Inspiration when you need it most! (Scrapbook Inspirations)

Member Name: Meggysmum

Product:	Scrapbook Inspirations
Date:	19/05/09 (16 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Wonderful readers pages and great colours

Disadvantages: Contributers get a bit boring

I have been scrapbooking for three years but sometimes I come up against "Scrappers Block" like everyone else! Having Scrapbook Inspirations to hand is often all that is needed to get the creative juices flowing again.

The magazine has a bright friendly style which I thinks appeals to novices and experienced scrappers alike. There a regular features such as the challenges using sketches, a particular collection of products or a price restriction on a layout. The readers contributions fill several pages and are of such high qualityand so there is usually something to inspire a scraplift. The regular writers contribute pages using different techniques and these are presented with clear step-by-step photographs and instructions making them easy to attempt on your own. The product round-ups are useful as they cover products that are currently available in the UK.

The main down side to this publication is that there are too few regular features writers so some of the pages get to be a bit samey. If you take the magazine regularly it doesn't take long to spot who has produced which page. As I said the large readers contribution conteracts this. The magazine no longer comes with free gifts as standard but if you have a subscription you occasionally get a surprise free gift of ribbons or embellishments which is a nice extra but these are few and far between!

Summary: A nice read with lots of ideas