas? Are you tired of using the same approaches over and over again? Let Becky Higgins? My Creative Companion inspire you! This unique, spiral-bound idea gallery system is filled with thumbnail sketches Becky herself uses that illustrate creative layout designs, unique enhancements, distinctive lettering and journaling ideas, and more. My Creative Companion will give you endless ideas for any layout. Simply browse the sketches until you find one that's perfect for the page you're working on, then re-create the concept on your layout. It's sure to become the resource you can't scrapbook without! 192 pages of great ideas for your scrapbooks 6 tabbed sections for fast and easy searching Scrapbook-page examples in every section Endless variations and versatility

At last: A fun, creative guide to the hot new craft of digital scrapbooking!

Scrapbooking afficionados keep coming back for more from Marina du Plessis! And it’s little wonder, because she knows exactly what scrapbookers want. In this, her third collection, she offers more cost effective projects that revolve around her versatile and internationally unique three-dimensional figurines created mostly with paper and imagination. So even if you have less disposable income to devote to your favourite craft than before, Marina’s templates for the figurines and lettering and other elements will see you happily scrapping in an affordable manner. Best of all, you can replicate the projects as is, or you can mix and match, vary and choose to create your own personalised layouts. Included in the templates are figurines, frames, letters, titles, tags, envelopes and other decorative elements. The 40+ themes ensure that there is something suitable for girls and boys (of all ages!), and cover birthdays, festivals and special events, weddings, memories, pets and simply good times. Accompanied by full-colour photographs, instructions are clear and easy to understand, for both advanced and beginner scrappers.

Scrapbook lettering styles collected from the past five years of memory Makers magazine, plus 20 new alphabets created especially for this book by the nation's top scrapbook lettering artists.

Projects included: Milestones : welcome to the world, Little hands, Twinkle toes, Budding artist, starting school, Friends and family : the journey home, Old friends, Ties that bind, Birds of a feather, Wanna go for a walk?, Gift portrait, What's in a name?, Pizza pals, One plus one equals six, Celebrations : French quarter wedding, A Rite of passage, A Night to remember, Love is in the air, Boo bash, Birthday boys, Do what you love : in high gear, A Real champ, Best in show, Thanks, coach, Dad's "baby", Team spirit, No place like home : this old house, How does your garden grow?, Breaking new ground, The Weekend getaway, Nostalgia : family heritage, Handmade with love, Sentimental value, Roots, Destinations : honeymoon in paradise, Arrivaderci Roma, Coming to America, Happy campers, Scenic beauty.

There is no end to scrapbooking as a craft, or to the popularity of Marina du Plessis’s scrapbook piecing. Back with a fourth collection of scrapbook layouts in Creative Scrapbook Piecing 4 with Marina du Plessis, the author provides designs for a host of special occasions and reasons to preserve memories of family and friends. Using mostly paper, each of the 42 full-colour layouts includes easy-to-understand instructions and templates for making the frames, letters, titles, tags, envelopes and the three-dimensional figurines. Elements may be mixed and matched, or adapted, to personalise your own layouts. There are themes to suit boys and girls (from babies to adults) and these include birthdays, weddings, special festivals and events, weddings, memories, pets and good times. Projects are suitable for advanced and beginner scrappers.