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The first product is included in this month's Scrap Girls Club offering.
Members receive a substantial discount on these club supplies. They
are also available elsewhere in the Boutique at regular prices for
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Commercial license versions of Inspiring Collection Biggie, Dynamic Brush Set: Fancy Glitter 6401 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Serendipity Glitter are also available. |
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Layout by Loni Harris
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These three 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.
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Commercial license versions of Dynamic Brush Set: Burlap Naturals, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Rafia Fun 10401 and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Burlap Blenders are also available. |
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: One Yellow Paper Biggie, Design Pack: Inked Text and Brush Set: Sun Bursts are also available. |
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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.
Make Your
Own Blinkie!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- Cute Stuff
- Scrap Girls, Etc.: Make Your Own Blinkie!
- ScrapSimple Club
- Tips from the Pros: Adding a Style to Your Word Art
- Designer Freebie
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Available Online Classes
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
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We all want our photos to take center stage on our scrapbook layouts. But sometimes, our pictures aren't up for the challenge. Learn how to really make your pictures stand out. Banish blemishes, correct colors and lighting like a pro using the tools and techniques taught in this class. Remove red eye, whiten teeth. Your pictures will become the perfect focus for all of your layouts! Join Anna Mansfield for this two session class which teaches you photo fixing techniques using Photoshop Elements. Detailed step-by-step screenshots make it easy for you to follow along. Classes will take place via GoToWebinar. There will be a private gallery set up for students to post their altered photos and layouts and to receive feedback. There will also be a private forum for students to ask questions and share information. Following each class, students will receive a download link for the class recording. Important: This Intermediate Level class is for Adobe Photoshop Elements users. Students are required to understand the basic skills taught in the Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed: Photoshop Elements and MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed: Photoshop Elements programs prior to starting the course. This information will not be reviewed as part of the course! |
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The entire Scrap Girls team wants to say how grateful we are that you have chosen to participate with us. You'll never know just how much your support means to us and our families. Ro 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 IMPORTANT TO KNOWDon't forget to check out the 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! OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUCustomer 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]:
Project SG Challenge: Stay motivated to scrap your current photos! Post your 2011 layouts in the Project SG Challenge Gallery to earn one point per layout each month. You can earn up to four points per month this way! Earn a bonus point each month by attending the monthly Project SG Chat! Each point gives you an entry into a quarterly drawing for a special prize! And at the end of the year, each month that you participated in will earn you an entry into the Grand Prize drawing for a 12 X 12, 52 page Keepsakes photobook from Color, Inc! Our second quarterly drawing winner will be announced in the Saturday, July 9th Newsletter. 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!
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. *ADVERTISEMENTS*
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Article written by Syndee Nuckles
Make Your Own Blinkie!
The Scrap Girls Message Board is full of cute blinkies! They adorn blogs, Facebook, Tumblr, and can be seen all over the World Wide Web! Have you ever wanted to make your own? I know I have, so I thought it was time to jump in and create one!
First, start out with a 300-pixel wide by 100-pixel tall transparent document with a resolution of 72. Once you are finished, you will be resizing this down to 150-pixel wide by 50-pixel tall, but we are creating it at a larger size so that it is easier to see.
Now, it’s time to decorate your blinkie. Treat it like a scrapbook page or card. Use your cute digital scrapbooking kits to create something fun! I used Monster Mash Collection Mini.
I resized my background paper to 25 percent so the pattern wouldn’t be huge on my blinkie. You will find that you need to resize your embellishments as well, and it makes it much easier if you resize them before dragging them over to your blinkie.
You can have several elements that are animated on your blinkie, just make sure they each have their own layer.
Once you are finished designing, go up to your Menu bar and select Window> Animation.
The Animation window will pop up at the bottom of your Photoshop window, and you will see the first frame of your blinkie. If you see bars instead, make sure to select your background or Layer 1 in your Layers Palette.
In your Layers Palette, turn off any of the layers that you don’t want to show up in the first frame by clicking on the Eye icon next to it. Notice that I turned off the Happy Halloween layer in my first frame.
Now, click on the Duplicate Selected Frames icon at the bottom of the Animation window (see image below). This will create a duplicate of the frame you just completed. Now, making sure the new frame is selected, turn off any layers you don’t want to show up in the frame.
Continue duplicating frames and turning on and off layers until your frames are complete.
Next, set the animation to play continuously by selecting Forever at the bottom of the Animation window.
Next, set the frame delay for each frame. If you want a fast-blinking action, select No Delay or 0.1; for text, it’s best to set it at a longer delay, say 1.0 or 1.5, depending on the length of your text.
Now’s the fun part! Time to play the animation! Click on the Play button at the bottom of the Animation window to preview your new blinkie. This will give you an idea if you need to adjust the Delay.
Click on Stop when you are done; the Stop command is located where the Play button was.
Now, it’s time to save your blinkie! Go to the Menu bar at the top of your Photoshop window. Select File> Save for Web & Devices. A window will pop up. Make sure to select GIF and change the size at the bottom to 150 wide by 50 high. Click Save.
Next, click Preview at the bottom of the window.
Another window will pop up, and you will see a preview of your saved blinkie. How cool is that?!
One last step: Your blinkie needs to be hosted somewhere like Photobucket. It’s free and easy to use. Sign in and press the Upload Now button.
Next, click on the Select Photos and Videos button, then find your blinkie on your computer. Click Open.
After your image finishes uploading, you will be able to view your blinkie and multiple linking options. To add your blinkie to a Message Board or Forum, use the IMG code.
Copy and paste this code into your Signature in your Profile settings.
Congratulations! You have created your first blinkie! Just think of all the fun you can have! How cool would it be to have a new blinkie for each season?
I hope to see some new blinkies in the Scrap Girls Forum soon!
Happy blinkie creating!
Blinkie by Syndee Nuckles
Scrap Girls, Etc. is a weekly column pulling bits and pieces from all over Scrap Girls. Stay tuned each week as Scrap Girls' team members bring you tutorials, musings, recipes, interviews, design/software tips and tricks, layout walk-throughs, and who knows what else!
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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). A commercially licensed version of the ScrapSimple Club is also available here. With the ScrapSimple Club, you will receive:
October's ScrapSimple Club has been created for you by Loni Harris and Cheré Edwards
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Adding a Style to Your Word Art
Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista
Scrap Girls has an amazing array of beautiful and creative word art ready to use. Word art is available as part of collections or can be purchased alone. The wonderful thing about word art is that it can be used as it is, or you can make adjustments to it to suit your specific layout.
Let me show you one very simple thing you can do to word art to make it extra unique for your special digital scrapbooking layout.
I love the clean simple Word Art from Cherise Oleson’s Trunk or Treat Collection. I have decided, though, that I wanted a little bit more of an emphasis on the word Halloween. I’m going to add a style to just the word Halloween to make it stand out. Here is my layout prior to adding a style to the wordart.
Layout by Amy Flanagan
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The process is really very simple. First, get out your Magic Wand Tool. In your Tool Palette, this tool is near the top and looks like, well, a magic wand! Then, make the word art layer in your Layers Palette active by clicking on it.
Next, select the color you wish to emphasize in the word art, and click on it with the Magic Wand Tool. In this case, I am selecting for the color black. "Contiguous" is not checked. The word Halloween is now within the “marching ants.”
While still on the word art layer and with the marching ants active, simply hit the key command Ctrl + J. Everything within the marching ants is now on a new layer directly above the word art layer.
Now that the word Halloween is on its own layer, simply add a style to make it really stand out. Here, I added Amanda Fraijo-Tobin’s ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Label Maker 6401. You can choose any style you like! You can add glitter, texture, gloss, or any one of many styles available to suit your whim. As you can see, it’s very easy to add a style to your digital scrapbooking word art to make it extra special and unique.
Have fun playing with your word art and styles!
Layout by Amy Flanagan
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Article written by Amy Flannagan
Learn to make digital scrapbooking layouts and more! – Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed Ready to learn advanced techniques? – MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed |
Layout by Angela Blanchard
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Designer Freebie by Angela Blanchard coordinates with her Dem Bones Collection Mini
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Today's freebie designed by Angela Blanchard
* 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.
Ad Inspiration Chat
Thursday, October 27th - 7:00PM MDT
Join Pat (PBarnes) at 7pm MT for an Ad Inspiration Challenge and Chat. A few hours before the chat, a magazine, newspaper or online ad will be posted on the Forum to use as inspiration for a layout. You can use whatever you want to from the ad - the colors, the shapes, the composition. There are no wrong answers!
What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique Chat
Friday, October 28th - 9:00AM MDT
Join April (April Showers) and Theresa (teecee) at 9am MT on Friday mornings to chat about all the wonderful new products in the Scrap Girls Boutique! What are your favorite new items? Is your shopping basket full? What did you kaboodle? Have you already done layouts or other projects with your new goodies? Come tell the designers how much you love their work! You never know who will show up. There's a thread every Thursday, and now there's a chat too!
Swap Crop Chat
Saturday, October 29th - 6:00PM MDT
It's time for the Swap Crop Chat with Lei (Bride) and Carla (CRS)! We've done the swapping and created the layouts; now it's time to chat about all the gorgeous layouts! I don't know what it is, but these swaps bring out the best in everyone. This is the time to chat about the theme, the beautiful layouts and learn about the swap crop if you haven't participated before. We'll brainstorm a theme for next month, too! If you haven't done so, you can check out past swaps in the Swap Crop Gallery!
Creative Cards Chat
Tuesday, November 1st - 6:00PM MDT
Do you use your digital supplies to make cards? Do you want to? Instead of going to the store every time you need a card, you can save money and have fun making cards with your digi-stash! Make a note of any cards you might need for the upcoming month and Join April (April Showers) and Theresa (tiza126) for the once-a-month Card Chat on the first Tuesday of each month at 6pm MT. Can't wait to see you there!
East Coast High Noon Crop
Wednesday, November 2nd - 10:00AM MDT
Join April (April Showers) each Wednesday at 10am MT for the East Coast High Noon Crop. All coasts and time zones are welcome! 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 2nd, we'll do a color challenge! Create a layout on any theme, any topic, using the colors ORANGE and BLUE! Create your layout and upload it to the special High Noon Crop Gallery. You'll be amazed what you can get done in just one hour, but there is no High Noon Sheriff timing you! Hope to see you in the chat room!
ATC Crop/Swap Chat
Wednesday, November 2nd - 6:00PM MDT
Please join Lei (Bride) & Elisha (elibar) in the chatroom for our ATC (Artist Trading Card) Swap Crop/Chat on Wednesday, November 2nd at 6:00 PM MDT (5:00 Pacific, 7:00 Central & 8:00 Eastern). Come see what everyone has created and we'll talk about next month's topic. We're looking forward to seeing you there.
October Message Board Game: Product Picks
Join us for a new game in October, where we encourage you to stroll through the aisles of the boutique and do a little window shopping!
Each Monday through Saturday in October, a member of the Welcoming Committee will post the name of one or two product designers in the Product Picks game thread. You will then head to the Scrap Girls Boutique and navigate to that particular designer's product pages. Choose any of their products (your favorite product, one you like, or one you wish you owned), then head over to the Product Picks game thread and share the product name, Boutique link, and a brief explanation of why you chose that product.
At the end of the month, members who haves posted links to 42 products (one for each designer) will be entered in a drawing for one of three $10 Gift Certificates. Members who have posted links to 16-41 products will be entered in a drawing for one of two $5 Gift Certificates. And members who have posted links to 10-15 products will be entered in a drawing for one of two $3 Gift Certificates.
For complete details, visit the Monthly Message Board Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
October Monthly Layout Contest: October is all about color! Show us those fabulous fall colors or spring colors for our Southern Hemisphere members! Maybe you have a favorite color you'd like to showcase or a very colorful photo to scrap. Remember, it's all about colors! Share those layouts in the October Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight MT on October 31st. Be sure to list your credits in the description or under the EXIF Properties. Two layouts will be selected to win a $10 Gift Card to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Club Concepts Layout Contest: 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. If your layout is chosen, it will be showcased as a Club Concepts layout winner, and you will win a $5 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Check our message board calendar if you have any questions about what is happening at Scrap Girls. All event times are given in Mountain Time Zone unless otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-Utah-Salt Lake City' as the location for the Mountain time zone.)
Haven't received your prize as a contest winner? Please send an email to [email protected] and we'll get it out to you right away!