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Layout by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin
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ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Mercury Glass 6401 Super Biggie
Create custom alphas and accents with the look of mercury glass with these slightly translucent digital scrapbooking styles. Includes 12 colors, as well as two versions of the style. A large format style great for alphas, and a small format style suitable for smaller items like brads, etc.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Mercury Glass 6401 Super Biggie, Brush Set: Go With The Flow, Brush Set: Misty, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Layout Masks Grungy Stencils and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Wires 6401 are also available. |
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Digital Presentation Layout by Durin Eberhart
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Presentation Digital Scrapbook 1-2-3: 8.5x11 Vista Montana
This rustic color scheme, filled with rich texture and natural elements creates a beautiful digital scrapbooking backdrop for your photos or presentation.
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.
An Easy Tip For Your Layout Title
Friday, May 25, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 35% off Memorial Day Extravaganza 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 challenges@scrapgirls.com. 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 DAYDid you know that Scrap Girls has its own YouTube channel? Check it out and learn a new technique today! |
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Title Focus
Tutorial created using Photoshop Elements 9.0 with Windows Vista
Titling a scrapbook page can sometimes be hard, and then other times it can be so simple. I like titles because they can do many things. They help break up your design and add visual interest. They also tend to drive your point home and aid in bringing emotion to the page.
When creating a title, I usually start with word art but today I decided to keep my page simple and allow my title to really stand out. I already had a collection in mind, Laura Louie's Boy Joy Collection Biggie. So I hopped on over to her Boy Joy Alphas and immediately fell in love with her adorable star alphas.
One of my favorite letters to play with is the letter "O" because it makes a perfect frame. It can also be easily substituted by all kinds of embellishments. Today, I decided to replace the Alpha O with a round tag from the same collection.
I used my Magic Wand Tool and clicked on the light blue center of the tag. Then I right-clicked and chose "Layer Via Cut." The blue circle is now on another layer. Next, I used a clipping mask (Ctrl+G) to clip my photo to the blue center. Now my photo is clipped perfectly inside the tag's frame.
Finally, I added a few anchoring embellishments, and I was done! Now I have a quick, simple layout with my title taking center stage.
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Layout by Jennifer Wight
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Commercial license versions of Lettering Delights Mother's Typewriter Font are also available. |
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Article written by Jennifer Wight
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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May'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 Laura Louie using May's ScrapSimple Club |
Layout by Syndee Nuckles
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Designer Freebie by Syndee Nuckles coordinates with her All Aboard Nano Collection
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Today's freebie designed by Syndee Nuckles
* 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, May 29th - 7:00PM MDT
Join us 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 will need to have Java installed on your computer to access the Live Chat.
East Coast High Noon Crop
Wednesday, May 30th - 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 30th, we'll do a geometric challenge! Create a layout using at least one triangle somewhere 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!
Speed Scrap Crop
Wednesday, May 30th - 7:00PM MDT
It's time for some Speed! Join Carla (CRS) at 7pm MT for the Speed Scrap Crop! She will give you six tasks, spread out over an hour. You'll then have an hour to get it finished and posted in the Gallery!
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.)