Joy of Scrapbooking - Hardcover

Arquette, Kerry; Zocchi, Andrea

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579907636 ISBN 13: 9781579907631

Publisher: Lark Books,U.S., 2006

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A comprehensive resource on scrapbooking provides a history of the craft, along with interviews with and profiles of leading designers, detailed instruction in a variety of techniques, guidelines on a variety of materials and equipment, and helpful tips on everything from cropping, matting, and mounting photographs to integrating type, embellishing pages, and more. Crafter's Choice.

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Synopsis:

This mammoth book contains so much valuable information and so many exciting examples of great work, it will become the must-have resource for every beginner and experienced scrapbooker's library! It features the history of the craft, from the old-fashioned albums of eras past to the renaissance of creative scrapbooking today. Interviews and profiles of leading designers and companies offer insight into the art and there's abundant advice for newcomers on improving their images and their layouts. Invaluable tips cover choice of materials, selecting and integrating type, using words to enhance the images and of course there's a plethora of fabulous techniques to try, from cropping, matting and mounting photos to stamping, embossing and distressing to creating custom papers on the computer. The sample layouts also spotlight those important moments that everyone most wants to commemorate: birthdays, graduations, weddings and special family events.

About the Author:

Kerry Arquette has written numerous articles for U.S. magazines and newspapers including Good Housekeeping, Womans World and Parenting. She has also produced news segments for several network stations. Her books have been published by a variety of publishers including Harcourt Brace and she is featured in Chicken Soup for the Writers Soul.

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