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Relax! Stay home, save money and have a Staycation with us! We've got a whole line-up of fun activities planned for you. Be sure to keep reading the newsletter to get the scoop on what's going on.
And to help you save even more, we've got a Staycation Sale happening from now until Midnight, July 31st (MT). Almost everything in our boutique is 17.7% off, so there's no excuse! Don't stress out, relax! Stay home and scrap with us... it's a Staycation! |
What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique? |
Layout by Mandy Steward
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Layout by Laurel Lakey
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Layout by Thao Cosgrove
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Layout by Melanie Johnson
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Layout by Laurel Lakey
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Layout by Trish Yochum
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Layout by Angie Briggs
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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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Scrap Girls STAYcation Events! |
Scrap Girls is announcing its vacation plans... STAYCATION! The whole team is going to have a STAYcation this year, and we want you to STAYcation with us. Our Product Designers are having a STAYcation, too, and as a change from slaving away making beautiful digital scrapbooking supplies for you to scrap with, they're hosting chats all week! Trust us, you do NOT want to miss these chats. Our designers get out so rarely, this is a real treat!
We've got a schedule full of chats that our Product Designers and Welcoming Committee are hosting, plus our STAYcation Sale, games, blinkies, freebies, contests, prizes and fun! Come join our family on our STAYcation!
First up, Moss, our official Scrap Girls “Moss-cot,” has demanded that he be involved in this STAYcation thing. He wants to go on a STAYcation with you! Create a computer scrapbooking layout of Moss on vacation with your family, site-seeing in your hometown, or just hanging out around the house. Post your layout in the appropriate gallery, and the best layout wins a prize. Winner selected at the end of Scrap Girls' STAYcation week 2008 and will be announced in our newsletter.
Schedule:
Friday - July 25: Road Trip
- 12:00 Noon ET - Customer Challenge (Danna)
- 8:00PM ET - Swap Crop Chat (Carla)
- 9:00PM ET - Road Trip Chat - LEAD EVENT (Brandie, Ariadna & Shalae)
Saturday -July 26: Luau
- Color Challenge (Launa)
- Mid Afternoon - Siggie Chat/Challenge (Dee)
- 9:00PM ET - Luau Chat - LEAD EVENT (Jan & Durin)
Sunday - July 27: No official events
Monday - July 28: Camp Out
- 6:30AM ET - Aussie Chat (Karen & Jo)
- 1:00PM ET - Non-ScrapBook Related Chat (Launa & April)
- 4:00PM ET - Camping Challenge (April)
- 9:00PM ET - Camp Out - LEAD EVENT (Ro & Amanda S.)
Tuesday - July 29: Pool Party
- Freebie Challenge (Amy)
- 2:00PM ET - Pool Party - LEAD EVENT (Angie & Melanie)
- 3:00PM ET - New Member Chat ED (Dee)
- 8:00PM ET - New Member Chat (Pat & Patti)
Wednesday - July 30: Ice Cream Social
- 11:00AM ET - Ice Cream Social - LEAD EVENT (Keri & Brandy M.)
- 12:00 Noon ET - High Noon Chat (Betsy)
Thursday - July 31: Picnic
- 12:00 Noon ET - Picnic - LEAD EVENT (Amanda M., Thao & Erica)
*Schedule is subject to change... keep an eye on the newsletter and message board for the latest STAYcation happenings! |
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Life Muses by Ro: 10 Top Questions Answered |
Note from Ro: This is a reprint of an article I wrote for a U.K. magazine several years ago. Because it addresses commonly asked questions about digital scrapbooking, I thought our new readers may enjoy it.
Top 10 Questions and Answers about Digital Scrapbooking
Question: What software should I use when digitally scrapbooking?
Answer: Digital scrapbookers use graphic editing software to create their layouts. The most commonly used software packages include:
Question: How do I learn how to use the software to create my layouts?
Answer: Many of the large digital scrapbooking websites have online tutorials that will help you along. Other options include my own Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed movie tutorial training programs, which allow you to watch me scrapbook in the software and hear me talking about what you are learning about in that film. These types of resources will allow you to begin scrapbooking immediately and your learning experience will be more enjoyable than if you try to go it alone.
Question: How do I print out my layouts?
Answer: A nice way to do this is to print them out on your own photo printer using photo paper. While the standard size for creating digital scrapbooking layouts is 12”x12”, many digital scrapbookers reduce the file size to 8”x8” prior to printing, as this size will fit on regular-sized photo paper, can be printed out on a regular-size printer, and fits into readily available 8x8 albums.
Other options for printing include sending your files to online photo processing companies or taking the files to your neighborhood photo processing store.
If you would rather print out or create your layouts at a different page size, you can do that easily as a digital scrapbooker. In fact, digital scrapbookers have recently discovered how fun it is to create 4”x6” layouts. They are fast, easy and economical – particularly since this size allows you to take advantage of discount photo printing offers and inexpensive albums available at dollar stores.
Question: While I am interested in digital scrapbooking, I would still like to continue making paper layouts. Any advice for me?
Answer: Actually, many digital scrapbookers enjoy using their digital supplies as printables so that they can make paper layouts, cards and altered projects. Digital supplies print out very nicely on your own printer.
Question: What is the best way of backing up my digital scrapbooking layouts, supplies and pictures?
Answer: First of all, let me say that you should not depend upon your computer hard drive to store them for you. Hard drives fail routinely and you will be very dismayed if you lose all of your precious photos because you haven’t had a back-up plan. Most serious digital scrapbookers do four things:
- They have an external hard drive where they store all of their photos, their layouts and their scrapbooking supplies. Because you can now buy very large external hard drives for very little money, it is a nice way to keep your main hard drive from slowing down because it has become too full with graphic files that take a lot of storage space.
- They burn multiple copies of backup DVDs of their photos, layouts and scrapbooking supplies. It has recently been discovered that CDs are not as reliable as previously thought and so the recommendation has been made by experts that DVDs be used instead. Some people store these DVDs in a small fire-proof safe. Anyone who is using a digital camera, regardless of whether or not they choose to digitally scrapbook, should take similar precautions with their photos, as it would be a tragedy to lose them.
- They print out their layouts and store them in albums. They also print out any photos that they do not wish to scrapbook and store them in albums.
- They back up their computers with an online storage company, such as Carbonite. Off-site storage allows you to ensure that your files are not lost should you face a large disaster such as a fire or flood.
Question: I am concerned about the archival quality of digital scrapbooking layouts. Is it safe?
Answer: Yes, it is safe. In fact, some authorities have reported that today’s ink jet prints lasts longer than traditional photo lab methods. Printing out a journaling block or printing out a photo or even an entire layout is just the same thing. Some printer manufacturers claim that their prints will last at least 100 years. And, of course, digital scrapbook layouts can be printed by any photo lab anywhere which makes them exactly the same as the photos on paper layouts – minus the worry about the paper supplies.
Question: I am a Mac user and I am concerned that the digital scrapbooking supplies I see won’t work for me.
Answer: The good news is that the file types (.jpgs and .pngs) used for digital scrapbooking work equally well for both Mac and PC users. There are no file type conflicts to worry about with this particular brand of fun. And, Adobe has made its wonderful software – Photoshop and Photoshop Elements – available for both the Mac and PC platforms, so there is no reason for anyone to miss out!
Question: How do I find digital scrapbooking information and supplies?
Answer: There is a wealth of information and beautiful supplies available to you on the Internet. Because digital scrapbooking supplies are largely delivered via downloads, you may purchase them, download them, and enjoy them immediately. If your particular Internet connection is too slow to allow for downloading the files, you can choose to use Scrap Girls CD burning services and we will ship them to you. Of course, Scrap Girls has everything you need. Digital scrapbooking is what we do and we work hard to try to provide our consumers with everything they need to have a great experience.
Question: I have purchased some digital scrapbooking supplies and have used them on a layout. Can I use them again? Is this allowed?
Answer: Yes, this is allowed – as long as you are using them for your own personal scrapbooking and are not sharing your supplies with your family or friends, as to do so would break the terms of the licensing agreement that accompanies your purchase. But, one of the great things about digital scrapbooking is that you can reuse your supplies repeatedly. They never run out or get “used up” because they are image files!
Question: What would you consider to be the chief benefits of digital scrapbooking?
Answer: The speed of creating the layouts and the ability to edit your layouts. I have found digital scrapbooking to not only be creatively satisfying, quick and inexpensive, but, more importantly to me, I have found that I can edit a layout repeatedly until I am completely satisfied with the result. If I open a completed layout a week later and discover that I don’t like it, I am not worried at all. I just fix the part that bothers me. I can’t do that with paper layouts. If I make serious mistakes with them, I either have to live with my mistakes or throw them away.
This ability to edit my layouts was actually the main reason that I switched to digital scrapbooking after 40 years as a paper scrapbooker. I love the freedom I feel as the worry I constantly felt about ruining things while making paper layouts has been completely removed from my scrapbooking experience.
- 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!
Ro has recently spotlighted Pireps, CharleneJ and Soozlou. |
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Digital Scrapbook Tutorial: Using File> Place |
Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 with Windows Vista.
Using File> Place is a very easy option in Photoshop Elements that I have found to have two great functions.
The first is renaming the layers in your layout. In the past, I would rename the layers with the kit name, so I would remember what was used. By using the “Place” feature, your layer will automatically be renamed. With your new document open, go to File> Place.
Search your computer to find the location where you keep your digital scrapbooking supplies and select the first item. When you do this, you will see that the item is placed on your new document, and in the Layers Palette, your layer name is changed to the file name.
For each item you place in this fashion, you’ll see that the name of the layer changes.
Once you have completed your layout, you will find that all of your layers have been named with the items you’ve used and you do not have to remember what collection each item came from.
The second useful function that I have come across is in Photoshop Elements 5.0. If you are working in Elements 5.0, you might be aware that there is sometimes a “glitch” in the program that will not allow you to Shift+Drag items over to a new document and have them fall into place. This technique can be very useful if you are working with our ScrapSimple Layout Templates, as some of our past templates do not include a layered PSD file. In Elements 5.0 with this glitch, instead of the items landing in the correct spot, they will land in the middle of the document. If you use this File> Place function, you will find that the templates are much easier to put together, as everything will land where it should.
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Tutorial written by Angie Briggs |
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What's Happening at Scrap Girls? |
Crops and Chats |
Swap Crop Chat
Friday, July 25th - 8:00PM ET
It's time for the Swap Crop Chat! We've done the swapping, and created the layouts, now it's time to chat about all the gorgeous layouts!
I don't know what it is, but these swaps bring out the best in everyone. This is the time to chat about the theme, the beautiful layouts and learn about the swap crop if you haven't participated before. I'll even reveal the theme for next month!
Join me, Carla, for a fun chat at 8 PM ET on Friday, July 25th!
Aussie Chat & Crop
Monday, July 28th - 8:30PM *Australian Eastern Standard Time*
Please join Jo (ScrappingJo) and Karen (Kazbar73) for our next Aussie Chat. This week we will scraplift a layout from the gallery. It can be any layout you love but just remember to give credit to the original layout creator. Create your layout then come and meet Jo & Karen in the Chat Room at 8.30pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (please take note of the time change).
For all our other International Ladies, the chat will start at 6.30am New York time on Monday, 28 July. We look forward to seeing you all there.
NSBR Chat Early Edition
Monday, July 28th - 1:00PM ET
What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbooking related chat! We talk about everything! It’s a great way to meet new people and get to know everyone. Catch up on what everyone is up to, and just relax! If you have any questions, we'll try to answer them.
So, join me, Launa, for some fun on July 28th, at 1 PM ET, in the Chat Room! Hope to see you there!
New Member Chat - Early Edition
Tuesday, July 29th - 3:00PM ET
Join Dee (DDecker) at 3:00 PM ET for a fun chat to get to know our newest members. We will discuss the message board, gallery, chocolate and so much more! Everyone is welcome, new or not so new!
Not sure how to get there? Just click the Chat Room button above; you will need JavaScript enabled to access the chat room.
New Member Chat
Tuesday, July 29th - 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 23rd - 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 30, we'll do a circle challenge! Create a layout using a circle prominantly in some way! Crop a photo into a circle, journal in a circle, or around a circle. Use a circular stamp brush or other embellishment. Jut use at least one circle!
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!
Life Moments Crop and Chat
Tuesday, August 5th - 4:00PM ET
Join April (April Showers) for our next Life Moments Crop and Chat. These Crops are about building a scrapbook all about you, one layout at a time. This week we will focus on Anniversaries. Any type will do. Can't wait to see you there!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, August 6th - 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 August 6, we'll do a 10 photo challenge! Create a layout using any colors, any theme, but 10 photos! Sound daunting? Try a template!
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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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-July Layout Contest: Do you have a dream destination to which you would like to travel in the future, or maybe a dream place where you’ve already been? We want to see your layout of this dream destination. Upload your layouts to the July Mid-month Layout Gallery by August 15th at midnight and you could win a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique if your layout is chosen!
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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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STAYcation Event Bonus Freebie!
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Designer Freebie by Valerie Randall is for our special STAYcation Event this week! See the STAYcation section in the newsletter for more information.
STAYcation: Road Trip Bonus Freebie!
Layout by Shalae Tippetts
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Designer Freebie by Shalae Tippetts coordinates with her Cruising Collection
Layout by Keri Schueller
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Designer Freebie by Keri Schueller coordinates with her ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Expressive Frames, 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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10 Top Questions Answered
Friday, July 25, 2008
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- 17.7% Off Staycation Sale!
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Scrap Girls STAYcation Events!
- Life Muses by Ro
- Digital Scrapbook Tutorial: Using File> Place
- 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 10 openings are still available!
We're starting our final countdown now; don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! 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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How to Combine ScrapSimple Photo and Paper Templates for PSE
July 29 and August 5 - 9:30PM ET
This in-depth class on using ScrapSimple Paper and Photo Templates is the perfect opportunity to learn about the versatility of making your own papers, and how to use ScrapSimple Templates in Adobe Photoshop Elements. This class comes with the Start to Finish eBooklet PSE - How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper and Photo Templates. If you have already bought this eBooklet, email [email protected] to receive a store credit to use towards the purchase of this class. Make papers that perfectly complement your scrapbooking layouts and other projects!
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.
Cooking Up Color Schemes
July 30 and August 6 - 3:00PM ET
This in-depth class is a wonderful opportunity to learn about color schemes. Colors can be overwhelming and challenging to use. Learn some simple rules and guidelines to make them easier. Learn to use a color wheel to choose colors that work together harmoniously. Study real examples, and see how well thought-out color schemes can improve your layouts.
This class is open to all software program users. References are made to certain PS/PSE tools, but there will be no need to use these tools in class. Screenshots were made using PSE.
A Style All Your Own
August 12 and 19 - 7:00PM ET
This in-depth class on personal style is the perfect opportunity to learn about the four most common design styles seen in today’s digital scrapbooking, and how they relate to your own likes and dislikes.
Important: This is an Intermediate Level class open to all software program users. Software applications are not needed for this class. |
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 Brandy Hackman using July's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Brandy Hackman and Keri Schueller
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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