- ISBN13: 9781929180615
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
You know that clean, “graphic-designer style” you thought you couldn’t copy on your layouts without going to design school? Now you can learn to think like a graphic designer. With her signature style, Cathy Zielske shares expert ideas on design, photography, journaling and typography in Clean and Simple Scrapbooking from Simple Scrapbooks…. More >>
Clean And Simple Scrapbooking: Ideas for Design, Photography, Journaling & Typography
Tags: cathy zielske, Clean, design, design photography, designer style, graphic designer, Ideas, Journaling, Photography, remainder mark, Scrapbooking, scrapbooking ideas, signature style, Simple, simple scrapbooks, Typography
This book was a total disappointment. This author’s idea of clean and simple is a bunch of black and white photos and computer generated text. So, only make albums in 8-1/2″ x 11″ because it will fit in your average ink jet printer (page 26). And make only black and white photos so you will not have to worry about clashing or coordinating your papers, text colors or embellishments with your photos.
Another annoying reflection in this book is that a large number of the photos are of the same faces over and over throughout the book. I felt like I was looking at the author’s personal album, not an example of techniques. Obviously, this was not a collaborative effort using a variety of talent to appeal to the variety of scrapbookers out there. Therefore, this book is targeted only to the select few not a broad audience. I recommend you spend your money on a book that has something for more styles and tastes, rather than this narrowly focused book.
Rating: 1 / 5
Take a look at Cathy’s book. You’ll take a deep breath, and then never look at your scrapbooking the same again.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have just finished the “Design Your Life” class with this book’s author, Cathy Zielske, and can tell you she is fabulous! I love the easy to follow, clean and simple style she suggests and beautifully illustrates! I’ve been paper scrapping and digitally scrapbooking for years and this book was a great read and inspired me to get more scrapbooking done and to do it well. Highly recommended! You’ll enjoy it!
Rating: 5 / 5
Just received this book (gift to self!) and can’t put it down. Love the notion of scrapping moments not so much events. If you do not want to use a computer, probably not a good use of your time and money. If you love fonts, clean lines, eye-pleasing design and a focus on the moment – on the picture and story – this is for you. One complaint – wish the binding was spiral to lay flat. Also thought fantastic (and liberating) her message of scrapbooking only those photos that truly speak to you, and putting the rest in a photo album – now, that’s a true time saver. More closely akin to works of art not page after page of stickers and die cuts and loads of pictures. My background – I’ve done 25+ albums and was a CM consultant, but have been out of the loop for almost 5 years – this book inspires me more than anything in the past.
Rating: 5 / 5
I love being crafty, and I envy those that have the time to do fru-fru scrapbooks, but I am not one of those people. I struggled with my desire to scrapbook, but my inability to carve out time to do scrapbooks that were full of embellishments, ribbons, buttons, etc. This book really gave me a foundation to see that you can have wonderful scrapbooks that capture the cute and precious memories, without having to do all that extra stuff. A great find, and I recommend any of her books. I now have scrapbooks that I am proud of, that I didn’t spend hours upon hours of my time on, and that I enjoyed making!
Rating: 5 / 5