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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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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 THREE spots left! That's right... JUST THREE! Stay tuned to hear more about our Convention! |
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Life Muses by Ro: Moth Friend |
My roommate flew into our quarters when the maintenance man came to reset my CD player. She flew in over our heads and made a mad dash for the bathroom. Since I was occupied, I made a mental note that I would have to shoo my new pal away later.
However, she was too shy to allow me to encourage her to leave my space. She’d carefully flit from room to room, making sure I didn’t see her long enough to know where she was.
I might have forgotten her completely, but as I prepared to go to bed the second day of our friendship, I turned off all of the lights in the room except the little reading light over my pillow and walked over to the table to get a book to read. When I came back, I discovered her perched very daintily upon my bed sheets. It appeared that she believed the bed had been turned down for her and that I was going to read her a bedtime story.
Now, what do you think a digital scrapbooker would do under such circumstances? Take a photo, of course. The light sparkled on her wings and she seemed to glow as she waited on the cream bed sheets for her moment of fame to arrive.
I quietly retrieved my camera and snuck up on her. I thought that as soon as I took my first photo, the sound would startle her and she would fly away. However, it seems my moth was meant for the spotlight. She merely looked at me as I worked. After a few shots, she felt safe enough to allow me to draw up very close as I shot her from various angles.
When she finally tired of the game we were playing, she looked at me and walked towards the camera. Her close proximity froze my camera’s auto focus function and, before I could repair it, the opportunity had passed. She almost smiled at me as she pranced over to the edge of the bed and attached herself to the side of the mattress, her wings neatly tucked into her side, and went to sleep.
I quickly realized I had a serious problem. My roommate wanted to sleep in my bed, but that simply could not be allowed. If I climbed in with her, I would smash her when I pulled up the blankets. I decided that I simply had to be the grown-up in the room. She needed to be put out of her misery. It was time to move onto greener pastures... or, should I say, the bushes outside my door?
I grabbed my sun hat and gently placed it over her. Holding my breath, I carefully closed the sides together, praying that I hadn’t squished her in the process. Then I went to the door and offered the chance to fly away to a better home.
She wasn’t convinced.
But I was; she had to move on. I shook my hat so vigorously that she was forced to fly out of it. While she was recovering from the shock, I slammed the door shut. I believed she was onto a better life.
Ahhhh... I was alone.
I have considered how much alike my moth friend and I seem to be. I went to Arizona to find the light I needed to rebalance my life. I was looking for the light I needed to heal me physically, emotionally and to reclaim my ability to be joyful each day. I was determined to find it, hold it, and use it no matter what it took. I decided, while I was there, that I truly am a child of God and that because this is true, it is right for me to care of myself completely. No part is to be left out. I will take care of my body so it will be strong and healthy. I will take care of my emotional self so I am able to give and receive love. I will continue to build my spiritual self because it is the source of who I am and the foundation of my strength. I will stimulate my mind by learning new skills. I will experience joyful moments by allowing myself to do things that feel joyful to me.
My moth friend was also looking for the light she desired. Her needs are simpler, and I highly suspect she doesn’t sit about considering the ramifications of the next presidential election as I sometimes do. I’m certain she doesn’t have to worry about balancing her medications, blowing her hair or deciding what time to set the alarm clock. In such a determined, fixed way, she put her life in danger simply to bask in the light.
Oh, how wonderful – to bask in the light.
Thank you, my friend, for teaching me a sweet lesson.
- Ro
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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: Can someone please help? I’m trying to use this template, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Curled Edges. I've gotten as far as getting the paper onto the curled edge and fiddling with opacity to make it look like the paper. At this point, I've only got a curled edge on my blank file. But, when I try to bring my background paper back over to fill the rest of my white file, I can't figure out how to “cut” it to make it look attached to the curl. Make sense? Help! I'm lost.
Answer 1: Your questions make sense. I don't have the instructions in front of me right now (laptop is out for repair), but I do have that product and use it a lot. I find I still have to refer to the instructions that were included.
I just found them! I had printed them out. If you look at them, there are screenshots to help guide you along the way - just follow along very closely. I still have to refer to them if I haven't used it in a while. If you can't get it to work after you've used the instructions let us know!
If you change the title of your question to “Curled Edges Help!” you will have a better chance of getting the help you need from the “people who know.” (Just go to “Options” and you can change it there.) Paper tear is a whole other product.
Answer 2: I use these a lot and every single time I do it I have to follow the directions very carefully. I printed them out and you cannot skip one single step. It’s all about what layer you have active when you hit Delete. Make sure yours is EXACTLY like the one on the directions.
Answer 3: You're making me think I should have read the instructions on these. I never have. I use the Polygonal Lasso Tool with layer masks to hide the part of the paper I don't want to show. Don't know if you can do that in PSE or not.
Answer 4: After having placed the curled edge onto your layer, take the Magic Wand and make sure the layer with the edge is active, then select the part you want to hide. Go to the layer with the paper you want to erase and hit Delete. That should work. Jan has made nice instructions that you normally would download with the file. There are nice screenshots.
Response: Thanks all. It seems to be working!
Question: Does anyone know if it's possible to rotate brushes in PSE 5.0, and if so, how to do it? It drives me nuts not being able to do that. In the meantime, I have just been rotating my layer, but I would much rather be able to rotate my brush. Thank you!
Answer 1: You sure can! When you have your brush selected, look over at the right side of the PSE toolbar and you'll see “More Options” with a little picture of a brush beside it. There you can choose to rotate (angle), squish (roundness), and do all manner of neat things with your brushes! Have fun!
Answer 2: Yes, you definitely can rotate brushes in PSE5! Click on the “More Options” on the right side of the Options bar. Down at the bottom is a place where you can type in an actual angle (such as -90 degrees to flip it to the left) or you can just click and drag on the arrow in the little picture.
Question: I finally bought Erica's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Punch Out 5401 and was playing around. Is there a way to punch out so that it shows the paper below? I am only getting black or white or the color of my top paper. I’m not sure if those are the only options or if I am missing something obvious. Thanks!
Answer 1: I use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and fill it with the foreground color ON A LAYER ABOVE where I want the style to work. The five different punch out styles do different things - some do give you a WHITE HOLE through your paper, but some don't - they just give an indentation into your paper or embellishment or whatever you have decided to PUNCH. I put my round hole on a layer above the paper and my paper could be punched through to white (that was below it), or it could just be indented deeply where I had placed my round hole. Like any style, you can use the Style and Effect Palette to increase or decrease the amount of the style.
Response 1: But, what if I want it to punch through a solid paper so that a patterned paper below it shows through? For example, I have a layer of text, a layer of solid and then the bottom layer is a pattern. I am thinking this is not designed to punch “out” the solid paper in the text form so that the pattern shows through. (Did that sentence make sense?) I think I will have to just go back to using the bevels to do this.
Answer 2: I'm a lot lazier than that. I select the text the same way, but then just click on my layer, hit Delete, and hide my text layer. Or, if I'm not quite sure of the placement, I select the text and then select inverse and click on my other layer and add a layer mask. Both ways have the paper underneath showing through. I add the drop shadow and stuff to the paper, too.
Answer 3: I know exactly what you are getting at. I was actually working with this style last night, experimenting to see what it did. I applied it to a photo just to see if it would punch it into the background, but I got a lovely indent of the paper below. (I found I could fill it with a smaller version of the photo. Neat.) So, you have to find another way to do it. Frustrating I know, but this is a great style and I am sure Erica will be along soon to give you lots of ideas on how to use it to the best advantage. I will watch for any replies for interesting ways to use it, so thanks for asking.
Answer 4: I made a document with the following starting at the bottom: patterned paper, a solid, a ribbon, and text. I then tried all of the five punch out styles and even moved the placement of the punch out to try to get what you were looking for. I cannot get it to do what you want. I did get some VERY interesting results, not what you wanted, but interesting none the same. It would be nice to hear from Erica on how they are supposed to work and can we do what you are trying to accomplish. I'd like to know as well. If you do hear from Erica directly, please let me know, as I'd like to use this style to its fullest potential.
Answer 5: I love Erica's Punch Out Style and use it often. (I even used it on my siggy.) I don't think it will leave a space so that you can see something through it. You can do that with brushes or custom shapes, though. Just stamp the shape you want on the layer you want to cut out and then select it with the Magic Wand and Delete it. A shape will be cut into the layer you stamped and your next layer down will show through. You can then add shadows or whatever to get a dimensional effect. If you stamp a custom shape, just simplify the layer before you delete or add styles.
Response 2: Yes, this is what I had done previously. I was just trying to take a shortcut around adding the shadows and stuff! There are some great effects that can be done with Punch Out though. I am off to play some more! |
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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 |
Life Moments Crop
Tuesday, September 30th - 4:00PM ET
Join Ang (angrocamp) 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 do a layout answering the question: What is something you used to do, gave up, but every once in a while wish you still did? It doesn't matter if you don't have a photo. You can see if you can find an image on the Internet or just do a journaling layout. Hope to see you there!
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!
On October 1, we'll do a multi-photo challenge! Create a layout using nine photos! NINE! Try a grid patterm a big block of clean and simple style, or maybe a filmstrip! Just use 9 (NINE!) photos!
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 Crop
Wednesday, October 1st - 9:00PM ET
Join Launa & Zaz for a Textile Challenge and Crop! We will meet Wednesday, October 1st, at 9pm ET 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!
NSBR Chat - Early Edition
Thursday, October 2nd - 1:00PM ET
What is NSBR? It’s a non-scrapbooking related chat! We talk about everything, including some scrapbooking and usually chocolate. It’s a great chance to meet new friends, catch up on what everyone is up to, and just relax! If you have a problem, we’ll lend an ear or a shoulder to cry on. Have some great news to share? We’d love to celebrate with you.
So, join me, Shari (PV Mom of 2), on October 2nd, at 1 PM ET, in the chat room Lobby! Hope to see you there!
Leavin' Love Chat
Monday, October 6th - 1:00PM ET
Come join me (Launa) and leave some love in the gallery. Bring a link to a layout of your own that needs a little love and two links of layouts that belong to someone else that need some love! Let's recognize all that awesome talent we have out there! I'm sure at some point chocolate will be discussed!
So join me on Monday, October 6th, at 1:00 ET in the Scrap Girls Chat Room! See ya there!!
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!
On October 8, we'll do a simple style challenge! Create a layout using the clean and simple style - no extra visual clutter, clear large-font journaling, clean straight lines, etc.
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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Designer Freebie by Keri Schueller coordinates with her At The Cottage Collection Biggie
* 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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Moth Friend
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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- 17.8% Off Yes 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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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 3 openings are still available! THAT'S RIGHT! JUST THREE!
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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A Month of Gratitude: Everyday Blessings
Class begins October 1, Class chats held Wednesdays, October 15 and 29 - 9:00PM ET
This digital scrapbooking class offers you a personal challenge to undertake a Month of Gratitude for the Everyday Blessings in your life. Challenge yourself to take a picture a day for one month and catch the blessings in the everyday moments around you. Think positively and take a ‘Gratitude Attitude’ as you capture the people and places that make your world special. Create a 4x6 layout for each day, then combine them for a powerful mini album to keep or give as a gift.
Note: This is not a technique class, and therefore is not associated with any one program.
You will require a basic understanding of your digital scrapbooking software program as well as a camera and an understanding of its functions. |
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
Alert! Alert! TODAY is the last day you can sign up for the Scrap Girls club and still get this great group of products at this amazing price. Don't delay... sign up now!
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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