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Life Muses by Ro: Seaweed Wrap
She convinced me that it would be a good idea to have a spa treatment. Perhaps, it would relax me and take my mind off of my troubles. Since I have little experience with such matters, I handed the “menu” of treatments available to her and she pointed at an item on the card.
“You need to have a seaweed wrap.”
When the time arrived for me to be wrapped in a sea plant, I was dressed (coincidentally) in a seaweed green spa robe. I should have realized at that moment that, perhaps, something was afoot. I worried that I was going to become sushi and she told me that, perhaps, I needed a side of wasabi to complete my order.
I became acquainted with my seaweed wrap therapist, as she was a chatty-urchin type. I expected an explanation of what was about to occur, but I hadn’t expected to have to answer questions and comments such as: “Did you know that you have big red marks on your back? Oh, never mind… you have sensitive skin… Oh, it is so white… like alabaster… Where does your family come from? Holland? England, you say? I wouldn’t have guessed England. Are you sure? Hmmm… They came over on the Mayflower – both sides of the family? How many children do you have? Do they look like you?”
She began by having me crawl up on an enormous sheet of plastic wrap. Then, she was surprised when I stuck to it. After moving the towel around that almost covered me up (blush… I am an extremely modest person) she began smearing me with thick, gooey, cold, green clay-seaweed something or other.
It wasn’t pleasant.
After I was properly basted, I was set up to bake. The plastic wrap was tucked around me until I felt like a burrito, after which three enormous, steamy-hot towels were laid on top of my body. Then, to make sure the heat stayed in the oven, a blanket was placed on the top of the tower.
My head had escaped.
But, no… I was wrong… I saw something coming toward me and I knew that my eyes would be covered. Thankfully, the eye mask wasn’t green and gooey.
The therapist left the room and I was left to my thoughts. I shortly began to worry if testing methods had been run on such a process. Do they know exactly how long it takes for someone who is in a seaweed wrap to reach well-done? She didn’t stick a thermometer in my mouth.
“Maybe she watches a clock,” I reasoned.
But, that thought worried me and I considered that she may become engaged in an interesting hallway conversation with another therapist and forget her seaweed burrito until it was too late to rescue me. Perhaps, she would return and find remnants of seaweed and blond hair strewn around the therapy room.
I started to doze off, but the sound of a snort coming out of my mouth woke me up. “I snored!” I panicked. “I’ve probably committed some kind of spa-crime. Should I be humiliated?”
“What would someone do if they wanted to get out of this situation?” I wondered. “If seaweed burritos cry out, will anyone hear the sound?”
Just as I was getting worked up into a fevered green state, the therapist returned. “Oh, good,” I thought, expecting to be released from my plastic prison. “It’s nearly over.”
But, no… it was not to be… not yet. First, I was to receive a scalp massage.
Now, I have nothing against scalp massages. They can be enjoyable. This one was fairly pleasant – under the circumstances. The problem I had was that once it was over, I discovered that my hair had been massaged into the same sort of rat’s nest that was an integral part of a 1960’s hairdo. But, the end of the massage also meant that the seaweed burrito was going to be sprung from plastic prison and the burrito was grateful.
I was instructed to put on my robe and then go to the shower and wash off the treatment. Because the inside of the robe would be green once I had worn it (no kidding) I was given a new robe to wear back to the room.
Yes. It appeared that I had to return back to the therapy room.
I obediently headed off for the shower, expecting the seaweed mask to wash off right away. I expected it because I had been told that it would melt off of my skin in the water.
But, once I was in the shower, I discovered that the seaweed liked my alabaster white skin and didn’t want to leave it. It wanted me to be green.
I spotted a washcloth and began scrubbing in earnest. As I worked, I discovered that the scalp massage had managed to get some goop up in my beehive hairdo.
Oh man… as much as I didn’t want to, I had to wash my hair.
Once the shower was over, I slipped on the clean robe and came out of the shower room rubbing my hair. The therapist seemed very confused that I washed my hair.
Hmmmm…
Well, let’s see… thick, gooey, green stuff in hair + nearly acquired beehive ratty hairdo = an immediate need to wash one’s hair.
I simply said, “I’m 5’2”. I’m short. My head gets wet when I am in the shower.”
That seemed reasonable to her and I was spared explaining more. However, she became worried that I would get a cold because I had wet hair (Yes, mother…) and so she handed me a gigantic towel to wrap my hair with. The towel-turban immediately increased my height by one-third.
Wobbling as I walked, we entered the room. I went over to the chair to drop off my flip-flops. Along the way, I hit my towel turban on a wall sconce.
I looked over at her and said, “I’m not used to being so tall.”
She told me to lie face down on the table under a blanket. Then, she left the room to allow me to arrange myself in private.
Now, you would suppose that placing yourself on the table would be an easy matter, right?
Wrong.
At the end of the table was a face rest. I was supposed to lie on the table with my face in the face rest. However, I had the towel turban that was twice as tall as my head – and it was three times heavier. When I moved up towards the face rest, I felt the towel turban’s weight threaten to tear my head from off my body. Since I enjoy having a head, I chose another alternative: I placed my face on the table and let the turban enjoy the face rest.
The therapist returned and immediately said, “Ohhhhh! Something is wrong.”
Duh.
She figured it out and took the towel off of my head (relief) and then instructed me to scoot up and place my face where it belonged. “I think there must be alcohol in that seaweed wrap,” she said, trying to explain why someone who looked as intelligent as me would do such a silly thing.
“Oh my gosh,” I thought. “I look seaweed-tipsy.” This was embarrassing to me as I have never consumed alcohol.
The truth was, I was afraid of her. Since she had insisted that I put the towel on my head, I was afraid to take it off.
Once the towel had been removed, she began rubbing another sticky, cold substance all over me. Since I had understood that I was to be sent away from the seaweed wrap feeling refreshed, this surprised me. I guessed I didn’t realize that lemony, sticky, cold stuff was refreshing. Sigh… I have so much to learn about this spa stuff. I am apparently not very sophisticated.
When she was nearly through applying the lemony goop, she suddenly announced, “Now, make sure you don’t wash this off. And, the next time you take a shower, make sure you put lotion on. Seaweed wraps dry out your skin.”
Oh great… just what I need… dry skin.
Yes, dry skin was what I was seeking when I allowed myself to be smeared with green, thick, goopy, cold, clay stuff. And, I was thinking, “Oh boy! I’m going to have dry skin once this is over!” while I was baking in the burrito oven. And, I was particularly anxious to see how I would look, how my newly acquired beehive hairdo and dry complexion would coordinate, once I left the room.
Not.
Now that it is all over, I have one thing to say about seaweed wraps: once was enough.
But, at least I wasn’t turned into sushi…
- Ro
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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.
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Tutorial: Using Sketches in Your Layout – With a Twist
Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop CS3 with Windows XP.
As the resident “Queen of Sketches,” the question I often
get asked is, “What is a sketch and what do I do with it?” And,
the answer is... a sketch is a basic outline of a layout that is
used to show placement of the photos, embellishments, title and journaling.
The sketch may be rotated, flipped, cropped, adjusted or rearranged.
The beauty of a sketch is that it is a suggestion of how a layout might
look – the ultimate creative decisions are made by you.
To begin
my layout, I chose "Sketch 5" from my Scrapbooking 911 – 20
Sketches to Revitalize Your Digital Scrapbooking eBook. After opening
the JPG sketch file, I hold down the Shift key and click and drag
it onto my empty 12”x12” canvas so the sketch will be perfectly
aligned.
Next, I wanted to turn my sketch to work with another point a view.
To do this, I use Edit> Transform> Rotate 90 CCW.
I like the sketch rotated – it gives the layout a whole different
look.
After sizing, rotating and placing my photos on top of the sketch
layer, I need to make the sketch transparent so that I can see how all
of my pretty supplies will work together. To do this, I select the sketch
layer in the Layers Palette and use the opacity slider to lower the
opacity from 100% (the default setting) to 70%. (The amount will vary
according to the color of the background paper.)
By following the sketch faithfully, I slowly build my layout to near completion.
At this point, I need to add my title, journaling and final touches.
Because the sketch is at a different angle than the original design,
I choose to move the placement of the title, turn my journaling to run
horizontally across the page and add another embellishment where the
title was originally. The last thing I do is make the sketch layer invisible.
I’m
very happy with the results. And, I can use this same sketch over and
over again. Maybe next time I’ll flip it vertically, add another
photo or use it in an 8 ½” x 11” layout or....
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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
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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 - Early Edition
Tuesday, January 29th
- 3:00PM ET
Join Dee Decker (DDecker)
for the early edition of our New Member chat at 3:00 Pm EST.
Everyone is welcome to join us as we meet new members and answer
questions about the Message board, Chat room, Gallery, chocolate,
and anything else that may come up!
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!
Desktop Crop
Wednesday, January
30th - 9:00PM ET
Please come join Angela (angelaNussbaum) 9PM EST for the Desktop Challenge Crop.
Tired of your desktop being some graphic that you would've liked to make? Tired of a solid background? Did you know with your digital scrapbooking skills you can make a fabulous background for your enjoyment? A few hours before the chat, we will provide you with a source of inspiration, so stay tuned!
Art Inspiration Challenge
Thursday, January
31st -
9:00PM ET
Join Scrappinjo and ruralscrapper, for the Art Inspiration Crop on Thursday, January 31st at 9 pm EST.
We will provide a piece of art to be used as inspiration for your layouts. You can use the color scheme, the composition, or any part of the art as the starting point for your own layout - the only rule is that you use your imagination!
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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!) |
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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.
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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!
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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!
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Seaweed Wrap
Friday, January 25, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Using Sketches in Your Layout – With a Twist
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities
- Designer Freebie
- Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Educational Products |
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for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members. Without
them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with you, and
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I hope you enjoy today's issue as
much as we enjoyed putting it together.
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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
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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!) |
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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
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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
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Educational Products
MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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*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. |
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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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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!
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Mastering Brushes |
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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! |
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The Beginners Guide to Filters
and Plug-ins |
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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! |
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Digital Photography Simplified |
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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! |
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Ten Beginner Tips on Type |
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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. |
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Scrapbook Secrets for Microsoft Word |
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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. |
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Start to Finish eBooklets |
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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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