The Busy Scrapper: Making the Most of Your Scrapbooking Time

by Courtney Walsh

Here's the real secret: Scrapbooking does not have to be time-consuming. With The Busy Scrapper, readers will learn these valuable time-saving techniques: buying only what you need; organizing to keep supplies and photos handy; using time-saving tools; scrapping with page kits; changing your favorite layout designs and much more! The Busy Scrapper will inspire readers to take action and over 90 layouts provide ideas on how to implement the tips and techniques suggested.

Genres: Crafts

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Courtney Walsh is a novelist, theatre director, and playwright. She writes low spice romance and women's fiction while juggling the performing arts studio and youth theatre she owns and runs with her husband. Her debut, A Sweethaven Summer, hit the New York Times and USA Today e-book bestseller lists. She is also a Carol award winner and Christy award finalist.

A creative at heart, Courtney has also written two craft books and several full-length musicals. She lives in Illinois with her husband and three children and a sometimes naughty Bernedoodle named Luna.

Visit her online at www.courtneywalshwrites.com.

Reviews

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boy, does this author love her exclamation marks!!!!! There are at least 2-3 on every page. Everything is so Excting! Time Saving! Beautiful! A Great Idea! It became more of a game for me to count how many times an exclamation mark showed up within a brief paragraph rather than absorbing the tips provided by this book, which is a shame as there are some helpful and insightful tidbits. Granted, much of that information has been discussed elsewhere whether it's in other scrapbooking books or websites. That doesn't mean, though, the information is pointless.

It is very helpful to have a clean work space with all of your supplies well-organized. Yes, use all of your remaining scraps for something. And, yes, planning out a layout is very helpful. Unfortunately, none of these things truly helps me scrapbook. I love having to rummage through my jars, storage bins, folders, and trays for items. I love having an idea of the perfect layout and then changing it completely on the fly for some reason or other. And while I would love for everything to be clean and neat, that just doesn't work when completing arts and crafts projects.

The only real criticism of the book for me is the focus on women who scrapbook. True, the majority who participate in this hobby are women, but there are plenty of men who scrapbook. The cover and all the text about a woman's busy life turns away plenty of men. There's an inherent bias in this art form when everything is geared towards one gender. This needs to change!

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ideas for inspiration.

[Cortney Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a skinny easy read followed up with good ideas/examples. I really like this Courtney Walsh and the way she scraps and writes as I've noticed more of her work and articles in magazines and other books. She has some good ideas for making the most of scrapbooking time and useful tips on organizing that really inspired me!!

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok. I like Courtney Walsh's scrapping style and enjoyed the layouts in the book. However, there really wasn't anything new in the book that I hadn't read or seen before in order to scrap when busy.

[Aspasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Courtney Walsh reminds all of scrappers to plan ahead, use what we've got,keep an inspiration notebook, and keep calm! Of course, all the layouts presented in the book were beautiful and inspiring

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was so helpful. I found it to be clear and the instructions were well written. I like this book so much that I am thinking of buying it.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

had some good layouts. Worth flipping throug and getting some ideas to scraplift