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Layout by Ariadna Wiczling
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Layout by Brandy Murry
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Layout by Cherise Oleson
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These first two products are included in this month's ScrapSimple Club offering. Members receive a substantial discount on these club supplies. They are also available elsewhere in the Boutique at regular prices for those individuals who would rather not join a club.
Layout by Sarah Batdorf
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Layout by Thao Cosgrove
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Layout by Amanda McGee
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Layout by Paula Wright
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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 Event - Digital Scrapbook Day!
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Happy Digital Scrapbook Day! Scrap Girls is celebrating this fun holiday with a great lineup of chats and classes, prizes and fun, just for you! Come hang out with us today and celebrate our wonderful hobby together!
Here is the schedule for the day:
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12:00Noon ET - Color Challenge Chat - Pat
Join Pat (PBarnes) for a Color Challenge and Chat at 12 Noon ET. I will post the colors a few hours before the chat so you can get started on a layout if you wish. We'll do some scrapping, some talking about the use of color, and some just plain chatting. I hope you can join me in the Live Chat Room!
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1:00PM ET – Word Challenge Chat - April & Michelle
Join April Showers and Shelbi in the Chat Room at 1:00 ET for some chatting and Word Challenge Fun!
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3:00PM ET - Mini Class: Rounded Corners - Anna
When I was a paper scrapbooker, one of my favorite tools was my corner punch. You'd stick the paper in, press the button, and voila! - rounded corners. Unfortunately, Photoshop Elements doesn't have a corner punch, so rounding those corners isn't quite that easy. Or is it? Join me, Anna Mansfield, for a mini class that will teach you a quick, simple method for getting perfectly rounded corners. Software specific - PSE
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7:00PM ET - Layout Do-Over Chat - Jo & Becca
We all have them - those layouts that just seem to sit on our hard drives unfinished or just not quite right. Maybe you've gone back to this particular page several times without satisfaction. Well, now is the time to try again! Join Jo (scrappingjo) from our Layout Artist Team and Becca from our Welcoming Committee for some helpful hints on revitalizing a drab layout. Meet us in the Lobby at 7:00pm ET with your choice of layout and an open mind to some new ideas! It's time to make that layout SHINE!
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8:00PM ET - “Celebrate What Digi-Scrap Means to You” Chat - Zaz & Sherry
It's time to celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day "Scrap Girls" style! Join Carol Ann (Zaz) and Sherry Lynn at 8pm ET in the lobby to celebrate what we love about digital scrapbooking and how it has enhanced our lives. And of course, there'll be plenty of cyber chocolate and other treats to share as well! It'll be a night of fun and friendship - see you there!
Note: While every effort will be made to adhere to this schedule, details are subject to change. |
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Customer Muse: Why I Scrapbook |
Recently, I started printing a lot of my scrapbook pages. I found this great box album for a great deal - it's fabric covered and has two big rings inside to hold the pages in protective sleeves. Printing my pages is new for me, so I wasn't quite sure what they would look like on paper. I started printing the earliest pages I had done, resisting the urge to re-do many of them as I now have better supplies and (I hope!) better skills. I didn't realize that printing my pages would cause me to have an epiphany of sorts about why I scrapbook.
I was excited as I picked up the first batch of printed pages. I couldn't wait to see them and, as soon as I could, I started organizing and putting them in the page protectors in the album.
My scrapbooking has almost always been about my daughter, and this album was going to be dedicated to her first few years. (However many I can squeeze into that box.) It was so nice to see her growing up on paper - from newborn to toddler. There were pages that captured a particular memory or milestone in her growth, other pages displayed a sweet picture with a loving quote or poem.
As I was looking at my album-in-progress, I started to think about the question we scrapbookers get asked all of the time. Why do you scrapbook? My response to this has always been along the lines of “to record my daughter's childhood and create lasting memories.” But, to be honest, I never really gave it a lot of serious thought.
As I was looking through these pages, I started asking myself, what if I DIDN'T scrapbook? What if I didn't have all of these pages created, preserving her childhood events? Would I still remember what she was like at four months? Would I still remember the details of one of her first tantrums? Would I remember what first solid foods she liked to eat, what some of her first words were? Maybe I would remember some of those details, but I know for sure that if I didn't have the memories preserved on a scrapbook page, the details would be vague and continue to fade with time.
I was also hit with the realization that if I didn't do scrapbooking, I wouldn't have all of these pictures. Sure, I'd still have lots of pictures, but I wouldn't have most of the shots I have. I've always taken lots of pictures of my daughter, but since starting to scrapbook, whenever I have the camera out, I'm thinking, “what is the best kind of shot to get here to put on a scrapbook page?” Or, I see pages in online galleries with certain shots and think, “I have to get a shot like that for a page!”
Scrapbooking started as a nice hobby, when my daughter was just a baby and I had lots of time on my hands while she napped. But, it has become so much more. This album - and others that I will create - will record my daughter's childhood and our life together like nothing else could. The often forgotten details of childhood will be recorded in these pages for her when she's older and will be a great reminder for me as well.
- Tonya (regulargal)
Muse: To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation. Not intended to solve the world's problems, another person's problems, or to cover topics completely. One does not have to agree with musings to enjoy them, just as one does not have to be the same as someone else to appreciate who they are.
Note from Ro: Would you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate? Send your own muse to [email protected]. If it is selected for publication in the Scrap Girls newsletter, you'll get to have fun shopping!
Ro is now spotlighting various Scrap Girls members, showing layouts, and running contests in her blog. If you end up being spotlighted in it, you'll get a little gift from her. Subscribe to her blog so you don't miss what is going on!
Ro has recently spotlighted Pireps, CharleneJ and Soozlou. |
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University Updates: Digital Photography Simplified |
For six weeks this fall, 25 Scrap Girls embarked on a journey to improve their photography skills. The main class resource was the wonderful eBook, Digital Photography Simplified, by our own dinny [Diane Miller]. The material in the book was enhanced with weekly emails of supporting materials and photo assignments.
Participants were encouraged to create a portfolio of photos, either as a reference or as a showcase for their work. The learning process included improved knowledge of camera function and analysis of photo results. Through a combination of lots of shooting practice and constructive critique, class members developed their skills and demonstrated learning.
The class gallery included some incredible images and layouts. These are just a few examples from class members.
Layout by princessrunningfingers
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Joyce created a reference portfolio with a different background for assignments from each section. Her clear descriptions will make a great resource. This study effectively shows the use of cropping with the camera (rather than in the software) to focus attention on the highlighted section of the subject.
Layout by QueenShakeNBake
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Debbie posted an amazing gallery of pictures and some terrific studies. I selected this layout because she has done such a beautiful job with both the picture and the kit elements. The journal card describes the photographic principal and the impact on the photo.
Layout by Actnfunny
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Joy’s delightful sense of humor came across in her layouts and comments. She frequently had a unique take on the challenges and always had wonderfully descriptive journaling. I love the framing that she has done of her night time visitors.
Layout by cot10girl
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On this page, Karen presents an excellent example of a showcase portfolio page. The simple, elegant layout draws focus directly to this dramatic shot of the frost on the yellow flowers. The blurred background (shallow depth of field) helps to make the flowers pop.
As I write this, the class is still in process. The improvement shown in the gallery to date has been impressive. I can’t wait to see what the remaining days will bring! It has been fun to see the personal takes on the assignments and to share new ideas as we all strive to become better photographers. Happy shooting.
- Mary Elizabeth O’Toole
This is a self-portrait that I took for one of the class challenges on point of view. |
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Layout and Contest Winners |
Weekly Layout Winners |
Layout by Three Tadpoles Mom
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Layout by crystals622
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Contest Winners |
Scrap Girls 4th Anniversary Week Winners!
Thank you all so much for participating in our 4th Anniversary Event with us and helping us celebrate our birthday. We had so much fun, and it was great to share this milestone with you, our beloved customers, members, and friends, who have made it all possible! We had games, chats, and prizes galore and it took us a while to tally them up! So, here are the winners from our Anniversary Event. Thanks again, and we look forward to another wonderful year with you all.
Chat Winners:
sweetaudrey, glorie, eliba, JoannB, JustPattyAnne, sunnie2004, michelle_ann, christinap, Sierra, bjc, gloomy_liv, AvidReader, MLLatscrapgirls, Three_tadpoles_mom, GinaMO, GoofyEMT, Heart for Orphans, catvinnat, Patsy, Tiza126, Bobbi Jo, ritzbits, Reyn, Debilou, vaugnde, Reminiscing, cyndisa, and
JacardaTree!
Word Scramble Winners:
cyndisa, tiza126, eeyoretam, Rose_Ann, KBT, Mindy, needadietcoke, and justpattyanne
Trivial Pursuit Winners:
round 1 Julie - scrapaholic, debilou, KBT, goofyemt, ChristinaP, Glorie, JoannB, violethare, and Terebinthetree
Bingo Winners:
patsyt, Reyn, Mindy, goofyemt96, Cisco, anythinggoeswithasmile, and tiza126
Major Game Winners:
- Crossword Puzzle winner of a $10 Gift Certificate is GinaMO!
- Word Find Puzzle winner of a $15 Gift Certificate is Susan-s3js!
- Needle in a Haystack winner of a $25 Gift Certificate is ritzbits!
- 20 Questions Game winner of a $25 Gift Certificate is angdrumm!
- Never-Ending Story winner of a $25 Gift Certificate is JoannB!
- Scrap Girls Feud winner of a $25 Gift Certificate is Mindy!
- Whack-A-Witch Layout winner of a $33.33 Gift Certificate is KBT!
Layout by KBT
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If you haven't yet claimed your prize, please email [email protected] to do so. Congratulations, everybody, and thanks again!
November Scrap Girls Member of the Month:
Congratulations, Charlene (Scrappinchar)! She is our November Member of the Month!
Charlene is a wonderful asset to the Scrap Girls community. She is active on the Message Board and leaves lots of love in the Galleries. Charlene is probably best known as a Scrap Girls shopping queen - always on top of what’s new in the Boutique.
Charlene receives a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique and has the honor of wearing the title of Scrap Girls Member of the Month under her avatar. |
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Due to popular demand, we have decided that we are going to have a Digital Scrap Link Convention in 2009! (Location: Salt Lake City, Utah) So mark the dates October 8-10th, 2009 on your calendars!
We'll announce the actual sign-ups for the event later this year. But be prepared... it will sell out fast because everyone knows now that Scrap Girls knows how to put on an amazing party! (And the classes are awesome, too!) See you there! |
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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 |
NSBR Chat
Monday, November 3rd - 9:00PM 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, Carla (crs), at 9 pm et in the chat room!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, November 5th - 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 November 5th, we'll do a repetition challenge! Create a layout using the design principle of repetition. Unsure of what that is? Come find out, we'll discuss this design principle throughout the crop!
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!
Recipe Challenge Chat
Saturday, November 8th - 8:00PM ET
Join April Showers and Sherry Lynn in the Chat Room Saturday, November 8th 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!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, November 12th - 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 November 12th, we'll do a dominance challenge! Create a layout using the design principle of dominance. Unsure of what that is? Come find out, we'll discuss this design principle throughout the crop!
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!
Sketch Crop Challenge
Thursday, November 13th - 9:00PM ET
Join me, sprinklz, for the Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, November 13th, at 9pm ET in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Like getting a little jump start on your layouts? Then this challenge is for you! A few hours before the challenge begins, I'll post a sketch for you to use as the starting point for your page. You can be inspired by the basic arrangement, the amount of photos, or copy it literally. All interpretations are welcome and encouraged! Looking forward to seeing you there!
We'll be meeting in the "00_Room_1" room of the chat. To join, click on the “chat room” link (above). Once you are in the lobby, click on the “Show Rooms” button (on the upper left), then select “00_Room_1” from the list on the left side.
New Member Chat **Early Edition**
Tuesday, November 18th - 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.
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, November 19th - 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 November 19th, we'll do a white space challenge! Create a layout using white space. This “negative” or blank space guides the eye to the important areas of your page. Remember, it certainly doesn't have to be the color white!
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!
Heritage Crop
Thursday, November 20th - 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.
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November Events |
November Board Game: Bingo!
It's that time again! Join us for an exciting game of BINGO on the Message Board Forum in November! Pick 25 words from the list provided in the forum and send them in an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject line that says “BINGO CARD” and your message board user name by Monday, November 3rd (midnight MST) in order to play in the first round which will begin Tuesday, November 4th.
Each day, members of the Welcoming Committee will call 5 random words from the Bingo list. Match just 15 of those words to win a BINGO. You must be first to call bingo in the forum to win that round. After a winner is called, the boards can be cleared and a new round will begin the following day. All winners win a $5 Gift Certificate to the Boutique! We like to see lots of winners, so please remember that each person can only win one round during the month. Have fun!
If you miss the first round cutoff date, you can still play! Just send in your Bingo card at any time during the month and you'll be eligible to begin playing when the next new round starts. Everyone who sends in a Bingo card will receive a confirmation email that their card has been received. If you do not receive confirmation within 24 hours, please re-send your list of words.
Layout Contests:
November Layout Contest: Have you ever wanted to get a little crazy with your layouts and create something unusual? Here's your chance! For the November Layout Contest, we want to see some unusual layouts! Get a little crazy and type your text sideways or backwards; maybe turn the whole layout on its side! Or use mirror images to create some unusual effects! The sky's the limit! Post your layouts in the November Layout Contest Gallery before November 30th at midnight, and if your layout is chosen, you will win a $10 gift card to the Scrap Girls Boutique. Have fun!
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 Melanie Johnson
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Designer Freebie by Melanie Johnson coordinates with her ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Ex Libris Biggie
* There is a “free download” button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. Also note that if you are slow reading your newsletter, you may find this freebie has already been retired, as the freebies are only available as gifts for about two newsletter cycles. |
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Why I Scrapbook
Saturday, November 1, 2008
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- Cute Stuff
- Customer Muse
- University Updates: Digital Photography Simplified
- Layout and Contest Winners
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Today's Freebie
- Getting Started
- Expand Your Skills
- Online Classes Currently Available
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
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The Scrap Girls newsletter is created for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members and customers. Without them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with you, and I'm very grateful for their ongoing help and support.
I hope you enjoy today's issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC
P.S. Your email address is safe with us. We never share, rent, sell, or loan our list with anyone!
P.P.S. If you ever need any assistance, please email [email protected] or call
866-598-3444 and we'll help you as quickly as possible!
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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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Mastering Brushes for Photoshop
Tuesdays, November 11 - December 16 - 7:00PM ET
This in-depth class is perfect for the digital scrapbooker who wants to take their brushwork above and beyond the basics taught in the Secrets tutorials. Beautiful brush skills taught in this class will turn ordinary layouts into the extraordinary!
Important: This Intermediate Level class is for Adobe Photoshop users. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course!
In order to get the most out of this class, it is necessary that you have a basic understanding of using brushes already. A basic understanding includes knowing what a brush is, as well as how to load and use them in the basic way of stamping. The class does not address these basic topics. You will also need to own a variety of brushes to use in this class.
Mastering Brushes in PSE
Tuesdays, November 11 - December 16 - 9:30PM ET
This in-depth class is perfect for the digital scrapbooker who wants to take their brushwork above and beyond the basics taught in the Secrets tutorials. Beautiful brush skills taught in this digital scrapbooking class will turn ordinary layouts into the extraordinary!
Important: This Intermediate Level class is for Adobe Photoshop Elements users. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course!
In order to get the most out of this class it is necessary that you have a basic understanding of using brushes already. A basic understanding includes knowing what a brush is, as well as how to load and use them in the basic way of stamping. The class does not address these basic topics. You will also need to own a variety of brushes to use in this class.
Slice It Up! Fun Ways With Mosaics
Mondays, November 17 and 24 - 1:00PM ET
This in-depth class on creating mosaics is a wonderful opportunity to learn how to add a little spice to your digital scrapbooking layouts, slicing specific areas, or the whole image. This step by step instruction will show you how to use techniques such as Layer via Copy, the Slice Tool and Layer Masks to achieve this effect. We will add Layer Styles including drop shadows and strokes to the slices to make our slices stand out.
Important: This Intermediate Level class is for Adobe Photoshop users, versions CS and up only. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed and MORE Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course!
Enrolling in this course without understanding these basic skills may cause you to feel lost and frustrated when you attend the classes. We want you to have a great experience. So please, if you are uncertain that you have enough skills to take this course, use the Scrapbook Secrets Revealed program to build an adequate foundation prior to the classes starting. Thanks! |
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 Durin Eberhart using November's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Durin Eberhart
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 Amanda McGee using October's ScrapSimple Club
larger view
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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