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Canvas Art Using July's Scrap Girls Club
Friday, July 20, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- Cute Stuff
- 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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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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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!
July's Scrap Girls Club's featured designer is Durin Eberhart. Her Fascination products will add a colorful and artsy twist to your digital scrapbooking layouts and altered projects!
Designing A Canvas Art Project
Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0 with Windows Vista
Wow! Have you checked out this month's Scrap Girls Club collection yet? It's bursting with yummy colors and bright, lively embellishments! If you haven't seen it yet, you're missing out on some serious eye candy!
Durin Eberhart's Fascination Collection Biggie is a must-have in your digital art collection! When I first opened my downloaded files, I immediately fell in love and couldn't wait to play with the pieces Durin has designed for us.
I was asked to create a craft with this juicy collection, and since I am more of a digital crafter then a paper crafter, I started trying to figure out what I could create digitally outside of a scrapbooking layout. It didn't take me long to figure out what I wanted to do. With all those bright, lively colors, I knew I just had to turn them into some sort of wall art. I wanted those gorgeous colors and textures displayed on my walls!
I decided the best way to have them showcased was on canvas. There are many different places where you can print your own unique canvas art, such as snapfish.com, shutterfly.com, artscow.com, mpix.com, etc. Each one of these printing resources offers many different sizes of canvases, and some have discount coupons available when you sign up for their mailing lists.
Canvas art is an easy way to go, because designing it is a lot like creating a scrapbooking layout. Once it's done, all you have to do is upload it to a printing site and wait for it to be delivered to your doorstep. And once it's on your walls, guests will be asking where you got that stunning work of art. Just think how astonished they will be when you say, "I made it!"
Let me show you how I made canvas art for my daughter's room using this month's club collection.
First, I determined which printing site I wanted to use and picked a canvas from those they offered. Then I opened my Photoshop Elements program and created a document adding four inches to both the width and height from the canvas measurements. For example, the canvas size I wanted to print was a 20x8-inch wrapped canvas, and the PSE design was created on a 24x12-inch document. You need to allow an extra two inches on each side of your design for wrapping around the canvas's frame.
By clicking on the ruler bar and dragging it down to my layout, I was able to create grid lines so I could easily view the original canvas size.
Next, I proceeded to create my canvas art design inside the grid lines. Note: the paper on the edge of my design will be printed on the canvas but will only be visible on the edges and back of my canvas frame. Try and keep the main portion of your design inside the grid lines.
Finally, I uploaded my image to my printing resource and followed the printing and check-out steps - then waited as patiently as possible for my art to make it to my home.
Now, keep in mind that canvas printing can be costly. If printing a canvas isn't in your budget, but you still want to make gorgeous art for your walls, try printing art on larger papers and then framing them. The possibilities are endless!
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Layout by Jennifer Wight
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These three 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 Jennifer Wight
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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 Durin Eberhart
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Designer Freebie by
Durin Eberhart coordinates
with her Art Journal Inspirations eBook: Nature
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Commercial license versions of Valencia Collection Biggie and Fade to Gray Collection Biggie are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Durin Eberhart
* 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, 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.)