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“My Little Cowgirl” by Launa Valente
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To add Cara's rosey cheeks back in to the black and white photo, I added a new layer above the photo. I then picked out a nice, pink color, chose a soft round brush and set the Opacity very low, about 29%, and painted her cheeks.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - podiumchick's “Anna at 11”
“Journey” by Pat Bowman
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
For the background photo treatment, I first enlarged the photo to cover the width of the layout. Then I simply changed the Blend Mode of the photo layer to “Multiply.” To finish it off, I grunged up the bottom by applying a layer mask and then using the Brush Set: Photo Transfer Edges to erase portions of it.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - MaryJo's “Family Vacation”
“Glimpse of You” by Armi Custodio
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I chose to scrap-lift Sue’s (schmoo) “Hoo U R” layout that she did for Marnie’s 04/10/08 sketch challenge. It is about her son Cody and what he is like as a three-year-old. I love this layout! The colors are vibrant, the embellishments are playful and there are so many interesting details that one can draw upon for inspiration. My layout is not an exact lift, but if you look closely, you will find details she used in her layout that I incorporated in mine.
Since my layout is about my little girl, I chose softer colors. To create the background paper, I used Paula Wright’s yellow-green paper from her Twigs and Twine Collection. Directly above this layer, I placed the dots paper, also from the same collection, and set the Blend Mode to “Pin Light.” I then added the embroidered roses set at “Overlay.”
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - schmoo's “Hoo U R”
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“Vacation Day 3” by Janine Buckles
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To make my page look “wet,” I placed Theresa’s ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Water Drops on my layout above the bottom paper layer. Then I selected the Water Drops paper by clicking the thumbnail image of it in the Layers Palette, chose the “Clear Drops” style from Amanda’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Water 6101 in the drop-down menu of the Layer Styles in the Artwork and Effects Palette and clicked on “Apply.” I wanted the water drops to be somewhat subtle so, while keeping the Water Drops paper selected, I reduced the Opacity to 36%.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - SkRiders's “Keygan”
“Us” by Amy Lemaniak
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I wanted to add a stacked look to my main photo on my layout. To do this in a quick way, I decided to use Sarah Batdorf’s Scrap Simple Tools - Actions: Stacked Photos PSE 6501. It is such a nice, easy way to get several different stacked photo looks.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - scrappinchar's “1 Month”
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“Five Things” by Christy VanderWall
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
For this assignment, I chose to scraplift lgsouthfla’s “Scorpio.” It was difficult to pick a layout from Linda’s beautiful gallery, but I loved the brush work she did on this layout. I have had Lori Cook’s Brush Set: Decorative Swirls Grunged in my stash for a while and just haven’t found a way to use them as beautifully as Linda did.
To make the brush work appear realistic where it transitions from the background paper to the photo, I wanted to make a small gap in the swirls. With my swirl layer selected, I Ctrl+Clicked on the thumbnail of the photo layer to easily select only the parts of the swirls on top of the photo. Then, Shift+Ctrl+J creates a new Layer via Cut. This puts the swirls that are on the photo on their own layer. With the background swirls layer selected, I used a small hard round brush to erase a tiny bit of the swirls next to the photo. I used the same procedure by the cardboard.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements CS3
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - lgsouthfla's “Scorpio”
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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 is less than one week 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 TWO spots left! That's right... JUST TWO! Stay tuned to hear more about our Convention! |
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A Designer�s Life: Theresa Kavouras |
Confessions of a Former Shopaholic
It’s true. I am an admitted former shopaholic. I just love to spend money.
But, I don’t buy high priced or luxurious items; rather I hit the clearance racks. I hit them and I buy and I buy and I buy. I blame my parents, really. They never shopped the high-end stores that surrounded us in New York. Macy’s, Bamberger’s, Nordstrom’s, Lord and Taylor... I don’t think I set foot in one of those stores until I was old enough to buy my own clothes. Instead, we drove two and a half hours, twice a year, to Pennsylvania, where there was no sales tax on clothes and where discount stores like K-Mart and Zayre’s could be found.
To this day, I can’t resist a sale or a coupon. I can’t resist a bargain.
After my children were old enough to go to pre-school, I pondered the hours I’d have to myself and what I was going to do with them. I was cleaning out my girls’ closet one day and thought I’d donate the clothes to the pre-school in case they needed extra items for accidents and such. One of the teachers offered me money for some of the higher end products. I didn’t know whether to be offended or to take the money and run! She said that the girls had such beautiful clothing and that I should consider selling them on eBay rather than giving them away.
eBay? What is eBay?
I went home and searched the internet for this eBay. Not really sure what it was I had found, I tried listing some items and was shocked to watch them sell right before my eyes! The women were frenzied to get their hands on what I was selling. At the time, I hadn’t realized I was selling items for way less than I should have been listing them for. But, as time wore on, I learned the trade. Before you knew it, I ran out of used items that the girls had grown out of. I needed inventory. But, how would I get inventory?
Sales! Coupons! Clearance racks! It was all right there in front of me. My excuse to shop! And, what an excuse it was. I spent my days scouring department stores looking for the perfect bargains. Then I’d turn around and sell them when the clothes came back in season. It was the perfect job for a shopaholic. And, for me, it was a lucrative one.
A few years later, I found Scrap Girls and my eBay business slowly came to a halt since I had found something else to occupy my time. I just couldn’t keep up with the selling. I closed the eBay room door and forgot about it. The room sat in disarray for at least a year. I really wanted to use this room for my scrapbooking office, but I couldn’t muster the strength to get in there and start selling again.
But, recently, my husband saw a sign advertising a children’s clothing consignment sale in the area. This was just the thing I needed to clean out that room once and for all. It took me weeks to inventory what I had. The sale only allowed fall and winter items, but I was shocked to realize that I had some 300+ items that could go to the sale! Every day my husband would come in and say, “You must be thrilled to be getting rid of all that baggage.”
Thrilled? How about liberated? Expunged. Cleansed. Freed. Rescued. Saved.
Strong words? Maybe. But after the check that came in the mail, I’m counting down the days for the spring and summer sale (and thinking of my new office!)
I mean, sure, I still shop. I can’t resist a bargain. But, I don’t shop like I used to. When I get that urge... when the bargains and clearance racks start calling my name, I go shop online. After I fill up my virtual shopping cart, I take a good look at the bargains I have found.
I admire it.
Then I empty it.
And, I’m satisfied.
- Theresa
Favorite product I've designed:
Clean It Up Collection Mini
I think that anyone who is an organizing wizard, or those who wish to be, can learn a lot by scrapbooking their organizational skills, or lack thereof. I love the colors in this kit and the fact that it makes one of the hardest chores of life look bright and cheerful!
Layout by Theresa Kavouras
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ScrapSimple Club Concepts |
The ScrapSimple club contains items that allow YOU to decide the colors and looks you will end up for your digital scrapbooking designs because the ScrapSimple products are completely customizable. You get all the products shown above, a $19.15 value, for $6.99 or less! And if you would like to create designs to share or sell, there's even a commercial club available! Plus, each month we will help you find new ways to use your club contents to the fullest with this article full of ideas, tips, and projects to get your creativity going!
September’s Scrap Girls ScrapSimple Club’s featured designers are Brandie Valenzuela and Durin Eberhart. Their club is full of fun products that can help you document your photos and get creative in amazing ways. Our entire Scrap Girls staff has put their heads together and come up with some ideas to help you get the most out of your fun, new digital scrapbooking toys!
Layout ideas:
- Halloween (especially for mummy or zombie costumes)
- Sewing or embroidery
- Layout about a plastic canvas crafter and their creations
- Retro “hippie” themed layouts (paisley in ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Rustic Stitches)
- Layout about a favorite sweater or afghan that has started unraveling
- Share hairstyles or outfits through the years (use ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock to document the dates)
- Make a crazy quilt layout, stitch up photos/papers in between (use ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Rustic Stitches or Fabric Arts and add loose unraveling thread with needle from ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts)
- Wedding, prom, or another special event dress
- Bare feet peeking out from under a cozy quilt
- Anniversary (use ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock)
- Use the “No Strings Attached” title for a layout about someone you love
- Layout about a favorite, yet tattered, stuffed animal
Layout by Jo Corne
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Embellishment ideas:
- Place a close-up headshot in the center of the ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock.
- Reduce the size of the paper templates with fringed edges in ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Fabric Arts to make a gorgeous mat for a square photo.
- Create silly string with the strings from ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts.
- Use the braids from ScrapSimple Embellishment Template: Fabric Arts as the clock hands for the ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock.
- Use layer effects to blend a photo with ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Fabric Arts to make it look like it was printed on fabric.
- Use ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Fabric Arts to create watercolor backgrounds.
- Create brushes with the stitches in ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Rustic Stitches to digitally stamp and embellish your pages.
- Use Brush Set: Worn Threads as a digital eraser to remove parts of papers, photos, etc.
- Frame a photo with the braids in ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts.
- Use yarn flowers, braids, and bundles in ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts to create growing flowers on a layout.
Layout by Caroline Kaiser
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Fabric Arts, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts, Brush Set: Worn Threads, ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock, ScrapSimple Word Art Templates: Title It - Life, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Stitching And Holes 4103, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: All Buttoned Up Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Photo Basics 5001, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Vintage PS 6501, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Dreamy Photos 6301 and Lettering Delights Hallmark Font are also available.
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Card ideas:
- Use ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts' threads to create a love note that says, “I'm unraveling at the seams without you.”
- Make a funny card by extracting a person from a photo background and tie them up digitally with the strings from ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts.
- Scan or photograph your hand and digitally tie with threads from ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts threads for a “Don't Forget” or an “I didn't forget” card.
- Whip up some Christmas gift tags that say, “Do not open until Christmas” (or another date). Use ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock to show the date they can open the present.
- Create cards for holidays or special events; point clock hands from ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock to the date of the event or holiday.
Card by Caroline Kaiser
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We hope this article gives you some ideas to get you scrapping! We’d love to see what you come up with. You can share ideas and tips on the message board, plus there’s a special gallery available for you to show off your Club creations and inspire each other, so start creating!
Have fun!
P.S. 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. We give you ideas for layout themes, embellishments, tips, cards, quotes, projects, and more! 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. And, of course, there are prizes involved!
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!
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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 |
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!
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
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 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!
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!
NSBR Chat - Early Edition
Thursday, October 16th - 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 16th, at 1 PM ET, in the chat room Lobby! Hope to see you there!
Heritage Crop
Thursday, October 16th - 8:00PM ET
Do you have boxes of heritage photos just waiting to be restored and scrapped? Are there family stories just waiting for you to write down and preserve? Then this is the crop for you!
Join April (April Showers) and Carla (CRS) for the Heritage Crop and Chat! We'll help you get motivated to scrap those heritage photos and record your family stories for future generations to enjoy.
Quote Chat & Challenge
Sunday, October 19th - Time TBA
Come join Pat (PBarnes) for the Quote Challenge Crop! Including a quote on your layout can be a touching and meaningful addition, especially if you use the quote to create your own word art.
Here's how it will work. On Sunday, I'll post a thread on the Chat section of the board giving you the quote that you will use to make your own word art. It's not hard, and I will even have a layout with a Word Art example. Then we'll meet in the chat room to have fun, chat, and create our Word Art layout!
We'll post the time on Sunday, as the time changes around each time to allow participation by our international folks. Everyone can participate and create a layout, even if you can't make the chat. Hope to see you there! |
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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 MT!
So go on with your gabby girl self! This is the month for you!
Layout Contests:
October Layout Contest: Has someone ever done something for you that you will never forget or maybe gone above and beyond for you? This month’s contest is the perfect opportunity to document it or thank them for it. We want to see your layouts commemorating those that have made a difference in your life, no matter how big or small. Post your layouts to the October Gallery by Midnight ET on October 31st. If your layout is chosen you will win a $10 gift certificate to the boutique! Be sure to include the credits for products used in the description or under the Details button.
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 Paula Wright
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Designer Freebie by Paula Wright coordinates with her Fiddle-de-de Collection
* 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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Confessions of a Former Shopaholic
Monday, October 6, 2008
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- Cute Stuff
- A Designer’s Life: Theresa Kavouras
- ScrapSimple Club Concepts
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Designer Freebie
- Scrap Girls Convention - Digital Scrap Link Information!
- Getting Started
- Expand Your Skills
- Online Classes Currently Available
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
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I hope you enjoy today's issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together.
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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 2 openings are still available! THAT'S RIGHT! JUST TWO!
We're starting our final countdown now; don't miss out on this amazing opportunity!
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 important to 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
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Join the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking looks while saving! (A $27.94 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you will receive:
Layout by Angie Briggs using 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!) |
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 Durin Eberhart 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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