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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates: 8.5x11 Line Em Up are also available. |
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Layout by Brandy Murry
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ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Toile Biggie
9 digital scrapbooking toile patterns in transparent PNG format. These make beautiful heritage and baby pages as well as adding a sophisticated touch to your hybrid craft projects.
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Card by Joyce Schardt
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Value Pack: 4x6 Christmas Cards
Looking for a bargain? We've packed these items together so you can save money! Create your own holiday Christmas cards with these great printable card templates. Products included in this great value pack: ScrapSimple Card Templates: 4x6 Holiday Photos 2, ScrapSimple Card Templates: 4x6 Christmas, and ScrapSimple Card Templates: 4x6 Christmas Photos.
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Commercial license versions of Value Pack: 4x6 Christmas Cards are also available. |
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Layout by Jan Ransley
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ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Photo Masks - Color Me Autumn
Five (5) large masks with autumnal themes to enhance your digital scrapbook layouts. Clip your favourite photos to them, add papers, styles or gradients or paint them with a digital watercolour brush.
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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.
The Power of Thirds
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- What's New in the Boutique
- Hybrid Creative 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
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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. |
Scrap Girls sends a birthday gift to each of our Forum members!|
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Are you crazy for all things crafty?
Do you LOVE combining digital and traditional craft products
and sharing your creativity with others?
Then Scrap Girls is looking for you!
Requirements:
• 1 hybrid project a month, which would include a tutorial to be posted on our blog.
Additional products are always welcome but not required.
• Being crafty and having fun!
Perks:
• Free products from Scrap Girls
• $5 a month to cover cost of glue, printer paper, etc.
• Being part of an awesome community!
To apply, email the following to [email protected]
• Photos of 2 hybrid projects (can be crafts, cards, or layouts)
• Tell us why you would like to join our team.
• Send in your applications by November 21st.
The Power of Thirds
Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and GIMP with Windows 7
Early in my scrapbooking, I ran across a simple idea that helped me to quickly improve my photo cropping and picture taking - the principle of thirds. I found out the eye likes to see the subject of a photo or layout one-third of the way from two edges. I tried cropping my photos that way, and I was amazed by the changes! Here are some examples.
This photo of my grandparents, sisters, and me by the silo is okay, but I wanted to improve it. I cropped the photo so my sister's eye was one third of the way from the left side and the bottom of the picture. What a difference!
My sisters and I are almost lost in the photo below. By changing the orientation from horizontal (landscape) to vertical (portrait) and focusing on my sister's eye, the resulting cropped photo is much better.
With cameras these days, it is easier than ever to place the subject in the right spot on your picture. You can usually push a button so that a grid of four lines appears on your screen. Hold the camera so the subject of your picture is where two lines meet and you are set!
However, there will always be photos that need cropping. Riley, a golden doodle, was a very wiggly little puppy. I think this fun shot is greatly improved by cropping.
Here is a picture of me and my dad, and I decided to crop it horizontally. I really like the result.
Finally, this is picture of my dad and Rory, my niece's son, Dad's first great-grandchild. I like their expressions, but neither Rory nor Dad is one-third of the way from two edges. In addition, I find the group of people in the background and Dad's iron grip on Rory's legs in the foreground to be distracting. You can see the difference in the cropped photo.
I hope this gives you some inspiration. I'd love to see how you use this idea of thirds in your layouts. Just upload your pages to the Scrap Girls Gallery so we can all enjoy them!
Layout by Sue Maravelas
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Article written by Sue Maravelas
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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:
November's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Shalae Tippetts |
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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 Cheri Thieleke
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Designer Freebie by
Cheri Thieleke coordinates
with her ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates: 12x12 Tilt a Whirl Mini
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Commercial license versions of Dem Bones Embellishment Mini and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Serendipity Glitter are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Cheri Thieleke
* 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.
Calendar Chat
Wednesday, November 14th - 6:00 a.m. ET
Join Shannon (tinkerbell11) in the chat room for a Calendar chat. We can help keep each other on track, share ideas for getting started, organized and even printing! Calendars make a fantastic gift for family and friends, come and join in the fun.
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, November 14th - 12 Noon ET
Join April (April Showers) each Wednesday at 12 Noon ET 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 November 14th, we'll do a favorite photo challenge! Create a layout showcasing a recently taken favorite photo!
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!
Heritage Crop
Thursday, November 15th - 8:00 p.m. ET
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 8 p.m. ET for the Heritage Crop and Chat! One question that pops up frequently is how to embellish a Heritage Layouts. We'll show you how Cindy's Treasured Heirlooms Collection Mini can help you get motivated to scrap those heritage photos and record your family stories for future generations to enjoy.
ScrapSimple Club Chat
Monday, November 19th - 9:00 p.m. ET
Join Shannon (tinkerbell11) for the monthly SS Club chat. We can discuss all the goodies that came in the monthly kit and ideas for using these versatile products. Post a layout featuring SS products and you could make it into the newsletter in the SS Club concepts segment.
November's Forum Game: Products Picks Game
This November, we are playing the Products Picks game where we encourage you to stroll through the aisles of the boutique and do a little window shopping.
Each Monday through Saturday in November, a member of the Welcoming Committee will post the name of one or two product designers in this Product Picks game thread. You will then head to the Scrap Girls Boutique and navigate to that particular designer's product pages. Choose any of their products (your favorite product, one you like, or one you wish you owned), then head over to the Product Picks game thread and share the product name, boutique link, and a brief explanation of why you chose that product.
At the end of the month, members who haves posted links to 41 products (one for each designer) will be entered in a drawing for one of three $10 Gift Certificates. Members who have posted links to 16-40 products will be entered in a drawing for one of two $5 Gift Certificates. And members who have posted links to 10-15 products will be entered in a drawing for one of two $3 Gift Certificates.
For complete details, visit the Monthly Forum Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
November Monthly Layout Contest: What are you thankful for? Have you thought about your blessing lately? For the November Layout Contest, we'd love to flood the Gallery with layouts showcasing what you are thankful for! Post your layouts in the November Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight ET on November 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.)