Scrap Girls Chit Chat Newsletter: October 1, 2008

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Computer scrapbook layout by Amanda Sok

Layout by Amanda Sok
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Computer scrapbook layout by Trish Yochum

Layout by Trish Yochum
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates - Layered: 8x8 2009 Frilly Calendar and ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Photo Basics 5001 are also available.

Computer scrapbook layout by Christy VanderWall

Layout by Christy VanderWall
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Bump in the Night 2, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Bump in the Night, Dynamic Brush Set: Stars 5001, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Edgy, THIN, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Scratches Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Glass Beads 4101 Super Biggie are also available.

Computer scrapbook layout by Debbie Layden

Layout by Debbie Layden
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Jeweled Flora Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Vintage PS 6502, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Felt 8201 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Neutral Shadows 2801 Super Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 are also available.

Computer scrapbook layout by Brandy Murry

Layout by Brandy Murry
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Nuptials Biggie, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Nuptials Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Glittered Gelly 6401 Super Biggie are also available.

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.

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!

Photo: Nichole Van Photography

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!

Life Muses by Ro: Make Room for Blessings

I’ve heard it said that if your hands are clasped tight, they are not open to receive. Think about it. When you are grasping onto something you currently have because you can’t let it go, can someone place something in your hands? When I learned about this concept a few years ago, I asked myself if I was holding onto things. If I was, what were they?

It didn’t take long for me to know what they were. I had a house full of things that I never used. I’d been collecting these items for nearly three decades. I kept them because I was raised by parents and grandparents who had been through the depression. My grandmother rarely threw anything away. She didn’t have much, but what she did have, she used completely. Christmas wrapping paper was carefully folded away. Ribbons were saved until they were too smashed to recognize. Cards were cut up and used as gift tags.

Grandma often talked about being thrifty. One of her favorite sayings was, “Most women throw more out their back door than their husband can carry in the front door.”

My problem was that I don't live in the depression. We’ve lived in a completely different time and we have more than people owned during that time. Even during some of our worst financial times, we were never destitute enough that I couldn’t buy a spool of thread, if I needed one. (This happened to my grandmother.) But, because I had been raised with a scarcity mentality, I had been trying to prepare for a nuclear war level disaster. I’d be prepared, you see, if one occurred. Yep, if there was a nuclear war, I’d have plenty of old clothes, bits of fabric, broken dishes, and 20-year-old cans to tide us over.

Once I realized how silly I was being, I began cleaning out. I understood that I didn’t need those things, even if there was a terrible disaster. Then I realized that I needed to share my extra things with people who would use them.

It has taken years to make progress as old habits die hard, but Gary and I are starting to see the bottom of the pile. I cleared out unused home decorations, craft supplies that I would never craft anything with, clothing that I hadn’t worn in over a year, and clothing that didn’t fit. I threw away makeup I had moved from state to state for decades. I got rid of furniture that had been stored. I gave away educational music to a new teacher who was struggling to build her own library. I sold books that I would never read again on Amazon.

When the first round was over, I walked through my home and breathed. It felt good. I knew right then that I would never hold onto so much stuff. I realized that the stuff was holding me back. It was binding me to an uncertain past and was stopping me from receiving a better future.

I’d like to tell you that we completely cleaned everything right then, but that wouldn’t be the truth. It has been a seemingly endless journey. But, as we travel forward, we are releasing more into the world and have made room for additional blessings to return in the process.

Now I try to only keep things that give me pleasure and joy. I keep things that allow me to express myself. I keep things that I love. I keep things that I will use to bless myself and my family. And, I remind myself that every time I start feeling flustered, a likely source of the weight I feel is the excess stuff in my environment.

Make room for blessings.

Clean out your closets.
Go through your drawers.
Look closely at what you have stacked on your shelves.
Clean out your computer files.

Make room for blessings. Open your hands; release your grasp on the old and wait for the new to arrive. And then, when blessings come, as they surely will, say a prayer of thanks that you have been so fortunate.

- 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.

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial: Adding Color to a ScrapSimple Template

Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop CS3 with Windows XP.

For this digital scrapbooking tutorial, I will be using ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Pressed Petals 1.

First, choose a flower that you want to colorize and open the layered PSD file. I will be using the Aquilegia flower. This particular product comes with each section of the flower separated onto its own layer, making it much easier to add a different color to each part of the flower. Next, we are going to manipulate the Color Balance, Hue/Saturation, Curves, and Brightness/Contrast to get the desired colors.

Color Balance

Digital Scrapbook Tutorial Screenshot: Color Balance

I recommend coloring the petals first, so you will need to click onto the petal layer. Then, click on Image> Adjustments> Color Balance. Start playing with the sliders by adding in red, yellow, magenta, etc. Watch your image as you move the sliders until it reaches the color you desire. (Note: If the pop-up window is covering your image, click on the blue header bar of the box and drag it to another area on your screen so that your image becomes visible.)

Curves

Digital Scrapbook Tutorial Screenshot: Curves

If the image appears to be too light or dark, you can darken or lighten it by clicking on Image> Adjustments> Curves. Click in the center of the diagonal line that stretches across the box and drag it to either side. One direction will lighten the image; the other direction will darken it.

Hue/Saturation

Digital Scrapbook Tutorial Screenshot: Hue/Saturation

If the colors appear to be too bright, you can bring down the saturation a bit (neutralize some of the color). Click on Image> Adjustments> Hue/Saturation. If you move the saturation slider to the left, it will take some of the brightness out. You can also try playing with the Hue slider (the top slider) to adjust the color a bit more.

Brightness/Contrast

Digital Scrapbook Tutorial Screenshot: Brightness/Contrast

If you want more contrast in your image, click on Image> Adjust> Brightness/Contrast. Again, move the sliders back and forth while watching your image until you get the desired contrast.

Once you have the desired color on the petals, repeat these steps for each layer of the flower until each section is the color of your choice. Then, merge the layers together and drag it onto your layout.

Computer scrapbook layout by Brandy Hackman

Layout by Brandy Hackman
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Pressed Petals 1 are also available.

Brandy Hackman

Tutorial written by Brandy Hackman

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

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

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.

New Member Chat
Tuesday, October 14th - 9:00PM ET

Join Pat (PBarnes) and Carol Ann (Zaz) for the New Member Chat at 9 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.

High Noon Crop
Wednesday, October 15th - 12:00Noon ET

On October 15th, we'll do a wave challenge! Create a layout using a wave or a swirl in some way on your page. It can be a paper cut out in a wave shape, a funky swirly brush, an embellishment that has waves and swirls - just use a wave in some way!

October Events

October Board Game: Posting Contest!

Have you ever been described as “garrulous?” How about “loquacious?” Or “voluble?” If so, then this is the game for you!

It's time to put your chatty nature to the test and get posting! We want to see you post the most! The top 10 posters this month will each win a gift certificate to the boutique! (Top 1-3 will each get a $10 GC, 4-6 will each get a $5 GC, and 7-10 will each get a $3 GC!) We've got a system to keep track of your posts. If you want to keep your own tally, feel free to note your post count before you start posting on Wednesday October 1st. Contest ends on Friday October 31st at midnight ET!

So go on with your gabby girl self! This is the month for you!

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!

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.)

Today's Freebie

Computer scrapbook layout by Gillian Hurst

Layout by Gillian Hurst
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Designer Freebie by Gillian Hurst coordinates with her Plum Passion Collection



Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Torn Edges 2 and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Artistic Edges are also available.

* 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.

Make Room for Blessings
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

In This Issue:

- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial: Adding Color to a ScrapSimple Template
- 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

Note from Ro

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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Scrap Girls is Having a Convention!

Scrap Girls Digital Scrap Link 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

Officer's Club
Sign up now!

Getting Started

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

Expand Your Skills

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

See more titles

Available Online Classes

Online Class - A Month of Gratitude: Everyday Blessings
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.

Scrap Girls Monthly Club

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:

1 Collection Biggie
1 Paper Super Mini
1 8.5x11 Sheet of Word Art
1 Embellishment Set
1 Assemble Your Own Zoom Page Set
1 Designer's Choice Item

Digital scrapbooking layout by Melissa Renfro using September's Scrap Girls Club
Layout by Angie Briggs using October's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Shalae Tippetts

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!)

ScrapSimple Monthly Club

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:

1 ScrapSimple Paper Template Set
1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template Set
1 Brush Set
1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
1 Designer's Choice Item

A commercially licensed version of the ScrapSimple club is also available here.

Computer scrapbook layout by Debbie Layden using September's ScrapSimple Club
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!

Opportunities for You!

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!

div 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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