Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

My favorite technique right now is twisting wire and beads into unusual jewelry and adding other fun objects, small bottles, pebbles, washers, rings, anything that will allow me to twist wire around it! I am in love with all mixed media and just wish I had enough time to do everything I want! My job sure does get in the way of my fun!!!
Thanks
Sherry

Hi Ali,
I started out with making cards and have transitioned into scrapbooking over the past year. To this day my favorite technique is crayon resist but I have yet to use it on a scrapbook layout.
Congrats to you and your sister!
Deb :-)

taking pictures!! It is my absolute favorite, I love the way you can just capture a moment, a story, a personality, a feeling, a fairytale and you name it in a picture- I am a total writer, but words pale in comparison to the perfect picture (a picture is worth 1,000 words) the catch, I have the hardest time deciding weather to keep them in all the glorious color that life has to offer, or in black and white or even sepia. I scrapbook as a way to display those pictures!

What happens in and around my camera is my newest creative technique.
I don't have photo(anything) software--and until last year (!!!) shot with regular film, so I'm being very resourceful with what images I create in the camera and what's going on around me. Why do I do it all? So it translates to the scrapbooking page and I tell my story + my childrens' stories.

Just in time to sneak in here....my favorite technique is to work with acrylics. I'm a background making fool!! Thanks for the chance to win...I've heard a lot about each of these books!

My favorite technique right now is inking the edges of things. Whether is memorabilia, photos or text boxes, it is amazing how much a little ink can add to a layout!

My focus lately has been on my journaling (on scrapbook pages). I realised that other than the photo it is the only thing that really matters.

My current favorite? Well, I just got a new digital SLR and Photoshop so I've been totally playing around with that...in fact, it's time to step away from the PC...and do laundry...what IS that thing called laundry anyway??

My usual style is clean lines but lately I have been playing with curves and swirls.
Abigail

What inspiring books! I'm taking my first acrylic painting class this fall and would have to say it's my new favorite technique!

I really like all kinds of distressed looks lately. Thanks for the chance to broaden my pages!

I love to combine digital elements such as overlays and journalling blocks on my paper LO's. I am also enjoying cutting elements with my silhouette. I use stamp pads to colour them before adding to a LO.

Hi Ali- My favorite technique is using lots of different patterned papers and I am really into adding the colored gems to everything. I would love to win this book!! Thanks-Star

Making mini books using my cell phone photos (not the best quality, but capturing life at the moment) are instant gratification!
Love the art journal books you've mentioned!
Leslie

I am in the gathering/hoarding stage right now and for the first time have bought some Halloween themed paper and stickers with the intent of creating mini albums of grandsons. Also recently (finally!) purchased a Zutter Bind-It-All after seeing a live demo. It was much better than peering at UTube demos!

After taking Emily Falconbridge's painting class online, I love to experiment with layering papers, tissue paper, paint and other goodies with gel medium. Love the feel of a piece that's layered together randomly...feels so organic.

I am really loving drawing or doodling on my pictures, making frames for them using cardboard and sewing on my projects. Tomorrow it may be something completely different!
My sister and I had our oldest kids 4 days apart. It was wonderful...except we couldn't help each other with the newborns because we were both in the same boat!
Heidi

I am loving playing with alcohol inks and acrylic paint. I am also trying to look at all of my supplies with new eyes and challenge myself to use them in new ways. Those books look awesome! I'm especially intrigued by the one with paint techniques.

my fave technique would be to use stamping and color them in with watercolor pencils. i do this all the time!
tara

I', playing with commonplace books (think the book created inThe English Patient, pasting into Herotodus)using alot of glue and pasting over words in an older book. Very intimidating to start,but rewarding!