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Two Day Sale! Save 30% off all Brushes (including Commercial Licenses!) in the Scrap Girls Boutique until TONIGHT at Midnight, MDT!
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: 8.5x11 Antiquities 1, Autumn Elegance Collection Biggie, Just Before Dawn Collection Biggie and Memories of Green Collection Biggie are also available. |
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Layout by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin
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ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Winter White Textures
Add depth to your paper creations with these digital scrapbooking canvas paper templates. A variation of subtle and distressed canvas textures that are great for creating backgrounds.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Winter White Textures are also available. |
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Layout by Syndee Nuckles
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ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Heart and Soul
Create whimsical art journal style digital scrapbooking embellishments with this fun set! Coordinates with Syndee's Heart and Soul line of products.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Heart and Soul, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: 8.5x11 Blendability and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Butterfly Shadows 6301 Mini are also available. |
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Layout by Kathleen Szatmary
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Time-worn textured fabrics of Springs past in pretty pastel colors. Great addition to your Spring Collection. Use on Easter Layouts, or any other layout that calls for a pretty and soft, time-worn look. Textures include swiss dot, various laces and embroidered looks.
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Commercial license versions of Dip Dyed Paper Mini, ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Blendability and Easter Goodies Embellishment Mini 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.
Create Your Own Digital Paper Using a Dynamic Brush
Friday, April 6, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- Final Day! Save 30% off Brushes!
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- 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 DAYNewsletter freebies are only available for a couple of days. Be sure to download and unzip the file as soon as you receive your Newsletter, because when they are gone, they are gone for good! For more information on downloading freebies, check out this blog post by Angie Briggs. |
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Creating a Paper Using a Dynamic Brush
Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop CS5
Today I'm going to show you how easy and fun it is to create your own background paper using a dynamic brush. But first, a little about dynamic brushes:
Dynamic brushes are just like regular brushes wherein you can stamp the brush design onto your layout. However, unlike regular brushes, when you sweep your mouse across your workspace, the brush automatically changes direction and size, giving you a scattering of the brush design. Some dynamic brushes also have a multi-colored effect, further adding visual interest.
So, let's get started! Let me show you what I did, and you can follow along with your own digital scrapbooking supplies and your photo-editing software.
First, I placed a pink paper from the Lemonade Stand Collection.
Next, I loaded Dynamic Brush Set: Fruity Biggie and choose a strawberry brush. I set the brush size to around 750 pixels and selected white as the foreground and background color. On a new layer above my pink paper, I simply swept the brush all over my layout. If you don't like the scatter, simply start over. Just remember to brush on a new layer.
This is what my paper looked like at this point. Next, with the brush layer active, I adjusted the layer's Blending Mode as follows:
I selected "Linear Burn" with Fill Opacity at 48%, and I checked "Stroke."
I set Stroke at 9 pixels and set Color to white.
These adjustments resulted in an outline type of design.
Next, I created a new layer, and still using the dynamic strawberry brush, I set its size to around 500 pixels and chose a reddish-pink foreground and background color. I stamped on the unfilled areas to complement the strawberry outlines and gave the paper design some contrast. I adjusted the layer's Fill to 50%.
That's it! Now, wasn't that easy? You can also experiment with different Blending Modes or apply layer styles to get the look that you want.
Layout by Armi Custodio
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Commercial license versions of Dynamic Brush Set: Fruity Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 are also available. |
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Article written by Armi Custodio
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:
April's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin |
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 Layout by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin using April'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 |
Layout by Elisha Barnett
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Designer Freebie by Elisha Barnett coordinates with her Palm Sunday Collection Super Mini
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates: 12x12 Mini Clusters are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Elisha Barnett
* 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.
New Member Chat
Tuesday, April 10th - 7:00PM MDT
Join Pat (PBarnes) for the New Member Chat at 7pm MT 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.
East Coast High Noon Crop
Wednesday, April 11th - 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 11th, we're doing a Humor Challenge! Use a funny photo, tell a funny story, or share a family inside joke! Show your sense of humor on your page!
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!
April's Forum Game: BINGO!
Join us for an exciting game of Springtime BINGO on the Message Board Forum in April! Pick 25 words from the list provided in the forum game thread and send them in an email to [email protected] with a subject line that says "BINGO CARD - your Scrap Girls Message Board username" by Tuesday, April 3rd at Midnight MDT in order to play in the first round. The first round will begin on Wednesday, April 4th. If you miss the first round deadline, 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.
Each day, a member of the Welcoming Committee will call five 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 game thread to win that round. After a winner is called, the boards will be cleared and a new round will begin the following day.
Each winner will receive a $5 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! We like to see lots of winners, so please remember that each person can only win one round during the month. Have fun!
For complete details, visit the Monthly Message Board Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
April Monthly Layout Contest: Life is full of surprises! Here in the United States, we have April Fools' Day on April 1st. Have you ever been surprised by someone playing an April Fools' joke on you? Or, you can scrap about another surprise that has happened in your life. You don't have to have photos. It could be a journaling page. Post your layouts in the April Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight MDT on April 30th. Be sure 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.)