Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

My favourite techniques lately revolve around ink. I'm trying to just play more and have fun rather than worry about the final product. Very difficult for me but I'm really attempting to succeed at it.

hi Ali: I've been working on improving my photography skills in hopes of making my layouts more interesting and simply looking at daily life from new perspectives. playing with different angles, lighting, etc. is so much fun and the end results are amazing. thanks so much! take care, kim

I just purchased a print from Kelly Rae and love it - would love a copy of her book.
My favorite creative technique right now involves fabric. I have had fun combining fabric and paper and creating fun journals/notebooks for my friends. I have loved fabric since I learned to sew in the 4th grade and even went on to major in Clothing and Textiles in college I loved it so much! Thanks for this opportunity!

Hmmm, acrylic paints on everything right now, that's my most fave technique/tool.
congrats on your next "baby project."

I was just drooling over Taking Flight yesterday. Lately my favorite techniques have been whatever I can get my hands on....scrapbooking, art journals, knitting, photography.

I've been doing something different for me with my scrapbooking. Keeping it simple.LOL...I'm working on a wedding book for my niece. Did a couple small practice ones for my mom (grandma of the bride) and SIL(Mom of the bride). I found I really really, REALLY like the look of consistency thru a book like that. So the big 12x12 book is very consistent. It's a bit of a challenge not to go overboard, but I am liking it.

Fave creative technique...hm...well, I am going to try some layering, with KI Memories lace paper, and painting, and generally trying to mix things up more than I normally do. I just love minibooks for trying new things out! Thank you for all the inspiration you provide!

I've been playing around a lot with watercolor pencils and fabrics to incorporate into my scrapbook layouts. We'll see what happens!

Right now, I love using colored pencils. On anything, layouts, notes, calendar. It's so fun and a simple way to add a cute touch, doodling, highlighting or just playing around. I can't seem to get enough of them.

I've been rediscovering my love for watercolor paints. I haven't done anything really big or spectacular just little paintings that I can finish quickly. It's been very satisfying to wet my brushes again.

Scrapbooking for me. I lose myself in it. It keeps me grounded. I love the entire process. SOmetimes its just cardstock, pictures, and words. Other times the pages are filled with embelishments. I love how I can do whatever I want. I love how our stories are on paper. I love how my family dives into my books. :)

Right now my favorite technique is sewing. It's a new thing for me but at the moment I'm enjoying combining different fabrics and other stuff into bags.

I love all things paper, well, except bills.
I haven't been doing much scrapping lately, I've been more focused on making cards. My cards are made mostly from scraps so it's also been a time for cleaning out and reorganizing. Thanks for sharing what inspires you.

I love scrapbooking & have been experimenting with digital elements. So fun!
Katrina :)

Hi Ali,
Currently, I am into colored pencils and markers. I've been doodling with them for a while.

I've been working at expanding my horizons outside of scrapbooking, my first love, and am finding so many wonderful things in the world of art!

My favourite 'technique', recently, seems to be experimenting with different ways of journalling on my LOs - painting titles/hand-writing in different fonts for titles/doodling text boxes for containing the journalling etc etc. It's the journalling that matters to me on my LOs (and will matter to people who look at them in the future) so I've really been spending time, concentrating, on coming up with different ways of presenting that.

I do mostly card making. My favorite thing these days are embossing folders that create wonderful texture. Texture is good.

Thank you for the offering the books! I am really bad and finishing things and usually am better when I go to a crop. During the past week I finished several projects at home - mini-books started in classes or kits that I had purchased. I finished the week with a class taught by Michelle Van Etten.

stamping. Congrats to you and your sister on the baby news. Hopefully the remaining of the pregnancy goes well (without the morning sickness...)