Scrapbooking is all about telling a story with photographs, journaling and design elements. This book shows you how to create beautiful layouts with just the basics (your photographs, cardstock, a pen) and teaches you how to choose and add one or more embellishments to your pages.

A dazzling pop-up book full of amazing facts about our moon, certain to illuminate the entire family! You see it almost every night, but how much do you really know about the moon? In this incredible pop-up book, discover where the moon came from, why it appears to change shape, how it affects our oceans, and what a blood moon is. Shoot into space with the Saturn V rocket and travel back in time to join the first astronauts to set foot on the moon. Four breathtaking pop-ups reveal the inner workings of the solar system, demonstrate how eclipses occur, and more. Intricate illustrations and fact-filled pages bridge the 238,000-mile distance between us and the moon, making this the perfect gift for young stargazers. Budding astronomers and anyone curious about the night sky will find that the moon’s secrets are just “one small step” away!

With detailed step-by-step instructions, beginning and experienced scrapbookers will find plentiful inspiration for using Cricut to help capture memories--traditional holidays, a first birthday, a special sports moment, or a dream vacation--on paper.

Spice Up Your Layouts! Ordinary scrapbook pages get the job done, but why stop at good when you can Kick it Up!? Get ready to infuse your layouts with a bit of spice and take them to the next level. Inside Kick it Up!, more than 180 layouts—including 70 before-and-after pairs—show you how to take your projects up a creative notch. With ideas for backgrounds, photos, titles, embellishments and journaling, you'll never run out of clever ways to spice up scrapbook pages. Plus, a gallery of kicked-up layouts illustrates how to pull it all together to create fabulous pages. Add flavor to your scrapbooks with: • Hand-cut backgrounds • Creatively chopped photos • Eye-catching titles • Embossed embellishments • Light-hearted journaling • And much more! Whether you're stuck in a creative rut, or just ready to take it to the next level, flip open Kick it Up! and add some spice to your life.

No matter if you are new to scrapbooking or have been at it for a while, this 288-page book will help you tell your stories and make this hobby a fun and fulfilling part of your busy life. Don't worry about using every photo, working chronologically, making every project a masterpiece, or spending lots of time and money. There's no right way to scrapbook ? just do what makes the most sense to you and enjoy it. This giant compilation presents more than 550 of the best projects and ideas from Simple ScrapbooksR magazine. LEARN: Our Fast, Friendly Formula for completing albums; blueprints for layouts; cropping photos; planning colors; making digital pages; fonts; handwriting; writing from the heart. USE: Workspaces; storage; patterned papers; accents; stickers; rubber stamping; bindings. DO: Step It Up on layouts with extra accents; make albums for weddings, babies, childhood, Christmas, family personalities, and more. SHARE: How 10 busy women find time to scrapbook. Scrapbooking Made Easy (Leisure Arts #15946)

Get started and keep it simple Forget feeling overwhelmed by stacks of photos. It’s time to get down to basics and Start Scrapbooking! Packed with everything you need to know to dive into the craft, Start Scrapbooking redefines stereotypes, showing you can have fun and scrap in simple ways. Along with more than 100 fresh layout ideas, you’ll find all the essentials for getting started and staying on track. Determine your goals and then stock up on the tools of the trade. Set up your space and keep it organized. Find your starting point, then design layouts following basic principles. Plus, find a gallery of theme ideas for scrapping every occasion. Start Scrapbooking your memories with: § Info on all the essentials: supplies, organization, design, writing and more § 100+ simple but creative layouts § 20 step-by-step basic techniques § Bonus layout sketches Perfect for beginners looking to get started as well as any scrapbooker looking for simple ideas, Start Scrapbooking will help you record your memories with ease.

Jazz up your pages! Get ready to infuse your scrapbook layouts with messy, sparkly, snazzy and exciting new techniques. Go beyond the usual—experiment with art supplies, try unfamiliar tools, go wild and have fun. With Scraptastic! you can take your projects to the next level using innovative ideas for creating playful and artistic pages. Inside you will find 50 illustrated techniques for jazzing up your layouts. Step-by-step photos, complete supply lists and easy-to-follow instructions show you exactly how to create each surprisingly easy project. Plus, you'll find helpful tips and tricks for creating cards as well as getting the most out of your supplies. Grab your tools and try: · watercolor · golf leafing · stamping · embroidery · hand-cut lettering · paper piecing · beading · collage · quilting · and more! Whether you're an art novice or design veteran, let Scraptastic! be your guide to discovering the messy, sparkly, touchy-feely, snazzy world of scrapbooking.