Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

My favorite technique is...I guess, mixed media. I love a little bit of everything combined together to make something wonderful. :) My favorites are the non-traditional scrapbooking. Like using an old piece of cardboard or junk mail to create an album...so fun!

I try to combine painting and stamping and then doing something new each time. I have so many great supplies... it may the only way I will use up some of my stuff.
thanks as always for these opportunities.

I just love to scrap book anything these days. Looking through some of my old scrap pages and seeing all the net stuff I saved as the kids were growing up and putting it in with their pictures really makes the page!

I love kelly rae...her blog is on my favorites!

Right now I'm totally into stitching...hand stitching, machine stitching whatever. I also just ordered some alcohol inks to play with.

Hi Ali,
Would love one of the books for some inspiration. I am in the midst of 're-doing' my daughter's baby book, and am enjoying rub-ons and some stamping, which is new to me.

Watercolor pencils are my fave right now!

my favourite technique: using lots of smaller pics. on pages and making mini books.
Mary

I have always been passionate about giving to those who have influenced me. My life has been very blessed with kind, wonderful people. I love to take a everyday 'gift' object and put my own spin on it - personalizing it for the recipient. Making it 'just so' so that it reflects them, letting them know how thankful I am.

Very cool.. I would love it!
Love your blog too!!
Paula
Erie, PA

These days I'm loving glossy magazine pages. I love to layer and I can never get enough of tearing my pages.

Doing lots of scrapping lately, but also falling in love with fabric!

Scrapbooking is my fav outlet but I love experimenting with cooking and little art projects with the kids.

I've been hand making cards for an ETSY shop I'm planning on opening; and finishing up my summer scrapbooking pages goal. I've got a stack of projects planned and waiting for the time to get them started.

...uhhhh!!! That book definitly looks good!!! Would love to get my hands on it!!!
my favourite technique??? Well thats kind of hard to answer since I always have more things going on at the same time: love to play with agrylic paint, sew on paper, distress, gel mediun transfers and metall foil, to name jus a few...-)

I am keeping a "Sentence a Day" notebook for the year of 2008. It includes a thought or an idea I had related to scrapbooking, childrens activities, funny little 2 year old sayings, or even what we did that day. This is also where I stick any little tidbit items(stickers, memorabilia, etc.) related to those thoughts or activities. It's nice to go back and read through when I do a layout or mini album, and refresh my memory.
Cool books by the way, can't wait to check them out.

Right now I am into trying out mini books and altered art -lovin alot of the new items from kaiser crafts to create and also just bought a bind it all so i'm learning to be a little more relaxed than the good ol' 12x12.

I have really been focusing on my photography skills and some post shooting developing with PS.

Definitely scrapbooking. Documenting the everyday with photos and my thoughts and feelings about them as they happen...nothing beats it.

Ali, you are always so generous (must run in your family!!!). Thanks for this opportunity.
Lately, I've been into experimenting with mixed media digitally. I love to paint, scan, then mix it all up in CS3; Digital Collage I guess. (I can't spill the beans quite yet, but if you visit us at Illustrating Stories next week, you'll see what I mean.)