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Blink and you'll miss it... So Don't Blink! Right now, you can save 14.7% off almost everything in the Scrap Girls Boutique! But be quick, or you'll be blinking away tears of sorrow, this one ends at Midnight (MST), March 23rd!
What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
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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: What Could Be Better?
In between the Boutique upgrade and personal issues (remember “The
Door” incident from Tuesday’s newsletter?) last week, I
simply did not have time to write any muses for the newsletter this
week. So, I’m taking this opportunity to bring you some of my “Best
of Ro” muses. Enjoy!
Standing on cement block pilings, the home stood ready for inspection. It was one of two buildings that had been moved and was ready for its next move anywhere you wanted to take it – should you want to take it anywhere. The sign outside read, “For sale.”
When I saw that house, I was overcome with curiosity and an overwhelming desire to see what was inside. I carefully walked up the gangplank onto the porch and opened the door.
I generally associate polyester garden party dresses with little elderly ladies carrying cinnamon buns on tin-foil covered cookie sheets to their sick neighbors. However, the previous owner of this home never received the word that polyester is for party dresses, so she had allowed it to creep about until it covered the furniture, the walls, the appliances, and the lighting fixtures. In some cases where polyester hadn’t quite fit the bill, its first cousins – plastic, vinyl, Naugahyde, and faux wood – took its place. It was an artificial heaven, frozen in time in the countrified belly of the 1980’s.
I wandered from room to room, looking for some redeeming feature. It was very spacious for a house its age and the layout was interesting. But there was so much to be done to update it - I knew the building needed to be gutted. The cabinets needed to be replaced. The walls should be ripped out and new sheetrock put up. It might need new wiring and plumbing and floor coverings.
I felt embarrassed to be in the house, even though I found it interesting and comforting inside, so I headed for the front door.
I opened it and stepped out onto loose piles of wood. They seemed solid enough and I didn’t give it a second thought. But as soon as my foot touched the wood, it gave way and I found myself suspended over a huge pit, balancing on a thin plastic sheet that threatened to give way at any moment. I waved my hands in the air, desperately trying to find something substantial to hold on to. I needed to pull myself back onto solid ground.
I was so angry at myself. How could I have been so careless not to have noticed I was stepping off into dangerous territory like that? Why had I been in such a hurry to leave the house? Truthfully, I had felt that I would be judged for being in the house so I abandoned it. Now, with my life in danger, there was no one around to rescue me. Thankfully, it was only a dream.
- “Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.” – Bertolt Brecht
- “Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now? Am I just under a spell that says nothing is ever good enough?” – Chuck Palahniuk
I live in an ordinary, middle-class neighborhood. Actually, I live in one of these homes that my dream described. It had been covered with huge vinyl roses, teal carpet, and fussy plastic cabinets when we purchased it. It needed new wiring and plumbing. We had to redo the bathrooms and the kitchen, replace the roof and the swamp cooler. Anything you can think of that needs to be done to a fixer-upper, we’ve had to do.
Because we are almost done finishing the top floor and the outside of the house (we are on the pay-as-you-go plan, which is why it is taking so long to complete), the house is finally starting to look right in the world. It is the sort of house that Aunt Bea might live in… a little yellow cottage surrounded by roses and trees and tomato plants.
My husband and I recently went on a vacation to Huntington Beach, California. We drove around the area and took some tours. We went to the local malls and ate out. Frankly, I was a little shocked by the level of excess we saw. I saw women carrying shopping bags filled with clothing that cost enough to finish my basement. I saw homes big enough and expensive enough to rebuild schools in Louisiana. I ate a couple of meals that cost enough to feed my family for a week.
I came home confused and bemused. Was all the work we had done on my home for nothing? I knew there were plenty of people who would think my house is a shack. I have to admit I was furious at myself for feeling like that. I had been perfectly satisfied with what I had prior to my vacation. Okay, so I am just a little lady that wanders around in jeans, T-Shirts, and elastic bands. I generally feel okay about that.
But as we went in and out of the beautiful hotel we stayed in, I got the feeling that we just weren’t up to snuff. While we were driving the smallest rental car you can get, the other guests were driving Hummers and BMW’s. There wasn’t an elastic waistband within miles – unless it was attached to a micro bikini.
Aunt Bea was in Donald Trump-land.
And Aunt Bea is having a hard time understanding why designer purses cost enough to refit my living room with new furniture. She is having trouble understanding why it is necessary for Nicholas Cage (she saw his home) to have a house as big as a high school. Aunt Bea would rather finish her basement than have a big diamond ring.
Is she nuts?
When we come into the world, we all arrive in the same manner. When we leave the world, we leave with nothing but what we learned while we were here and the legacy of what kind of a person we became.
So what is this stuff really all about?
I have seen these things on television, in movies, and in the pages of magazines. I have seen celebrities go in and out of red carpet affairs wearing extravagant dresses and dripping with millions of dollars in diamonds. I have heard about entire malls where clothing and purses and shoes cost thousands of dollars. I finally saw all of it with my own eyes and I came away asking myself, “What is this stuff really all about?”
I came home feeling unnerved by my experience. I couldn’t quite put my finger on what was wrong; I haven’t wished to become part of that world.
And then I had the dream.
I wondered for several days about my dream and what it represented. And after a bit I realized that Aunt Bea doesn’t need to be Donald Trump. She can just be Aunt Bea. And if Aunt Bea tries to escape herself and become Donald Trump, she just might find herself where she is not only uncomfortable, but where she just doesn’t want to be at all.
This Aunt Bea does have dreams for herself, but they do not include diamond rings, large homes, and expensive cars. This Aunt Bea wants to be useful and kind. This Aunt Bea wants to feel good about who she is – as she is. Anything Aunt Bea acquires along the way will just make it a little easier for her to do something meaningful with her life - and she would love to do something meaningful with her life.
So for all Aunt Beas in the world I say, “Let’s be kind to who we are, have fun with the things we have, enjoy the hobbies we enjoy, and appreciate what we have within our reach. Let’s not make ourselves miserable by thinking that the Donald Trump’s of the world are somehow better than us. Let’s just have a good time, sit on the porch with a glass of lemonade and listen to Andy play the guitar while he sings duets with Barney.”
What could be better than that?
- Ro
P.S. Just in case you don’t know who Aunt Bea is, she was a main character on the Andy Griffith show. http://www.mayberry.com/interactive/bio_aunt_bea.htm
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: Coloring ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates
Note: Tutorial created using Photoshop CS3 on a PC running Windows Vista.
Scrap Girls has an arsenal of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates - from
antique buttons to zippers and everything in between! The great thing about embellishment templates are all of the looks that you can get from just one template. Just by changing the color or adding a digital scrapbooking style, you will have a completely new and unique embellishment. You can change the color to match whatever you are working on. Versatility should be their middle name! Let’s see the different ways you can color these valuable tools.
Let’s start out with a heart template from the ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Loopy Love. Using Styles is a really easy and quick way to color and dress up your embellishment templates and Scrap Girls has a fabulous selection of ScrapSimple Styles.
Here, I have used Shalae’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: News to decorate the solid heart portion of my heart template. Then, I applied Durin’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Wrinkles to the two outline portions of the template. It is so fast and so easy!
Another easy way to add color and even texture to an embellishment template is to use a background paper from your stash.
Open your embellishment template, make a duplicate copy and close your original to keep it intact. Select a paper and just drag the paper on top of your template.
Next, you will want to create a clipping mask by holding down CTRL+ALT+G or by selecting Create Clipping Mask from your Layers menu. This will make the background paper stick to your embellishment.
Now, click on the background paper layer in your layers palette and select Overlay from the Blending Options menu in the pop-up window. This will allow the embellishment to show through the paper. Add a button or another embellishment to the center of the flower to add a special touch!
Here is another example of using a background paper with the embellishment templates. I am using the ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Photo Clusters and adding patterned paper to the circles of the template. You will see how I use this on my layout at the end of this tutorial.
Here, I use a flower from my ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Floral Fantasy and add a gradient to give it a two-toned look. Just click on your flower in your layers palette and choose Gradient Overlay. Pick one of the gradients from the drop-down menu. In my example, I chose Radial in the Style drop-down. You can play with the slider until you like what you see.
You can also just apply a color overlay to your template. This is great when you want to perfectly match a color in a photo or layout. Just click on the template in your layers palette and select Color Overlay. I usually choose the Overlay or Color blend mode and then click on the color swatch and choose a color.
OK, now it’s time for you to get out your templates and see what you can cook up! Happy coloring!
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Additional Products Used in Tutorial:
Tutorial written by Syndee Nuckles
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What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
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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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Aussie Chat & Crop
Monday, March 24th
- 9:00PM ET
(Australian Eastern Standard
Daylight Savings Time!)
Please come join Karen (kazbar73) & Jo (ScrappingJo) @ 9PM (Australian Eastern Standard Daylight Saving Time)on Monday March 24th 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? Come join us in the Chat room and learn how to jazz up your desktop.
New
Members Chat
Tuesday, March 25th
- 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
25, at 8PM 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 26th
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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 26, we'll do a fave photo challenge!
Create a layout showcasing a recently taken favorite photo!
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!
Signature Challenge & Chat
Wednesday, March 26th
- TBA
Have you wondered how everyone creates those cool signatures on the message board? Come join Dee (DDecker) for a fun chat and challenge to find out how to create, upload and insert them into your profile. Dee will post a challenge earlier in the day to help you get started then during the chat we wil work on our siggy's and answer questions!
Art Inspiration Challenge/Crop
Thursday, March 27th
-9:00PM ET
Join Scrappinjo and ruralscrapper, for the Art Inspiration Crop on Thursday, March 27th 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!
March Swap Crop Chat
Friday, March 28th
- TBA
Come join Carla and all the Swap Croppers for a fun chat about all the beautiful heritage layouts! Curious about swap crops? We'll explain it all. Swap crops are fun and addicting!
Time TBA!
ATC Crop Chat
Saturday, March 29th
- 7:00PM ET
Please join me, Pat Bowman, in the ATC Chat room at 7PM ET for our monthly ATC crop and swap! Yes, I said "swap." We are now going to be exchanging our little mini works of art! The theme of this swap will be Random Advice. Create an ATC that displays some random advice. It can be any kind of advice you'd like to share. You can be serious or quirky - it's totally up to you! Remember, the only real rules for ATCs are that they must be sized 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Let's have some fun!
Please note, that I am having this chat on Saturday rather than Sunday this time. Hope you can make it!
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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-March Layout
Contest: It’s time to get into shape, and we want
to see your layouts about how you are doing it. From organizing
your workspace, planning your family’s hectic schedule
or trying to make it to the gym at 5AM to squeeze in that workout,
let’s see how you’re shaping up your life. Post
your layout to the mid-month gallery by midnight EST on April
14th, and if your layout is chosen, you will win a $10 Gift
Certificatae to the Boutique!
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. 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 your
category! 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
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.
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! (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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button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them
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What Could Be Better?
Friday, March 21, 2008
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In this issue:
- 14.7% Off Don't Blink Sale!
- What's New in the Scrap
Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Coloring ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates
- 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]
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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:
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:
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1 ScrapSimple Paper Templates Set
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1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
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1 Brush Set
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1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
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1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple
club is also available here.
Layout by Angie Briggs using
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Created for you
by Angie Briggs and Thao Cosgrove
If you prefer not to join a club,
the ScrapSimple club contents are available at regular prices in
the Boutique. You can easily find them right now by checking the What's
New? section of the Boutique.
(Note: The ScrapSimple Club contents
are always available for sale in the Boutique at regular prices
once the associated club month is released. But all club contents
are totally brand new, never-seen-before product releases for each
month!) |
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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.
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Take the world's easiest shortcuts to
creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas.
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Make sure that you don't make the biggest
mistakes that digital scrapbookers make when they create
layouts.
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Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap
Girls ScrapSimple products.
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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.
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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.
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Learn advanced tricks for using tools
that you already know and love.
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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.)
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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...)
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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.)
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Find out why Custom Shapes are so important
to you. (Bet you didn't know...)
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Learn how to cut out a title from a background
or a photo.
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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
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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...
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Create your own digital scrapbook layouts
using the latest, most popular techniques
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Manage all of the important basics that
digital scrapbook enthusiasts need to know to get started
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Understand how to save your files for printing
or sharing them with your friends and family over the internet
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Make your own textured brush
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Learn how to install and use purchased brushes
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Make your own simple backgrounds
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See how easy it is to manage transparent
embellishment files that allow digital scrapbooking layouts to
look like they are "real"
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Become a pro at managing the drop-shadowing
techniques
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Learn about transparency and lighting effects
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Make your own digital torn paper edges
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Be able to isolate a single item in an embellishment
or alpha and be able to change the color to suit your fancy
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Become a pro at repairing damaged photos
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Know the secret of putting text on a curve
or in a circle
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Laugh at how simple it is to make rounded
edges on your photos
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Use keyboard and tool shortcuts that make
digital scrapbooking a breeze
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Be able to place digital embellishments
on your digital scrapbook layout with ease
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Unlock the mystery of how to clip a digital
paper clip onto your layout so that it looks real
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Learn how to install and use purchased textures
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Understand some advanced techniques such
as how to keep blue eyes blue on a black and white photo
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Learn how to adjust black and white photos
to sepia
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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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