To simple for my tastes As someone who has been scrapbooking for several years I find this book plain with only a few good ideas. It may be because I learn towards scrapbooking with a more elegant/tradional style rather then the cutesy style with die-cuts, etc.
Though this book is not the best for me it may be a good book for a beginner who wishes to get into scrapbooking. You might want to give it a try but check it out of your library then invest in it if you like it that much.
For beginners or those in need of creative assistance only.. I just started scrapbooking a month ago, although I have an extensive background in art. I picked up this book thinking I would get a lot of ideas and tips that would help me add pizazz to my pages.
All of the ideas presented in this book were things I had already come up with on my own. I was very disapppointed in this book, because when I'd thumbed through it in the store, I really liked the page layout style they'd used in the examples, but the tips and theory behind them were too simple for me. I took it back and exchanged it for "Mastering Scrapbook Page Design" by Michelle Gerbrandt, which is a much better resource for anyone from a beginner to an experienced scrapper.Refer to ...... This is a good book for beginners in that it covers all the basics without getting too fancy. It covers techniques such as using decorative edge scissors, corner and craft punches, how to use die-cuts and creative lettering, rubber stamps and embossing. My only BIG complaint is that it is always refering to another technique on another page, so I constantly have to flip back and forth. For example, in Technique 9 (how to use die-cuts, the first 3 steps refer to other techniques. Aggravating! Otherwise, good book for BEGINNERS!
