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Life Muses by Ro: Help! I
Need Somebody
Help! I need somebody...
Why is it that we are afraid to ask for help? I shot this photo in
the Los Angeles airport. You’d think that with thousands of people
flying in and out of there (particularly since this was the week that
all of those airlines went bankrupt) the help line would be wrapped
around down the hall.
Not at all. Nobody was in it.
I guess everyone knew where they were and what they were doing.
I wish I knew where I am and what I am supposed to be doing. Sometimes – upon
occasion – I believe that I know what I have been placed on this
earth to do. But then I get up the next day and see that my hair is
askew again and I feel overwhelmed with all of the paths I have open
to me. If I am smart, I will stop and ask my little voice for help.
It usually goes something like this...
Ro: Blah. Blah. Blah. Maybe I’ll go back to bed.
Little voice: What are you supposed to do today? Don’t
you have a lot on your plate?
Ro: I dunno.
Little voice: Come on. You are the leader of a company and
the mother of grownup children. You have to know what you are supposed
to do today.
Ro: I have too many options. I don’t know which to pick.
Little voice: You are a grownup woman. Choose something.
Ro: What?
Little voice: That’s what I’m telling you to do.
Pick something to do. That’s your job.
Ro: Give me a clue. Which thing should I do?
Little voice: The best thing, of course.
Ro: Which is the best thing? I have multiple “best things” on
my lengthy list of options. Any of them have possibilities.
Little voice: So, there you go. Just pick something out and
do it.
Ro: What if I pick the wrong one? I might make a mistake.
Little voice: Then stop doing whatever you are doing and do
something else. Big deal. You’re allowed to make mistakes.
Ro: You’re so smart. I’ll do that. Thanks for helping.
Little voice: Of course. Anytime.
I then get in the shower, wash my hair, blow dry it and once that
is done, I feel able to wander into my day. (My ability to think clearly
seems inexplicably connected to the condition of my hair-do. There
has to be something wrong with that, but I’ll leave that topic
for another day.)
My advice to you is this: If you feel confused, stop and engage yourself
in a conversation. Here’s an interesting way to do this if your
mind is racing too fast to control the action internally. Get a notebook
and a pen and then, through writing, ask yourself a question and write
down anything that comes into your head as an answer. Continue the
discussion, writing back and forth to yourself. After awhile, you’ll
realize that you have discovered that you had the answer to your dilemma
all the time.
Yes, you need somebody... you.
- Ro
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you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate, too? Send your own muse
to [email protected]. If it is selected for publication
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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.
Best of the Message Board
These questions and answers come
from the users on our messageboard. We thought you might find them
useful and interesting too. Enjoy!
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Question: Since there
have been so many people wanting to learn about Dynamic Brushes
it will be our first topic! Check out Lori's info below and post
your questions, thoughts, etc. here in this thread. I will see
about a gallery for our "learning" stuff!
To make "dynamic" brushes in PSP... take the PNGs
included in the download and make your PSP brushes. Then View> Palettes> Brush
Variance (F11, I think). In that palette you will
see all of the settings that will make them dynamic. Take those
sliders and crank them up high, especially the color, size
and position/rotation ones. Then look at the bottom and you'll
see something like impressions per step or such (sorry, not
on computer with PSP in it at the moment). This sets how many
images go down with each click.
Once you have this done, play with the brush. With each click,
multiple images, in multiple sizes and colors and rotations go
down, just like with dynamic brushes. To stop this, when you
want to use the brush regularly, simply click the reset arrow
in the Brush Variance Palette down in the lower right. With this
palette, you can make any brush act this way. More info here:
http://www.scrapgirls.com/how_to_use_brushes_in_PSP.htm
Answer 1: Boy, I must have
been in Never-Never Land because I totally missed the last week
of the PSP chat developing. Sarah and I have been talking about
it in email, but I missed the continuation of it on here. I'm
so glad you all got this going. Thank YOU so much Dee, Angela
and Brenda! I am really excited about this and want to do all
I can to help support making this a go! Again, thank you for
hearing our voices!
Response Question 1: It
says “To make dynamic brushes in PSP, take the PNGs included
in the download and make your PSP brushes.” Which PNGs
does this mean? Thanks for putting this together!
Response Answer: You can
use any PNG to create a brush and then make it dynamic in PSP,
including the PNGs that come with the Dynamic Brushes in the
Scrap Girls Boutique.
Response Question 2: What
is jitter?
Response Answer 1: Ok...
how can I word this correctly? A jitter is basically a percent
of randomness for the settings in the Brush Tool Options Bar.
So if you set your size jitter to something like 10, then it
will give you a 10% variance of the size setting that you have
entered in the size of your brush options bar. Does that make
sense?
Response Answer 2: Oh yeah,
I need to add something. For Brush Variance Options like "Blend,"
"Hue," "Saturation" and "Lightness," the
jitter will vary the colors, gradients or patterns that you have
set in your Materials Palette. For Brush Variance Options like "Size," "Rotation"
and "Opacity," the jitter will vary the settings that
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Question: Hi all, you
probably already know this, but I worked it out for myself this
weekend, and just maybe it will help someone else.
We all know what a memory hog PSP is. Also I find that when
I am doing something like adding journaling to a tag or a drop
shadow to an element, sometimes I will end up moving one or
other of the linked items and can't get them back right again.
Trying to get them right, I will click on something else, and
before you know it, I have an Undo chain longer than the Nile
River!
Anyway, this weekend I was struggling a bit and then it hit
me... do the fiddling in another project! If you have the memory
available, then minimize your main project. If memory is tight,
then save it as a PSP file and close it. Open a new one with
your journaling tag, embellishment, whatever you want to work
on in it (keep the same DPI and dimensions to keep the same scale),
do your adjustments, save the changed whatever as a PSP file
and then flatten (merge the layers). Save again in case of accidents,
do a copy, open your main project, paste as a new layer and on
you go. If the embellishment or tag doesn't look right, delete
it, open the PSP file and tinker some more.
Answer 1: I do this a lot,
saving as a PNG to add to the layout! Thanks for posting the
tip for everyone.
Answer 2: I've done that
in PSE as well when working on a complicated grouping. It can
really save headaches! Another good reason to love digital scrapbooking,
a.k.a. “The Dark Side.”
Answer 3: I like this idea.
Thanks! When you merge your layers, make sure you choose the “merge
visible” instead of “merge all” (flatten)
option. The flatten option will put a white background behind
your embellishment. |
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Question: OK, so I am
really new at this, as I have said before. I am working on a
project and here is what I want to do (if it makes any sense).
I have a picture of a friend of mine. What I want to do is to
take the background completely out and have only her and have
it as a PNG file. I have tried to Google this, but I can’t
seem to figure it out! Can anyone help?
Answer: To do this, you'll
have to make a selection of just the part you want to make
into a PNG file. First of all, make a copy of your photo and
close the original. Then, the best way to do this is with the
Lasso Tool (Freehand Selection Tool). You'll have to set the
tool options to either "Edge Seeker," "Smart
Edge," "Point to Point" or "Freehand." "Edge
Seeker" and "Smart Edge" are probably your best
bets. Zoom in real close so you can really see what you are
doing. When you have her all selected, copy the selection and
paste as a new object.
You'll probably have to go in with another round of selection
to get parts you've missed and/or use a very soft brush and erase
all the unwanted pixels. Your image will be a .pspimage at this
point, so you need to save it as a PNG file. This will preserve
the transparent background. This assumes you are using PSP X
or above.
This can be a tricky operation, but just take your time and
you'll be fine. Experiment and enjoy the process. If any other
PSP users have any tips on how to do this or an easier way, I'm
sure they'll be along soon to respond.
Response: Thanks for the
fast response! I was using the Background Eraser Tool and was
not getting good results. I didn’t think to use the Lasso.
I am experimenting with it now. I have the new X2. I feel so
stupid, but I am brand new to PSP and scrapbooking in general,
so this is going to be a long process for me. Please bear with
me!
Response Answer: When I
use the Background Eraser, I have to zoom in real close. Then,
when you use the tool, you have to have the majority of the colors
you want erased in the circle. Only leaving just the edge of
what you want to remain on the side. Does that make sense? I
use it a lot and once I got the hang of letting it know what
I wanted my edge to be, it’s very easy! Of course, if the
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Online Classes Available
New
Class Offering!
Online
Class - Dynamic Fab 20: Stitching
May 15, 22, 29 and June 5 - 4:00PM ET
What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
You asked for it. You begged for it. You demanded
it. And now, we are pleased to announce that yes, it is finally going
to happen... Scrap Girls is having a digital scrapbooking convention!
Here are the facts:
When: October 9-11th, 2008
- Note: Convention begins at 1:00 pm - Thursday, October 9th and
ends at 6 pm - Saturday, October 11th.
How many people may attend?
- Only 120 openings are available. Space is limited because
we have chosen a location that will allow us to provide a more intimate
experience for you. We want our attendees to get to know each other
and come away with friends for life! But this means that if you want
to attend the convention, you better sign up right now. (Besides,
you better get your airline tickets before the prices go up. That's
a reality. Get crackin'!)
- If you happen to miss the sign up, send an email to [email protected] and
we'll put you on a contact list. If someone suddenly can't attend,
we will have them post their opening on the message board, will email
you, and you can work it out with them to take over their spot.
Where: Salt Lake City, Utah
Location: To-die-for historic building called
the "Officer's Club", located at Fort Douglas
In the first three days this has been
available, more than HALF of our spots have filled! If you think
you might want to get in on this event, DON'T WAIT! Sign
up now, or you'll miss out in October!
UPDATE: Lynda Angelastro and April
Anderton from Digital Scrapbook Magazine have volunteered to come!
They are going to teach a class about how to get published, and they
are bringing goodies for our treat bags!
For more information, or to sign up, please visit our Scrap
Girls Convention page in the Boutique!
 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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New
Member 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.
Life
Moments Chat and Crop
Tuesday, May 6th -9:00PM
ET
Join Pat (PBarnes),
for the next installment in our Life Moments Chat and Crop at
9 PM ET in the Live Chat Room.
Our theme for this week is Baby Photos. I
know some of you may not have baby photos of yourself, so if
that is the case, think about a layout with just journaling,
telling about your earliest memories, your favorite memories,
or a favorite toy you remember.
Hope you can come to the chat to share your
early memories, but if not, please think about doing a layout
anyway to add to your album about yourself.
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!
Share
The Love Chat
Thursday, May 8th - 1:00PM
ET
Come Share The Love with Launa on
Thursday, May 8th at 1:00PM EST. Do you have a LO that you would
like someone to leave some love on? How about a LO you have seen
that could use a little Love?? Let's get together and Share the
Love, and of course, CHAT! 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.
Recipe
Chat and Challenge
Friday, May 9th - 8:00PM
ET
Join April
Showers in the Chat Room at 8pm ET for our Recipe Swap
Chat! Check the message board on Thursday, May 8th for our
theme this month.
Scraplift
Crop
Sunday, May 11th - 5:00PM
ET
Join AngelaNussbaum and TysMommy for
a Scraplifting Crop. A few hours before the crop we will tell
you the name of a Scrap Girls Team Member, and you will be able
to choose one of their layouts to be your inspiration.
During the crop we will also help explain about scraplifting,
how to use a layout as inspiration, and the importance of giving
credit. Scraplifting is a lot of fun! So come join us, you're
sure to enjoy it!
Aussie
Mothers Day Chat & Challenge
Monday, May 12th -
9:00PM Australian
Eastern Standard Time
Join Jo (ScrappingJo)
and Karen (Kazbar73) in
the Live Chat Lobby for an Aussie Chat all about Mothers. Time
will be 9PM Australian Eastern Standard Time. For American
girls, time will be 7AM ET on Monday, 12 May, 2008 (USA time).
Hope to see you there.
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
won't know how old you actually are!) |
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Check our message
board calendar if you have any questions about what is happening
at Scrap Girls. All event times are given in Eastern Time Zone unless
otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check
out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-New York'
as the location for the Eastern time zone.)
Designer Freebie
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* There is a "free download"
button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them
in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. Also
note that if you are slow reading your newsletter, you may find this
freebie has already been retired, as the freebies are only available
as gifts for about two newsletter cycles.
Free Digital Scrapbooking
Starter Kit
The free digital scrapbooking stater
kit section is a standard newsletter feature for the benefit of the
large number of new subscribers that join our list every day.
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Would you like a chance to try
digital scrapbooking yourself?
Scrap Girls Refresh Collection
Biggie offers you samples of some of our most popular product
types. Try making a layout, your own paper with a ScrapSimple
Paper Template, a fast layout with a ScrapSimple Digital Layout
Template, or experiment with a brush.
We know you'll love digital scrapbooking
as much as we do, and we have thousands of products to feed your
new addiction!
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If you read nothing else, read
this!
15 Things You NEED to
Know to Become a GREAT Digital Scrapbooker. It's so
addictive; it ought to come with a warning label!
Free eBook "starter
kit" turns your dreams of digital scrapbooking
into reality today!
This dynamite eBook is 65 pages
- packed full of the information, ideas and help people need
when they are about to dive into this great hobby. It answers
questions about digital scrapbooking that Ro is asked all day
long, every day of the week, and each day of the year. You don't
have to wonder about important questions like how to back up
your files, whether you need a 12x12 printer to scrapbook digitally
(and which one to buy), or what type of computer software is
required to create digital scrapbooking layouts. The answers
are all here for you - in one easy to use eBook!
Bonus! Download the fun "Warning"
Label, too. It was created for you by Valerie Randall as a little
bit of extra fun!
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* There is a "free download"
button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them
in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items.
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Help! I Need Somebody
Monday, May 6, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Best of the Message Board
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Scrap Girls Convention - Digital Scrap Link Information!
- 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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Scrap Girls Clubs
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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
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May's Scrap Girls Club
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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
larger
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.
- 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
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...
- 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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