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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Fancy 6301, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Life is Sweet 6301, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Happy Life 6301 and ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Photo FX 6301 Mini are also available. |
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Layout by Brandy Murry
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Value Pack: Countryside Styles
Combined to save you money! Enjoy the value of the "Countryside" digital scrapbooking style sets for one low price.
The first product listed below is 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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Commercial license versions of Value Pack: Countryside Styles, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Magical Photos PS and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Torn Paper Masks are also available. |
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Recipe Card by Laura Louie
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ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: From The
Layer these brushes to create your unique look for documenting your layouts! They're also great for customizing your own stationery, thank you cards, recipe cards and more! The brush Set contains six "From the" brushes (approximately 3.75 inches), 3 frame overlays, and one center section. Change up frame edges for a different look and vary the transparency of the center section to reveal or conceal more of the background icon! Brushes look great with styles applied to them, so the possibilities for customizing are truly endless!
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Layout by Joyce Schardt
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Combined to save you money! Enjoy the value of three digital scrapbooking style sets for one low price. In Value Pack: Teal Zeal Styles, you'll find rich texture and glitz in vibrant to soft teal tones, coral and green hues that will add glitz and sparkle to your layouts and paper crafts. Includes glitter, velvet, jewel, shell, and warm silver styles in colors that coordinate with the Teal Zeal Collection. Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements only.
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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.
How To Alter Digital Frames
Thursday, June 21, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 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
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Debbie 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!|
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The Scrap Girls Club allows you to get all of the newest looks while saving money! It is perfect for anyone who wants beautiful, coordinated digital scrapbooking supplies that are easy to use. You get all the products shown above a $40.59 value, for $9.99 or less! Plus, each month we will help you find new ways to use your club contents to the fullest with this article full of ideas, tips, and projects to get your creativity going!
Members-Only club content! Now Scrap Girls Club members receive three exclusive, members-only Club products every month! These new products include a JIFFY Easy Page Album - five layered PSD files of your favorite Club layouts designed by the professionals at Scrap Girls just for this Club, one Designer's Gift item - a product chosen by the Club's designer, and a Color Palette which you can use to coordinate your photos and ScrapSimple products with this month's Club to make it an even bigger value!
June's Scrap Girls Club's featured designer is Brandy Murry. Her Countryside products will add a hometown flair to your digital scrapbooking layouts and altered projects!
How To Alter Digital Photo Frames
Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop CS5 on a Mac
Have you ever experienced finding just the right frame embellishment only to discover that your photograph is the wrong size? Most likely you make the adjustment to the picture, and in the process, crop away a section that you would otherwise choose to keep. Why not alter the frame to fit the photo? This month's Scrap Girls Club by Brandy Murry contains a great selection of frames to demonstrate how to make slight alterations to fit your needs.
Change Shape: Open BMU_AYOZoom frame. Rotate frame 90 degrees. Cut and paste scallop edging from sides of frame using the Rectangular Marquee Tool. With the Transform Tool active, pull down top-center box using the arrow, which will elongate oval shape. Place cut scallop edging on either side and trim excess. Merge all layers.
Too Bulky: If the weight of the frame is too heavy, simply use the Marquee Tool to delete the unwanted portion.
Add Mat: Need a little color to give a lift to your photo? Place a small section of paper beneath frame layer. Hold the Ctrl key (Cmd on Mac) while clicking on the frame layer to create "marching ants," then click Select> Modify> Expand. The amount of pixels chosen will determine the width of the mat. Use the Eraser Tool to eliminate center area. Press Ctrl+D (Cmd on Mac) to remove marching ants. While still on the paper layer, erase any portion of the paper remaining around the outside of the frame. Apply any additional embellishments such as shown, BMU_AYOZoom_Flourish, or buttons, bows, flowers, etc. Merge all layers.
Change Proportion: Open BMU_EMB_Framed Chalkboards_2. To make a smaller frame, use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw around half of the frame. Cut and paste. *Adjust frame section on top layer with frame section on bottom layer to the size needed. With a soft eraser and Opacity around 30-40%, erase cut edge slightly to blend with layer beneath. Merge layers. To make a wider or longer frame, use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw around one side, eliminating corners. Delete. Duplicate remaining section of frame. Click Edit> Transform> Vertical (or Horizontal). Continue as instructed above (*).
Create A Frame Using A Tag: Open BMU_AYOZoom_Round Tag. Open and place BMU_EMB_Framed Chalkboard_6 on top layer. Size the Chalkboard so that the Tag shows a border around the edge. Hold the Ctrl key (Cmd on Mac) on Chalkboard layer to create marching ants. Highlight the Tag layer and press Delete. Now move the Tag layer on top and add a small shadow.
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Layout by Joyce Schardt
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These five 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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Article written by Joyce Schardt
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:
June's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Brandy Murry |
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 Layout by Brandy Murry using June's Scrap Girls Club |
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June'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 Joyce Schardt using June's ScrapSimple Club |
Layout by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin
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Designer Freebie by
Amanda Fraijo-Tobin coordinates
with her Take Time Collection Mini
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates: 4x6 Take Wing are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin
* 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.
Heritage Crop
Thursday, June 21st - 8:00PM EDT
Do you have boxes of heritage photos just waiting to be restored and scrapped? Are there family stories just waiting for you to write down and preserve? Then this is the crop for you! Join Carla (CRS) at 8pm EDT for the Heritage Crop and Chat! We'll help you get motivated to scrap those heritage photos and record your family stories for future generations to enjoy. This month, we'll show you how Paula Wright's ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: 1898 Lace Borders and ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: 1898 Lace Frames can be recolored to match your layouts!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, June 27th - 12 Noon EDT
Join April (April Showers) each Wednesday at 12 Noon EDT for the 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 June 27th, we'll do a Journaling Challenge. Create a layout with more than five sentences of meaningful journaling.
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!
June's Forum Game: Re-JUNE-venate!
We helped you jumpstart your January and now it's time to re-JUNE-venate your focus on scrapbooking! Join us on the Scrap Girls Forum for "Re-JUNE-venate!" This is a game and challenge that focuses on taking time to scrapbook regularly despite the little "speedbumps" of life. When the month is over you'll have completed several layouts and been treated to some fun along the way.
A Welcoming Committee Member will post a task each Monday through Saturday from June 1-30. The tasks will be formatted in a LARGE PURPLE FONT for ease of locating them in the game thread as it grows. Some tasks will require Forum participation, email responses or gallery posting. Read each daily task carefully to see what is required of you.
Those who complete all the required tasks and submit or post required participation by 11:59pm EDT on June 30th will be entered in a drawing to win one of three $10 Gift Certificates to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Those who complete all the layouts will be entered in a drawing to win one of two $5 Gift Certificates. Each person who completes a layout will be entered – once for each completed challenge page- into a drawing for one of three $3 Gift Certificates.
For complete details, visit the Monthly Forum Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
June Monthly Layout Contest: June is full of weddings and graduations – a time of pomp and circumstance. For June's contest, we want to see your wedding, graduation or other special occasion layouts. Post your layouts in the June Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight EDT on June 30th and you could one of the two people who will win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Please be sure to list your layout's product credits in the description or under the EXIF Properties.
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 the Eastern Time Zone unless otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-New York-New York' as the location for the Eastern time zone.)