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What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
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The fourth and fifth products are included
in this month's ScrapSimple
Club offering. Members receive a substantial
discount on these club supplies. They are also available elsewhere in
the Boutique at regular prices for those individuals who would rather
not join a club.
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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: Avoiding Digital Scrapbooking Melt Downs: Part 1
(Note: This is the first of a series of articles I am writing on my blog. It is important enough that I thought I had better share it with you.)
Okay, so I'll admit that when you lose your photos and digital scrapbooking supplies because of a hard drive failure or complete computer tank-out, it isn't funny, but I couldn't resist this photo on Flickr by Tigerlemurguy.
I'm going to write a short series of articles about how you can back up your files to prevent disaster. I use all of them. When I was at Novell (a networking software company) we constantly talked about triple-redundancy. This simply means that you are using three different ways of backing up in case one of them fails. I'm going to teach you four ways to back up your digital files.
Nothing is more disastrous to a digital scrapbooker than to lose their memories because they have been sloppy about backing things up. It feels like the world, as we know it, has ended.
Today's topic: Online backup
The main virtue of backing up your files online is that it happens automatically without your interference. I personally use Carbonite. When I worked at Novell, we had a similar piece of software called iFolder. It backed up all of our files, but not our operating system and settings. Every time a change occurred, the change was backed up automatically, seamlessly behind the scenes. If we lost our computer, IS&T would come along with a new computer all set up for us, we would login to iFolder and our files would download to our computer in exactly the same set up (filing structure - you name it) and off we would go. It saved us tons of time. iFolder saved my bacon three different times.
After I left Novell, I longed for iFolder. I felt exposed to the whims of computer failure without it.
When I found Carbonite, I practically did hand flips around my office because it works the same way. Your files are encrypted before they leave your computer. Every time you are connected to the Internet, they automatically back up to a Carbonite server. It happens behind the scenes without your interference. It takes a while to get the initial backup done, but after that you are almost always caught up.
Carbonite recently saved me because I accidentally deleted a folder that had two and a half years of writing in it. (I about passed out when I realized what I’d done.) Then I remembered Carbonite. I just located the folder on my Carbonite drive, chose to restore it, and in about an hour I had it back on my computer again.
Another option is Mozy. Some people prefer Mozy because it backs up hard drives and Carbonite doesn’t have that option yet. I have four internal drives in my computer so Carbonite works great for me. I also use Carbonite for my laptop. (Yes, my computer is bigger than most servers.)
Check it out. I can't recommend this option highly enough because it is almost impossible to keep up with the next three options consistently. You are almost always behind... With an online backup system, you are always backed up.
You'll never have to worry that you are going to lose those precious digital scrapbooking layouts... or your financial records... or your emails... or anything else that you really care about on your computer again.
- Ro
Note from Ro: Would you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate, too? Send your own
muse to [email protected]. If it is selected
for publication in the Scrap Girls newsletter, you'll get to have
fun shopping!
Muse: To be absorbed in one's thoughts;
engage in meditation. Not intended to solve the world's problems,
another person's problems, or to cover topics completely. One does
not have to agree with musings to enjoy them just as one does not
have to be the same as someone else to appreciate who they are.
Enjoy Ro's Muses? She now has a blog where she is posting some of our readers' favorites, along with blog-only topics. http://lifemuses-ro.typepad.com/life_muses_by_ro/
*New!* Ro is now spotlighting
various Scrap Girls members and layouts in her blog.
If you end up being spotlighted there, you'll get a little gift from
her. Subscribe to her blog and
see what is going on!
Ro has recently spotlighted:
Soozlou
Beth Lang
Note from Ro: Answer a survey question and maybe you'll win a portable
hard drive!
Okay blog and Scrap Girls newsletter fans...
I'm going to do a question
survey in my blog and
then draw a name from the people who respond to the question to see
who wins this portable external hard drive. It will be perfect to take
with you when you go to crops, on vacation or even perhaps, the Scrap
Girls Digital Scrap Link Convention in Salt Lake City this October!
(That is, if you hurry up and get one of the remaining slots.) You
can throw your photos and supplies on it you want to use while you
are away from home and then transfer them back onto your bigger computer
or storage media when you come back again. Awesome!
Just enter your reply at the bottom of the blog
post and you'll be
entered into the contest. You must give me your email address (it won't
be visible to blog viewers) so that I can email you should you win.
It would be best if you subscribe to my blog because I will announce
the winner in it, and that will make sure you find out if you are the
winner!
Western Digital WDXMS1200TN Passport 120 GB USB 2.0 Portable
Hard Drive
QUESTION: How did you find Scrap Girls?
You have until Friday, May 30th, 5PM MDT to enter the contest.
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.
Tutorial: Setting Up a Scrap Girls Blog
Note: Tutorial Created Using Windows XP.
Have you ever wanted to blog but were afraid to start? Why not start one right at Scrap Girls! You can. It can be viewed by anyone, but comments can only be made by registered members of Scrap Girls. Still, it is a fun way to share your thoughts with friends and family. Getting started could not be simpler.
First, login to your Scrap Girls account and go to the message board. At the top of your screen, next to the Gallery link, you will see Blogs. Click on that link.
This link brings you to all of the great blogs here at Scrap Girls. These are fun to peruse at your leisure, but for now, we will continue on with the tutorial. On the far left of the menu bar, you will see the option Create A Blog. (This will only appear if you haven’t already started a blog here at Scrap Girls or if you aren’t already redirecting an existing blog to another URL site.) Click on this link.
The first page will request that you abide by the Scrap Girls Blog Terms and Rules. This box must be checked before the system will allow you to continue.
The next page allows you to name your blog, give it a description and then give you the option to choose a Scrap Girls blog (local blog) or post a link to an external blog. Be sure you have local blog chosen. Click Finish when you are ready to move on.
You will get a message from Scrap Girls that says your blog has been activated.
On the page that follows, you may change the parameters of your blog, if you wish. This includes disabling comments or subscribing to comment notification. Please note that, at this time, you cannot make your blog private, nor can you allow guests to comment on your blogs. You can, however, decide whether you want anyone but Scrap Girl members to view your blog by checking the Allow guests to view your Blog check box. Click Submit if you make any changes to your settings.
From here, you can now click on My Blog at the top of your screen. This will take you to your Blog page. To add an entry to your blog, go to Entries on the right-hand side of your screen. Go down to Add Entry.
The entry page will look much like the page used to post on the message board. Note that you must post a Blog Entry Title or you will get an error message later.
Enter your blog entry.
The blog entry is automatically posted as a draft unless you change that before you publish your post. You will see this option below the text box. Be sure to change it to Published if you are good to go. Click Publish Post when you are ready. (It is acceptable to publish your entry as a draft and then click on the entry later to change it to published.)
Your first blog entry is ready to be seen by your Scrap Girl friends and family. There are many other options to play with from here, but this is where this tutorial ends. Feel free to play with your new blog!
If you wish to link to your Scrap Girls Blog in your signature, you can copy the link at the top of your browser and paste it as a link into your signature.
Have fun blogging!
Tutorial written by Theresa Kavouras
Online Classes Available
Slice
It Up! Fun Ways With Mosaics
May 27 and June 3 - 1:00PM ET
New
Class Offering!
10
Basic Design Principles
May 28 and June 4 - 9:00PM 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 37 openings are still available
(as of 5/13/08). Space is limited and we are selling out fast.
(The seats are already 3/4 taken and we've only had the sign-ups
open for a week!!) If you are thinking about coming, 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
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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Secret
Pal Reveal
Friday, May 16th -
9:00PM ET
Calling all Secret Pals! The Big Reveal
for Round Three of Scrap Girls Secret Pals will be Friday,
May 16th at 9 PM ET in the Live Chat Room. Have you figured
out who your Secret Pal is yet or is it still a wonderful mystery?
Pat (PBarnes) has all
the answers. Hope you can join us.
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!
PSP
Support Group Chat
Monday, May 19th -
5:00PM ET
Hey Paint Shop Pro users! Come join us at
5:00 PM ET for a fun chat just about PSP!
This month the topic is Layered Templates!
We will talk about ways to make them quick and easy to use.
We have a thread here to post questions and get help with them
and you will find tutorials in the Scrap Girls University to
help you too! We will be in Chat Room 1; just click on the
Live Chat link to get to the chat room! See you there!
New
Member Chat - Early Edition
Tuesday, May 20th - 3:00PM
ET
Join Dee (DDecker)
at 3:00 PM ET for a fun chat to get to know our newest members.
We will discuss the message board, gallery, chocolate and so
much more! Everyone is welcome, new or not-so-new! Not sure
how to get there? Just click the Live Chat button above, you
will need JavaScript enabled to access the chat room.
New
Member Chat
Tuesday, May 20th - 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 20th, 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 Crop
Tuesday, May 20th - 9:00PM
ET
It’s time for another Life Moments Crop me, Carla (crs). Life Moments Crops are about building a scrapbook all about you, one layout at a time. This week’s topic is about becoming a mother. What are your thoughts, memories or worries about becoming a mother? Or, what were your mother’s feelings about your own arrival? It’s time to get those things scrapped. Join me in the Live Chat, Room #1 on Tuesday, May 20th at 9 PM ET! Hope to see you there!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, May 21st -
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 21, we'll do a color challenge! Create a layout using the color ORANGE! Yep, that's right! Orange! This is an often overlooked color that is great for spring and summer pictures, and adds pop to any layout!
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!
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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-May
Layout Contest: In this crazy, busy world we live in, it's hard to find time for ourselves. Between work, family and other obligations, life gets hectic. We all deserve to make time to relax and concentrate on
ourselves!
What do you do to spoil yourself? What is
your guilty pleasure? Create a layout about how you spoil yourself,
your guilty pleasure, and you could win a $10 Gift Certificate
to the Boutique!
Just upload your layout to the Mid-May Layout Contest Gallery
before June 14th at Midnight EST, and you could win!
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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button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them
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Avoiding Digital Scrapbooking Melt Downs: Part 1
Friday, May 16, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's New in the Scrap
Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Setting Up a Scrap Girls Blog
- 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 $26.93 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents
are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business
day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you
will receive:
Layout by Laurel Lakey 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 Templates Set
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1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
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1 Brush Set
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1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
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1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple
club is also available here.
Layout by Ariadna Wiczling using
May's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you
by Ariadna Wiczling and Syndee Nuckles
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
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)
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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