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Stylish and attractive scrapbook pages are easy to put together with the help of this colorful and comprehensive guide to techniques. Learn to make the most of your collection of photographs by displaying them to effect in beautiful album pages and preserving the memories for years to come.

This easy manual details all the materials and equipment that a complete beginner will need to get started, as well as some of the `must have' buys that are guaranteed to add extra sparkle to album pages. There are plenty of creative suggestions for using ready-made printed background papers as well as making your own backgrounds by layering textured, pearlescent and opaque papers, creating torn and fancy edges, and making interesting mounts for your images. A section on design looks at colors and design themes and how to put ideas together to make them work with your photographs.

With the background in place the decorative bit begins with a whole host of ideas for embellishing the pages and the photographs with motifs, stamps and stencils, using a wide motifs, stamps and stencils, using a wide array of craft techniques. Make your own embossed metal and sculpted day shapes, or use beads, buttons, and hand-and machine-embroidered decorative details to add extra dimensions. Layer sheer fabrics, add paint, glitter and sequins, and finish the design with the written details of the story in different styles, including stylized calligraphy. For those who like to work on the computer, information is provided on putting pages together digitally.

With plenty of completed album pages to look at in a whole range of styles, each featuring designs that embrace a range of popular themes, this comprehensive guide to scrapbooking is all you need to get started with an exciting new hobby.

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Alison Lindsay has been scrapbooking for more than ten years; ever since she realized it was a hobby that allowed her to combine a lifetime of photographs with the crafts she loves. Vacation, heritage and family photographs are her favorite scrapbook subjects Alison has written for craft magazines on cardmaking and scrapbooking and regularly demonstrates new techniques and products at craft fairs.