Creative Sketches for Scrapbooking

by Becky Higgins

Creative layout designs and ideas from Becky Higgins!

Based on her popular "One Sketch, Many Looks" column, Becky Higgins shares dozens of new sketches and loads of layouts to spark your creativity. The 52 sketches, instantly recognizable as Becky's clean, classic style, give you a new design to sample each week of the year! This must-have book is divided into sections according to how many photos you have to scrap—saving you time! If you have six photos, flip to the six photos layout section and glean inspiration from layouts crafted by Becky and readers. 162 pages

You'll get:

52 sketches in Becky's signature style. Tips on becoming a "sketch" artist from Becky. A recipe for perfect pages every time!

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction, Art

164 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2003

Reviews

[Dea · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Creative Sketches for Scrapbooking was first published in 2003, scrapbooking idea books were a dime a dozen& and that's about what most of them were worth! Time and again, I bought one, sure it would be useful, but none of them were ever used more than once or twice. Nearly all of the pages were amateurish, or else totally impractical! After all, how many single photo spreads can one person use? Small wonder some of them I never actually used at all![return][return]But seven years later, Creative Sketches is still in my library. Like all the idea books of its day, it's full of visually appealing pages. But unlike the others, its usefulness doesn't depend upon the trends of the moment.[return][return]Creative Sketches focuses on creating your own pages, using basic thumbnail sketches as a guideline. (That's the way we were taught to plan out pages in art school, actually!) It's divided into sections, depending upon the number of photos used in the layout. Each "recipe" is accompanied by several very different pages created using the formula.[return][return]I'm a designer by profession, so before buying this book (and its follow-up), I spent far too long on each page. With this, I pick a starting point from what's in the book, then work from there. Finally, I was able to get a reasonable number of spreads completed in a sitting![return][return]Highly recommended for both beginner and advanced scrapbookers.

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first of Becky Higgins' sketch books, and is still my favorite. I love that the sketches are arranged in the book by the number of photos the sketch includes, I love that there are multiple examples, by various designers, using the same sketch, and I love Becky's style. This book is a must-have for every scrapbooker! Since it's out of print, look for it used.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I hadn't already loved BH this book would have pushed me over the edge. Wonderful sketches and beautiful, inspiring LO's. I love how I can flip through for inspiration, go to the sections sorted by number of photos, or look through all the sketches in the back. Wonderful.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best resource for scrapbooking I have ever seen. I have been refocusing on getting caught up, and remembering why I love this book! I can't put a "date read", because I am constantly re-reading it.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great!
Heather sent me this in Santa Swap! Yeah!

[Corina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indispensible to the scrapbooker. Period.

[Becky H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas sketched out according to how many pictures you want to place on a scrapbook page.

[LaRena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent sketches from Becky Higgins!