Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

Scrapbooking, but especially journaling. I am still putting my European Vacation on paper so I don't forget a single details....and this will be included in the scrapbook.
Love your blog and the inspiration you provide me.

my favourite technique is using loads and loads of gel medium to stick all my bits and pieces onto a canvas. after painting everything anyway!!

Those books look very inspiring indeed :)

Hi Ali...mixed media is definitely my craft of choice these days....I've been playing and combining scrapbooking and that together, but working in my art journal is definitely my first love! Thanks for the giveaway.

I have been loving painting with acrylics. I am doing the Donna Downey Newspaper art journal.

I am loving using glitter glue and popsicle sticks on paper with crayon and stickers - very preschool, very fun!

oh my favorite technique these days is distressing paper edges :) tearing or curling

boy you get up early... :)congrats on you and your sisters baby news. it will be so much fun to have babies together. lately i have been making a lot of house art, you know..the stuff you decorate with.. love your samples.
cindy

I love cardmaking and scrapbooking but have been wanting to take a watercolor class. Maybe that will be my fall project!

I've been doing a lot of stamping lately. Trying new things.

i've been enjoying stamping a lot lately...getting my creative juices flowing :)

my current favorite creative technique is playing with handlettering/calligraphy. And photography--like you, I've recently reconnected with taking more photos.

Scrapbooking is my favourite creative outlet, followed by making mini albums / books. I'm looking forward to receiving your new book through the post anyday (I live in England) - lots of ideas floating around. Can't wait to get started on more projects.

Thanks for the generous giveaway and links to books that sound really fascinating.
Right now, I'd have to say mixed-media as I am happily in the kindergarten of ATCs and postcards combining paper and digital images. After getting my mind scrambled with the digital, it's sometimes soothing to switch to scissors, paper and glue. I've been amazed at how each piece takes off in its own direction, not always where I thought it would, but where the creation wants to go.

Lots of ribbons, fabric and buttons for the grand daughters. I am excited to use them since I have 4 boys. Oh and lots of tulle.

My favorite "technique" these days is to try to find a different way to use things. I like looking in my stash and finding some sort of embellishment and thinking to myself...how would someone use this...and then trying to find a completely different way to use it that someone esle might not have thought of. It's challenging and fun all at the same time.

Ali,
I love to stencil. I create my own images and use them for home decor and scrapbooking, and I also like to make my own journals. That's what I've been into lately and I love it.
Have a good day...

I absolutely want to get the last book...Taking Flight! It sounds awesome!
My favorite technique right now is adding stamping to my scrapbook pages...didn't do too much of that before I started making cards this year. I am having fun with the challenges over at Hero Arts. Happy Stamping!

My favorite creative technique currently is organization. My desk is always such a mess (and I'm a digital scrapper, so I don't know why it gets so messy), but I found that everything was caught up in the mess and not the process, so I am trying out a new organization system (with the help of my uber-organized husband) to put to work starting when the kids go back to school tomorrow and am feeling completely inspired. [How was that for a run-on sentence?]

Thanks for the give away. I have recently been inspired by all the mixed media works I have seen lately on your blog. Picked up a set of canvases yesturday and some gesso and hopefully I can get to work on them soon.