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Save 40% off all Presentation Digital Scrapbooks 1-2-3 (commercial license versions, too!) in the Scrap Girls Boutique
Gifts Galore! Place an order totaling $10 or more before December 23rd and
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Scrap Girls' 12 Days of Christmas!
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Designer Freebie by Ro
12 Days of Christmas Games! Christmas Quiz Let's play a Christmas game and the winner will get a $20 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! All you have to do is send the answers to the following questions to games@scrapgirls.com. The answers to the questions are names of products in the Scrap Girls Boutique. You'll see... It's really pretty easy! Please include the product name and its web address link for each answer. Use the subject line: "Christmas Quiz" for your email entry; include your name and your Scrap Girls Forum user name, if available. Everyone who gets the correct answers to ALL of the questions in by 11:59pm MST on Tuesday, December 20th will be entered into a drawing to win the prize.
Today's Special of the Day!
Save 30% off this Digital Layout Template set today only! Each week on Tuesdays, we will be spotlighting one designer and one of their favorite products. This product will be on sale for one day only at 30% off! This week's designer spotlight is on Andrea Trump. In a brief interview with Andrea, she shared these comments with us... Smart Stackers help you create the look of stacked paper without all the hard work of deciding how to lay each item on the page. 1. Are you an early morning designer or do you burn the midnight candle? Burn the midnight oil for sure... I'm not a morning person. 2. Soda, coffee or other? Herbal tea... hands down! |
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Weekly Newsletter Round-Up
December 12 - 18, 2011
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- Save 40% off Presentation Digital Scrapbooks 1-2-3!
- Gifts Galore!!
- 12 Days of Christmas
- Today's Special of the Day!
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique
- A Designer's Life: Lore Shattuck - Can a Gothy Girl Scrap?
- 12 Days of Christmas Stories
- Cute Stuff
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Back to the Basics
- Tips from the Pros: Tutorials & Articles
- Designer Freebies
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
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The entire Scrap Girls team wants to say how grateful we are that you have chosen to participate with us. You'll never know just how much your support means to us and our families. Ro 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 IMPORTANT TO KNOWDon't forget to check out the Retirement Sale section of the Boutique. Items in this section are always on sale for 30% off. The items you will find during any particular month will be discontinued permanently on the 5th of the following month. So if you see something you like, grab it while you can! OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUCustomer Muses: Would you like to share your own Life Muse with our readers? 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! If you would like to be spotlighted and win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique, send the following items to hello@scrapgirls.com:
Project SG Challenge: Stay motivated to scrap your current photos! Post your 2011 layouts in the Project SG Challenge Gallery to earn one point per layout each month. You can earn up to four points per month this way! Earn a bonus point each month by attending the monthly Project SG Chat! Each point gives you an entry into a quarterly drawing for a special prize! And at the end of the year, each month that you participated in will earn you an entry into the Grand Prize drawing for a 12 X 12, 52 page Keepsakes photobook from Color, Inc! Our second quarterly drawing winner will be announced in the Saturday, July 9th Newsletter. 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! 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!
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… Anyway, make sure your Message Board email address is current and that you have the correct date entered into your profile to participate. *ADVERTISEMENTS*
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Craft by Syndee Nuckles
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The products used to create this layout are shown as usual in the newsletter for Tuesday, December 13, 2011. The following individual NEW products were also announced in that newsletter.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Christmas Blends and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Glowing Stained Glass 6401 Super Biggie are also available. |
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Layout by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin
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The products used to create this layout are shown as usual in the newsletter for Wednesday, December 14, 2011. The following individual NEW products were also announced in that newsletter.
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Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Gingerbread Kisses, Gift Bows Embellishments and ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates: 8.5x11 Picture It Mini are also available. |
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Layout by Jen Reed
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The products used to create this layout are shown as usual in the newsletter for Thursday, December 15, 2011. The following individual NEW products were also announced in that newsletter.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Card Templates: Christmas Photo, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Gift Bows and ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Textables - Dogs Mini are also available. |
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Printable Art Sample by Elisha Barnett
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The products used to create this layout are shown as usual in the newsletter for Friday, December 16, 2011. The following individual NEW products were also announced in that newsletter.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Card Templates: 4x8 Holiday Vertical, ScrapSimple Card Templates: Holiday Photo 2 and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Edgers Christmas are also available. |
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If you have praise, comments, or questions for any of our Product Designers or Layout Artists, 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.
- A Designer's Life: Lore Shattuck - Can a Gothy Girl Scrap?
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My friend, Bryn, and I worked at a gaming company that catered to goths, gamers, and geeks. When she discovered I was going to design for Scrap Girls, she said, "Lore? No way!"
12 Days of Christmas
Welcome to one of Scrap Girls' most cherished traditions - the 12 Days of Christmas newsletter celebration! We've been hosting this celebration since the beginning of Scrap Girls back in 2005. Back then, I was putting the newsletter together when I suddenly noticed that Christmas Eve was 12 days away.
Now, a 12-day event is something I love best about Christmas.
In some areas of the United States, people enjoy picking out a family in their neighborhood that they can secretly give little gifts to as a way of celebrating how grateful they are for the birth of Jesus Christ. Every evening after dark, some lucky person in the gift-giving family sneaks up to their target's front porch, deposits that day's gift, rings the doorbell, and takes off running with all their might. A successful 12-day campaign means that the receiving family never knows who has showered them with love.
Because I hadn't planned it out, the first Scrap Girls 12 Days of Christmas event was pretty simple - consisting of some extra freebies, a daily Christmas muse by me (this is when muses first appeared in the newsletter), and some neat layouts and samples. Angie Briggs quickly noticed that I needed a little help with this project - because, as I said, it was not pre-planned - and she started feeding me extra layouts for the newsletters. I'll always love her for that. She saved my bacon!
The second year (2006), without thinking through the ramifications of what it would mean for future celebrations, I decided to surprise our readers with a 12-part serial story. You know... like Charles Dickens used to write. (I'm a little nuts sometimes.) That first story - The Flight of Christmas - took me months to write and remains my favorite one to this day. (I have now written five serial stories for this annual event.)
The specially-designed set of 12 Days Embellishments first made their appearance in 2007. The games - including the Infamous Tree of Doom - made their debut in 2008.
So, as you can see, the 12 Days of Christmas event grew from me having a desire to share a little extra holiday spirit with you into an event that takes our team months to prepare for. We keep it going because it's just one small way we can let you know how grateful we are for you and your support of our company. When you refer your friends to us and share what we are doing, you help keep Scrap Girls going. Every time you shop with us, you help us maintain our Forum, our Gallery, our newsletters, our blog, and every other service we offer you. And, of course, you help us to be able to continue to provide you with the free daily downloads that you all enjoy so much!
We need you. We understand that completely. We want you to know that our team members and their families are sublimely grateful for you each and every time you choose Scrap Girls to be your source for the beautiful digital scrapbooking supplies you need to make your layouts and projects. Every time you make a purchase in our Boutique, you make a HUGE difference in many, many lives. You help keep this small business going!
This year's 12 Days of Christmas stories come from our readers who submitted them when we put out a call for amazing stories related to the holidays. Every day from now through Dec 24, you'll read a new story that will make you laugh heartily, think deeply, and maybe blink back a tear or two. We received lots of amazing stories and had a hard time picking just 12!
So here we go! This is the 2011 Scrap Girls 12 Days of Christmas event. I hope you have fun!
- Ro
12 Days of Christmas Customer Stories
- Day 1: The Day the Gingerbread Men Disappeared, by Jennifer Schildknecht
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To put it quite honestly, I had an epiphany the Christmas that my older kids were 1, 2, and 3 years old. I owe it all to my cousin whose simple but wise observation changed my way of thinking - and then, my life.
- Day 2: The Miracle of Christmas 1918, by Alison Haselgrove
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When I was a child, Great-Uncle Arthur seemed a rather intimidating and distant figure with little in common with a young girl. He didn't often speak about himself or his past, but one story he told me touched my heart, and it has remained with me all these years later.
- Day 3: 100 Jars of Love, by Laura Lewis
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My mom loved to read and to serve others. She combined these two joys, and the result has touched the lives of over 100 families across the country. It started when she read the book Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright. She immediately decided to start her own Christmas Jar and faithfully deposited her change each day. Two jars were filled and, as per the Christmas Jar tradition, those jars were delivered anonymously to families in need. The next year she filled more jars and enlisted her family in starting their own jars.
- Day 4: A Light in Ethiopia, by Laura Toews
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It was Christmas 1960, and the boarding school my brother and I attended in Ethiopia was abuzz with joy! Words alone couldn't sufficiently express how excited we were. Only one more week and we would be going home to our families whom we hadn't seen since late August. Tim and I were among the lucky ones: Our father was in Addis Ababa for the mission council meetings. That meant we could visit with him all Saturday afternoon – and he had phoned to say he would take us Christmas shopping!
- Day 5: A Long Wait for a Little Miracle, by Sonya Davis
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Christmas is about the birth of our Savior, and it's oh-so-much fun to celebrate it with children! It just never occurred to me that the wait to celebrate Christmas with our babies would take so long.
- Day 6: If All Else Fails, Decorate a Ladder, by Tasanee Campbell
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One of our favorite family traditions goes back to our great-great-grandparents and the Christmas of 1910. We've been telling this story for five generations.
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.
Would you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate? 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!
Want to see more cute layouts? Go to the bottom right of our Home Page and check out our newsletter links.
Layout by Shalae Tippetts
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Commercial license versions of Humble Christmas 2 Collection Mini and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Edgy THIN are also available. |
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Layout by Pebbles Jones
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Layout by Laura Louie
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The first three products listed below are included in this month's ScrapSimple Club offering. Members receive a substantial discount on these club supplies. They are also available elsewhere in the Boutique at regular prices for those individuals who would rather not join a club.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Calendar Cubes, ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Signs of Times and ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Clocks are also available. |
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Layout by Jennifer Wight
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The first product is included in this month's Scrap Girls Club offering.
Members receive a substantial discount on these club supplies. They
are also available elsewhere in the Boutique at regular prices for
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Urban Living Glitter 5501 and Brush Set: Nativity Word Art 2 are also available. |
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If you have praise, comments, or questions for any of our Product Designers or Layout Artists, 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.
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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:
December's ScrapSimple Club has been created for you by
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 Layout by Melissa Renfro using December's ScrapSimple Club larger view |
 Layout by Laura Louie using December's ScrapSimple Club larger view |
 Layout by Melissa Renfro using December's ScrapSimple Club larger view |
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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 Angie Briggs
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 Layout by Joyce Schardt using December's Scrap Girls Club larger view |
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- Create Holiday Gifts and Stocking Stuffers
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Are you on a tight budget and in need of some easy-to-create printable holiday gifts or stocking stuffers? Look no further than the Boutique here at Scrap Girls!
- Scrap Girls Club Craft: Dressing up a Pringles® Can
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I love to give homemade treats during the holidays, so I am always on the lookout for fun and inexpensive ways to hand out my goodies. When surfing around on Pinterest recently, I came across a fun way to turn an empty Pringles® potato chip can into a gift-giving container. Best of all, you can do this with just a little bit of effort and only a few supplies.
- Creating a Desk Calendar
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ScrapSimple Calendar templates are useful and make a great (and easy) gift. You can create a cute calendar for a desk or mantel piece quickly and easily.
- Focus on Journaling
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Why do we scrapbook? I believe there are many reasons, and each of us has our own answer to that question. But I think one important aspect of scrapbooking that we all share is the desire to preserve our memories and to tell our life story through pictures and journaling.
- Using ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Wrap It Up
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Today I want to show you my favorite way to use the ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Wrap It Up since I know many of us will be creating digital scrapbook layouts featuring gift-giving holidays in the next few weeks. One of the great features of these digital scrapbooking paper templates is that they can be color-coordinated to fit any holiday or gift-giving event. My family celebrates Christmas in December so I'll use some of last year's Christmas photos to demonstrate how to use these fun digital scrapbooking paper templates.
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Surprise! Surprise! More Gifts Galore!
We have TWO designer freebies for you each day until Christmas Eve!
Layout by Jo Corne
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Designer Freebie by Jo Corne coordinates with her Funky Hanukkah Collection
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Commercial license versions of Funky Hanukkah Collection and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Jo Corne
Layout by Sarah Batdorf
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Designer Freebie by Sarah Batdorf coordinates with her ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Christmas Happiness 6501 Biggie
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Christmas Happiness 6501 Biggie, Christmas Happiness Collection Mini and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 are also available. |
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Today's freebie designed by Sarah Batdorf
* 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.
New Member Chat - Early Edition
Tuesday, December 20th - 1:00PM MST
Join Debbie (B&K Mom) at 1pm MT for a fun chat to get to know our newest members. We will discuss the message board, gallery, chocolate and so much more! Everyone is welcome, new or not so new! Not sure how to get there? Just click the "CHAT" button at the top of this newsletter; you will need Javascript enabled to access the chat room.
Life Moments Chat
Tuesday, December 20th - 2:00PM MST
The Life Moments Challenge is about encouraging YOU to do an album about YOU! On the day of the chat, Pat will post the theme for the chat on the Message Board. You can do your layout before, during or after the chat. There are no deadlines! Join Pat (PBarnes) in the chat room at 2pm MT to talk about the theme and creating a digital album about yourself.
Faith Journey Chat
Tuesday, December 20th - 6:00PM MST
Join Elisha (elibar) and Lei (Bride) for a Faith Journey Chat on the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm MT. All faiths are welcome! We'll be chatting and scrapping about our individual faith walk and how we also walk together. Watch the message board for this month's topic of discussion, and if you like - create a layout based on the topic!
East Coast High Noon Crop
Wednesday, December 21st - 10:00AM MST
Join April (April Showers) each Wednesday at 10am MT for the East Coast 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 21st, we'll do a stripes challenge. Create a layout on any theme, any topic and any colors using stripes! 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!
What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique Chat
Friday, December 23rd - 9:00AM MST
Join April (April Showers) and Theresa (teecee) at 9am MT on Friday mornings to chat about all the wonderful new products in the Scrap Girls Boutique! What are your favorite new items? Is your shopping basket full? What did you kaboodle? Have you already done layouts or other projects with your new goodies? Come tell the designers how much you love their work! You never know who will show up. There's a thread every Thursday, and now there's a chat too!
December Message Board Game: BINGO!
Join us for an exciting game of BINGO on the Scrap Girls Forum during the month of December!! Pick 25 words from the list provided and send them in an email to games@scrapgirls.com with a subject line that says "BINGO CARD - your Scrap Girls Message Board username" by Friday December 2 (Midnight MST) in order to play in the first round. The first round will begin on Saturday, 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 Message Board Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
December Monthly Layout Contest: For the December Monthly Layout Contest, it's all about the gifts! Scrap a layout about a gift that was extra special, either one you gave or received. Or you can scrap about something or someone you consider to be a gift in your life. Share with us what makes that gift special! Post your layouts in the December Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight MST on December 31st. Be sure to list your credits in the description or under the EXIF Properties. Two layouts will be selected to win a $10 Gift Card to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
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 message board calendar if you have any questions about what is happening at Scrap Girls. All event times are given in Mountain Time Zone unless otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-Utah-Salt Lake City' as the location for the Mountain time zone.)
Haven't received your prize as a contest winner? Please send an email to prizes@scrapgirls.com and we'll get it out to you right away!