‘Get Creative with Type’ from Creating Keepsakes

The latest book from Creating Keepsakes promises to help you get the most out of type (alphabets). Whether its computer fonts or paper supplies, “Get Creative with Type” by CK Editor-in-Chief Brian Tippetts will show you how to:

• Create eye-catching page titles.
• Make our journaling readable and appealing.
• Choose the perfect fonts for layouts.
• Avoid common type traps for scrapbookers.
• Use alphabet rub-ons, stickers, chipboard, stamps and handwriting in innovative ways.

Ali Edwards, Jessica Sprague, Heidi Swapp, Jennifer McGuire and Elizabeth Kartchner and others also contribute to the book.
164 page book with CD. $19.99. Now available for pre-order at Creating Keepsakes.

Quick and Easy Photo Albums from Simple Scrapbooks

Simple Scrapbooks Magazine’s special issue, coming out next week, is made for those of us who have tons of photos that are waiting to be placed in scrapbook albums. Read more

Scrapbook Page Maps by Becky Fleck

Becky Fleck’s Scrapbook Page Maps: Sketches For Creative Layouts offers more than 90 sketches to help the busy scrapbooker. The book includes a deck of cards that doubles as a helpful resource tool, with a supply list and page number cross-referencing that point back to the book.

Becky Fleck is a graphic designer and illustrator who freelances for BasicGrey, Melissa Frances and Pink Martini Designs. Her web site, www.pagemaps.com, is a wealth of inspiration for scrapbookers interested in using sketches to quickly finish their pages.