My Creative Companion by Becky Higgins

Ida teringin sangat buku ni tapi mahal sangat, sudahnya hari tu pinjam dari kawan dan cuba tiru macam Becky Higgins buat, cuma buku Ida di dalam cd file. Bila jumpa design yg menarik Ida akan draft atas post it pad dan tampal mengikut tajuk. Kepada yang mampu buku ni memang banyak membantu dalam proses mereka layout anda. Kepada yang tak mampu apa kata buat sendiri as I did ! eNJOY.......

Info dari http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com

Ever feel like your creativity well has gone dry? My Creative Companion 2 is the ultimate collection of ideas for everything from the smallest accent to complete layout designs. Packed with colorful illustrations and simple explanations, it will become a constant source of instant inspiration.

Sections include:
Accents
Borders
Journaling & Titles
Layout Design
Photo Mats
Odds & Ends
My Ideas

Inside, you'll find:
More than 825 full-color illustrations of innovative accents, borders, photo mats, and journaling and title treatments that can be easily duplicated or customized.
Over 135 layout sketches for single and multiple photos you can use today.
Quick-and-easy color combination, background and texture ideas.
60 never-before-seen layouts that showcase the sketches' adaptability and flexibility.
A cool ruler to customize your own sketches.

$29.95.

250 pages.

Foreword by Becky HigginsImagine someone going through every scrapbook magazine and idea book and compiling a collection of really great ideas for you to have every time you scrapbook. Imagine no longer! We've gone through the past few years' worth of Creating Keepsakes magazines and special issues and found the most innovative and unique ideas to include in this book.Simply gather the pictures you want to use and flip through this book to find just the perfect touch for your page. Switch up the colors, change the materials you use—do whatever you'd like to make it your own.Enjoy the all-new layouts showing the illustrations and sketches in use. And let this guide be a jump-start for your creativity as you continue in your scrapbooking endeavors.-Becky Higgins

Magazines extravagant

Dari Sungai Wang hingga ke Amcorp Mall....inilah hasilnya....10 buah buku.

Scrapbooking & card making. Sekarang ni tengah buah card making gak sebab member office minta tolong buatkan.

Scrapbooks etc - design secret 2006

I had lent this book from a dear friend for a couple of weeks. Design secret is like a blue print for us to build our own designing skills.
Summary :-
Planning - every great scrapbook page starts with a plan for both its story and its structure.

“BEFORE YOU START YOUR LAYOUT THINK ABOUT THE STORY YOU WANT IT TO TELL. THEN KEEP THE STORY IN MIND AS YOU DESIGN “

1. Intention – before you make any design decisions, it helps to know what you want your page to say and to whom. It’s called designing with intention, and it’s the difference between telling a story and simply decorating card stock.
How?
- Who is your audience?
Example -My kids
-What sort of message and mood did you want to convey?
Example – I wanted to capture the playfulness of this day of blowing bubbles
- What design decisions did you make to help communicate your message and mood?
Example – to play up the playful nature of this page, I used energetic, bold shapes and colors. To further the bubble theme, I formatted my journaling text and accents to mimic the shape of a bubble wand. I also chose pattered paper that carried on this circle motif.

2. Composition – the most basic aspect of your layout design is how you arrange elements on the page. Where you place your photos, text and accents in relationship to one another can make a big difference in how effective they are in telling your story.

a. emphasis – before you do anything elase, pick your focal point – the first place you want the viewer to look to quickly get the point of your layout.
b. structure – a deliberate structure is the basic foundation of any page. Thinking of your page as a grid can help you envision that structure. – use a grid as a guide rather than a rigid boundary. You don’t have to stay inside the lines.
c. balance – there are many ways to create balance in your pages where no one element appears to be too heavy.
d. space – empty space can be as important an element in your page design as those things that take up space. White or empty space can make a dramatic impact on your layout.
e. bridging and grounding – once you have formulated the basic structure of your layout find ways to connect your elements.
f. movement – the way you arrange your page elements can help direct the viewers eye through the page.

Scrapbooks etc subscription.

Perhatian kepada scrapbookers yang ingin melanggan Scrapbooks Etc terus dari AllScript boleh berbuat demikian dengan menelefon no. 03-80233260.Langganan selama setahun (12 isu) RM108. Penghantaran percuma untuk kawasan terpilih. (AllScript sepatutnya bagi diskaun kat Ida ni sebab tolong promote)Kepada yang tak mahu melanggan setahun, cuba contact Ida. Ida boleh tolong belikan untuk anda, sebab setiap bulan Ida pasti mendapatkan naskah Scrapbook etc.
Jangan ketinggalan mendapatkan keluaran khas terbaru dari Scrabbooks etc - Let's Start scrapbooking. Memang banyak maklumat terutamanya kepada scrapbookers yang baru menceburi bidang ini.