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This is it! Scrap Girls' biggest sales event of the year! If you have been with us for a while, you know that this is no joke. We always save our very best sale of the year until the end of the year... ...AND THIS IS IT! Almost everything in the Scrap Girls Boutique is on sale - even our commercial products! But as 2012 draws to a close, so will this sale - at Midnight (ET), December 31, 2012. So order now - while there's still time!
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 Tree of Doom Here's how to play the game:
The Christmas tree card above is made using 14 different papers. The paper designers include:
The Christmas tree card has 26 embellishments. Those designers include:
Don't panic! You don't have to find them all to play the game. (Whew!) But anyone who DOES get them all correct will automatically win a $10 Gift Certificate! No problem, you've got it. This means more than one person can win a $10 gift certificate - because anyone this motivated deserves a prize! The winners of these gift certificates can get in on the rest of the game, too! For all players:
Does that sound possible? Hope so! HINT: The papers for the background and star are both included; the drop shadows are not. Everything is very straight-forward: You'll be looking for papers and embellishments only. There are no ScrapSimple products, brushes, or tools. If you aren't up to playing the game, enjoy the pretty Christmas card and see if you can recreate it using your favorite papers and embellishments! Have fun! |
The Arrival of Baby Jesus
Monday, December 24, 2012
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- 41% off Biggest Sale of the Year!
- 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
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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!
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"The children were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads." The Sugar Plum Digital Scrapbooking Collection celebrates the sweet side of Christmas! It's filled with rich candy brights and glittery foil embellishments, with a nutcracker and ballerinas thrown in for good measure!
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The Christmas at Home digital scrapbooking kit is a little bit modern, and a little bit country. Reminiscent of hand crafted, home-made ornaments, cards, and gifts, the papers and embellishments in this kit is great for capturing the wonder of Christmas at home, or anywhere. This kit has deep reds, browns, light and bright greens, and a splash of blue, and winter white.
This festive and sparkling Christmas collection is not just for the holidays, be inspired as you capture life's celebrations to the everyday. Coordinate with other digiDo•er products and make celebrating life digiDone!
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Story Winner #12: The Arrival of Baby Jesus
Memories of Christmas-past are always present in my mind this time of year since we were a foster family for 21 years. We had many wonderful Christmases with some of the most beautiful children, but one Christmas is ever-present in my mind.
We had one foster child in our home that Christmas, Chris, a little boy whom we were going to adopt. This would be the second Christmas he had celebrated with us, but the first when he was old enough to enjoy it. We had decorated our Christmas tree, much to his delight, and we were in the process of displaying our much-worn and well-loved Nativity. One by one, Chris lovingly unwrapped each figure from the storage box, and with those sweet little hands, he placed each figure in the stable where he thought they should go.
Chris was delighted with his arrangement of Mary and Joseph, the cattle, the sheep, the shepherds and the three wise men. I thought only I knew something was missing, but I was wrong. Suddenly he said, "Mommy, there's no Baby Jesus! We can't have a stable without Baby Jesus!"
Yes, Baby Jesus had been broken the year before. The figure was in pieces, and I couldn't repair it. I had meant to replace it but somehow the season had sneaked up on me.
Christmas Day came, and I still had not replaced the Baby Jesus – I guess I got caught up in the Christmas rush that year. Much to our surprise, the Nativity was the first thing Chris looked at on Christmas morning – not the toys, but the Nativity.
"No Baby Jesus, Mommy – Santa didn't bring us a Baby Jesus."
I felt terrible. I had let him down. I turned his attention to the toys Santa had brought.
A couple of hours later, the Department of Social Services called us. "We have an infant who is going to be released from the hospital in an hour. He's nine months old and in a full body cast. Will you take him?"
I didn't have to think for more than a second. It was Christmas! "Yes, yes, we will!"
We left immediately for the hospital to find the social worker and three police officers waiting for us at the hospital. The police were present because they feared that the parents might try and obstruct the placement of their son with foster care even though they were the ones who had caused the baby to be put into a full body cast. The police walked us to our car, and we strapped the baby into his car seat with great difficulty.
Suddenly, a little voice from the seat beside our new foster child cried out, "Mommy, Mommy, you found the Baby Jesus!"
Ah yes, my favorite Christmas memory.
- Sara Arell
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About the Author:
Sara Arell: My family and I moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina, when my husband retired from the Air Force 23 years ago. We were foster parents while active duty and continued our love of foster care when we moved here. We had over 30 foster children during our years as foster parents, and we loved them all. My husband is a police officer with the City of Hendersonville, and I'm a mom. We have four children and 9 grandchildren now, and they are the loves of our lives. I've been a member of Scrap Girls since 2006, and it is definitely my favorite hobby! I love my happy little purple place! My layout that accompanies this story highlights the angel Gabriel because the foster baby shared that same name. Due to confidentiality agreements, I am unable to feature our foster children in this layout, but I will always hold them near to my heart.
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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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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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Commercial license versions of Dynamic Brush Set: Star Bright Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Star Bright 5001 are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Melissa Renfro
Layout by Cheri Thieleke
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Designer Freebie by Cheri Thieleke
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Tinsel 2201 Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Everyday Glitters Neutrals 6401 Biggie 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.
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, December 26th - 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 26th your challenge will be to Use Your Stash! We all have those collections, embellishments and templates we couldn't resist, but we just haven't used them yet. Now is the time!
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!
Speed Scrap Crop
Wednesday, December 26th - 8:00 p.m. ET
It's time for some Speed! Join Shannon (tinkerbell11) at 8 pm et for the Speed Scrap Crop! We'll give you 6 tasks, spread out over an hour. You'll then have an hour to get it finished and posted in the gallery!
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.)