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Life Muses by Ro: I can see!
“The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has
sight but has no vision.” - Helen Keller
I have talked too much about this the past few months, I suppose,
but I can not finish my Lasik eye surgery journey tales without relating
this one last thing to you: Hallelujah! I can see!
Even though I began
to wear glasses in the fourth grade (and have no idea how long before
that I needed them), I didn’t fully appreciate
what it means to see well. I do remember getting my first pair of glasses
and telling my friend at recess that I was amazed to find that I could
see blades of grass when I was standing up. I had only seen a sea of
green before that time.
But I got used to my new reality – seeing
well – very
quickly and never thought about it again. I fell into a regular routine
of eye exams, experimentation with contacts and glasses, and fashion
shifts as frame styles vacillated through the decades. When I started
to need help reading, I got bifocals.
By then, I needed three pairs
of glasses:
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A long distance/bi-focal combination which allowed me to navigate
in most circumstances.
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Computer glasses.
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Sunglasses, which (inconveniently) did not have bi-focal correction.
This meant that I couldn’t use them for anything but long
distance driving.
After a while, three pairs of glasses didn’t do it and I found
myself throwing my glasses off in disgust when I tried to read. My
inadequate solution: Pull the book up close and squint. (Trombone reading
didn’t do it for me.)
I began spending $600-700 a year in a hopeless
effort to get it right while my eyes spun out of control. Each exam
revealed new corrections and demanded more glasses.
I finally reached
the end of my patience and opted to have corrective eye surgery. Mono-vision
was chosen. (My right eye is my reading eye and my left eye is my long
distance eye.)
It was not easy for my brain to adjust to the new reality
of long distance/short distance balancing. In fact, it kind of freaked
out. I couldn’t see anything well and I worried that I had ruined
my life. I had unfortunate side effects including haloing and crazy
light effects at night. I had to use steroid drops so that I could
look at my Christmas tree.
But the worst of it was that my left eye
was under-corrected and over time, it grew worse. It was obvious that
I had to get it touched up but I couldn’t get it touched up until
three months had passed.
After a while, my left eye’s vision became
poor enough that I felt uneasy driving outside of my immediate area
and I couldn’t
read the menu while changing TV channels. I couldn’t shop because
I was unable to see what was down the aisles and I felt confused by
the signs on display.
When I was a child, we had to ‘tune’ our
television set so that the picture was clear. If we didn’t get
it quite right, the picture wasn’t sharp and it was miserable
to watch shows. That was my experience.
On March 12th, I went in for
my tune-up. I held my breath, asked for an anti-anxiety pill,
and prayed that this time it would work out right. And, it did! By
the next morning, it was discovered that I had 20/20 vision.
For the very first time in my
life (that I can recall), I have 20/20 vision.
Because I have had to
limit my computer time at first, I was forced to find something else
to occupy my time. I realized that I could drive so I went out to do
some errands. One of my stops included my favorite haunt, Barnes & Noble.
I
was in the store about 15 minutes before I realized that something
marvelous had occurred: I could see! I could see! Everything was clear.
I could find my way around without help.
The ability to see seems so
basic. It is as basic as drinking water or listening to the sound of
your computer keys click as you type. It is as basic as touching a
stick and feeling the rough texture of the wood. And yet, it is a miracle
of the highest order that we can see.
Oh, please... open your eyes
and look. See how wonderful everything is. Can you drive? You have
a ticket to freedom. No wonder teenagers are so thrilled about it.
You can go almost anywhere you want when you can drive. I was in the
upside-down position of having to ask my teenage daughter to drive
me places for three months and now that it is over, I feel released
into the wind.
If you can’t drive, so what? You can walk or ride
a bus or a train. It was hard for me to do that, too. I got lost and
felt a little mixed up most of the time. But now, I can see! I can
see!
I can see the snow falling outside of my window and the list I
have written on my wall and I can read the clock on the other side
of the house. I can read books and make layouts and play the piano
without straining to figure out what is going on.
I can see!
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Ro
P.S. - I am going to try very hard not to talk about this anymore.
LOL!
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.
Best of the Message Board
These questions and answers come
from the users on our messageboard. We thought you might find them
useful and interesting too. Enjoy!
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Question: I have a question
that I hope you can help me with. I am using the Threadbare
Embellishment Template for individual stitches and holes and I would like to
know if there is an easy way to grab the little PNGs and move
them around once I have them in my layout. I have been able to
move the stitch, but every time I try to move the holes, PSE4
jumps to the full layer beneath. I hope that someday I may be
able to post some answers instead of just posting questions.
Answer 1: The easiest
way I know to get a small embellishment is to click the thumbnail
in the Layers Palette. Also, it often helps to zoom in very
close. That's what I know, but I'm no expert. Hope that this
helps. And, don't worry, soon enough you'll get the basics
down and be helping someone else out. Believe me, it WILL happen!
Answer 2: I have PSE4
also and this can be pretty annoying. When I have this problem,
I just uncheck the "Auto Select Layer" box just above the workspace.
Answer 3: I have had so
much trouble with this, too! I usually zoom way in. Thanks
for the tip about the Auto Select.
Answer 4: Sometimes things
like that are difficult to grab because of transparency. What
you might want to do in a case like stitches and holes is to
select both and then link them together so that when you grab
the stitches, the holes will move with them. |
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Question: Now that I have
a few layouts in my gallery, I want to print them out as 12x12
pages. Here are my questions:
- When saving a layout, what size
do I resize the image to and do I save it as a PSD or a JPG
file? (I use PSE6.)
- Is there a list of printers who will print and
send me my layouts? Who have you used and been happy with?
- This
may be an odd question, but can you use a photo-safe marker
and write on the page once it has been printed? I want to
use my handwriting to add my daughter’s heights and
weights on her baby book pages.
Answer 1: Congratulations
on getting your layouts ready to print!
- I always scrap at 300
dpi 12x12, then resize to 8x8 to print at home. I always save
my PSD file with the layers in case I want to change something
later. But you'll want to save a 12x12 as a JPG for uploading
and printing.
- If you are a member of Costco, I hear that they
can print 12x12 layouts. Also, Scrapbook To Share is a place
where you can upload your layouts and they will print and return
to you. (They have a sample package where you get to upload
an image that they will then print on three types of paper
so you know what kind you will like. All you pay is postage.
I've used them and I'm very satisfied!
- No clue on the pen. Hopefully,
someone will be around soon that knows.
Answer 2: I hope I can help.
- After
you complete your layout, flatten your image and save it to
your hard drive for safe keeping as 300 dpi in 12x12 format.
(These will be the layouts you will want to print from.) Or,
you can keep it in layers, but they will have to be flattened
before you print or upload them. Then, resize it to 72 dpi
and save it again in a file on your hard drive named "Gallery" or "Layouts
to Post." (These are for posting in your personal album
or the gallery at Scrap Girls.) The Help file says that layouts
have to be JPG, PNG, etc. PSD or PDD are not listed as acceptable
file types.
- I've printed several
layouts through Costco and like their work. There are several
message board threads about printing that you might want to
look at.
- I don't see why a photo-safe marker couldn't be used and
I always find personal handwriting to be a nice touch, whether
you do it directly on the photo or scan your handwriting and
add it to your layout.
Answer 3: Many people have
been very happy with Costco and you can email them your pages
and they will mail them back to you. Go to costco.com if you
are a member. Costco not only prints scrap pages, but will make
enlargements or bound scrapbooks for you as well. They are very
reasonable and do a wonderful job. Others have used Shutterfly
- I think they cost a little more. And, there are other printer
services. I print mine 8x8 at home and they come out really well
- I'm very happy with the results.
Also, on the pens, you can
get them at Michaels or Hobby Lobby, even Target. Just make sure
you get a pen that is designed for scrapbooking pages - these
pens won't bleed and won't fade over time. Just look for them
around the scrapbook pages section. They usually have paper so
that you can try out the pens before you buy them to make sure
it's the right color and tip that you want. I get mine at Michaels
or Hobby Lobby and use my 40% off coupons. Never pay full price,
but get decent pens.
Response Question: I do
belong to Costco and think I will try that. Can I order online
from them? Will they mail me my pages? What are the types of
paper and what do your recommend?
Response Answer: I think
you'll be happy with Costco. My prints have all been great!
Answer 4: I've recently
started looking at getting some layouts printed, but I'm not
paying $13 for one page! That's locally. I contacted Costco here
but they don't do 12x12 printing. The biggest they do is 11X8.
Wal-Mart will do them for me, but it’s about $9 a page...
still rather pricey! I contacted sbtoshare to see if there's
a price difference because I am Canadian and if the shipping
would be different as well. I can't wait to hear back. I was
starting to think about taking them to a print shop but, honestly,
can't see that being any cheaper... if anything, more expensive.
Answer 5: I love Scrapbooks
to Share! I sent them about 30 12x12 layouts in February
and had multiple copies of each printed. They only charged
$1.50 for regular paper and $2 for cardstock. They were back
to me in less than five days and their shipping rates don't
change no matter how many pages are in the order. Their upload
and order system was super easy. The prints are GORGEOUS. I
am not sure I could print them anywhere else for less, even
if I did it myself.
Answer 6: I've had some
12x12 prints done at Scrapbooks To Share and the prints are wonderful.
My only disappointment is that they don't print full bleed. There
is a 1/8" white border. For my everyday layouts, this is
perfectly acceptable, but I think I want my wedding album to
be full bleed. Someone posted another site that does do full
bleed for close to the same cost as SBtoShare. I don't have the
site saved on this computer so I'll have to go look on my desktop
for it.
Answer 7: I did contact
Staples about doing some printing there. They could do custom
12X12, but it would be pricey. My other option is to do the 8X8
layouts. They would charge 85 cents per layout and a $1 fee to
read off of the CD/flash drive. I have printed 8X8 at home and
am satisfied with my printer’s capabilities. I just wish
I could figure out how to get it so that there is no border around
the layout. I just can't seem to get the sizing right! I've also
just installed a fresh color card that I plan to use only on
layouts. I'm curious to know what the cost of printing is at
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Online Classes Available
Exploring
Design Styles: Shabby Chic, Collage, Graphic, Eclectic
April 9, 16, 23 and 30 - 9:00PM ET
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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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 - 8:00
PM ET
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!
Ad
Inspiration Chat/Crop
Wednesday, March 26th - 9:00
PM ET
Join Pat & Launa for
an Ad Inspiration Chat and Crop in Chat Room 2 Wednesday March
26th at 9:00 EST. The Ad will be posted a couple of hours before
the challenge. Come join us for some chattin', croppin', and
FUN!
NSBR Chat
Wednesday, March 27th - 1:00
PM ET
What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbooking
related chat! We talk about everything, including some scrapbooking
and usually chocolate. It’s a great chance to meet new
friends, catch up on what everyone is up to, and just relax!
If you have a problem, we’ll lend an ear or a shoulder
to cry on. Have some great news to share? We’d love to
celebrate with you. So, join me, Launa, on March 27th, at 1 PM
EST, in the NSBR Chat Room! Hope to see you there!
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 - 9:00PM
ET
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!
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!
Scraplift Crop
Sunday, March 30th - 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!
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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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* 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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I can see!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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In this issue:
-
What's New
in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Best of the Message Board
- 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
using March's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you
by Valerie Randall
Alert! Alert!
MONDAY is the last day you can sign up for the Scrap Girls
club and still get this great group of products at this amazing
price. Don't delay... sign up now!
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.
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March's ScrapSimple Club
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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 & 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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