Thursday, March 18, 2010

:REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: UR2 Cre8ive: 68 Playful ways to Unleash Your Creativity by Stacy Julian (CONTEST CLOSED)

UR2 Cre8ive: 68 Playful Ways to Unleash Your Creativity by Stacy Julian is the latest and greatest eBook from Ella Publishing Co.

It's not quite your traditional scrapbooking idea book filled with sample layouts and other projects, but strives to dig a little deeper into the little thing that drives so many of us to pursue this hobby in the first place - CREATIVITY.

In the introduction, Julian says, "I believe creativity breathes energy and wonder into the everyday. It can change the way you think about yourself, brighten your outlook on life, and offer you a fuller and more purposeful existence."

Through this eBook, Julian strives to help the reader find their source (or sources) of inspiration and offers activities to enhance our level of creativity for the benefit of our craft.

The book is de\ivided into 4 chapters.

Chapter 1 - The Creative You
This chapter helps you to recognize the creative being inside yourself and offers fun ideas for expressing and enhancing your creative self.

Chapter 2 - Creative Sparks
This chapter helps you to find ways to open yourself up to the creative sparks that surround you everyday...many that you may be missing.

Chapter 3 - Creative Flow
Julian introduces the four steps to creativity - preparation, incubation, illumination and verification - and the order in which they must happen for optimal creativity. She also discusses the roll of patience in the creative flow.

Chapter 4 - Creative Freedom
In this final chapter, Julian offers tools to help you "let go of inhibition, expectation and any other artificial boundaries that stand in your way."

Each chapter includes a 'Try This' section at the end with several ideas for activities to help solidify and enhance the concepts discussed in the chapter.

The eBook is also filled with 11 great quotes on creativity. A few I had heard before, but many were new to me and you know how much I love quotes!


Julian ends with a creativity checklist that summarizes all the tips contained within the book into 8 simple challenges. Check them off one-by-one and discover that UR2 Cre8ive!!

GIVEAWAY:
Would you like to win a free download of UR2 Cre8ive? To enter, leave a comment below answering the following question by Sunday, March 21, 2010, 11:59 p.m.:

Do you consider yourself creative? Why or why not?

Random.org will select the winner on Monday. Be sure to come back to find out if you've won!

GOOD LUCK!!
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Melinda Wilson · 785 weeks ago

Am I creative? Most days I'm not but a few days I am - LOL!
Friends say I am creative but I have a habit of falling back doing the same things over and over again when I scrapbook. I use sketches a lot lately which usually gets some creativity going by adding something to the layout.
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Eileen Velez · 785 weeks ago

I'm somewhat creative but need to look at layouts for inspiration! I love when I come up with something creative all by myself!
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Marty · 785 weeks ago

I have moments of creativity and love taking others' ideas and transforming them for me. But I'm not very original!
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Lynn · 785 weeks ago

As a graphic designer I do feel that I am creative, but I also like to look at different layouts, books and magazines for my inspiration and ideas. Scrapbooking with a group really helps me to get other ideas!
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whatspeaks2myheart 1p · 785 weeks ago

Yes, I consider myself creative. I've always enjoyed crafting and making something from the bits and pieces to fashion something lovely and inspiring. I think creativity has become one of those words like "talent" that has somehow taken on a mystical interpretation that causes too many people to feel they lack it. Anytime you juggle a budget to make ends meet legally, anytime you convince a child to take a yucky tasting med because they need it and anytime you doctor a recipe to make it your own, you are being creative. Therefore I think everyone has their own type of creativity.
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Miwa · 785 weeks ago

I think that I'm creative... a fun kind of "brain exercise" - but this is most easily said when I have lots of time (and who really gets a lot of that?). Like Melinda, I use a lot of sketches - it saves me the most time by giving me a great jump-off point. But like everything else in life - some days you're "on", some days you're "off".
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kimberly · 785 weeks ago

I think I'm somewhat creative... most ideas I come up with are a culmination of things I've seen and I kind of just put this and that together to make something my own :)
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Missus Wookie · 785 weeks ago

Do you consider yourself creative? Why or why not?

Yes, I do but I've worked at it! I agree it doesn't always result in a scrapbook page, birthday decor like yesterday or similar, it can be accounts, clean house, flowers in a vase or window box or coming up with a meal from an almost empty fridge. I think people are afraid of calling such things creative which is sad.
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Mariangeles_Spain · 785 weeks ago

I think I'm creative, actually, I think we all are.

Our fears keep us from letting our creative self go wild, but from time to time, we allow ourselfs to be free and create something.

That's life!
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Laura · 785 weeks ago

I am trying to cultivate my creative side with paper crafting and I still harbor dreams of someday writing a book, so yes! I am creative. :-)
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Jill B. · 785 weeks ago

I consider myself creative, until I see others work then I begin to question what the heck I am doing? LOL! Thanks for the chance at the ebook. What fun!
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Marygail · 785 weeks ago

I think I'm creative to an extent but sure could use the inspiration to be more creative! Thanks for the chance to win this great ebook!
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Barbara · 785 weeks ago

I don't usually consider myself creative but I am a very good copyist.
I have gotten so much inspiration from Stacy's book Photo Freedom and her posts on her blog and would love, love, love a chance to win her eBook. I just really think it could help me with this creative thing. I also just discovered Ella Publishing and find it fascinating.
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smcpheeters 1p · 785 weeks ago

I'm kind of creative! (However if you count my spelling I'm VERY creative!) I love to do things that are creative, scrapbook, cross stitch, quilt, knit, etc... But I "lift" a lot of other people's ideas. I don't think there is anything wrong with this, it's just the way I work!
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April · 785 weeks ago

I would love to win a download! Stacy Julian is my HERO! She is so inspirational.
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Cathy · 785 weeks ago

I love to create things, but sometimes need help to get started.
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Kathy · 785 weeks ago

I am creative but I am also very busy - I am trying to find the balance in my days!!
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JoMama · 785 weeks ago

I think I can be creative, but only when building on the ideas of others. I can take another's idea and make it my own, but I have a hard time coming up with something unique.
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Reyne · 785 weeks ago

I consider myself creative because I am receptive to ideas all around me ... magazines, nature, TV, websites, newspaper ads, music, dance, quotes, etc. I am also willing to read more to learn more so I'd love to win UR2Cre8ive download.
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JTT · 785 weeks ago

I am creative. I think one of my strong suits is looking at an object or concept and seeing its evolutionary potential. Turning A into B, or turning A into A+++.
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Ilona · 785 weeks ago

Yes, I consider myself creative, just ask my husband... he's getting crazy of all the different stuff all over the house. Yarn here, paper there, brads, flowers, eyelets, fabric, and even worse, all sorts of knick knacks everywhere!
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Martha · 785 weeks ago

Do I think I'm creative? Of course. Give me the sky, I'll give you something blue, give me the earth, I'll give you something earthy, give me a scrap of paper, I'll give you a poem, or a doodle, or better yet, a sculpture. . . . In the eyes of the beholder---you work your magic to make something from something God gave us, whether through people's innovative inventions, or from His world. We create, because He created! What an awesome thought!
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Marta · 785 weeks ago

some days I feel creative and then other days it's like I couldn't think of something creative to save my life.

I have lots of supplies to do creative things...just sometimes need some inspiration to be creative!
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Vernell · 785 weeks ago

Creativity is in my blood. I love just letting myself go free and see what happens with the final product. I am always trying new way to use all my crafting supplies as I like to push the envelope. Thanks for a chance to win this book!
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Libuse Berry · 785 weeks ago

Oh yes, I'm creative all right. I create art and create mess :-) but all that makes life beautiful.
We are all creative but so different, I see any life creations as a something to cherrish and love. But creatinons of other don't always have the same appeall, not because the art in the the eye of viewer but also if you don't get it you don't get it. So often even the most "boring" jobs have to have some creativity into them, otherwise people wouldn't be doing them. So we are all creative and we should all love everything around us.

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