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Life Muses by Ro: Halo-ed
“Ahhhhhh... ahhhhhhhhh,” the monks sing.
I shudder at
my computer. I am about to be Halo-ed.
It starts innocently enough.
I can hear him in the other room, strapped into his wireless headset
saying, “I’ll go over here then.
No. You get out of there.”
There will be pauses and then grunts
as the action begins. But then, things start to heat up. We have moved
into the Halo-ed phase of the day’s event.
“Wr9bourewlkj,
you idiot,” I hear from the other side
of the wall.
“Calm down,” I warn.
He pretends not to hear me. “Get
out of there,” he mutters,
disgusted. “Get out of that corner. No fair. No fair! Soiutoe8!”
“Andrew.”
He doesn’t reply, but when time begins to
pass without another outburst, I feel a false sense of security.
“@#$*
dpoihdfA3UP70987 *&()&*(p !!!”
“ANDREW!” I
bellow down the hall, shocked. “I’m
going to unplug you.”
Again, he ignores me. “You idiot!
You can’t do that. You’re
cheating.”
“Settle down, Andrew. I will unplug it.”
“^)(*&w
vkhabpiu! )*& poifjdo j!@!!!” he screams.
“That’s
it. Gary! You need to unplug Andrew.”
I hear Gary’s obedient
clunk, clunk, clunk as he goes down the stairs towards the modem. Shortly,
Andrew bursts out of his room. “What
did you do that for?”
“I told you that if you can’t
watch your mouth when you’re
playing Halo, we’re unplugging your Internet connection.”
His
purple face and bulging eyes look like they belong to one of the creatures
in the X-Box. “I can’t wait until I move out.”
I stare
back at my nearly 20-year-old man. “Neither can I. Meanwhile,
you’re in my house and you can’t seem to handle playing
that game. Why don’t you give it up?”
“It’s
not the game, Mom. It’s those little kids.”
“Little
kids?”
“Yeah,” he says. “They cheat. They don’t
get Halo-etiquette.”
Halo-etiquette. I have officially heard it
all.
“Can’t you skip playing them?”
He turns a deeper
shade of purple. “You can’t skip playing
anyone that challenges you or you don’t get points. I get penalized.”
I
sigh. “Well, the Halo-etiquette and penalization in Mom’s
house is that Mom doesn’t have to blush once the monks begin
to sing or X-Box is no longer connected to the Internet.”
He turns
on his heel, barrels down the hall and slams his door. I have offended
his manhood.
The next day, when eating cupcakes with Mom in the kitchen,
he suddenly says, “I’ve been wondering when you are going
use the idea I gave you for a muse.”
I choke. “You mean
the one where I tell what it is like to listen to you play Halo?”
“Yeah.
I’ve been waiting for months. When are you going
to write it?”
“Are you sure you want me to do that?” I
smile.
He laughs back. “Of course I do. It’s funny. I lose
it when I’m playing Halo.”
“Why don’t you give
it up, then?”
He rolls his eyes. “You just don’t
get it, do you? Playing the game is fun.”
Halo-ed. I’m doomed
to wander throughout eternity listening to the sound of monks singing
songs of impending Halo-ing. Because even though I am seriously considering
taking a hammer to the X-Box, I’m
just as happy to keep its owner around.
- Ro
P.S. In an attempt to save myself from Halo-ing, I have tried
ear plugs and sound canceling headphones. They don’t work. But,
Andrew is about to be moved to a newly completed basement bedroom that
has been sheet-rocked with special sound canceling material which is
supposed to keep the noise located to his region of the house. Two
doors have been installed between him and the stairwell to protect
my sensitive ears and sensibilities.
We’ll see if it works.
But, in case these extreme measures fail,
I still have ownership of the Internet connection. And a hammer. Just
in case...
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: Express Your Personal Style With ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates
Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop
CS3 with a Mac.
Creating large photo albums can be an intimidating task, especially
when you know you have to cover a large number of topics on the same
theme.
ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates can come in really
handy to take some of the work out of designing multiple digital scrapbooking
layouts.
Looking at gray templates can seem somewhat daunting. You may
ask yourself what colors do I want to use? What style do I want to
go with? Should I use themed kits or use one of my favorite kits?
You
can follow the template exactly or you can use it simply as a guide
or a sketch, however you feel most comfortable.
There are many different
styles you might like to consider for a baby book, including traditional,
vintage, fresh and funky, or mod (with simple, clean lines). You may
want to experiment with a few styles and see what style appeals to
you more. Here I will show how you can use layout templates precisely
or a bit more loosely, but still be able to express your own personal
style with a provided design.
For these examples, I’m using the
ultrasound page from ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates:
Baby Book 1 - 12x12.
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First, I will do a traditional style with this template. I guess I
think of traditional as blues for a boy or pinks for a girl, with the
style being somewhat simple and clean.
As you can see, I did not deter
much from the original template. I did, however, add a few details
that weren’t in the template, such as a metal style to the photo
turn; a fabric style to the lower left tab; and a striped white vellum
style, metal style, and fabric style to various parts of the green
tag. I also had fun using a couple of dynamic brushes for adding stitching
and inked edges to the papers.
Even if you decide to follow a template
closely, you can still be creative and personalize your template by
adding little details to your layout.
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Note: Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple
Digital Layout Album Templates - Layered: 12x12 Baby Book
1, ScrapSimple
Embellishment Templates: Ribbons To Go I, ScrapSimple
Embellishment Templates: Collage Pieces - Biggie, ScrapSimple
Embellishment Templates: Vintage Photo Decor, ScrapSimple
Paper Templates: Timeless, ScrapSimple
Paper Templates: Curled Edges, Dynamic
Brush Set: Basic Stitching 4901 Biggie, Dynamic
Brush Set: Paintstroke 5401, Dynamic
Brush Set: Inky 5001, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Aged Paper 5201, ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Stitching And Hole 4101 Mini and ScrapSimple
Tools - Styles: Chipboard Distressed 4104 Mini are also available.
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With this layout, I decided to go with a vintage style. I used the
template a little more loosely. I added a beautiful vintage photo frame
border to the ultrasound image, added a roughed up piece of paper behind
the journaling, a torn paper to the background, created little paper
strips behind the prompts, removing the journaling lines, placed a
notebook paper behind the ultrasound photo, added aged paper styles
to the tag pieces and journal prompt strips, used my own typefaces
for the lettering on the tag, and painted around the edges of the layout
with a dynamic brush.
The basic structure of the layout is still there,
along with the helpful prompts for journaling, but I added much more
personalization from the previous example.
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On this last layout, I went with a more fresh and funky style and
decided not to confine myself with what I think baby layouts should
look like. Personally, I love bright colors for baby clothes and furnishings,
so this layout appeals most to my personal style of the three examples.
I
had fun adding shooting stars and flourish doodles and filled in the
see-through areas with the same colors from the dots in the background
paper. I replaced the template’s tag with a tag embellishment
and ribbon and used another typeface for the wording. I added little
strips of color behind the journaling prompts and added red stitching,
ink stains and a dynamic brush paint-stroke here and there for some
fun.
I hope that these few examples will encourage you to experiment with
your own style and with applying them to your baby books or other ScrapSimple
Digital Layout Album Template projects. Follow your templates closely
or loosely, but experiment and have fun!
Tutorial written by Erica Hite
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?
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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:
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chatter on the board.)- Scrap
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You can listen to the podcast with QuickTime, Windows
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it on it. Just download the MP3 file to your computer and away you
go... or simply click on the podcast link and the podcast will start
right in your browser. You can also access the podcast through the
Scrap Girls Radio forum on the message board.
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High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, 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.
Scraplift Crop
Sunday, April 13th - 5:00PM
ET
*NOTE: DATE HAS BEEN MOVED!*
Join AngelaNussbaum and TysMommy for
a Scraplifting Crop. A few hours before the crop we will tell
you the name of a Scrap Girls Team Member, and you will be
able to choose one of their layouts to be your inspiration.
During
the crop we will also help explain about scraplifting, how
to use a layout as inspiration, and the importance of giving
credit. Scraplifting is a lot of fun! So come join us, you're
sure to enjoy it!
New
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!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, April 16th
-
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 16, we'll do an embellishment challenge! Create a
layout using brads, staples and buttons!
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!
Faith
Journey Crop
Wednesday, April 16th -
8:00PM
ET
We are doing it an hour earlier this
time, so please take notice of the time!
We'll be talking about music, and how it
inspires us spiritually.
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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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* 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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Halo-ed
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's
New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Express Your Personal Style With ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album 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
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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 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:
- 1 ScrapSimple Paper Templates Set
- 1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
- 1 Brush Set
- 1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
- 1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple
club is also available here.
Layout by Thao Cosgrove using
March's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you
by Angie Briggs and Thao Cosgrove
Alert! Alert! MONDAY
is the last day you can sign up for the ScrapSimple club and
still get this great group of tools at this amazing price.
Don't delay... sign up now!
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
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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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