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Gifts Galore!
12 Days of Christmas Special
This gift tag will give you digital scrapbooking layouts and printable craft projects a special touch. Be sure to collect the entire set of gift tags over Scrap Girls' 12 Days of Christmas celebration!
12 Days of Christmas Games! Christmas Quiz Let's play a Christmas game - and the winner will get a $20 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! All you have to do is send the answers to the following questions to [email protected]. The answers to the questions are names of products in the Scrap Girls Boutique. You'll see... it's really pretty easy! Please include the product name and its web address link for each answer. Use the subject line: "Christmas Quiz" for your email entry; include your name and your Scrap Girls Forum user name, if available. You have until 11:59 p.m. (ET), Thursday, December 20, to enter. Everyone who gets the correct answers will be entered into a drawing for the prize.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Creative Grunge Photo Masks are also available. |
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Layout by Syndee Nuckles
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Have a kitschy Christmas with this fun retro style digital scrapbooking brush set! Santa, ornaments, snowflakes, stars and snowman designs are sure to make you smile! Both .abr and PNG files are included.
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Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Kitschy Christmas, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Blendability and ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Photo FX 6301 Mini are also available. |
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Layout by Jennifer Ziegler
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Heri za Kwanzaa Collection Mini
Featuring the colors and symbols of this winter holiday, this collection will help you to capture your Kwanzaa memories.
Layout by Sarah Batdorf
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8.5x11 Xcelsis Deo Collection Mini
A digital scrapbooking kit that has an Christmas pageant and Christmas story theme as sung in Christmas carols and recorded in the Book of Luke. Excelsis Deo means God in the highest. The word paper includes an A-Z of Christ's birth. Paper size is 8.5x11 inches.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 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.
Christmas Came Early
Monday, December 17, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- Gifts Galore!
- 12 Days of Christmas Special & Games
- What's New in the Boutique
- 12 Days of Christmas Story
- Scrap Girls Club
- ScrapSimple Club
- Designer Freebies
- 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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Story Winner #5: Christmas Came Early
Tuesday, December 22, 1981
Scott came home tonight. It's so nice to have him home again. In fact, it's just wonderful! He hugged and hugged Mom, then Dad, then me, then each of the girls in the family and Grandma. There were 20 of us there to meet him, so it was really neat. This Christmas season has been so wonderful already. And it can't help but be even better with Scott home. Mom and Dad are just floating on air.
Yes, 20 of us – mother, father, grandmother, sisters, spouses, and children of assorted ages and sizes – piled into our cars and headed to the airport to greet this son, grandson, brother, and uncle who had gone to Alaska for a job months earlier. He had fallen in love with that wild, untamed land and decided to stay a while. But on that night in 1981, he was coming home for the holidays, and we were filled with the anticipation and excitement of having him home again.
It was tradition in our family for all of us who were able to go to the airport to meet and greet loved ones coming home or to send them off on a trip. So there we were, en masse, early enough to watch planes come in and anxiously waiting for the plane to land.
Finally! There he was, coming through the door into the waiting area. And there we all were, hugging and laughing, crying and blocking traffic big time! How any other passengers got through to their loved ones must have been a job for them. Eventually, we all ended up in the middle of the waiting area with the grown-ups standing in a big circle and the children celebrating somewhere around us.
And then it happened. Christmas came early. In that magical moment, time stood still. The anticipation and excitement bubbled to overflowing in my heart, spilling out love, peace, and contentment, filling me from head to toe. The joy and magic of the Christmas season fell softly around me, leaving warm fuzzies everywhere.
I have no idea how long we all stood there laughing, catching up, and loving being together, but we finally found ourselves standing there just looking at each other with big grins on our faces and no more words needing to be said.
Time began again when one of the brothers-in-law suggested that we go home. We all laughed and gathered our children. As we were leaving, I happened to see a woman sitting off to one side of the room, smiling and watching us. I would love to have known her thoughts about the scene she had just witnessed.
An event of the heart happened on that night, December 22, 1981. The rest of our celebrations were wonderful, definitely icing on the cake. But nothing could top that magical moment when time stood still... when Christmas came early.
- Jan Merkley
Layout by Jan Merkley
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About the Author:
Jan Merkley: I live in Mesa, Arizona, or maybe it's Mesa/Tucson/Casa Grande and a bit of all parts south due to all the dust storms that ended up in our Valley this past summer! I've been married to the love of my life, Stephen, for 44 wonderful years now. I'm the mother of five sons who are all married and one daughter who is still at home with us. Plus, I'm "Mom" to furbaby, Teddi Bear, and foster furbaby, Max. I'm "Grandma" to 26 precious grandchildren. My hobbies include reading, family history, digital scrapbooking, card making, crocheting, and cross-stitching.
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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:
December's Scrap Girls Club designed for you by Melissa Renfro |
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December'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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Surprise! Surprise! Gifts Galore!
We have TWO designer freebies for you each day until Christmas Eve!
Layout by Melissa Renfro
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Designer Freebie by
Melissa Renfro coordinates
with her Love Every Day Collection Biggie,
part of this month's Scrap Girls Club offering!
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Today's freebie designed by Melissa Renfro
Layout by Elisha Barnett
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Designer Freebie by
Elisha Barnett coordinates
with her Silent Night Collection Biggie
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Today's freebie designed by Elisha Barnett
* 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.
ScrapSimple Club Chat
Tuesday, December 18th - 8:00 p.m. ET
Join Shannon (Tinkerbell11) for a chat about this month's SS Club. Share ideas with one another about how to use the club and ScrapSimple products in general. Don't be afraid to use these versatile products
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, December 19th - 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 December 19th we'll do a Font Challenge! Create a layout on any theme, any topic, and any colors using at least 2 different fonts! Mix it up!
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 and Chat
Thursday, December 20th - 9:00 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 April (April Showers) at 9 PM ET for the Heritage Crop and Chat and learn ways to use Antique Edges Paper Biggie to dress up your heritage pages. We'll help you get motivated to scrap those heritage photos and record your family stories for future generations to enjoy.
December's Forum Game: BINGO!
Join us for an exciting game of December 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 Sunday, December 2nd (Midnight EDT) in order to play in the first round. The first round will begin on Monday, December 3rd. 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.
December Monthly Layout Contest: December is here and that means Family Time! During the holidays, we spend more time with each of our families... and we'd love for you to share your families with us! Post your layouts in the December Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight ET on December 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.)