Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

I have been having fun learning Photoshop and to scrap digitally. I also have been doing some photo album scrapbooking, which is instant gratification to me.

As the months get colder, my interests and time turn to quilting and knitting! Right now I feel especially inspired to make sure my baby is cozy warm through our very long winters.

I love to use scraps of paper. The more worn the better. Paint also.

the past half year I've been really trying to think out of the box and try things that are new(ish) for me. I've really picked up on stamping and use it in both my scrapbooking as my art journalling.

My favorite has to be mixed media ... just stacking and layering lots of fun non-scrapbooking and scrapbooking items together. I wish I had more flea markets near me!

My fav technique is still good old paints... It gives so much texture, it takes on a different look and form each time, I like that imperfect mark each time, I like that it is different each time I use it!

Right now Im really into to my sewing machine, which has only been used for paper! I better learn how to use it because I was sewing through plastic and broke the needle in half :) something about tension... :)

I have been wanting to try stamping with bubble wrap for so long but just never got to it - seems I do a lot of "not getting to it" - but this week I did it on a journal page, again on a calendar page and yet again on a scrapbook page. What a great effect! So in celebration, winning this book would just be the perfect reward for trying something new.
Joan

This book sounds wonderful!! I just got yours and WOW! These two books would be a great combination. I'm planning to do mini-books for my two young daughters :)

hi ali... looking forward to picking up your new book... taking flight looks awesome as well.
my favorite technique right now is inking the edges of pictures and paper. nothing too big, exciting, or new but i love the *finished* look it gives my layouts and minis.
have a fabulous tuesday!

My favorite technique lately is layering (in scrapbooking)....I just love how it looks...and adding a little paint in there, too.

my favorite creative technique these days is using actions on my photos before printing and also creating photo collages. I start with the photos when I create so its been pretty inspiring working with them.
thanks for this give-away chance!

Hi, Ali,
Thanks for the great giveaway.
Mixed media is what I love - working with paint, chipboard, transparencies . . . anything else that adds dimension to my scrapbook pages. I’ve been adding strips of my grandmother’s crocheting to a few of my pages. But really love paint and ink. . . .
Jenell

My fave technique lately - a creative one - is making sure my handwriting telling the story is somewhere on every scrapbook page I create. I believe in the story behind the pictures, and to me, the telling of the story is what is most important. It's the writer in me.

Well I like to make my own homemade rubons...this technique is a little different. I layout images in Illustrator, flip them backwards, then print them on a lazer printer (can be copied too, anything that uses toner) on regular white paper. Then I place the image side down where ever i want to transfer the image. Use a chartpak or DESIGN colorless blender to color over where the image is on the white side of the paper, use my finger nail to scratch the image and carefully lift up. You can transfer onto metal, glass, fabric, paper, wood whatever...works awesome. Enjoy!

My favorite technique these days is to copy a chipboard form or letter in some leftover of pattern paper to do my titles and decoration.

Love bling! Stickles glitter glue; can't live without and my stamps. Have been playing around with acrylic paint too on my scrapbook pages. Good luck with the new baby!

I'm into scrapbooking and rubber stamping. Scrapbooking allows me to record my family's history, everyday moments, and come to terms with some issues that have been bugging me. I incorporate stamping into my books.

Lately, I have been working on mini-books. They allow me to use many photos to convey those events/travels where I was a little "camera happy".
Thank you for the opportunity to win this book!

fav thing is to use my daughter's fingerpaintings to punch, cut out, use in my work

My favorite creative technique/process lately has to do with photo editing. I've been really trying to improve and refine and be a little more creative when I do things to my photos.

I love to use acrylics. In scrapbooking, ATC, mixed media, everywhere.... :)

Right now I am into collaging the embellishments and journaling space together in an 'artsy' way. I admire other people's work when they do this. I especially love the office supply type stickers for journal space...using the small ones and continuing from sticker to sticker, with buttons, brads, fabric etc... combined in a grouping.

My favorite creative technique right now is what I did before scrapbooking...cutting images out of magazines and glueing them into a small journal. Playing around with different images and putting them together always gets the creative ideas going!
tammy t

I love using jewels at the moment - on everything! :)