If you have been wanting to get started scrapbooking then these books are the perfect reference tools to point you in the right direction! They would also make terrific gifts for friends and family members who have been wanting to start scrapbooking but just don't know where to begin.
1. Creating Keepsakes Joy of Scrapbooking
Learn to scrapbook from the voice that has become the authority on scrapbooking - Creating Keepsakes Magazine. Lisa Bearnson and Gayle Humphreys team up to walk you step by step through the scrapbooking process. This book also includes tips on good design, taking better pictures, creative lettering, using stickers and rubber stamps, journaling and more.
2. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Scrapbooking
You are no idiot, however this series of books has become very popular and this installment makes a terrific guide for new scrapbookers. Wendy Smedley has created a tool that you will return to again and again as you begin the wonderful journey that is Scrapbooking!
3. Scrapbooking With Memory Makers
This beautiful hardcover book by the editors of Memory Makers Magazine is one of my personal favorite scrapbook reference titles. It contains gorgeous photos of simple layouts that are perfect for the true beginner. Also included in the back of the book as an added bonus are a pair of templates that will help you decorate your scrapbook pages.4. Scrapbooking For The First Time
Rebecca Carter presents a carefully laid out instruction manual for scrapbooking. Each lesson builds on the next and includes such basic concepts as photo matting. You will refer to this book again and again as you get started making memory albums.5. Scrapbooking With Amber
Amber Russell creates the perfect book for beginning scrapbookers by showing pages in her own albums. Actual everyday scrapbook pages that include detailed lists of materials used and instructions on how to re-create them in your own album are sure to inspire the new scrapbooker.