for me....on about 95% of my unfinished layouts on my desk, I've used white cardstock as my base and outlined the entire page with a black journaling pen.
Just finished a baby album for my niece. My cousin cut me out some things with her Cricut. ( cribs, giraffes, babies, teeth, sayings) Now I am about to make the leap and buy one. I want to use all these cute things on my pages now!
Hmmm, that would require scrapping! On the last 3 layouts I've done I seem to be using thread and a little mixed media. I think maybe I've been watching too many Missy Whidden videos!
Making my "handwritten" titles with my cricut. My real handwriting is just so yucky, plus there are all these cool fonts to use. I love how easy it is to write a title with the cricut.