Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

right now it is home deco. normaly would say scrapbooking...but not today! i just finished moving around our bedroom furniture and making our room differet. great fun!
thanks ali

I am so thankful that I have found and embraced digital....I am still able to find some time for me by scrapbooking, and keep up with my hectic schedule that is my life.

I always use rubber stamping in some form or another.... of late I have been trying to do creative things with punches...I did a border recently on a scrapbook page using cut up portions of a circle punch out, and was really pleased with the result. Simple but effective, imo. (obviously I think this book would push me to different levels!!!)

I am still all about the scrapbooking. I haven't had much time to do it the past year or so, but I've recently gotten recharged and am really excited about this hobby again!

I'm really loving using watercolor painting on my layouts lately... just love the soft look it gives.

So right now my favorite thing is just getting to create anything!!! 3 kids and back to school is busy! but I'll start on the fun holiday stuff soon! All about mini books and cards! and fun treats for the kids! Thanks for the opportunity!

The book is beautiful.
The latest technique I am using is Donna Downey's layered newspaper pages. It looks so cool and is so easy.

I'm primarily a card-maker, though I do a bit of scrapbooking for my boys :) My favorite technique is paper-piecing...stamping an image on patterned paper, cutting out the parts I want, and adding them to the same image stamped on plain paper. I love the effects you can get and the look!!

Blogging about my Daily Photo project has been the creative challenge that has pushed me past old boundaries that set limits on what I thought I could do. And I have you to thank for starting me on that. So BIG THANKS

My fav technique right now is collage. I just love the way a piece comes togeter. Thanks for sharing these titles!

Thank you so much for the giveaway opportunity! I'm very much into recycling materials like envelopes, tags, paper, cards, etc. I love incorporating things that would be normally thrown away into my albums.

I am excited about fall and the new start of life with school starting for y son.. but I am also longing to dive into some creating for ME to relish the other facets of my life! These books look like an amazing jumping off point!

Hi there,
My focus has been noting the everyday in written form. It has been great in helping me remember the little moments

digital scrapbooking is my favorite creative break right now. love being able to do and create my way.

combining writing with scrapbooking. i'm coming alive again to the power of words and story - telling our own and hearing each others.

i'm really enjoying my new watercolor pencils these days. but i always love using fabric in unexpected ways!

Kelly's work is amazing and beautiful and like Kelly, I love the technique of collage, mixing all kinds of medias- there are endless possibilities and projects just waiting to be created.
Thanks for the opportunity to win, please count me in!
Maggie

I love inspirational thoughts, quotes, music, books whatever. The creative technique I love using is big words with little photos/journaling. Simple but big is impressive!

my favorite is punching out a die-cut (or finding an old diecut i could care less about and place on chipboard, then use foil tape on top to create a metal embossed look with my chipboard. nice accent. :)Sesil

My favourite technique at present is making my own stamps from simple string colied/stretched/laid into shapes on top of double-sided carpet tape, which is itself stuck onto lightweight card/mounting board. Using them with acrylics, inks and paintsticks - and they look different each time!

My favorite outlet right now is blogging. I'm really getting into it and learning more about formatting. I've "met" some great bloggers so far and am so excited when people respond to my posts. I've been posting everyday!

As much as i love scrapbooking (and right now im in the middle of a mini album) i am almost obsessed with applique, and hand stitching

I am into my altered book right now, and my little addiction is using individual rubber stamp letters to spell things out. It's so gratifying, combines so well with mixed media, and looks great over the small print layer of the book pages.

I am into my altered book right now, and my little addiction is using individual rubber stamp letters to spell things out. It's so gratifying, combines so well with mixed media, and looks great over the small print layer of the book pages.

Right now, I am loving my glimmer mists. I've used it with my stencils, distressing my tags, and just plain misting it over cards and other "stuff." I love how it gives my art another layer of interest (water color-ish, shimmery, and just plain beautiful colors).