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the problem has been fixed because we'd like your downloading experience
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Cute Stuff
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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 designer's layouts, visit the Scrap
Girls Design Team section of the Layout Gallery.
Life Muses by Ro: Any Small Thing is Great
It’s the first of the year and for some reason, most of us are
driven to set goals for ourselves. We want to improve. We know in our
hearts that we should improve. We have just eaten too much Christmas
candy and the yucky aftertaste makes us long to improve. Unfortunately,
we often set goals so lofty that we doom ourselves to failure before
we begin.
This year I am going to list a few things that I would like
to work towards during 2008. I don’t intend to begin doing them
instantly because I know that I won’t. But, I will tuck the list
in my journal, place it on my office wall, and occasionally remind
myself that I have specific things I am working towards. And, I am
going to refuse to think that I am a failure if I am not able to change
every negative thing about myself in one week or solve world peace.
During
2008, I would like to...
- Not take myself so seriously
- Find some time each day to laugh
- Plan time to learn new things
- Journal more often about the blessings I have received
- Look at myself in the mirror everyday and say, “You’re
okay”
- Tell more people more often that I appreciate what they do for
me
- Clean my office once a week
- Go outside every day
- Take a couple of vacations
- Grow my hair out
- Go to the beautician more often
- Give myself manicures
- Buy new socks
- Clean my top drawer
- Throw or give away things I haven’t used in the past year
- Exercise more regularly (I’m refusing to beat myself up with
a specific goal because I already know my mind rebels against such
things. I tried that several times last year and failed. So, this
year, I am simply telling myself that I want to develop some sort
of undiscovered routine. Maybe I will dance in the living room. Maybe
I’ll return to yoga class. Maybe I’ll let Julianne boss
me around in the gym. I don’t know yet.)
- Insert more vegetables and fruits into my day because experience
has taught me that this one thing leads me to weight stabilization
(I refuse to go on a diet because my mind rebels against diets.)
- Repaint the upstairs trim
- Plant some flowers in my backyard
- Pay one of my kids to clean out my files
- Enjoy my life. My life is not perfect by any means, but it’s
pretty good and I think I am going to try to remember that more often.
My challenge for you today is this: Make a list of things that you
want to think about doing more or less of during 2008. And, repeat
this sentence out loud five times: Any small thing I do that makes
me feel better about myself is great!
Have a super day – and year!
- Ro
Note from Ro: Would you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate, too? Send your own
muse to hello@scrapgirls.com. If it is selected
for publication in the Scrap Girls newsletter, you'll get to have
fun shopping!
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 Ro's Muses? She now has a blog where she is posting some of our readers' favorites, along with blog-only topics. http://lifemuses-ro.typepad.com/life_muses_by_ro/
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.
Tutorial: Customizing Pre-Made
Papers with ScrapSimple Paper Templates
Note: Tutorial created using Adobe Photoshop
CS3 on a Mac.
There are many times when you have a beautiful paper picked for a
layout, but you want to add a little something extra to customize it
to the subject of your digital scrapbooking layout. In this tutorial,
I am adding two templates to a paper from the ScrapSimple Paper
Template: Flake Flurry to give it a winter feel.
First, create a
new document at 300 ppi. I chose to make a 12x12 inch canvas for this
layout. Open the paper of your choice and while holding down the Shift key,
drag it onto your newly created document. Next, open “TYO_SS_Paper_FlakeFlurry_LTflake.png” and,
while holding down the Shift key, drag it onto your document.
I want this
layer to add just a little flake texture to the paper, so I set the
Blend Mode of this layer to "Screen" at 75% Opacity.
Now, I am going
to open another paper and, while holding down the Shift key,
drag it onto my document. I chose a cream colored paper to add a little
lightness. Open “TYO_SS_Paper_FlakeFlurry_SnowFall.png” and,
while holding down the Shift key, drag it onto the document.
Now you should have four layers in your document, two papers and two
templates.
Next,
I am going to select the layer “TYO_SS_Paper_FlakeFlurry_SnowFall.png” by
going to Select> Load Selection.
Check to be sure that you
are selecting the correct layer, listed in the Channel drop-down, and
then click "OK."
On the cream colored paper layer, with the snowflake
pattern selected, go to Edit> Copy and then Edit> Paste.
Now, you should have a cream snowflake cutout layer. You can delete
the “TYO_SS_Paper_FlakeFlurry_SnowFall.png” and
cream paper layer, if you would like. This helps to keep your file
clean and small.
I want the cream flake texture layer to fade in and
out of my background a little, so I am going to apply a layer mask
to this layer by clicking the icon that is circled in the screenshot
above.
Make
sure that your mask is on the layer that you are working on. I am going
to use the Gradient Tool to fade my snowflake layer. Select the Gradient
Tool on the Tools palette and, by clicking on the icon circled in
the screen shot above, the Gradient Editor Palette will open.
I want
the gradient to be black to transparent, as shown.
Then, on my mask
connected to my cream flake texture layer, I am going to use the Gradient
Tool to fade out small areas of the snowflake pattern. Click and drag
the gradient in any direction that you want until you get the effect
you desire.
Now, my background is ready for all of my other goodies.
And, there you have it... a unique paper to use for a perfect
winter layout!
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What's Happening at Scrap
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High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, January
2nd -
12:00Noon ET
Join your host Betsy for
the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. 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 January 2, 2008, we'll do a resolutions
challenge! Create a layout about your resolutions - or about
why you don't create them!
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! Meet new friends
and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
2008
Calendar Crop
Thursday, January 3rd - 8:00PM
ET
Join me at 8 PM EST to make a 2008 calendar
that we can all use during the year either as a screen saver
or printed out for all the world to see! The layouts will need
to be formated 11"W & 8.5"L so we can print them.
Scraplift
Crop
Sunday, January 6th - 5:00PM
ET
Join AngelaNussbaum and TysMommy on
Sunday, January 6th at 5pm EST for a Scraplifting Crop. A few
hours before the crop we will tell you the name of a Scrap
Girls Team Member, and you will be able to chose one of their
layouts to be your inspiration.
During the crop we will also help explain
about scraplifting, how to use a layout as inspiration, and
the importance of giving credit. Scraplifting is a lot of fun!
So come join us, you're sure to enjoy it!
NSBR Chat
Monday, January 7th - 9:00PM
ET
Time for another NSBR Chat with Carla (crs)!
NSBR is a non-scrapbook related chat. We can talk about anything
and everything! Come share some exciting news or vent about
something that’s troubling you. It’s always a fun
time! Hope to see you there, January 7th, at 9 PM EST!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, January 9th
-
12:00Noon ET
Join your host Betsy for
the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. 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 January 9, we'll do an embellishments
challenge! Create a layout using embellishments of any type
- flowers, brads, staples, photo corners, brushes on a photo,
whatever! Get creative!
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! Meet new friends
and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
Recipe
Challenge Chat and Crop
Friday, January 11th - 9:00PM
ET
Join ScrappyLibrarian (Danna)
to chat about this months recipe card challenge! We will share
our recipes, tips, and tricks and have fun getting to know
one another. We will be in the chat room at 9 PM EST and look
forward to seeing you there! Check the message board on Thursday,
Jan 10th for this month's recipe theme!
Quote Challenge Crop
Sunday, January 13th - Time
TBA
Come join me, angelaNussbaum,
for the Quote Challenge Crop!
Here's how it will work On Sunday,
I will post a thread on the challenge board giving you the
quote which you will use to make your own word art. It’s
not hard, and I’ll even have a layout with a Word Art
example. Then we'll meet in the chat room to have fun, chat,
and create our Word Art layout!
I'll post the time in my post,
as I will change the time around each time to allow participation
by our international folks. Everyone can participate and create
a layout, even if you can't make the chat. Hope to see you
there!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, January 16th
-
12:00Noon ET
Join your host Betsy for
the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. 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 January 16, we'll do a 2-page layout
challenge! Create a layout on any topic, with any colors, but
make sure it's a two-page spread!
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! Meet new friends
and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
Sketch Crop Challenge
Thursday, January 17th
- 9:00PM ET
Join me, sprinklz,
for a Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, January 17th at
9pm ET in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Like getting a little jump
start on your layouts? Then this challenge is for you! A few
hours before the challenge begins, I'll post a sketch for you
to use as the starting point for your page. You can be inspired
by the basic arrangement, the amount of photos, or copy it
literally. All interpretations are welcome and encouraged!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
We'll be meeting in the "Chat_and_Crop" room
of the chat. To join, click on the "Live Chat" link (above
right). Once you are in the lobby, click on the "Show Rooms" button
(on the upper left), then select "Chat_and_Crop" from the
list on the left side.
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January
Events
January Board Game:
Progressive Word Scramble
Here's how it works. The object of the
game is to correctly guess a boutique item by solving clues
and unscrambling letters we give you. Each day you are given
a letter or several letters of the name of a boutique item
as well as a clue. You won't know how many letters are in
the boutique item name until it is complete. We will keep
giving clues until a correct guess is made.
The designer's
name is not included as part of the puzzle, and the word "collection" is
not included as part of the puzzle either. Letters from any
other words in product names (such as "biggie", "brush",
or "transparency") may be given as part of the puzzle.
Here
is an example:
Day 1 Letters: i
Day 1 Hint: I'm oh so
pretty
Day 2 Letters: t n
Day 2 Hint: I know
you'll love my soft reds, and blues, and greens
Day 3 Letters:
u o i
Day 3 Hint: It was so nice of Angie to give me some
flowers
Answer: Angie Briggs' Intuition Collection
Be
the first to answer it correctly and win a $5.00 Gift Certificate
to the Boutique! You are only allowed ONE guess per daily
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. We will play the game daily during the entire
month of January. When a correct answer is given, the new
puzzle will start the following day.
January Layout Contests:
Layout
Contest: You could win a $10 Gift Certificate
to the Boutique! With New Year’s Day here, we tend
to think in terms of our resolutions for the year ahead.
How about taking some time to reflect on the year that
has just passed? You could look at the resolutions you
made last year at this time and scrap about how you did
at keeping them. Or on a less serious note, you could do
a retrospective of your year with a few (or several) photos
that highlight your year. Maybe there is one event in your
year that was extra special, like a wedding, a birth, or
a death in the family. So let’s see your layouts
highlighting the year just past.
Mid-December
Layout Contest: The end of
2007 is upon us. 2008 will be starting soon! Do you have any
New Year’s
Resolutions? We want you to scrap them! Show us your layouts
featuring your New Year Resolutions and you could win a $10
Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Post your layouts
to the Monthly Contest Gallery between December 15th and January
14th to be eligible. Good Luck!
Ongoing Opportunities
Customer
Muses: It occurred to us recently that
it might be wonderful for our readers to share with each
other their own versions of Ro's Life Muses. We know each
of you has a wonderful story to tell. To have your own
essay considered for publication as a muse in the column
for our special Saturday newsletter, send your essay to hello@scrapgirls.com.
If your essay is selected, you will receive a $20 Gift
Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique.
Way
Cool Scrap Girl: We are so excited to have
all of you meet some of the amazing people that have become
Scrap Girls! We'd love to introduce you to our readers,
too! If you would like to be spotlighted, send the following
items to hello@scrapgirls.com :
- 500-900 word essay about
your experience with digital scrapbooking, Scrap Girls, and
specific examples of how we have helped you.
- A 600-pixel wide, 72 dpi copy of a layout you've created
that uses Scrap Girls products.
- A complete list of any and all supplies used on the layout.
- A 100-pixels wide, 72 dpi picture of yourself. (How fun to
see who you are!)
- Permission to use your statement.
If your entry is selected,
you'll win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Customer
Freebies: We get a lot of requests from
you asking if you could share a freebie with your Scrap
Girls friends, and we have come up with a way to do it.
On Saturdays we will be sharing freebies created by you,
if they are available. If you are interested in participating,
download this
PDF with the specifications and you'll be on your way.Please
note that if you choose to use any Scrap Girls tools or
templates in your submission, commercial licenses for those
products are required. (Even our own designers must purchase
commercial licenses for any items they wish to use in a
non-personal manner!) If your freebie is chosen, you will
receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Customer
Information Forum: If you know of an amazing
recipe, tip, trick, tutorial, inspirational piece or cool
new software that you'd love to share with us, let us know!
Send a short write-up to hello@scrapgirls.com.
If your entry is used in our Saturday newsletter, you will
be entered into a monthly drawing for a $10 Gift Certificate
to the Scrap Girls Boutique.
Suggest
a Challenge, Win a Prize! Have a great idea
for a gallery layout challenge? Submit it to challenges@scrapgirls.com.
If your challenge idea is chosen, you will win a prize
(such as a brush set, paper set, embellishment set, etc.).
The prize will be a surprise, but you'll be sure to like
it because you will get to pick out the one you like best
(from the category you'll be assigned to shop in when you
are notified that we are going to use your challenge idea).
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!
 Note
from Ro: Scrap Girls
is now giving away birthday gifts to our message board members! Of
course, it is a surprise what you will get because birthday
presents are always surprises! But you will like it for sure
because most people like money... Oops! Did I say that? No.
I didn't say that. You did NOT hear me say that.
Anyway, make sure your message
board email address is current and that you have the correct
date entered into your profile or you'll miss out on the birthday
present! (You will only be entering the month and the date
so don't be shy. We won't know how old you actually are!) |
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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.)
Designer Freebie
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* 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.
Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
The free digital scrapbooking stater
kit section is a standard newsletter feature for the benefit of the
large number of new subscribers that join our list every day.
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Would you like a chance to try
digital scrapbooking yourself?
Scrap Girls Refresh Collection
Biggie offers you samples of some of our most popular product
types. Try making a layout, your own paper with a ScrapSimple
Paper Template, a fast layout with a ScrapSimple Digital Layout
Template, or experiment with a brush.
We know you'll love digital
scrapbooking as much as we do, and we have thousands of products
to feed your new addiction!
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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 all
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!
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* 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.
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Any Small Thing is Great
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
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In this issue:
- Cute Stuff
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Customizing Pre-Made Papers with ScrapSimple Paper Templates
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities
- Designer Freebie
- Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Educational Products |
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The Scrap Girls newsletter is
created for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members.
Without them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with
you, and I'm very grateful for their ongoing help and support.
I hope you enjoy today's issue as
much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC
P.S. Your email address is
safe with us. We never share, rent, sell, or loan our list with
anyone!
P.P.S. If you ever need any assistance,
please email hello@scrapgirls.com or call
866-598-3444 and we'll help you as quickly as possible!
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Scrap Girls Clubs
Scrap Girls Monthly Club |
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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:
- 1 Collection Biggie
- 1 Paper Super Mini
- 1 8.5x11 Sheet of Word Art
- 1 Embellishment Set
- 1 Card and Envelope Set (printable version
only)
- 1 Easy Page
- 1 Designer's Choice Item
Layout by Amanda Sok
using January's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you
by Amanda Sok
Remember, these items are available
separately in the Boutique at regular prices for those who would
rather not join a club.
(Note: The Scrap Girls
Club contents are always available for sale elsewhere in the
Boutique at their 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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ScrapSimple Monthly Club |
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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).
With the ScrapSimple Club, you
will receive:
- 1 ScrapSimple Paper Templates Set
- 1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
- 1 Brush Set
- 1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
- 1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple
club is also available here.
Layout by Erica Hite using
December's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you
by Amanda Sok and Erica Hite
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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Educational Products
MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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*NEW!* MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop (Versions
6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3)
MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop Elements
versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0
It's time for you to stop playing
catch-up in Photoshop 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.
- Make sure that you don't make the biggest
mistakes that 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 such as paths,
masks, the drawing pen, and more.
- See how easy it is to install and manage
new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop so that 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 peek inside of my layers. (Oh dear...
That is the last frontier and I might be out of my mind
to let you do it... NOBODY likes people to see inside
of their layers. It is like having visitors peek inside
of your dresser drawers. Very private stuff.)
- See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm
betting that it will surprise you what tool I've used
to do that with, too...)
- 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: These are NOT beginning
tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used
Photoshop 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
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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 5.0
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 the 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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Mastering Brushes |
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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!
Photoshop
version also available! |
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The Beginners Guide to Filters
and Plug-ins |
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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.
Paint
Shop Pro (PSP) version also available! |
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Digital Photography Simplified |
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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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Ten Beginner Tips on Type |
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If you're creating a digital scrapbooking layout, it's almost guaranteed that you'll be using type on your pages somewhere. But did you know that type can make or break your page? What typeface will you use? What size font? Where will you place it on your page?
If you want to take some beginner steps towards improving the type on your layouts, and thereby improving the overall look of your layouts, then this eBook is perfect for you. It's written in a very simple style, focusing on one digitally scrapbooked layout while walking you through ten tips that take type from mundane and awkward to eye-catching and cohesive. |
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Scrapbook Secrets for Microsoft Word |
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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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Start to Finish eBooklets |
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Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Make a Birthday Scrapbook Page
Nothing could be simpler than
learning to scrapbook digitally with Scrap Girls Start to Finish
eBooklets. Step by step written guidelines and detailed screenshots
will help you learn new digital scrapbooking skills. Included
with the eBooklet are the actual digital files you need to create
a finished project!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper &
Photo Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to use ScrapSimple Tools: Custom
Shapes & Patterns also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using
them with ScrapSimple Products also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Emboss & Texturize with
ScrapSimple Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: Making a Just Because Card Using ScrapSimple
Card Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper &
Photo Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using
them with ScrapSimple Products also available! |
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