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with beautiful, new pages created with all your new goodies! Don't
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Name of designer: Armi Custodio
Name of layout: Boracay Island
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Name of challenge: Favorite Vacation Spot
Other Ingredients:
- Font - One Way
- Font - Stamp Act
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Do you have certain memories where the details are not clear, but
you remember exactly how you felt at that moment? I tried to capture
this feeling in my layout with Blend Modes and erasing.
First, I composed
my photos and some embellies using Gillian Hurst’s
Turquoise Canvas Paper from her Flowering Flourishes Collection as
my background paper. Then I chose another paper from the same collection,
Scratchy Dots and set its Blend Mode to “Darken.” I
put this paper as the topmost layer. With this paper actively selected,
I erase over portions of the layout that I would like to show through.
I used Brandie Valenzuela’s Grungelle Brush Set - Smudge set
at 60% Opacity and around 450 pixels to do this. Any grungy or scratchy
brush will also work.
The last step is to add my journaling and some
brightly colored flowers to add contrast to the dreamy look of the
layout. I placed these items on layers above the second paper.
Journaling
reads:
Boracay was just beginning to be discovered. Nothing fazed us,
not the multiple transportation transfers to get to the island, not
the rustic accommodations. We had food, drinks, playing cards,
the sand, the sea and good company. We were happy.
I have been back
to the island many times after that summer, each
time with better food, better accommodations and faster transport.
But somehow, nothing can compare to that summer when I was 17.
Maybe
it was the combination of youth, the discovery of a new place, and
the friends I was with.
Next year I plan to take my children to the
island. It will be their first time. Perhaps through their eyes I can
recapture that perfect summer.
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Name of designer: Amy Lemaniak
Name of layout: Paris
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Favorite Vacation Spot
Other Ingredients:
- Font - PassionConflictRob
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To get the effect on my Eiffel Tower photo, I used Brandy Murry’s
ScrapSimple Tools – Actions: Sketch It PSE 8501 in Sepia
mode. Once I got the sketch to appear just as I wanted, I dragged it
onto my layout. I
then adjusted the Blend Mode to the "Soft Light" setting
to get the faded sketch appearance I was going for.
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Name of designer: Ellen Ytterland
Name of layout: At The Beach
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Name of challenge: Favorite Vacation Spot
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
For the blending
on the photos, I simply used "Overlay" and
changed the Opacity for my liking.
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Name of designer: Kara Swanson
Name of layout: Idaho
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Name of challenge: Favorite Vacation Spot
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To give some added depth to the layout, I duplicated the photo layer
and tilted it slightly, making it seem like there were two photos stacked
upon each other.
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Name of designer: Stefanie Harris
Name of layout: Hawaii
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Name of challenge: Artistic Photos
Other Ingredients:
Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Sometimes, in order to tie an embellishment in to your project (particularly
if you’ve already used ScrapSimple Tools – Styles on
other elements), the best thing to do is use the same or coordinating ScrapSimple
Tools – Styles on that embellishment as well. In this case,
I was using the word “tags” from Gillian’s African
Beat Collection Biggie, but the colors didn’t exactly coordinate
with my background.
The method I use is to duplicate the embellishment
twice (so you will end up with three identical layers). On the top
layer, you apply the Layer Style - in this case, Durin’s Unique
5104. At this point you’ll just have a solid element, which
doesn’t
work if there was writing there originally. So, you will need to merge
that top layer with the next layer down. You will see now that the
layer style icon will go away once the layers are merged. (Your software
may allow you to “Simplify Layer,” in which case you can
just duplicate the original element once, apply the style and then
Simplify.) With the layer “Simplified” now, you can play
with your Blend Modes to bring your original text back “up” through
the Layer Style.
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.
A Designer's Life: Cherise
Oleson
A Little Girl’s Dream
When I was a young girl, people asked me (as people often do) what
I wanted to be when I grew up. My best friend and I always replied
that we wanted to be artists. I was blessed with parents who were creative
people in their own ways and they never discouraged me from that thought.
As I grew, I took a few art classes here and there to keep that interest
alive. But, over the years, it kind of got pushed to the back burner.
New interests in math and science took over. As a senior in high school,
I had decided that I would major in Electrical Engineering when I went
to college.
So, I entered college the following year and took Calculus,
Physics, Computer Science and a myriad of other supporting courses.
I enjoyed them and did fairly well in them, better in some than others!
Things progressed and I was nearing the end of my sophomore year. I
had finished all of the prerequisites for electrical engineering and,
the following semester, I would finally be able to take an actual engineering
course. I was excited. Or maybe I should say, “I should have
been excited.” In
reality, I wasn’t really very excited. I woke up one morning
and realized that I was not excited about getting up every morning
and going to work as an electrical engineer. I tried to think about
what would excite me.
I was working as a secretary to put myself through
school at the time and I happened to be a secretary in the Department
of Design. I loved going to work each day and taking time to see all
of the art and designs hanging in the halls there. I saw student projects
in Interior Design and Graphic Design and Illustration. I realized
that this was what was exciting to me.
After talking with some of the
professors in the design department and going through the application
process (they only accept a certain amount of students each year into
the program), I started on my path to becoming a graphic designer.
There were ups and downs and the road was a difficult one at times.
But it was also very rewarding. And, because I was already a junior
when I started the four-year program, it took me a little longer to
get through college than I had anticipated. But when I finally graduated
with my BFA in Graphic Design, I knew that I had made the right decision.
I knew I had found what made me excited to get up in the morning.
After
I graduated from college, I worked for a creative agency in San Francisco
for a couple years. Then, I met my husband, we were married, and I
left my job to be with him as he finished his PhD in another state.
I continued to design a little here and there as a freelancer, but
as we welcomed our children into our family one by one, the time for
freelancing grew shorter and shorter.
I love being a mom and caring
for my family, but I realized last summer that something was missing
from my life. It had been at least two years since I had even done
any freelance work and the designer in me was itching to get out. That’s
when I found Scrap Girls. I had been a paper scrapbooker for years,
but it wasn’t until last summer
that I was first introduced to digital scrapbooking. As soon as I discovered
it, I could feel a certain fire reigniting inside me. I knew that this
was what I was meant to do.
I was thrilled when Ro and Valerie invited
me to be a Product Designer for Scrap Girls. I get up each day, excited
about new products and ideas that I can create and I love every aspect
of it. I’m especially
happy that the dream of a little five-year-old girl to be an artist when
she grew up has finally come true.
- Cherise
Favorite product I've designed:
ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates - Layered: 4x6 Round Up
Note: Commercial license versions
of ScrapSimple
Digital Layout Album Templates - Layered: 4x6 Round Up are also available.
I love the ease of digital layout templates and I love the “new” 4x6
craze for making quick little albums. This product combines the ease
of digital layout templates and the fun 4x6 size in one. I can customize
the look of each 4x6 layout and use them over and over. They will look
unique each time. And the built-in text paths on these templates are
an extra bonus!
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ScrapSimple Club Concepts
The ScrapSimple club contains items that allow YOU to decide the colors
and looks you will end up for your digital scrapbooking designs because
the ScrapSimple products are completely customizable. You get all the
products shown above, a $19.15 value, for $6.99 or less! And if you
would like to create designs to share or sell, there's even a commercial
club available! Plus, each month we will help you find new ways
to use your club contents to the fullest with this article full of
ideas, tips, and projects to get your creativity going!
May’s Scrap
Girls ScrapSimple Club’s featured designers are Ariadna
Wiczling and Syndee Nuckles.
Their club is full of fun products that can help you get document
your photos and creative in amazing ways. Let’s
look a little closer and see what ideas we can come up with for this
club.
Layout Ideas:
- Target practice, paintball or an "I’ve got you in my
sights" layout can be made using the cross-hair brush in the ScrapSimple
Layer Your Own Brush Set: Countdown Clock.
- Countdown days to a movie premiere
- Vintage or heritage photos
- Girlfriends
- Teenagers
- Photography class or hobby
- Family
- Show Bridal pictures or formal shots in the Proof Paper from ScrapSimple
Paper Templates: Photographic.
- Or, show a series of action shots!
Layout by Laurel Lakey
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Embellishment Ideas:
- Fill your page with frames and attach them all to each other with
the two-sided clip from ScrapSimple
Embellishment Templates: Photo Clips.
- Use the ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Photographic as frames.
- Create pie charts with the ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush
Set: Countdown Clock.
- Fill in ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Photographic "Lens" with
scenery from a vacation to create a background.
- Dangle charms or monogram initials from the ScrapSimple Embellishment
Templates: Photo Clips.
- Create journaling or file tabs from the Brush Set: Stamp A Date.
- Use the numbers from the Brush
Set: Stamp A Date to put dates in Brush
Set: My Descriptions.
Printable Ideas:
- Create scrapbook idea notebook for your photos. Use ScrapSimple
Paper Templates: Photographic "Photo Log", insert
your photo, write journaling notes, and sketch your idea.
- Or, create a portfolio for your finished work. Pair your best photos
with your best completed scrapbook pages.
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We hope this article gives you some ideas to get you
scrapping! We’d love to see what you come up with. There’s
even a special
gallery available for you to show off your Club creations and inspire
each other, so start creating!
Have fun!
Online Classes Available
Slice
It Up! Fun Ways With Mosaics
May 27 and June 3 - 1:00PM ET
A
Month of Memories
June 6 and 27 - 4:00PM ET
New
Class Offering!
How
to Emboss and Texturize with ScrapSimple Templates in PSE
June 3 and 10 - 9:00PM ET
What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
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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?
- Registration for our event has been open for just a few
weeks and we are already 71% sold out. Only
35 registration openings are still available. If
you wait too long to sign up, there is a chance you will
miss out on this awesome event. We don't want that to happen
to you, so sign up now!
Where: Salt Lake City, Utah
Location: To-die-for historic building called
the "Officer's Club", located at historic 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
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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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Aussie
Art/Ad Inspired Chat
Monday, May 26th - 9:00PM Australian
Eastern Time
Join Jo (ScrappingJo)
and Karen (kazbar73) for
an Art/Ad Inspired Chat at 9pm Australian Eastern Standard
Time in the Live Chat Lobby. Watch the boards on Monday as
Jo will post the Art/Ad for your inspiration then come along
at 9PM for a chat. For all American girls, the chat will be
on at 7AM New York time on Monday, 26 May. Hope to see you
there.
Desktop
Crop
Monday, May 26th - 9:00PM
ET
Please come join Angela (angelaNussbaum)
@ 9PM EST for the Desktop Challenge Crop. Tired of your desktop
being some graphic that you would've liked to make? Tired of
a solid background? Did you know with your digital scrapbooking
skills you can make a fabulous background for your enjoyment?
A few hours before the chat, we will provide you with a source
of inspiration, so stay tuned.
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, May 28th -
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 28, we'll do an embellishment challenge!
Create a layout using all of these elements: patterned paper,
photo corners and a brush! Use any brush you'd like, and embellishments
from any collection!
You'll have one hour to create a layout
and upload to the special High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be
amazed what you can get done in just one hour! Meet new friends
and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
NSBR
Chat – Early Edition
Thursday, May 29th -
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 29th, at 1 PM EST, in Chat Room #001!
Hope to see you there!
Swap
Crop Chat
Friday, May 30th - 9:00PM
ET
It's time for the Swap Crop Chat! We've
done the swapping, and created the layouts, now it's time to
chat about all the gorgeous layouts! I don't know what it is,
but these swaps bring out the best in everyone. This is the
time to chat about the theme, the beautiful layouts and learn
about the swap crop if you haven't participated before. I'll
even reveal the theme for next month! Join me, Carla, for a
fun chat at 9PM ET!
Pajama
Party
Saturday, May 31st -
9:00PM ET
Join angelaNussbaum and scrappylibrarian for
the monthly Pajama Party. We will start the chat at 9PM and
we will party! So put on your pajamas, get your snacks together
and meet us in the chat room lobby. Oh, and of course there
will be scrapping and chocolate involved!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, June 4th -
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 June 4, we'll do a 3-photo challenge! Create a layout using
3 photos, no more, no less!
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
Challenge Crop
Wednesday, June 4th -
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 grandmothers
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!
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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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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
in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items.
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A Little Girl’s Dream
Monday, May 26, 2008
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In this issue:
- 17.8% Off Summer Blastoff Sale!
- Cute Stuff
- A Designer's Life: Cherise Oleson
- ScrapSimple Club Concepts
- 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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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
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Scrap Girls Clubs
Scrap Girls Monthly Club |
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Join
the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with
the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking
looks while saving! (A $27.94 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents
are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business
day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you
will receive:
- 1 Collection Biggie
- 1 Paper Super Mini
- 1 8.5x11 Sheet of Word Art
- 1 Embellishment Set
- 1 Assemble Your Own Zoom Page Set
- 1 Designer's Choice Item
Layout by 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:
- 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
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in the Boutique. You can easily find them right now by checking
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New? section of the Boutique.
(Note: The ScrapSimple Club contents
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once the associated club month is released. But all club contents
are totally brand new, never-seen-before product releases for
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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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