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The first five products are included in this
month's ScrapSimple Club offering. Members receive a substantial discount
on these club supplies. They are also available elsewhere in the Boutique
at regular prices for those individuals who would rather not join a club.
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These products are 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.
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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!
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I have four children. The last are identical twin girls; mirror image, no less. I took many, many pictures of them. Now, my children are in their forties. I have wanted to scrapbook them, but the pictures have gone here and there. So, I set out to scan a lifetime of pictures, to the age of eighteen anyway.
Mind you, I knew who each twin was when I put everything away for future posterity. If you think it is now impossible to tell those babies apart, it does not get any easier as they grow older. I asked them the other day who was who when they were in their twenties. They said, “Cathee, see the wedding ring? Cristee was not yet married.” Even now, we sometimes have a hard time. I could tell you lots of stories, but then I would be digressing.
What is the point of this you ask? Well, I look at scrapbook pages all of the time, even those my girls put together. They don’t have any names! We are, after all, putting these books together for future generations, right? We are told everything will last 200 years. I ask myself, how do they know since nothing we use has been around 200 years? Early negatives I have of the children have been around for 42 years. I have some negatives that have been around at least 60 years, so I guess we can take their word for it.
I started ten years ago with my ancestors. I put full names, even maiden names, under each photo and if not on the front page, at least a sticker on the back of the page. I then put an ancestral chart at the back of each book. Even though I am working now on "live" people, I am continuing the practice. After I am gone, I don't want these books to go into the trash because no one knows who these people are. If you don't think that will happen, I know by experience that it does. When my mother died, I found a book that I didn't know she had. I recognized very few people, so in the trash it went. It is so sad because I know they were neighbors and school chums that I knew as older people and it would have been a fun experience seeing who they might have been.
- Carma Frankos
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!
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Way Cool Scrap Girl: Sara A. |
Once again, as on so many other nights, I cannot sleep. My sleep deprivation is getting worse and worse despite the fact that my wonderful female doctor, who understands me, gave me drugs to help me sleep. They work - for about an hour and then I am suddenly wide awake while everyone else in my house sleeps peacefully and is not even aware that Mom is up and at her computer. When my dear, sweet husband's head hits the pillow, he is immediately in deep sleep, snoring within seconds. When my head hits the pillow, racing thoughts of what I haven't done today that needed to be done and what I now have piled on top of that for tomorrow to do. This has been going on for years now and I am ready for it to stop. But, evidently, stress is going to be a part of my life for a few more years to come.
I lost my ability to sleep when our next-to-last foster child came to us at three weeks old. The memory of that day is as clear as the bright, shiny sky - it's huge - it's heart-rending - because when they placed that tiny little bundle in my arms I was in love from that moment on. It didn't matter to me at the time that he was a crack baby, that he was born with fetal alcohol syndrome, would more than likely be ADHD as he got older. All I could think of was, "we've had over 30 foster children in our home over the years, we can fix this problem."
Months went by and with every month there was a new problem - he had to be seen by neurologists, have brain scans for which they had to sedate him because he was like a wild man when we went to the doctor - flailing his little arms and screaming and biting me and kicking me. He had what they called "rage attacks" - not anything like a two-year-old temper tantrum. They put him on medications that only made things worse.
I began buying books that talked about his diagnoses and educated myself to the point that I knew more than some of the doctors did. I learned that his problematic life was going to change all of our lives radically for the next few years. At first, I was saddened by the fact that he had all of these problems because his biological mother did drugs while he was in utereo. My sadness turned quickly to anger because this was a precious little life who did not ask to be born with all of these problems and that I could read every book written on his diagnoses and I still couldn't "fix" it for him. He did not deserve this, but I also knew that God, not DSS, chose us to have him for a reason and we weren't about to give up on a challenge that God had sent to us. We also had three other biological children who were growing up and starting families of their own.
We learned early on that he was a "right-brainer" and from the age of three and up, he could build magnificent things from Lego or K'Nex - big things, like Ferris wheels and huge motorized cars that actually worked and he did it all by looking at the pictures because he couldn't read then. He was amazing. At two, we could be anywhere within 20 miles of home and he could tell us exactly how to get home.
I had to be awake or sleeping very lightly every night because he would get up in the middle of the night and rummage around the house destroying anything he could get his hands on. "Put him in a home," Social Services would say. Our response was always, are you kidding me? We love this child - no one can take better care of him than we do. We were appalled that they would recommend such a thing.
Decision made, the days ahead turned into the most difficult days of our marriage. Fortunately, we had a strong marriage or we never would have survived the ordeals we were about to go through with this child. It could be compared to the life of a caregiver of an Alzheimer’s patient - we could never take our eyes off of him. If he wasn't physically and mentally hurting us, he was hurting himself by doing things like banging his head against the wall, scratching sores into his skin and biting me and himself very hard.
We spent those days one by one - hoping and praying that the next day would be easier, but it never was. It just got harder and then he became a teenager and add to the list of diagnoses - adolescence and hormones. We worked hard - I was at his school every day, usually helping in another classroom so that I was, at least, physically on campus for him. We had an enormous support group in his teachers, principal and our family. My sleeping mechanisms just started shutting down completely. We were still sure that we could get through it all and that our love and devotion could run circles around his problems.
And so, for 17 years now, we have all grown and learned coping mechanisms, which battles to choose, how to motivate a child who has no motivation towards school whatsoever, teach this beautiful at-risk baby how to learn social cues and how to manage his problems. We probably managed to reach our goal by about 75%, but I never learned to sleep again. I did not like being the only person awake in my home in the wee hours of the night - it was so long and I was so tired. I had to remind myself daily that God never gives us more than we can handle, but I have to tell you - there were days when I questioned God.
My "hating being awake all night alone" ended when I found Scrap Girls! I had been a graphic artist for years and worked from my home - but I always tried to make it a regular work day. Once I started scrapping digitally and became completely addicted to it, I found peace and solace in those sleepless nights because I would just get up, get him back to his "semi-sleep" status and then I would hit the computer and work non-stop all night long. I no longer dreaded being the only one awake - I kind of enjoyed it because I could design all night with no interruptions and I was always "on-call" and ready should he wake up.
So, thank you Scrap Girls for bringing me comfort when you didn't even know I needed it, for bringing me joy with all of the wonderful products from which to choose, for bringing me friends that I had never met but would grow to know because the staff you have is wonderful and Angie especially just seemed to always be there for me. I hope to meet her someday. She is an angel and a credit to your company. Thank you, Scrap Girls, for putting life back into me when I was so tired and could not sleep but I COULD while away the stressful hours designing my pages. I visited a lot of clubs before I found you and they don't begin to compare with Scrap Girls staff and members.
Our son just celebrated his 18th birthday. He takes his meds, acts like a normal kid and is so loved - oh, is he ever loved by his mom and dad. The neatest part is that he loves us back. He is an amazing artist, plays the guitar (kind of), has a girlfriend and is going to school even though it is very hard for him. He now wants to do what I do - he wants to learn PSE6, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. He is also today's 18 year-old - wears clothes I hate, has his hair much longer than I like, can be disrespectful and he smokes. But those are battles I choose not to fight anymore because there are worse things he could be doing. I thank God every day for helping me decide which battles to choose. I could not have done it alone because one minute he is a loving, gentle soul and the next minute he is like a Pit Bull.
It is very hard for people who have never been around children like this to understand our predicament at times, but we have fortunately been able to handle that, too. We explain only what we need to and leave it at that. He is our son - we adopted him when he was 14 months-old and hated that we had to wait that long because we were madly in love with this child and his problems and we made a commitment to him that we would always be here for him - and we will be. Just like I know Scrap Girls is always out there for me.
Thank you, Scrap Girls, for motivating me and giving me comfort that you didn't even know I needed. I am happy to be a part of such a wonderful club.
- Sara A., Hendersonville, NC
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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 Syndee Nuckles coordinates with her Mischief Maker Collection
* 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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Saturday, July 12, 2008
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- Cute Stuff
- Customer Muse
- Way Cool Scrap Girl: Sara A.
- Layout and Contest Winners
- 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 and customers. 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
Alert! Alert! MONDAY is the last day you can sign up for the ScrapSimple
club and still get this great group of tools at this amazing price. Don't delay...
sign up now!
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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