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Digital Scrapbooking News

 

As a little way of thanking you for your amazing support during the last few weeks, we are having a Customer Appreciation Sale! Until Midnight (MST), Monday, January 21st, almost everything in the Scrap Girls Boutique is on sale for 18.7% off. That's only TWO DAYS AWAY! (You'll see your discount once you put your items in the shopping cart.) We've put the commercial products on sale, too, because our designer friends have been awesome in rallying around us and we want to make sure that you guys get in on the fun.

Words just can not adequately express how grateful we are for each and every one of you.

So please, don't miss this chance to save while buying the goodies that make digital scrapbooking so much fun!

Cute Stuff

Layout by Thao Cosgrove
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  Nature Quotes Word Art Stickers

Layout by Angie Briggs
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Scenic Route Easy Page Pro   Scenic Route Alpha Biggie

Card by Diane Miller [dinny]
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Typo Brush Set Hoot And Annie Collection Mini ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Bitsy
  Chip Paper  

Note: Commercial license versions of Typo Brush Set and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Bitsy are also available.

Layout by Keri Schueller
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Trimmings Embellishment Mini   Alive Collection Biggie

Layout by Brandy Hackman
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Stylize Collection Biggie   ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: 3-D Negative Frames Biggie

Layout by Amanda Sok
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Appassionata Collection Biggie Wrapped Frames Embellishment Mini Sonata Paper Super Mini

If you have praise, comments, or questions for any of our Product or Layout Designers, did you know you can send them a PM (private message) using the message board? It's easy!

If you are a registered user of the message board, just click on the "PM" box at the bottom of any of their posts to send them a message. Or, to check out more of your favorite designer's layouts, visit the Scrap Girls Design Team section of the Layout Gallery.

Customer Muse: Life Is Precious

I like the saying, "Life is precious, handle with care." If we owned a Ming Dynasty vase, wouldn't we give it special care and attention? Wouldn't we make sure it isn't dusty and has a special light shining on it to show how beautiful it is?

How precious life is. What is really important in life? I know we take lots of pictures to capture special moments, but quality time with family and friends is more important. Do we spend enough time with our parents or grandparents? Do we call someone just to see how they are doing? Do we send a note to tell someone how much they mean to us? Even something as simple as, "I really enjoy having you as a friend because..." and not just a, "Thank you for...."

Today, I received news that a boy in my son's preschool has cancer. While we are in Chicago enjoying Christmas presents and parties, going to museums and having tons of fun, they will be in the hospital trying to spend quality time with their son.

Our families and friends should be treated like a Ming Dynasty vase. We should treasure it and take special care not to damage or break it.

May you all be blessed this Christmas season.

- Rachel Hutzley

 

Note from Ro: Would you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate, too? Send your own muse to [email protected]. If it is selected for publication in the Scrap Girls newsletter, you'll get to have fun shopping!

Muse: To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation. Not intended to solve the world's problems, another person's problems, or to cover topics completely. One does not have to agree with musings to enjoy them just as one does not have to be the same as someone else to appreciate who they are.

Enjoy Ro's Muses? She now has a blog where she is posting some of our readers' favorites, along with blog-only topics. http://lifemuses-ro.typepad.com/life_muses_by_ro/

Enjoy an eBook collection of Ro's popular Life Muses from the first half of 2006 in an easy way to print, save, or purchase as a gift for someone you love.

Scrap Girls Member of the Month: Sarah S.

ScrapGirls Member of the Month – January 2008
Member Name: Sarah in VA

1. What program do you use to digital scrapbook?

Paint Shop Pro X2

2. Tell us the make and model of digital camera that you use.

Canon Power Shot SD700 IS

3. Name one thing that every beginning digital scrapbooker should know.

All scrapbookers build their skills the same way, one layout at a time. Just do the first one. You will get better. It will get easier. Was that three?

4. If you could be transformed into a digital scrapbooking embellishment, what would you choose and why?

I think a brush! Brushes are so very useful; they are so flexible, so adaptable. They can bend and sway on a whim, or support an entire layout. They can add to a layout, or they can take something away. Yes, definitely a brush – probably one that sparkles like Melissa’s Star Bright, or Lori Cook’s Fairy Princess. Every layout needs a little sparkle!

5. What time of day do you find that you do your best scrapbooking?

I’m a morning person and try to get most of my work done then, but often find myself staring at a blank document until my creative juices get going, which is usually late afternoon. Then, with only minutes to spare before it’s time to start dinner, everything comes together. Whew!

6. What is your favorite snack?

Honestly, I don’t snack, but if I did, it would probably be sushi.

7. What brand of toothpaste do you use?

Crest Sensitivity

8. What is your least favorite household chore?

Laundry

9. Finish this sentence. “I couldn’t live without...”

My dear husband, of course! Among a multitude of reasons, he helps me with the laundry! ....Or did you mean in the scrapbooking world? If that’s the case, then it would have to be Lori Cook’s Gold, Silver and Metallic Scripts for PSP. Hardly a layout of mine gets by without just a touch, if not more, of this treatment! (See #4 above.)

10. What's your current favorite layout that you've done?

[creativity is] Not For Sissies! because it is so far out of my comfort zone. I did this layout for Denise Doupnik’s Exploring Design Styles class.

Layout by Sarah in VA
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Again Collection Biggie Assemblage Collection Biggie Collage Art Embellishment Biggie
A Waltz To Remember Embellishments Legacy Embellishment Biggie Affection Embellishments

Layout and Contest Winners

Weekly Layout Winners:

Layout by Hookedondigiscrappin
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Doodle Dandy Collection Biggie ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Ordinary Peoples Boy Basic ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Torn Edges

Layout by Peppi
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Anna Grace Collection Mini ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Fairy Dust Cozy - Sheer Paper Super Mini
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Inked Edges 1801 Mini Assemble Your Own: Flowerful Dirt Road Embellishment Mini
Scrap Girls Bountiful Collection Biggie ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Rivet Up Biggie ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Doodle Stitching - Line 2
ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Slipped Stitches Biggie ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Stitching And Holes 4103 Lettering Delights Artsy Font

Want to see your layouts make an appearance
in the Scrap Girls' newsletters?

Simply post your digital or paper layouts that use Scrap Girls products in our online gallery, and if we choose your layout to be featured in the newsletter, you'll win a prize! To be considered, don't forget to list the Scrap Girls' products that you used in your layout.

Congratulations to this week's selectees. Please email [email protected] to get your prize!

Contest Winners:

Boutique Guessing Game Winners

Ro saw the Boutique pop up for the first time at 11:03 a.m. MST. The winner of the $20 Gift Certificate is elismon who guessed 11:05. Terenbithtree was sooo close (just off by one minute more) that we're going to give her a $5.00 Gift Certificate, too. (She guessed 11:00 a.m.)

Thanks for playing, and for your support!

Online Classes Available

The Beauty of Blending Modes - PSE and PS
January 23 and 30, 5 PM ET

This in-depth class on Blending Modes is the perfect opportunity to learn about the power and beauty of blending modes and how to use them in Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. This class comes with the Start 2 Finish eBooklet PSE - The Beauty of Blending Modes: How to use them with ScrapSimple Products as well as the Start 2 Finish eBooklet PS - The Beauty of Blending Modes: How to use them with ScrapSimple Products. If you have already bought either of these eBooklets, email [email protected] to receive a store credit to use towards the purchase of this class. Make your layouts shine with the beauty and depth blending modes can bring!

Important: This Intermediate Level class is for both Adobe Photoshop users, versions 7 and up, and Photoshop Element users, version 3 and higher. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course!

Enrolling in this course without understanding these basic skills may cause you to feel lost and frustrated when you attend the classes. We want you to have a great experience. So please, if you are uncertain that you have enough skills to take this course, use the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program to build an adequate foundation prior to the classes starting. Thanks!

Yes, You Can Do Layer Masks in Photoshop Elements
January 24 and 31, 9 PM ET

This in-depth class on Layer Masks is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the power of masks in Adobe Photoshop Elements. This class will teach you how to use masks to make selective adjustments to both photos and layouts.

Important: This Intermediate Level class is for Adobe Photoshop Elements users. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course!

Enrolling in this course without understanding these basic skills may cause you to feel lost and frustrated when you attend the classes. We want you to have a great experience. So please, if you are uncertain that you have enough skills to take this course, use the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program to build an adequate foundation prior to the classes starting. Thanks!

New Class Offering!

Ten Beginner Tips On Type
January 30 and February 6, 9 PM ET

This in-depth class is a wonderful opportunity to learn the basics of typography. Learn simple rules and guidelines to use multiple fonts together more effectively. Discuss different ways to make journaling and title a cohesive part of every layout. Study real examples, and see how applying the rules can improve your layouts.

Important: This Intermediate Level class is for all digital scrapbooking programs. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course!

Enrolling in this course without understanding these basic skills may cause you to feel lost and frustrated when you attend the classes. We want you to have a great experience. So please, if you are uncertain that you have enough skills to take this course, use the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program to build an adequate foundation prior to the classes starting. Thanks!

What's Happening at Scrap Girls?

High Noon Crop
Wednesday, January 23rd -
12:00Noon ET

Join your host Betsy for the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. These crops are designed to allow you to work on your own photos and themes, simply giving participants a one hour goal, and a fun, new challenge each week!

On January 23, we'll do a three-photo challenge! Create a layout using three photos - no more, no less!

You'll have one hour to create a layout and upload to the special High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be amazed what you can get done in just one hour! Meet new friends and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!

Sketch Crop and Challenge
Thursday, January 24th - 8:30PM ET

Hey there, ladies! Do you need a jump-start for a scrapbook layout? Are you looking for some inspiration that will spur on your creativity? Then look no further than Thursday night's Sketch Crop and Challenge with your host, Laurel (that's me!).

Come join us for a free downloadable sketch that you can use to create one, two, or twenty layouts! The sky's the limit! I'll post a link to the sketch during the day on Thursday, January 24th, and then you'll have the chance to download it and get started. Then we'll meet in the chat room on Thursday night at 8:30pm ET to talk about the sketch, share ideas on how to use it, and just have an all-around good time.

What is a sketch? A sketch is a flattened JPG document that has spots for photos, a title, journaling, and embellishments. You can follow the sketch exactly as shown, or you can use it as inspiration for your own layout look. It's all up to you!

And don't worry, if you can't make the crop, you can still download and use the sketch. Hope to see you there!

Swap Crop Chat
Friday, January 25th - 9:00PM ET

Come join Carla (crs) for a fun chat celebrating all the wonderful layouts from the swap crop! We'll meet at 9 PM EST. Hope to see you there!

Scraplift Crop
Sunday, January 27th - 5:00PM ET

Join AngelaNussbaum and TysMommy on Sunday, January 27th at 5pm EST for a Scraplifting Crop.

A few hours before the crop we will tell you the name of a Scrap Girls Team Member, and you will be able to chose one of their layouts to be your inspiration. During the crop we will also help explain about scraplifting, how to use a layout as inspiration, and the importance of giving credit.

Scraplifting is a lot of fun! So come join us, you're sure to enjoy it!

ATC Crop Resumes
Sunday, January 27th - 7:00PM ET

Please join Pat Bowman for the return of the ATC Chat/Crop on Sunday, January 27 at 7:00 pm ET. Not sure what time that is where you are? Click HERE!

These crops will be held on the last Sunday of every month. Since Valentine's Day is very soon, the theme for our first crop will be "Hearts". Create an ATC, and include a heart in some way. Let's see how creative we can be! Even if you don’t know a thing about ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) be sure and stop in for a warm welcome, information, inspiration and just plain fun!

Australian Chat
Monday, January 28th -
9:00PM Australia Eastern Time

Come join kazbar73 and ScrappingJo for our first ever Australian Chat and Crop! We thought it would be a great idea to celebrate Australia Day and what it means to you. The challenge is to scrap a page about your favourite past time/Australia day outing, etc.

Then come along on Monday, 28 January and join us in the chat room to discuss your layouts and how you all celebrated Australia Day 2008. Look forward to seeing you all there.

For the Americans, this chat will be at 6am EST. All are welcome to join.

New Member Chat
Tuesday, January 29th - 8:00PM ET

Join Welcoming Committee Members Pat & Patti for an evening of chatting and fun, at the New Members Chat at 8 PM EST. We will be there to answer any questions you may have about digital scrapbooking or Scrap Girls in general.

This chat is a great way to meet other digi scrappers and ask any questions that you may have. And, there is bound to be lots of laughs and a few noises too! We welcome our more experienced members also to join the party too.

To join, just come to the Scrap Girls Chat Room by clicking on the “Live Chat” link from either the Message Board or the Scrap Girls home page. Click on the blue "Rooms" button, and double click on "NewMember".

High Noon Crop
Wednesday, January 30th -
12:00Noon ET

Join your host Betsy for the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. These crops are designed to allow you to work on your own photos and themes, simply giving participants a one hour goal, and a fun, new challenge each week!

On January 30, we'll do an All About Me challenge! Create a layout using a quote you love!

You'll have one hour to create a layout and upload to the special High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be amazed what you can get done in just one hour! Meet new friends and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!

January Events

January Board Game: Progressive Word Scramble

Here's how it works. The object of the game is to correctly guess a boutique item by solving clues and unscrambling letters we give you. Each day you are given a letter or several letters of the name of a boutique item as well as a clue. You won't know how many letters are in the boutique item name until it is complete. We will keep giving clues until a correct guess is made.

The designer's name is not included as part of the puzzle, and the word "collection" is not included as part of the puzzle either. Letters from any other words in product names (such as "biggie", "brush", or "transparency") may be given as part of the puzzle.

Here is an example:

Day 1 Letters: i
Day 1 Hint: I'm oh so pretty

Day 2 Letters: t n
Day 2 Hint: I know you'll love my soft reds, and blues, and greens

Day 3 Letters: u o i
Day 3 Hint: It was so nice of Angie to give me some flowers

Answer: Angie Briggs' Intuition Collection

Be the first to answer it correctly and win a $5.00 Gift Certificate to the Boutique! You are only allowed ONE guess per daily clue, and you are only allowed ONE win per month. When you make your guess, you MUST link it to the boutique item you are referencing. We will play the game daily during the entire month of January. When a correct answer is given, the new puzzle will start the following day.

January Layout Contests:

Layout Contest: You could win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Boutique! With New Year’s Day here, we tend to think in terms of our resolutions for the year ahead. How about taking some time to reflect on the year that has just passed? You could look at the resolutions you made last year at this time and scrap about how you did at keeping them. Or on a less serious note, you could do a retrospective of your year with a few (or several) photos that highlight your year. Maybe there is one event in your year that was extra special, like a wedding, a birth, or a death in the family. So let’s see your layouts highlighting the year just past.

Mid-December Layout Contest: The end of 2007 is upon us. 2008 will be starting soon! Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions? We want you to scrap them! Show us your layouts featuring your New Year Resolutions and you could win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Post your layouts to the Monthly Contest Gallery between December 15th and January 14th to be eligible. Good Luck!

Ongoing Opportunities

Customer Muses: It occurred to us recently that it might be wonderful for our readers to share with each other their own versions of Ro's Life Muses. We know each of you has a wonderful story to tell. To have your own essay considered for publication as a muse in the column for our special Saturday newsletter, send your essay to [email protected]. If your essay is selected, you will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique.

Way Cool Scrap Girl: We are so excited to have all of you meet some of the amazing people that have become Scrap Girls! We'd love to introduce you to our readers, too! If you would like to be spotlighted, send the following items to [email protected] :

- 500-900 word essay about your experience with digital scrapbooking, Scrap Girls, and specific examples of how we have helped you.
- A 600-pixel wide, 72 dpi copy of a layout you've created that uses Scrap Girls products.
- A complete list of any and all supplies used on the layout.
- A 100-pixels wide, 72 dpi picture of yourself. (How fun to see who you are!)
- Permission to use your statement.

If your entry is selected, you'll win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!

Customer Freebies: We get a lot of requests from you asking if you could share a freebie with your Scrap Girls friends, and we have come up with a way to do it. On Saturdays we will be sharing freebies created by you, if they are available. If you are interested in participating, download this PDF with the specifications and you'll be on your way.Please note that if you choose to use any Scrap Girls tools or templates in your submission, commercial licenses for those products are required. (Even our own designers must purchase commercial licenses for any items they wish to use in a non-personal manner!) If your freebie is chosen, you will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!

Suggest a Challenge, Win a Prize! Have a great idea for a gallery layout challenge? Submit it to [email protected]. If your challenge idea is chosen, you will win a prize (such as a brush set, paper set, embellishment set, etc.). The prize will be a surprise, but you'll be sure to like it because you will get to pick out the one you like best (from the category you'll be assigned to shop in when you are notified that we are going to use your challenge idea). Friday will be Customer Challenge Day so keep an eye out on the message board calendar. It will be fun to see what YOU come up with for us to do!

Note from Ro: Scrap Girls is now giving away birthday gifts to our message board members! Of course, it is a surprise what you will get because birthday presents are always surprises! But you will like it for sure because most people like money... Oops! Did I say that? No. I didn't say that. You did NOT hear me say that.

Anyway, make sure your message board email address is current and that you have the correct date entered into your profile or you'll miss out on the birthday present! (You will only be entering the month and the date so don't be shy. We won't know how old you actually are!)

Check our message board calendar if you have any questions about what is happening at Scrap Girls. All event times are given in Eastern Time Zone unless otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-New York' as the location for the Eastern time zone.)

Customer Freebie

Layout by Angie Briggs
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Signs Of Christmas Paper Special
Customer Freebie created by Denise Hennessy


Naturescape Collection Biggie Memoirs Paper Super Mini ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Sew Torn Up

Note: Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Sew Torn Up are also available.

We get a lot of requests from you asking if you could share a freebie with your Scrap Girls friends, and we have come up with a way to do it. On Saturdays we will be sharing freebies created by you, if they are available. If you are interested in participating, download this PDF with the specifications and you'll be on your way.Please note that if you choose to use any Scrap Girls tools or templates in your submission, commercial licenses for those products are required. (Even our own designers must purchase commercial licenses for any items they wish to use in a non-personal manner!) If your freebie is chosen, you will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!

* There is a "free download" button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. Also note that if you are slow reading your newsletter, you may find this freebie has already been retired, as the freebies are only available as gifts for about two newsletter cycles.

Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit

The free digital scrapbooking stater kit section is a standard newsletter feature for the benefit of the large number of new subscribers that join our list every day.

Would you like a chance to try digital scrapbooking yourself?

Scrap Girls Refresh Collection Biggie offers you samples of some of our most popular product types. Try making a layout, your own paper with a ScrapSimple Paper Template, a fast layout with a ScrapSimple Digital Layout Template, or experiment with a brush.

We know you'll love digital scrapbooking as much as we do, and we have thousands of products to feed your new addiction!

If you read nothing else, read this!

15 Things You NEED to Know to Become a GREAT Digital Scrapbooker. It's so addictive; it ought to come with a warning label!

Free eBook "starter kit" turns your dreams of digital scrapbooking into reality today!

This dynamite eBook is 65 pages - packed full of the information, ideas and help people need when they are about to dive into this great hobby. It answers questions about digital scrapbooking that Ro is asked all day long, every day of the week, and each day of the year. You don't have to wonder about important questions like how to back up your files, whether you need a 12x12 printer to scrapbook digitally (and which one to buy), or what type of computer software is required to create digital scrapbooking layouts. The answers are all here for you - in one easy to use eBook!

Bonus! Download the fun "Warning" Label, too. It was created for you by Valerie Randall as a little bit of extra fun!

* There is a "free download" button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items.

Life Is Precious
Saturday, January 19, 2008

 
Scrap Girls Guarantee
 
 


 
 

In this issue:

- 18.7% Off Customer Appreciation Sale!
- Cute Stuff
- Customer Muse
- Member of the Month: Sarah S.
- Layout and Contest Winners
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities
- Customer Freebie
- Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Educational Products

 
 


 

This special weekly Customer Edition of the Scrap Girls newsletter is created for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members and customers. Without them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with you, and I'm very grateful for their ongoing help and support.

I hope you enjoy today's issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC

P.S. Your email address is safe with us. We never share, rent, sell, or loan our list with anyone!

P.P.S. If you ever need any assistance, please email [email protected] or call
866-598-3444 and we'll help you as quickly as possible!

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Scrap Girls Clubs
Scrap Girls Monthly Club
 
 

Join the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking looks while saving! (A $26.93 value for $9.99 or less!)

The Scrap Girls Club contents are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business day to the 1st).

With the Scrap Girls Club, you will receive:

  • 1 Collection Biggie
  • 1 Paper Super Mini
  • 1 8.5x11 Sheet of Word Art
  • 1 Embellishment Set
  • 1 Card and Envelope Set (printable version only)
  • 1 Easy Page
  • 1 Designer's Choice Item


Layout by Amanda Sok using January's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Amanda Sok

Remember, these items are available separately in the Boutique at regular prices for those who would rather not join a club.

(Note: The Scrap Girls Club contents are always available for sale elsewhere in the Boutique at their regular prices once the associated club month is released. But all club contents are totally brand new, never seen before product releases for each month!)

 
 


ScrapSimple Monthly Club
 
 

ScrapSimple Monthly Club for January

Join the ScrapSimple Monthly Club and you can enjoy the newest ScrapSimple looks while saving! (A $13.95 value for $6.99 or less!)

The new ScrapSimple Club contents are released on the 15th day of the month (or the closest business day to the 15th).

With the ScrapSimple Club, you will receive:

  • 1 ScrapSimple Paper Templates Set
  • 1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
  • 1 Brush Set
  • 1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
  • 1 Designer's Choice Item

A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple club is also available here.


Layout by Melissa Renfro using January's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Melissa Renfro and Theresa Kavouras

If you prefer not to join a club, the ScrapSimple club contents are available at regular prices in the Boutique. You can easily find them right now by checking the What's New? section of the Boutique.

(Note: The ScrapSimple Club contents are always available for sale in the Boutique at regular prices once the associated club month is released. But all club contents are totally brand new, never-seen-before product releases for each month!)

 
 


Educational Products
MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!
 
 

*NEW!* MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop (Versions 6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3)

MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop Elements versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0

It's time for you to stop playing catch-up in Photoshop and start having a blast doing the more advanced tricks that you see other people and professional digital scrapbookers doing.

  • Take the world's easiest shortcuts to creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas.
  • Make sure that you don't make the biggest mistakes that digital scrapbookers make when they create layouts.
  • Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap Girls ScrapSimple products.
  • Dip your digital scrapbooking self into some of those "other" cool tools that are sitting there waiting in your software for you to use such as paths, masks, the drawing pen, and more.
  • See how easy it is to install and manage new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop so that you can make things that are creative and unique.
  • Learn advanced tricks for using tools that you already know and love.
  • Watch me make some beautiful papers and get a chance to peek inside of my layers. (Oh dear... That is the last frontier and I might be out of my mind to let you do it... NOBODY likes people to see inside of their layers. It is like having visitors peek inside of your dresser drawers. Very private stuff.)
  • See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm betting that it will surprise you what tool I've used to do that with, too...)
  • Get "IN" on creating your own brush sets. (You do NOT have to have those impossibly long brush sets frustrating you anymore. In fact, when you learn this trick, you will wonder why you haven't been using it all along.)
  • Find out why Custom Shapes are so important to you. (Bet you didn't know...)
  • Learn how to cut out a title from a background or a photo.
  • And even more...

Note: These are NOT beginning tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used Photoshop before or if you aren't pretty sure of yourself in the software, you are going to be lost. You simply have to understand layers, where things are located, and all of the basic, important skills that Ro teaches in her Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed series before you try to use it.

 
 


Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!
 
 

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 5.0

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 4.0

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 3.0

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed (Photoshop)

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) X

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 9

Are you wishing you could learn how to scrapbook digitally, but feeling kind of intimated by it? These tutorials allow you to actually watch Ro scrapbook. You'll see her working on her computer and hear her talking about why she is doing what she is doing. It's easy to watch the short, one-topic movies over and over again until you have it down. It's like having Ro come to your home and give you private scrapbooking lessons. You could be digitally scrapbooking today!

After you watch the Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed movies, you will...

  • Create your own digital scrapbook layouts using the latest, most popular techniques
  • Manage all of the important basics that digital scrapbook enthusiasts need to know to get started
  • Understand how to save your files for printing or sharing them with your friends and family over the internet
  • Make your own textured brush
  • Learn how to install and use purchased brushes
  • Make your own simple backgrounds
  • See how easy it is to manage transparent embellishment files that allow digital scrapbooking layouts to look like they are "real"
  • Become a pro at managing the drop-shadowing techniques
  • Learn about transparency and lighting effects
  • Make your own digital torn paper edges
  • Be able to isolate a single item in an embellishment or alpha and be able to change the color to suit your fancy
  • Become a pro at repairing damaged photos
  • Know the secret of putting text on a curve or in a circle
  • Laugh at how simple it is to make rounded edges on your photos
  • Use keyboard and tool shortcuts that make digital scrapbooking a breeze
  • Be able to place digital embellishments on your digital scrapbook layout with ease
  • Unlock the mystery of how to clip a digital paper clip onto your layout so that it looks real
  • Learn how to install and use purchased textures
  • Understand some advanced techniques such as how to keep blue eyes blue on a black and white photo
  • Learn how to adjust black and white photos to sepia
  • And lots more!
 
 


Mastering Brushes
 
 

Mastering Brushes for Photoshop Elements
This ebook was created from the popular online class Creative Brushwork. It is perfect for the scrapbooker who wants to go above and beyond the basic brushing techniques taught in Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements. Make your layouts shine with the polish that advanced brushwork can bring!

Photoshop version also available!

 
 


The Beginners Guide to Filters and Plug-ins
 
 

If you're at all curious about filters and plug-ins, then The Beginners Guide to Filters and Plug-ins for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements (Windows) is what you need! This 70 page ebook contains everything you need to know to get started - what they are, what they do, how to set up your computer, where to find them, how to get them into your software, and more.

Paint Shop Pro (PSP) version also available!

 
 


Digital Photography Simplified
 
 

Digital Photography Simplified eBook: This eBook (full of easy to understand information and photographic examples) is tailored to the beginning digital photographer who wants to take better photos. More advanced photographers will also benefit from this eBook with the sections that get you out of your comfort zone.

So get ready to turn that dial away from AUTO and start taking extraordinary photos!

 
 


Ten Beginner Tips on Type
 
 

If you're creating a digital scrapbooking layout, it's almost guaranteed that you'll be using type on your pages somewhere. But did you know that type can make or break your page? What typeface will you use? What size font? Where will you place it on your page?

If you want to take some beginner steps towards improving the type on your layouts, and thereby improving the overall look of your layouts, then this eBook is perfect for you. It's written in a very simple style, focusing on one digitally scrapbooked layout while walking you through ten tips that take type from mundane and awkward to eye-catching and cohesive.

 
 


Scrapbook Secrets for Microsoft Word
 
 

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for MS Word

Look here to see all of the things that you will learn with Scrapbook Secrets for Microsoft Word, as it has a different set of benefits.

 
 


Start to Finish eBooklets
 
 

Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Make a Birthday Scrapbook Page

Nothing could be simpler than learning to scrapbook digitally with Scrap Girls Start to Finish eBooklets. Step by step written guidelines and detailed screenshots will help you learn new digital scrapbooking skills. Included with the eBooklet are the actual digital files you need to create a finished project!

Start to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper & Photo Templates also available!

Start to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to use ScrapSimple Tools: Custom Shapes & Patterns also available!

Start to Finish eBooklet - PS: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using them with ScrapSimple Products also available!

Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Emboss & Texturize with ScrapSimple Templates also available!

Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: Making a Just Because Card Using ScrapSimple Card Templates also available!

Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper & Photo Templates also available!

Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using them with ScrapSimple Products also available!

 


 
 

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