Cutting Above: Publication Review: Creating Keepsake Magazine special issue!

If you are anything like me, you have tons of 4x6 pics just waiting to be made into pages. There are so many photos I’ve been collecting for the past few years, just waiting to be taken out and worked with. Yet, the time never came and were finally put back in storage for another later date.
If you find yourself in the same boat,, perhaps you have no idea where to start? Well, if you need a little nudge on getting those pics out of storage and into beautiful projects, then this book is for you!!

Creating Keepsake Super Fast Pages with 4x6 Photos

I was at the check out yesterday when I noticed this magazine. What drew my attention was the very strong color combo on a relatively very simple layout. With it’s simplicity, I realized I could scraplift this layout very easily with the tools I currently have on hand. For example, I could use all my Provo Craft Cricut cartridges such as the butterflies, borders, flowers to follow the basic design presented on the cover. What could be easier??

After flipping through the magazine quickly,I decided to buy it. I rushed home to explore the magazine more leisurely and soon realized that a lot of the layouts looked familiar. . . especially the Kelly Purkey and Mou Sasha's projects.

Finally, it dawned on me that most of these projects have been published before in Creating Keepsakes magazine. Now, if you don't have a subscription that's ok. You can catch up. If you do have a subscription, this makes it easy to find layouts that fit your need. You can easily find project by page separation for 1-2 photos, 3-4 etc.. and so on.

Before delving into this magazine in length, here's all the things on the cover that drew me in:

95 simple quick pages, make 1 tonight
27 sketches to create pages in a jiffy
Scrap more photos with no cropping approach

I was motivated enough to grab my post-its and make notes on different pages. I noted layouts I liked or the pattern papers, tips and even some sketches I wanted to try. I plan on making 10 lay outs from this book using the sketches and some other great ideas I've found. For example, on page 45, there is a great tip on using a pen in place of that perfect color thread you just cannot find!

What I liked about this magazine:

It is very functional and has the photos separated
Tips at the bottom on how to finish a page faster
The layout photos are huge. They take up most of the pages so you can see the details better.

What I didn't like about this magazine:

Price tag was a little too high at 14.99
85-90% of the layouts were previously published hence the reason the price is too high
Not much direction on how to recreate most of the layouts (loved the tips though!)
Might be a hard book for a brand new scrapbooker to follow

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That’s it! What could be easier?? Drawing will held on October 7th and the winner will be chosen by the random.org tool. :)

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