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The second 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.
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If you have praise, comments, or questions for any of our Product Designers or Layout Artists, 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: Mystery Garden |
Note from Ro: I have been hijacked. Heidi, our newsletter editor, noticed how quiet I have been for the past few weeks, and she decided to force me into taking a break from writing muses. I accepted gladly! She will be sharing some muses of her own this week while I take some time to catch my breath.
For the past two summers, a garden has been mysteriously growing in my backyard. It magically appears in the same place, a small side strip of earth separated from the main yard by our cement driveway. It starts slowly, little green shoots developing larger leaves, and before I know it, I have a forest of sunflowers greeting me each day.
Last summer, it was such a shock to see sunflowers growing that I couldn’t believe it was real. I was so surprised and pleased to have actual, live flowers growing in my yard! I have the world’s blackest green thumb, and everything I try to grow ends up dead in just a few weeks. Even unkillable plants like cacti wither under the power of my Black Thumb. So, naturally, I wondered how these gorgeous flowers were growing, seemingly out of nowhere, in the toxic environs of my backyard!
When I finally put the pieces together, I laughed at myself. For, right in the middle of my sunflower forest is my bird feeder station. With bird food in it. Namely, sunflower seeds. Specifically, black oil sunflower seeds. That get knocked out of their feeder tubes by enthusiastic birds.
Apparently, my birds have greener thumbs than I do.
A few birthdays ago, my dad gave me a simple tube bird feeder. It is designed to hold sunflower seeds, and has multiple openings and perches for birds to sit on and eat their food. Of course, once I started attracting a few birds, I was so fascinated with them that I didn’t stop until I had visited my local birding store, gathered up enough information and supplies to feed even Hitchcock’s army of birds, and I set up a station in my backyard.
One of my daily pleasures is to watch “my” birds come and eat. I love watching the male House Sparrows squawk and tussle over the best perches to eat their favorite white proso millet. The bright red House Finches eat their sunflower chips demurely. The beautiful Goldfinches love their Nyger Thistle seeds, and their tiny squeaks and chirps announce their arrival in flocks of six or more. Mourning Doves are a favorite too; we have two pair that scavenge the ground for the millet that the sparrows knock down. Starlings come in the spring to eat the suet and mealworms for their chicks. And the eternal comics, the Scrub Jays, always search the peanut feeder for the best nut before taking off to hide their treasure.
We have been feeding long enough that we have had generations of birds live with us. We have watched them nest, hatch and grow right in our backyard. Although they are still wild and timid, my heart always swells with gratitude when I am outside working and they still feel comfortable enough around me to stay and eat their dinner. They know what it means when I go into the garage with their empty feeders. I can hear them calling to each other, and by the time I come back out, full feeders in hand, the trees and fences around are full of birds, expectantly waiting for their fresh food.
To earn that trust, I have had to be gentle, kind and respectful of the birds and their needs. They have given me so much in return, I feel like I could never thank them enough. The daily joy of hearing their songs, watching them eat, drink and bathe. The springtime amazement of seeing new chicks, flapping wings and wide-open beaks, nourished and cared for right in front of my eyes. And, of course, my garden of sunflowers. I can never thank them enough for that.
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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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Best of the Message Board |
Question: Could someone help me with this problem? I purchased the first Secrets tutorial series and downloaded them, watched them and everything was perfect. With More Secrets, the view is awful. I read the instructions and followed them, but I can only view the tutorial at normal size, which means the tutorial is BIGGER than my screen and I can't follow it without moving it horizontally to view toolbars and palette actions during the tutorial. If I change it to half size, I can't read any of the words within Photoshop. I can now see the whole tutorial screen, but all of the type is funky. HELP!
Why is the first tutorial series perfect and this one is messed up? I have viewed the tutorial in the QuickTime viewer and Windows Media and it is the same for both. I even asked a more tech savvy coworker and she couldn't figure it out either. Please advise.
Answer: I give some tips in the PDFs that come with your downloads, but here are some more that will help. It sounds like you are playing the movies on a smaller monitor. I just played them on my laptop and found some things that will help you.
- Open the movie in QuickTime and start it.
- Hit Ctrl+F. This will make the movie play full screen and you'll see everything clearly.
- You can experiment with some other large views by going back and forth between Ctrl+F and Ctrl+3 (full size) and Ctrl +2 (double size).
When the movie is playing at full size like that, you won't be able to see the stop and start button, but that's okay. Just hit your Enter key to stop and start it. If you hit Enter to stop it, the next time you hit Enter, it will start it.
The reason that QuickTime has the ability to do this zooming up and playing movies at different sizes is because everyone has such different monitors. It's impossible to create a movie that suits everyone's monitor perfectly. But, QuickTime has been very helpful, if you know the tricks!
If you are using the Windows Media movies, the latest and greatest Windows Media viewer (which just came down recently) now has a little button at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. Click on it and it will bring the movie full screen and you'll be able to read the text.
The problem you've been having is that your players are bringing up the movies in a far away distance sort of thing because of your monitor size. We just need to have you do some things with the players so that the players will pop the movies up close to your face.
Hope that helps!
Response: Thanks for the post, but I read the included directions and tried what you just posted and it doesn't work. In the full screen mode, I see about 3/4 of the video, which means that either the left or right of the tutorial is cut off and in the other small view the type font is so funky that it almost isn't readable. I just don't know why the first set works perfectly and the second set does not. The Windows Media is a bit better; at least I can read the fonts in Photoshop, although it is very small. I am going to try it on my computer at home and see how it looks. My work monitor is old, about 14” actual screen, but it was perfect for the first set of tutorials. I could see ALL of the tutorials without any problem.
Response Answer: Ah... if you are on an old work monitor with a 14” screen size, that would explain everything. The resolution is off for them. (Companies don't buy that size any more which gives us a BIG clue!)
The reason that the first tutorials worked for you is because the software I use to film them used to let me film to account for those older monitors. But then, between that version and More Secrets, the software updated (and I upgraded the software because the features were worth upgrading to) and that ability was removed.
Also, my newer computer monitor wouldn't let me go backwards to the old monitor settings when I filmed. (I used to take my monitor backwards to the old resolution setting when I filmed the training, but I had bought a new computer in between filming Secrets and More Secrets.) I suddenly couldn't do it. My monitor would NOT let me. It flaked out completely. It forces me up to a current resolution setting. I had no option but to film the movies using my new monitor settings (which are now standard).
Keep in mind that my new computer is now two-and-a-half years-old, so it is not really new. But, things change that fast. And that 14” work monitor of yours is probably pretty old and uses that older resolution setting that my computer won't allow me to use anymore.
Anyway, back to the story... when I did More Secrets, both the software and my new monitor forced me to use new standard resolution settings. That means that if someone is trying to watch them on a monitor with really old specs - like this work monitor of yours - you are going to have this problem you are describing.
It's not a screen size thing. It is an “old monitor and lower resolution” problem. At first, I thought it might be a screen size thing, which is why I tried it on my laptop versus my desktop because my laptop monitor is much smaller. But, it is also a year and a half old and it has new resolution specs and can handle the movies great. I just brought them to full screen and I could see everything perfectly.
Question: I purchased ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Downtown and have been trying to recolor them according to the learning center on PSP XI using the Color Changer Tool and I can’t seem to get it to work. The steps I follow are:
- Open> Copy> New Image the ScrapSimple paper of choice.
- Set Material Palette Foreground/Stroke to the new color I want it to be.
- Select Color Changer Tool.
- Click on the black area that I want to color.
I get the hourglass icon that it is trying to do something, but then the Color Changer Tool reappears and my image is not changed. I have tried various things, wondering if the PSP learning center “assumes” I know things and does not include them in the directions. For example: I have had the Background Fill Properties: black or tried other colors - no change; I have selected Color Changer Tool prior to selecting color - no change; selected color prior to selecting Color Changer Tool - no change. What am I missing?
Answer 1:The template’s black. I can’t figure out why, but the Color Changer Tool does not work with black. These are your options. You can use a clipping mask: put a paper on top of it, select the black area, click on the paper and choose either Delete (I think that’s Dee's shortcut) or right-click and pick “Promote To Layer.” Or, you can go to Hue> Saturation. I believe you have to click on “Colorize” and play with the hue and saturation. Or, select the black area, create a new layer and fill on the new layer. Sorry I don’t have more detail, that program is not on this machine.
Answer 2: Color Changer, from what I can tell, assumes that you have a color first, with highlights, shadows, etc. It works that way. If it’s black, it’s all shadow, so it can’t really color change it. Does that make sense?
Response: Yes, it does make sense... although confusing somewhat. A friend who has PSP X can change it with no hitches, so we were frustrated with my program last night. I had tried the masking and it ends up looking as if I used the Flood Fill Tool, which just looks like someone swabbed a glob of paint on the background. What I am doing - not sure if this is right, but it works - is, loading it as a brush. I then open a new layer and brush on the color I want, resize it to the 12x12 and Copy> Paste it to the paper I want it on. When I have more time, I'll have to play with the Color Changer on a color. Thanks for your response and help. I appreciate you!
Answer 3: In PSP Xi, for some reason I will never understand, they use the exact same icon (the blue and green circles with an arrow) for two very similar named tools - the Color Replacer Tool and the Color Changer Tool. One is grouped with all of the retouch tools and the other is grouped with the Flood Fill Tool. One works the way you would expect it to, the other does not. I can't tell you how many times I've had a brain cramp and picked one when I wanted the other and then sat there wondering what in the world was going on and why this wasn't working right. Any chance that's what happening here? |
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What's Happening at Scrap Girls? |
If you have never been to the Scrap Girls Chat Room before or have questions about it, this tutorial, Chat Basics, will provide lots of helpful information.
Crops and Chats |
New Member Chat
Tuesday, August 12th - 8:00PM ET
Join Pat (PBarnes) and Carol Ann (Zaz) for the New Member Chat at 8 PM ET in the Live Chat room lobby. This is a great place to ask questions about getting around the Scrap Girls site or about digital scrapbooking in general - and a great place to make some new friends. All are welcome, new and long time members included.
You do need to have Java installed on your computer to access the Live Chat.
Get Published Chat
Tuesday, August 12th - 9:00PM ET
Join Angela (angelaNussbaum), Amy (tysMommy) and Christy (christyVW) for the Get Published Chat on August 12th at 9 PM ET.
Do you want to see your layouts in magazines, but you are not quite sure how? Do you need a little more confidence with your layouts? During the Get Published Chat, we will talk about current calls, give constructive criticism on requested layouts, and we will answer your questions about submitting to magazines.
As with most of our chats, there will also be a challenge. To help you further your chances of being published, we will select a call, and challenge you to do a layout with that theme! Be sure you come to this informative Monthly chat, you will be glad you did!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, August 13th - 12:00Noon ET
Join your host April Showers 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 13, we'll do a Kitchen Sink challenge! Create a layout using the color red, a button, three or more photos and a tag! Add any other embellishments you'd like, and any other colors as well!
You'll have one hour to create a layout and upload to the special High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be amazed what you can get done in just one hour! Meet new friends and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
Textile Inspiration Challenge/Chat
Wednesday, August 13th - 9:00PM ET
Join Launa & Zaz, for a Textile Challenge and Crop, we will meet on Wednesday, August 13th, at 9pm EST in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Do the patterns, textures, and colors of textiles fascinate you? Do you get inspiration from anything from pillows to your grandmother's apron? Then this challenge is for you! A few hours before the challenge begins, I'll post a textile for you to use as the starting point for your page. You may be inspired by the colors, placement of patterns, textures... just let it be your inspiration!
I can't wait to see what you come up with!! See you there!
Sketch Crop Challenge
Thursday, August 14th - 9:00PM ET
Join me, sprinklz, for the Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, August 14th, at 9pm ET in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Like getting a little jump start on your layouts? Then this challenge is for you! A few hours before the challenge begins, I'll post a sketch for you to use as the starting point for your page. You can be inspired by the basic arrangement, the amount of photos, or copy it literally. All interpretations are welcome and encouraged!
Looking forward to seeing you there! We'll be meeting in the "00_Room_1" room of the chat. To join, click on the "Chat Room" link (above). Once you are in the lobby, click on the "Show Rooms" button (on the upper left), then select "00_Room_1" from the list on the left side.
If you have never been to the Scrap Girls Chat Room before or have questions about it, this tutorial, Chat Basics, will provide lots of helpful information.
Quote Chat & Challenge
Sunday, August 17th - Time TBA
Come join Pat (PBarnes) for the Quote Challenge Crop! Including a quote on your layout can be a touching and meaningful addition, especially if you use the quote to create your own word art.
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!
Keeping Current Crop
Monday, August 18th - 4:00PM ET
Join AngRoCamp for the Keeping Current Crop on the (NEW DAY!!) third Monday of each month. In August we'll enjoy an afternoon crop beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
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!”
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, August 20th - 12:00Noon ET
Join your host April Showers 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 20, we'll do a color challenge! Create a layout using blue and green. You can use other colors as accents, but primarily your color scheme should be blue and green!
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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August Events |
August Board Game: BINGO!
It's that time again! Join us for an exciting game of BINGO on the Message Board Forum in August! Pick 25 words from the list provided in the forum and send them in an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject line saying “BINGO CARD” and including your message board user name by Sunday, August 3rd in order to play in the first round which will begin Monday, August 4th.
Each day, members of the Welcoming Committee will call 5 random words from the Bingo list. Match just 15 of those words to win a BINGO. You must be first to call bingo in the forum to win that round. After a winner is called, the boards can be cleared and a new round will begin the following day. All winners receive a $5 Gift Certificate to the boutique! We like to see lots of winners, so please remember that each person can only win one round during the month. Have fun!
If you miss the first round cutoff date, you can still play! Just send in your Bingo card at any time during the month and you'll be eligible to begin playing when the next new round starts. Everyone who sends in a Bingo card will receive a confirmation email that their card has been received. If you do not receive confirmation within 24 hours, please re-send your list of words. We cannot be held responsible for misdirected emails.
Layout Contests:
August Layout Contest: We all have had some magical events in our life. We want to see your layouts that describe a time before or during a magical event in your life like a wedding, a prom, a special vacation, or maybe the birth of a child. Upload your layouts to the August Layout Gallery by August 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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Designer Freebie by Angela Blanchard coordinates with her Poppy Passion
* 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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Mystery Garden
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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- 18.8% Off 1000 Year Sale!
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Best of the Message Board
- 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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I hope you enjoy today's issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC
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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 9 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
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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...
Create your own digital scrapbook layouts using the latest, most popular techniques Manage all of the important basics that digital scrapbook enthusiasts need to know to get started Understand how to save your files for printing or sharing them with your friends and family over the Internet Make your own textured brush Learn how to install and use purchased brushes Make your own simple backgrounds See how easy it is to manage transparent embellishment files that allow digital scrapbooking layouts to look like they are “real” Become a pro at managing the drop-shadowing techniques Learn about transparency and lighting effects Make your own digital torn paper edges Be able to isolate a single item in an embellishment or alpha and be able to change the color to suit your fancy Become a pro at repairing damaged photos Know the secret of putting text on a curve or in a circle Laugh at how simple it is to make rounded edges on your photos Use keyboard and tool shortcuts that make digital scrapbooking a breeze Be able to place digital embellishments on your digital scrapbook layout with ease Unlock the mystery of how to clip a digital paper clip onto your layout so that it looks real Learn how to install and use purchased textures Understand some advanced techniques such as how to keep blue eyes blue on a black and white photo Learn how to adjust black and white photos to sepia And lots more!
Start to Finish eBooklets
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
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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.
Take the world's easiest shortcuts to creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas. Make sure that you don't make the biggest mistakes that digital scrapbookers make when they create layouts. Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap Girls ScrapSimple products. Dip your digital scrapbooking self into some of those “other” cool tools that are sitting there waiting in your software for you to use such as paths, masks, the drawing pen, and more. See how easy it is to install and manage new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop so that you can make things that are creative and unique. Learn advanced tricks for using tools that you already know and love. Watch me make some beautiful papers and get a chance to peek inside of my layers. (Oh dear... That is the last frontier and I might be out of my mind to let you do it... NOBODY likes people to see inside of their layers. It is like having visitors peek inside of your dresser drawers. Very private stuff.) See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm betting that it will surprise you what tool I've used to do that with, too...) Get “IN” on creating your own brush sets. (You do NOT have to have those impossibly long brush sets frustrating you anymore. In fact, when you learn this trick, you will wonder why you haven't been using it all along.) Find out why Custom Shapes are so importantto you. (Bet you didn't know...) Learn how to cut out a title from a background or a photo. And even more...
Note: These are NOT beginning tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used Photoshop before or if you aren't pretty sure of yourself in the software, you are going to be lost. You simply have to understand layers, where things are located, and all of the basic, important skills that Ro teaches in her Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed series before you try to use it.
eBooks!
Scrap Girls offers a large catalog of eBooks covering topics that will expand your digital scrapbooking abilities to new heights. Here are just a few samples:
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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Conquering the Fear of Patterned Paper
August 14 and 21 - 9:30PM ET
This in-depth digital scrapbooking class is a wonderful opportunity to learn how to use patterns. Patterns can be overwhelming and challenging to use. Learn some simple rules and guidelines to make them easier. Discuss different types of patterns, and how to effectively combine them. Study real examples, and see how applying the rules can improve your layouts.
Important: This is an Intermediate Level class open to all software program users. Students are, however, required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program for their software 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!
The Art and Importance of Journaling
August 20 and 27 - 3:00PM ET
If you are looking for a course on grammar, spelling, and punctuation, this is not the class for you. But, if you want to be motivated and inspired to add more journaling to your layouts, then this digital scrapbooking class is the place! Journaling can be overwhelming and intimidating. Learn some simple tricks to make it easier. Discover ways to help it become part of your layout design rather than an afterthought. Look at real examples, and see how easy and fun journaling can be.
Important: This class is open to all students interested in improving their journaling skills. Digital imaging programs 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 Angie Briggs using August's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Angie Briggs
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 Keri Schueller using July's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Brandy Hackman and Keri Schueller
Alert! Alert! THURSDAY 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.
Club Concepts: We hope you are enjoying one of our newest articles, Club Concepts. Each Monday, we give you ideas on how to use your current club selections in many different ways. Well, we have realized that in creating these articles, we were leaving out one of the most important voices in our club... yours! So, we would like to announce that we will be looking for your help in creating these articles.
How can you get involved, you may ask? Simply post your new layout using the current club selection (either the Scrap Girls club or the ScrapSimple club) in our Scrap Girls Club Members Gallery. Be sure to list all of the Scrap Girls products you used, as well as a short (1-2 sentence) description of the unique idea or theme your layout shows off. If your layout and its corresponding tip is chosen, they will be showcased in our Club Concepts article, and you will win a $5 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
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. 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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