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April Showers Bring May Flowers

No matter what the weather is like in your neck of the woods, Scrap Girls has you covered! April is notorious for rainy and cloudy days, but that’s doesn’t mean we can’t have fun scrapping even the wettest or greyest of photos! Check out some of our great digital kits featuring clouds and raindrops. Click […]

How to Use Photoshop Actions

What is a Photoshop Action? Photoshop Actions play a series of recorded commands. While the definition sounds kind of boring, what they can do is definitely exciting! When you use an action from the SG Design Shop, the designers have incorporated tricks and techniques that most of us might not know. You can add special […]

Oh-So-Easy Cut-Out Accents

Angie Briggs reviews some of our popular cut-out products that give the illusion of letters and more punched out of paper!

How to Load Actions in Photoshop Elements

One of the greatest improvements Adobe made with Photoshop Elements 11 was to streamline how you load add-ons into the program. In previous versions, loading such items as brushes, styles, and actions involved several steps culminating in the dreaded rebuilding the metadata upon restarting your program. After Photoshop Elements, however, the process for loading actions […]

Using Clipping Masks with ScrapSimple Templates

in the SG Design Shop there are two different types of Layout Templates you can use to help with the composition of your layout. The newer templates have layers all set up for you to clip each one of your photos and papers onto. Some of the older templates have just one of two layers. I want […]

Making Plans: 5 Reasons to Use a Planner

Recently, I evaluated dozens of productivity apps and software options but surprised myself when I decided that planning on paper with a good, old-fashioned pen was going to work better then any high-tech equivalent I could find. Here are my top five reasons why I decided that planning my life on paper was the way to go.

DIY Christmas Cards and Crafts

The Scrap Girls Creative Team is getting ready for the holiday’s with Christmas cards and a cute hybrid craft using mint tins.

The 20-Minute Page with Pocket Life

Discover the Magic of Dynamic Brushes

Let’s learn a little bit about a creative little gem in the SG Design Shop – Dynamic Brushes. Dynamic Brush sets are as fun to use as they are mysterious. My goal is to show you how a dynamic brush differs from a regular brush, give you some examples, and help you learn how they […]

Creative Team Product Picks for Documenting Life

The new year is a time when a lot of us start thinking or planning on how we want to document our memories for the upcoming year. Do we use the journal card system or maybe we are involved in a Project 365 or Project Life. Maybe we just try to document the highlights with just […]