Sneak Peek of BALANCE and a Giveaway at CK

Sneak Peek of the September kit: BALANCE

Our September kit is about how your life feels - in harmony, filled with peace...or not? How do you keep your composure and your equilibrium in this complicated and mysterious world?

Mid-century modern imagery mixed with a nod to simpler times. Strong color, presence and strength mix with delicate details.



Come and join us September 1 and get your life in BALANCE.

Creating Keepsakes Blog Post and How-to on Visual Journaling

My newest post is up on the CK Blog here with tips and tricks on how to deepen your layouts by adding visual symbolism.

Some peeks:







Come learn more, share your insights, and you'll have a chance to win the GROWTH kit before they're all gone!



Click here - and we still have these subscriber bonuses left with your six month subscription or renewal...




Have a beautiful weekend, and if you're on the east coast, stay safe, stay dry and stay home!

Love,
Rachel

PS - Don't forget that voting for the CK Teen Talent Search is unlimited...so vote as many times as you can! Click the widget at the top right of the sidebar. And thanks!

Support Teen Scrapbookers with Soul!

My sweet friend and local Santa Monica girl Sofia Ehrich has been selected, from hundreds of entrants, as one of 11 nationwide finalists in the 2011 Creating Keepsakes Magazine Teen Talent Search contest! I've watched Sofia grow up, watched her art develop, and am always blown away by her maturity, her poise and her creativity. She truly embodies the spirit of art+heart, and the inner core of what we do everyday at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out.

The page, independently selected by the editors at CK, is about the nature of time...Sofia lost her cat, Garcia, about a month before she created this LO. She wanted to capture the idea that her precious companion, who was as old as she is, spent his whole life with her, and to her that time went by as if it was an hour. She used the clock image and butterflies so meaningfully...and please do click on the photo to read her journaling...





Voting begins at midnight tonight (Thursday 8-24 into Friday 8-25) and runs through Labor Day, September 5. Voting is unlimited, so people may vote as many time as they'd like while the contest is open - so if I remind you more than once, bear with me! The entry which receives the most votes wins, so anything you can do - posting this to your Facebook, tweeting the link, blogging about it, and forwarding this email to your contact lists will be most appreciated.

You can vote at http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/contests/teen-talent-search-2011.html

Her layout is #11 in the slideshow, so all you need to do is click 'last' at the top right of the choices and you'll be able to cast your vote(s) there.

Please join me in supporting Sofia's artistic dreams, and her emotional expression. It's not often that I come across someone so young who can express such deep feeling in her writing and her art and use it to help soften one of life's most difficult and early losses.

Please vote early and vote often! Thank you in advance for taking the time to help this amazing 16 year old achieve one of her most cherished goals.

Warmly,
Rachel