Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)

these days needing to keep it simple!
I like just marker doodles and acrylic paint.

Hi Ali,
I've been experimenting with adding acrylic paint to photos to wash out backgrounds or distracting items and allowing the main subject to stand alone. It gives the photos a sureal, floating look. I quite like the effect. Works well for encorporating contempory photos into mixed media art/collage.
Yvette

My favorite techniques recently is layering card stock. I love layering them to create a 3 dimentional look and feel...especially with my die cuts. Here's a card I made with this technique http://scrapsimplescraphappy.blogspot.com/2008/08/simple-yet-fun-greeting-cards.html
The cupcake is 6 layers of cardstock!
-Annie

These books look so inspiring! I totally want to check them out!

I'd love to be entered into the giveaway, thanks!
My favorite technique is slathering gel medium onto watercolour paper and then painting with acrylics. Or paint, gel, paint, gel... until I feel like it's finished.

My favorite creative technique right now is definately photo editing. I am loving how to create "different" looks and to add text and frames oh my! It gets me all excited just thinking about it! :o)

Thanks for inspiring us. Your letter to Simon today was so sweet. Simon is very lucky to have such loving parents.
Lately, I've been experimenting with using fabric as frames for photos in a layout. I just started trying to paint these frames for a different kind of look. I'm still experimenting. It works well sometimes and sometimes not.

Hands down, I'm a visual journal type girl!! :)

My favorite thing to do in scrapbooking right now is draw a doodled border around my journaling.

I would love to add this book to the collection of books on creativity I have been reading. The latest is Ansel Adams: An Autobiobraphy.
Thanks for the suggestions.

Pick me, Pick me !
My favorite creative technique right now is photo tinting in photoshop CS2. My baby girl has amazing blue eyes.. and I love desaturating her pics and making her eyes the focus of the picture.
p.s. Congrats on your new little one to be.

Right now I'm practicing using textured layers in photoshop on my photos

it's writing. pages on pages on pages. Journaling for scrapbooking, prose, fiction, or just writing about what's going on in my life these days. Not you're typical technique, but i think my work is benefiting from it.

I'm not sure if organization fits this topic or not, however, what organization has done for me is made me be able to be more creative BECAUSE I can find what I need when I need it!

Hi Ali! Write now my favorite technique is scrapbooking related... I'm loving playing with acrylic paint and personalizing my embellishments and letters. Thanks! Sharyn :)

My favorite creative technique is just photography right now. Just picking up the camera a bit more and seeing differently...

Hello Ali. Right now, I am into scrapbooking and venturing out to its openess of different medias. As a child I loved creating with acrylic paints and I am very happy to see that modern scrapbooking uses this tool. I love introducing my girls to the world of acrylics and scrapbooking. It makes me so happy to share my childhood favorite with them.

Right now at this moment, I am playing with all my kids art supplies with them. The other day I did a cute little painting that I turned out to love, just out of cheap kids cake water colors. Its really getting back to basics!

I have to say that Scrapbooking is still my favorite, I am trying to think outside my little box>

oh wow, those look like some cool books! My favorite technique these days is distressing and painting on my layouts. I'm having fun painting shapes on my layouts with the use of my Creative Memories templates :)

my favourite "technique" these days is getting together with friends to play with art stuff...it is so much fun and inspiring just to have some play time!

I love, love, love Kelly Rae Roberts. Hope I still have a chance to slip in a comment and win!

my favorite technique right now is trying to incorporate the scrapbook products that I love into the home that I love.... such as on walls & furniture. it's one way that i can use the products that i have been longing to use & getting some decorating done as well!

My favorite technique is using my "stash"! There's plenty of little embellies & patterned paper hidden away in my scraproom. I've made lots of mini-albums & more pages just using the items I've accumulated since starting this wonderful craft 7 yrs ago! Plus, I've dug out a few lesser used tools & put them to good use.
Thanks for all the inspriration to do something creative everyday. YOU ROCK, ALI!!

I just got into Stacy Julians Library Of Memories system so I've been using stamps, punches, and patterned paper for file folders and labeling. Using my scrap stuff for things other than layouts is great. :)