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Boutique Notice:
Our scheduled Boutique upgrade went through yesterday, and by and
large, it went really well. There are only a couple of minor issues
to finish up, and then we're completely finished. It will be such a
relief... this project has been something I've been working on since
September!
The first thing we want to make you aware of is that a few people
are having some difficulty using credit cards as payment. This is happening
because our boutique is having some hiccups communicating with
the credit card processing company. Our tech support is working on
this issue, and I will be calling our credit card processing company
as soon as they are open to get them working on a complete solution.
In the meantime, if you are having trouble paying with a credit card
in the next day or two, contact us at [email protected],
and we'll help you through it.
A fun new thing we have in our Boutique is hover images! That's right,
no more clicking to see the big picture, just put your mouse over what
you want to see! The images are supposed to land in the middle of your
page, and they will if you give it a try or two, and our tech support
is working on getting them to land right the first time.
Also, our search engine has improved a bunch! I was playing with it
last night to see what it could do, and I was so happy to be able to
type in "grungy frames" and get grungy frame products back in my search!
A few tips I have figured out though:
- If you are searching, please be patient. Our database contains
more than 10,000 products. It takes a bit of time to search through
that many products to find what you want!
- I tried to search for "blue striped paper" and it didn't work very
well. Because "paper" is such a common term, using it will not bring
very good results. However, when I searched for "blue striped," I
got several blue striped papers in my search results.
- Even though our search engine has improved significantly, it still
simply does not have the capabilities of a search engine like Google.
It can be hard for the engine to understand exactly what you want.
If you can't find what you're looking for by searching in the boutique,
please come to our message board and ask. Chances are, we have something
that will work for what you want!
And last, but certainly not least, we now have the ability to sort
our categories by Date. Yes! That means you can see our What's New
by the very newest products to the older ones. Or, search your
favorite designer's products and see what she (or he!) has put out
recently.
Now, go see what all the fuss is about, and have fun exploring!
Ro
What's New in the Scrap Girls
Boutique?
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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.
Life Muses by Ro: Go Over the Wall
Climb over it. Crawl under it. Go around it. There is something great
waiting on the other side of the wall you just hit.
If I could translate a baby’s inner discussion as he prepares
to launch himself into the world of the upright, it might go something
like this:
“Hey! I’ve noticed that other people walk. Walking
sure seems faster than this crawling business I am doing. I think I’ll
try it.”
Baby crawls over to the couch. “Let me see... How
do I do this? I need to stand up.”
Grunt. Grunt. “Let me
find something to pull myself up with here.”
Bang.
“That wasn’t it. Maybe I’ll cry a little to
get some sympathy.”
Baby looks around to see if he has an audience. “Darn.
Mom is looking away right now. Never mind. Let’s give this another
go... Maybe
the dog will help.”
Bang.
“That didn’t work either. I guess dogs don’t
like their hair pulled. Who knew? So much for man’s best friend...
Back to the couch, I suppose... Hey, what’s that thing
hanging over the edge? I bet I can reach it.”
Bang.
“Note to self: Pillows fall when you pull on them... Sigh...
Is Mom looking? I could use a good cry right now. No. Back to the old
couch then...”
Grunt.
“Hey! I did it! I can see the room really well now. Oh,
yuck! Mom needs to dust the table. I think I’ll go over there
and clean it a little bit. But, how? Hmm... Let me see... maybe
I can get over there by pulling myself along the side of the couch
here. It’s not so far...”
Bang.
“Man. I need to remember to uncross my feet before I try
that again. All of this excitement is wearing me out. I’m kind
of tired. I think I need a nap.”
Goes to sleep.
The next day...
“Okay, Rover, I’m going to try to get those
dust bunnies today. Want to help?”
Rover leaves the room.
“Never mind then... you old dog.
I’ll do it without
you. The couch will help.”
Baby pulls himself up along side of
the couch. “That was easier
this time. I’m getting good at this. Yay!”
Claps hands.
Bang.
“Maybe I’m not ready for clapping yet. I’ll
leave that for another time. Back to the couch.”
And on and on
it goes until one day, when Mother is looking, baby manages to walk
the small distance between the couch and the table and starts banging
on it. “You walked!” she screams with
delight.
The baby laughs with his mother. “Of course, I walked.
Aren’t
I smart? I never gave up. Let’s clap our hands to celebrate.
I’ve got that down, too.”
Unless
you have a handicap that prevents it, anyone that can walk did this,
too. You didn’t give up trying – you kept grunting
and straining and bumping your head - until your feet were transporting
you from one place to another.
But, somewhere along the way, things might
have changed for you. If so, ask yourself these questions:
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At what point in your life did it begin to be alright to start
giving up when things got hard?
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At what point in your life did you decide that you can’t
get places or finish things or get through hard times?
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At what point in your life did you decide that God was supposed
to give you fried fish with tartar sauce on a pink glass platter
instead of making you sit on a river bank and throw in a line?
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At what point did you decide that if the fish didn’t immediately
jump on your line, you weren’t meant to have any fish at
all?
My challenge is this: If you have allowed any walls to stop you in
the past, learn from the experience and get on with it. If you hit
any walls in the future, take a nap if you need it and then get back
up and try to get around the barrier. There is something worth having
on the other side.
The least of which will be: You did not quit.
- Ro
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.
Tutorial: Fun with Styles!
Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop
CS3 with Windows Vista.
Styles are an easy and fun way to dress up just about anything relating
to digital scrapbooking! Try them on shapes, letters, photos,
calendars, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates and Digital
Layout Templates just to name a few. Let’s see
some of the quick and fun things you can do with Scrap Girls ScrapSimple
Styles.
Here I have added a newspaper print using ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: News 4901 to ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes Scallops
5401. This
would make a great photo matte or journaling spot.
I have added the
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Colored Vellum 5401 to a butterfly
shape from ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Asian Influence 6301.
This gives it a opaque floating look.
Here I added an additional style
that gives it a burned into the paper look using
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Watercolor 4901. These are one of
my all-time favorite styles; they are so versatile!
Here I used Keri’s
super cute ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: A New Leaf and
added Durin’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Worn
Corduroy 5101 to the
Solid Bird template and then Erica’s Colored Vellum Style (mentioned
above) to the more detailed Bird template that acts like an overlay
and gives the bird texture and depth.
Erica Hite’s ScrapSimple
Digital Layout Templates: Plan On It 2 are such a fun and versatile
product that I just can’t seem
to stop playing with them! Use styles to add a background to
your planner pages. Here I used ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Fleur
6301 to add a eye-catching floral design to my planner page. Just
apply the style to your planner page (I always use a copy to keep my
original intact), then go to your Layers Palette and click on "Pattern
Overlay" and choose "Multiply." This will allow
the planner to show through. Below are a couple other styles
applied to the same planner page.
Here I used Keri’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Gingham 5201
to give the planner page a whimsical look.
To get a burned paper look,
I used I used Keri’s ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Burned Paper Mini 5201.
Add styles to brushes too! Here
I added Durin’s Worn Corduroy Style (mentioned
above) to a brush from Erica’s Make A Wish Brush
Set 1. This would look so cute on a birthday card for a little
boy!
One of my favorite uses for Styles are adding them to words or
letters! What
a great way to dress up alphas and fonts, and it’s so easy to
do. Just look at the different looks you get out of the same
font!
And speaking of alphas, we have some wonderful ScrapSimple
Alpha Templates in the Boutique just waiting for you to add Styles
to! Here
I will be using Erica’s ScrapSimple Alpha Templates: Enchanted to
add several different Styles to.
Here I have used Shalae’s News Style (mentioned
above) to the outline layer of the templates, Erica’s
Colored Vellum to the Décor layer and Durin’s Corduroy
Style to the actual letters.
I used ScrapSimple Tools - Styles:
Wrinkled 5101 on the alpha on this example.
On this example I used
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Urban Living Glitter 5501. The possibilities
are endless! Think of all the products
in the Boutique you can play with!
Happy Stylin’!
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Note: Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple
Tools - Shapes: Scallops 5401, ScrapSimple
Digital Layout Album Templates - Layered: Plan On It 2,
ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Fleur 6301, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Burned Paper 5201 Mini, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Colored Vellum 5401, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Collage 6301, ScrapSimple
Tools - Shapes: Asian Influence 6301, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Gingham 5201, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: News 4901, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: School Papers 6301, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Watercolor 4901 - Biggie, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Worn Corduroy 5101 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Wrinkles 5101 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Urban Living Glitter 5501 and ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Mulberry Summer 6302 are also
available.
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Tutorial written by Syndee Nuckles
Online Classes Available
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Please check back soon for more exciting learning opportunities!
What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
 Did
you know that you can subscribe to Scrap Girls RSS feeds? Look
for this icon at the bottom left-hand corner of the message board
forum listing. We have two feeds:
 Scrap
Girls Digital Scrapbooking Message Board (See the latest
chatter on the board.)- Scrap
Girls Radio Digital Scrapbooking Podcast (This is a
sound broadcast with tips and tricks, inside news and dirt,
chat/crop updates and more. Ro is your show host.)
You can listen to the podcast with QuickTime, Windows
Media Player, iTunes, or even your iPod - if you load the mp3 file
it on it. Just download the mp3 file to your computer and away you
go... or simply click on the podcast link and the podcast will start
right in your browser. You can also access the podcast through the
Scrap Girls Radio forum on the message board.
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High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, March 5th
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12:00Noon ET
Join your host PBarnes 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 March 5, we'll do a design elements challenge!
Create a layout using the design principal of contrast! Not
sure what that means? We'll explain and discuss at the crop!
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!
Textile
Challenge Crop/Chat
Wednesday, March 5th
- 9:00PM ET
Join me, Launa,
for a Textile Challenge and Crop. We will meet Wednesday, March
5th at 9pm EST in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Do the patterns, textures, and colors of
textiles facinate you? Do you get inspiration from anything
from pillows to your grandmothers apron? Then this challenge
is for you!
A few hours before the challenge begins,
I'll post a textile for you to use as the starting point for
your page. You may be inspired by the colors, placement of
patterns, textures... just let it be your inspiration! I can't
wait to see what you come up with!! See you there!
Life
Moments Crop
Wednesday, March 5th
- 10:00PM ET
It's time for the next installment of our
popular Life Moments Crop! This time we will be scrapping about
our first homes. Whether it was a teeny tiny apartment, or
even living with mom and dad, let's get those "First Home" photos
and memories scrapped! Join Amy (TysMommy)
in the Life Moments Chat Room at 10 pm ET for a fun hour of
reminiscing and scrapping! Hope to see you there!
Scraplift
Crop
Sunday, March 9th -
5:00PM ET
Join AngelaNussbaum and TysMommy 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 choose 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!
New
Members Chat
Tuesday, March 11th - 8:00PM
ET
Join Welcoming Committee Members Pat (PBarnes) & Patti
(ruralscrapper) for an
evening of chatting and fun, at the New Members Chat, Tuesday,
March 11, at 8 pm ET! 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 "Rooms" button,
and double click on "NewMember".
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, March 12th
-
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 March 12, we'll do a 3-photo challenge!
Create a layout using three photos!
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
Challenge and Crop
Thursday, March 13th
- 9:00PM ET
Join me, sprinklz,
for the Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, March 13th at
9pm ET in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Like getting a little jump start on your layouts? Then this
challenge is for you! A few hours before the challenge begins,
I'll post a sketch for you to use as the starting point for
your page. You can be inspired by the basic arrangement, the
amount of photos, or copy it literally. All interpretations
are welcome and encouraged! Looking forward to seeing you there!
We'll be meeting in the "Chat_and_Crop" room
of the chat. To join, click on the "Live Chat" link (above
right). Once you are in the lobby, click on the "Show Rooms" button
(on the upper left), then select "Chat_and_Crop" from the
list on the left side.
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March
Events
March Board Game: Posting Contest
Are you ready for a workout? It's important
to warm up before exercising, so try this with me. Open your
hands and stretch your fingers as wide as they'll stretch.
Now make a very tight fist. Again.... Stretch! Make a fist!
Stretch! Make a fist! There you go! You're now sufficiently
warmed up for this month's message board game.
It's time to put those fingers to the test
and get chatty. We want to see you post the most! The top 10
posters this month will each win a gift certificate to the
boutique! (Top 1-3 will each get a $10 GC, 4-6 will each get
a $5 GC and 7-10 will each get a $3 GC!) We've got a system
to keep track of your posts. If you want to keep your own tally,
note your post count before you start posting on Saturday March
1st. Contest ends on Monday March 31st at midnight ET!
Remember to repeat your stretching exercises
as necessary throughout the month!
March Layout Contests:
Layout
Contest: This month we want to see your
layouts of people or things that are on the move! It could
be a great action sports shot, someone running a marathon,
or even a child running through the grass. It could even
be your pet flying across your photo. So, give us your
best action shot and the story behind it posted to the
March gallery before midnight EST on March 31st and you
could win $10 to the boutique!
Mid-February
Layout Contest: Faith is a very powerful attribute.
On the Scrap Girls Message Board, we have all witnessed the
power of faith. For the Mid-February Layout Contest, we’d
like to see your layouts about faith…your religion,
a leap of faith, your faith in another person or object…whatever
moves you. The contest will run from February 15th until
March 15th at midnight, EST time. To be eligible to win a
$10 gift card to the boutique, please post your layouts in
the Mid-February Layout Contest section of the Gallery. Have
fun and 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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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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* 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.
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Go Over the Wall
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's New
in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Fun with Styles!
- 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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The Scrap Girls newsletter is
created for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members.
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 |
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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 $27.94 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 Assemble Your Own Zoom Page Set
- 1 Designer's Choice Item
Layout by Valerie Randall
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Created for you
by Valerie Randall
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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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.
Layout by Shalae Tippetts
February's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you
by Brandie Valenzuela and Shalae Tippetts
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
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New? section of the Boutique.
(Note: The ScrapSimple Club contents
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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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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 & 6.0
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 7, CS, CS2 and CS3)
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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