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Monday,
January 29, 2007 |
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| Newsletter: Just Like That |
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Because I am a Scrap Girls fan, Scrap
Girls gave to me...
...a splatty template and something blue
and flowery...
These fun items can be yours with-out-charge*
by browsing
here and here.
Layout by Amanda Sok
Note: Commercial license versions of
ScrapSimple
Paper Templates: Textured Journal, Luxe
Borders Brush Set, Life
Quotes 1 Brush Set and Trendy
Circles Brush Set are also available.
Layout by Angie Briggs
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Layout by Mandy Steward
Note: Commercial license versions of
ScrapSimple
Tools - Shapes: Scalloped 1801 are also available.
I am simply getting desperate for a vacation. It is cold,
snowy, and I've got the mid-winter blues. I have last summer's
vacation shots as my screen saver and I have started wandering away
from my computer so I can come back and watch it go around. But I have
found that scrapbooking those vacation pictures of mine is helping me
chase the blues away, and so I periodically stop and scrap a layout
as I work.
If you need a break too, here's a sale that will
let you pick up some of the great Scrap Girls goodies you've been
longing for so you can take a scrapbooking vacation of your own. 16.9%
off almost everything in the Scrap Girls Boutique. But you know
the drill... If you don't get shopping, you will miss this winter
vacation because it will end promptly at midnight, January 31st!
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We hope you enjoy our fre**bies, including the lovely, but large Refresh Collection Biggie and the super new eBook we have for you as gifts. Giving you these items without charge increases our bandwidth expenses substantially. You can help by simply purchasing and enjoying some of the other outstanding products we offer in our Boutique. Your support helps keep us going so we can keep providing the wonderful things we share with you each week in our newsletters! ! |
If you read nothing else, read this!
15 Things You NEED to Know to Become a GREAT Digital Scrapbooker. It's so addictive; it ought to come with a warning label!
Free eBook "starter kit" turns your dreams of digital scrapbooking into reality today!
This dynamite eBook is 65 pages - packed full of the information, ideas, and help people need when they are about to dive into this great hobby. It answers questions about digital scrapbooking that Ro is asked day long, every day of the week, and each day of the year. You don't have to wonder about important questions like how to back up your files, whether you need a 12x12 printer to scrapbook digitally (and which one to buy), or what type of computer software is required to create digital scrapbooking layouts. The answers are all here for you - in one easy to use eBook!
Bonus! Download the fun "Warning" Label, too. It was created for you by Valerie Randall as a little bit of extra fun!
Download the eBook without ch*arge now.
* There is a "free download" button on the details page for each item. 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 they have already been put out for sale as they are only available as gifts for about two newsletter cycles.
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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 $26.93 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:
Layout by Angie Briggs using
December's Scrap Girls Club contents
Created for you by Angie Briggs
But remember these items are available separately in the Boutique at regular prices for those who would rather not join a club.
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With the ScrapSimple Club,
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A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple club is also available here.
Layout by Thao Cosgrove using
January's ScrapSimple Club
Created for you by Amanda Sok
and Thao Cosgrove
If you prefer not to join a club, the ScrapSimple club contents are available at regular prices in the Boutique. You can easily find them right now by checking the What's New? section of the Boutique.
(Note: The ScrapSimple Club contents are always available for sale in the Boutique at regular prices once the associated club month is released. But all club contents are totally brand new, never-seen-before product releases for each month!)
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Life Muses by Ro |
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Sometimes, words just won't do it, so I had to scrap this muse. Hopefully,
tomorrow will feel a little bit "lighter."
Ro
Ingredients:
Muse: To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage
in meditation. Not intended to solve the world's problems, another
person's problems, or to cover topics completely. One does not have
to agree with musings to enjoy them just as one does not have to be
the same as someone else to appreciate who they are.
Enjoy an eBook collection of Ro's popular Life Muses
from the first half of 2006 in an easy way to print, save, or purchase
as a gift for someone you love.
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What's Happening at Scrap Girls |
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Check our message
board calendar if you have any questions about what is happening
at Scrap Girls.
All event times are given in Eastern Time
Zone unless otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check
out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-New York' as
the location for the Eastern time zone.)
High
Noon Crop
Monday, January 29th - 12:00
Noon ET
Join us each Monday
at Noon Eastern Time for a fun chat
and crop.
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 Jan. 29, we'll do an embellishment challenge! Create a layout
using embellishments - flowers, tags, frames, whatever you'd like!
Make use of those fancy, fun embellishments!
You'll have one hour to create a
layout and upload to the special High
Noon Crop gallery. You'd be amazed
what you can get done in just one
hour!
We hope you'll join us!
Super Bowl Extravaganza
Sunday, February 4th – 6:00PM ET
Scrap Girls SUPER EXTRAVAGANZA Sunday, February 4th starting at 6pm
ET
Let the football fans have the TV, we are going to party Scrap Girls
style!
Come join us to chat until we drop! Lots of digi-friends, silly noises,
and tons of laughs are on the agenda! (As well as prizes and games!)
Just bring your chatty fingers and have the snacks ready for loads
of fun!
Chatting, chocolate, and Scrap Girls - who could ask for anything
more?
High Noon Crop
Monday, February 5th - 12:00 Noon ET
Join us each Monday at Noon Eastern Time for a fun chat and crop.
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 Feb. 5, we'll do a Use Your Stash challenge! Create a layout using
a kit you've had for a while, but just haven't used yet!
You'll have one hour to create a layout and upload to the special
High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be amazed what you can get done in just
one hour!
We hope you'll join us!
New Member Chat
Tuesday, February 6th – 9:00PM ET
Welcome New Members! Join wxchic (Theresa Kavouras) for a chat on
various topics each week. The fun starts at 9pm ET. Not sure what
time that is where you are? Click HERE!
Are you confused about the world of digital scrapbooking? Maybe you
have some questions that you are afraid to ask? Maybe you have some
tips you would like to share. Perhaps you just want to stick with
paper... That is A-OK! Come, let's discuss it! Join me Wednesday night
at 9pm ET.
Of course, ALL members are welcome to chat (even our seasoned members!)
but we really want to see you NEWBIES here. Meet some new friends!
Chat with some old friends! C'mon, don't be shy! Join us!
All About Me Crop
Thursday, February 8th – 9:00PM ET
Join me, brandiev, on February 8 at 9pm EST for our monthly All
About Me crop and chat!
The theme/challenge:
In the spirit of Valentine's Day, complete a "numbered list"
type layout about some of the things you love! It can be a Top 5,
Top 10, Top 20, or even a Top 100! Whatever works for you. Your list
can be a broad variety (where you list can include everything from
your favorite color to your favorite person), or more specific, such
as your top 10 favorites foods, or top 20 movies of all time (for
example). The only rules are that is must be about YOU, it must be
a numbered list, and it must include things YOU love (or at least
really, really like... lol).
How to participate:
Start thinking about this challenge. You can complete your layout
at anytime (now, during the crop, or even up to a week after), however,
please wait to post it in the gallery until February 8. On the day
of the crop (or anytime thereafter), feel free to post your All About
Me LO in the gallery in the crop section. Come to the crop, at 9pm
EST, and chat with everyone about the theme!
January Contests
Message Board Game: Progressive
Word Scramble
Join hosts Marnie (sprinklz) and Elizabeth
(moviestar) for this new board game. Here's
how it works. Each day you are given a few
letters of the phrase or word in a boutique
item and a hint. You won't know how many
letters are in the word until it is complete.
We will keep giving clues until a correct
guess is made. Here is an example:
Day 1 Letters: i o u
Day 1 Hint: I'm oh so pretty
Day 2 Letters: t n n
Day 2 Hint: I know you'll love my soft reds,
and blues, and greens
Day 3 Letters: t i i
Day 3 Hint: It was so nice of Angie to give
me some flowers
Answer: Angie Briggs Intuition
Be the first to answer it correctly and
win a $5.00 to the boutique! You are only
allowed ONE guess per clue, and you are
only allowed ONE win per month. When you
make your guess, you MUST link it to the
boutique item you are referencing.
See
the message boards for further details!
Layout Contest: Tell us
about your favorite gift or most favorite
part of the Christmas holiday that just
passed. Maybe it was the camera you received,
or maybe it was just the opportunity to
spend it with family and friends. Whatever
it was you liked best, showcase it in a
layout and be eligible to win a $10 gift
certificate to the boutique!
Be sure to post
your layout in the proper gallery to
be eligible!
And don't forget, ScrapGirls has weekly challenges as well. These
are all found on our message
board. There is plenty of inspiration here, so now there is
no excuse to NOT to scrap!
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Name of designer: Jennifer Okonek
Name of layout: Recipe Cards
Type of layout: Digital
Scrap Girls Ingredients:
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Spice of Life Collection
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Just The Basics Paper Biggie
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Antique Label Brush Set
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ScrapSimple Layer Your Own: Recipe Card 1 Brush
Set Biggie
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Sew Simple Digital Embellishment Mini Buttons,
Thread, Hooks and Eyes
Directions for making layout:
I got the idea a week before Christmas to make a
recipe book as gifts for my family members. It would contain recipes
from my grandmother that we had all come to love over the years.
Now with her gone, these recipes have become even more cherished.
The first thing I did was gather the recipes and
type them all up in a Word document so that they would be easy
to copy and paste into Photoshop later. Then, with little time
on my hands, I knew that I wanted to stick with only a few products.
I chose the Spice of Life Collection because
I fell in love with the collection the first time I saw it, and
it was perfect for this project. By using one main kit, all of
the recipe cards would have a similar look to them.
I began by creating a blank image in Photoshop that
was 5 inches wide by 4 inches high. I used this size because it
would allow me to print out four cards at a time on a standard
paper size. Once I had my blank document, I chose a background
paper. I resized the paper down to 5x5 inches and dragged it onto
my first layer. Then I chose various elements and brushes and
added those to the page, leaving space for the recipe. Once I
had my embellishments in place, I added the recipe by copying
and pasting from my Word document. I used the same font throughout
to (again!) add to the cohesiveness of the project. For my project
I created 14 recipe cards and a cover. So I created 7 unique-looking
recipe cards and just duplicated them twice with different recipes.
I used various filters and brushes throughout and added little
notes that my Grandma had added on her original cards.
Once my cards were designed the way I wanted them,
I created a new document and added four cards to a page. I then
printed these out on high quality photo paper. (Note: I am sure
you can use cardstock as well, but when I did this my colors were
off. This may be due to my printer, so make sure and test before
you print large quantities.) Once they were printed, I cut them
out with my paper trimmer and punched holes in the corners with
a circle hole punch. Then I took a loose-leaf binder circle clip
and attached to the cards, making sure I had the cards in the
order I wanted with the cover on top. I was able to create 8 copies
of these and give them as gifts for Christmas. It was a hit, everyone
loved them!
Note: Had I had more time, I would have laminated
each individual card, perfect for messy kitchens!
Ingredients:
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Name of designer: Kellie Puddy
Name of layout: Kiss
Type of layout: Digital
Scrap Girls Ingredients:
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Fireside Collection
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Scrap Simple Tools - Styles: Paper 4901-Biggie
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1947 Florida Vacation Embellishment Basics
Biggie
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Stitches Embellishments Mini
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Sage Embellishment - Border Special
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Lovin' Letters Embellishments Mini
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Art Journal Embellishment Biggie
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Charming Embellishment Biggie
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Paint Stroke Brush Set
Directions for making layout:
First I placed the background paper down from the
Fireside Collection, then created the brown paper
strip using the Paper Styles Tool and added a
small drop shadow to it. Rotated and resized my photo into place
adding a small stroke/outline to it and drop shadow. I created
a new layer above the background paper and added some paint using
the Paint Stroke Brush Set and moved them into
place. Then I placed the stitching onto the photo, rotated and
erased the areas I didn't need, also added a small drop
shadow to them. I chose a brown ribbon from the Florida
Embellishment Set, placed over the photo and added a
small drop shadow. I chose a heart from the Art Journal
Embellishment Biggie and brown bow from the Lovin'
Letters Embellishments Mini and attached with a pin from
the Charming Embellishment Biggie, adding drop
shadows to them all. Selected suitable word art from the Fireside
Collection, laid it into place with a small, soft emboss
effect. Finished off the layout by placing the Sage Border
on the top and adding a small drop shadow.
Ingredients:
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Name of designer: Angie Briggs
Name of layout: Heart
Type of layout: Digital
Name of challenge: Love Is In The
Air
Scrap Girls Ingredients:
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Font - CK Maternal
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Font - Arial
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Font - Book Antiqua
Directions for making layout:
I began with turning the photos black and white
and placing them on the layout. Next I added the pattern paper.
Using the Paint Stroke Brushes, I added the white
around the edge and pictures. Next I placed the quote on the layout,
slightly covering the photos. Finally I added the title and the
simple flower in the layout.
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Layout by Amanda Sok
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Layout by Durin Eberhart
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Name of designer: Edeline Marta
Name of layout: My Sister &
I
Type of layout: Digital
Name of challenge: Valentine
Scrap Girls Ingredients:
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Chocolate Kisses Collection Biggie
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Scrap Simple Embellishment Template Journal
Strips
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Heart In Hand Embellishment
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Paint Stroke Brush Set
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Sew Simple Stitching
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Sew Simple Mini Button & Hooks
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Scrap Metal Rustic
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Journaling Paper Biggie
Directions for making layout:
First I brushed my background paper with a Paint
Stroke so it would look less plain and not too grungy.
Then I put the photo frame and two pictures above it, and I deleted
a bit of the photo so it looked like the photo was under the ribbon.
Then I chose another background paper and cut it with the rectangle
tool and pasted it under the frame. After that I added some flowers...
my favorites! After flowers, I put some ribbons with stitches
and hooked it to the paper. Some stitches again above and on the
right side of the page. And then I chose a light colour paper
for my journaling and cut it using the Journal Strips
Template. I added the torn note paper and then an eyelet
and put pink ribbon on top. I chose a nice, plain heart and put
it above the picture and a love bottle cap on the frame. I also
added drop shadows on my page to give it a more "realistic
look."
Ingredients:
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Layout by Syndee Nuckles
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Name of designer: Kellie Puddy
Name of layout: Love Wall Hanging
Type of layout: Digital and Paper
Scrap Girls Ingredients:
Directions for making layout:
I chose the papers and elements I wanted to use
to complete this project and printed them out onto the cardstock.
Then off to the hardware store to purchase some
chipboard letters and baseboard shape.
I decided to paint the edges so
when the project was completed and hanging, you wouldn't
see any bare chipboard.
Next, I traced the letters and cut them to shape,
being sure that I cut on the inside line so there wouldn't
be any overhanging bits of paper on the chipboard letters.
I then stuck the paper down with some craft glue
and even painted the glue over the paper to protect it and give
it a shine.
I tied some ribbons onto the letters and attached
them all to the oval shape with some wood glue (some may call
this liquid nails). I cut some extra elements from my print outs
of the Beloved Collection, and used the craft
glue to attach them. Using a drill with a thin attachment, I screwed
2 small holes at the top, and threaded some ribbon through, tying
knots in the back to make a hanger.
Ingredients:
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If you have praise, comments, or
questions for any of our Product or Layout Designers, did you know
you can send them a PM (private message) using the message board?
It's easy!
If you are a registered user of the message board,
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
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Scrap Girls' Spice Girls
Recipes from Scrap Girls Newsletter Readers
I'm always looking for quick and easy side dishes to go along
with our dinner. This one sounds perfect!
Hash Brown Casserole
Ingredients:
- 12 oz hash browns, frozen
- 1/4 cup margarine, melted
- 1 med onion, chopped
- 1 can Cream of Chicken soup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Directions:
Mix all ingredients well and put in greased baking dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.
- Marnie A., Wahiawa, Hawaii
Want to share a favorite recipe with
the Scrap Girls' readers?
All you need to do is send your favorite recipe to hello@scrapgirls.com.
If you would like to send in a photo of yourself so that we can meet
you too, that would be awesome! You'll receive a $5 Gift Certificate
to the Scrap Girls Boutique if your recipe is chosen.
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A Designer's Life: Ann Hetzel Gunkel
aka design butcher
Why design butcher?
I'm an unrepentant carnivore from Chicago (hog butcher to
the world, home of the stockyards that fed America at the turn of the
century), and I'm perfectly happy to use digital tools to butcher graphic
design.
Fast Facts about the butcher of design:
40-something Professor of Cultural Studies & Humanities,
native Chicagoan, Polish-American mom, graphic designer, bungalow-loving,
city dweller who is glad to be a Scrap Girl. Also plays accordion, piano
and guitar. Likes to bake. Wishes Stephen Colbert were president. Adores
her shimmering son Stas' and DH David who serves as personal chef. Firmly
believes that pierogi and pastry have transformative powers.
Favorite reasons to digi scrap:
No mess... And everything is reusable to infinity and beyond! And, it
makes me happy.
Favorite scrapping-related project besides scrapping:
Making cool books for my relatives as gifts. Coffee table
books are way easier than they seem if you're a digi-scrapper. Upload
a few layouts, arrange 'em and order a hardbound masterwork. And they
look so impressive to the non digital crowd (wink).
Favorite movie seen dozens of times but still
so cool:
This changes from day to day. But today it's the film
noir classic The Third Man by Director Carol Reed, written
by Graham Greene and starring a brilliant Orson Welles. Put this in
your Netflix queue if only for the amazing cuckoo clock speech by Orson
and the ultimate noir sewer sequence. Ah-mazing!
Favorite question without suitable answer:
Why is our dog the most photogenic member of our family?
Favorite recipe of the minute (yeah, they change
that fast!):
Fennel, Beet and Walnut Salad. Why is the lowly and lovely
beet so maligned? Gosh, I love beets. I adore beets. I can eat beets
every day of the week. And I often do!
Favorite images:
I am mesmerized by icons, saints on holy cards, and all matter
of baroque visual excess. Add to that fifties kitsch and German expressionism
and you get Type-A (Ann) visuals.
Favorite astronomer:
Copernicus. No contest. (Yes, I am a geek.)
Favorite film that no one else (besides DH) likes:
Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch. Utterly brilliant. Utterly merciless.
Favorite challenge of the past year:
Training for the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot in my Chicago
neighborhood of Edison Park. Running for charity with 3500 other maniacs,
we raised over 80K for a center for the developmentally disabled. And
my race time improved 15 % since last year. Yippee! Two years ago, I
was an I-hate-to-run-and-this-is-going-to-kill-me athlete barely managing
a mile three days a week. Now, I run a 4K five days a week and feel
awesome. The motto: don't give up on your New Year's resolutions just
yet. They can really work out.
Favorite incongruous musical loves:
Polka and opera. Oh, and avant garde accordion music. And
minimalist symphonies. And Sinatra. And Gorale (Polish highlanders'
very dissonant indigenous music). And Django. And everything Louis Armstrong
ever touched. And tango. And punk. (I was in a punk band 25 years ago.
So was dear husband.)
Favorite material goods I couldn't live without:
Nikon D70, Photoshop, chocolate and coffee.
Favorite TV show I can't believe I love:
Battlestar Galactica is the darkest, most well-written, gripping
saga on the tube. I love its grim vision and relentless pushing of the
happy-ending boundaries of shiny Star Trek humanism.
Favorite places to be:
Chicago, of course. Krakow, Poland. Berlin. Florence. New
York City. I have no interest in any place tropical, beach-related or
sun-worshipping!
Favorite utterly useless topic of expertise:
I actually wrote a doctoral dissertation in Philosophy called
Engendering Space: Poetics, Technology, Philosophy. And I had to read
French, German and Ancient Greek to do it. Ugh! I know, I must have
had WAY too much time on my hands, right? Chalk it up to the power of
coffee.
Favorite elixir of gustatory joy:
I love dark chocolate in all its permutations. The very faves
for me now are dark chocolate covered orange peels from Chicago legend
Fannie May. In close second place are the Weinbrandbohnen (brandy filled
dark choc beans) from Trader Joe's. Ah... what velvety bliss life sometimes
offers.
Favorite opera staging, ever, of all times, furreal!:
The San Francisco Opera/Lyric Opera of Chicago production
of Puccini's Turandot staged by artist David Hockney. So cool
and so vivid an experience one critic "emerged humming the scenery."
The perfect marriage of graphic design and music. (You can get this
on DVD by the way. And it is awesome, beautiful, and brilliant.) This
spring will be my third time seeing this to-die-for (in a suitably tragic
aria, of course) production.
Favorite cause celebre of the moment:
We need to get soda pop out of our schools, dining rooms,
kitchens and kids. This would cut down on childhood obesity in a big
way. One of every two children born today will develop diabetes in their
lifetime. This is an outrageous public health crisis. Really cool book
on this topic: Marion Nestle's What to Eat. Really cool related
book on the evil empire - no, really! - of fast food is Eric Schlosser's
Fast Food Nation. My five year old has never been to McD's.
I'm not kidding. And that's not gonna change (she says self-righteously!).
Favorite scientific theoretical debate:
The legitimacy of Einstein's quest for the "theory of
everything" (Unified Field Theory) and the philosophical implications
of string theory. Love it!
Favorite simple concept:
Joy is an undervalued category of radical potential.
Favorite product I've designed:
City Camo Collection Biggie
I like its slightly distressed feeling and I love
anything that is text-laden and collage-y (is that a word?).
"The Beet Queen" Layout by Ann Hetzel
Gunkel
Depicts the aforementioned Fennel, Beet & Walnut
Salad and my new favorite party skirt!
Ingredients:
This is me as a Top Gun in a place I had no interest in visiting. The
EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Museum. Its amazing what moms
will do, isn't it?
Ann Hetzel Gunkel
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Dying to Know How to Do This Fun Stuff? Here's How |
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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 4.0
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 3.0
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed (Photoshop)
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) X
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 9 |
Are you wishing you could learn how to scrapbook digitally, but feeling kind of intimated by it? These tutorials allow you to actually watch Ro scrapbook. You'll see her working on her computer and hear her talking about why she is doing what she is doing. It's easy to watch the short, one-topic movies over and over again until you have it down. It's like having Ro come to your home and give you private scrapbooking lessons. You could be digitally scrapbooking today!
After you watch Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed movies, you will...
- Create your own digital scrapbook layouts using the latest, most popular techniques
- Manage all of the important basics that digital scrapbook enthusiasts need to know to get started
- Understand how to save your files for printing or sharing them with your friends and family over the internet
- Make your own textured brush
- Learn how to install and use purchased brushes
- Make your own simple backgrounds
- See how easy it is to manage transparent embellishment files that allow digital scrapbooking layouts to look like they are "real"
- Become a pro at managing the drop-shadowing techniques
- Learn about transparency and lighting effects
- Make your own digital torn paper edges
- Be able to isolate a single item in an embellishment or alpha and be able to change the color to suit your fancy
- Become a pro at repairing damaged photos
- Know the secret of putting text on a curve or in a circle
- Laugh at how simple it is to make rounded edges on your photos
- Use keyboard and tool shortcuts that make digital scrapbooking a breeze
- Be able to place digital embellishments on your digital scrapbook layout with ease
- Unlock the mystery of how to clip a digital paper clip onto your layout so that it looks real
- Learn how to install and use purchased textures
- Understand some advanced techniques such as how to keep blue eyes blue on a black and white photo
- Learn how to adjust black and white photos to sepia
- And lots more!
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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for MS Word |
Look here to see all of the things that you will learn with Scrapbook Secrets for Microsoft Word, as it has a different set of benefits. |
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Wanting to Learn Advanced Tricks? Here's How |
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MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!
for Adobe Photoshop Elements
It's time for you to stop playing catch-up in Photoshop Elements and start having a blast doing the more advanced tricks that you see other people and professional digital scrapbookers doing.
- Take the world's easiest shortcuts to creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas.
- Learn not to make the biggest mistakes digital scrapbookers make when they create layouts.
- Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap Girls ScrapSimple products.
- Dip your digital scrapbooking self into some of those "other" cool tools that are sitting there waiting in your software for you to use.
- See how easy it is to install and manage new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop Elements so you can make things that are creative and unique.
- Learn advanced tricks for using tools that you already know and love.
- Watch me make some beautiful papers and get a chance to sneak a peek inside of Ro's layers.
- See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm betting it will surprise you what tool I've used to do that)
- "Get in" on creating your own brush sets. (You do NOT have to have those impossibly long brush sets frustrating you anymore. In fact, when you learn this trick, you will wonder why you haven't been using it all along.)
- Find out why Custom Shapes are so important to you. (Bet you didn't know...)
- Learn how to cut out a title from a background or a photo.
- And even more...
Note: This is NOT a beginning tutorial. If you get this training and you have never used Photoshop Elements before or if you aren't pretty sure of yourself in the software, you are going to be lost. You simply have to understand layers, where things are located, and all of the basic, important skills that Ro teaches in her Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed series before you try to use it.
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Mastering Brushes for Photoshop Elements
This ebook was created from the popular online class Creative
Brushwork. It is perfect for the scrapbooker who wants to
go above and beyond the basic brushing techniques taught in Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements. Make your
layouts shine with the polish that advanced brushwork can bring! |
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If you're at all curious about filters and plug-ins, then The Beginners Guide to Filters and Plug-ins for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements (Windows) is what you need! This 70 page ebook contains everything you need to know to get started - what they are, what they do, how to set up your computer, where to find them, how to get them into your software, and more.
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Beginner's Guide to Filters and Plug-ins for PSP
If you're at all curious about filters and plug-ins, then The Beginner's Guide to Filters and Plug-ins is what you need! This 78 page ebook contains everything you need to know to get started - what they are, what they do, how to set up your computer, where to find them, how to get them into your software, and more. |
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Digital Photography Simplified eBook
This eBook (full of easy to understand information and photographic examples) is tailored to the beginning digital photographer who wants to take better photos. More advanced photographers will also benefit from this eBook with the sections that get you out of your comfort zone.
So get ready to turn that dial away from AUTO and start taking extraordinary photos!
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