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Cute Stuff
Layout by Amanda Sok
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Layout by Brandy Murry
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Layout by Keri Schueller
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These first two products are included in this
month's Scrap Girls Club offering. Members receive a substantial discount
on these club supplies. They are also available elsewhere in the Boutique
at regular prices for those individuals who would rather not join a club.
Layout by Syndee Nuckles
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Post Card by Shalae Tippetts
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Layout by Brenda Peters
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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.
Life Muses by Ro: Mischief Week is Here Again
Today I am interrupting our usual Muse channel for a message from our resident Mischief Maker, Ro...
It is spring and I have Spring Fever. And you know what that means
don't you?
It's time for Mischief Week!
For
those of you that haven’t been with us for the past several years,
Mischief Week is a week of general madness and mayhem. We have lots
of crazy chats, classes, games, prizes, and other random events just
in time to usher us into the wonderful world of spring.
Now, to start
out the mischief, let's have a sale! The team gets a little tired of
my antics, and Valerie (my business partner) asked me to settle down
a little bit with the sales because she gets worried. She often asks
me, "Aren't you getting a little wild, Ro?"
But sometimes,
I just can't help myself!
I just have to do it. I have to run a sale
and spoil you a little bit during Mischief Week. And so - even though
we just barely had a sale and I knew Valerie might get annoyed with
me - I decided to ignore their advice... Because it is Mischief Week
and I have to do some mischief.
I decided that not only would I run
a sale, I would run the biggest sale we have had so far this year.
(Neener, neener, neeeeeener...! Put that in your hat and run around
the block with it, Valerie!)
So hop right on it. I don't know when they are going to let me get away
with this kind of sale again. Almost
everything in the Scrap Girls Boutique is 21.9% off! But you know
how it goes, I do have to turn it off soon, so here’s your warning: It
will be over at Midnight, MDT, April 30th.
Whack-A-Valerie
If you have been with us for a while, you know that people
often take pictures of me and whack me by making a funny layout. Okay,
so I can take it.
In honor of Mischief Week, and because I am clearly
in the mood to tease Valerie, I am going to let you create Whack-A-Valerie
layouts. 
Download the high-res PNG file here.
At the end of Mischief Week, I'll pick a couple of the best layouts.
The winners will each receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls
Boutique.
You may post your layout here: ScrapGirls Gallery> Special
Events, Challenges and Contests> Mischief Week 2008.
Never-Ending Story
Woo hoo! It's time for a never-ending story! If you haven't been in on those before, here is how it works:
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I start a story on the message board. Look in the Events section of the Fun and Games area on the message board for the Mischief
Week 2008 Forum for the story.
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You add something to the story by adding a post to the string.
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You must wait for someone else to add another piece of the story before you post again.
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You can not add two posts in a row. If you do, it will be counted as one post, so there isn't a point to doing it. It won't help you pick up any more chances to win the game.
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You get one chance in the drawing to win the Grand Prize for
every addition to the story you write. The Grand Prize will be
a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
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The game ends at Midnight, April 30th, MDT.
Here is the beginning of the story:
“Down the hatch,” the man with the lollypop said. “There’s
only a remnant of the medicine left on the spoon.”
The blond stared at
him. “But it is such wicked stuff. Do you really think...?”
“Don’t
question me,” he snapped, “or you’ll find yourself
on the street picking up litter again.”
“Why do you always
bring that up?” she said, picking at her long red nails. “It
was nearly twenty years ago...”
“...that I found you
wandering around Manhattan,” he nodded, a gleam in his eye, “with
that purple hat on your head muttering to yourself.”
“I’ve
told you a million times,” she said, looking in the mirror as
she fluffed her ratted hair a little taller. “I was not muttering.
I was talking to someone.”
“There wasn’t anyone there.
You were muttering.”
“No, I wasn’t muttering. I was
whispering. There is a difference. Besides, someone doesn’t have
to be there to talk to them. Look, why don’t you finish what
you’re doing. Get it over with before he wakes up.”
He pulled
his Tootsie Roll out of his mouth. “So you were whispering.
To who? And how? This is 1967. We’re in the scientific age. And
I’m telling you that it is impossible to talk to someone who
isn’t there... unless...”
She stared at him. “Unless
what?”
“Unless....”
What else is happening this week?
Make
sure you check the schedule below for upcoming Crops and Classes. We
are having loads of them and there will be surprises in each one. (Lots
of mischief going on!)
We will be having all sorts of games and
fun on the message board, too. You’ll want to keep peeking in
the board so you will know what is going on. So stay alert... Mischief
Week means there is going to be all sorts of silliness and opportunities
to win prizes!
See ya on the message board!
- Ro
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.
Way Cool Stuff Product Review: ScrapSimple Custom Shapes
Note: This product review was written using
PSE 4.0 on a Mac with OSX.
Some of the directions will be slightly different for different programs or operating systems.
Let me start off by making a comparison to “traditional” paper
scrapping. If brushes are the “rubber stamps” of
digi-scrapping, then custom shapes are the “die cuts”.
While it is true that all Scrap Girl products are designed at 300
dpi for the highest possible quality, you cannot resize them limitlessly.
Even at 300 dpi, an element can become pixilated if it is sized too
large. Brushes can be even resized beyond 2500 pixels, but
there is a loss of quality beyond that point.
However, custom
shapes differ from brushes and other elements in that they are vector
based. This simply means that your program will “redraw” the
shape each time you change the size. You can resize with no
risk of losing quality until you Simplify or Rasterize (turn it into
pixels) the file. This is the technique that I am going to
take advantage of today.
I begin by opening a new 12x12 document and
placing the papers, elements and pictures I would like to use. I’ve
chosen Durin Eberhart’s Pretty Little Spring Collection Mini and
matching Paper Super Mini. I’ve re-colored the pink
portions to be a more coral color to match the outfit my daughter
is wearing in the photographs.
I want to create some large
flower mats for my photos. First, I select my Custom Shapes
Tool from the tool bar. Then from the drop down menu, I select
the “Defined Proportions” option. This assures
that the shape I draw will stay proportionate and not have that “wonky” look
to it. You can achieve the same results by holding down the
Shift key while drawing your shape.
I have already installed Cherise Oleson’s ScrapSimple Tools
- Shapes: Flowers Abound 8301 Biggie into PSE. To access it, I go
to the “Shape” drop menu, since it was not the last shape
I used, I will need to load it by clicking on the arrow button on the
right hand side of the menu. I select it from my list of Custom
Shapes.
I select a flower shape and draw a very large pansy to help accent
my layout. Notice how you can still see the edges of the flower beyond
the canvas. Unlike using a brush, which will not draw beyond
the canvas edge, these edges will still be there if I choose to move
the flower. Also notice the gray area in the Layers Palette -
this indicates a vector layer.
I continue to select flowers that will accent my layout. When I am
satisfied with the results, I drag a paper layer over the shape and
group them together (Layer> Group with Previous or Ctrl+G on
a PC or Cmmd+G on a Mac). Other programs may call this
a clipping mask. When I know I am not going to change a shape
any further, I will Simplify the layer by going to Layer> Simplify
Layer or right-clicking on the layer and selecting "Simplify Layer"
from the menu options. Some
programs will call the “Simplify” command “Rasterize”.
Now I complete my layout by adding my photos, frames, journaling and additional embellishments.
Layout by Kelly Favor
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Note: Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Bitsy BOLD, ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Flowers Abound 8301 Biggie, ScrapSimple Word Art Templates: Bling, Lettering Delights Warm Heart Font, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Lifted Photos Biggie, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Knitted Flowers Biggie, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Extra - Bows, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Fabric 5401, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Colored Vellum 5401, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Edge It PSE 5001, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Photo Basics PSE 5001, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Neutral Shadows 2801 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Beveled 5401 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Paper 5701 are also available.
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Kelly lives near Dallas, Texas, and is a stay-at-home
mom of a rambunctious 2-year-old son, and a (thankfully) very mellow
baby girl. Kelly graduated from Wayland Baptist University in 2003
with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (elementary education) and
taught 6th grade math before starting a family with her husband, Jamie.
She began digi-scrapping in 2007 and hasn’t looked back. Kelly
has been a part of the message board since February of 2007 and she is
thrilled to now be a part of the Scrap Girls Layout Artist Team.
Online Classes Available
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.
Scheduled Mischief Week Events!
Thursday, April 24
- 10:00AM ET - Avant-Garde Avatar
Chat/Crop
- 3:00PM ET - Free Mini Class: Drop Shadows
- 8:00PM ET - Siggy Challenge
- 9:00PM ET - Art Inspiration Crop
- 10:00PM ET - Oddball
Inspiration Chat and Challenge
Friday, April
25
- 10:00AM ET - Color Challenge
- 1:00PM ET - Mess or Masterpiece Challenge
- 4:00PM ET - Swap Crop
- 7:00PM ET - Build your own Pizza Challenge
- 9:00PM ET - Customer Challenge
Saturday, April 26
- 9:00AM ET - Color Challenge
- 10:00AM ET - Wacky Scraplift Crop
- 4:00PM ET - Free Mini Class: Photo Montage
- 8:00PM ET - Cram the Chat Room!
- 9:00PM ET - Guess the Baby
- 10:00PM ET - Pajama Party
Sunday, April 27
- 5:00PM ET - Quote Challenge
- 7:00PM ET - ATC Swap Crop
- 9:00PM ET - Free Mini Class: Recoloring
Monday, April 28
- 4:00PM ET - Free Mini Class: Quick and Easy Photo Enhancements
- 5:00PM ET - Get Creative with
Photos Crop/Chat
- 8:00PM ET - Free Mini PSE Class
- Silly Portraits from Photos
- 9:00PM ET - Desktop Challenge
Tuesday, April
29
- 12:00 Noon ET - Freebie Challenge
- 4:00PM ET - "Up
to Mischief" crop
- 8:00PM ET - Oddball Trivia & Mischevious Facts
- 9:00PM ET - Crazy Ad Challenge
Wednesday, April 30
- 12:00 Noon ET - High Noon Chat
- 1:00PM ET - NSBR Chat
- 8:00PM ET - Zaz & Shari's Sensational
Scrap Girls Adventure
- 9:00PM ET - Hodgepodge
Sketch Challenge
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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 tuned!
Art
Inspiration Challenge/Chat
Thursday, April 24th -
9:00PM
ET
Join Scrappinjo and ruralscrapper,
for the Art Inspiration Crop on Thursday, April 24th at 9 pm
EST. We will provide a piece of art to be used as inspiration
for your layouts. You can use the color scheme, the composition,
or any part of the art as the starting point for your own layout
- the only rule is that you use your imagination!
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".
April
Swap Crop Chat - TBA
Friday, April 25th
- 4:00PM ET
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.
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!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, April 30th
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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 30, we'll do a "Push yourself" challenge! Create
a layout that really pushes your personal style - either something
you've never done before, or a layout that is very much your
style - just INTENSELY your style!
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!
NSBR Chat
Wednesday, April 30th
-1:00PM
ET
What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbooking related chat! We talk about everything! It’s a great way to meet new people and get to know everyone. Catch up on what everyone is up to, and just relax! If you have any questions, we'll try to answer them. So, join me, Launa for some fun on April 30th, at 1 PM EST, in the Chat Room! Hope to see you there!
NSBR Chat *Early Edition*
Thursday, May 1st
-1:00PM
ET
What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbooking
related chat! We talk about everything, including some scrapbooking
and usually chocolate. It’s a great chance to meet new
friends, catch up on what everyone is up to, and just relax!
If you have a problem, we’ll lend an ear or a shoulder
to cry on. Have some great news to share? We’d love to
celebrate with you. So, join me, Shari (PV
Mom of 2), on May 1st, at 1 PM EST, in Chat Room #001!
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 Mandy Steward
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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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Mischief Week is Here Again
Thursday, April 24, 2008
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In this issue:
- Cute Stuff
- Life Muses by Ro
- 21.9% Off Mischief Week Sale!
- Way Cool Stuff Product Review: ScrapSimple Custom Shapes
- 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 $26.93 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents
are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business
day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you
will receive:
Layout by Keri Schueller
using April's Scrap Girls Club
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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
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1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
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1 Brush Set
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Educational Products
MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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*NEW!* MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop (Versions
6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3)
MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop Elements
versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0
It's time for you to stop playing
catch-up in Photoshop and start having a blast doing the more
advanced tricks that you see other people and professional
digital scrapbookers doing.
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Take the world's easiest shortcuts to
creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas.
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Make sure that you don't make the biggest
mistakes that digital scrapbookers make when they create
layouts.
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Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap
Girls ScrapSimple products.
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Dip your digital scrapbooking self into
some of those "other" cool tools that are sitting there
waiting in your software for you to use such as paths,
masks, the drawing pen, and more.
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See how easy it is to install and manage
new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop so that you
can make things that are creative and unique.
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Learn advanced tricks for using tools
that you already know and love.
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Watch me make some beautiful papers and
get a chance to peek inside of my layers. (Oh dear...
That is the last frontier and I might be out of my mind
to let you do it... NOBODY likes people to see inside
of their layers. It is like having visitors peek inside
of your dresser drawers. Very private stuff.)
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See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm
betting that it will surprise you what tool I've used
to do that with, too...)
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Get "IN" on creating your own brush sets.
(You do NOT have to have those impossibly long brush sets
frustrating you anymore. In fact, when you learn this
trick, you will wonder why you haven't been using it all
along.)
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Find out why Custom Shapes are so important
to you. (Bet you didn't know...)
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Learn how to cut out a title from a background
or a photo.
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And even more...
Note: These are NOT beginning
tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used
Photoshop before or if you aren't pretty sure of yourself
in the software, you are going to be lost. You simply have
to understand layers, where things are located, and all of
the basic, important skills that Ro teaches in her Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed series before you try
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)
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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