Scrapbooking Just for You!: How to Make Fun, Personal, Save-Them-Forever Keepsakes

by Candice Ransom

Overview

Birthday parties, graduations, vacations, family time, and fun days with friends: girls want to remember every moment. They can, with this cool collection of irresistible and very doable scrapbooking ideas. Targeted to 'tweens and teens, it explains how to make beautiful, personal, keep-them-forever memory albums.
The book is divided into three main sections: the first provides basic general information; the second features fabulous page layouts to try, plus writing tips; and the final section showcases gifts, journals, and other projects. There's also a helpful glossary of scrapbooking terms. With its playful, appealing, and easy-to-follow design, Scrapbooking Just for You! will become the creative girl's go-to guide!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454901068
Publisher:	Sterling
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	16 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 4 Up—Ransom's well-organized introduction showcases her enthusiasm for scrapbooking and also includes material for more experienced crafters. The "Getting Started" section provides a concise history of scrapbooks; identifies basic supplies and tools; and explains how to organize, mat, and crop photos. The author then turns to layouts and ways of expanding the art form to tins, mini-albums, trading cards, photo frames, clipboards, and more. Of note is the last section, which discusses how to host a scrapbooking party and provides a sample invitation, a banner, and project ideas. High-quality color photos that are a good match with the directions make the pages pop, and directions are clear. Ransom reminds readers that these projects are starting points and encourages young enthusiasts to adapt the examples to their own personalities. This will be a fine addition to public library collections, even if they already own Laura Purdie Salas's Scrapbooking for Fun! (Compass Point, 2007) or Heidi Schueller's Ready, Set, Scrap! (Kalmbach, 2008). Though the books overlap, they impart different tips and include a variety of finished pages and products—Lynn K. Vanca, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Richfield, OH

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