My Book Review Layouts

Go to...

2010-12-17T11:20:00.000-08:00

Please go to
http://coolboxuk.accweb.org.uk/
to me latest posts.

Cafael Book 3 and 4

2009-09-25T08:28:00.001-07:00

Books: Monkshood and Saint Peter's Fair
Kit: "Apothecary" by Club Scrap
Template from Club Scrap September Trample Challenge (by Jacqueline).
Fonts: Stonehenge + Tw Cen MT Condensed

Cadfael Book 1 and 2

2009-09-20T08:17:00.000-07:00

Book: A Morbid Taste for Bones and One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
Kit: "Apothecary" by Club Scrap
Fonts: Stonehenge + Tw Cen MT Condensed
I used a quickpage that came with the kit.

The Cadfael Chronicles

2009-09-20T08:13:00.001-07:00

Book: a medieval whodunnit series by Ellis Peters
Kit: "Apothecary" by Club Scrap
Font: Stonehenge
I finally have managed to get all 21 books in the series and have started reading them in succession - this is an introduction page. I used one of the quickpages that came with the kit.

People of the Book

2009-09-20T08:10:00.000-07:00

Book: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Kit: "Ivory Elegance" by Club Scrap
Font: SA Inkspot
This is the second book I read by Brooks and I really enjoyed them both - intriguing subjects combined with good storytelling!
The LO is based on one of the quickpages that came with the kit, but heavily adapted.

Raising Atlantis

2009-09-20T08:08:00.001-07:00

Book: Raising Atlantis by Thomas Greanias
Kit : "Artifacts" by Club Scrap
Font: Requiem
Not one of my favourites - neither the book nor the LO...

The Blind Assassin

2009-09-20T08:06:00.001-07:00

Book: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atkins
Kit: "Cruisin'" by Club Scrap
Font: Pupcat
Double-click on the image for a larger version to read the text, as this is an interesting one...

LOTR

2009-07-31T05:01:00.000-07:00

Book: Lord of the Rings trilogy by J R R Tolkien
Kit: "Artisfacts" by Club Scrap
Template: Girl Talk
Font: Benny Blanco + Complete in Him
Created for Club Scrap PSL stencil challenge. Changed the colours of the papers and elements to suit the covers.

Kensuke's Kingdom

2009-07-31T04:59:00.000-07:00

Book: Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Kits: "Surf's Up" and "Into the Wild" by Club Scrap
Template: Miss Vivi
Font: Tabitha
Created for Club Scrap PSL template challenge.

Cooking Without

2009-07-31T04:56:00.000-07:00

Book: series of cookbooks "Cooking Without..." by Barbara Cousins
Kit: "Mirror Mirror" by Club Scrap
Font: Tecton Pro
Template: Scrapping bwith Liz
Made for Club Scrap PSL stencil challenge.

The Nibelungs - Die Nibelungen Saga

2009-07-31T04:51:00.000-07:00

Book: Die Nibelungen Saga by Torsten Dewi and Wolfgang Hohlbein
Kit: "Henna" by Club Scrap
Font: Patrick
LO based vaguely on a template by Bouille. Worked with feathering for blending edges and vellum underlays.

Notes from an Exhibition

2009-07-14T11:56:00.001-07:00

Book: Notes from an Exhibition
Kit: "Concrete Jungle" by Club Scrap
Font: FD Stenciluxe
Layout based on a quickpage that came with the kit.

The Unburied

2009-07-14T11:29:00.000-07:00

Book: The Unburied by Charles Palliser
Kit: Memoirs by Club Scrap
Font: Jayne Print
Brushes created from kit stamps.

The Long Afternoon

2009-06-11T13:42:00.000-07:00

Book: The Long Afternoon by Giles Waterfield
Kit: Mirror Mirror by Club Scrap
Font: Rage Italic
I used a template from the CS "Milestones" kit, changing it slightly as I went along to make room for all the journaling...

The War of the Worlds

2009-06-11T13:40:00.001-07:00

Book: The War of the Worlds by H.G.Wells
Kit: Matrix by Club Scrap
Fonts: LED and Minion Pro
I used a template from the CS kit "Mirror Mirror" but only loosely, changing most of the detail and adding the big journaling matte I needed.

The Secret Garden

2009-06-11T13:35:00.001-07:00

Book: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Kit: Pure + Simple by Club Scrap, with background paper from "Simply Beautiful"
Font: Pristina
I used a template that came with the Pure + Simple kit, making some amendments to it as I went along. Also changed the colour of the background page and of the Pure + Simple green into different greens and the yellow to match the book. The white on the tags is from Ivory Elegance.

The Shadow of the Wind

2009-05-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

Book: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Kit: Private Eye by Club Scrap
Font: Travelling Typewriter
I used the Feather function in Select (radius 200) on the section of the orange paper with the "mysterious man" (to apply: invert select and press delete), several times until there were no edges left. Also used several transparencies (including the text ones), merging the reddish paper into them and changing size and opacity. The white edge on the torn paper is done with the dodge tool.

The Shack

2009-05-27T10:52:00.000-07:00

Book: The Shack by William Young
Kit: Sparkle by Club Scrap; ladybird from kit "Recess" by Heather Roselli (Scrapper's Guide May kit)
Font: Copperplate Gothic Light
I used the brush that came with the kit to create the white sparkle swirls, and used the "Hard Light" blend function on the section of the dark blue paper with the brown swirl. I also used the dodge tool to lighten the two paper sections.

The Alchemist

2009-05-27T10:49:00.000-07:00

Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Kit: Henna by Club Scrap
Font: Bradley Hand
I have used one of the stamps/transparencies in different colours, and to get the lighter colour in the bottom section of the paper for the text to be readable I underlayed it with the beige paper and used the eraser with medium opacity on the original paper.

Intro

2009-05-27T10:45:00.000-07:00

This is yet another scrapbooking project of mine - but finally I'm getting into the world of digital and quite enjoying myself playing around with different ideas and options.

I wanted something different, not bound by the events and happenings in my life and whether the photos turn out or not etc. And I've long wanted to somehow do something by which to remember my favourite books. So here goes: my Book Review Scrapbook...