Have any of your age milestones been recorded? If not, why not reflect on what was learned or goals you want to accomplish in the next decade.
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8.13.2014
Behind the Art with Jen
Have any of your age milestones been recorded? If not, why not reflect on what was learned or goals you want to accomplish in the next decade.
7.01.2013
Happy Fifth Anniversary! Here Are YOUR Gifts!
Thank
you for your business! We are grateful for your support and
participation.
We're celebrating five years of being with you as you Explore
Your Inner World!
What are your favorite emotions and kits over the last five years? Come check out our FB page and tell us for a chance to win an SFTIO eco-friendly craft bag!
Don't Forget to Add Your $25 Anniversary Kits with Free Shipping...
Click on Previous Kits on our site under Buy Now to See Them All
Please submit your subscription order first and then your additional kit purchases in a second order. We'll combine them and ship them together! You must be a new or current subscriber to get this offer. If not, we'll bill you for shipping on the previous kits you purchase. Offer expires July 5, 2013 at 11:59 PM PDT. Enjoy!
Buy the CONFIDENCE Kit!
That was our introduction to the 2008 CONFIDENCE kit. Today, CONFIDENCE seems more nuanced, doesn't it?
Who is the woman you are today and how did you become that woman?
Explore it with great PP from Simple Stories 24/7 and Basic Grey's Hipster collections. Jillions of Journaling cards (also perfect for Project Life), wood veneer and chipboard shapes full of fun images and phrases, ephemera from Fancy Pants and vintage look lick and stick stamps help you make this kit, and your stories of confidence (or your search for it) your own.
With Polaroid and cork board imagery, you'll find a spot for all your Instagram and other day to day photos of your brave life!
Kit Details
PP:
Basic Grey Hipster Neato
Basic Grey Hipster Midtown
Basic Grey Hipster Jive
Basic Grey Hipster Vintage
Simple Stories 24/7 Snapshots
Simple Stories 24/7 Today
Simple Stories 24/7 Good Stuff
Simple Stories 24/7 Everyday
Simple Stories 24/7 4x6 Journaling Card Elements
Simple Stories 24/7 Border and Title Strip Elements
Alpha American Crafts Thickers Charm - Oatmeal
Alpha Simple Stories 24/7 Expressions Cardstock Sticker
Embellishments:
Basic Grey Hipster Vintage Stamps, 1 sheet
Elle's Studio Day to Day Lil' Snippets, 1 sheet
Fancy Pants Swagger Ephemera, 8-10 pcs
Simple Stories 24/7 Snap Diecut Pages, 3 cards
Basic Grey Hipster Printed Chipboard Shapes, 5-6 pcs
Basic Grey Hipster Wood Veneer Die Cuts, 5-6 pcs
Simple Stories 24/7 Journal Card Elements, full sheet
Petaloo Expressions White, 3-4 pcs
Color:
Ranger Dylusions Cherry Pie Spray Ink
Technique:
Maya Road Singleton Stamps Instant Photo Frame
Cardstock:
American Crafts Vanilla
American Crafts Caramel
American Crafts Bayou
American Crafts Crawfish
American Crafts Oregano
Much Love and Gratitude...
5.27.2013
June's Sneak Peek: TRANSFORMATION
Available June 1:
The TRANSFORMATION Kit.
Glitz Uncharted Waters, Cosmo Cricket Summer Love and Basic Grey Knee Highs!
Wood veneer, Maggie Holmes super-hot Photo Overlays, Julie Balzer's Celtic Circle Template, Tim Holtz Distress Paint and SO much more.
Bright, bold and your perfect platform for change.
Are you ready for the new and improved you?
It's never too late.
5.24.2013
Weekend Warmup: Is it the Question or the Answer?
Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.
Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.
The J in ENFJ stands for Judger - which isn't what it sounds like. I'm not someone who judges others (maybe myself, though!) but I am someone who prefers having things settled rather than up in the air (vs. perceivers who like to keep their options open . Even without all the data in, I'm inclined to make decisions quickly instead of waiting to have more to go on.
As a result I'm someone who might not have the patience to wait for the answers to my questions. Or perhaps I'm someone who wants to avoid the uncertainty of the open question. Either way, I'm sure I could benefit from a bit more of what Rilke suggests above.
Live my questions - ask the universe about what I don't know (which is a lot) and then live my life, open to the answers, whatever they may be. And whenever they may come.
Sounds like a real challenge for someone who likes her ducks in a row. But I think it's a more authentic way to be given the reality of life. The answers don't always line up with the questions, they don't always show up when you need them, and sometimes they don't come at all.
To practice being less attached to the outcome of events, this might be just the ticket.
What do you think? I'd love to know.
Our CURIOSITY kit is a great tool for exploring some of these ideas. We have just 2 more for sale. Will one be yours?
Wishing you a safe, happy and love-filled holiday weekend (for those of you in the US) and a sense of adventurous curiosity.
Rainer Maria Rilke
I've been wondering...is there a way for us to ask a question, maintain curiosity and explore without being focused on the answer?
Human nature is such that we seem to want closure and certainty. I know that's accurate for me. In terms of personality type, I'm what the Myers-Briggs experts would call a true ENFJ.
Here's a description of this one of sixteen basic personality types defined by Myers and Briggs (click on the link above to read more about this):Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.
The J in ENFJ stands for Judger - which isn't what it sounds like. I'm not someone who judges others (maybe myself, though!) but I am someone who prefers having things settled rather than up in the air (vs. perceivers who like to keep their options open . Even without all the data in, I'm inclined to make decisions quickly instead of waiting to have more to go on.
As a result I'm someone who might not have the patience to wait for the answers to my questions. Or perhaps I'm someone who wants to avoid the uncertainty of the open question. Either way, I'm sure I could benefit from a bit more of what Rilke suggests above.
Live my questions - ask the universe about what I don't know (which is a lot) and then live my life, open to the answers, whatever they may be. And whenever they may come.
Sounds like a real challenge for someone who likes her ducks in a row. But I think it's a more authentic way to be given the reality of life. The answers don't always line up with the questions, they don't always show up when you need them, and sometimes they don't come at all.
To practice being less attached to the outcome of events, this might be just the ticket.
What do you think? I'd love to know.
Our CURIOSITY kit is a great tool for exploring some of these ideas. We have just 2 more for sale. Will one be yours?
Wishing you a safe, happy and love-filled holiday weekend (for those of you in the US) and a sense of adventurous curiosity.
1.25.2012
Winner of the Individuality Kit and a Sneak Peek of DREAM
Just a quick drop-in to announce the winner of the Individuality kit...Random.org picked #9...
Barb S said...
This year my word is FLOURISH and it has several meanings for me. But mostly because I am a grandmother who has decided that it is never too late to flourish in a new way. I would love to see a kit designed around that theme. Two other important words for me are FOCUS and BELIEVE, and I want to explore all three of these in my scrapbooking this year. Thanks for your encouragement and telling us about the creative process you go through in developing the kits!
Barb S said...
This year my word is FLOURISH and it has several meanings for me. But mostly because I am a grandmother who has decided that it is never too late to flourish in a new way. I would love to see a kit designed around that theme. Two other important words for me are FOCUS and BELIEVE, and I want to explore all three of these in my scrapbooking this year. Thanks for your encouragement and telling us about the creative process you go through in developing the kits!
9.01.2011
The BALANCE Kit is Here!
Is your life in harmony, peaceful and serene? Are you able to juggle the challenges and responsibilities that come your way with ease, or do you struggle to find your footing? Explore this and more with our newest kit, BALANCE!
Click here to buy now!
How do you keep your composure and your equilibrium in this complicated and mysterious world? What brings you a feeling of tranquility?
How does the natural yin and yang of life, intimate connections and the work/home relationship impact you?
The BALANCE kit merges mid-century modern imagery with a nod to simpler times. Strong color, presence and strength blend seamlessly with delicate details.
We’ve combined the perfect yet delightfully unexpected Cosmo Cricket’s ‘Mad Men’ styled Social Club with Crate Paper’s simply elegant Portrait and Echo Park’s For the Record. A fantastic and versatile color palette of mustard, spearmint, clear red and more create a unique platform for exploring polarity, difference and equanimity. You’ll enjoy mixing grace
and poise with whimsy and irreverent fun!
We've included an amazing array of embellishments too - you don't need to spring for add-ons! Tons of chunky chipboard, multiple mixable alphas in Thicker and sticker form, loads of journaling cards in cardstock and transparency, tiny resin lotus blossoms, diamond bling, Webster’s lace doilies and much more!
Center yourself. Join us and Explore Your Inner World. .
PLEASE NOTE:
Non-US Subscribers who select an individual kit will receive a Paypal invoice for shipping after completing their order.
Your order constitutes your acceptance of our terms and conditions as printed on our FAQ page.
12 Sheets Double Sided Patterned Paper:
* Cosmo Cricket Social Club Blue Eyes * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Jazz * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Martini * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Cocktail * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Manhattan * Crate Paper Portrait Traditions * Crate Paper Portrait Honeymoon *Crate Paper Portrait Bouquet * Crate Paper Portrait Something Blue * Echo Park For the Record Tablecloth * Echo Park For the Record Fabric Store * Echo Park For the Record Borders
Embellishments:
* American Crafts Serenade Puffy Thickers - Spearmint * Echo Park For the Record Alpha Sticker
* Mark Richards Shaped Elements - Clear Square, ½ pkg * 7Gypsies Affirmations Tag Kit, 2 cards
* Crate Paper Portrait Border Stickers, 1/3 sheet * Echo Park For the Record Elements Stickers
* Crate Paper Portrait Chipboard Accents, 8-10 pcs * Crate Paper Portrait Eclectic Buttons, 4-5 pcs
* Webster’s Pages Whimsies Lotus Blooms – Cream, 4 pcs * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Elements Journaling Page * Maya Road Transpencies Ledger – White,4 pcs * Webster’s Pages Designer Threads Doilies, 1-2 pcs * Harmonie Rococo Black Lace Ribbon on Acrylic Holder
Cardstock:
* American Crafts Ladybug * American Crafts Sunflower
* American Crafts Leaf * American Crafts Spearmint
Color:
* Ranger Stickles - Mystic Green
Technique:
* Maya Road - Vintage Scale Singletons Stamp
Contents may vary slightly.
Members who begin a six month subscription with the Balance kit will get two fantastic bonuses: Cosmo Cricket Social Club Ready Set Chip and Hambly Family Portrait – Black Rubons! See you online soon!
How do you keep your composure and your equilibrium in this complicated and mysterious world? What brings you a feeling of tranquility?
How does the natural yin and yang of life, intimate connections and the work/home relationship impact you?
The BALANCE kit merges mid-century modern imagery with a nod to simpler times. Strong color, presence and strength blend seamlessly with delicate details.
We’ve combined the perfect yet delightfully unexpected Cosmo Cricket’s ‘Mad Men’ styled Social Club with Crate Paper’s simply elegant Portrait and Echo Park’s For the Record. A fantastic and versatile color palette of mustard, spearmint, clear red and more create a unique platform for exploring polarity, difference and equanimity. You’ll enjoy mixing grace
and poise with whimsy and irreverent fun!
We've included an amazing array of embellishments too - you don't need to spring for add-ons! Tons of chunky chipboard, multiple mixable alphas in Thicker and sticker form, loads of journaling cards in cardstock and transparency, tiny resin lotus blossoms, diamond bling, Webster’s lace doilies and much more!
Center yourself. Join us and Explore Your Inner World. .
PLEASE NOTE:
Non-US Subscribers who select an individual kit will receive a Paypal invoice for shipping after completing their order.
Your order constitutes your acceptance of our terms and conditions as printed on our FAQ page.
12 Sheets Double Sided Patterned Paper:
* Cosmo Cricket Social Club Blue Eyes * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Jazz * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Martini * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Cocktail * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Manhattan * Crate Paper Portrait Traditions * Crate Paper Portrait Honeymoon *Crate Paper Portrait Bouquet * Crate Paper Portrait Something Blue * Echo Park For the Record Tablecloth * Echo Park For the Record Fabric Store * Echo Park For the Record Borders
Embellishments:
* American Crafts Serenade Puffy Thickers - Spearmint * Echo Park For the Record Alpha Sticker
* Mark Richards Shaped Elements - Clear Square, ½ pkg * 7Gypsies Affirmations Tag Kit, 2 cards
* Crate Paper Portrait Border Stickers, 1/3 sheet * Echo Park For the Record Elements Stickers
* Crate Paper Portrait Chipboard Accents, 8-10 pcs * Crate Paper Portrait Eclectic Buttons, 4-5 pcs
* Webster’s Pages Whimsies Lotus Blooms – Cream, 4 pcs * Cosmo Cricket Social Club Elements Journaling Page * Maya Road Transpencies Ledger – White,4 pcs * Webster’s Pages Designer Threads Doilies, 1-2 pcs * Harmonie Rococo Black Lace Ribbon on Acrylic Holder
Cardstock:
* American Crafts Ladybug * American Crafts Sunflower
* American Crafts Leaf * American Crafts Spearmint
Color:
* Ranger Stickles - Mystic Green
Technique:
* Maya Road - Vintage Scale Singletons Stamp
Contents may vary slightly.
Members who begin a six month subscription with the Balance kit will get two fantastic bonuses: Cosmo Cricket Social Club Ready Set Chip and Hambly Family Portrait – Black Rubons! See you online soon!
5.25.2011
Sneak Peek - OPTIMISM!
Is your glass half empty or half full?
Join us on June 1. And if you just can't wait, email us at rachinla@aol.com to reserve your kit now!
10.21.2010
Purpose Layout Challenge #3: Dog With a Bone
Tenacity: Are you like a dog with a bone in any part of your life? What have you accomplished by being tenacious? Do you wish you were more tenacious in some regard? Who in your life is truly tenacious, and what have you learned from their example? Can you ever be too tenacious – too tied to an outcome and its implementation by your efforts?
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. Anthony J. D'Angelo
How has tenacity or stubbornness helped or hindered you?
For the design twist, please make something grab, hold or cling on your page.
Wondering if you can join us in our challenges? The answer is a resounding YES! Everyone is welcome to play, kit or not.
Come on by our Message Board and check out our Gallery! We're excited to have YOU add your inspiration. You'll need to register, but it takes just a minute. We'll confirm your membership within 24 hours.
Still a few more kits - check out these reasons you might want to grab yours now.
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. Anthony J. D'Angelo
How has tenacity or stubbornness helped or hindered you?
For the design twist, please make something grab, hold or cling on your page.
Wondering if you can join us in our challenges? The answer is a resounding YES! Everyone is welcome to play, kit or not.
Come on by our Message Board and check out our Gallery! We're excited to have YOU add your inspiration. You'll need to register, but it takes just a minute. We'll confirm your membership within 24 hours.
Still a few more kits - check out these reasons you might want to grab yours now.
10.28.2009
A Few More LOSS Challenges
These are challenges are SO good and meaningful, and you still have a few days to play along and learn so much. This month's overall winner will get a full set of two paper lines which are in the November Kit - they are gorgeous.
October Challenge #5, Gains & Losses/No Photo!
What You Gain: What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life. Srully Blotnick
Every loss typically has a gain associated with it. What great steps, achievements and gains have you made in your life, and how often were those connected to an initial loss? What new things have you learned about yourself? What do you have now that you didn't have when you were younger? Did the passage of time or your hard work bring you more of what you want in your life?
Please create a LO about gain and loss in your life. Is it a story from the past? Or do you still need to let go of something to gain something else?
For the design twist, please LOSE the photo! Just paper, embellies and your words on this one...
October Challenge #6, Lost Dreams/Song Lyrics
Loss of a Dream:
So much of childhood is focused on the future and on fantasy - the white knight coming to rescue you, the dreams that will be fulfilled. What did you dream of as a child and which of those dreams were fulfilled. Were those dreams fulfilled in the ways you expected? If you had dreams that did not come to fruition (and who hasn't!) what are those dreams and how do you cope with the loss of hope, even more so than the loss of the actual experience you desired? Has it changed the way that you now dream about your future? Are you less hopeful? Do you still dream about a future that seems far away?
Please create a LO about the loss of a dream in the past, and how it has impacted your view of the future. What was worse...the loss of the what you wished for or the loss of the dream itself?
Since SO many songs are about lost love or lost dreams, for the design twist, please feature song lyrics, either from this month's Music Playlist, or one of your own choosing.
You can ALWAYS add your LOs to the gallery, but to be eligible for giveaways, make sure you upload by the 30th at Noon Pacific.
Mwah!
Rachel
October Challenge #5, Gains & Losses/No Photo!
What You Gain: What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life. Srully Blotnick
Every loss typically has a gain associated with it. What great steps, achievements and gains have you made in your life, and how often were those connected to an initial loss? What new things have you learned about yourself? What do you have now that you didn't have when you were younger? Did the passage of time or your hard work bring you more of what you want in your life?
Please create a LO about gain and loss in your life. Is it a story from the past? Or do you still need to let go of something to gain something else?
For the design twist, please LOSE the photo! Just paper, embellies and your words on this one...
October Challenge #6, Lost Dreams/Song Lyrics
Loss of a Dream:
So much of childhood is focused on the future and on fantasy - the white knight coming to rescue you, the dreams that will be fulfilled. What did you dream of as a child and which of those dreams were fulfilled. Were those dreams fulfilled in the ways you expected? If you had dreams that did not come to fruition (and who hasn't!) what are those dreams and how do you cope with the loss of hope, even more so than the loss of the actual experience you desired? Has it changed the way that you now dream about your future? Are you less hopeful? Do you still dream about a future that seems far away?
Please create a LO about the loss of a dream in the past, and how it has impacted your view of the future. What was worse...the loss of the what you wished for or the loss of the dream itself?
Since SO many songs are about lost love or lost dreams, for the design twist, please feature song lyrics, either from this month's Music Playlist, or one of your own choosing.
You can ALWAYS add your LOs to the gallery, but to be eligible for giveaways, make sure you upload by the 30th at Noon Pacific.
Mwah!
Rachel
8.21.2009
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
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
7.27.2009
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
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
7.21.2009
Strong Women Rule - Giveaway!
I grew up in a home with a strong mother - a woman who fought her brothers to go to school when they thought she should stay home and learn to cook and clean...who retyped her school applications when her brothers tore them up, a woman who was the only female at the boys' science college, came to America and made the life that SHE wanted. Although we don't always see eye to eye, she certainly can't argue about where I get my independent spirit!
As we're exploring STRENGTH this month at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, I'm amazed at the great layouts we're seeing from our members about what it means to be a strong woman.
Some think there’s a tension between strength and femininity. What do you think? Do you subscribe to traditional views of masculinity and femininity? Do women wield different sorts of power than men? Do you see yourself as powerful, and in what ways? Who are women of great strength that you can think of, and how have they influenced your life?
And are we getting stronger as we get older? Is it all about physical strength, or is there a strength in wisdom?
Tell me what strength means to you and you'll be entered to win a subscriber premuum gift pack from SFTIO...please leave your comment before 5PM Pacific on Friday...
Love,
Rachel
As we're exploring STRENGTH this month at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, I'm amazed at the great layouts we're seeing from our members about what it means to be a strong woman.
Some think there’s a tension between strength and femininity. What do you think? Do you subscribe to traditional views of masculinity and femininity? Do women wield different sorts of power than men? Do you see yourself as powerful, and in what ways? Who are women of great strength that you can think of, and how have they influenced your life?
And are we getting stronger as we get older? Is it all about physical strength, or is there a strength in wisdom?
Tell me what strength means to you and you'll be entered to win a subscriber premuum gift pack from SFTIO...please leave your comment before 5PM Pacific on Friday...
Love,
Rachel
7.16.2009
Let Yourself Feel Weak
Is it OK to be weak? I keep hearing that we’re past the time of the 'superwoman', but based on my unscientific research, we're expected more than ever to do it all - be wives, mothers, work outside and inside the home, and be creative geniuses.
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I know that’s hard for me. I want so much to make a difference and make the world better that I tend to push myself past the point of sensible effort. I’m working on it…
At least once in a while, it’s nice to let other people be in charge and allow ourselves to be weak. Do you ask for help when you need it? Do you find that you rely more on others, or that others rely more on you? Is weakness a fault to you? Was someone in your past a weak figure, and if so, how did that impact your view of weakness today? Are there times that you become drained – and what do you do to remedy that, or do you surrender?
For our third LO challenge for the STRENGTH kit, please join us and create a LO about the ways in which you feel weak at times, and how you deal with that. Do you let yourself rest, or do you fight it? What makes you weak?
For the design twist, please 'fade' something on your page - your photo, the paper by distressing, or something different!
Need a STRENGTH kit? Lookie!
CLICK HERE to grab yours, and also check out our past kits, being clearanced out at 30% off!
Love,
Rachel
I know that’s hard for me. I want so much to make a difference and make the world better that I tend to push myself past the point of sensible effort. I’m working on it…
At least once in a while, it’s nice to let other people be in charge and allow ourselves to be weak. Do you ask for help when you need it? Do you find that you rely more on others, or that others rely more on you? Is weakness a fault to you? Was someone in your past a weak figure, and if so, how did that impact your view of weakness today? Are there times that you become drained – and what do you do to remedy that, or do you surrender?
For our third LO challenge for the STRENGTH kit, please join us and create a LO about the ways in which you feel weak at times, and how you deal with that. Do you let yourself rest, or do you fight it? What makes you weak?
For the design twist, please 'fade' something on your page - your photo, the paper by distressing, or something different!
Need a STRENGTH kit? Lookie!
CLICK HERE to grab yours, and also check out our past kits, being clearanced out at 30% off!
Love,
Rachel
7.12.2009
Power Up With a Strength Challenge or Two
One of my favorite things about what we do at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out is the way we approach challenges. I love thinking about how the theme of the month inspires me, and I try to develop challenges that encompass different faces of each emotion plus an opportunity to delve into 'visual journaling' as Nancy has described it, the use of visual elements that reinforce the content of the LO.
Here's an example of how Nancy used these techniques in one of her DT LOs for July's STRENGTH kit:
Can you pick out the visual ideas she used? Gears from the kit of course, but linked together to show how Nancy and her hubby work together like a well-oiled machine. She painted and used glossy accents on the gears to show their strength. She also created a frame around the gears and photos to show their unity.
Here are our first two STRENGTH challenges - please try them to create a LO that includes visual journaling and explore your inner world with us! I'd love to see what you do!
STRENGTH CHALLENGE #1: YOUR OWN STRENGTH/FRAMED
Is there a moment you can recall when you realized your own strength, either physical, mental or emotional?
For the design twist, please use a unique 'frame' around your page's elements to symbolize the focus and definition of your strength.
STRENGTH CHALLENGE #2, WHAT DOESN'T KILL ME/RISE UP
What have you survived that you thought might kill you or your spirit? How have you triumphed and become stronger?
For the design twist, please use an image of rising up or going beyond...
The STRENGTH kit is still available - CLICK HERE to grab yours before they're all gone!
If you'd like to see more, please come by the website and check it out! I'd love to personally welcome you...
Love,
Rachel
Here's an example of how Nancy used these techniques in one of her DT LOs for July's STRENGTH kit:
Can you pick out the visual ideas she used? Gears from the kit of course, but linked together to show how Nancy and her hubby work together like a well-oiled machine. She painted and used glossy accents on the gears to show their strength. She also created a frame around the gears and photos to show their unity.
Here are our first two STRENGTH challenges - please try them to create a LO that includes visual journaling and explore your inner world with us! I'd love to see what you do!
STRENGTH CHALLENGE #1: YOUR OWN STRENGTH/FRAMED
Is there a moment you can recall when you realized your own strength, either physical, mental or emotional?
For the design twist, please use a unique 'frame' around your page's elements to symbolize the focus and definition of your strength.
STRENGTH CHALLENGE #2, WHAT DOESN'T KILL ME/RISE UP
What have you survived that you thought might kill you or your spirit? How have you triumphed and become stronger?
For the design twist, please use an image of rising up or going beyond...
The STRENGTH kit is still available - CLICK HERE to grab yours before they're all gone!
If you'd like to see more, please come by the website and check it out! I'd love to personally welcome you...
Love,
Rachel
7.06.2009
Designer Spotlight - Anam Stubbington
Here's the last of our THANK YOUs to our wonderful outgoing DT: Last but VERY MUCH NOT least is the lovely and amazing Anam Stubbington!
When it comes right down to it, I'm not really sure if we went to Anam or she came to us! I just know we got lucky! I emailed her when I was launching the website, along with some other selected fabulous designers, to join us in some capacity. I was long a fan of her work already, having seen her designs round and about the web. I was jonesin' for her to be a guest designer...when she applied for the full-time design team, I was jumping up and down. I called Nancy all excited and said, "we've got one slot decided! Anam wants to be on OUR dt!"
Anam has a unique ability to combine complex materials (especially busy paper) with a perfectly spare and elegant design to produce pages that draw you in but never overwhelm. I truly admire her use of negative space. She is a prolific creator, often gracing us with 8 or 10 layouts instead of the DT required 4, and would add multiple altered projects full of out-of-the-box thinking. Anam also has a facilty for adding packaging and negatives of shapes and letters to her LOs in the most unusual way. She just blew me away every time I saw her monthly submissions.
Here are some of my favorite LOs and projects of hers and this was NOT EASY - there were SO many lovely things from which to choose:
Patience - feeling grateful for her husband's support:
Compassion - thinking of the past
Spirit - making room for learning something new
Clarity - reflecting on what her she and her daughter bring to each other:
Hope - trusting the song in her heart:
Renewal - life being in constant motion
Anam is a creative powerhouse, a fixture on so many sites for her amazing LOs, her sketches and altered projects. She currently designs for Twisted Sketches, Prima, Ad This and her LSS, Treasured Memories. I love her unique personal style, her truthfulness, and her passion. Anam is Mama to her lovely daughters Fay and Lily, and wife to her hunky hubby Ian. 
Anam, I am so thankful that our paths crossed and that we've all been the beneficiaries of your fantastic work.
Love,
Rachel
7.05.2009
Renewal Inspiration
It's never too late to explore RENEWAL with us - here's the Inspiration page from June 2009:
Design Team Creations
To see the Design Team's projects and detailed close-ups, check out the June 2009 Design Team Gallery
Journaling Prompts
Is change good?: Change is an inevitable part of life – in nature, in our circumstances, and in our thinking. Some people are better than others at managing and accepting change. How does change impact you? Are you comfortable moving with the tides and the seasons, or do you resist? What major changes inside or outside your orbit have affected you, and in what ways?
Body, Mind and Spirit: Everyone needs ways to recharge when they’re feeling down or out of energy, whether in physical, mental, emotional or spiritual terms. What do you do to renew yourself – do you spend time in nature, in prayer or meditation, by running, reading or watching your favorite movie? Do you make different choices about how to recharge depending on what you’re missing?
Cycle of Life: There are few things in life that are certain except for birth and death. How have the beginnings and endings you’ve seen impacted you? Have you had children of your own, and if so, how did that experience shift your understanding of the world? Have you lost someone you loved, quickly and unexpectedly, or after watching them fight a long illness? What lasting effect has this had on you?
Renewing the Planet: In these times, it’s become important to so many to be part of solving the problems that our planet faces. How do you contribute to that effort? Do you actively work to reduce your carbon footprint? Are you frustrated watching how things are developing, and do you worry about the kind of world that future generations will inherit?
Music
If you can't see the playlist above, please click on 'standalone player' to see and listen.
Quotes
So as long as a person is capable of self-renewal, they are a living being. Henri Frederic Amiel
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. Wendell Berry
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. Terence
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death. R. D. Laing
The great renewal of the world will perhaps consist in this, that man and maid, freed of all false feelings and reluctances, will seek each other not as opposites, but as brother and sister, as neighbors, and will come together as human beings. Rainer Maria Rilke
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. Susan Taylor
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck
To touch a sore is to renew one's grief. TerenceWhen you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb. Denis Waitley
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Audrey Hepburn
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. Cato The Elder
Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. Christina Baldwin
Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. Aaron Parrish
It`s exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. Ahmed Ghneim
Creativity comes from awakening and directing men`s higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the uni- verse and are appointed by Heaven. I Ching
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. Dalai Lama
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing. Gail Sheehy
No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him. William James
There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. Brooke Medicine Eagle
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. Frank Herbert
It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. Adrienne Rich
He who looks outside his own heart DREAMS, he who looks inside his own heart AWAKENS. Carl Gustav Jung
Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?” Kahlil Gibran
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear. Buddha
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream. Novalis
Rest when you`re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. Ralph Marston
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Buddha
We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again. Shana Alexander
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. Adam Acone
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward. Adam Maida
There`s a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don`t understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don`t understand boredom. Dustin Hoffman
Links
Renew – programs for maintaining creativity, energy, and optimism
The Renewal Project and Documentary – the Religious Environmental Movement
Design Team Creations
To see the Design Team's projects and detailed close-ups, check out the June 2009 Design Team Gallery
Journaling Prompts
Is change good?: Change is an inevitable part of life – in nature, in our circumstances, and in our thinking. Some people are better than others at managing and accepting change. How does change impact you? Are you comfortable moving with the tides and the seasons, or do you resist? What major changes inside or outside your orbit have affected you, and in what ways?
Body, Mind and Spirit: Everyone needs ways to recharge when they’re feeling down or out of energy, whether in physical, mental, emotional or spiritual terms. What do you do to renew yourself – do you spend time in nature, in prayer or meditation, by running, reading or watching your favorite movie? Do you make different choices about how to recharge depending on what you’re missing?
Cycle of Life: There are few things in life that are certain except for birth and death. How have the beginnings and endings you’ve seen impacted you? Have you had children of your own, and if so, how did that experience shift your understanding of the world? Have you lost someone you loved, quickly and unexpectedly, or after watching them fight a long illness? What lasting effect has this had on you?
Renewing the Planet: In these times, it’s become important to so many to be part of solving the problems that our planet faces. How do you contribute to that effort? Do you actively work to reduce your carbon footprint? Are you frustrated watching how things are developing, and do you worry about the kind of world that future generations will inherit?
Music
If you can't see the playlist above, please click on 'standalone player' to see and listen.
Quotes
So as long as a person is capable of self-renewal, they are a living being. Henri Frederic Amiel
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. Wendell Berry
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. Terence
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death. R. D. Laing
The great renewal of the world will perhaps consist in this, that man and maid, freed of all false feelings and reluctances, will seek each other not as opposites, but as brother and sister, as neighbors, and will come together as human beings. Rainer Maria Rilke
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. Susan Taylor
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck
To touch a sore is to renew one's grief. TerenceWhen you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb. Denis Waitley
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Audrey Hepburn
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. Cato The Elder
Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. Christina Baldwin
Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. Aaron Parrish
It`s exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. Ahmed Ghneim
Creativity comes from awakening and directing men`s higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the uni- verse and are appointed by Heaven. I Ching
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. Dalai Lama
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing. Gail Sheehy
No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him. William James
There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. Brooke Medicine Eagle
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. Frank Herbert
It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. Adrienne Rich
He who looks outside his own heart DREAMS, he who looks inside his own heart AWAKENS. Carl Gustav Jung
Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?” Kahlil Gibran
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear. Buddha
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream. Novalis
Rest when you`re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. Ralph Marston
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Buddha
We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again. Shana Alexander
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. Adam Acone
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward. Adam Maida
There`s a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don`t understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don`t understand boredom. Dustin Hoffman
Links
Renew – programs for maintaining creativity, energy, and optimism
The Renewal Project and Documentary – the Religious Environmental Movement
7.03.2009
Strength Kit at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out
Feel your oats and flex some muscles. This month, we're exploring STRENGTH at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. This kit has one of the most unique color palettes yet: Navy, Pale Green, Fuschia and Goldenrod. It’s a powerful mix that will inspire you to show us your tough and tender sides. It's also perfect for the hot sun of July as it illuminates you.
The kit include gears, the perfect symbol for might and tenacity, bricks for your unbreakable spirit, and frames to anchor your emotions. Materials include chipboard, pearl paint and grungeboard: like your spirit, it bends, but doesn't break…
You'll enjoy two gorgeous paper lines: American Crafts' Character, with typographical elements that speak your truth, and Little Yellow Bicycle's Zinnia, with floral gear like elements, designs that are a throwback to the old toy, spirograph, spot-varnished and glittered finishes, and the most cool lace floral paper die-cut in a circle.
We also added some beautiful Hambly on kraft, rub-on frame labels, vinyl and chipboard flowers and shapes, Prima pebbles, THICKERS, and a mixed set of blue Prima letters, half flat and half chip for funky, chunky layered titles. Be strong, speak your mind and express your heart with STRENGTH!
What can you do? Check these out! LOs by our stellar NEW design team - Andrea Davenport, Nancy Doren (our ongoing and fearless DT Leader), Rita Barakat,and Siobhan Fry, respectively.
Please join us at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, the inspirational source, kit club, and online community to help you Explore Your Inner World!
Love,
Rachel
PS: make sure you check out our clearance sale on the BUY page!
STRENGTH Contents:
7 Sheets Double-sided Patterned Paper:
* American Crafts Character Times
* American Crafts Character Chronicle
* American Crafts Character Planet
* American Crafts Character Gazette
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Zinnia Bloom
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Zinnia Dots
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Zinnia Garden Stripe
4 Sheets Specialty Paper:
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Green Floral Ledger (die cut)
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Flower Patched (spot-varnish and glitter)
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Pink Blossom Lace (die cut)
* Hambly ATC Patchwork Purple on Kraft Embellishments:
* American Crafts Thickers – Typo, Mustard, full pkg
* Prima Alphas Sticker and Chip,Blue, full pkg
* American Crafts House Collection Chipboard Character, 5 pcs
* Basic Grey Bling It - rhinestone squares, indigo-sky, 1/2 sheet
* Maya Road Chipboard Sets Gears, 6-7 pcs
* Maya Road Chipboard, Scroll Frames, 1/3 sht
* Prima Pebbles J, 2 pc
* Ranger Tim Holtz Sprocket Gears, 4 pcs,
* LYB Zinnia Journaling Pieces, 1 sheet
* Hambly Elegant Labels Rub-on, Magenta, 1/2 sheet
* American Crafts House Collection Vinyl Character, 5 pcs
* Magenta Felt Border Yellow Flowers, 1 border
* American Crafts Character Ribbon Italic 6 Yellow, 1/2 yd
* American Crafts Character Ribbon Bold 1 Pink, 1/2 yd
Cardstock:
*American Crafts - Mustard
*American Crafts - Sky
*American Crafts - Denim
*Core'dinations - Love Potion
Color:
* Ranger Perfect Pearls Silver Pearl Paint
Alterable Item:
*Ranger Grungeboard Basics Stripes 5x8, 5 pcs
Stamp:
*Prima Stamp, Collage, Brick
Contents may vary slightly.
The kit include gears, the perfect symbol for might and tenacity, bricks for your unbreakable spirit, and frames to anchor your emotions. Materials include chipboard, pearl paint and grungeboard: like your spirit, it bends, but doesn't break…
You'll enjoy two gorgeous paper lines: American Crafts' Character, with typographical elements that speak your truth, and Little Yellow Bicycle's Zinnia, with floral gear like elements, designs that are a throwback to the old toy, spirograph, spot-varnished and glittered finishes, and the most cool lace floral paper die-cut in a circle.
We also added some beautiful Hambly on kraft, rub-on frame labels, vinyl and chipboard flowers and shapes, Prima pebbles, THICKERS, and a mixed set of blue Prima letters, half flat and half chip for funky, chunky layered titles. Be strong, speak your mind and express your heart with STRENGTH!
What can you do? Check these out! LOs by our stellar NEW design team - Andrea Davenport, Nancy Doren (our ongoing and fearless DT Leader), Rita Barakat,and Siobhan Fry, respectively.
Please join us at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, the inspirational source, kit club, and online community to help you Explore Your Inner World!
Love,
Rachel
PS: make sure you check out our clearance sale on the BUY page!
STRENGTH Contents:
7 Sheets Double-sided Patterned Paper:
* American Crafts Character Times
* American Crafts Character Chronicle
* American Crafts Character Planet
* American Crafts Character Gazette
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Zinnia Bloom
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Zinnia Dots
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Zinnia Garden Stripe
4 Sheets Specialty Paper:
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Green Floral Ledger (die cut)
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Flower Patched (spot-varnish and glitter)
* Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia Pink Blossom Lace (die cut)
* Hambly ATC Patchwork Purple on Kraft Embellishments:
* American Crafts Thickers – Typo, Mustard, full pkg
* Prima Alphas Sticker and Chip,Blue, full pkg
* American Crafts House Collection Chipboard Character, 5 pcs
* Basic Grey Bling It - rhinestone squares, indigo-sky, 1/2 sheet
* Maya Road Chipboard Sets Gears, 6-7 pcs
* Maya Road Chipboard, Scroll Frames, 1/3 sht
* Prima Pebbles J, 2 pc
* Ranger Tim Holtz Sprocket Gears, 4 pcs,
* LYB Zinnia Journaling Pieces, 1 sheet
* Hambly Elegant Labels Rub-on, Magenta, 1/2 sheet
* American Crafts House Collection Vinyl Character, 5 pcs
* Magenta Felt Border Yellow Flowers, 1 border
* American Crafts Character Ribbon Italic 6 Yellow, 1/2 yd
* American Crafts Character Ribbon Bold 1 Pink, 1/2 yd
Cardstock:
*American Crafts - Mustard
*American Crafts - Sky
*American Crafts - Denim
*Core'dinations - Love Potion
Color:
* Ranger Perfect Pearls Silver Pearl Paint
Alterable Item:
*Ranger Grungeboard Basics Stripes 5x8, 5 pcs
Stamp:
*Prima Stamp, Collage, Brick
Contents may vary slightly.
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