We Dare You: Scrapbook Challenges about Real Life

by Meghan Dymock, Nisa Fiin, Kristi Prokopiak, et al.

Book Overview

Feel like a challenge - a scrapbooking challenge? Then open the pages of this book and get inspired to create some of the most personal, funny and random layouts you've ever made.Since 2005, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599630133
• ISBN13: 9781599630137
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Memory Makers Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Sweet inspiration for non-traditional scrapbooking

This book rocks! First off you must know that this book is for the anything goes, collage, found object scrapbooker. All right lets get into the book . . . It's full of very inspiring pages of all sizes (12x12, 8.5x11 and everything in between) on a huuuggggeeee range of subjects. If you are into creating pieces that are not focused around the more typical subjects (like b-days, x-mas, etc.) then this is the book for you. I am a 25 year old-un-married-childless-scrapper, and often find it hard to relate to most of the books out there, due to them being full of wedding, and child photos. So finding this book was a breath of fresh-air, the subjects of the dares tend to be very intro-spective and really help you to think about the things that make you tick, and will help you to produce very meaningful pages. The topics for the dares are definitely not original but to see how each individual scrapper attacks the subject is what makes them unique. You can pick up tons and tons of new ways to use your materials, the details on the pages are really awesome! I tend to buy buy buy when it comes to scrapbooking products and this book has really helped me to just use what I have, and that there is no such thing as the "perfect" embellishment or the "perfect" page. And if you're like me and struggle with journaling, you will find so many different ways to journal on your pages. This book is a must have for my inspiration library. :)

AMAZ-A-ZING

I ordered this book after visiting their website (www.efferdares.com) and am NOT disappointed. These girls are amazing talented and provide me with so much inspiration. When you look at traditional scrapbooking idea books, you get a lot of "perfect" pages with "perfect" scrapbooking design. This book will help you break out of that shell. It makes you realize that scrapbooking is about being yourself, and not having to worry about what is the "right way" of doing things. While scimming this book I often thought to myself, "why haven't I thought of doing that?! DUH!" I would recommend this book to anyone that is getting bored with the "norm" and wants their scrapbooks to reflect themselves as well as their memories.

GREAT

The dares AND the layouts are wonderful! I really liked the fact that some of the layouts tell personal stories, gives me a little inspiration to open up. I would recommend this book to anyone open to new ideas!

Best scrapbooking book out there

From the moment I picked up this book I was hooked. I sat and read not only the text, but all the journaling on all the pages. This is the stuff of real life - sorrows, joys, passions, disappointments. As a single woman with no children I relished the diary-like pages with contemporary layouts. It's perfect for any scrapbooker who wants to go beyond kid and family pages to something more personal and reflective of her (or his) self.

Great for Scrapbooking about the Important Stuff & Stepping outside the box

I have been eagerly anticipating this book for awhile now. My copy finally arrived today and I'm not disappointed - totally worth the wait. I can't stop flipping through it and am totally inspired. I love the scrapbook challenges presentd by the authors, particularly the ones about scrapbooking the harder things in life. All of the challenges encourage scrapbookers to record the real things in life, not just holidays & birthday gifts. So often, when I look at the scrapbook art of others, I am inspired by topic, not just design. And so this book gives me several new ideas for scrapbook pages, which is perfect. It's also inspiring me to revisit some ideas of my own that I've toyed with in the past. The pages are inspiring, and the art is beautiful. You won't be disappointed.