Just curious...

I know curiosity killed the cat, but I always wonder what other scrappers are doing and what products they are using. If you are anything like me, you get a run happening where you find yourself using the same sort of products or techniques on your LO's.

So, (besides patterned paper), what are your 3 "go to" products or techniques you are using at the moment???

Great question Sue!
Yep I'm the same and once I find something I like I roll with it for a while.

I couldn't narrow it down to either products or techniques so have gone with 3 of both.

Products:
- All sorts of handmade embellies
- Twine
- Fabrics, eg vintage doilies, handkerchiefs, denim off cuts, fabric mesh, sinnamay etc

Techniques:
- Paint (splattering and scrapping it on using old credit card)
- Making homemade mists
- Layering


What about your's Sue??

Yeah - I find I I do tend to go through stages...but a 'stage' for me could be only 3 or 4 LOs....

Right now I think it would be:

1. Sewing
2. Misting
3. Distressing

hmmmm...well the 3 things I seem be using most at the moment are:
paper doilies (which I tend to mist)
bakers twine
sewing

I have also been using a lot of handmade embellies, although couldn't narrow that down to just one kind, but have had at least one on every LO lately. I also seem to be having a run of animals on my LO's too (birds, butterflies, owls)...

does anyone have any fave colour combos they are using??? besides my staple PINK & PINK (LOL) I am also drawn towards using aqua & green atm...

Im into mixed media scrapping atm so my 3 staples would be
1. Alcohol inks
2. texture paste
3. ink

Im getting all messy with lots of ink and different ways to use it. But I tend to have the following techniques on my layouts too
1. fussy cutting
2. stamping
3. misting

But my fav go to product of all is chipboard!!! I love making my pages 3D and chipboard is a great starting point for adding dimension then building it up from there.

Inking, flowers and layering.

I love neutrals.

Clustering
Glitter (usually Kindyglitz)
Handmade embellies

and anything PINK, PINK or PINK

I too would say twine and handmade embellishments are my 2 main staples. I'm also using quite a bit of bare chipboard.

I am particularly drawn to orange at the moment particularly combined with green and aqua.

Ohh I forgot to add a technqiue of sorts that I'm using for most of my layouts...

Sue got my on to www.picnik.com So i have been tweaking most of my photos in some way using picnik before I scrap them.

Thanks Sue


Oh and colour combos: Really into fuchsia at the moment, fuchsia with purple, or with denim accents or with blue, or lime green!

Handmade embellies especially form the girlies here for sure. I have a little basket on my desk with all my new stuff in them.
Twine, staples, paint, and punches!

ooooohhhhh....I LOVE hearing what everyone else is into! (Am SUCH a sticky-beak! LOL)

OK, has anyone got a favourite range atm???

My current fave would have to be the new one I just got to work with - My Minds Eye 'Lime Twist'

I seem to be doing a lot of boy layouts lately, I actually feel a bit guilty that I am scrapping more of the baby, than Lily. But as DH pointed out - Lily is about 100 layouts up on Benji!

I love using handmade things on my layouts (especially fabric covered buttons) - sometimes I make them, but mostly I buy them.

My favourite range at the moment, would have to be - dots and stripes by Echo Park. It took me a while to catch onto the craze (that is all things Echo Park), because I wasn't scrapping much when the company had their first release, and when I started again after Benji was born, I went straight to my old favourites.

I haven't really answered the question, have I?...LOL

I love all colours, but for some reason am really drawn to blues and greens right now. Big time. Weird - blue is usually not a colour I really like. I still love white as a base.

My favourite ranges right now are pretty much anything October Afternoon, My Minds Eye and Cosmo Cricket.

Soupie wrote:ooooohhhhh....I LOVE hearing what everyone else is into! (Am SUCH a sticky-beak! LOL)

OK, has anyone got a favourite range atm???

My current fave would have to be the new one I just got to work with - My Minds Eye 'Lime Twist'

Anything Graphic 45 - Curtain Call at the moment, and Webster's Pages.

paint, always paint {well most of the time!}
distressing
and "that" punch Hahah

Charm - I love 'that' punch you always use, but at the moment it seems everywhere is sold out of it

My lss has one chicky

about 'Charms' punch too Tam...I have wanted it for ages, but every time I go to buy it, its out of stock...LOL I figure the universe is trying to tell me something! (Like don't touch 'CHARMS PUNCH'! LMAO!)

Im going to check out my LSS next time I go there (well actually I have 3 near me - so I will check them all), but it's usually cheaper to buy things like punches online (even with the postage).

Thanks Becci - I'm in Perth though

I agree that they are usually cheaper online. Tam - contact Suzanne from Handmade By Suzanne and find out when her next re-stock is going to be. You would even be able to arrange pick-up from her if you wanted - she's in Perth too.

Suzanne has them the cheapest that I have seen, so I will shoot her an email and see when she's getting them back in...hopefully soon

No worries chicky. I'd be happy to post one over if you needed but see Suzanne for sure.
Sucks what they have done wiht the punch pricing!

I managed to get myself one of 'those' punches
I went to my LSS, and there was one there, priced at $29.95, but they are having a 30% sale, so I figured that I may as well get it

Wow Tamara, Bargain!!