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8 Layouts – One Template

Eight members of the Creative Team have come up with layouts based on one of the templates in Brandy Murry’s ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates: Favorites 3 and inspired by Laurel Lakey’s layout: Here are the Creative Team’s layouts: Andrea Hutton – Meditation Asian Beauty Collection Biggie Jody West – Sweet Life Yours Truly Collection Biggie One Yellow Paper […]

Art Journaling: Inspiration From Past Artwork

Mothers Day is coming soon. Looking through my art journals, I came across a page that I made a few years ago that I wanted to expand upon for this tutorial. I wanted to create a scene that reminded me of my Mom’s true essence and her favorite perfume, Shalimar. As a child, I always […]

Printable Spring Envelope Album Tutorial

My life is blessed with a group of wonderful women. Some I see regularly, others not as often as I would like. Some I have only met via email and chats. These women are definitely individuals but in very important ways they are the same. They are the glue that holds together their families […]

Behind the Scenes: Elisha Barnett’s April Club!

Each month we get a glimpse behind the scenes of our Scrap Girls Club designers, and this month’s designer is Elisha Barnett! Click here to check out this beautiful April club at a great price! When you started working on your club, what was the first thing you did? It was December 15 – the day my […]

Drop Shadows in Photoshop Touch

Spring is in the air. In the Pacific Northwest where I live, that means the rain slows down for just a bit and allows us all to come out of hibernation to enjoy a bit of sunny weather. Just north of us, in the Skagit Valley, a tulip festival is held every year. Tulips are […]

Sketch Tuesday April 15th

Sketch Tuesday is back and better than ever! We now have the Layout Team on board making layouts based on the sketch to give you even more inspiration. We would love to see your sketches in our Blog Challenges Gallery and you might just win a prize! Here is an original sketch created by Andrea-Rose Hutton […]

Printable Paper Daffodil Bouquet

My very favorite part of spring is the flowers! I can’t wait to see the crocus, tulip and daffodil buds opening, washing the world in bright colors! This winter seems like it keeps going on and on, so I decided to bring a little spring inside before Mother Nature was ready. I made some paper […]

Making Your First Digital Scrapbooking Layout with Instagram Photos

Audience: Beginners Category: Layout Techniques Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 So … you got a smartphone for Christmas and you discovered Instagram! Now, you have tons of pictures. You shared them on Facebook, but surely there must be something else you can do with them … perhaps a way to print them […]

Photo Editing with Snapseed

If you’ve ever taken a tour through the Google Play or iTunes App Store, you’ve probably noticed the thousands of apps available. Sometimes it’s hard to know where to look or what to choose. My favorite app category is the photo category. A great photo app can take a mediocre photo to great with just […]

Layout Design Process: Doris Castle

We are excited to bring you a new series here on the blog where we interview Scrap Girls Product Designers & Creative Team Members about their layout design process. We hope this will give you insight into the inner workings of their creative process and inspire you along the way! This time we are interviewing […]