I have been scrapbooking 10 years now and have tried a number of techniques over the years.  One of my favorite techniques is paper piecing, although it is time consuming, so I tend to not do very much of it.  I have done some from patterns, but for the most part, I make my own.  The first one I made was of an older style tractor.  It turned out really well.  The tractor belonged to my husband's grandfather and was sold.  The fellow restored it and put it in a number of shows.  As of 6 weeks ago, we purchased the tractor back from him and now my husband and son will work on restoring it.  My husband restored it with his grandfather in 1976 for the bicentennial, so this will be a neat project for my husband and son.  And of course I will be scrapbooking the process.

I love using chalks and use them whenever I can to embellish a page.  One of my favorite techniuqes for a quick page, is to make a border strip.  It sure does stretch the scrapbooking dollar and can also be used for titles.  By using some of my stickers on the border and the rest on the pages, I can get 2-3 pages from a sticker sheet and that really helps. 

I just purchased an eyelet setter while on vacation and am looking forward to using it.  My sister borrowed her neighbor's to try the technique and really liked it, so i thought I would jump in too.  As I am about 5 years behind in pictures, I figure that I will be able to use many techniques and nothing will be wasted. 

I am also trying to incorporate more ribbon into my pages.  I think the look is awesome and I have lots of ribbon left over from crafting projects that I can incorporate.  My three sisters and I recently  (almost) completed a 150 page, 2 volume scrapbook for my parent's 40th wedding anniversary.   One of my sisters completed their wedding pages with white ribbon over turquoise paper (their wedding color) and their black and white photos.  They turned out so awesome!  I can't wait to do mine.

I guess these would be my favorite techniques, but I am sure something new will come along that I like even more and I will add that to my collection of  things to use in my scrapbooking.

That's all for now.  I need to get my house back together so I can get back to scrapping!

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Posted by Anonymous

I also enjoy scrapping! Once I get started I'm usually immersed for hours... But I'm a newbie, have only been at it for two years now. I like your ideas. blessings~

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Posted by Beth

I wasn't logged in.;-)

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Posted by lvg4him

i kept a paper scrapbook for about two years, but i was never very good at it. now i do digital scarpbooking (you can see my galery from my homepage if you are interested). my digital layouts are a thousand times better than my paper layouts. i admire people like you who have the ability (and creativity) to scrap like you do! i bet your books are GORGEOUS!

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