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“You Bring Joy” by Kara Swanson
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Since most of the layout is neutral in color, I chose to edit the photo to fit into this color scheme. I used Melissa Renfro’s Photo Basics for PSE and chose the “Chocolate” action. It was perfect for what I wanted!
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Name of challenge: Use Three Papers from Three Collections
“Ice Skating” by Jo Corne
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To re-color Ariadna’s Gaia Alpha, first I rasterized the layer. Then, using the Eyedropper Tool, I chose the color I wanted the alphas to be. I then hit Ctrl+U (or Image> Adjustment> Hue/Saturation) and clicked on the ‘colorise’ box. This automatically changed the color of the alpha to something close, but not quite, what I wanted.
To get the color to be closer to my chosen color, I played with the sliders until I got as close to the color as possible. I then clicked “OK.” I was not quite satisfied with the depth of the color, so I duplicated the layer, clicked Ctrl+U to go back to the Hue/Saturation menu and only played with the ‘lighter/darker’ slider until I was satisfied. By doing this, I did not lose any of the alpha’s texture; I just made the color slightly darker. Once I was satisfied, I merged the two layers together. I then repeated this process with all the letters until complete.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Use Three Papers from Three Collections
Other Ingredients:
- Font - Love Letters
- Font - LubalGraph Bk BT
“MMM” by Jennifer Labre
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Often, when a collection has a lot of great elements and I just can’t decide which to use, I love to layer lots of items on my pages. I did that here with all of the flowers and leaves. I just grab as many as I like for my page and then just start layering them one by one. This often involves rotating them or tucking them beneath a paper or another element so just a peek of the item shows. I also make sure to adjust the drop shadows as necessary to show extra depth for the elements on top.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS
Name of challenge: Use Three Papers from Three Collections
Other Ingredients:
“Crazy 4 Scruffie” by Christy VanderWall
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To get the “Forever” barcode (originally black and white) to coordinate with the rest of the brown/dingy feel of the layout, I copied and pasted a small section of the background paper to a layer above the barcode, applied a clipping mask (Ctrl+Alt+G) to cover only the tag, and changed the Blend Mode to “Linear Burn.”
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Use Three Papers from Three Collections
“‘Fravourite’ Things” by Janine Buckles
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I used Ariadna’s Brush Set: Little Zoo - Tiger & Monkey to create a pattern on the paper along the top of the layout. This tied in with the little monkey I stamped on the journal paper. To add depth, I applied Mandy Steward’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Embed 1801 to the Tiger & Monkey brush layer.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Use Three Papers from Three Collections
Other Ingredients:
- Font -
Another Typewriter
- Font - Journal
Journaling: Evan,
When I made this little fleece jacket for you, I had no idea it would soon become your “fravourite” thing to wear outside. Like everything else, you grew out of it way too fast.
“Best Friends” by Launa Valente
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I loved the shape of the ribbon “leaves” under the rose, but the color just wasn't right. So, I found a cute paper from the Acrylic Love Collection and used a clipping mask to clip it to the ribbon. Finally, I used the “Hard Light” Blend Mode to bring out the texture of the ribbon underneath it. Perfect!
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Use Three Papers from Three Collections
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 Event - 4th Anniversary Week!
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Scrap Girls is turning FOUR years old! Yippee! We are having a party to celebrate... and YOU get the presents! Join us for a week of fun-filled classes, crops, challenges, games, and events. We've got prizes galore to hand out, so check out some of these great events!
Some of the games our team has planned for you are Trivial Pursuit, Boutique Bingo, ScrapGirls Word Search, ScrapGirls 20 Questions, The Never Ending Story, and more!
Here is the schedule for the week:
Monday, October 20th
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4:00PM ET - Keeping Current Crop - Ang
Don't let those photos pile up and become frustrating or overwhelming. Join us in the chat room for fun and focus on “keeping current” as we each tackle our most recent pictures and stories. So grab the last photos that are still hanging out on your camera's memory card and get to work so you can say with confidence, “I'm current!”
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8:00PM ET - “Title Magic” Mini Class - Jan
Are you in a title rut? Tired of doing the same thing over and over again on your digital scrapbooking layouts? Join Jan Hicks to learn a quick and easy way to make bold, elegant and striking titles for your most special layouts.
Tuesday, October 21st
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1:00PM ET - Critique Session - Theresa
Are you looking for some constructive criticism on a layout that you feel isn't "quite right"? Join me for an hour of layout critiques starting at 1pm ET. Be sure to have the layout posted in the gallery and have the link to it handy. We will have you pick a number to decide who gets their layout critiqued first.
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3:00PM ET – New Member Chat - April
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.
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4:00PM ET - Life Moments Crop and Chat - April
Join April (April Showers) And Michelle (Shelbi) 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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8:00PM ET - Zaz & Shari's Sensational Scrap Girls Adventure - Carol Ann & Shari
We would like to invite you all to join Shari-PV_Mom and me (Zaz) to Zaz and Shari’s Sensational ScrapGirls Adventure on Tuesday, October 23, at 8 pm Eastern in the chatroom. I’m not going to tell you what we will be doing exactly, but let’s just say that it will be kind of like a treasure hunt. It will go best for those of you who can open two windows on your monitor at the same time. It is NOT a competition. It’s an adventure. And everyone can enjoy the “treasure.” Will there be a prize? Oh, yes. Will you have to type fast to get it? Not really. Just come and find out.
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9:00PM ET - Get Published Chat - Ang, Amy & Christy
Do you want to see your layouts in magazines, but you are not quite sure how? Do you need a little more confidence with your layouts? During the Get Published Chat, we will talk about current calls, give constructive criticism on requested layouts, and we will answer your questions about submitting to magazines. As with most of our chats, there will also be a challenge, to help you further your chances of being published, we will select a Magazine, and challenge you to do a layout with one of their calls! Be sure you come to this informative Monthly chat, you will be glad you did!
Wednesday, October 22nd
- 11:00AM ET - Build Your Own Anniversary Cake Chat and Crop - Michelle and April
- 8:00PM ET - University Chat - Shari and April
- 9:00PM ET - Digital Scrapbooking Jeopardy! - Marnie
Note: While every effort will be made to adhere to this schedule, details are subject to change. |
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A Designer�s Life: Angela Blanchard |
A Helmet in the Dishwasher?
I love hobbies and I have several of them. Besides digital scrapbooking, I love to garden, read mysteries, make dollhouse miniatures, quilt, draw, etc. But I never realized, until about a year ago, how much our hobbies affect our spouses. That was the year my husband bought a BMW motorcycle and life has never been the same.
First, I learned that you can’t have just one motorcycle. You have to have a different motorcycle for every occasion (the same excuse that we ladies use for shoes). Then, beware, because after you have two motorcycles in the garage, they begin breeding and, before you know it, there are little Honda Trail 70’s joining your family. However, I didn’t pay too much attention to this at the time. I mean, it’s his hobby and he was really enjoying himself, so I was happy.
Then, he started going on fun, scenic rides and taking great pictures and of course when I saw that, I wanted to go along. So, I found myself down at the local motorcycle shop being fitted for a helmet... and, of course, gloves... and a jacket, too. Plus, those really flattering pants that make you waddle like the “Pop-n-Fresh Dough Boy,” but really do keep you warm. I still didn’t think I was getting into the motorcycle culture. I mean, I was just getting the gear so I could go picture-taking with my husband. That’s all.
I started to get an inkling that his hobby was really spilling over into my life when I suggested that if he wanted to host one of the local motorcycle club meetings at our house one evening, I would be happy to handle the food. So, after one crock pot of chili, two pans of cornbread, one huge bowl of potato salad and two large pizzas were cleaned up by about 20 guys, things were beginning to dawn on me.
Since then, we’ve gone to the regional motorcycle club meet up near Cathlamet, WA, and done a few rides to the Oregon coast. Plus, I can’t forget to mention the ride to Mt. St. Helen’s where we went on the helicopter tour. (The pilot was also a motorcycle rider.)
But, it all finally hit home last week when I walked into the kitchen to find the dishwasher running. At first I thought, “How sweet, someone emptied and refilled the dishwasher!” But, the dirty dishes were still in the sink, so that couldn’t be right. I decided to ignore it for the time being and went about my chores.
Finally, the cycle ended and I opened the dishwasher door. At first, I thought it had been run empty because I couldn’t see anything. But, as I pulled out the bottom rack, there it was... my husband’s motorcycle helmet - all steaming and shiny! (How was I to know that this was the recommended way to wash a helmet?) The sight of it there was just so hilarious that it all finally hit home. Motorcycles are now a part of my life! His hobby has gradually oozed its way into so many areas of my life!
But, you know what? It’s OK. My husband was taking a photo just the other week and said, “Hey, this would make a great scrapbook paper!”
- Angela
Favorite product I've designed:
Feathered Friends Collection
I love birds and I love watching their antics from my office window. Drawing the illustrations for this collection was a blast! The hardest part was deciding which birds to include!
Layout by Angela Blanchard
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Scrap Girls Club Concepts |
The Scrap Girls Monthly Club allows you to get all of the newest looks
while saving money! It is perfect for anyone who wants beautiful, coordinated
digital scrapbooking supplies that are easy to use. You get all the
products shown above, a $29.33 value, for $9.99 or less! 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!
October’s Scrap
Girls Club’s featured designer is Shalae Tippetts.
This digital scrapbooking collection has the rich earthy colors of autumn as well as the homemade atmosphere of your grandma's home. With homemade stitching, embroidery, ruffles and aged textures, you can create some beautiful digital layouts showcasing your fall, home, relationship, or heritage photos. Let’s look
a little closer and see what additional ideas we can come up with for this club.
Layout ideas:
- Thanksgiving (“I'm Grateful for...” in Hearth WordArt Mini)
- Moving (cardboard in Hearth Embellishment Mini and Hearth Collection Biggie)
- Recipe pages
- Travel (Hearth Embellishment Mini looks like stamps in a passport)
- Sewing hobby: making clothes, doll clothes, quilting, quilting bees
- Autumn activities like hayrides, bonfires, pumpkin carving
- Bringing home a new baby, all cozy and wrapped up
- Heritage
- Sewing machine history: tell the story about an old family machine
- Photos of worn and broken-down cars, trucks, tractors, etc.
- Scrapbook photos of Old Town, Amish Country, etc.
- Boys
Layout by catvinnat
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Congratulations, catvinnat! We loved your idea so much we had to share it with everybody! Please contact [email protected] to claim your gift.
Embellishment ideas:
- Use the Hearth Flowers Embellishment Mini as a digital hair bow for a little girl.
- Use the worn envelope (Hearth Collection Biggie) in a layout about family letters – such as love letters between a soldier and his bride, etc.
- Or use it to create a layout about bill paying, and list your monthly bills
- Replace words in your own journaling with the small rectangle word art from Hearth Collection Biggie.
- Use several clustered embellishment shapes from Hearth Embellishment Mini to date your layout.
Layout by Laurel Lakey
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Card ideas:
- Use sewing themed greetings such as “SEW CUTE!,” “A Stitch in Time,” or “What a racket!” (using ric rac borders in Hearth Collection Biggie).
- Create a family get-together invitation.
- Group all the flowers (Hearth Flowers Embellishment Mini) together and have a cute saying like, “I love you bunches!”
- Use the “I'm grateful for” word art (Hearth Word Art Mini) for a thank you card.
- Create placecards for your Thanksgiving table.
- Use flowers (Hearth Flowers Embellishment Mini) for a variety of cards such as happy birthday, thinking of you, get well, and thanks.
Card by Shalae Tippetts
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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!
- The Scrap Girls Team
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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Scrap Girls is looking for a qualified digital scrapbooking teacher to teach Photoshop Elements classes. Teachers are required to create class PDFs which are reviewed prior to class. Teachers have complete flexibility in scheduling classes.
Candidates must have strong skills in Photoshop Elements as well as strong layout design skills. Knowledge of Photoshop is a plus. They must be warm and friendly, comfortable handling fast-paced chat room situations, and able to easily handle questions that arise regarding their particular software area of expertise.
Candidates will be required to audition for this paid position. There will be a list of topics available from which classes can be developed, however the teachers are encouraged to present their own ideas for approval as well.
Please contact Jan Hicks at [email protected] if you would like more information. If you are interested in applying, please forward an up-to-date resume as well as a sample tutorial you have written to Jan at [email protected] and Brandie Valenzuela at [email protected]. |
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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 |
Keeping Current Crop
Monday, October 20th - 4:00PM ET
Join AngRoCamp for the Keeping Current Crop on the third Monday of each month. In October we'll enjoy an afternoon crop beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
Don't let those photos pile up and become frustrating or overwhelming. Join us in the chat room for fun and focus on “keeping current” as we each tackle our most recent pictures and stories. So grab the last photos that are still hanging out on your camera's memory card and get to work so you can say with confidence, “I'm current!”
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!
Getting Published Chat
Tuesday, October 21st - 9:00PM ET
Join Angela (angelaNussbaum), Amy (tysMommy) and Christy (christyVW) for the Get Published Chat on October 21st at 9 PM ET.
Do you want to see your layouts in magazines, but you are not quite sure how? Do you need a little more confidence with your layouts? During the Get Published Chat, we will talk about current calls, give constructive criticism on requested layouts, and we will answer your questions about submitting to magazines.
As with most of our chats, there will also be a challenge, to help you further your chances of being published, we will select a Magazine, and challenge you to do a layout with one of their calls! Be sure you come to this informative Monthly chat, you will be glad you did!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, October 22nd - 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 22nd, we'll do a brown challenge! Create a layout using brown as a dominant color!
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!
Ad Inspiration Challenge and Chat
Thursday, October 23rd - 9:00PM ET
Join Pat (PBarnes) for an Ad Inspiration Chat and Crop in the Scrap Girls Chat Room Thursday, October 23, at 9:00 ET.
We will use a magazine ad to inspire a LO, there is no wrong answer!! Come join the fun! The Ad will be posted a couple of hours before the challenge. Come join us for some chattin', croppin', and FUN!
Recipe Challenge Chat
Saturday, October 25th - 8:00PM ET
Join April Showers in the Chat Room Saturday, October 25th, at 8 PM ET for our monthly Recipe Challenge Chat where we'll share and scrap our favorite recipes. Check the message board on Thursday morning for this month's theme and Recipe Swap details. Hope to see you there!
ATC Swap Crop
Sunday, October 26th - 7:00PM ET
Please join me, Pat Bowman, in the chat room for our October ATC Swap Chat at 7PM ET. The theme for this month's swap will be “Make Believe.”
1. Create your ATC with your interpretation of the theme. Your original ATC file should be 3.5 inches x 2.5 inches or 1050 pixels x 750 pixels(can be portrait or landscape orientation) at 300 pixels per inch. Be sure to sign and date your ATC - real name and user name (unless they're the same, of course!) Post your ATC to the gallery here, as well, to share with all of our members.
2. Email the full res, flattened JPG version and a text file with the ingredients to me by November 15th. ([email protected]). Please include your initials at the beginning of the filename to help me keep track of everyone's ATCs.
3. I will zip them all together and provide a download link on YouSendIt for everyone to download the file. I will email the link to everyone, and will try to do this by the 20th of that month. Have fun exploring your creative genius!
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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.
October Mid-Month Layout Contest: Do you enjoy volunteering or helping out in your community? Whether it is at your local church or you are the founder of a non-profit, giving of your time and efforts really can make a difference to those around you. So, let’s see your layouts about how you help those around you or volunteer your time and what it means to you. Post your layouts to the October Mid-month Gallery 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 Amanda McGee
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Designer Freebie by Amanda McGee coordinates with her ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Doodle Pad, part of this month's ScrapSimple Club offering!
* 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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A Helmet in the Dishwasher?
Monday, October 20, 2008
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- 22.4% Off Scrap Girls 4th Anniversary Sale!
- Cute Stuff
- Scrap Girls Event - 4th Anniversary Week!
- A Designer’s Life: Angela Blanchard
- Scrap Girls Club Concepts
- Help Wanted
- 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.
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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 and 7.0
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 Cherise Oleson using October's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Amanda McGee and Cherise Oleson
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! 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.
- Permission to use your statement.
Club Concepts: We would like to announce that we will be looking for your help in creating these Club Concepts articles. 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: If you are interested in sharing your freebie creations with your Scrap Girls friends, 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! 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... 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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