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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Layered Stamp Frames, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Here Comes the Sun Textures, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Here Comes the Sun Edges and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Drop Shadows 11701 Super Biggie are also available. |
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Layout by Joyce Schardt
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Pretty In Pink Nano Collection
Create striking layouts with this pretty digital scrapbook collection! Kit features three papers in dark pink lace, white with lace accents and pink flourish. You will find several ornate frames, feathers, flowers and more all sure to bring delight!
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Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Doily Days, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Sequin Sparkle Gradients 8501 Super Biggie and Dynamic Brush Set: Fancy Edges 6301 are also available. |
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Layout by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin
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A basic glitter digital scrapbooking style appropriate for any type of layout. This collection of 27 glitter styles has colors for every project. From pinks, purples, reds, blues, greens, oranges, and even neutrals!
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Commercial license versions of Altered Art Essentials 3 Paper Biggie, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Pop Up and Brush Set: Ultimate Grunge are also available. |
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Layout by Durin Eberhart
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ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Artsy Borders Photos 2
This set of beautifully distressed photo masks will add instant character to your digital scrapbooking layouts. Use them as photo masks or create journaling spaces. Either way, they are sure to delight!
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Artsy Borders Photos 2 are also available. |
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Layout by Elisha Barnett
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Chesapeake Lights Paper Super Mini
The nautical themed digital scrapbooking Chesapeake Lights Paper Super Mini is perfect for documenting your vacations and weekend getaways to the shore, sailing, fishing, and seafood recipes and meals. It is inspired by the lighthouses on Chesapeake Bay, but it's versatile enough for all your watery, beachy layouts! Coordinates with the Chesapeake line of products.
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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.
Sharing eCards on Facebook
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 33% off Sizzling Summer Savings!
- What's New in the Boutique
- 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
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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 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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Resizing an ECard for Facebook's Photo Parameters
Tutorial created in Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 on a PC using Windows 7
If necessity is the mother of invention, then frustration is surely the cousin of do-overs. Such was the case earlier this summer. My little Father's Day project for my husband pushed me to make a discovery that helped me get a handle on how to send an eCard to my Facebook friends quickly and easily – and sized just right.
It was the day before Father's Day, and as usual, I was running a little late on getting my husband's Father's Day goodies in order. (A little late? I had done nothing toward honoring him for all he does to keep this family afloat. I'll spare you the excuses.)
My friend, Annette, showed me what she had made for her hubby for Father's Day. She had purchased three big letters at a craft store – D, A, D – and then took pics of her three kids, each holding one letter. She inserted the pictures in a long, rectangular frame that featured a matte with three openings, thus D-A-D was spelled out in the frames. It was adorable. I had frame envy.
Sensing my gift dilemma, she insisted that I use the letters and take photos of my son, too. (What are friends for, if not for saving your hide with a dash of creativity!) I have one child, not three, so I took three pics of my son holding the letters. I wanted to simulate the matte with three openings so I used a frame with three openings from Reflections of the Heart Collection Biggie by Jen Reed.
Then I clustered "manly" embellishments around the left side and lower right corner, using digital embellishments from RetroActive Brothers Collection Mini, Rustique Collection Biggie, Assemble Your Own Zoom Pages: Butterfly Effect. I grabbed a nice neutral background paper from Assemble Your Own Zoom Pages: Follow Your Bliss that gave a little texture without overpowering the layout.
My plan was only to print it out and insert it in a frame (no matte needed!), but on a whim, I decided to post it to my husband's Facebook profile as a surprise eCard that he would discover on Father's Day, plus it would declare to the wide-waiting-world that he's a great dad.
But when I uploaded it, I was expecting it to be just as perfect as it looked on my PSE screen, but uh-oh, I hadn't taken into consideration that Facebook's photo window isn't a typical size. Here's how it came out looking...
The top of the image was lopped off! If one of my friends happened to click on it, they would see the complete image, but the full effect of seeing it perfectly displayed on his wall was lost. Most of the time, this probably wouldn't bother me, but this time, I decided to be a perfectionist.
That set me on a mission: To figure out how to post an eCard/photo on Facebook that would fit perfectly in the window. First, I realized that I'd created a rectangular layout, but if I'd created a square, say a typical 12x12-inch layout, then it would have fit in the square Facebook photo "window."
Yes, it was as simple as that. I just needed my document size to be a square rather than a rectangle. Whether it's a 12x12 or an 8x8 or somewhere in-between, a square is a square is a square. So I did a quick re-do, creating the image as a square with a resolution of 300. I had to rearrange my layout just a little, and this is what I came up with and how it looked on my husband's Facebook profile:
Yes, indeed, this is how I wanted it to look in the first place!
Now I can use this new understanding of how to make Facebook-sized eCards to greater benefit, like this "welcome your new baby" eCard which I posted to my friend's profile:
Now I feel empowered to make Facebook eCards for birthdays, babies, and any other event that comes along! And as long as it's a square, it's going to be a perfect fit.
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Digital Facebook eCard by Cindy Dake
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Article written by Cindy Dake
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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:
August's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Jan Ransley |
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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 Brandy Murry
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Designer Freebie by
Brandy Murry coordinates
with her ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Continental US Super Biggie
Today's freebie designed by Brandy Murry
* 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, August 8th - 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 August 8th, we'll do a Color Challenge. Use vibrant colors like turquoise, orange and yellow on your page. Any vibrant colors you choose are fine. Have fun with it!
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!
Journaling Crop
Monday, August 13th - 8:00 PM EDT
Do you struggle to get your words on your layouts? This is the crop for you! Join Carla (CRS) in the chat room at 8pm ET for a Journaling Crop that is sure to help you get journaling! This month, we'll use Syndee Nuckles' Brush Set: Journal Spots. For an added challenge, think about the Who, What, Where, When and How of your photos! Hope to see you there!
New Member Chat
Tuesday, August 14th - 8:00 PM EDT
Join Debbie (B&K Mom) for the New Member Chat at 8pm 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.
August's Forum Game: BINGO
Join us for an exciting game of August BINGO on the Scrap Girls Forum!! Pick 25 words from the list provided and send them in an email to [email protected] with a subject line that says "BINGO CARD - your Scrap Girls Forum username" by Wednesday August 1st (Midnight EDT) in order to play in the first round. The first round will begin on Thursday, August 2nd. If you miss the first round deadline, you can still play! Just send in your BINGO card at any time during the month, and you'll be eligible to begin playing when the next new round starts.
Each day (Monday through Saturday), a member of the Welcoming Committee will call five random words from the BINGO list. Match just 15 of those words to win a BINGO. You must be first to call "BINGO!" in the game thread to win that round. After a winner is called, the boards will be cleared and a new round will begin the following day.
Each winner will receive a $5 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! We like to see lots of winners, so please remember that each person can only win one round during the month. Have fun!
For complete details, visit the Monthly Forum Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
August Monthly Layout Contest: Summer vacation time! We'd love to see your layouts featuring your summer vacations! Have you gone on the trip of a lifetime? Or an annual trip with family or friends? Have you had a fun staycation right in your own town? We'd love to get a glimpse into how you spend your vacation and why you chose spend your time that way! Post your layouts in the August Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight EDT on August 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.)