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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Vintage Edges for PSE 2201 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Micro Glitter 6401 Super Biggie are also available. |
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Layout by Brandy Hackman
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The two products listed below are 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 those individuals who would rather not join a club.
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Layout by Pebbles Jones
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Digital Presentation Layout by Jan Ransley
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Layout by Brandy Murry
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The first two products listed below 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 ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Art Diary, Brush Set: My Art Canvas, Brush Set: Art Diary Alpha Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Colored Pencils 5702 Biggie and ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Threaded are also available. |
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Layout by Jen Reed
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Commercial license versions of Chunky Alpha Mini and Here Comes the Sun Collection Biggie 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 Forum? It's easy!
If you are a registered user of the Forum, 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 Scrap Girls team layouts, visit the Scrap Girls Design Team section and the Scrap Girls Layout Artist Team section of the Layout Gallery.
The Magic of Masks
Friday, March 30, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 37.5% off You Want It, You Got It! Sale
- Cute Stuff
- Tips From The Pros
- Scrap Girls Club
- ScrapSimple Club
- Designer Freebie
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
GENERAL INFORMATION
Contact Scrap Girls
Your email address is safe with us. We never share, rent, sell, or loan our list with anyone! If you ever need any assistance, please email [email protected] or call
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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 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 YOUSuggest 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 receive because birthday presents should alway be a surprise! Make sure your Forum email address is current and that you have the correct birthdate entered into your profile to participate. |
Scrap Girls sends a birthday gift to each of our Forum members!
TIP OF THE DAYReady to take your digital scrapbooking skills to a whole new level? Check out the advanced tutorials in MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! Available in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements versions. |
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Blending Modes and Photo Masks
Tutorial created Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista
For this tutorial, I am going to show you what's underneath my layout. Really! Let's do something wild and different and "undress" my layout. I want to show you the very beginnings of the layout and show you a technique to make your layout shine.
Layout by Amy Flanagan
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This layout was designed to be very artistic and flowing with movement. The embellishments compliment the photos, but the is the real star of the show. Let's see what the layout looks like without the embellishments or word art.
The layout without the embellishments is obviously incomplete. This shows you how, in their absence, the embellishments move your eye through the layout. When they are gone, the eye doesn't know what to look at first. Now let's dig deeper a little bit more and remove the paper.
Wow! Now what?! There's hardly anything left to the layout. Ah, but there is! This is actually more than bits and pieces of photos placed on a page. Let's look for some clues about what's special about this part of the layout. Let's remove the photos so that you can see what is underneath it all - the all-important, all-elusive, coy, often-misunderstood, and rarely seen photo mask!
Underneath it all, the photo mask is a tool for the very beginnings of your layout. This doesn't look like much, does it? These are the ugly ducklings that grow into beautiful layouts. A photo mask is a shape in the shades of black and grey to which you can attach photos, papers, color, and/or texture. They can be simple or ornate. You can draw one yourself with your Rectangle or Shape Tool as I did here with the top and the right shapes. You can use one of a myriad of photo mask sets from the Scrap Girl Boutique. You can even use a paper template, as I did here with the center mask. This particular paper template allows the edges to blend into the paper seamlessly so that no edges of your photo will be seen on your layout.
Once the photo masks were placed on my layout, I clipped the photos to them by highlighting both the mask layer and the photo layer. Then I hit Ctrl+Alt+G. The photo then takes on the shape of the mask below it. At this point you can adjust or resize your photo, and only the part over the mask will be seen. By adjusting the Blending Modes of the mask layer, you have total control over the entire look of the photo attached to it. In my layout, the photo masks are set with Blending Mode: "Hard Light" to get a highly saturated, deep "burn" of the photo into the paper.
Have some fun, and play with your photo masks and the Blending Modes. Don't be intimidated by their ugly duckling-ness! Look at your layout before you dress it up, and see what kinds of beautiful effects you can discover and create with photo masks and Blending Modes!
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Learning Curve, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: 8.5x11 Blendability, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Witty, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Metal Edge 6301 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Wires 6401 are also available. |
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Article written by Amy Flanagan
Learn to make digital scrapbooking layouts and more! – Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed Ready to learn advanced techniques? – MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed |
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Join the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking looks while saving! (A $40.87 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:
March's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Brandy Hackman |
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 Layout by Brandy Hackman using March's Scrap Girls Club |
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March's ScrapSimple Club has been created for you by |
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:
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 Layout by Brandy Murry using March's ScrapSimple Club |
Printable Art Sample by Durin Eberhart
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Designer Freebie by Durin Eberhart coordinates with her Printable Art and Crafts: Around the World - USA
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Today's freebie designed by Durin Eberhart
* 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.
Creative Cards Chat
Tuesday, April 3rd - 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, April 4th - 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 April 4th, we'll do a Photo Manipulation Challenge! Create a layout using a photo you have manipulated in some way - change it to black and white or sepia, remove a distraction, cut out the subject. Anything goes!
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!
March's Forum Game: Simple Steps to Super Scrapping
This month's Scrap Girls Forum game, Simple Steps to Super Scrapping, is designed to help you get more scrapbook pages done with a series of simple steps that add up to a finished page at the end of each week.
Throughout March, Monday through Saturday, a team member will post a daily layout step in the Simple Steps to Super Scrapping game thread; the first week has 9 steps, and the remaining three weeks have 6 steps each. These steps will be posted in large purple font so they will be easy to spot.
Members who complete the steps required in the game thread and post all 4 layouts in the Simple Steps to Super Scrapping Gallery will be entered in a drawing for one of two $15.00 Scrap Girls Boutique Gift Certificates.
Each completed layout posted in the Simple Steps to Super Scrapping Gallery, up to 4 per member, will be entered in a drawing for one of three $5.00 Scrap Girls Boutique Gift Certificates.
You have until 11:59pm MDT on March 31, 2012 to complete the steps and post your layouts to the Simple Steps to Super Scrapping Gallery.
For complete details, visit the Monthly Message Board Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
March Monthly Layout Contest: The month of March brings the beginning of spring here in the northern hemisphere. With the coming of spring, we think of renewal. For March's contest, we would like to see your layouts with the theme of renewal or rebirth - be it personal, professional, family, or from nature. Post your layouts in the March Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight MDT on March 31st. Be sure to tell us by title, word art or journaling how this layout fits the theme and to list your layout's product credits in the description or under the EXIF Properties. Two layouts will be selected to win a $10 Gift Certificate 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 Forum 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.)