Kick It Up!, Adding Spice to Your Scrapbook Layouts
By Greta Hammond and Angelia Wigginton

Now you can see just what makes a layout go from "nice" to "wow!" Each idea presented in Kick It Up is accompanied by two layouts: one that shows a well-designed page, and a second that shows the same layout kicked up to the next level. The techniques range from the simple (such as creative photo cropping) to the more advanced (like adding a patchwork of patterned paper to the background). The visual evidence shows you exactly what it takes to kick up a layout, while captions and instructions explain the why and how.

Book + Art, Handcrafting Artists' Books
By Violette

Whether you're looking to express yourself creatively for the first time or have found yourself in a creative rut, you'll soon be following your inspired voice with the help of Journal Bliss. You'll learn to express your thoughts and feelings like never before in your own art journal. Not only will author Violette inspire you with her own journal pages, she'll teach you techniques for creating your own unique pages. Learn to: Create juicy backgrounds and whimsical borders for your pages. Love doodling, even if you think you can't draw. Make image transfers of photos or even your own artwork. Develop your own fanciful lettering and so much more!

Playing with Paper
By Angelina Wigginton

Geometric prints, modern stripes, big florals and polka dots - patterned papers are so beautiful and hard to resist! But, oftentimes it can be a struggle to incorporate these patterns into your layouts. In Playing with Paper, Angelia Wiggington shows you how to make the process of using and combining patterned papers simple and easy. Through more than 135 layouts and 14 step-by-step techniques, Angelia shows how to combine various patterned papers (from two patterns to five or more!) in many different ways to ensure gorgeous pages.