I'll just start right off by saying I love the techniques in Scraptastic! As a former (and now current, once again) member of the North Light Craft team, I was familiar with many of the supplies Ashley Calder uses on her pages—things like gel medium, modeling paste, gold leafing. But I loved learning Ashley's techniques for these materials and for incorporating them into scrapbook pages.

And I love, too, how Ashley breathes new life into so many techniques I already knew how to do. Including something as simple as paper or ribbon weaving. I've made a woven placemat or two in my day, but I never thought to incorporate this skill onto my scrapbook page.

Here's Ashley's layout that inspired me to give it a try:

And mine, that oddly enough even uses the same color palette:


Don't forget to go here for your chance to win a copy of Scraptastic! And here to learn more about Ashley and the book.

Until next time,
Christine