Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

Not sure that this would exactly qualify as a technique, but sometimes I find that I enjoy using the papers that I use to catch my paint (glitter, run-over stamping, etc) overflow as an actual element on my journal page (or other project). Most of the time I find that the design is really a cool one!
Thanks for the giveaway Ali!
Take Care,
Jen D.

My creative technique these days currently is FINDING THE TIME TO BE CREATIVE AND SCRAPBOOK! It seems like if I can do that, the layouts and projects just spill out of me. But to my defense, I'm 35 weeks pregnant with a 2 1/2 and 4 year old at home.

Lately my favorite technique it using Photoshop Elements. But I still love my paper! I love inking the edges on that lately too!

One of my favourite techniques to use in anything "paper-arts" related is to use sequin waste as a stencil with an ink pad (I even heat emboss the result sometimes) or as a rubbing plate with wax crayons that I then cover with watercolours.
Cheers. And happy back to school to Simon!
Sophie in Montreal, Canada

I've been spending a lot of time working on mini albums. Just got your book!

Using Crystal Lacquer on all my scrapbooking pages or projects, love to add the glaze touches to the papers or chipboard elements! The "Stardust" pen is also one other thing that I love to use to add some "glitz and glam" to my papers!
Thanks for this amazing giveaway Ali and wishing you a great week!

Lately, I have been doing a lot of sewing. But, I find that making my own patterns and quilt patterns allows me a similar type of creative freedom as scrapbooking.
The quilt I am working on now is a t-shirt quilt that will tell the story of our lives over the last 20 years...an exciting and daunting task all at once. I am not trying to do the same old t-shirt quilt you see out there all the time, so I am going to change things up a little, much like I want to do with my scrapbooking.
Maybe the fabric is just practice!

I would LOVE to win !! my favorite technique-TODAY- is outlining my letter stickers with stickles:)

My favorite thing to do is to work on my post processing of my photos in Photoshop, making the photos really pop and then going back and playing with the textures of the paper to compliment it.

I have been dabbling in a little bit of digital hybrid scrapbooking (thanks to your new stuff at digital designs). What a great giveaway, thanks for the chance!

These books all look so wonderful! I'm going to have to check them out! My favorite creative technique lately is actually stamping backgrounds -I know...old school, but sometimes you leave a technique behind and then realize that you love it all over again!

I love all of the mini albums you have been doing!! They are awesome - also i just love the cocoa daisy kit - my daughter had tons of photos from a trip to ireland and has stolen the cocoa daisy kit to scrap them with!!

Hi Ali,
I just used my first digital scrapbook elements yesterday...I can this is going to become a complete addiction! Have a great day!
Lori P, SLC, UT

My first love is scrapbooking of course :) But I am signing up to take Candice Stringham's online photography class next week and I can't wait to learn new things!

I have been way into ATC swaps lately. I love to see others creative takes on a theme!

These books look very interesting and I'll be checking them out and seeing if they need to be added to the library. :) My favorite technique lately is distressing - sanding, wrinkling, inking - anything to give that "used and loved" feel to my projects.

My favorite techniques right now are buttons (again - this one seems to go around and around with me) and writing right on the pictures (which is something I've just recently tried and am loving).
These books look awesome btw!

Right now, I'm in to layering with everything from clear overlays to vellum to rub-ons to paint to glitter to anything that allows you to still see pieces of the beneath layers. :)

These books look great! I would love to win Taking Flight--it's in my amazon cart as we speak, so I hope that I can win it instead!! My fave thing at the moment is art journaling with all kinds of daily scraps laying around. Just having fun getting messy.
Thanks for the giveaway Ali!
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i love my scrapbooking and have recently got into mixed media scrapping. i particularly love the look acrylic paint gives.