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Digital Scrapbooking News
What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?

Computer scrapbook layout by Thao Cosgrove

Layout by Thao Cosgrove
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Impressionistica Collection Mini Aged Photo Frame Embellishment Mini Old Photo Frames Embellishment Biggie
Blossoms & Blooms - Summer Embellishment Biggie A Washed Garden Embellishment AMC_Thoughtful Font
Commercial license versions of AMC_Thoughtful Font are also available.

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Computer scrapbook layout by Jan Hicks

Layout by Jan Hicks
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ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Mica ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Scratches Biggie ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Artistic Edges
Softball Collection Mini Bowling Collection Mini Dirt Road Embellishment Mini
  Planet Earth Collection Biggie  

Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Mica, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Scratches Biggie and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Artistic Edges are also available.

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Computer scrapbook layout by Valerie Randall

Layout by Valerie Randall
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Super Pack: Aloha Hula Sue Dreamer Collection Dynamic Brush Set: Basic Stitching 4901 Biggie

Commercial license versions of Dynamic Brush Set: Basic Stitching 4901 Biggie are also available.

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Computer scrapbook layout by Laurel Lakey

Layout by Laurel Lakey
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ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Citrus Splash Citrus Splash Collection Mini Avalon Collection Biggie
Charlotte Collection Dreamer Collection ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates - Layered: 12x12 Double Spread
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Chipboard Distressed 4103 Mini ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Chipboard Distressed 4104 Mini ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Colored Vellum 5401
Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Citrus Splash, ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates - Layered: 12x12 Double Spread, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Chipboard Distressed 4103 Mini, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Chipboard Distressed 4104 Mini and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Colored Vellum 5401 are also available.

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Computer scrapbook layout by Amanda Sok

Layout by Amanda Sok
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ScrapSimple Alpha Templates: Cut Up Fanciful Collection Mini Dear Diary Collection Biggie
Brush Set: Trendy Circles   Journey Paper

Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Alpha Templates: Cut Up and Brush Set: Trendy Circles are also available.

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Computer scrapbook layout by Mandy Steward

Layout by Mandy Steward
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ScrapSimple Alpha Templates: Fully Alive Home Life Paper Super Mini Brush Set: Labeled Dates
Urban Gazette Embellishments Little Birdy Embellishment College Days Embellishment Biggie
  Janet Collection Biggie  

Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Alpha Templates: Fully Alive and Brush Set: Labeled Dates are also available.

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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: Both Believed and Both Did

“Harder,” she cried. “Try harder. It is important that you believe in yourself.”

“I am trying,” came back the reply. “Can’t you see that? I’ve been doing this all day long.”

“You must focus,” the stern, red-haired woman demanded. “You aren’t focusing. This is why your hands are weak.”

“My hands are weak because I’m a wimp,” the student pouted. “I’ve never been able to do things like this.”

“Didn’t I tell you that you don’t believe in yourself? You have just proven it with your words.”

“I did?”

“Yes. You just said that you have never been able to do things like this. Your words can make you powerful or weak. Your words are making you fail.”

“How do I change?”

The teacher stiffened, rapped her stick on the floor and said, “It is obvious. Thoughts precede words. Change your thoughts and you will change your words. Change your words and you will believe. Believe and you will do.”

“So if I think I can, I can?”

“Yes.”

The student stared at the teacher whose worn eyelids hid the quick, clear green eyes that saw every movement her charge made. She nodded at the teacher and drew herself up tall. “I believe I can do it.”

“Then run, child, run. Run and place your hands well. You will accomplish your goal.”

The child ran down the soft blue mat, placed her hands above her head, one by one, and felt her legs move past her head, one by one. She sensed that her legs had landed on the mat, one by one and she stood tall – her hands in the air.

“Yes! Yes,” the teacher beamed. “Now that was a cartwheel to remember!”

The child grinned. “May I pick out my sticker now? I’d like a pink one.”

“Of course you can, child. In fact, you may have two stickers today.”

Child and teacher... teacher and child: Both believed and both did.

It was a very good day.

- Ro

 

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.

Note from Ro: Would you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate? 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!

Ro is now spotlighting various Scrap Girls members, showing layouts, and running contests in her blog. If you end up being spotlighted in it, you'll get a little gift from her. Subscribe to her blog so you don't miss what is going on!

Tutorial: Creating an Inked Canvas Background

Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop CS2 with Windows XP.

It is easy to create your own digital scrapbooking background papers with ScrapSimple Paper Templates. In this example, I will show you how to add color and the look of an inked canvas textured background in a 4x6 digital scrapbooking layout.

First, create a new 4x6 document. Open your desired photo, click and drag the photo onto the new document. Resize your photo to fit on the 4x6 canvas. A great beginner’s tip is to click on the link icon and your photo will be resized in correct proportions.

Next, select a desired background color by using the Eyedropper Tool. Then, fill the background layer with the Paint Bucket Tool.

Next, using ScrapSimple Paper Templates - 4x6: Inked Canvas, add the paper template named "AMC_SS_Paper_4x6_InkedCanvas_Smudges" by selecting File> Place.

Then, select a layer Blend Mode. In this example, I have chosen “Soft Light.” This instantly adds the canvas texture. This would make a great background as it is, but if you want a bolder edge treatment, try adding another textured layer. You can easily color that paper template within your layout document.

Next, add a blank layer and fill it with the desired accent color. Then, place the additional paper template "AMC_SS_Paper_4x6_InkedCanvas_Edges" above that blank layer. Then, select a Blend Mode for the paper template layer. In this example, I have selected “Overlay.”

Next, merge those two layers together. To achieve an inked edge look, select the brighter yellow area with the Magic Wand Tool and Delete. In this case, I chose a Tolerance of "25." This will create a bold yellow inked edge accent.

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Computer scrapbook layout by Amanda McGee

Layout by Amanda McGee
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ScrapSimple Paper Templates - 4x6: Inked Canvas Summer Fun Word Art Stickers Ice Cream Shoppe Collection Mini
  Lettering Delights Letterpress Font  
Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates - 4x6: Inked Canvas, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions:Stitching 4901 and Lettering Delights Letterpress Font are also available.

Jo Corne

Tutorial written by Amanda McGee

What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
Crops and Chats

Quote/Word Art Crop
Sunday, June 8th - Time 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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Aussie Colour Chat
Monday, June 9th - 9:00PM *Australian Eastern Standard Time*

Join Karen (Kazbar73) for a Aussie Colour Chat and Challenge. Watch the boards on Monday for the colour, then complete a layout and join me in the Live Chat Lobby at 9pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. Hope to see you there.

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Let's Leave Some Love (Chat)
Monday, June 9th - 1:00PM ET

Come join me (Launa) and leave some love in the gallery. Bring a link to a layout of your own that needs a little love and two links of layouts that belong to someone else that need some love! Let's recognize all that awesome talent we have out there! I'm sure at some point, chocolate will be discussed! So join me on Monday, June 9th, at 1:00 EST in the Scrap Girls Chat Room! See ya there!!

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New Members Chat
Tuesday, June 10th - 8:00PM ET

Join Welcoming Committee Members PBarnes (Pat) & ruralscrapper (Patti) for an evening of chatting and fun at the New Members Chat, Tuesday, June 10th, 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.

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High Noon Crop
Wednesday, June 11th - 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 11, we'll do a favorite quote challenge! Create a layout using a quote you love! Can be a famous quote, a quote from an obscure poet or a quote from a child! Any quote will do!

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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NSBR Chat - Early Edition
Thursday, June 12th - 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 June 12th, at 1 PM ET, in Chat Room #001! Hope to see you there!

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Sketch Crop Challenge
Thursday, June 12th - 9:00PM ET

Join me, sprinklz, for the Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, June 12th 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 (above right). 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.

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Recipe Swap Chat
Friday, June 13th - 9:00PM ET

Join Scrappylibrarian for our monthly Recipe Swap Chat. We will meet up in the Chat Room at 9 pm ET. Check the message board on Thursday, June 12 for this month's recipe theme and info on the swap. Hope to see you there!

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High Noon Crop
Wednesday, June 18th - 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 18, we'll do a favorite photo challenge! Create a layout using a photo you love! Can be any photo, just make sure you love it!

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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Ad Inspiration Chat
Wednesday, June 18th - 9:00PM ET

Join Pat & Launa for an Ad Inspiration Chat and Crop in the Scrap Girls Chat Room Wednesday, June 18th, at 9:00 ET. We will use a magazine ad to inspire a layout, there is no wrong answer!! Come join the fun!

The Ad will be posted a couple of hours before the challenge. Come join us for some chattin', croppin', and FUN!

 
June Events

June Board Game: Chocolate Scavenger Hunt

What's sweeter than chocolate and shopping in the Scrap Girls boutique? That's right... NOTHING! This month we've combined those two super sweet things to create a game worth sinking your teeth into and a prize worth drooling over!

Every day (June 2nd-June 30th), a member of the Welcoming Committee will post a new clue on the Message Board. Use the clues to find the correct products in the Scrap Girls Boutique. You will know when you have located them because you will see a candy-coated Scrap Girls chocolate on the product details page.

Send the EXACT product names and the accompanying links where the products are found to [email protected]. Use the subject line: JUNE MESSAGE BOARD GAME for your email entry, and include your messageboard name and real name. You have until Midnight Mountain Time, on Tuesday, July 1st to submit your answers.

Everyone who finds ALL 29 hidden chocolates will be entered in a drawing for one of three $10 Gift Certificates! Find 20+ candies and be entered in a drawing for one of two $5 Gift Certificates! Find 10+ hidden chocolates and be entered in a drawing for one of two $3 Gift Certificates!

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Layout Contests:

June Layout Contest: Did you know that June is National Candy Month? Digital scrapbooking is the ultimate no fat, no sugar treat – how sweet! For this month’s contest we want you to do a “Yummy” layout using colors and textures that say “yummy” to you – from bright colors that might represent a sweet treat to the luscious browns like melt-in-your-mouth chocolates. Post your layouts to the monthly gallery by Midnight ET, June 30th, and yours might be chosen to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique.

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!

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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.)

Today's Freebie

Computer scrapbook layout by Diane Miller [dinny]

Layout by Diane Miller [dinny]
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Serene Corner Embellishment SPECIAL
Designer Freebie by Diane Miller [dinny] coordinates with her ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Serene 3801

ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Serene ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Gesso Biggie Fantaisie Collection Mini
  Brush Set: Nearly Taped  
Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Serene 3801, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Serene, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Gesso Biggie and Brush Set: Nearly Taped are also available.

* 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.

Both Believed and Both Did
Friday, June 6, 2008

Scrap Girls Guarantee

In This Issue

In this issue:

- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Creating an Inked Canvas Background
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Scrap Girls Convention - Digital Scrap Link Information!
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
- Designer Freebie
- Getting Started
- Expand Your Skills
- Scrap Girls Clubs


Note from Ro
Ro Paxman

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!

Better Business Bureau Reliability Program

Scrap Girls is Having a Convention!
Scrap Girls Digital Scrap Link 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 24 openings out of 120 are still available. Space is selling out quickly so don't delay.

Where: Salt Lake City, Utah

Officer's Club

Sign up now!


Getting Started

15 Things You NEED to Know to become a GREAT digital scrapbooker

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!

Refresh Collection Biggie

Would you like a chance to try digital scrapbooking yourself?

Scrap Girls Refresh Collection Biggie offers you free 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!

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0

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

Do you wish you could learn how to scrapbook digitally, but feel kind of intimated? Well, here's the solution for you. 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!

Start to Finish eBooklets

How to Make a Birthday Scrapbook Page
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!

More Titles Available


Expand Your Skills

MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!

MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop

*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.

eBooks!

Scrap Girls offers a large catalog of eBooks covering topics that will expand your digital scrapbooking abilities to new heights. Here are just a few samples:

Mastinger Brushes for Photoshop Elements
Mastering Brushes for Photoshop Elements (Photoshop version also available!)

Digital Photography Simplified
Digital Photography Simplified

Ten Basic Design Principles eBook
Ten Basic Design Principles

Scrapbooking 911 - 20 Sketches to Revitalize Your  Digital Scrapbooking - Book 2 eBook
Scrapbooking 911 - 20 Sketches to Revialize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 2

See more titles


Available Online Classes

Online Class - The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in PSE
The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in PSE
June 12 and 19 - 3:00PM ET

This in-depth digital scrapbooking class on Adjustment Layers is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the versatility and flexibility of Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop Elements. This class will teach you how to use Adjustment Layers to make your photos pop off the page.

Important: This Intermediate Level class is for Adobe Photoshop Elements users only. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course!

Enrolling in this course without understanding these basic skills may cause you to feel lost and frustrated when you attend the classes. We want you to have a great experience. So please, if you are uncertain that you have enough skills to take this course, use the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program to build an adequate foundation prior to the classes starting. Thanks!


Scrap Girls Monthly Club

The June Scrap Girls digital scrapbooking club, designed for you by Brandy Hackman.

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

Digital scrapbooking layout by Brandy Hackman using June's Scrap Girls Club
Layout by Brandy Hackman using June's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Brandy Hackman

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!)


ScrapSimple Monthly Club

The May ScrapSimple digital scrapbooking club selection by Ariadna Wiczling and Syndee Nuckles

Join the ScrapSimple Monthly Club and you can enjoy the newest ScrapSimple looks while saving! (A $13.95 value for $6.99 or less!)

The new ScrapSimple Club contents are released on the 15th day of the month (or the closest business day to the 15th).

With the ScrapSimple Club, you will receive:

  • 1 ScrapSimple Paper Template Set
  • 1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template Set
  • 1 Brush Set
  • 1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
  • 1 Designer's Choice Item

A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple club is also available here.

Computer scrapbook layout by Laurel Lakey using May's ScrapSimple Club
Layout by Laurel Lakey 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!


Opportunities for You!

Customer Muses: Would you like to share your own Life Muse with our readers? 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, plus a complete list of thos products.
- 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!

divScrap 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 to participate.


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