FaLaLaLa Freebies Wednesday Winners and New Giveaway!

It's Wednesday, December 16th! How's your week going?

It's time for yesterday's three winners and today's inspiration and giveaway!

Random.org says our winners are:



Sherry said...
In 2010 I hope to soar as growing as a person. Letting myself be the best person I can be in every way - towards my family, my photography, my faith and myself.

charli24 said...
I yearn to focus on my studies more, get back into working out on a regular basis, become more spiritual, and giving myself time for my creativity.

Sandi said...
I yearn to soar by holding onto the inner peace that I have discovered this past year. 2009 was a huge year of change for me. I separated from my husband of twelve years (no sympathy please, it was much needed)and set out on a path of self discovery that ultimately led to one of the most difficult events in my life, which then opened doors to my soul that I am still discovering. So in 2010 I will soar with these newfound tools and a shiny new outlook on life.



Congratulations, ladies! Thanks for playing...please email me at rachinla@aol.com with your snail mail address (if I don't have it from a previous win) and we'll get your prize out ASAP! Please make sure you use the email address you used to register at the website so we can match you up!

And thanks everyone for sharing yourselves with us - your honesty is refreshing and moving...

Here's today's inspiration and giveaway:

This is 'SAFE' by Nancy Doren, using our Safety kit.



The colors here are so soft...along with Nancy's knowing glance, and the cushioning of the pattern above and below the photos. Scrapbooking from the Inside Out's kits, and our industry exclusive inspiration, give you everything you need to create pages with layers of meaning.

For our next giveaway, two fun items from the SAFETY kit featured on Nancy's LO above:

Two sheets of MOSD'd stick-ons vinyl designs - journaling spots and twirlygigs:



How can you win?

Two easy steps:

1. Stop by Scrapbooking from the Inside Out and register for our mailing list on the home page (scroll down) if you’re not already a member. If you are, you’re good to go!

2. Leave a comment on this post and tell us about what makes you feel safe.

That’s it! We’ll announce the winner tomorrow. You have until 2:00 PM Thursday (Pacific Time,UTC/GMT -8) to leave your comment to be entered to win, although I LOVE reading everything you say even if it's later. Make sure you join us!

Do you love the Safety kit featured above - grab yours! A $50+ value on sale now for the UNBELIEVABLE LOW price of $34.95, with MORE goodies than any other club's main kit + add-on for less dough. A great way to make meaning...



How this works:

This holiday season, we’re celebrating you –your heart, your emotions and your self-expression! Every weekday between now and Christmas, join us for Fa La La La Freebies - great giveaways and inspiration as we highlight some of the best emotion-based layouts we’ve seen this year. Each day you can win something special used on those pages from Scrapbooking from the Inside Out to add to your layouts, and on Christmas Day, you can win our grand prize - our exclusive January kit before it’s available to our subscribers. You’ll love it as a way to help you explore the inner holiday experience, and get ready for a great, meaningful and powerful 2010.

There’s never been a better time to join us at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out…we’ll help you every day to use your mad scrapbook skills, color, design and journaling to learn about your dreams, hopes, fears and goals and what you need to be fully expressed. With all of the feelings involved in the holiday season and the start of a new year, ‘tis the season to be scrapping! Give yourself the gift of time…at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, it’s all about you! Explore your inner world…
Thanks for joining us...

Love,

Rachel

Safety Inspiration

It goes without saying that there's always time to explore your heart! Here is the inspiration page for August 2009's kit SAFETY. We'd love to see what you create! Come see us at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out.


Prompts:
Secure Attachment: We all need to create safe spaces inside ourselves in order to handle life’s difficulties. The touchstone for that safe place is, in the best world, created in infancy and early childhood through secure attachment with a parent…she looks at you and shows that she mirrors your emotions – it tells you that you exist, and in the future, without trying, you can go back to that security to give you comfort. Did your mother or father create a secure attachment with you? Do you remember feeling safe as a child? If you are a parent, what have you done to make sure your child knows that she or he is secure?

Safe Place: Is there a physical place you go to feel safe – a room in your house, a favorite park, or the home of a trusted friend or relative? What makes that place safe – is it the people you love, or the memories you have of that place? Or perhaps, your safe place is inside you…are there memories you pull up, or a lovely image you focus on when you need it? When do you go to that place? What does it do for you?

Vulnerable: We all have a vulnerable side – that soft part of us that feels things deeply and is sensitive, for better or for worse. What makes you make contact with the vulnerable parts of yourself? When do you feel sensitive, and how do you handle it? What makes you feel susceptible to harm or danger? Do you see your vulnerability as a liability or strength? How are you sensitive to the vulnerability in others?

Playing it Safe: Many would say that achieving rewards in life, whether business or personal, is related to the amount of risk you’re willing to take. Are you a risk-taker? If so, in what ways? Do you tend to ‘play it safe’? Has your view of risk and reward shifted over time? What risks are more comfortable for you to take, and which make you feel fearful?

Music

Quotes

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. Albert Smith

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands. Jeff Cooper

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home. Thornton Wilder

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. William Shakespeare

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. Eleanor Everet

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. Jane Austen

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. Aesop

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety. Virgil

There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children. Bill Clinton

God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. Bulgarian Proverb

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore. Shirley Hufsteddler

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. Michelangelo

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Aesop

This indeed is a safe refuge, it is the refuge supreme. It is the refuge whereby one is freed from all suffering. Buddha

He that's secure is not safe. Benjamin Franklin

For me, the safest place is out on a limb. Shirley MacLaine

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular. Adlai E. Stevenson

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. George Eliot

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. Thomas Jefferson

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. John F. Kennedy

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward. Robert Collier

One can advise comfortably from a safe port. Soren Kierkegaard

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure. King Solomon

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. Dag Hammarskjold

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. Simone de Beauvoir

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I'm given that choice, to go the way that's not safe. Sting

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Sophia Loren

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line. E. M. Forster

Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great? Jimmy Johnson

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. Grace Hopper

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given. Barbara Sher

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. Plautus

More Safety Challenges and Awesome Inspiration

We're continuing our exploration of Safety at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out and our challenges are in full swing...here are five (that's right, FIVE) more for you!

Remember - our industry-unique Inspiration Page provides a music playlist, journaling prompts, quotations, links and photos to spur your creative spirit. Our thought-provoking challenges include a prompt and ask you to dig deep by including a design twist - something visual on your LO that connects to the challenge. All challenge entries are eligible for fantastic prize giveaways from the best manufacturers, and one overall winner is selected from subscribers' entries. To enter, check out our Challenge forum on our Community Page, and upload your LO in the Challenge Gallery. If you have any questions, you can always email us at info@scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com!

Scrapbooking from the Inside Out's Safety Kit: molto delicioso!



August Challenge #3, Outside the Zone/Door or Ledge:

It takes the bravery to risk in order to gain great rewards...

When you have come to the edge of all the light you have
And step into the darkness of the unknown
Believe that one of the two will happen to you
Either you'll find something solid to stand on
Or you'll be taught how to fly.
Richard Bach

When do you step outside of your comfort zone and risk feeling unsafe? Why do you do so, and if you've done it in the past, what rewards has it brought you? How did you feel being in that emotionally 'unsafe' or insecure place? If you wish to step out of your comfort zone in some way now, what do you want to do and why? How will you get the support you need to take some brave steps? For the design twist, please use a door or ledge on your page to represent stepping out of your comfort zone...

August Challenge #4, Vulnerability/Delicate:

We all have a vulnerable side – that soft part of us that feels things deeply and is sensitive, for better or for worse. What makes you make contact with the vulnerable parts of yourself? When do you feel sensitive, and how do you handle it? What makes you feel susceptible to harm or danger? Do you see your vulnerability as a liability or strength? Explore your vulnerable side on a LO with us....And for the design twist, please use an image of something extremely delicate...

August Challenge #5, Safe Place/Nest:

Safe Place: Is there a physical pl ace you go to feel safe – a room in your house, a favorite park, or the home of a trusted friend or relative? What makes that place safe – is it the people you love, or the memories you have of that place? Or perhaps, your safe place is inside you…are there memories you pull up, or a lovely image you focus on when you need it? When do you go to that place? What does it do for you? Where do you go, in real life, or in your mind, to feel safe? For the design twist, please use a cozy nest image to demonstrate the security you feel...

August Challenge #6, What Scares You/Monster:

Please create a LO about what scares you most - one or more things. Sometimes, just getting them on paper helps to lessen their power over you. For the design twist, use a dark, scary or monster image...

August Challenge #7: Bumpy Road/Bumpy Road

God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. Bulgarian Proverb

Have you been in an unsafe or unsure situation, physically or emotionally, and come through it safely? What did you learn from the journey? Did the bumps in the road add to your understanding of yourself? In what ways? Would you go back and change the bumpy road to a smooth one? For the design twist, please use a bumpy road or obstacle image.

Check out my previous blog post to see challenges 1 and 2...here.

You can win big this month by posting your interpretations of these challenges by August 30th...come on by!

Love,

Rachel

Safety Kit Challenges

I've been a bad blogger...but a good Kit Community owner. Nancy and I were hard at work putting together our orders for the October 2009 - March 2010 kits, and we're very excited about them...the themes, the colors, the icons...it's always so exciting to imagine the layouts that our design team and members will create, and the great deep and meaningful conversations we'll have online!

So we were deeply ensconced in beautiful paper, piles of catalogs and two computers at a time. Heaven! But I've missed you gals (and guys).

Here are our first few challenges from the Scrapbooking from the Inside Out's SAFETY KIT - it's not too late to join in this month! There's no better place than our community to dig deep and explore your inner world. And you don't need a kit to participate - everyone is welcome! If you do want one of these gorgeous, lush kits, they're still available - click here! Purrrrr.



Our challenges provide a thought-provoking prompt along with a design twist for you to interpret that gets to one of the core ways we're different - visual journaling - using the design of the page to elucidate the theme...

Challenge #1: Childhood Safety/Texture

For our first challenge, please create a layout about a sense of safety you felt as a child. Did your parents, grandparents, or sibling(s) create a secure situation for you? If you didn't have an experience like this, what do you wish you had experienced? Or how will you create that environment for yourself or your own children?

For the design twist, use the velvet paper from the kit (or any kind of fun texture you have on hand.)


Challenge #2: Friends/Pouring

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. George Eliot

Do you have, or have you had a friend who embodies SAFETY for you - someone with whom you can truly be yourself? Tell us about her or him, and what that safety means to you.

For the design twist, please use a pouring or sifting image - flowing words, or flowers through a net, or something else!

Jump on in and play with us!

Love,

Rachel

August 2009 Kit of the Month: SAFETY and the BEST GIVEAWAY!

(MAKE SURE YOU SCROLL DOWN TO CHECK OUT THE GIVEAWAY...THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO JOIN US!)

What makes you feel safe? Safety is such an evocative word...puts me in mind of a warm hug, holding my puppy or falling asleep as a little girl in the back of the car with my parents driving. This kit will hold you with corners, wood grain, velvet, and soft, plush ribbon.

Lots of gorgeous paper with fantastic flourish and floral imagery from Kaisercraft, Basic Grey, GCD and SEI...rich, saturated purples, lavenders and pale blues, and vintage style cardstock.

We also added loads of beautiful big Prima flowers, a set of double-sided stickers to use with doodlebug lilac flocking powder, and four letter sets: THICKERS, BG script letters in two colors, and a set of bold chipboard letters and tags.

Create your own inner sanctuary with SAFETY!











8 Sheets Patterned Paper:
* Basic Grey Wisteria Garden Patio
* Basic Grey Wisteria French Topiary
* Basic Grey Wisteria Dahlia
* Basic Grey Wisteria Jardin
* GCD Lost in Paradise Plum Berries (ds)
* Kaisercraft Plush Empress Fabulous (ds)
* Kaisercraft Plush Empress Eclectic Dream (ds)
* Kaisercraft Plush Empress Sophisticated (ds)

4 Sheets Specialty Paper:
* SEI Bridgeport Pavillion Pearl
* SEI Bridgeport Oceanfront Pearl
* SEI Velvet Paper Cloud (5.5x8.5 sheet)
* SEI Velvet Paper Lavender (5.5x8.5 sheet)

Embellishments:
* American Crafts Thickers By the Yard - White
* Basic Grey Wisteria Alpha Stickers - Maude
* Chatterbox Fabulous Wooden Brads (3)
* Basic Grey Opaline lilac-violet (1/2 sheet)
* GCD Die Cut Chipboard - tags and letters, Majestic Purples, full package
* Kaisercraft Flower Rhinestones, Lilac (1/2 sheet)
* Prima Say It in Studs Lilac Corners, full sheet
* Hambly Textures 1 Rubons, White, full sheet
* Prima Woodstock Flowers Mauve 2 pcs
* Prima Bonnet Blooms Leather/ Petunia Flowers 1 pc
* Prima Daisy Dreams – Juicy 4 pcs
* Doodlebug Stick With It Flourishes (full package – 2 sheets)
* Maya Road Pom Pom Trim Slate Blue Medium (1/2 yd)

Cardstock:
* Coredinations Vintage Serene
* Coredinations Vintage Dalmation
* Coredinations Tidal Wave
* Coredinations Blue Lilac

Color:
* Doodlebug Crushed Velvet Flock Lilac

Alterable Item:
* Maya Road Chipboard Coffee Cup Coaster 3.3x5.4

Contents may vary slightly.

NOW, HOW ABOUT A GIVEAWAY...OR 9!

Are you sad that you didn' get to go to CHA? Wish you could see and feel all the great new things that the Scrapbook world has dreamed up for you?

Here's an offer that's BETTER than going to CHA. Why? Manufacturers don't tend to give out a lot of samples at the show. You sure get to look, but you don't go home with a lot more than catalogs.

We've got a whole drawer of fantastic mostly FULL LINE samples from our favorite manufacturers who wanted to make sure we had their papers in hand when we made our decisions for the next six months.

Here's just a taste of what we have so far (more to come):

My Mind's Eye Ooh La La For Him
My Mind's Eye Ooh La La For Her
My Mind's Eye Boo! To You
My Mind's Eye Abbey Road
My Mind's Eye The Spider's Web
My Mind's Eye Colorful Christmas
My Mind's Eye The Merry Days of Christmas
GCD Party it Up
GCD Sunny Days
GCD Vintage Boy
GCD Morning Glory
Pebbles Lil' Buddy
Pebbles Lil' Miss
SEI Moravia
SEI Winter Song
SEI Christmas Mint
Scribble Scrabble, new assorted papers

Some of these include embellishments!

So here's the scoop...if you'd like to start a new six month subscription, just go HERE to our buy page and click on six month subscription...write CHA in the comments field in paypal and you'll be entered into a drawing to win two of these great collections!

If you're already a subscriber, when you get your paypal invoice, let us know you're extending your current subscription agreement by 6 months by writing CHA in the comments on your payment.

Right now, you've got 8 chances to win, and more to come! It's a great chance to be the first on your block to have the latest and greatest and be part of the inside action!

Love,

Rachel

Giveaway Winner and our Sneak Peek of SAFETY

And the strong woman who wins this weekend's giveaway is DONNA, per the true random number generator from Random.org.

Donna, thanks for your comment! Please email me your address at rachinla@aol.com and I'll send out a subscriber bonus gift pack to you...

Here are some sneak peeks of the August kit from Scrapbooking from the Inside Out - SAFETY. Feels GOOD.







Full look at the kit and contents on Saturday! Please join us.

Love,

Rachel