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“Rule the School” layout by Julie Moberly
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I created each 4x6 card individually, and then dragged them onto a 12x12 blank file. I resized them slightly and arranged them to my liking. Finally, I placed the page protector embellishment on top.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Back to School
Other Ingredients:
“Knowledge is Power” layout by Armi Custodio
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Since the embellishments are set against a rich red background paper, I used a heavy drop shadow from Sarah Batdorf’s ScrapSimple Tools Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 (setting: gray, large) for more depth. I also applied a “simple outer glow” to the extracted photo.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Name of challenge: Back to School
Other Ingredients:
“ABC Book” layout by Christy VanderWall
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Since I didn’t have any back to school photos to scrap for this layout, I decided to do a back to school project. I used Angela Blanchard’s beautiful products to create an ABC book for my daughter to practice learning to write. I found two fonts online called ‘Print Clearly’ and ‘Penmanship Print’ that allowed me to make the words similar to the worksheets you do in school where you trace the letters. Each page of the book has a bird, flower or butterfly corresponding to the letter of the alphabet.
I printed the pages, adhered the fronts and backs together and had them laminated. My daughter can use a dry erase marker on them and easily wipe them clean to use them over and over again. The cover was created using the Feathered Friends Collection, printed on cardstock, adhered to chipboard and finished with Mod-Podge.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Back to School
Other Ingredients:
- Font - Print Clearly
- Font - Penmanship Print
- stock photos
“Preschool, Here I Come” layout by Amy Lemaniak
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To get the look of a torn piece of notebook paper, I took one of the strips from Thao’s ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Hodgepodge Collage Biggie and applied one of the styles from Syndee’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: School Papers 6301.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Back to School
Other Ingredients:
- Font - Andy
- Font - 321Impact
“Moments to Remember” layout by Janine Buckles
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Instead of using the date marker that came with Ariadna’s ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Date Seals, I used the “apple” brush from Amanda’s Brush Set: School Time Doodle Biggie. Now my date, the number 7, is circled with a cute apple in keeping with my theme!
If you aren’t hooked on using brushes yet, there are some great tutorials to get you started in the Scrap Girls University. Just look for the Digital Brushes chapter!
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Back to School
Other Ingredients:
- Font -
Wishingtype
- Font - HansHand
- Font - Bradley Hand
- Font - Typewriter
Journaling: I remember thinking on the first day of school how brave we were; neither one of us cried. Everyday, before you stepped through the classroom door, you turned around and you waved goodbye. Then, one day, a couple of weeks into school, you ran into the classroom, excited to see your friends and you didn’t turn around. I got into the car and wept. I didn’t feel so brave that day.
“Knowledge is Power” layout by Jo Corne
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
In order to tuck the disc section of Angela Blanchard’s Feathered Friends Collection Tag behind her Heraldic Crest Collection Biggie Embellishment and have the knot ends hanging in front, I gave the tag a layer mask. I then used my paintbrush, making sure the foreground colour was black, and “erased” the part of the disc that I wanted to appear “tucked behind.”
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements CS3
Name of challenge: Back to School
Other Ingredients:
Journaling: Every year you have school photos and every year so far, we have not been happy with the results. FINALLY, this year we hit the jackpot with both of your photos. We are so happy with these two gorgeous images; they show just how much the two of you have grown. We want you both to have the best education we can possibly give you. Knowledge is most definitely power and the more you know, the more you will be able to make informed and wise decisions in your lives. We hope that we are instilling in you a love of learning that will be with you all of your lives. We are so very proud of the two of you and wish you continued success in all of your future studies.
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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Scrap Girls Convention - Digital Scrap Link Information! |
It's getting close now... can you believe there are less than two weeks until our Convention starts? The excitement is really building around our message board. We have some wonderful things lined up to share with you, and we're excited to tell you a bit about them here!
One of our special guest instructors will be none other than Nichole Van from nicholeV photography. She will be presenting, “Making Art Out of the Ordinary: Mastering Light, Location and Composition.” Here's a short description:
Ever wonder how those professional photographers manage to find such incredible locations? And how do they always get that amazing light in their photos? Wouldn’t it be fun to create art out of the everyday, ordinary things you see? Nichole will discuss how to assess and best photograph any given location and how to “see” and use natural light effectively, getting perfect light in your photos. She’ll also discuss how to compose artistic photographs based on principles of classic composition and then how to bring all these elements out when editing in Photoshop. Come learn how to create art out of your life!
Nichole has such wonderful photography skills, we know you'll be as excited as we are to have her come share her expertise with us!
Some of our other special guest speakers include April Anderton and Lynda Angelastro from Digital Scrapbooking Magazine. They will be giving pointers on how to get published! We also have special sponsors Carbonite in on this, too.
If you'd like to come and learn from Nichole, April and Lynda, in addition to all the other great things we have planned for you, hurry and sign up now! We only have FIVE spots left! Stay tuned to hear more about our Convention! |
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Life Muses by Ro: In the Barnyard |
Hen 1: I saw you.
Rooster: Saw me what?
Hen 1: Staring at the new chick. Don’t try to hide it.
Rooster: Who? Me? My dear, you’ve got it all wrong. I wasn’t staring at her. I was watching her eat.
Hen 1: (Rolls eyes)
Rooster: Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed! She has an unusual method of swallowing. She rolls her head around three times and dances back and forth in a line before she eats a bite.
Hen 1: Oh, that... Yes, I’ve seen it. That’s how she exercises. She told me that dancing keeps her slim.
Rooster: Now that you mention it, she is rather thin. She is missing that nice - oh, how shall I say it delicately - puffiness below her neck.
Hen 1: Everyone looks slimmer in black. But, she wants to be thin because she thinks that if she is skinny, she will be the very first hen to live until she’s ninety.
Rooster: Maybe she’s on to something. Do you think she would give us dancing lessons?
Hen 1: I suppose so.
Rooster: What does she call that particular move she is doing now? Do you know?
Hen 1: She calls it the Funky Chicken.
Rooster: I like it. Funky... funky... I’m getting funky, funky, funky. Woohoo! Yeah baby. I’m getting down with the “funky chicken.”
Hen 1: Emmmm... Maybe you ought to consider lifting weights.
Note from Ro: I’m attempting to lose some “puffiness” myself. Maybe I’ll follow the example of the chicken and dance while I eat. Anybody see my iPod?
Funky!
- 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: Slicing a Photo to Create Visual Interest |
Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop CS3 with Windows XP.
Do you want a quick and easy way to add visual drama to your star photo? Try “cutting” it into slices, tilting them slightly and adding drop shadows. It is easy. Here’s how to do it.
First, you can use a variety of photos for this digital scrapbooking technique. They can be close-up face shots, full body shots, groups, or even scenery/nature shots. The trick is to be sure that there are a couple of good areas where the photo can be “cut” that won’t ruin or unreasonably distort the photo. For example, you obviously don’t want to cut through the center of a face, although, the forehead or cheek can definitely be an option. (See examples of “cutting” a variety of photos below.)
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
To begin, open your chosen photo and drag it onto your 12x12 layout document. I like to make “sliced” photos large and prominent on the page to encourage a dramatic effect. Go ahead and enlarge your photo if it is too small.
Select your Rectangular Marquee Tool from your Tools Palette and then drag and select the first area that you want to cut off. Next, go to Edit> Cut and then Edit> Paste. You can then click and drag the piece back to its approximate location. Repeat these steps for the number of cuts you have chosen to make.
TIP: When cutting the photo into sections, it is generally the most visually appealing to make each piece a different size.
Now we are going to add a white “photo edge” border around each piece of the photo. To do this, click on the layer of your first piece and go to Select> Load Selection. This will select the entire perimeter of the first piece. Then go to Select> Modify> Expand. I typically set the expansion to about 35 pixels, but you can adjust to your desired border width. Now, you will see that the selected area is larger than your actual photo piece.
Move over to your Layers Palette and create a new layer. Once you have your new layer, click on the foreground color on the color picker icon and select white.
Click on the Paint Bucket from your Tools Palette, place it inside your selected area on the layout and click once to drop the white paint inside that area. Yes, your photo will disappear momentarily! Don’t panic. Go back to your Layers Palette and click and hold the layer you just dumped paint on and drag it one layer down so that it falls under your photo layer. Your photo should now appear on top of the white border.
Now, you will want to Ctrl+Select the photo layer and border layer and merge them together (click on the drop-down list in the upper right-hand corner of the Layers Palette and you will find “Merge Layers” towards the bottom). Make sure it only merges the two layers you have selected and not all of the layers.
Repeat this process for each photo piece. Once all of your photos have white borders, click on each one and rotate them to slightly different angles. To do this, go to Edit> Transform> Rotate and your photo section will be selected and you will get a curled arrow that will allow you to click, hold and turn your photo.
After each piece is rotated to your desired location, we can add the drop shadows. To do this, double-click on the layer of your first photo piece and a Layer Style box will pop up. Click on the Drop Shadow box. You can then play around with the Opacity, Angle, Distance, Spread, Size and Color of the drop shadow you would like to create. You can instantly see the changes being made to your drop shadow as long as the “Preview” box on the right side is checked.
Once you have a drop shadow that you like, I recommend jotting down the settings you have created on a scrap of paper so you can then go through and add the exact same drop shadow settings to all of your other photo pieces. Now that your photo is done, you can add all of your other elements to your layout.
Layout by Brandy Hackman
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Tutorial written by Brandy Hackman |
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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 |
Swap Crop Chat
Friday, September 26th - 9:00PM 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 9 pm et on Friday, September 26th!
Quote Chat & Challenge
Sunday, September 28th - 9:00PM ET
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!
Everyone can participate and create a layout, even if you can't make the chat. Hope to see you there!
NSBR Early Edition
Monday, September 29th - 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 September 29th, at 1 PM ET, in the Chat Room! Hope to see you there!
Makeup Sketch Crop Challenge
Monday, September 29th - 9:00PM ET
Whew - barely squeezed it in, but I did it! Join me, sprinklz, for the “Hurray, Marnie has had Internet for 30 hours” Sketch Challenge and Crop!!!!, Monday, September 29th at 9pm ET in the Scrap Girls Chat Room! (Please note the special day.)
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.
Desktop Chat
Tuesday, September 30th - 9:00PM ET
Please come join Angela (angelaNussbaum) @ 9PM ET for the Desktop Challenge Crop.
Tired of your desktop being some graphic that you would've liked to have made? Tired of a solid background? Did you know with your digital scrapbooking skills you can make a fabulous background for your enjoyment?
A few hours before the chat, we will provide you with a source of inspiration, so stay tuned.
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, October 1st - 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!
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 Chat
Tuesday, October 7th - 1:00PM ET
Join me (PV Mom of 2 - Shari) in the chatroom at 1 PM Eastern Time for the Life Moments Crop. Topic TBD soon. See you there!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, October 8th - 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!
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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September Events |
September Board Game: Guess that Scrap Girl!
It's Back-to-School time and with it come memories of our own childhood. What did you want to be when you grew up? Did you dream big? This month, join us on the Message Board for a game of "Guess that ScrapGirl!" and find out what our ScrapGirls team members dreamed of becoming when they were little girls.
Every day during the month of September, a member of the Welcoming Committee will post a school-aged photo of one of the ScrapGirls team members. Identify the team member and then create and keep an ongoing list with your answers on it, and send your completed list to [email protected] no later than midnight October 2nd. (You can find current photos of all team members in the About Us section of the ScrapGirls home page.)
Everyone who correctly identifies all 30 team members will be entered in a drawing for one of three $10 Gift Certificates! Correctly identify 20+ team members and be entered in a drawing for one of two $5 Gift Certificates! Identify 10+ and be entered in a drawing for one of two $3 Gift Certificates!
Layout Contests:
September Layout Contest: All too often we get caught up in the things that bring us down in life. We sometimes take for granted all of the fun and wonderful things that happen on a daily basis. Here’s your chance to stop, smell the roses and appreciate the good things you have in your life right now. It might be the warm smile of a child each morning, or seeing your best friend on a fall afternoon to reconnect. Let’s pay tribute to the good things in our lives. We want to see your layouts about something positive in your life right now uploaded to the September Gallery. If your layout is chosen, you will win a $10 Gift Certificate to the boutique!
September Mid-Month Layout Contest: Dreams are one of the most fascinating things we can experience. Now is your chance to scrap one of the dreams you’ve had, or to create a “dreamy” layout. Maybe you have a dream that you’ve always had since you were a child, or a dream that you had a week ago. Let’s see those dreamy layouts uploaded to the Mid-September Gallery by midnight, October 15th, and if your layout is chosen, you will win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls 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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Layout by Keri Schueller
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Designer Freebie by Keri Schueller coordinates with her Restore Collection Mini
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In the Barnyard
Friday, September 26, 2008
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- 17.8% Off Yes Sale!
- Cute Stuff
- Life Muses by Ro
- Digital Scrapbook Tutorial: Slicing a Photo to Create Visual Interest
- 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
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P.P.S. If you ever need any assistance, please email [email protected] or call
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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 5 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
See more titles |
All of our Online Training Classes are currently full. Please check back soon for more exciting learning opportunities! |
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 Melissa Renfro using September's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Melissa Renfro
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 commercially licensed version of the ScrapSimple club is also available here.
Layout by Debbie Layden using September's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Brandie Valenzuela and Durin Eberhart
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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