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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 Swimming Pool
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 Brandy Hackman; the conversation between her two sons cracked me up.
As I was coming down the stairs today, I overheard this conversation between my boys. My five-year-old, Kobee, was showing his older brother his little stash of money.
Kobee: I need to save a lot of money to buy a pool.
Braxton: Do you know how much money pools cost? Like 40 hundred dollars.
Kobee: Yeah, I need 40 hundred dollars.
Braxton: Let me count your dollars. Okay, you have 15 dollars.
Kobee: I am saving a lot of dollars.
Braxton: 16, 17, 18, 19, okay I have 20 dollars. Wait a minute… if we add them up we will have like more than 20.
Kobee: Then we can buy a pool!
Braxton: Kobee, we need like 40 thousand.
Kobee: Then we could go to people’s houses and say we need your dollars.
Braxton: No, we can’t steal people’s money.
Kobee: Then how are we going to buy a pool?
Braxton: We have to sell things. Do you want to sell lemonade?
Obviously, our little boys want a swimming pool. It has been a big topic of conversation at our house for the last six months. We have held off putting in our backyard for over a year now, debating the idea. But, in the end, Mom and Dad have decided against the expense.
Since that decision has been made, they have had many conversations about saving their money and giving it to us to help pay for one. It is the sweetest thing to hear them talking about it. Maybe one day we can justify it. Until then, to the community center we go.
- Brandy Hackman
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:
Papers
Note: This product review written with screenshots
from Adobe Photoshop CS3 on a PC.
When I first saw that my article was going to be about papers, I thought, what can I write about papers, they're beautiful, but just papers. How can I make them exciting? But when I really got to thinking about all the cool stuff you could do with papers, I got quite excited! I am going to share a few earthshaking techniques that I use with papers! Are you ready?
The first thing I want to show you is how to make a custom background using finished papers. Here I used a dark blue textured card stock paper as the base, then I layered a blue paper from the Flowering Flourishes Collection that had some great movement to it. I used the screen blending mode, opacity 100% on this one. Then for the top layer I added a paper from the Shalom Collection that really brought out the green in my photos, on this one I used the multiply blending mode and opacity at 60%. So now I have an awesome background with a lot of interest that complements my photos perfectly.
Ok, so how many of you knew you could fill shapes with patterns using the fill bucket tool? And who knew you could make patterns from papers?! How fun! So here is how you do it. (I used the Layer Your Own Brushes: New Foliage.) Stamp them on your LO, then open a paper that you want to fill the stamp with. With the paper open, go to Edit -> Define Pattern, click OK and close the paper.
Back on your LO, select the fill bucket, at the top you will see a box that says foreground. Then click the arrow and select pattern. The pattern selection box is to the right, click on the arrow and you should see your new pattern that you made from the paper on the bottom of the list. Select it. Now fill your stamp just like you would with paint, only now it will be filled with your paper! How cool is that? Here I have also added a watercolor paper style to my leaves to give it more pop and dimension. I used the same technique on the flower and my word art.
Now the last technique I have used with my papers is a clipping mask, which I think is pretty familiar to most scrappers. I wanted to make a tag for my layout, and I wanted it to look aged. So using the AYO pretty pink tags, I picked a base, and placed a paper from the Scenic Route Collection above it in the layers palette. Making sure the paper was the active layer, I hit Ctrl+G (Cmnd+G Mac), clipping the paper to the shape of my tag base.
So as you can see papers are pretty exciting when you play with all the techniques available with your photo editing software! So go have some fun with papers!
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Launa is originally from the foothills of Northern California and now resides in the Deep South where she just recently acquired high speed Internet! It pays to have friends that know how to configure wireless networks when you live in the sticks! Most of her time is spent as a stay at home, as a home schooling mom of her 4 girls and as a secretary to her husband Steven. And every other spare moment? Well, that's spent scrapping of course!
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!
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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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.
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, May 14th -
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 May 14, we'll do an All About Me challenge!
Create a layout about something you adore! Tell us all about
something that really makes you happy - your family, Diet Coke,
Starbucks, new shoes, whatever!
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!
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!
NSBR Chat *Early Edition*
Thursday, May 15th
- 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 15th, at 1 PM EST, in Chat Room #001! Hope to see you there!
Quote/Word Art Crop - Time TBA
Sunday, May 18th
- TBA
Come join angelaNussbaum for the Quote Challenge Crop!
Here's how it will work. On Sunday, I'll post a thread on the challenge board giving you the quote which you will use to make your own word art. It's not hard, and I will even have a layout with a Word Art example. Then we'll meet in the chat room to have fun, chat, and create our Word Art layout!
We'll post the time on Sunday, as the time changes around each time to allow participation by our international folks.
Everyone can participate and create a layout, even if you can't make the chat. Hope to see you there!
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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 Swimming Pool
Thursday, May 8, 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: Papers
- 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
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:
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:
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1 ScrapSimple Paper Template Set
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1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
Set
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1 Brush Set
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1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
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1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple
club is also available here.
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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.
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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
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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 5.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 4.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 3.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed (Photoshop 7, CS, CS2 and CS3)
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) X
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 9
Are you wishing you could learn
how to scrapbook digitally, but feeling kind of intimated by
it? These tutorials allow you to actually watch Ro scrapbook.
You'll see her working on her computer and hear her talking about
why she is doing what she is doing. It's easy to watch the short,
one-topic movies over and over again until you have it down.
It's like having Ro come to your home and give you private scrapbooking
lessons. You could be digitally scrapbooking today!
After you watch the Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed movies, you will...
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Create your own digital scrapbook layouts
using the latest, most popular techniques
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Manage all of the important basics that
digital scrapbook enthusiasts need to know to get started
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Understand how to save your files for
printing or sharing them with your friends and family over
the internet
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Make your own textured brush
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Learn how to install and use purchased
brushes
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Make your own simple backgrounds
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See how easy it is to manage transparent
embellishment files that allow digital scrapbooking layouts
to look like they are "real"
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Become a pro at managing the drop-shadowing
techniques
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Learn about transparency and lighting
effects
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Make your own digital torn paper edges
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Be able to isolate a single item in an
embellishment or alpha and be able to change the color to suit
your fancy
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Become a pro at repairing damaged photos
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Know the secret of putting text on a curve
or in a circle
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Laugh at how simple it is to make rounded
edges on your photos
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Use keyboard and tool shortcuts that make
digital scrapbooking a breeze
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Be able to place digital embellishments
on your digital scrapbook layout with ease
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Unlock the mystery of how to clip a digital
paper clip onto your layout so that it looks real
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Learn how to install and use purchased
textures
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Understand some advanced techniques such
as how to keep blue eyes blue on a black and white photo
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Learn how to adjust black and white photos
to sepia
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And lots more!
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Mastering Brushes |
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Mastering Brushes for
Photoshop Elements
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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