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Name of designer: Pat Bowman
Name of layout: Timeless
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Hobbies
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
The word art I chose to use from Theresa’s Autumn Gold Collection
Mini was in grayscale, and I wanted to apply a different style
to each word. I used my Magic Wand Tool
with my Tolerance set to 10 and I made sure that Contiguous was unchecked.
First I selected the grey in “Timeless” and jumped it to
its own layer via Ctrl+J. I did the same with the black in “Moments.” I
linked the two layers together and then deleted the original word art.
Once I had the words on two separate layers I was able to apply two
different styles.


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Name of designer: Jennifer Okonek
Name of layout: Story Time
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Name of challenge: Resolutions
Journaling:
I have always had such a love for reading, for as long as I can remember
and I hope that someday you too will learn to love it. But for now,
you are struggling with it. We first learned this last year when you
were in kindergarten and you went to summer school to help you learn.
Now, in first grade, you are doing so much better, but still not at
the level you should be. I think that we really need to focus on this
more, so that it’s not a chore to read, but something you love
to do often!


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Name of designer: Brandy Murry
Name of layout: Going Dutch
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Hobbies
Other Ingredients:
- Fonts - Dirty Ego, Avalon, Arabic Typesetting
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I needed the strings to curve around the the charm so I used the Distort
Filter> Shear to make them curve more. Note: The
object must be vertical in order to do this, so sometimes I have to
make it vertical. Shear it and then reposition it on your page.


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Name of designer: Jo Corne
Name of layout: G is for Gardening
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Hobbies
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To give my photo of the lily more luminosity, I changed its ‘Fill’ to
50%. I then duplicated the layer and changed its Blend Mode to
"Luminosity," keeping it at 100% and taking its ‘Fill’ back
to 100%. This resulted in the lily having a much more luminous and
posterized look than if I had just left the photo as it was.

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.

A Designer's Life: Durin
Eberhart
Questions and Answers
The Designer’s Life articles are a favorite of mine because
I am always interested in learning more about my fellow designers.
As I get to know them better, I learn more about how they create and
how they get their inspiration. For today’s article, I don’t
have an inspiring story for you, but a series of questions that might
give you some insight into this designer’s life.
Where is your workspace?
I know that several of the designers here
have professional, dedicated office spaces, but I work in the kitchen,
believe it or not. Over the years, I’ve tried several different
spaces for my computer and work area, but I’ve landed just off
the kitchen, between the kitchen and our sunroom. It’s the busiest
part of the house and tends to get cluttered with homeless bits of
this and that, but I can monitor my kids’ activities and homework
and even get dinner going while waiting for files to load. Other spaces
I’ve tried
have been more logical because of the privacy, but I found that I really
want to know what’s going on in the house and be able to multitask
whenever possible. Being here in the kitchen, in the heart of our home,
works for me. Plus, snacks are always nearby.
What aspects of digital
scrapbooking are most important to you?
There are several.
One of the best aspects of digital scrapbooking
is that it doesn’t
clutter up our home! I had a short stint with paper scrapping and it
created an organizational nightmare for me. It made me grouchy and
I had to keep telling my kids to stay away from my “stuff.” I
stored my supplies in huge, ugly, plastic bins and it was impossible
to drag it all out and work on anything without disrupting the whole
house. Finding digital scrapbooking was a huge relief and put me in
a better mood.
The “undo” button and unlimited supplies
are two aspects of digital scrapbooking that allow me to have confidence.
Another problem I had with paper scrapping was that I was worried that
I would make a mistake. I didn’t want to crop my photos because
I was afraid I would ruin them. I didn’t want to use the “good” paper
because it was expensive and I didn’t think my layout would do
it justice. And, I certainly didn’t want to glue an embellishment
in the wrong place. It’s difficult to be creative or have fun
with so much silly anxiety over making mistakes and wasting supplies.
Digital scrapbooking took away those fears because the “undo” button
is always there and my supplies never run out. Also, with digital scrapbooking,
all of my supplies can be customized to my specifications, whether
the colors need to be adjusted or elements need to be resized. And,
I can create elements of my own with the ScrapSimple products
and have complete control over the design, which is fascinating to
me!
What gives you the most artistic inspiration?
All of the other product
designers here at Scrap Girls are my main source of inspiration. They
are truly a talented group of artists. Week after week their creations
amaze me and give me ideas for new color combinations and new products.
They are constantly challenging themselves and trying new products
and techniques. They are absolute professionals and I’m thrilled
to be able to work with them.
What are your scrapbooking-related goals
for the year?
I want to continue scanning our old photos so that I can
incorporate them into my digital layouts. In 2007, I scanned all of
the portraits of our boys, including school portraits, and I would
like to continue this year with our old candid shots. If I can convince
my mother and grandmothers to hand over their photos, I would love
to start working on those. I know that there are some treasures hidden
away there!
What are your non-scrapbooking-related goals for the year?
I want to
be more diligent about letting people know that I care. We have some
old friends that send me a birthday card every year without fail and
it’s a wonderful feeling to know that they care. This
year, I want to help others feel the same way, whether it’s sending
a birthday card or offering to do an errand for them. Sometimes the
smallest gestures can be the most meaningful.
What advice would you
give to other digital scrapbookers?
Take time to play with your graphics
program. Experiment with different techniques. Try out a new tool.
Press a new button and see what happens. Create something beautiful.
And, most of all, have fun!
- Durin

Favorite product I've designed:
Folly Collection Biggie

The Folly Collection Biggie began with a fantastic color scheme
that reminded me of a circus and the papers seem to reflect that same
magical feeling. The whole collection made me happy as I worked on
it and became a reflection of the laughter and entertainment that often
fills our home.


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ScrapSimple Club Concepts

The ScrapSimple club contains items that allow YOU to decide the colors
and looks you will end up for your digital scrapbooking designs because
the ScrapSimple products are completely customizable. You get all the
products shown above, a $19.15 value, for $6.99 or less! And
if you would like to create designs to share or sell, there's even
a commercial
club available! Plus, each month we will help you find new ways
to use your club contents to the fullest with this article full of
ideas, tips, and projects to get your creativity going!
January’s Scrap
Girls ScrapSimple Club’s featured designers are Melissa
Renfro and Theresa Kavouras. Their club is full of fun products that
can help you get creative in amazing ways.
Let’s look a little closer and see what
ideas we can come up with for this club.

Layout ideas:
- Use one of
the ScrapSimple
Embellishment Templates: Fancy Folds 4 for a layout
about unwrapping a present. Especially
a little kid who might be carefully tearing back one piece at a time.
- The Fancy Folds 4, Photo Masks
- Downtown and Slipped Stitches would work
well for heritage layouts. It would help make everything look older
and antique.
- Make an "album cover" inspired layout
with the ScrapSimple
Paper Templates: Downtown. Take a photo of
a group with everyone looking off into the distance. Grunge it up
a bit with the Downtown
Brushes.
- Use the Slipped Stitches for a page
about quilting.
- Got a wild one with stitches? Use the ScrapSimple
Layer Your Own Brushes: Slipped Stitches Biggie to make their
page!

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Specific embellishment ideas:
- Use the Photo Masks - Downtown to creating
journaling blocks or large photo mattes.
- You can "punch" a hole in one end
of a photo mask and create a funky, shaped tag.
- With the Fancy Folds 4, try
layering two or more tears on top of each other to get a multi-layered
effect, as if you had torn back multiple pages from a book.
- Hang bits
of things from the loose stitches, like beads, small tags, alpha
charms, etc.
- You could put one of the Fancy Folds 4 at the top of a layout
or card and then make it look like a shirt
or dress collar. Add a bow under the collar and some buttons
down the front.
- When you finish your layout, lay one of the Paper
Templates: Downtown on the top to grunge it up.
- Layer word art on top of the Downtown
Brushes to make your title.
- More ideas for using the Slipped Stitches:
- Stitch down flowers
- Stitch your journaling paper to the photo
- Stitch photo to the background
paper
- Stitch a ribbon to background paper
- Stitch two ribbons together,
leaving a gap between them so the paper shows below
- You can make fun "peek-a-boo" frames
from two (or more) sets of the Fancy Folds 4.

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Card ideas:
- The Photo Masks - Downtown could be used on a card layered with paper and a
greeting.
- Use the idea of "coming unraveled" with the Slipped
Stitches to make "Missing
You," "I'm Sorry" or "Thank You" cards for when someone's helped
you out in a pinch.

Card by Christy VanderWall
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Tips and Techniques:
- Apply the Paper Templates: Downtown to an existing paper. Change the color
to one of the colors in the paper and use your Blend Modes
to get unique effects.
- Fill the Paper Templates with a gradient. This makes the Blend
Mode transformation even more interesting.
- After clipping your photo to
your Photo Mask, select the mask layer and change the Blend Modes
for a blended look.
- Create depth by adding brushwork from the Downtown
Brushes in a darker color, in the "Multiply" Blend Mode, behind
embellishments, or in corners.
- The Paper Templates would work great
layered over photos to create a grungy frame. Simply place over your
photo, and resize using the Transform Tool (Ctrl+T).
- The Photo Masks - Downtown make a beautiful
photo frame if you remove the center and apply a Layer Style to
it. Or, you can leave the center and use it as a matte or accent.
They also make great tools for layering papers to create a background.
This layout uses an Orange Paper from Angie's Scenic Route Collection
Biggie clipped to "MRE_SSEmb_PhotoMasks_Downtown_BottomFlourish"
on top of a Red Paper from Brandy's Spiced Cider Collection to
create the background.

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Mini Tutorial: Using ScrapSimple Paper Templates:
Downtown to Reveal Hidden Layered Papers
Mini Tutorial by Jan Hicks
As soon as I saw the ScrapSimple
Paper Templates: Downtown, I knew
I had to get my hands on them and play with them. There are so many
fun things you can do with Paper Templates. I wanted to find a way
to use them a little differently than usual, however. Here's what I
did:
First, I chose the papers I wanted to use as a background. I love
the wonderful grungy feel of the Downtown Templates, and I wanted
to use that to really grunge up one of my background papers. To do
that, I layered the red paper from the America Paper Super Mini first,
then layered a paper from The Love of Cardboard Collection on
top.
Next, I placed the Downtown Paper Template on top. I
wanted to use it to "cut" the
brown paper away in order to reveal the red paper below. Therefore,
I selected all the transparent pixels in the paper template by hitting
Ctrl+Clicking on the thumbnail of the paper template layer.
This gave me the marching ants around the selection. I then clicked
on the eye to turn off the visibility of that layer. Then I switched
to the Cardboard paper and hit Delete. Because the Downtown
Paper Template is quite grungy with many grey areas, I
had to hit Delete several times
in order to reveal the full effect of the Paper Template on the Cardboard
paper.
I used the same technique on the photos using the Downtown Photo
Masks, repeating the grunge effect on the photo as well. To complete
the effect, I used a grungy font, and crumpled and messy embellishments
and journaling block. All in all, I had a lot of fun playing with this
paper template and seeing how I could stretch its use!

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We hope this article gives you some ideas to get you
scrapping! We’d love to see what you come up with. There’s
even a special
gallery available for you to show off your Club creations and inspire
each other, so start creating!
Have fun!

Online Classes Available

Ten
Beginner Tips On Type
January 30 and February 6, 8 PM ET

New
Class Offering!

Cooking
Up Color Schemes
February 5 and 12, 9 PM ET

What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
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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 - 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)
at 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!

Quote
Challenge Crop
Sunday, February 3rd - Time
TBA
Come join angelaNussbaum for
the Quote Challenge Crop! Here's how it will work. On Sunday,
we will post a thread on the challenge board giving you the quote
which you will use to make your own word art. It's not hard,
and we'll even have a layout with a Word Art example.
Then we'll meet in the chat room to have fun,
chat, and create our Word Art layout! We'll post the time in
that day's thread, as the time changes around each time to allow
participation by our international folks.
Everyone can participate and create a layout,
even if you can't make the chat. Hope to see you there!

NSBR Chat
Monday, February 4th - 9:00PM
ET
Join me, Carla (crs),
for a NSBR Chat. What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbook related
chat. We talk about everything! It’s a chance to just sit
back and chat with friends, make some new friends and just have
some fun. If you have a problem and want some support, we’ll
be there to listen. If you have something exciting to share,
we’ll
celebrate with you. If you have questions, we’ll try to
answer them for you. Come join the fun, Monday, February 4th
at 9 PM EST. Hope to see you there!
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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-January
Layout Contest: The new year can be a time for new beginnings
and fresh starts. Maybe you've recently reorganized a room,
put an addition on or remodeled your home. Or, maybe you are
working on turning over a new leaf in your life. We want to
see your layouts about something that's giving you a fresh
start (past or present). Post your layouts in the correct gallery,
and if your layout is chosen, you'll win a $10 GC to the Boutique! All
layouts are due by February 14, 2008 at Midnight, ET!

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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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.)

Designer Freebie

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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.
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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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Get to Know Durin Eberhart
Monday, January 28, 2008
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In this issue:
- 14.7% Off Cravings Satisfied Sale!
-
Cute Stuff
- A Designer's Life: Durin Eberhart
- ScrapSimple Club Concepts
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities
- Designer Freebie
- Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
- Scrap Girls Clubs
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Without them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with
you, and I'm very grateful for their ongoing help and support.
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much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC
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Scrap Girls Clubs
Scrap Girls Monthly Club |
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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

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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
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ScrapSimple Monthly Club |
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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.

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If you prefer not to join a club,
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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
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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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