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“Precious Boy” by Jennifer Labre
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I was inspired by Karen Chandler’s “Small But Strong” layout. I loved the overall design and the subtle details. I also loved how the color palette came together. I attempted to mimic the effect with my own layout, and by using Paula Wright’s Out of the Box Collection and Twigs and Twine Collection, I was able to convey the overall mood I was going for. Thanks to Karen’s great design, this layout came together quite easily.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - Karen Chandler's “Small but Strong”
Other Ingredients:
“Winter Cuddles” by Jo Corne
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To thread the wire ‘through’ the bookplate, I gave the wire layer a layer mask and reduced the opacity of the wire so I could see what I needed to erase. I then chose my paintbrush, making sure the foreground colour was black and sized my paintbrush accordingly. I then carefully erased the area that I wanted so as to make it look like the wire was threaded through the holes either side of the bookplate. Once I was happy with the result, I returned the opacity of the wire layer to 100%.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - jonjonsmom's “Swinging”
Other Ingredients:
- Font - Bickley Script
- Font - FG Christine
Journaling: Sitting on a bench at Dayelsford Lake was the perfect setting for a warm winter cuddle. I hate winter and any opportunity to get warm, I will take it! Pity you don't like it when I put my cold feet on yours to warm them up, LOL!!
“Blessed” by Caroline Kaiser
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I wanted the leaf frame from Paula Wright’s Twigs And Twine Collection and the red cord from her Durango Collection to be interlaced. For this look, I placed the frame under the cord, applied a layer mask to the cord, and used a basic brush to conceal the parts where I wanted the twigs to be visible.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - daisies803's “Too Sweet”
“Sweetest Words” by Kelly Favor-Chronister
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I chose to scraplift needadietcoke’s (Kaye) “Fish Story.” I really liked the title and the one large photo. It gave me the impression of a front-page newspaper article. To achieve a similar look, yet be more of my “scrappy style,” I used the font Lettering Delights Inclination. The letters are set on different angels and are different sizes. I apparently have a phobia of 90-degree angles, and this font seems to suit me well.
In order to make the words of the title fit together, I put each word on its own layer. I adjusted their size and position using the Move and Transform Tools. I adjusted them until the overall look was similar to the original layout.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Apple iPhoto
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - needadietcoke's “Fish Story”
Journaling: As a mom, there are many rewards. Some of them are more obvious than others and some have different meanings for different moms, but for me, one of the most rewarding moments was when I heard the simple statement, “Mommy, I wuv you.”
“Once In a Lifetime” by Kim Meeder
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I chose to scraplift JoannB’s “Fruits of the new camera...” layout. I loved the angled film strip on her layout and knew I had the perfect photo for a filmstrip.
I thought the digital stickers were a cute addition to the layout; however, the dog sticker was the wrong color. It was a brown dog and I wanted the sticker to look like the black dog in the photo. It was easy to change. First, I set the Foreground Color to a light gray by using the Color Picker with a gray found in the sepia photos. Next, I used the Ctrl+U shortcut to bring up the Hue/Saturation window. I checked “Colorize” and made sure that “Preview” was also checked. I played with the Saturation and Lightness sliders until I had the exact color I wanted. (I didn’t need to move the Hue slider because it was set to the right place when I chose my foreground color.) Finally, I clicked “OK.” I now had two stickers that looked just like my miniature dachshund, Jelly Bean, and my orange tabby cat, Cody. Well, almost - my dog and cat are cuter!
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Scraplift a Member - JoannB's “Fruits of the New Camera...”
Other Ingredients:
Journaling: “You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime.” from “Little Rascals”
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A Designer�s Life: Brandy Hackman |
Less Than Perfect
I am a perfectionist, although, admittedly, far from being perfect. I like things to be “right” and I also want to accomplish all that I see done so wonderfully around me.
I recently taught a Sunday lesson to the women in my church. The theme of the lesson was “Striving to be the best we can be, NOT Perfect.” It seems that when given a topic to teach about, it is more often for the teacher’s benefit than the student’s and this was the case for me.
I began my lesson by sharing a newspaper article that I had come across about a certain “Patti Perfect.” The gist of the article went something like this:
Patti’s day starts off early as she gets up and runs a few miles. She arrives back home, showers and dresses in her starched skirt and blouse, wakes the family, happily helps children prepare for school, and cooks a hearty, homemade breakfast. Once her husband and older children are off to school, she spends a few minutes tidying up her beautifully decorated home, does a quick load of laundry, bakes some bread, and spends some creative time with her younger children. Once the children are quietly napping, she writes a letter to her congressman, prepares a lesson that she is teaching at the community center, inserts a few photos and a certificate into the children’s scrapbooks (noting with satisfaction that the family albums are all attractive and up-to-date!), and pays a few bills. After lunch, she drops her children off at Grandma’s house for a visit and then arrives at the elementary school where she works as a psychologist a few times a week. She also finishes up her assignment for the PTA. Home again, the children go down for their afternoon naps, she prepares a nutritious, well-balanced meal for dinner, waters her luxuriant plants, welcomes the school children home, and spends time with each one as she supervises homework assignments so that they can maintain those straight A’s. Later, they work on a family project, tying a quilt for the homeless shelter. Dinnertime and the family sits down to Mom’s tasty meal. They enjoy stimulating conversation and then all pitch in to clean up the kitchen... and on and on it goes into the evening.
I left out many of the little details of this obviously fictional character, but you get the idea, right? When I read this article, I laughed out loud. It sounded so ridiculous. How could I not laugh? But, I think, it is funny only because I somehow find myself trying to be this person. Is that crazy? Well, not crazy in the sense that I think most of us want to do better, learn more, and excel past where we were a year ago.
For this lesson, I did research, read a book and found a couple of other articles that helped me put things into perspective. There were some wonderful insights that I was able to share. One that I felt was very helpful was that we need to redefine what it means to be a supermom or superwoman.
She is NOT the ageless female with a gorgeous face and trendy hair, witty and intelligent, who maintains a perfect home, is a great cook, has adorable, well-behaved children, and always makes lots of money.
A real Superwoman IS:
- a young mother with the baby-blues still trying to breast-feed.
- a busy housewife who finally gets in the shower and gets herself ready for the day even though it is 3:30 in the afternoon.
- a night-school student who has to dig past the diapers and toys in her backpack to get to her books.
- a still-single career woman who, even though what she really wants is to get married and have children, is contributing and productive in her work and is finding fulfillment.
- a working mother who leans up against the shut door of the day care, tears streaming down her face as she listens to her toddler cry, “Mommy.”
I have learned a new motto to repeat to myself when I am feeling overwhelmed by needing to clean my messy kitchen, needing to help with homework, needing to make something for dinner, needing to catch up on the laundry, needing to read my scriptures, needing to take a shower, needing to work on product designs, needing to spend playtime with my kids, etc., etc....
I may not be superwoman (or “Patti Perfect”) and definitely am not able to do it all, but... I am eager, doing the best I can and ON THE VERGE OF CHANGE.
- Brandy
Favorite product I've designed:
Abstract Expressionism Collection Biggie
Abstract Expressionism was a fun collection to put together. I haven’t gotten my paints out a lot since my college days, but working on this collection had paint tubes and brushes strewn across my counter for weeks - a mess, but a good time.
Layout by Brandy Hackman
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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:
- Graduation (ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock)
- Document a crazy or frustrating day when you feel frazzled. (Frayed edges and tangled threads in Paper and Embellishment Templates)
- Cats playing with strings or ball of yarn (Use threads and yarns in ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Fabric Arts.)
- Scouting and learning knot tying
- Layout about your favorite linens, especially if they were passed down from family
- Document fitting into a smaller size of clothing
- Swimming or other water sports (use wavy/curly paper templates in ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Rustic Stiches)
- Document a clothing mishap
- Rainy days
- Special gift layout (ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock can show the date it was received.)
- Scrapbook a wedding invitation and photo of the happy couple
Layout by Joyce Schardt
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Congratulations, Joyce Schardt! We loved your idea so much we had to share it with everybody! Please contact [email protected] to claim your gift.
Project/Printable ideas:
- Have fun creating a time capsule with your family. Fill a shoebox with current day items like a newspaper, a list of goals for the future, favorite small toys, a receipt or list of current prices of items such as gas, etc. Decorate box and add the date to open with the ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock.
- Create a personal “Style Book” filled with photos of clothing you like that you cut out from ads or magazines (use ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Fabric Arts or Brush Set: Worn Threads).
- Design an album of photos of all the favorite outfits of your baby or teen.
- Use ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Date Clock to note the date of an event on an invitation.
- Give a gift card or gift certificate with a card you create that says “No Strings Attached” (use lots of strings from ScrapSimple Embellishment Template: Fabric Arts).
- Create a layout with the club products and print to iron-on transfer in reverse and iron directly to a canvas tote bag.
- Print stitches on the ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Rustic Stitches onto an iron-on transfer and transfer design to a small decorative pillow cover; use as a guide for real stitching.
- “A Day in the Life of” album with photos and times shown on the clock.
- Recycle an old wooden plaque or sign by creating new art for it. Adhere to sign with glue, such as Mod Podge. After drying, use a bit of sandpaper to distress your image to get a worn in look and ink the edges.
Project by Brandie Valenzuela
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Mini Tutorial - Creating Digital Fabric Photos:
Durin Eberhart’s ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Fabric Arts are just perfect for blending photos to make them look like printed on fabric.
- Add a paper template (I used “DEB_SSPaper_FabricArts_1.png”) to your layout.
- Place the photo on top and clip it to the paper template layer (Ctrl+Alt+G).
- Change the Blend Mode of the top photo layer to “Overlay.” (This depends on the photo; “Soft Light” or “Multiply” are great sometimes, just play around!)
- Add a layer on top of your photo, clip it to your photo layer, and use Brandie Valenzuela’s Brush Set: Worn Threads to add some texture. (I used orange as color.)
- Change the Blend Mode of the brushwork layer to “Multiply” and reduce the Opacity to 44%.
That’s it! Have fun!
Tutorial and layout 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 |
Aussie Siggie Chat
Monday, 13th October - 9:00PM *Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time*
Please join Karen (kazbar 73) for the next Aussie Chat. This week we will create our very own "Siggies."
Have you wondered how everyone creates those cool signatures on the message board? We will meet in the Chat Room at 9:00 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time for a fun chat and challenge to find out how to create, upload and insert them into your profile. Karen will post a challenge earlier in the day to help you get started, then during the chat we wil work on our siggies and answer questions!
For all our International ladies, the chat will be on Monday, 13 October, at 6am New York time. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
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 (Shari - PV Mom), and Shelbi 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!
New Member Chat **Early Edition**
Tuesday, October 21st - 3:00PM ET
Join April (April Showers) at 3:00 PM ET for a fun chat to get to know our newest members. We will discuss the message board, gallery, chocolate and so much more! Everyone is welcome, new or not so new!
Not sure how to get there? Just click the "chat room" button at the top of this newsletter; you will need JavaScript enabled to access the chat room.
Life Moments Crop and Chat
Tuesday, October 21st - 4:00PM ET
Join April (April Showers) 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 focus on Fall traditions! Did your family go pick apples every year, did you have a favorite place to get perfect pumpkins? Were costumes more important than candy at Halloween? Dig out your photos, write down your memories and join us Tuesday October 21st for a fun Fall Chat!
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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 Laurel Lakey
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Designer Freebie by Marnie Adams coordinates with her Hugs & Kisses Word Art Brush Set 1 and Hugs & Kisses Word Art Brush Set 2
* 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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Less Than Perfect
Monday, October 13, 2008
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- Cute Stuff
- A Designer’s Life: Brandy Hackman
- ScrapSimple Club Concepts
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Designer Freebie
- Getting Started
- Expand Your Skills
- Online Classes Currently Available
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
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I hope you enjoy today's issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
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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
Scrapbooking 911 - 20 Sketches to Revialize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 2
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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 Shalae Tippetts 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 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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