- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Porch Swing Publishing (September 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 192918011X
- ISBN-13: 978-1929180110
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #600,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Book Description
Scrapbook artist Becky Higgins has one of the most appealing styles in scrapbooking today. In this her first book, Becky gives easy instructions for making hundreds of different alphabets that will add a personal touch to scrapbooks--and to cards, invitations, signs, and posters. Scrapbooking moms, schoolteachers, librarians, teenagers, rubber stampers, card makers, and other crafters all need ideas for creative lettering! Brides can add a personal touch to place cards, gift tags, invitations, envelopes. This book includes 50 brand-new alphabets (never before published in Creating Keepsakes scrapbook magazine or anywhere else!) plus hundreds of ways to use them. It's a complete lettering course in itself, with easy-to-follow 5-step instructions, 6 basic lettering types, lots of design templates, and 75 fill-in patterns. Becky's lettering is for everyone, at every level of skill.
About the Author
Becky Higgins is a scrapbook artist and creative editor of Creating Keepsakes scrapbook magazine. She travels extensively throughout the U.S. to scrapbooking conventions giving workshops on lettering. Previously, she was creative lettering instructor at Reflections and Provo Craft in Provo, Utah. Becky lives in Peoria, Arizona. Co-author Siobhan McGowan is an editor and writer who lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A book to use over and over....,
By Jadecat (Lake Orion, MI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Creative Lettering (Paperback)
I do scrapbooking and was never fond of the sticker letters, so on a whim I bought this book. Goodbye sticker letters! Your own lettering on the scrapbook page looks much nicer to me than the stickers and you never have to worry about running out of the alphabet letters or what color you need. These are very simple to do, I can fairly easily copy them, but I know I could never come up with them on my own. There is a great variety of lettering, each one having its own type of "mood" so you know when it is right for the page you are doing...fun, serious, kiddish, whatever. This book has been worth its weight and if you are bored of writing titles in plain block letters, this will really brighten up your titles.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Creative Lettering: An Art Form All Its Own,
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This review is from: The Art of Creative Lettering (Paperback)
This book is truly amazing. It is so helpful for making scrapbooks. Everyone marvels at the lettering job that this book has helped me with. I also have used the techniques to make signs and cards and things of that nature. A lot of creative lettering books that I have seen have really boring fonts, but this book has really really fun lettering styles. I mean, there are styles for Christmas, Halloween, flowery ones, Back To School, and just some really fun swirly ones. If you are into scrapbooking or just need something to help you make invitations for that big upcoming party, I really recommend buying this book. Unfortunately I lost my copy, but since I liked it so much I am going to buy it again! Enjoy!!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
How to letter for those of us who lack the knack,
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This review is from: The Art of Creative Lettering (Paperback)
There is a reason this is the standard in scrapbook lettering guides: it explains how to create those fancy letters in a simple, logical way that even people with atrocious handwriting can pick up quickly to improve their page layouts. All that , and it's cute, too!It turns out that Becky Higgins' style of creative lettering is based on a simple alphabet that is adorned in one of six basic ways, then embellished and colored in. Yes, it really is that easy! Your titles and first paragraph letters can be customized according to season, color scheme, occasion, pattern match, mood, etc. The fifty variations on the six lettering styles will be more than enough for most people to fill their scrapbooks without seeming repetitive - but you may find yourself designing variations of your own after practicing for a while. The limitation of The Art of Creative Lettering is that IMHO, the lettering styles lend themselves almost exclusively to a country and/or casual feel in the page designs. This is a popular way to scrapbook, and you may not need anything else. However, sometimes a more sophisticated, adult look is called for. And if like me you have a formal wedding and a heritage album to complete, you may end up turning to sticker letters or laser cut titles to get the traditional look you want. I would highly recommend this book for anybody who believes s/he"can't" letter nicely.
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