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Commercial license versions of Dynamic Brush Set: Life Is Sweet 6301, Witty Font and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Butterfly Shadows 6301 Mini are also available. |
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Layout by Amy Flanagan
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ScrapSimple Paper Templates: 8.5x11 Ornamentali
Customize your own papers to coordinate perfectly with your layouts with this digital scrapbooking ScrapSimple Paper Templates: 8.5x11 Ornamentali set. These artsy paper templates with hand drawn looking borders are quick and easy to use. You can layer with other papers and textures, add a pattern or gradient, or simply play with the different blending modes and colors to create limitless possibilities. Includes PSD and PNG files.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: 8.5x11 Ornamentali, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Paper Borders 6401 Biggie, Design Pack: Inked Text and Value Pack: Photo Magic 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 Blue Christmas
This monochromatic color scheme, filled with rich texture and unique elements creates a beautiful digital scrapbooking backdrop for your photos or presentation.
Layout by Jan Ransley
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Three beautiful digital scrapbooking background papers in coral, yellow and cream - perfect for all your Summer layouts. They coordinate beautifully with the Parterre Collection Biggie.
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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.
A Layout Makeover
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 35% off Memorial Day Extravaganza Sale!
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Tips From The Pros: Designer Do-Over
- 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 today's New Member Chat at 7pm MT! This is a great chance to meet some new friends and ask questions about digital scrapbooking! |
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Designer Do-Over by Elisha Barnett
About a year ago, a member inquired about a technique I used on a layout I'd posted in the Gallery in early 2009 – a scraplift that mimicked the look of rolled paper. I'd seen the layout on a traditional paper scrapbooking site and wanted to try my hand at creating it digitally. I described the technique I used as best I could, but asked if there was any chance of a designer creating some templates. At that time, I was on the Scrap Girls team as a layout artist, not a designer.
Fast forward a year and the long forgotten request is revived by another post to the thread. Now, as a Scrap Girls designer, I took it upon myself to fulfill the original request. I designed ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Paper Rolls and Wraps Biggie.
When the thread was resurrected, it brought out that layout I'd created so long ago. Honestly, it made me cringe a little. I liked the layout at the time (especially the rolled paper), but I've learned so much about design since. For instance, there's no clear title, and the embellishments and patterns compete with each other and the photo. Here's the original layout:
Original Layout by Elisha Barnett
I wanted to re-do this layout with cleaner lines and less busy-ness, yet keep the parts of the original design that still worked. Plus, I added another photo that helps to tell the story better. In the new layout, I used a digital layout template that is similar to the old layout. The photo placement and the stacked papers are reminiscent of the original design. I still combined patterns, but here they don't compete and are a little more restful to the eye. In the new layout, the arrow pattern really “points” the eye to the photos!
To put further emphasis on the photos, I created a visual triangle. I use this design trick on nearly all my layouts. As you can see in the screenshot below, the embellishments form a triangle. This visual triangle contains the main photo, the title, and the journaling.
Now, this layout works well, but I wanted to add a little extra color punch and also incorporate the paper rolls from the original design. I used ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Paper Rolls and Wraps Biggie to speed up the process.
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Layout by Elisha Barnett
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Paper Rolls and Wraps Biggie, Wanted Collection and Brush Set: Love 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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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 Ang Campbell using May's ScrapSimple Club |
Layout by Laura Louie
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Designer Freebie by
Laura Louie
coordinates with
her ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Painted Nature,
part of this month's ScrapSimple Club offering!
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Painted Nature, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Earthy and ScrapSimple Word Art Templates: Beauty of the Earth are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Laura Louie
* 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
Thursday, May 31st - 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.)