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Layout by Durin Eberhart
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ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Sketchy Shapes Biggie
This unique set of paper templates can be used for making fun digital scrapbooking background or act as photo masks. The sketched shapes can be layered together for even more versatility.
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 ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Sketchy Shapes Biggie, Altered Art Essentials 2 Paper, Morning Mist Collection Biggie and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Altered Art Essentials 2 are also available. |
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Layout by Keri Schueller
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ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Badges
These fantastic badges can be used in a variety of ways! They would make a great journaling piece on your digital scrapbooking projects or print them out and use them for labels around your house. Get creative and have fun!
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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.
Behind The Scenes - Customer Service
Thursday, July 19, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- What's New at Scrap Girls
- Scrap Girls, Etc.
- 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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While one girl's picture appears here on the Newsletter, Scrap Girls is really a community of talented designers, techy gals, thoughtful contributors and fantastic customers. We are ALL so happy to have you as part of the Scrap Girls community and we are very grateful for your support. Debbie RETIREMENT SALEDon'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. |
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Note from Debbie: Since becoming President of Scrap Girls, it's been fascinating to learn about all the pieces that come together to make the website you love. What has impressed me the most is the fantastic group of women behind the scenes who make it all happen. Their skills and talents are immeasurable and as unique as they are. Meeting them has been so enjoyable for me that I want to spend the next few weeks letting you get to know them better, too.
Debbie Cleek
President, Scrap Girls Inc.
Help is Always an Email Away – Angie Briggs
One of the first Scrap Girls team members I had the pleasure of meeting was Angie Briggs. In fact, Angie is the first "Scrap Girl" nearly everyone meets because Angie is the friendly voice behind the Scrap Girls customer service line. She is also the one typing away the replies you get when you send an email to [email protected].
Rozanne's introduction of Angie went something like this: "Angie knows everything...." And over the weeks that I've gotten to know her, I've realized no truer words were ever spoken.
But it's not just Angie's knowledge of scrapbooking, design, software, and computers that makes her unique. It's also her unflappable good humor. She views every phone call and email she receives as an opportunity to make another customer happy. She will patiently explain how to open a zip file to the "computer challenged" with the same plucky attitude that she uses to walk a seasoned customer through a tricky Photoshop technique. She says her favorite part about her job is helping people solve their problems, though this is also one of the toughest parts, too.
Her knowledge comes from her experience. She started with Scrap Girls as a layout artist, spent time writing for the newsletter, and is also one of our talented product designers. In addition, she has been helping our customers for so many years that she is sometimes able to recognize a phone number when it pops up on her phone or fill out an envelope without looking up a customer's address. She's also one of the only staff members who is more likely to recognize a customer by their real first and last name instead of their user name on the Scrap Girls Forum.
Angie says that the comment she hears most from customers is, "Don't you ever sleep?" To which the answer is yes. In addition, she finds the time to walk five miles every day, as well as raise her 10-year-old twin boys. She has figured out how to weave the customer phone calls and emails into her everyday routine. However, if you ever call and she doesn't answer, it means she's at her kids' ball game, in line at the grocery store, or in the basement changing out the laundry. But don't worry, if you leave a message, she'll always get right back to you!
- Debbie
Angie Briggs - Customer Service Extraordinaire
Note from Angie: I thought my photo might need a little explanation. This photo of my son Colby and I was taken after The Color Run a few weekends ago. What is The Color Run you might ask? It is probably the best time you will ever have doing a 5K. The concept of the race is everyone starts out in plain white shirts, every mile you go through a color zone and colored powder is thrown on you. At the end of the race, you participate in a color throw with thousands of other participants. By the time you are finished with the day, you are color from head to toe. I would highly suggest checking out their website and finding out if there is a Color Run near you.
Scrap Girls, Etc. is a column pulling bits and pieces from all over Scrap Girls. Stay tuned as Scrap Girls' team members bring you tutorials, musings, recipes, interviews, design/software tips and tricks, layout walk-throughs, and who knows what else!
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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:
July's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Durin Eberhart |
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 Layout by Durin Eberhart using July's Scrap Girls Club |
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July'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 Melissa Renfro using July's ScrapSimple Club |
Layout by Angela Blanchard
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Designer Freebie by
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with her ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Bakers Twine
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Commercial license versions of Birdsong Collection and Western Rodeo Collection Biggie are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Angela Blanchard
* 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, July 19th - 8PM 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 April (April Showers) and 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.
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, July 25th - 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 25th, we'll do a tag challenge! Create a layout using at least one tag as an embellishment!
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!
July's Forum Game: Spotlight on the Boutique
Each day of July (with the exception of Sundays), a member of the Welcoming Committee will post an image spotlighting a small circle of the layout you are to search for in the Scrap Girls Boutique. If the layout is not identified by the following morning, a second spotlight circle will be added to the layout; this will be repeated until the product is identified.
All you have to do to participate is search the boutique for the layout and post a link to the product page in the official game thread. Only one guess per member per day is allowed. You can find more specific details in the forum game thread.
Three $10 gift certificates to the Scrap Girls Boutique will be awarded. The winners will be randomly chosen from all the members that correctly identify a product throughout the month.
For complete details, visit the Monthly Forum Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
July Monthly Layout Contest: Hot! Hot! Hot! In the northern hemisphere, July is generally a month of very warm temperatures. For July's layout contest, we want you to scrap about what you do to stay cool – whether it'is in July or December. Post your layouts in the July Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight EDT on July 31st 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.)