Designer's Eye 2: Scrapbooking W/ Patterned Paper

by Ali Edwards

Book Overview

Scrapbooking with patterned paper has never been easier! In her second book, Ali Edwards shares her designer secrets for how to choose and use patterned paper on your layouts. For quick and easy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933516208
• ISBN13: 9781933516202
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Ck Media
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

You've got to love Ali!

I have loved reading Ali's articles in Creating Keepsakes, and was very excited to finally buy her books. There are great ideas, but Ali's message is always clear when it comes to scrapbooking - it is about the photos and the stories behind them. A great book for helping to use that huge collection of patterened paper that all scrapbookers have.

A Designer's Eye

A great book for putting patterned paper together in your scrapbook. This book gives you a method to follow and shows great examples of pages that have been completed! A great resource!

clean, artistic & timeless

I really love this book! Ali Edwards strikes a nice balance between artistic yet meaningful scrapbook pages. No overdone over-embellished pages here - she always focuses on the photo and the story. Every scrapbooker could learn from her. At the same time, she is not a minimalist (i.e., devoid of personality) and uses artistic touches, collage and embellishments judiciously. She has many creative ideas, and yet what I find most refreshing about her work and philosophy is its essence of simplicity and timeless good taste. These pages will never look dated - though they are definitely "of their time", but in a good and meaningful way. By the way, I am a 52 year old architect who practices modern design and (as a hobby) teaches scrapbooking and papercrafting. There really aren't too many great how-to books out there, but this one is definitely on my short list. Can't recommend it highly enough

If possible, even better than her first

Well, I cannot believe I'm the first person to review this book! After wrapping up the first Ali Edwards book for myself under the tree this year, (which I could not put down) I immediately went seeking more. This book does not dissapoint. Using beautiful examples of her own work, plus several others (not the same artists as book 1) this book not only inspires, but provides clear directional schematics mixing (not matching) and using patterns successfully. Paper companies create patterns that coordinate. The methods displayed herein, in contrast, go well beyond -- providing a customized, artful and insightful approach. The last chapter challenges the reader with specific do-able projects. Do not miss this treasure.