Scrap Girls Chit Chat Newsletter: June 22, 2009

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Digital scrapbook layout by Christy VanderWall

“You're A Hoot” by Christy VanderWall
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

I love the look that ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Stacked Photos PS Mini 6501 creates, but the white border on the pictures clashed with the rest of the color scheme on this layout. To modify the outlines, I used the Magic Wand to select the white outline and pressed Ctrl+J to copy and paste the selection to a new layer. On the new layer, I applied ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Aged Folds 5001 so the outline would coordinate better with the frame on the small photo.




Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Stapled Ribbon, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Stacked Photos PS Mini 6501, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Acrylic Bubbles Mini 1801, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Aged Folds 5001, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Aged Metals Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Dirty Press Retro Inks 5401 Biggie are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Name of challenge: Use three styles.

Other Ingredients:

Font - Pea Jane

Digital scrapbook layout by Jennifer Wight

“My Dad” by Jennifer Wight
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

To add more interest to my page I decided to cut out shapes on the paper layer behind my photo. To do this I first typed "My Dad" on a separate file page using AMC_Happy Font. I then turned that into a brush by going to Edit > Define Brush. With my new brush, I went back to my layout and using my Selection tool I selected a portion of the paper I wanted to cut through. With my paper layer highlighted, I hit the Delete key and then Ctrl+D to remove the marching ants. I now had the words "My Dad" punched through my paper layer. I did the same thing using Ariadna's Dynamic Brush Set: Variae Formae 8201 and punched leaves out throughout the paper. Afterwards I added a slight shadow to the paper layer.





Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Definitions: Family Biggie, Dynamic Brush Set: Basic Stitching 4901 Biggie, Dynamic Brush Set: Variae Formae 8201, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: My Blessings, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Acrylic Bubble Buttons, ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Holiday Wishes Alpha, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Construction 1, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Fabric 5401, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 and AMC_Happy Font are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0

Name of challenge: Father's Day

Digital scrapbook layout by Kim Meeder

“Maricao” by Kim Meeder
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

To create the bamboo, I used Valerie Randall's ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Mingei. After opening the paper template, I used the Rectangular Marquee tool to choose just one stalk of bamboo on the paper template. Next, I used the Move Tool to move it on to my layout. I placed a green patterned paper on the layer above the bamboo and hit Cmd+Alt+G (Ctrl+Alt+G) to create a clipping mask. Finally, I changed the Blending Mode of the green paper to "Darken" to allow the detail of the bamboo to show through the paper.







Commercial license versions of Dynamic Brush Set: Leaves 6501, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Deep Shadows 6501 PSE and PS Biggie, ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Eden, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Ties and Tags, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Mingei, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Aged Folds 5001, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Blended 8201 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Freehand Coloring 8201 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Pencil Stroke 8201 and Lettering Delights Hen Hand Font are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Name of challenge: Use three styles.

Journaling: You have to travel over steep, narrow, winding roads to get to Maricao, the home of coffee plantations and the site of Puerto Rico's annual coffee festival. If you hazard the trip, you're rewarded with a festival that is unknown to tourists. Musicians, local food, artisans, and coffee are in abundance. The area is decorated with brightly colored flowers hung in baskets. Simple, natural and colorful - just like the people of Puerto Rico!

Digital scrapbook layout by Amy Flanagan

“Pure Family” by Amy Flanagan
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

With the great textured paper from Shalae's Zoo Collection Mini as my background paper, the journaling didn't want to show up very well against it. To fix that, using my Rectangular Selection Tool, I selected a piece of the background paper. Then, I hit Ctrl+J to bring it to a new layer. Then, I lightened it by going to Enhance> Adjust Color> Color Variations> Lighten. Taking a grunge brush, I gently erased away the edges of the new piece, so that it blended in perfectly with the original background paper. Voila! Now, I can read my journaling!




Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Squares and Strips, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Old Metal 5101 Super Biggie, Brush Set: Well Worn and Lettering Delights Underwood Pica Font are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0

Name of challenge: Father's Day

Digital scrapbook layout by Joann Brown

“You Are Like A Rainbow” by Joann Brown
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

I wanted to emphasize the word "color" in my layout subtly. Ariadna Wiczling's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Freehand Coloring 8201 Super Biggie was perfect for this! I used the style above each of my photos, in different colors, and realized that it'd be a great touch if I used the style on the photos as well. In order to do this, I duplicated my photo. Then I applied ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Freehand Coloring 8201 Super Biggie to the duplicated layer. I kept the Blending Mode as "Normal," but I changed the Opacity to as low as 25% - depending on the photo I was working with. There were times when the crayon strokes fell on the face, which detracted from the photo, so I went to Layer> Layer Style> Scale Effects. At this point, I changed the scale of the style up or down, depending on the photo I was working with. The color that I used depended on the photo. On the blue and purple photos, I used the white color style. On the green photo, I used the green style. And on the last photo, I used the pink style, because I wanted the main color of the photo to show through.





Commercial license versions of Dynamic Brush Set: Glitter 6401, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Micro Glitter 6401 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Freehand Coloring 8201 Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Fabric 5401, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Stitching And Hole 4101 Mini, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Edge It 5001, Lettering Delights Noodge Font and Lettering Delights Debonaire Font are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS4

Name of challenge: Use three styles.

Digital scrapbook layout by Jennifer Labre

“Cherish” by Jennifer Labre
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

Want to get more use out of patterned papers that you love? Resize and rotate them for a new look! On this layout, I did exactly this. I used the same patterned paper twice - first as the background and then again at a smaller size and rotated a bit. I also layered some of the wonderful fabric looking paper from the Hearth Paper Super Mini between them to give some extra texture and dimension.



Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Definitions: Family Biggie and Lettering Delights Letterpress Font are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Name of challenge: Father's Day

Other Ingredients:

Font - Lainie Day

Digital scrapbook layout by Amy Flanagan

“Free” by Amy Flanagan
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

I really wanted to use the free flying bird from Thao's Prayer and Praise Collection Mini. When I got it onto my layout, the colors weren't quite what I expected. To fix that, I clipped a bright paper to it to changed the color, by using Ctrl+G. Then to keep the outlining and the detail of the bird, I used the Magic Wand and selected just the outline only - from the original embellishment. Using Ctrl+J, I brought just the outline to a new layer. Then, I added Sarah's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Metal Foil 6501 to the outline layer that I had just created. I then layered it above the yellow bird, deleted the original uncolored embellishment, and I now have a customized embellishment perfect for my layout!






Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Eden, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Party Foil 6501, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Metal Foil 6501, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Aluminum Foil 6501, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Edgy, BOLD, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Edgy, THIN, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Braden and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Emboss 5401 are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0

Name of challenge: Use three styles.

Digital scrapbook layout by Karen Chandler

“Harold 1938” by Karen Chandler
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

I recolored the papers and embellishments from Shalae Tippetts' Renew Collection Biggie and Merciful Collection. First I installed a color swatch in Adobe Photoshop from Valerie Randall's Colour (me) Creative eBook with 36 color swatches. Next, I chose two colors from the swatch to set my foreground and background colors. Then I made a direct selection of the layer to be recolored. Next, I clicked on the adjustment layer icon and selected "Gradient Map." In the box that opened, I checked "Dither" or "Reverse" to find the look I preferred. Then I double-clicked on the gradient bar. In the Gradient Editor, I moved the color stops and the midpoint sliders until I was happy with the distribution of the colors. To add a third color to the gradient, I clicked just below the gradient bar to add a stop. Then I double-clicked the stop and selected a third color from the swatch.




Commercial license versions of Colour (me) Creative eBook with 36 color swatches, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: News 4901, Dynamic Brush Set: Embroidered Stitches 4901, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Unique 5104 Biggie, Dynamic Brush Set: Letterpress 2101 and Brush Set: Reversed Paint are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS4

Name of challenge: Father's Day

Digital scrapbook layout by Armi Custodio

“You” by Armi Custodio
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:

Instead of journaling, I typed up the qualities and things I love about my husband and made it into a background. For added interest, I varied the font sizes and colored a few of them. Then I simplified the layer by right-clicking on the Layers Palette, choosing "Simplify Layer" and used my all-time favorite brush, Brandie Valenzuela's Brush Set: Grungelle, to lightly erase words that covered my blended photo.




Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Aged Frames, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Bent Up, Brush Set: Grungelle, Brush Set: Stamped Dates, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 and ScrapSimple Alpha Templates: Chip, LOWER Case 2 are also available.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0

Name of challenge: Father's Day

Other Ingredients:

Font - Haettenschweiler

Font - Plantagenet Cherokee

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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.

A Love of Sewing
Monday, June 22, 2009

IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- Cute Stuff
- A Designer's Life: Amanda McGee
- Contest Reminder
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Scrap Girls Club Concepts
- Getting Started
- Designer Freebie
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- 2009 Digital Scrap Link Convention Information!
- Online Classes Currently Available
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU

SCRAP GIRLS DIGITAL SCRAP LINK CONVENTION

It's that time... the Scrap Girls Convention is nearly here! Don't miss the chance to learn, meet, and make friends with other Scrap Girls from all around the world!

Here are the facts:

When: October 8-10th, 2009

Where: Salt Lake City, Utah

What's Included
- 4 (four) meals (two lunches and two dinners)
- A Collection Biggie, designed especially for the convention
- Other free digital scrapbooking supplies, designed for class materials
- PDFs of the class materials
- Action-packed classes on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Crops, games, and time to hang out and make friends with other Scrap Girls
- The chance to meet in person and get help from Scrap Girls designers, layout artists, and welcoming committee members
- Memories that will last forever!

How many people may attend? Only 126 and two-thirds of the seats have been sold! Don't miss out on this opportunity - secure your place now!

Note: Convention begins at 1:00 pm - Thursday, October 8th and ends at 6 pm - Saturday, October 10th.

We hope you come because you're special to us and we are dying to meet you. Scrap Girls is all about making friends while we enjoy the hobby that allows us to save our memories in a fun way. Having you with us would be awesome!

Officer's Club
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AVAILABLE ONLINE CLASSES

Online Class - Amazing Out Of Bounds Photos for PS
Amazing Out Of Bounds Photos - Photoshop
Mondays, June 22 and 29 - 1:00PM ET

This in-depth online digital scrapbooking class is a wonderful opportunity to learn how to create fun out of bounds photos for your computer scrapbooking layouts. This step by step instruction will show you how to use two different methods to achieve this effect; the Lasso Tool method and Layer Mask method and to know the difference between non-destructive and destructive methods.

Study real examples and see how this methodical and simple approach adds that little something extra to your layouts. We will discuss different ways to use our designs, how to use frames set at an angle and adding perspective to the frame border for a realistic effect. The 'Out of Bounds' technique adds another personal touch to your scrapbook layouts.

Online Class - Digital Photography Simplified
Digital Photography Simplified
Mondays, June 29 to August 3 - 9:00PM ET

Are you ready to take your photography to a new level? Have you admired the pictures in gallery layouts and wondered how you could recreate them? Improve your photos by learning more about how your digital camera works then applying the theory through weekly photo assignments. Discover new ways to frame and present your subject and create more dynamic pictures. This online digital scrapbooking class helps you to improve your layouts through better pictures. Create photos and layouts that make a powerful impact on the viewer.

Online Class - Advanced Photo Restoration in Photoshop
Advanced Photo Restoration in Photoshop
Tuesdays, June 30 and July 7 - 8:00PM ET

This in-depth class on advanced photo restoration is the perfect opportunity to learn about some of the Photoshop tools and techniques most often utilized for restorative work. Using various methods, this class will teach you how to restore torn and faded antique photos, and how to reduce paper texture before printing, web uploading, and digital scrapbooking.

Please note: There is a pre-requisite for this class. In order to understand some of the techniques in this class, the student must have already taken Photo Restorations in Photoshop.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW

We've just opened a Retirement Sale section of the Boutique. Items in this section are always on sale for 30% off. The items you will find during any particular month will be discontinued permanently on the 5th of the following month. So if you see something you like, grab it while you can!

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OPPORTUNITES FOR YOU

Customer Muses: Would you like to share your own Life Muse with our readers? To have your own essay considered for publication as a muse in the column for our special Saturday newsletter, send your essay to [email protected]. If your essay is selected, you will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique.

Way Cool Scrap Girl: We are so excited to have all of you meet some of the amazing people that have become Scrap Girls! 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 the 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 or the ScrapSimple 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!

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!

div Scrap Girls is giving away birthday gifts to our message board members!

Of course, it is a surprise what you will get because birthday presents are always surprises! But you will like it for sure because most people like money... Anyway, make sure your message board email address is current and that you have the correct date entered into your profile to participate.

A DESIGNER'S LIFE: Amanda McGee

Amanda McGee

Generations With the Love of Sewing

I think I might have mentioned this before, so it may not be a big surprise to you. I love to sew. I think it feeds the part of my creative spirit that has the desire to make tactile things. I come by it honestly; the sewing bug runs in my family.

I remember the stories told by my mother and grandmother of the fancy dresses that my great grandmother would sew after being inspired by the pages of Vogue. I have Nana’s treadle sewing machine and a wonderful tin of colorful silk thread that she used for her sewing projects. I imagine that the dresses she made were not only beautiful, but colorful as well. She passed along her sewing talents to my grandmother, who made clothes for me when I was a child. She also spent seven years hand-stitching a double wedding ring quilt for me, made from four generations of fabric scraps. My mom would sew costumes and prom dresses for me and lovingly passed along those skills to me. I sew costumes and capes, pajamas, furniture slipcovers, clothing and quilts. Now, I’m passing along the love of sewing to my daughter.

I recently made a dress, bonnet and apron for my daughter to wear for the third grade “Pioneer Day.” I’m so glad that I sew with a modern machine and not the treadle!

When I was looking for some lace trim for the dress, I came across a large bin of unfinished projects. One of the downsides of my sewing habit is that I become distracted by more important things in daily life and set aside the project and it is left unfinished. I found a quilt in that bin and it really bothered me that I didn’t quite get it done. All that remained was to finish sewing on the binding. (I think I might have quit working on it about the time I found Scrap Girls and the joy of creating digital scrapbooking products!) It bothered me that I hadn’t finished this quilt because it was an unfinished project started from another unfinished project. It is a baby quilt for my daughter. She’s going to be nine this summer! I will cut myself a little slack; I didn’t start this project until she was about five.

The quilt is pieced from squares that I found in my paternal grandmother’s things. I had no idea that she could sew as well. It was such a treasure to find that I brought home the quilt squares determined to finish her unfinished project. The quilt squares are appliqués of various animals made from precious pink and blue 1930’s feed sack style fabrics. I had my daughter help me lay out the squares and I found some similar colored fabrics with coordinating vintage style prints at a local quilt store. I cut strips of the fabrics and machine pieced together my own design. I hand-quilted around the embroidered appliqués and hand-stitched on the binding.

I finally finished sewing on the binding one night last month. As soon as I finished it, I put in on Maddy’s bed while she slept. She has cuddled up with it every day since, telling me that it is the perfect size to cozy up in while watching a movie. I guess you’re never too old for a handmade baby quilt. Luckily, there are enough blue squares to make a quilt for my son Max. I’m sure I’ll be able to finish it before he turns nine. I have a few years!

Favorite product I've designed:
Cottage Quilt Collection Biggie

I loved creating this collection. It was for my first Scrap Girls Club in March 2007. I was inspired by vintage fabrics from soft faded quilts and cottage style decorating. It is still one of my favorites. I love the pink and blue and it just reminds me of my daughter’s new vintage quilt.

Digital scrapbook layout by Amanda McGee

Layout by Amanda McGee



Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Staples & Holes 6101 and Lettering Delights Mother's Typewriter Font are also available.

CONTEST REMINDER

Contest: EHD

Just a reminder: Ro is running a contest in her blog that ends on June 23rd.

The first place winner will receive a Western Digital My Password Essentila 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive.

Three runner-up winners will receive a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique.

To enter, add a comment to the contest post in Ro's blog. It will be pinned to the top of the blog so that you can see it easily.

In your comment, answer this question: How did you find Scrap Girls? (Please be as specific as you can.)

The winner will be announced in Ro's blog so you will need to check back with it to see if you won. The easiest way to do this is to subscribe to her blog.

See complete details in Ro's blog.

SCRAP GIRLS CLUBS

SCRAP GIRLS CLUB

Join the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking looks while saving! (A $27.94 value for $9.99 or less!)

The Scrap Girls Club contents are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business day to the 1st).

With the Scrap Girls Club, you will receive:

1 Collection Biggie

1 Paper Super Mini

1 8.5x11 Sheet of Word Art

1 Embellishment Set

1 Assemble Your Own Zoom Page Set

1 Designer's Choice Item

Computer scrapbook layout by Kim Meeder using June's Scrap Girls Club
Layout by Kim Meeder using June's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Keri Schueller

If you prefer not to join a club, the Scrap Girls 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 Scrap Girls Club contents are always available for sale elsewhere in the Boutique at their regular prices once the associated club month is released. But all club contents are totally brand new, never seen before product releases for each month!

SCRAPSIMPLE CLUB

Join the ScrapSimple Monthly Club and you can enjoy the newest ScrapSimple looks while saving! (A $13.95 value for $6.99 or less!)

The new ScrapSimple Club contents are released on the 15th day of the month (or the closest business day to the 15th).

With the ScrapSimple Club, you will receive:

1 ScrapSimple Paper Template Set

1 ScrapSimple Embellishment or Word Art Template Set

1 Brush Set

2 Designer's Choice Items

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

Computer scrapbook layout by Syndee Nuckles using June's ScrapSimple Club
Layout by Syndee Nuckles using June's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Paula Wright and Syndee Nuckles

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!

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!

June's Scrap Girls Club's featured designer is Keri Schueller. Her club is full of versatile 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!

Mini Tutorial: Plain Frame Makeover

I am totally addicted to transforming ordinary or plain items with digital scrapbooking supplies. Recently, I took a trip to Target and checked out their $1 section at the front of the store. This is an excellent place to find inexpensive items that you can makeover with just one digital scrapbooking kit. Don't have a Target nearby? I've also found great items to makeover at my local dollar store, yard sales - even my own garage.

Items needed for this project:

Wood frame (w/ 4x4 in. opening)

Papers from Beaute Botanique Collection Biggie

Word art from Beaute Botanique Collection Biggie

Mod Podge Sealer

Scissors

Sponge Brush

Pen

Digital scrapbook tutorial: Supplies.

In Photoshop, reduce the size of your paper and print it on a sheet of 8.5x11" paper. Chose another paper and reduce it to 4x4" and drag the word art of your choice on top of this paper. Reduced the word art so that it fits on the 4x4" square. Print out.

Digital scrapbook tutorial: Paper and word art.

Using the first piece of printed paper, trace the frame on the back sided of the printed paper. Cut out the paper for the frame (Note: I did NOT cut on my lines, but rather about half an inch larger than my marks, this excess will cover the edges of the frame).

Digital scrapbook tutorial: Prepare frame.

With the sponge brush, apply an even layer of Mod Podge to the front of the frame. Apply the frame paper on top of the Mod Podge. Cut diagonal slits near the inner and outer corners so that you can wrap the paper onto the frame neatly. Smooth out wrinkles and air bubbles. Cut out the word art square.

Digital scrapbook tutorial: Cut out word art.

Insert the word art into the frame.

Digital scrapbook tutorial: Insert word art into frame.

That's it! See how easy that was? With just one digital scrapbooking collection, an inexpensive frame, plus a few other minor items, you were able to create a beautiful frame for your home or for gift giving.

Digital scrapbook craft by Brandie Valenzuela

Project by Brandie Valenzuela
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Tutorial written by Brandie Valenzuela

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!

And remember, this club will be expiring in just a few days! So if you like these ideas, don't hesitate to sign up today, or you will miss your chance to get in on these tremendous savings! It's like buying the Collection Biggie and getting the coordinating Paper Super Mini, Word Art, Embellishment Set, Assemble Your Own Zoom Page Set, and Designer's Choice Item for free! Now, that's a bargain. Don't miss out!

Have fun!

P.S. We hope you are enjoying this article, 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 or ScrapSimple 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!

GET STARTED AS A DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKER

FREE STARTER KIT

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 all of the important questions new digital scrapbookers have. They are all here for you - in one easy to use eBook!

Bonus! Download the free "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!

Ready to Take Off? In-depth Tutorials Help You Become a Great Digital Scrapbooker

Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!

Do you wish you could learn how to scrapbook digitally, but feel kind of intimated? Well, here's the solution for you! This large set of video tutorials allow you to actually watch Ro scrapbook. And because Ro covers such a large number of topics in this item, it is one of the most cost-effective digital scrapbooking tutorial series available today.

No wonder tens of thousands of people have chosen Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed as their method of learning to scrapbook digitally!

In the tutorials, you'll see Ro working on her computer and hear her talking about why she is doing what she is doing. It's like having Ro come to your home and give you private scrapbooking lessons. You can create digital scrapbooking layouts today!

MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!

It's time for you to stop playing catch-up in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and start having a blast creating your own digital scrapbooking supplies! You'll also learn all sorts of tricks that professionals and advanced digital scrapbookers use in their layouts. And because Ro covers so many topics in the series, it is one of the most cost-effective methods of moving your skills to a higher level. Join in with the thousands of digital scrapbookers who have chosen to learn advanced skills from Ro. You'll be happy that you did!

Note: These are NOT beginning tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used Photoshop or Photoshop Elements 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:

The Virtual Canvas eBook

What happens when you move digital scrapbooking beyond the basic page? What happens when you allow the layout to blur the edges between keepsake and art? The Virtual Canvas: Celebrating The Art of Digital Scrapbooking eBook will provide those answers for you.

Digital Photography Simplified

Colour (me) Creative eBook with 36 color swatches

Scrapbooking 911 - 20 Sketches to Revialize Your Digital

Start to Finish eBooklets

Making a Just Because Card with ScrapSimple Card Templates
Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: Making a Just Because Card Using ScrapSimple Card Templates

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!

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TODAY'S FREEBIE

Digital scrapbook layout by Kim Meeder

Layout by Kim Meeder
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Designer Freebie by Keri Schueller coordinates with her Beaute Botanique Collection Biggie, part of this month's Scrap Girls Club offering!




Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Blended 8201 Super Biggie, Lettering Delights Underwood Pica Font and Lettering Delights Long Hand Font are also available.

* There is a "free download" button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. Also note that if you are slow reading your newsletter, you may find this freebie has already been retired, as the freebies are only available as gifts for about two newsletter cycles.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT SCRAP GIRLS?

CROPS AND CHATS

Aussie Chat and Challenge
Monday, June 22nd - 9:00PM Australian Eastern Time

Please come join Karen (kazbar73) and Jo (scrappingjo) at 9pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time) on Monday 22 June for the Desktop Challenge Crop. Tired of your desktop being some graphic that you would've liked to make? Tired of a solid background? Did you know with your digital scrapbooking skills you can make a fabulous background for your enjoyment? Come join us in the Chat room and learn how to jazz up your desktop.

For our International ladies, the chat will be on at 7am New York time.

New Member Chat
Tuesday, June 23rd - 9:00PM ET

Join Pat (PBarnes) and Carol Ann (Zaz) for the New Member Chat at 9pm 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, June 24th - 12:00Noon ET

Join your guest host April Showers for the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon ET. 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 June 24th, we'll do an All About Home challenge! Create a layout showing us something about your home - past or present. A favorite room, your comfy reading nook, the special times with family around the dinner table, the exterior, a home improvement project, your first apartment - show future generations your living arrangements! 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!

Journaling Chat
Wednesday, June 24th - 8:00PM ET

Join Becca and angelaNussbaum for the Journaling chat on Wednesday at 8pm. Are most of your layouts decorative? Do you have stories to tell, but just not motivated enough to make a layout with journaling? We are going to challenge you to do a layout with your journaling in mind. Come join us and tell your stories.

Faith Journey Chat
Wednesday, June 24th - 9:00PM ET

Join Shalae (satippetts) for the Faith Journey Crop at 9pm ET. We'll be discussing and scrapping the word "peace." It's a great time to share our testimonies and experiences in our different faiths. All faiths are welcome!

NSBR Chat - Early Edition
Thursday, June 25th - 4:00PM 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 Michelle (Shelbi) and Shari (Shari PV Mom), on June 25th , at 4pm ET, in the chat room Lobby! Hope to see you there!

JUNE EVENTS

June Message Board Game: Re-JUNE-venate!

We helped you jumpstart your January and now it's time to re-JUNE-venate your focus on scrapbooking! Join us on the message board this month for "Re-JUNE-venate"! This is a message board game and challenge that focuses on taking time to scrapbook regularly despite the little speedbumps of life. When the month is over you'll have completed several layouts and been challenged and treated to some fun along the way... with prize opportunities thrown in as well!

A member of the Welcoming Committee will post a mini-challenge/task every day from June 1-30. Some tasks will require message board participation, email responses or gallery posting. Read each daily task carefully to see what is required of you. Those who complete all tasks and submit or post required participation will be entered in a drawing to win one of three $10 Gift Certificates to the ScrapGirls Boutique! Those who complete just the layouts will be entered in a drawing to win one of two $5 gift certificates. Those who complete just the speedbumps will be entered in a drawing for one of two $3 gift certificates. (Those who complete all tasks will have their name entered in all three drawings!)

Join us in June for some serious scrapbooking re-JUNE-venation!

Layout Contests:

June Monthly Layout Contest: Do you have cobwebs and dust bunnies that need cleaning? How about some mental spring cleaning? Scrap it! For the June Monthly Layout Contest, we want to see your layouts featuring Spring Cleaning, either physical or mental. You could win a $10 gift certificate to the boutique if your layout is chosen! Just post your layouts in the June Monthly Layout Gallery before June 30th at Midnight EDT and you will be eligible to win! Be sure to include the credits for items used in the description area or under the Details tab. We can't wait to see all your inspiring layouts!

June Mid-Month Layout Contest: Did you know that June is National Candy Month? To celebrate this wonderful month, we'd like to see layouts inspired by your favorite candy bar! Just post your layouts in the Mid-June Monthly Layout Contest before July 14th at midnight EDT and you will be eligible to win a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique. Be sure to include the credits for items used in the description area or under the Details tab. Good Luck!

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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