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Summary: A scrapbooking investment
Review: I bought this book as a gift for my sister-in-law and fellow scrapbooker. Well, after browsing through it quickly, I could not resist looking deeper and studying the ideas presented. Now I had to break down and buy my own copy. The ideas shown here, are so much more than your typical scrapbook page embellishments such as stickers, papers, frames and mats. This is how to make your photos into works of art. The techniques shown here make the pictures the center of attention. I find that when I do these kinds of pages, I get great results with just a simple hand drawn border.You may need to buy a few new tools to do these kinds of techniques, but I find this to be such an investment over buying more stickers, papers, etc. These pages really wow people, and once I made the initial investment, they are actually cheaper to do. I especially love the sections on mosaic pages, slicing pictures and using a photo to frame itself. This book is my all time favorite right now...
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Summary: Best scrapbook I've ever bought!
Review: I just received this book a couple days ago and it is absolutely worth the money! I don't have a lot of money to spend on scrapbooking stuff and this book gives so many ideas that dont require expensive tools! (you can use simple scissors for all of the ideas) Each page is full of easy, fun ways to make your pages look absolutely spectacular!! I am so glad that I bought this book and I recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: Best scrapbook I've ever bought!
Review: I just received this book a couple days ago and it is absolutely worth the money! I don't have a lot of money to spend on scrapbooking stuff and this book gives so many ideas that dont require expensive tools! (you can use simple scissors for all of the ideas) Each page is full of easy, fun ways to make your pages look absolutely spectacular!! I am so glad that I bought this book and I recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: Trully Amazing and Helpful Book
Review: I love this book inside and out. because author picked really useful projects and very neat techincs. I would recommend anyone who is doing any type of scrapbooking or working with photos this book!
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Summary: The first scrapbooking how-to newbies should read
Review: If you are still new to scrapbooking and have discovered this book, I envy you. There's no telling how much better my early pages would have been if I had read Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks (CPCS) first. I probably would have saved a lot of money also, for example, by learning how to display my photographs in a way that kept them interesting but didn't rely on buying a lot of decorative accents and fancy papers. After a short section in the beginning about the tools and basics of cropping photographs, the techniques shown quickly lead to more creative ideas. Techniques covered include: cropping frames into the photo, silhouettes, innovative ways to integrate punches into the action, shapes from templates or freehand, twenty-six ways to make letters from photos, using other photographs as mats and borders, photo mosaics and quilts, weaving, and leaded glass effects. It should be emphasized that these are all things that do not take a lot of artistic talent or training; however, when you feel inspired to try for a certain look or two, you may find yourself changing the way you take your pictures from the start. One great thing about creative photo cropping, IMHO, is that you are not rushing to the scrapbook store every time you decide to try a different technique with your pictures. The most-used tools in your supply box will be scissors, adhesive, a xacto knife, a straightedge metal ruler and a cutting mat. True, some of these layouts ideas call for templates. The book provides three such templates for enlarging with a photocopier, and several cutting patterns as well. The reader may even be inspired to try some freehand pattern drafting. Scrapbooking with the methods in this book is very easy on the wallet. Basically, I love this book. My layouts are better and cleaner, and I am inspired by CPCS to focus on the real stars of the pages - the photos themselves. -Andrea, aka Merribelle
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Summary: The first scrapbooking how-to newbies should read
Review: If you are still new to scrapbooking and have discovered this book, I envy you. There's no telling how much better my early pages would have been if I had read Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks (CPCS) first. I probably would have saved a lot of money also, for example, by learning how to display my photographs in a way that kept them interesting but didn't rely on buying a lot of decorative accents and fancy papers. After a short section in the beginning about the tools and basics of cropping photographs, the techniques shown quickly lead to more creative ideas. Techniques covered include: cropping frames into the photo, silhouettes, innovative ways to integrate punches into the action, shapes from templates or freehand, twenty-six ways to make letters from photos, using other photographs as mats and borders, photo mosaics and quilts, weaving, and leaded glass effects. It should be emphasized that these are all things that do not take a lot of artistic talent or training; however, when you feel inspired to try for a certain look or two, you may find yourself changing the way you take your pictures from the start. One great thing about creative photo cropping, IMHO, is that you are not rushing to the scrapbook store every time you decide to try a different technique with your pictures. The most-used tools in your supply box will be scissors, adhesive, a xacto knife, a straightedge metal ruler and a cutting mat. True, some of these layouts ideas call for templates. The book provides three such templates for enlarging with a photocopier, and several cutting patterns as well. The reader may even be inspired to try some freehand pattern drafting. Scrapbooking with the methods in this book is very easy on the wallet. Basically, I love this book. My layouts are better and cleaner, and I am inspired by CPCS to focus on the real stars of the pages - the photos themselves. -Andrea, aka Merribelle
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Summary: Awesome ideas
Review: This book has some great ideas. It is more than the normal scrapbook ideas with cute paper and stickers. It has so many unique ideas so that you scrapbook won't be just like everyone elses. Most of the layouts are going to be a little more time consuming than the usualy ones but would be well worth it. I have just got this book and have already looked through it about 5 times and took it to work and had everyone else (at least the scrapbookers) and they loved it too. The ideas are simple enough for the novice or advanced scrapbooker. There are also no special materials required. Most ideas only take a lot of cutting, some edged scissors and normal cardstock and paper. i highly recommend it!
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Summary: Before you throw out those not-so-good photos out....
Review: This book is for those who like to try innovative cropping techniques. I'm a beginner in scrapbooking and it is not so difficult to try. The samples are excellent source for inspirations and by just looking at the color samples, I can say "wow." I like the idea of using leftover photo scraps and turn them into mosaic pieces. Bad photos can turn into a piece of art. The book gives a variety of ways of cropping not limited to using templates. Start with a sharp cutting tool (razor or scarpel), cutting/healing mat and a metal ruler and away you go. The book also asks you to send in your artwork - perhaps it maybe be featured in a Memory Makes issue. An excellent reference book.
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Summary: scrapbooking is ultimately about the photos
Review: This book is well worn on my book shelf. I have used this book over and over when in a creative slump. It contains great ideas for using the great and not so great photos in your collection with flair. I tried several of the kaliascope techniques with fabulous results. The author offers great alternatives to matting and framing the same old way. This book makes a wonderful gift for the novice and the seasoned scrapbooker.
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Summary: Definitely not for beginners
Review: While I enjoyed looking through this book for the ideas, I found that most of the techniques were very advanced - particularly cutting out images with a craft knife. While anyone CAN do that, it takes alot of practice to be able to make such clean-looking cuts.
Many beautiful pages and unique ideas, but not for a beginning scrapbooker such as myself.
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