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We are blessed by you, our customers, here at Scrap Girls, and we know it! To show our appreciation, we have a coupon just for our faithful newsletter readers that will allow you to receive an EXTRA 7.7% off our sale prices! That means when you use this special newsletter coupon during our current Sweetest Sale Ever, you'll get a bigger discount on nearly everything in the Scrap Girls Boutique! Opportunities like this don't come along very often, so take advantage of this great offer before it expires at Midnight (ET), June 30th! Coupon Code: BerryNice
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Commercial license versions of 8.5x11 Altered Art Essentials 1 Paper Mini, Memories of Blue Collection Biggie, Memories of Pink Collection Biggie, Realms of Glory Collection Biggie and Mirror Mirror Collection Biggie are also available. |
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Layout by Brandy Murry
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ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Europe and Australia Super Biggie
Whether you are scrapbooking about travel or places you have lived, the digital scrapbooking custom shape set of Europe and Australia is a perfect addition to your scrapbook stash of goodies.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Europe and Australia Super Biggie, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Blue Super Biggie 8501, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Magical Photos PS and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Layout Masks Grungy Stencils are also available. |
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Layout by Syndee Nuckles
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ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Curled Paper 2
Design elegant layouts fast with these digital scrapbooking layout templates featuring editable text and curled papers. Includes layered PSD and PNG files.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Curled Paper 2 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Butterfly Shadows 6301 Mini are also available. |
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Layout by Armi Custodio
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ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Splashed-Juicy 13002 Biggie
This water style comes in 9 sheer, juicy colors. It can be applied to shapes, embellishments and alphas. Perfect for those refreshing summer layouts! For Photoshop and Photoshop Elements only.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Splashed-Juicy 13002 Biggie, Sweet Shoppe Collection, Lettering Delights Hoopla Font and ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Citrus Splash 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.
Time For a Do-Over!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 27.7% off Sweetest Sale, plus an extra 7.7% off Coupon!
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Product Design Team Call
- 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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Debbie 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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Ever wish that you could be a Product Designer for Scrap Girls?
Well, now's your chance to apply!
If you are interested, please forward the following items to [email protected].
The subject line must read: Product Designer Application.
- 3 color palettes that you might use as a basis for designing collections.
- A sample collection mini, consisting of 6 background papers, 1 "sheet" of embellishments, and 1 "sheet" of word art.
A "sheet" consists of a grouping of items that will fit on an 8.5x11 document. Take care to make sure that the collection mini's color set is well balanced and that it has an idea that ties it together. It should contain enough embellishments and word art to be useful to someone who wishes to make several layouts from it. Also, take care that the embellishments are not a grouping of a small number of items that have just been re-colored. This is your opportunity to show your versatility and skill level.
- At least one sample layout using the collection mini.
- A sample brush set with 3 brushes.
- A sample paper template set (like our ScrapSimple Paper Templates) with 2 papers.
- A sample embellishment template set (like our ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates) with 3 embellishments.
Examples of all of these products can be found in our Boutique.
Also, please answer the following questions in the body of your application email:
- Approximately how much would you like to earn each month?
- Approximately how many hours do you have to dedicate to design work each week?
- What are your goals as it pertains to design work?
- Why are you interested in working with Scrap Girls?
- What software do you use?
- Include any other information that you think would be helpful as we make our decision.
Other instructions: Save your files as 600px wide, 72 dpi. Place them in one zipped folder and forward with your application email.
DEADLINE: Friday, July 13, 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Notifications of results will be sent to all applicants by Friday, July 20.
What is Scrap Girls looking for in a new designer?
- Talent
- Desire to work with Scrap Girls and be a committed, active member of our team
- Work ethic
- Software and designing skills
If a talented person comes along whose skills are not quite what they might be, but we feel they would be a super-committed, dynamic member of our team if given a little help, we may choose to put them through an apprentice program.
We look forward to seeing your application!
Designer Do-Over by Jan Ransley
Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Windows 7
It makes me smile when I look back over my old albums - the photos are great and bring back all sorts of memories, but some of my earliest attempts at creating digital scrapbooking layouts really make me giggle.
Take this layout, for example: the photos of my darling little granddaughter are great, but they're lost in a sea of over-busy papers and elements with mismatched or no shadows. Time for a Do-Over!
The Do-Over
I chose a simple background for my new layout - this one is from my Valentine Baroque Collection - and I placed the two photos off-center. Then I added bright mats angled behind them to make the photos "pop."
A couple of strips of paper created a base for the photo cluster. To "cut" these strips, I dropped in my chosen background paper and used the Polygonal Lasso Tool to create the shape I wanted to cut. The shape is bordered by "marching ants." To cut away the surrounding paper, I simply used the Invert command (Ctrl+Shft+I). This created a second set of marching ants around the outer border of the paper. Clicking the Delete key removed all the unwanted background paper between the two sets of marching ants. I repeated this with a second paper.
Next, I built up the cluster with flowers, ribbons, etc., and added some word art.
Finally, I dropped in a lace overlay - from ScrapSimple Paper Templates: More Luscious Lace - over the background paper. I changed its color and gave it a light bevel and emboss layer style.
The truth is that I did this partly to appease my husband. He had looked at my layout and said, "It's not finished, is it? What about all this empty space?"
I explained, "It's white space - it's in vogue!"
He retreated, shaking his head and muttering something that sounded like, "I'm not gonna mention that it's pink."
Now my new layout lets my granddaughter's pictures perform as the star, while the digital scrapbooking papers, word art, and embellishments are supporting cast members – and that's the way it should be!
Want even more great tutorials? Subscribe to the Scrap Girls Blog via RSS or email delivery here.
Layout by Jan Ransley
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Article written by Jan Ransley
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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 Amy Flanagan using June's ScrapSimple Club |
Layout by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin
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Designer Freebie by
Amanda Fraijo-Tobin coordinates
with her Oh Happy Day Collection Super Mini
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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.
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!
Creative Cards Chat
Tuesday, July 3rd - 8:00PM EDT
Do you use your digital supplies to make cards? Do you want to? Instead of going to the store every time you need a card, you can save money and have fun making cards with your digi stash! Make a note of any cards you might need for the upcoming month and Join April (April Showers) for the once-a-month Card Chat on the first Tuesday of each month at 8pm ET. Can't wait to see you there!
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, July 4th - 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 July 4th, we'll do a Stars and Stripes Challenge. Use some stripes and at least one star 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!
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.)