Clean And Simple Designs for Scrapbooking by Cathy Zielske (2004, Paperback)

Lately, when I look at the majority of scrapbooking magazines on the stands, I see pages and layouts that look more like art than memories. These pages are beautiful and look like they take hours to create and perfect. While they are gorgeous and obviously created by talented people, these types of pages are not really my style. And even if they were, there is no way that I have the time to create pages like those.

My style is more discrete and simple. I like clean lines, fresh colors, and pages that focus on the pictures and the message, not the products.

This is why I love Cathy Zielske's Clean and Simple series. She reminds us that scrapbooking is personal. We don't have to make each page so that it can be published in a major magazine. I scrap because I want to remember moments and events years from now. There is no wrong or right way to do this. Cathy's layouts are simple, but poignant. They use the latest products, even if minimally. Her layouts can be easily 'scraplifted' to suit your own colors, photos, and embellishments.

Cathy also gives tips for journaling - when, where, and how. She talks about using your personal handwriting versus a computer and, if you use a computer, which fonts are best. Her ideas about scrapbooking are different and fresh.

I highly recommend picking this book up!