Archive for Scrapbooking References
Idea Book
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Prima Marketing has been a pioneer in the scrapbooking/crafting industry for over five years. Their innovative products and keen attention to quality has made them a leader starting from their first debut. Over 4,000 products and five years later, Prima introduces their first idea book. 18 of Prima’s design team artists from all over the world share with us their most creative and cutting edge techniques using an array of Prima materials. Inside you will find a variety of projects including scrapbook layouts, bird cages, cards, necklaces, keepsake boxes, tealights, canvas art and so much more! 122 pages
Stretch Your Sketches
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If you take an engineer’s eye for alignment, precision, order, and symmetry and add healthy doses of patterned paper, scallops, and creative freedom to the mix, what do you get? An organized, easy-to-follow, and FUN approach to layout design. Author Donna Jannuzzi will show you new ways to think about your sketches, presented in such a clear and logical way you’ll wonder why you haven’t been scrapbooking like this for years. You’ll learn solid principles that will help you adapt any sketch to the number of photos you have, to a different size (8½ x 11 or 12 x 12) or orientation (landscape or portrait), or from a single page to a spread. Get ready to look at your sketches in an entirely new light!
This is Donna Jannuzzi’s first book. She admits that she has been obsessed with sketches since she first started scrapbooking in 2006. She studied physics and engineering in college and graduate school, and that way of thinking has influenced her many creative endeavors. When she’s not scrapbooking, she enjoys photography, the culinary arts, and reading.
A Compendium of Curiosities Book by Tim Holtz
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Get ready to embark on a journey filled with ideas and inspirations to spark your creative curiosities. This compendium is a compilation of thoughts and ideas to guide you through your own artistic adventures. This book was was created to be different though … not your ordinary “how to make” book, but rather “how to create”. Because everyone is truly creative whether they think it or not. It’s all about embracing your imperfections and taking time to explore the imaginative. What you’ll discover will be wonderful, what you’ll discover will be yourself…
This 77 page book is filled with ideas on all things idea-ology, plus just about every technique that Tim Holtz could think to put in it. The book is hard cover and metal spiral bound so it sits open flat on your table while you’re creating. He also shares his favorite supplies, tips, techniques, and a gallery showing ideas of putting it all together…
Fabric/Canvas for Scrapbooking
Posted by: | CommentsFabric is making a major comeback into scrapbooking and paper crafting.There are some companies that do make embroidered canvas tags and fabric shapes.Replacing the hard metal embellishments of a few years ago, fabric is both more versatile as a material and more affordable.
You can use acid-free liquid craft glue for adhering items to the fabric, or adhering the fabric to pages/cards. Regular felt tip fabric markers didn’t write as well on the texture of the canvas as fabric brush markers did. Try Marvy Uchida fabric brush markers.
Embroidered Fabric and Canvas Materials by Donna Downey
Unmounted Rubber Stamps
Posted by: | CommentsUnmounted Stamps are the die part of the stamp. These are available in traditional rubber for mounting at home, or in clear polymer for use with acrylic blocks.
The use of acrylic stamps has been exploding in the scrapbooking industry. There are several reasons for the growth of unmounted rubber: Concern about the design limitations of clear stamps, a desire to attract hardcore rubber enthusiasts as customers, or the need to compete with the price of clear stamps.
Clockwise from top left: Eco Green Crafts, Hero Arts, Stampendous, Lizzie Anne Designs, Stamper’s Anonymous, Unity Stamps.
