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It's almost here... The announcement you've been waiting
for... Make sure you check your email on Saturday, May 3rd!
What's New in the Scrap Girls
Boutique?
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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: A Couch
of Cherries
Note from Ro: Did you know that Scrap
Girls has a cool new blog called Scrap Girls Digital Scrapbooking Adventures?
If you haven’t checked it out yet, you should. It is full of
neat posts from our design team about their lives (including our world
traveler, Moss). You’ll get to know them a lot better. I just
had to show you this post by Amanda McGee. She has almost (almost – not
really – but almost) inspired me to dust off my sewing machine.
Nah... but almost...
I love my couch! How can you not be happy on a comfy couch that is
covered in cheerful checks and cherries? It didn’t start out
this way, so first I will tell you the story.
This was the first piece
of "real" furniture I bought for
our first home (meaning, not at a garage sale!) It came with a lovely,
lavender, flowered slipcover and it served us well for many years.
Its place of residence was in our front room where it was flooded with
southern light. It made a cozy place for a nap with sleeping babes,
a soft place for tickle time, a landing pad for leaps and jumps, a
seat for theatrical debuts and dance performances, a comfy place for
story time, and a peaceful place for contemplating life’s ups
and downs. I truly have loved this couch. Upon arrival at our new home,
it has taken a few temporary places to rest, but has finally found
itself at home in our sun room. But, alas, the old, lavender frock
just didn’t fit in. The flowers had been replaced with a simple,
off-white, canvas slipcover. Yawn. Boring!
One chilly winter weekend,
I found myself procrastinating. I should have been working on a different
project, but was sorting through my bins of fabrics instead. That couch
needed a makeover! I'll let you in on a little secret about myself.
I like to sew and I'm a bit of a collector of fabrics. (I prefer that
term over hoarder and pack rat!) I've kept things from the old house
in case I want to use them again and I'm happy to have put them to
use. I cut apart some red check curtains, a cherry tablecloth, some
dish towels (that were a gift and looked just too nice to use!) a placemat
and my daughter’s cherry print
dress! I made some bias binding and stitched the parts together to
give my couch a new life! As I was sewing the pillow covers, I kept
thinking how much it looks like my Cherry
Pie digital scrapbooking collection. Is this life imitating
art?
I love how it turned out. It makes me think I should procrastinate
more often! It has found a new home, with a new outfit, and ready for
new adventures as a place where I fold laundry, read books and look
at magazines, share story time, watch my children make crafts and play
with play dough. It is the perfect spot for viewing backyard adventures
and watching the sun set. Welcome home, my cheerful friend!
- Amanda McGee
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:
Brushes
Note: This product review written with screenshots
from Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0.
Brushes are versatile tools and a must have in every digi-scrapper’s
arsenal of supplies. They can be used in many ways, more than the usual
stamping and distressing. One example I’ll show is how to create
a cut-out effect using brushes. Before that, here is just a brief explanation
of what inspired this layout.
Love is a battlefield - go get some scars.
I saw this quote written on a wall, of all places, and I thought, isn’t
that a wonderful modern version of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s 17th
century quote on love?
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
I wanted to give this layout a modern feel to it and Diane Miller’s
Tats Tribal Brush Set immediately came to mind. Here is my initial
layout without the brushes. I used Amanda Sok’s Orange Textured
Cardstock Paper and a torn heart from Valerie Randall’s Digital
Stickers: Love Stinks. The alphas are from Valerie Randall’s Hula
Collection and Mandy Steward’s Urban Gazette Collection.
The torn photo was created using Melissa Renfro’s ScrapSimple
Tools PaperTear PSE Actions. I also used photo corners from Dinny
Miller’s Cozy
Collection.
To create the cut-outs, I first turn off the layer visibility of the
orange paper and create a layer below it. The Layers Palette looks
like this:
Then, using the Gradient Tool, I apply a gradient to this new layer
with these settings: Color Harmonies 1, Blue -Violet, Yellow-Orange,
Radial. To apply the gradient, drag the mouse over the area where you
want the gradient layer to show through. In my case, it is in the lower
right-hand corner. Experiment to see which settings are best for your
layout. The workspace now looks like this:
At this point, I turn the orange background paper visibility back
on and make it active on the Layers Palette. Then, using the Eraser
Tool loaded with Dinny Miller’s Tats Tribal Brush #4,
I erase portions of the paper in a flowing hair pattern. (Eraser size
1225 px, opacity 85%.) As you can see, the erased areas will show the
gradient layer beneath the paper.
To give the cut-outs depth, I apply a drop shadow on the orange paper
layer with these settings: Drop Shadow: low, size 20px, distance 20px,
opacity 75%, medium gray. I also apply an Inner Glow: size 9px, opacity
75%, white. Again, play around with the settings to see what best suits
your layout.
I also stamp Amanda Sok’s Art Deco Stitching Brush
Set-Angular as a top border. I then apply a gradient to the brush,
making sure that the pixels are locked to prevent the gradient from
being applied to the entire layout.
As a last step, I stamp a frame brush from Erica Hite’s Henna
Frames Brush Set and add a few more of Dinny’s Tats Tribal
Brushes.
This is the final result:
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Armi comes from Manila, Philippines. When she’s not scrapping
or taking care of her active two-year-old twins, she likes to read
and watch T.V. Her favorite shows include American Idol (rooting for
David Cook!) Lost and Grey’s Anatomy. The last novel she read
was The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, about Indian immigrants in the U.S.
Online Classes Available
All of our Online Training Classes are currently full.
Please check back soon for more exciting learning opportunities!
What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
 Did
you know that you can subscribe to Scrap Girls RSS feeds? Look
for this icon at the bottom left-hand corner of the message board
forum listing. We have two feeds:
 Scrap
Girls Digital Scrapbooking Message Board (See the latest chatter
on the board.)- Scrap
Girls Radio Digital Scrapbooking Podcast (This is a sound
broadcast with tips and tricks, inside news and dirt, chat/crop
updates and more. Ro is your show host.)
New! Subscribe to
our Podcast through iTunes! Learn how on our forum.
You can listen to the podcast with QuickTime, Windows
Media Player, iTunes, or even your iPod - if you load the mp3 file
it on it. Just download the mp3 file to your computer and away you
go... or simply click on the podcast link and the podcast will start
right in your browser. You can also access the podcast through the
Scrap Girls Radio forum on the message board.
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NSBR
Chat
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!
NSBR
Chat
Monday, May 5th - 9:00PM
ET
What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbooking
related chat! We talk about everything, including some scrapbooking.
It’s a great chance to meet new friends, catch up on what
everyone is up to, and just relax! If you have a problem, we’ll
lend an ear or a shoulder to cry on. Have some great news to
share? We’d love to celebrate with you. So, join me, Carla
(crs), on May 5th, at 9
PM EST, in Room #1! Hope to see you there!
NSBR
Chat
Tuesday, May 6th - 8:00PM
ET
Join Welcoming Committee Members PBarnes (Pat) & ruralscrapper
(Patti) for an evening of
chatting and fun, at the New Members Chat, Tuesday, May 6th,
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.
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, May 7th -
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!
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!
Textile
Inspiration Chat/Crop
Wednesday, May 7th - 9:00PM
ET
Join Launa & Zaz,
for a Textile Challenge and Crop, we will meet the first Wednesday
of each month at 9pm EST in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Do the paterns, textures, and colors of textiles facinate you?
Do you get inspiration from anything from pillows to your grandmother's
apron? Then this challenge is for you!
A few hours before the challenge begins, I'll post a textile
for you to use as the starting point for your page. You may be
inspired by the colors, placement of patterns, textures... just
let it be your inspiration! I can't wait to see what you come
up with!! See you there!
Sketch
Crop Challenge
Thursday, May 8th - 9:00PM
ET
Join me, sprinklz,
for the Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, May 8th 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. 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.
Ad
Inspiration Crop and Chat
Wednesday, May 14th - 9:00PM
ET
Join Pat & Launa for
an Ad Inspiration Chat and Crop in the Scrapgirls Chat Room Wednesday
May 14th 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!
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May
Events
May Board Game: Bingo
It's that time again!
Join us for an exciting game of BINGO on the Message Board
Forum in May! Pick 25 words from the list provided in
the forum and send them in an e-mail to [email protected] with
a subject line saying "BINGO CARD" and including
your message board user name by Sunday, May 4th in order to
play in the first round, which will begin Monday May 5th. Each
day, members of the Welcoming Committee will call 5 random
words from the Bingo list. Match just 15 of those words to
win a BINGO. You must be first to call bingo in the forum to
win that round. After a winner is called, the boards can be
cleared and a new round will begin the following day. All winners
win a $5 Gift Certificate to the Boutique! We like to
see lots of winners, so please remember that each person can
only win one round during the month. Have fun!
If
you miss the first round cutoff date, you can still play! Just
send in your Bingo card at any time during the month and you'll
be eligible to begin playing when a new round starts. Everyone
who sends in a Bingo card will receive a confirmation email
that their card has been received. If
you do not receive confirmation within 24 hours, please re-send
your list of words. We cannot be held responsible for misdirected
emails.
May Layout Contests:
Layout
Contest: Life is short and passes us by in
a flash. Scrapbooking helps us remember the good times, and
the not-so-good times, too. We've all experienced loss in
our lives, but have you scrapped about that loss?
For the May Layout Contest, create a layout about someone or
something you've lost and remember the good times. Upload your
layout to the May Layout Contest Gallery and you could win a
$10 Gift Certificate to the boutique! The contest runs until
May 31st, at midnight EST!
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
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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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A Couch of Cherries
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Way Cool Stuff Product Review: Brushes
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities
- Designer Freebie
- Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Educational Products |
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The Scrap Girls newsletter is
created for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members.
Without them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with
you, and I'm very grateful for their ongoing help and support.
I hope you enjoy today's issue as
much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC
P.S. Your email address is
safe with us. We never share, rent, sell, or loan our list with
anyone!
P.P.S. If you ever need any assistance,
please email [email protected] or call
866-598-3444 and we'll help you as quickly as possible!
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Scrap Girls Clubs
Scrap Girls Monthly Club |
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Join
the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with
the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking
looks while saving! (A $27.94 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents
are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business
day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you
will receive:
- 1 Collection Biggie
- 1 Paper Super Mini
- 1 8.5x11 Sheet of Word Art
- 1 Embellishment Set
- 1 Assemble Your Own Zoom Page Set
- 1 Designer's Choice Item
Layout by Erica Hite using May's
Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you
by Erica Hite
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 Template Set
- 1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
Set
- 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 Sarah Batdorf using
April's ScrapSimple Club
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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.
- 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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