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Name of designer: Amy Lemaniak
Name of layout: Baby Loves Disco
Software used: PSE 5
Name of challenge: ScrapSimple Paper
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I took Cherise’s Scrap Simple Paper Templates: Black and White Plus and a blue paper from her Black & White Plus Collection and dragged both onto my layout with the ScrapSimple paper layer on top. I changed the blending mode of the ScrapSimple paper layer to Multiply. Still on the ScrapSimple paper layer, I then used my magic wand to select some of the rounded squares, right-clicked and did a Layer via Copy. I repeated this on a few of the other shapes and I then applied various glitter styles to my new layers to get a funky look on my layout.
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Name of designer: Ellen Ytterland
Name of layout: Artist
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Name of challenge: Paper Templates
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I wanted the title to have the same colors as the paper, so I chose one color at a time and one letter at the time. Changed the hue and saturation by choosing "colorize".
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Name of designer: Stefanie Harris
Name of layout: Soulmates
Software used: Photoshop CS2
Name of challenge: SS Paper Templates
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I wanted this layout to have a very natural feel, so I chose an earthy color palette and my supplies all have an organic touch to them. Though this picture was taken on a trip to the beach, it was cropped tightly enough to allow me the freedom to use whichever “theme” I wanted. By using Blending Modes (Multiply, in this case), I could add the Abstract Leaves pattern from Cherise’s SS Paper Templates: Intertwined to my layout while preserving the texture of the background paper (Mustard, from Cherise’s Viva Mexico Collection).
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Name of designer: Jo Corne
Name of layout: DreamWorld
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: ScrapSimple Paper Templates
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To create my background paper I used three different ScrapSimple Papers from Cherise Oleson. (SSPaper_Mardigras_SolidTexture, SSPaper_BWPlus_Paisley and SSPaper_BWPlus_GeoSquares). First, I laid down the SolidTexture paper and gave it a color overlay. Then I layered the GeoSquares paper on top, set its Blending mode to Screen, and lowered it to 85%. Lastly, I layered the Paisley paper on top and changed its Blending mode to Linear Burn at 100%.
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Name of designer: Paula Wright
Name of layout: Almost Twins
Software used: PS CS2
Name of challenge: Using Type In a New Way
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
While working on this layout I knew I wanted to use a yellow accent paper to compliment the photo; but it was just too bright. I thought this needs to be muddied up a little. Voila! Mud as in 4 wheeling was the perfect addition to this photo. I loaded Melissa Renfro’s splatter brush set, selected a good mud color and splattered away. It gave texture and interest to the page, subdued the yellow and added to the theme of the layout. You just never know when you’ll need a little mud in your scrapping.
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Name of designer: Pat Bowman
Name of layout: Chichen Itza
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Use two ScrapSimple Paper Templates
Other Ingredients:
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
The coloring of the title did not show up well against the red background I had. To lighten it up a bit I changed the blend mode to “Screen”. Then I added a small drop shadow to make it stand out just a little more.
If you have praise, comments, or questions
for any of our Product or Layout Designers, did you know you can send
them a PM (private message) using the message board? It's easy!
If you are a registered user of the message
board, just click on the "PM" box at the bottom of any of
their posts to send them a message. Or, to check out more of your favorite
designer's layouts, visit the Scrap
Girls Design Team section of the Layout Gallery.
A Designer's Life: Theresa Kavouras
I Am Not Perfect
I am not perfect.
I am slightly shorter than average.
I weigh slightly less than average.
I color my hair because I believe I make a better blonde.
I don’t care for my brown eyes.
My eyebrows stick out in all different directions.
My bottom teeth are crooked.
My face breaks out once a month (still).
I don’t sleep well.
I strive to look better than my age.
I like to fish.
I enjoy a good ballgame… any ballgame.
I don’t watch Oprah. In fact, I don’t watch much TV at all.
I don’t believe in TV or video games for my kids.
I believe in books, art, frogs and tickle fights.
I don’t always get dinner ready on time, but I take the time to prepare it.
Some nights, I don’t want to cook dinner at all, but I do it anyway and don’t complain.
Sometimes, I wish we could live on pizza deliveries.
I don’t like to talk on the phone because I don’t have much to say.
Yet, sometimes, when I’m on it, I say too much.
I do not like to waste time doing anything.
I take super fast showers.
I multi-task until I have so much going on that I forget what I was doing.
I have every minute of my day spent before it begins.
I strive to be on time. Sometimes, I’m too early, but I’m never late.
I don’t take much time out for myself.
There are days when I don’t leave my house.
There are days when I just want to run away from home.
I have nights when I want to crawl into bed with my babies, although they aren’t babies anymore.
And, some nights, I want to sleep in the guest room.
Sometimes, when I am running errands, I drop by my kid’s school and sit in the parking lot because I miss them that much.
But, some days, I don’t want to be a mom.
Everyday, I look at my husband and thank God that he is my husband.
Yet, some days, I don’t want to be a wife.
I don’t handle stress well.
I hold my breath for long periods of time and don’t become aware of it until I am close to passing out.
I do not scream and yell when things don’t go my way.
I don’t shout obscenities.
I don’t release my anger towards whoever is in the room, rather I keep it all inside until my heart skips a beat or until I’m so down that I can feel my hands dragging on the ground.
But, I always recover.
I take sugar and cream in my coffee.
I eat chocolate everyday.
I like to have an alcoholic beverage once in a while because I like the way it makes me feel.
I exercise five days a week.
I like my steak rare (cold, pink center).
I don’t always eat my vegetables.
I like to keep my surroundings neat.
I tolerate my family’s slovenliness… but just barely.
I prefer to avoid conflict.
I deal with situations that others might turn their backs on.
I don’t wallow in self-pity.
I believe people can save themselves.
I believe in God.
No, I am not perfect.
But, I believe in me.
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Theresa Kavouras
Favorite product I've designed:
Sweet Success Collection Mini
To date, my favorite product that I have designed is Sweet Success. I love the colors, the textures and the concept.
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Themed Thoughts
We’ve noticed various requests popping up here and there on
the message boards, people looking for themed items in collections.
Even though our fabulous designers are great at taking requests, they
can only do so much! So, to tide you over until they can get to everybody's
requests, we’ve
come up with an article to help you use those great Scrap Girls products
you already have (or should have!) in your stash for these types of
themes.
Gardening
There are some fun products that you can use for general garden themes:
These products have gardening tools and equipment in them:
Here are some things you can use to make seed packets:
If you'd like to make your own dirt or ground for your plants to grow
in, use these:
For a fruit orchard, these two are prize-winners:
Not to mention all the tons of flowers
throughout the Boutique:
And some fun extras that no garden would be complete without:
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Graduation
If you've got a young one graduation from Kindergarten or Elementary
school, take a look at these products:
You can always use your child's school colors as a base for a great
graduation layout. Try some of these basics:
For the ceremony itself, these products are great:
If you want things to be more school-oriented, these products will
be perfect:
For dignified and elegant layouts to suit the mood of your graduation
photos, these will be great:
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I want to stress that these suggestions are not an exhaustive list
-- they just represent a small percentage of the type of products you
can find if you look creatively and think outside the box.
I hope that with these great products at your disposal you’ll
be able to creatively use those themed photos to make wonderful layouts
that you’ll treasure.
Have fun!
Online Classes Available
Exploring
Design Styles: Shabby Chic, Collage, Graphic, Eclectic
April 9, 16, 23 and 30 - 9:00PM ET
New
Class Offering!
The
Art and Importance of Journaling
April 10 and 17 - 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.)
New! Subscribe to
our Podcast through iTunes! Learn how on our forum.
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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NSBR
Chat
Monday, April 7th -
9:00PM ET
What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbooking
related chat! We talk about everything, including some scrapbooking.
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 us, Carla (crs)
and Carol Ann (Zaz), on
April 7th, at 9 PM EST, in the NSBR Chat Room! Hope to see
you there!
New Members Chat
Tuesday, April 8th -
8:00PM ET
Join Welcoming Committee Members Pat (PBarnes) & Patti (ruralscrapper) for an evening of chatting and fun, at the New Members Chat, Tuesday, April 8th, 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 "00_Room 1".
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, April 9th
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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 April 9, we'll do a pastel challenge! Create a layout using
pastels!
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 & Crop
Thursday, April 10th - 9:00PM
ET
Join me, sprinklz, for the Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, April 10th 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 "00_Room_1" 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 "00_Room_1" from the list on the left side.
Recipe Swap Chat and Crop
Friday, April 11th - 8:00PM
ET
Join scrappylibrarian in
the Chat Room at 9pm ET for our Recipe Swap Chat! Check the
message board on Thursday, April 10 for out theme this month.
New
Member Chat
Tuesday, April 15th - 3:00PM
ET
Join Dee (DDecker)
at 3:00 PM ET for a fun chat to get to know our newest members.
We will discuss the message board, gallery, chocolate and so
much more! Everyone is welcome new or not so new! Not sure
how to get there? Just click the Live Chat button above, you
will need JavaScript enabled to access the chat room.
Life Moments Chat & Crop
Tuesday, April 15th - 5:00PM
ET
Join April Showers in Chat Room #1 for the next installment of our Life Moments Chat and Crop! This week, we will be scrapping our Honeymoons. Did you go on a dream vacation or did you have a quiet getaway? Haven't had one? You can scrap your dream honeymoon. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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April
Events
April Board Game: Who Am I?
In honor of the month that starts the silliest
way possible... it's time to get our silliness on! This month
we'll be getting to know some silly and little known facts
about our Scrap Girls Team Members as we play a rousing game
of "Who Am I?" Every day, a member of the Welcoming
Committee will post a fact about one of the ScrapGirls Team
Members and ask, "Who Am I?" A new fact will be added
daily until someone correctly guesses which team member is
being described. Once a team member is correctly guessed, a
new team member will be featured starting the following day.
Team Members include anyone featured on
the "About
Us" page of the ScrapGirls website including Product
Design Team, Layout Artist Team, Welcoming Committee, etc.
Answers to the “Who Am I?” puzzles can be found
anywhere on the ScrapGirls site... including Gallery Layouts,
team member bios, Boutique Layouts, etc.
If you are the first to guess one of the
team members correctly you will win a $5 Gift Certificate to
the Scrap Girls Boutique! Remember you may only win ONCE during
the monthly message board game. We want as many people to win
prizes as possible!
April Layout Contests:
Layout
Contest: Say "Yes" to life! With
springtime arriving here in the northern hemisphere, now
is a good time to scrap the new life that is around you.
Your subject might be new plants, baby animals, new babies,
or even a new life in God. Post your layout about the new
life around you to the April Monthly contest gallery before
Midnight (EST) on April 30th and you could win $10 to the
Scrap Girls 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 and win a $25
Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique, 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.
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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I Am Not Perfect
Monday, April 7, 2008
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In this issue:
- Cute
Stuff
- A Designer's Life: Theresa Kavouras
- Themed Thoughts
- 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:
Layout by Keri Schueller
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Created for you
by Keri Schueller
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.
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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.
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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 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...
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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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