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Join in the fun as we celebrate National Scrapbooking Day with a sale! Save 23% off almost everything in the Scrap Girls Boutique until Midnight MDT on May 5, 2012! But wait! There's more! Receive this fun Zip Kit when your order totals $10 or more.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Trapped Beads 6401 Super Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Antique Effects 6401 are also available. |
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Layout by Syndee Nuckles
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Step back in time with this vintage camera digital scrapbooking zip kit! Featuring vintage camera images, viewfinder style frames and curled newsprint accent paper.
Receive this Zip Kit FREE with a $10 purchase during our National Scrapbooking Day sale! Ends May 5th!
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Butterfly Shadows 6301 Mini are also available. |
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Layout by Angie Briggs
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Hello My Love Paper Super Mini
This set of layered papers is the perfect addition to all your digital scrapbooking pages.
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Layout by Joyce Schardt
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Create elegant layouts with these vintage inspired digital scrapbook papers great for heritage albums and more! Patterned after old vintage scrapbook albums from the 1800's.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Sepia Magic 6301 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Shadow Decor are also available. |
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Layout by Elisha Barnett
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ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Bless This Nest 12601 Super Biggie
Create unique word art and digital scrapbooking accents with this set of Photoshop styles. This set coordinates with the Bless This Nest series of products.
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Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Swirlicious 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.
Creating Artist Trading Cards
Friday, May 4, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 23% off National Scrapbooking Day Sale!
- 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
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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 DAYDon't miss out on the FREE Zip Kit by Syndee Nuckles! During our National Scrapbooking Day sale, when your Shopping Basket reaches $10 or more, Syndee's Zip Kit: Photographic will automatically be added to your order at no cost to you! |
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How to Make an ATC Using ScrapSimple Craft Templates: Artist Trading Cards
Tutorial created using Photoshop CS4 with Windows 7
An Artist Trading Card, or ATC, is a miniature work of art. Originally collected and traded among artists, the ATC concept has spread into paper crafts and has been incorporated into scrapbooking.
Because it is an art form, ATCs can be created using any type of media the artist chooses. Paint, markers, collage, cloth, and even metal can be used. And these days, people are using their computers to create them digitally. It's about expression, not rules.
There are a few rules, but they are simple. ATCs are to be traded and collected, never sold. They must measure 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (63 mm x 89 mm), which is the size of a standard sports trading card or a playing card. And generally, the back should include your name, your contact information, the date it was created, and the title of the card.
There are opportunities to participate in ATC swaps in the Scrap Girls community. You'll find them on the Scrap Girls Forum and/or on the Chat Calendar. In those swaps, a theme is determined, participants create a card based on their interpretation of the theme, and the cards are exchanged. You'll find swaps for both digital and hybrid cards.
Digital cards are created entirely in digital form and traded electronically. A low-resolution version can be posted in a special ATC gallery, but more importantly, each participant emails the high-resolution version to the host, who in turn sends each participant a group of all the cards created.
Hybrid cards are created with a mix of digital and traditional supplies and/or techniques, and are traded by mail. In these swaps, a sign-up period is determined. After the deadline, the number of participants is posted, and each participant will create that many cards. The cards are placed in a plastic sleeve and mailed to the host. The host will divide the cards between all the participants and mail the sets.
Hybrid cards or printed digital cards are also traded in person at "meet-ups." In these cases, there isn't a theme. The cards are representative of the artist's work, may tell a little bit about their interests, and contain contact information.
Creating digital or hybrid ATC using ScrapSimple Craft Templates: Artist Trading Cards is really easy! (You can refer to Scrap Girls ScrapSimple Instructions Handbook [Free ScrapSimple basics eBook] for directions on how to use layered templates.) In this case, I've chosen a template from the set and either clipped a paper to the template layout or applied a style.
ScrapSimple Craft Templates: Artist Trading Cards also includes "signature" templates (one each of portrait and landscape orientation) for the back of your cards. I've used the landscape version for the back of my card.
ATC Project Ideas
Use a layer from one template on another template:
Create a digital card from a template and put your name and date on the front. Save as a JPG and trade it with others electronically.
Print out the cards on photo paper and cut them out. Adhere to a piece of cardstock. Create a signature and adhere it to the back of each card.
Create a hybrid card. Embellish the digitally created card with glitter, stitching, buttons, ribbon, charms, or any embellishment you wish.
After you've designed your card digitally, print out each layer separately. Cut them out and assemble them on your card corresponding with your original design. Add additional embellishments (such as glitter, stickers, ribbon) if you wish.
Most of all, have fun expressing your creativity and sharing it with others!
Artist Trading Card (front) by Elisha Barnett
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Artist Trading Card (back) by Elisha Barnett
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Craft Templates: Artist Trading Cards are also available. |
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Article written by Elisha Barnett
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:
May's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Ang Campbell |
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 Layout by Ang Campbell using May's Scrap Girls Club |
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April'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 Syndee Nuckles using April's ScrapSimple Club |
Layout by Brandy Murry
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Designer Freebie by
Brandy Murry
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with her Kensington Collection Biggie
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Edgers Baroque are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Brandy Murry
* 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.
East Coast High Noon Crop
Wednesday, May 9th - 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 May 9th, we'll do an "All About Me" Challenge! Create a layout focusing on you! You could choose to create a layout using childhood photos or you could make a list of your favorite things. Anything goes as long as YOU are the focus.
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!
May's Forum Game: Boutique Alphabet Game!
The Boutique Alphabet Game is back! Do you remember playing the game "I am going on a _____ hunt and bringing..." where each player listed items starting with a specific letter? We are playing a similar game on the Scrap Girls Forum during the month of May. Each day except Sundays, a team member will post a new theme and starting letter in the game thread. Members then will search the Scrap Girls Boutique for a product that fits the theme and post it in the game thread. Entries are to follow the alphabet starting with the letter posted with the theme each day. Only one product per letter per round will be counted and products may not be used more than once. Collections and their individual parts count as one product. Time stamps will be used to determine credit in the case of duplicate letter or product posts. There is a limit of three game posts per person each day and another player must post before posting again. Member names will be added to a drawing based on the number of qualified product links posted in the thread.
Prizes will be awarded at the end of the month and winners will be announced in the June 9th Newsletter. Gift certificates will be awarded as follows: $15 SG Gift Certificate for first place, $10 SG Gift Certificate for second place and a $5 SG Gift Certificate for third place.
For complete details, visit the Monthly Forum Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
May Monthly Layout Contest: May is a big month in the northern hemisphere for flowers. For this month's layout contest, we're going to give a little twist on the usual flower photos. We want you to try your hand at extreme close-ups. Be creative in point of view and angle. Even most point-and-shoot cameras have a close-up mode. Do the best you can with the equipment you have and scrap a layout with a photo or two – or three. Your submission will be judged on its merit as a layout, not necessarily the photography. Post your layouts in the May Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight MDT on May 31st. 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.)