The Long Afternoon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...