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Title: Memory Makers Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks: Steps for Turning Your Photos into Works of Art by Memory Makers Magazine ISBN: 1-892127-11-3 Publisher: Satellite Pr Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The first scrapbooking how-to newbies should read
Comment: 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
Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome ideas
Comment: Bought this along with Memory Makers Wedding Ideas (very disappointed in that book)....but this one makes up for it. So many great ideas, most I had never even thought of!! Will definitely be using this book repeatedly throughout my scrapbooking obsession. I haven't actually used any ideas yet, just received in the mail but love so many of the pages, so I can't review how easy/difficult the techniques are. I have to go to the store and buy some new scrapbooking toys first!
Rating: 5
Summary: A scrapbooking investment
Comment: 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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