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What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique? |
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Layout by Valerie Randall
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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. |
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Life Muses by Ro: Blessings Project - Hands |
This is another installment of my Blessings Album Project. The intent is to remember how much I have been given. What better way to do this than through digital scrapbooking? Through this medium, I am able to combine photographs and stories in an engaging way. I would like to invite you to join me in creating your own Blessings Album. If you’d like to share your digital scrapbooking layouts with us, it would be great. We’ve opened a special area of the Scrap Girls gallery just for this purpose.
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“Squeak, squeak, squeak,” the springs of my horse sang as I rocked back and forth in time to the music. My mother taught piano lessons to neighborhood children and I was enamored.
“Teach me too, Mommy,” I cried.
Sometimes, as she taught her students, I stood at the end of the piano and longed for my own fingers to push the black and white keys in the proper order. I wanted to play the melodies I heard on my records. I wanted to be like the girls that sat on the piano bench and played, “Für Elise.”
“Teach me too, Mommy. Teach me too!”
One important day, Mom sat me on the bench beside her and began. She showed me that the black keys came in groups of two and three and had me find all of the groups. She put the first finger of my right hand on the D# and the first finger of my left hand on the C# and then music started. We sang along. “We are going higher, higher, higher, higher,” our voices chimed. “Now we’re going lower, lower, lower, lower, lower, lower,” we croaked.
My little fingers went up and down the keyboard as they played every set of black keys on it. It was just the first of many lessons. By the time I went to junior high, I was able to play the organ at church and could handle difficult music by Mozart, Grieg and Beethoven. Much to my father’s delight, my skills allowed me to accompany myself when I sang his favorite Broadway tunes.
Life became filled with hand-movement: Fingers threading locks of gold into fat braids tied at the bottom with elastics. Crocheting a vest as one hand held a hook and the other held the yard yarn. Needles clicking together as hands wove in and out. Fingers learning to hold a needle still in one hand while other hand attempted to steer embroidery thread through the tiny slit of the needle’s eye. One hand holding fabric stretched tight with a hoop as fingers on the other hand poked the needle in and out of the fabric, creating flowers as it moved.
These hands and fingers continued helped me to grow and learn as together we made cookies, tickled my brother, held the hand of my first boyfriend, wrote essays and assignments in school, learned to type, and take care of my personal needs.
But my hands loved to make music best of all. They gladly strummed the guitar, held a violin and bow, moved the keys on a saxophone, flute and piccolo, pressed the keys on the piano and organ, and flipped sticks back and forth as I hit the metal keys of the chimes. My hands and fingers were happy participants, in filling the air with sound and my heart with the happiness.
As a married woman, my hands reached for my newborn babies, caught runaway toddlers, soothed tears of children learning how to cope with the outside world, cooked endless meals and folded laundry. My hands rubbed the stubble on my husband’s prickly pre-shave morning face, tickled his back and ran their fingers through his curly hair as we watched TV together.
My hands were there, helping small hands of children perched on a piano bench, to understand that the instrument’s black keys are grouped in twos and threes. Two of my fingers demonstrated for my charges that if I travel up the keyboard, the sound climbs higher, higher, higher and higher. If I move my hands down the keyboard, the pitch goes lower, lower, lower and lower.
Shortly after I began Scrap Girls, I had wrist surgery. The recovery period required that I not move my left hand at all. Everything became very difficult to accomplish. Some things were impossible to do. It was during my recovery that I transitioned from paper scrapbooking to digital scrapbooking because I could use my mouse. When I finally received permission to use my left hand again, my heart was filled with such appreciation for my hands that I’ll never see them in the same way again.
My hands carry my life. I am blessed.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for my hands.
- Ro
The fourth product is included in this
month's Scrap Girls 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.
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!
Ro has recently spotlighted Pireps, CharleneJ and Soozlou. |
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Tutorial: Scrap Girl-ify your iGoogle Homepage |
Did you know that Google offers several ways to help you stay connected to your favorite websites? I enjoy my iGoogle homepage, which is the first thing I see every time I sign onto my computer. My iGoogle homepage features everything from snippets from the Scrap Girls message board to the latest products in the Scrap Girls boutique to weather in my area. Here's how I did it.
First, sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. If you already have one, you'll be able to sign in on this page, too. To sign up with a new account, you'll have to provide the standard information, such as an email address and a password of your choice. Once you have an account, you will notice on the main Google page that there is a link in the upper right hand corner that says “iGoogle.” Click on this.
You will then get a page that is likely to look like this. Go ahead and pick your interests and a theme. Don't worry if your interests aren't listed, everything can be edited and changed, as I will show you in just a moment. Then click “See your page.”
Now, your iGoogle page will be shown. While you are welcome to leave your page like this, you may wish to make some changes. To rearrange the placement of items on your page, you simply drag and drop the title bars. If you have items on it that you don't have an interest in, you can also click the small “X” on the title bars to delete them. There are also tabs that you can organize more information on. You can delete the tabs, rename them or add new ones. There are also many more “themes” (looks) available for your iGoogle page – everything from the solar system to cartoon characters. There's something for everyone.
Here's where the real fun comes in – time to Scrap Girl-ify your iGoogle page! On the left (near the themes link) you will see a link that says “Add Stuff.” Click on the link and on the page that appears you will find lots of things you can place on your iGoogle page. There are games, tools, news and more. Located on the left side you will notice a link that says “Add feed or gadget.” Feeds, also known as RSS feeds, XML feeds, syndicated content or web feeds, contain frequently updated content published by a website – Scrap Girls is one such site. Click on “Add feed or gadget” and a little box will pop up and you will be able to add in the web address for any feed. Type or paste the web address for the Scrap Girls message board in this spot and click “Add.” It should give you a little “check mark” and a message in the box that says the feed was added.
Now, you can add your other Scrap Girls feeds. Scrap Girls has two blogs which you'll want to be sure to add. One is a collaborative blog where all the Scrap Girls product designers posts little tidbits about their life. Once again, click to “Add feed or gadget” and type or paste the Scrap Girls blog address into the box: http://scrapgirls.typepad.com and then click “Add.”
The next feed you'll enjoy having easy access to is the Scrap Girls What's New Blog. This blog is updated six days a week, usually several times a day, with all of the newest products in the Scrap Girls boutique. Following the same steps as above, add the following web address for the Scrap Girls What's New Blog:
http://scrapgirls.typepad.com/scrapgirls_boutique/
After you add these web addresses into the feed or gadget box, return to your iGoogle home where you can check your feeds and edit them as necessary. You'll notice that each title header has a down arrow. By clicking on this you can edit settings and choose how many topics you want to show. Since I can't get enough of Scrap Girls, I choose the maximum setting of nine topics for each one. You can also rearrange each feed on the page so they are placed in a way that is appealing to you. You can even read more of the topic right on your iGoogle page by simply clicking on the little plus + sign next to each topic to expand it. If you want to read the whole post, just click on the title.
The last step is to add iGoogle as your homepage. Having iGoogle as your homepage means that every time you use your browser to view the Internet, iGoogle will be the first page that shows up. There are many different browsers and ways to change your homepage, but here are a couple of the most common choices:
Internet Explorer 6 or 7: While on your iGoogle page, click on the “Tools” menu on your toolbar and then “Internet Options.” Under the “General” tab, click “Use Current” and then click “OK.”
In Mozilla Firefox 3: With your iGoogle page open in Mozilla, click on “Tools,” then “Options” and then “Use Current Page” and finally click “OK.”
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to setting up your iGoogle page – the possibilities are endless! Have fun, add more stuff that interests you and you'll have a great homepage keeping you up to date on all of the latest of the Scrap Girls digital scrapbooking website.
Tutorial written by Brandie Valenzuela |
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What's Happening at Scrap Girls? |
Crops and Chats |
Recipe Challenge Chat
Saturday, July 12th - 8:00PM ET
Join AprilShowers in the Chat Room Saturday, July 12 at 8 PM ET for our monthly Recipe Challenge Chat.
Check the message board on Thursday, July 10, for this month's theme and Recipe Swap details. Hope to see you there!
Scraplift Crop
Sunday, July 13th - 5:00PM ET
Join TysMommy and angelaNussbaum for a Scraplifting Crop.
A few hours before the crop, we will tell you the name of a Scrap Girls Team Member, and you will be able to choose one of their layouts to be your inspiration. During the crop we will also help explain about scraplifting, how to use a layout as inspiration, and the importance of giving credit.
Scraplifting is a lot of fun! So come join us, you're sure to enjoy it!
New Member Chat
Tuesday, July 15th - 8:00PM ET
Join Patti (ruralscrapper) and Pat (PBarnes) at 8:00 p.m. ET for a New Member Chat. It is a great place to meet new friends and have questions about Scrap Girls answered.
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, July 16th - 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 July 16, we'll do a stripes challenge! Create a layout using stripes! Either in your photo, or papers, visible journaling lines, whatever you can think of... find a way to use stripes!
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!
Keeping Current Crop
Thursday, July 17th - 4:00PM ET
Join AngRoCamp for the Keeping Current Crop on the third Thursday of each month. In July, we'll enjoy an afternoon crop beginning at 4 p.m. ET (3 p.m. Central, 2 p.m. Mountain, 1 p.m. Pacific).
Don't let those photos pile up and become frustrating or overwhelming. Join us in the chat room for fun and focus on "keeping current" as we each tackle our most recent pictures and stories. So grab the last photos that are still hanging out on your camera's memory card and get to work, so you can say with confidence, "I'm current!"
Heritage Crop
Thursday, July 17th - 8:00PM ET
Do you have boxes of heritage photos just waiting to be restored and scrapped? Are there family stories just waiting for you to write down and preserve? Then this is the crop for you!
Join April (April Showers) and Carla (CRS) for the Heritage Crop and Chat! We'll help you get motivated to scrap those heritage photos and record your family stories for future generations to enjoy.
Faith Journey Chat
Thursday, July 17th - 10:00PM ET
Join Danna (scrappylibrarian) and Shalae (satippetts) in the Chat Room at 10 pm for our Faith Journey Chat. We were MIA for a while, but are ready to get back into the swing of things.
All members and faiths are welcome to this time of sharing, so we hope to see you there!
Quote/Word Art Crop
Sunday, July 20th - 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 chat section of the board giving you the quote that 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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July Events |
July Board Game: Layout Reveal
Whether you travel on vacation or entertain right in your own backyard, summertime means fun! This month, we'll be having some fun as we play Layout Reveal!
Every day, a member of the Welcoming Committee will post a layout that is partially covered in a message board thread. A new section of the layout will be revealed each day until someone correctly guesses which layout it is. Once a layout is correctly identified, a new layout will be featured starting the following day.
Layouts will be found in the boutique on product details pages.
If you are the first to guess one of the layouts correctly, you will win a $5 Gift Certificate to the boutique!
Layout Contests:
July Layout Contest: Is the high cost of traveling keeping you close to home this summer? For this layout contest, we want you to be a tourist in your own town. Do a layout of your favorite place to visit in or near your town, a place you like to take out-of-towners when they visit, or an historical landmark. Upload your layouts to the July Layout Gallery by July 31st at midnight and if your layout is chosen, you will win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Mid-June Layout Contest: What kind of candy would you be? Scrap a layout that shows what you think you’d be - something sweet but tart, something rich and chocolatey, or something nutty? Post your layout to the mid-month gallery by Midnight ET, on July 14th, and your layout may be chosen to win $10 to the boutique!
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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.) |
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Designer Freebie by Amanda Sok coordinates with her ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Victorian Trading Card, part of this month's ScrapSimple
Club offering!
* 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. |
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Blessings Project - Hands
Friday, July 11, 2008
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- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Scrap Girl-ify your iGoogle Homepage
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Designer Freebie
- Scrap Girls Convention - Digital Scrap Link Information!
- Getting Started
- Expand Your Skills
- Online Classes Currently Available
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
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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 is Having a 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 18 openings out of 120 are still available. Space is selling out quickly so don't delay.
Where: Salt Lake City, Utah
Sign up now!
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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!
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 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...
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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!
Start to Finish eBooklets
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 |
MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!
*NEW!* MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop (Versions 6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3)
- MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop Elements versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 & 6.0
It's time for you to stop playing catch-up in Photoshop and start having a blast doing the more advanced tricks that you see other people and professional digital scrapbookers doing.
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Take the world's easiest shortcuts to creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas.
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Make sure that you don't make the biggest mistakes that digital scrapbookers make when they create layouts.
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Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap Girls ScrapSimple products.
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Dip your digital scrapbooking self into some of those “other” cool tools that are sitting there waiting in your software for you to use such as paths, masks, the drawing pen, and more.
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See how easy it is to install and manage new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop so that you can make things that are creative and unique.
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Learn advanced tricks for using tools that you already know and love.
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Watch me make some beautiful papers and get a chance to peek inside of my layers. (Oh dear... That is the last frontier and I might be out of my mind to let you do it... NOBODY likes people to see inside of their layers. It is like having visitors peek inside of your dresser drawers. Very private stuff.)
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See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm betting that it will surprise you what tool I've used to do that with, too...)
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Get “IN” on creating your own brush sets. (You do NOT have to have those impossibly long brush sets frustrating you anymore. In fact, when you learn this trick, you will wonder why you haven't been using it all along.)
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Find out why Custom Shapes are so importantto 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 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:
Mastering Brushes for Photoshop Elements (Photoshop version also available!)
Digital Photography Simplified
Ten Basic Design Principles
Scrapbooking 911 - 20 Sketches to Revialize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 2
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Ten Beginner Tips On Type
July 15 and 22 - 3:00PM ET
This in-depth class is a wonderful opportunity to learn the basics of typography. This class comes with the Ten Beginner Tips on Type eBook. If you have already bought this eBook, email [email protected] to receive a store credit to use towards the purchase of this class. Learn simple rules and guidelines to use multiple fonts together more effectively. Discuss different ways to make journaling and title a cohesive part of every layout. Study real examples, and see how applying the rules can improve your layouts.
Important: This Intermediate Level class is for all digital scrapbooking programs. 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! |
Join the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking looks while saving! (A $27.94 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you will receive:
Layout by Amanda McGee using July's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Amanda McGee
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!) |
Join the ScrapSimple Monthly Club and you can enjoy the newest ScrapSimple looks while saving! (A $13.95 value for $6.99 or less!)
The new ScrapSimple Club contents are released on the 15th day of the month (or the closest business day to the 15th).
With the ScrapSimple Club, you will receive:
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1 ScrapSimple Paper Template Set
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1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template Set
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1 Brush Set
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1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
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1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple club is also available here.
Layout by Ursula Schneider using June's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Amanda Sok and Ursula Schneider
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! |
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 those 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!
 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 to participate.
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