Collins Need To Know?: Scrapbooking
by Yvonne Worth (9780007231744)

Keen to catalogue your momentous family occasions? Want to learn to design original layouts? This fascinating book will teach you the art and techniques of scrapbooking, from working with photographs to adding stunning special effects. Learn how to keep all your treasured moments by using your imagination to create exciting layouts and albums. This comprehensive and inspiring book teaches you everything you need to know, from selecting materials to creating optical illusions; with advice on working with photographs and using lettering, shapes, textures and colours. Featuring specially commissioned step-by-step photography, 'Need to know? Scrapbooking' takes you through the basic techniques of choosing your subject to more advanced projects like digital scrapbooking and making pop-ups. There are also helpful hints and tips throughout suggesting simple shortcuts or ways to add extra sparkle to your projects. Contents include / THE BASICS Essential tools and materials; an introduction to colour; organising your photos and memorabilia / SIMPLE LAYOUTS Designing a basic layout; adding colour, texture and accessories / WORKING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS Duplicating, enlarging and reducing; cropping and merging; digital photography / PAPER TECHNIQUES Cutouts and silhouettes; weaving and quilting; stained glass and mosaics / ADVANCED LAYOUTS Working with textures and layers; creating a journal and using themes; ideas for projects / SPECIAL EFFECTS Creating action and 3D effects; using paper tricks / DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING / DIRECTORY Websites and other useful resources. A section of templates, lettering samples and project ideas

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