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Name of designer: Armi Custodio
Name of layout: Hopes and Dreams
Software used: PSE 5
Name of challenge: Dreams
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To achieve an aged look on your photo, use any grunge brush.
Adjust the size, set the color to white and Blend Mode to "Soft
Light." Stamp at the edges of your photo and just a bit at the center.
For this layout I used three brushes from Brandie Valenzuela’s
Grungelle Brush Set: smudge, scratch and worn.
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Name of designer: Paula Wright
Name of layout: Sixteen Dreams
Software used: PS CS2
Name of challenge: Dreams
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I had a great time using Keri Schueller’s Scrap Simple Design
Layout Template Vintage Nursery in a different way. I combined elements
from two of the templates to create a new layout. I used the photo frames,
masks and shadows along with the strings from one template and then the
scallop border and photo mats from the second template. I added
in one of Keri’s shapes and the composition of my layout was complete.
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Name of designer: Launa Valente
Name of layout: Sweet Dreams
Software used: Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Dreams
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
For the sheep in this layout, I altered the "lamb toy" embellishment
by erasing the wagon part. Then I duplicated it several times.
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Name of designer: Christy VanderWall
Name of layout: Living My Dream
Software used: Photoshop CS3/PSE 6.0
Name of challenge: Dreams
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
When I made the Calendar pages for this layout, I wanted them to
appear to have been torn out of an older calendar and saved. After
assembling the February and August pages, I combined them with Melissa
Renfro’s SSET:
Lifted Journal Paper Super Biggie to give them an edge on the top
(and some wrinkles on the August page) that makes them look that way.
For the 1993 page, I used a wrinkled paper from Angie Briggs' Scenic
Route Collection as
an overlay, to add the wrinkles, torn edge and an aging effect.
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Name of designer: Jo Corne
Name of layout: Our Dreams for You
Software used: Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Dreams
Other Ingredients:
- Fonts: QuoramMd and Shogun
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To create my background, first I duplicated my photo. On the duplicated
photo, I ‘cut out’ my children from the background by
tracing around them with the Pen Tool, making a selection, inversing
the selection and deleting the remaining part of the photo. On the
original photo, I put Melissa Renfro’s BasicPhotoAction_SmartGlow
action onto the photo and then pulled back its Opacity to 45%. Under
both photo layers, I placed Keri Schueller’s Illuminate_TexturedScrolls_Green
paper to get the result you see here.
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Name of designer: Kelly Favor-Chronister
Name of layout: Dream
Software used: PSE 4.0, iPhoto
Name of challenge: Dreams
Other Ingredients:
- Fonts: Mutlu, Zapfino, American Typewriter, Jane Austen, Will and Grace
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Because of the position of the page curl, the shadows were off. To
put them in the correct place, I inverted the color of the curl and
clipped a brown paper to it. Then I changed the Blend Mode to
Screen and adjusted the Saturation and Lightness in the Adjust Hue/Saturation
menu until I was pleased with the result.
Journaling Reads:
That song goes on to says, “No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing the dream that you wish will come true”.
There was a time I did not believe that sentiment. After having
a miscarriage, my heart was grieving. I looked at other people’s
children and wished for motherhood. Both of you were dreams-
at times, I thought you would only remain a dream- but I think it really
must be true. A dream is a wish your heart makes. Dreams and wishes
really do come true. You are proof of my wishes. So, my
little ones... dream.
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Name of designer: Jennifer Okonek
Name of layout: Rock On
Software used: Photoshop CS
Name of challenge: No Photos
Other Ingredients:
Journaling Reads:
Music… everyone has their own taste in music… whether it be country, rap, classical, jazz, rock, whatever. Music tells stories, reminds us of good times and not so good times. Music evokes emotions… music moves us. For me, I can listen to just about anything and have had my share of favorites over the years. In high school, my friends and I loved anything we could dance to. The upbeat music was always sure to put us in a good mood. I had other friends who were more into alternative music and I liked many of those bands as well and started listening to more and more as I went through college. I danced differently to this music. I felt differently when I listened to this music. But, one staple that has remained throughout my life, is my love for rock music… One of the first cassette tapes I ever bought was by the band “Poison,” it was “Look What the Cat Dragged In.” I listened to that tape over and over, never tiring of the “hair band” music; the guys who wore makeup and sang about love, sex and rock n’ roll. I discovered other rock and metal bands and did my share of head-banging in the 80s and 90s. My alternative friends called me a “rocker chick,” but I didn’t care. I loved all kinds of music, with rock holding fast to my heart. Today, rock music is still my favorite type of music. I still love to listen to the bands from the 80s and 90s the most. It’s funny… Jeff loves this music as much as I do and we are able to share this together. And, what’s even more funny is that Jordan is also starting to listen to the music too… she sure knows when it’s a Motley Crue song! They say that as you get older your taste for music mellows… I think I will always love rock music… always hang on to the memories associated with the songs… always have that excited feeling when I hear the familiar chorus of my favorite songs… always have a special place in my heart for the man who sings to me… maybe just not as much head-banging or big hair. Long live ROCK!!! Written: August 16, 2007
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them a PM (private message) using the message board? It's easy!
If you are a registered user of the message
board, just click on the "PM" box at the bottom of any of
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designer's layouts, visit the Scrap
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A Designer's Life: Jan Hicks
A Day in the Life
I am always amazed and in awe by how international we are here at Scrap Girls. We not only have members from all over the world, but our staff is very international, too. We have a product designer from South Africa, a layout designer from Australia, welcoming committee members from Canada and more.
I love learning about our different cultures and countries, hearing about the different religious celebrations we enjoy, and even people going to the beach in December when it’s cold and snowy in my part of the world. How wonderful is that? But, as we get to know each other, through message board posts and layouts, I am also always humbled by how very much we are similar, in spite of our differences. So, I thought that I would share a little glimpse into my daily life, and ask… how similar is your daily routine to mine? I’d love to see your answers posted on the message board!
5:30 a.m. – My husband’s alarm goes off and he gets up. He is always very good about getting out of bed right when the alarm goes off.
6:25 a.m. – My alarm goes off. I am not so good about getting out of bed right away, which is why the alarm is set for 6:25 rather than 6:30. I usually stumble out of bed around 6:35.
6:35–7:20 a.m. – I pet my kitties, take my multi-vitamins and then climb into the shower to wake up. I then brush my teeth, dry my hair, get dressed and, if it happens to be a day I have to head out for something, I’ll put on make-up. At this point, being a morning person, I’m full of energy and raring to go.
7:20 a.m. – I get the kitties their breakfast.
7:25–8:00 a.m. – This is when the madness starts of getting the boys moving, if they aren’t already up and dressed, getting them their breakfast and making and packing their lunches. Some days, the boys are totally cooperative and everything goes smoothly with very little stress. Other days, they don’t. Those days usually involve growling at my younger son more than once, frantically running from pillar to post washing out lunchboxes, cleaning fruit, making sandwiches, putting just the right amount of butter and syrup on waffles, signing any homework papers that didn’t get signed the night before and then harassing them to get shoes on, lunches in their back-packs and get out the door to walk down to the bus stop. Oh, and if it’s cold, trying to convince them that they really do need to wear some sort of jacket. Whew!
8:00–8:05 a.m. – While waiting at the bus stop, I chat with the other mom and my boys.
8:05–8:30 a.m. – If it’s Monday or Tuesday, I then rush back to the house after the bus comes, make my coffee and heat up an omelet that my husband has kindly made and frozen for me over the weekend. The other days of the week are more leisurely in the morning, but still include coffee and an omelet.
8:30–9:45 a.m. (Monday or Tuesday) I head to school to volunteer in computer lab. I help out four teachers in this way throughout the week, even though I only have two boys. I have become known as a good person to have in computer lab, so other teachers besides my sons’ have asked (begged!) me to help them, too.
9:45–3:15 p.m. This time is my time to play, even if it’s playtime that I get paid for. This is my Scrap Girls time. The first order of business every work day is to reply to any outstanding emails that have come in overnight. Most of these are from our wonderful teachers. The emails can deal with anything from approving new class ideas, scheduling classes, letting them know how well classes are selling, to editing the class PDFs. After the emails are taken care of, it’s time to work on products or articles that need to be written. And, of course, I always pop onto the Scrap Girls message board at different times throughout the day to answer any questions I can and just generally touch base there.
3:15 p.m. – The mayhem starts again when the boys arrive home from school. Their first order of business is to pet the kitties. Sometimes, they even say hi to me! After they get their shoes off and get the lunchboxes out of their backpacks, they have a snack and it’s time to get down to business – homework. This can take anywhere from a half-hour to an hour-and–a-half, depending on how much they have to do and their attitude.
3:45 p.m. – My husband comes home from work! Yeah! It is one of my favorite times of the day! He checks Samuel’s math homework, gets Ben back on track, and we have just general silly, relaxed family time.
5:30–6:00 p.m. – Dinner time… YUM! And, double yum because my husband usually cooks dinner. He loves to cook!
6:00–7:00 p.m. – The boys do the dishes and then are allowed to play video games, so Mike and I usually have some quiet time to talk, discuss our day and have some down time.
7:00–8:00 p.m. – Treat and movie time. We all get some kind of yummy treat and then settle down and watch a movie. The boys take turns picking what we are going to watch.
8:00–8:30 p.m. – Bedtime routine for the boys. This consists of the usual – they shower, take their medicine and brush their teeth. We then usually have about 15–20 minutes of reading time, which means that I read out loud to them. I enjoy this time as much as they do.
8:30–10:00 p.m. – Time for more adult, quiet time… ahhh. Sometimes, we watch a movie or a show that we’ve recorded on TV. Sometimes, we’ll just sit and work on our computers, and other times we’ll sit and read.
10:00 p.m. – Time to head to bed and rest up for another fast-paced day!
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Jan
Favorite product I've designed:
ScrapSimple Paper Templates: KaleidoTiles Biggie
I have always loved kaleidoscopes, so when I was playing around with these tile images and saw what happened when I flipped them around, I was thrilled. I starting playing around with adding colors, layers, blending modes and then I was even more excited. The kaleidoscopes I created were beautiful! The only sad part is that these fun kaleidoscope backgrounds are covered up in a layout.
Layout by Jan Hicks
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Scrap Girls Club Concepts
The Scrap Girls Monthly Club allows you to get all of the newest looks
while saving money! It is perfect for anyone who wants beautiful, coordinated
digital scrapbooking supplies that are easy to use. You get all the
products shown above, a $29.33 value, for $9.99 or less! Plus, each
month we will help you find new ways to use your club contents to the
fullest with this article full of ideas, tips, and projects to get
your creativity going!
April’s Scrap
Girls Club’s featured designer is Keri Schueller. Keri
says about her collection, "I guess since I've been going through
a lot of my own soul searching, I thought of the journals, the self
expression, the absolute beauty found in the tiny details, the remembering
to take care of ourselves and honor ourselves. A sort of tipping
my hat to carving out a new life and becoming a healthy and whole
person." A lot of her inspiration came from a local store that has
feminine, rustic, vintage yet modern, unique, playful, sophisticated
and earthy clothing, jewelry and home decor.
Let’s
look a little closer and see what ideas we can come up with for this
amazing club!
Layout ideas:
- Create family tree layouts using the tree paper.
- Make a Prom night layout with the perfume bottle embellishment.
- Do you have hummingbirds that visit your feeders? Use the hummingbird
border to create page about them.
- Document your love letters using the old letter embellishment from
the Zoom kit.
- Layouts about visiting Grandma are perfect for the colors
and patterns here.
- Boutique, antique or thrift-store shopping layouts will work well
with this collection also.
- Boys in nature will look great with the colors in this collection.
Layout by Keri Schueller
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- The hummingbird border and leaf frame will work well for gardening
photos.
- Going through the attic, sifting through memories, looking through
old photo albums, learning about your family tree, etc. will all
work well with these items. Even if you don't have photos of these
experiences, just writing down your memories!
- How about a date on the pier or waterfront? Use the bird banner
and blue papers to make a stunning layout.
- Create a mini album showing your trip to the countryside, or “catalogue” farm
life.
- Use the word art and photos of your loved ones (including yourself!)
to create layouts about remembering to take care of
yourself, taking time to breathe and appreciate life.
- Summer camping or other summer activities would look great with
these papers.
- How about the Jewish
holiday of Purim? Jo Corne uses this club for a beautiful layout
showcasing this holiday below.
Layout by Jo Corne
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Card ideas:
- This collection would also be wonderful for general greeting
cards, shower invitations, etc.
- Create a "Get Well Soon" card,
especially for someone suffering from a long-term illness or chronic
case, using the word art.
Project by Heidi Dillon
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Printable project ideas:
- Print the file tabs out on to clear labels and use them to spruce
up your office decor. Use some of the photo frames to outline lists
of the folder's contents. After printing, cut them out and run them
through a sticker making machine (such a a Xyron) and you could have
an entire matching set.
- Create journal covers using the papers.
- Make inspirational calendar pages or wall art using the
tree paper with a favorite prayer, poem or quote on it for daily
inspiration.
- Print out the paper(s) and use them as a matting for a photo of
a beautiful flower and frame it for someone special to put in their
office or whatever space they spend a lot of time in.
- Print some of the embellishments or alphas onto the new
rub-on printable papers and rub them onto inexpensive clear acrylic
containers to "dress
up" a
vanity. If you wanted to organize your things a little more, you
could print some trinkets from the embellishments to put in the slots
of a drawer organizer.
We hope these lists give you some ideas to get you scrapping! We’d
love to see what you come up with. There’s even a special
gallery available for you to show off your Club creations and inspire
each other, so start creating!
Have fun!
Online Classes Available
New
Class Offering!
How
to Combine ScrapSimple Photo and Paper Templates for PS
April 24 and May 1 - 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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PSP
Support Girl Chat
Monday, April 21st
- 2:00PM
ET
Hey Paint Shop Pro users! Join DDecker and AngleaNussbaum for
an informal one hour chat. We will choose something in PSP
to learn about each month using the tutorials in the SGU to
work through.
Ad
Inspiration Challenge Crop/Chat
Monday, April 21st - 9:00PM
ET
Join Pat & Launa for an Ad Inspiration
Chat and Crop in Chat Room 2, Monday, April 21st 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!
New Members Chat
Tuesday, April 22nd
- 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 22nd, 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_Room1".
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, April 23rd
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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 23, we'll do a simple challenge! Create a layout using the clean and simple style - straight lines, graphic looking, one big photo, etc.
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
Thursday, April 24th
- 8:00PM
ET
Join me (DDecker) for a fun challenge/chat. Time for new siggys! And this challenge is going to be a doozie! LOL Want to know what it is? I will post it mid-day on the 24th on the MB so stay tooned!
April Swap Crop Chat - TBA
Friday, April 25th
- TBA
It's time for the Swap Crop Chat! We've done the swapping, and created the layouts, now it's time to chat about all the gorgeous layouts! I don't know what it is, but these swaps bring out the best in everyone. This is the time to chat about the theme, the beautiful layouts and learn about the swap crop if you haven't participated before. I'll even reveal the theme for next month! Join me, Carla (crs) for a fun chat.
Time TBA!
ATC Swap Crop
Sunday, April 27th
- 7:00PM
ET
Please join me, Pat Bowman, in the chat room for our monthly ATC Swap Crop and Chat at 7:00 PM. This month's theme will be SONGS. You can interpret that theme in any way you see fit! You can be serious or quirky - whatever you decide!! If you are a beginner and don't think you can play because you don't know how - think again. We welcome newcomers and will be glad to show you the ropes. Remember, the only real rules for ATCs are that they must be sized 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Let's have some fun!
Quote Challenge Crop
Sunday, April 27th
- TBA
Come join angelaNussbaum for the Quote Challenge Crop!
Here's how it will work. On Sunday, I'll post a thread on the challenge board giving you the quote which you will use to make your own word art. It's not hard, and I will even have a layout with a Word Art example. Then we'll meet in the chat room to have fun, chat, and create our Word Art layout!
We'll post the time on Sunday, as the time changes around each time to allow participation by our international folks.
Everyone can participate and create a layout, even if you can't make the chat. Hope to see 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-April
Layout Contest: Everybody’s life needs a little
silliness in it. For the mid-month contest, we want you to
scrap something silly. It could be photos of your kids, pets
or yourself doing something silly, a practical joke you played
on someone, or a silly story. Post your layout sharing something
silly by midnight on May 14th and you might win $10 to the
Scrap Girls 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
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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
Layout by Keri Schueller
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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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A Day in the Life
Monday, April 21, 2008
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In this issue:
- Cute
Stuff
- A Designer's Life: Jan Hicks
- Scrap Girls Club Concepts
- 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
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please email [email protected] or call
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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
using April's Scrap Girls Club
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view
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.
Layout by Erica Hite using
April's ScrapSimple Club
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view
Created for you
by Erica Hite and Sarah Batdorf
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
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...
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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 | |
