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Trademark Style
Saturday, November 7, 2009
IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
- Cute Stuff
- Customer Muse
- Scrap Girls Event: Digital Scrapbooking Day!
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- University Updates
- Layout and Contest Winners
- Getting Started
- Designer Freebie
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Online Classes Currently Available
- Ongoing Opportunities for YOU
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AVAILABLE ONLINE CLASSES
All of our Online Training Classes are currently full. Please check back soon for more exciting learning opportunities!
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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
CEO (Chief Eater of Oreos)
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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IMPORTANT TO KNOW
We've just opened a 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!
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OPPORTUNITES FOR YOU
Customer 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:
- 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, plus a complete list of those products.
- A 100-pixels wide, 72 dpi picture of yourself.
- Permission to use your statement.
Club Concepts: We would like to announce that we will be looking for your help in creating the Club Concepts articles. Simply 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, as well as a short (1-2 sentence) description of the unique idea or theme your layout shows off. If your layout and its corresponding tip is chosen, they will be showcased in our Club Concepts article, and you will win a $5 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! 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!
 Scrap Girls is 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... Anyway, make sure your message board email address is current and that you have the correct date entered into your profile to participate.
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CUSTOMER MUSE
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Spiky Hair
I have wanted to write this muse for a year. Today is the day. As I sit here at the second Scrap Girls convention, I have been reflecting on the last convention and the impact both it and Scrap Girls has had on me.
On February 14th, 2008, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Little did I know that I was headed for a very long year of health issues that didn't have anything to do with cancer.
With just one chemotherapy treatment, most of my hair came out. It took a few months for it to grow back. My hair came back in and I was still wearing hats or a wig I had purchased. On the first day of the 2008 convention, I had a hat on. The next morning, when I was coming to the convention, I felt comfortable enough to finally "style" my short hair.
The reason I felt comfortable was because of the atmosphere that has been created in the Scrap Girls "arena." I didn't feel like I had to be someone I am not. I felt like I could be who I am, short hair and all, and still be accepted. Ro has been so diligent in creating that atmosphere, I am confident that many people feel the same way I do.
I was staying at my sister's home and she encouraged me to style my hair with some gel and spikes. I did so, knowing I would be comfortable when I got to the convention that day. I received a lot of compliments. Valerie Randall gave me an especially important one. It was about someone our age having the hairstyle I did. She will never know how much that meant to me!
Since then, I have debated about changing my spiky hair, but my 16-year-old daughter says I can't because it's my "trademark!" So, it stays, for now.
Thanks to Ro and all of the Scrap Girls for how important you have become in my life. Ro, you are very caring and concerned about all of us and it shows with everything you do.
Cindy Graves
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!
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SCRAP GIRLS EVENT: DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY
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Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day! Scrap Girls is celebrating this fun holiday with a great lineup of chats, prizes and fun, just for you! Come hang out with us today and celebrate our wonderful hobby together!
Check out some of today's events:
Saturday, November 7:
- 8:00AM MT - Color Challenge Chat
So how interesting would all those digital scrapbooking layouts be if we they were only in black and white? Come chat with Carol Ann (Zaz) about color and different ways to use it in your layouts. There's even a special challenge waiting for you!
- 9:00AM MT - Coffee Break Scraplift Crop
Join angelaNussbaum and Becca first thing in the morning to enjoy coffee and some easy scraplifting scrapping. Nothing can be as invigorating as getting fueled up for the day and getting a layout completed right away!
- 2:00PM MT - Art Inspiration Chat
Join Pat (PBarnes) at 2pm MT for an Art Inspiration Challenge and Chat. A few hours before the chat, a piece of art work will be posted on the message board to use as inspiration for a layout. You can use whatever you want to from the art - the colors, the shapes, the composition. There are no wrong answers!
- 4:00PM MT - Calendar Crop & Chat
Join Becca and Sherry Lynn for a Calendar Crop and Chat at 4pm MT. It's that time of year when so many of us are thinking of homemade gifts for our loved ones, so let's get together for a chat and crop and work on some 2010 calendars together!
- 5:00PM MT - ATC Swap Crop
Please join Sherry Lynn and Michelle (Shelbi) in the chatroom for our November ATC (Artist Trading Card) Swap Crop and Chat at 5pm MT. Please put on your thinking caps - we will choose the theme for November!
- 7:00PM MT - Cram The Chatroom
Come join April (April Showers) & Sherry Lynn at 7pm MT for Digital Scrapbooking Day's version of Cram The Chat Room - we'll be loading the seats in the Scrap Girls Chat Room! How many guys and girls can we get into the room before we bring the walls down? We're sure to have loads of fun, silly noises, games AND munchies galore! Everyone is guaranteed a seat - No need for reservations! Hope to see you all there!
- 8:00PM MT - Recipe Swap Chat
Join April (April Showers) and Danna (scrappylibrarian) in the chat room at 8pm Mountain Time for a Recipe Swap Chat. We'll give you the challenge at the chat and you'll have six days to get your recipes in. Check the messageboard for more details! Can't wait to see you there.
* While every effort will be made to adhere to this schedule, details are subject to change.
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SCRAP GIRLS CLUBS
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SCRAP GIRLS CLUB
Join the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking looks while saving! (A $27.94 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 Assemble Your Own Zoom Page Set
- 1 Designer's Choice Item
Layout by Melissa Renfro using November's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you by Melissa Renfro
If you prefer not to join a club, the Scrap Girls 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 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 CLUB
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 Template Set
- 1 ScrapSimple Embellishment or Word Art Template Set
- 1 Brush Set
- 2 Designer's Choice Items
A commercially licensed version of the ScrapSimple Club is also available here.
Layout by Brandy Hackman using October's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you by Brandy Hackman 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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UNIVERSITY UPDATES
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Over the last few months, I taught three different classes. We re-ran the "Out of Bounds" and "Kaleidoscope" classes and introduced our new class "Stunning 3D Text."
Our kaleidoscope class was fun and brought new ideas on using unusual source photographs. One lady used photographs of crystals; something that I had never seen or considered before. These photographs made the most amazing kaleidoscope designs.
The "out of bounds" technique continues to be a favorite to use on layouts. It was a challenging class to teach online, but enjoyable because of the exchange of comments, ideas and enthusiasm. This is a very versatile technique that can be used over and over again and in ways that may not have been considered possible. A good source photograph is often overlooked simply because an understanding of the technique is required. The gallery of layouts for this class clearly shows that the technique was wholly mastered by our students, with many students emailing ideas and questions on how to take it further.
Our new "Stunning 3D Text" class proved to be a winner. Making basic 3D text is simple, but enhancing the basic extruded text is up to the individual, making it unique to each person. The students were so inspired by this technique that discussion ensued on how to take this further and incorporate it onto a layout.
In the "Stunning 3D Text" class, Nancy designed a beautiful layout featuring her granddaughters - Abby and Kate. The 3D Text shows manipulation of the letters in different directions, some great extractions and Abby sitting on the letter "B" of her name.
Layout by nancygur
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Jane made a fabulous layout featuring her son skateboarding along their steep drive. This layout certainly took the "out of bounds" technique the extra mile. It shows amazing depth through clever use of the source photo and the balance of Jane's overall design.
Layout by Jane in N.Z
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Yvonne took the "Kaleidoscope" class to the next level with her amazing use of crystal photographs. Using this particular source had not occurred to me, but the layout below shows the beautiful designs they produced and how we should think outside the box when it comes to selecting source photos.
Layout by Yvonne53
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Looking at the class galleries is inspiring and a pleasure. I enjoy seeing how students have developed the various techniques in their own way, resulting in unique layouts. I continue to feel enriched by the enthusiasm of our students. These classes prove to be both fulfilling and satisfying as a teacher and the feedback I receive indicates that our students feel the same. I hope to see you soon in one of our online classes.
Article written by Jene Parks
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LAYOUT AND CONTEST WINNERS
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Weekly Layout Winners
Layout by AnnBK
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Layout by holly1156
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Want to see your layouts make an appearance in the Scrap Girls newsletters?
Simply post your digital or paper layouts that use Scrap Girls products in our online gallery, and if we choose your layout to be featured in the newsletter, you'll win a prize! To be considered, don't forget to list the Scrap Girls products that you used in your layout.
Congratulations to this week's selectees. Please email prizes@scrapgirls.com to get your gift!
Want to see past winners of the Weekly Layout Contest? Visit the Weekly Layout Winners gallery on our message board here!
October's Monthly Layout Contest Winner
Layout by jhbren
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Congratulations to Jo (jhbren) for winning the October Monthly Layout Contest. Jo's lovely layout did a great job fitting the theme of scrapping photos from in the country. Jo receives a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique for her efforts. Congratulations!
Congratulations to this month's winner. Please email prizes@scrapgirls.com to get your gift!
Want to see past winners of the Monthly Layout Contest? Visit the Monthly Layout Winners gallery on our message board here!
Member of the Month - November 2009
Congratulations Joyce (princessrunningfingers)! The Scrap Girls Team has chosen Joyce as the Member of the Month for November!
Joyce has truly been a wonderful addition to the Scrap Girls family since joining in July 2008. Joyce is a pleasure to have in chats and is a fun and helpful Boutique Babe. She is quick to offer prayers or keep us laughing with her wonderful humor.
Joyce receives a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique and has the honor of wearing the Member of the Month blinkie!
When you have a few minutes, Joyce, please tell us a little about yourself and share a link to your favorite layout! Thank you for making Scrap Girls a wonderful, friendly place! Congratulations!!
Contest Winners
October Message Board Game - Posting Challenge:
Congratulations to the following members who got chatty during October and posted... and posted... and posted! Everyone who posted 250+ times during the month was entered into a drawing. These five members have each won a $5 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls boutique:
And big congratulations to Sara Arell who posted the very most during the month of October (over 3200 posts!) and wins a $10 Gift Certificate!
Please send an email to prizes@scrapgirls.com with "October MB Game Winner" in the subject line to claim your prize.
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GETTING STARTED AS A DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKER
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FREE STARTER KIT
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 all of the important questions new digital scrapbookers have. They are all here for you - in one easy to use eBook!
Bonus! Download the free "Warning" Label, too. It was created for you by Valerie Randall as a little bit of extra fun!
Would you like a chance to try digital scrapbooking yourself?
Scrap Girls' Refresh Collection Biggie offers you free 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!
Ready to Take Off? In-depth Tutorials Help You Become a Great Digital Scrapbooker
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!
(*Have Photoshop Elements 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0? We have a tutorial program that will work for you. Please visit the product details page for more information.)
Find out what tens of thousands of people have already learned: Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed is the fastest way to learn how to create digital scrapbooking layouts. And because this series covers so many topics with one purchase, it is a bargain!
In the tutorials, you'll see Ro working on her computer and hear her talking about why she is doing what she is doing. It's like having Ro come to your home and give you private scrapbooking lessons. You can create digital scrapbooking layouts today!
Download and CD versions available.
Photoshop and Photoshop Elements users receive:
Paint Shop Pro users receive 31 movie tutorials.
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MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed!
It's time for you to stop playing catch-up in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and start having a blast creating your own digital scrapbooking supplies! You'll also learn all sorts of tricks that professionals and advanced digital scrapbookers use in their layouts. And because Ro covers so many topics in the series, it is one of the most cost-effective methods of moving your skills to a higher level. Join in with the thousands of digital scrapbookers who have chosen to learn advanced skills from Ro. You'll be happy that you did!
Note: These are NOT beginning tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used Photoshop or 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.
eBooks
Scrap Girls offers a large catalog of eBooks covering topics that will expand your digital scrapbooking abilities to new heights. Here are just a few samples:
Artistry: A Celebration of Digital Design Excellence eBook
Artistry: A Celebration of Digital Design Excellence highlights the best-of-the-best in digital scrapbooking focusing on high quality layout design, imaginative use of products, creative vision, top-notch typography, and artistic expression. There are different layouts in a wide range of styles and techniques to be found in the book, and there are a multitude of ideas to be culled from the pages.
Colour (me) Creative eBook with 36 color swatches
Learn about the color wheel, color terms and their meaning, how to load the colour palettes in Adobe or use the colour strips with a colour selection tool. You get both valuable lessons and inspiration in this book filled with 48 layouts showcasing the use of the colour palettes along with links of all the products used to create the digital scrapbooking pages.
Scrap Girls Tutorials & Way Cool Stuff eBook Set
2009 - 2nd Quarter
Now you can have all the past Scrap Girls Newsletter tutorials and Way Cool Stuff articles of the 2nd Quarter of 2009 in one convenient PDF format. It's easy to find those helpful hints with just the click of your mouse. You get two eBooks for the price of one!
Start to Finish eBooklets
Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Emboss & Texturize with ScrapSimple Templates
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!
See more titles
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT SCRAP GIRLS?
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CROPS AND CHATS
Aussie Chat & Challenge
Monday, November 9th - 9:00PM Australian Eastern DST
Please come join Karen (kazbar73) & Jo (scrappingjo) at 9PM - Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time on Monday 9 November for a chat and challenge. This week's challenge is a Quote Challenge. Watch the boards on Sunday for the thread that will tell you what the quote is. Create a layout using this quote and then join us in the Live Chat Lobby for lots of fun and laughter as we talk about our layouts. For our International ladies, the chat will be on at 3am MT (5am New York) time.
Baby Album Chat
Tuesday, November 10th - 11:00AM MT
Do you need some motivation getting those baby albums done? Children grow so fast; Let's get those baby memories scrapped! You can scrap your children, grandchildren or even your own baby album. Join Carla (CRS) and Shari (Shari PV Mom) in the chat room on Tuesday, November 10th at 11am MT to work on those albums! You can start from fresh on a brand new album, or jump in where ever you are in your project. We'll provide an optional challenge each crop for motivation if you want one. For this month's challenge, dig out those "Coming Home" photos. How was the first day home from the hospital? Capture those memories!
New Member Chat
Tuesday, November 10th - 7:00PM MT
Join Pat (PBarnes) and Carol Ann (Zaz) for the New Member Chat at 7pm MT in the Live Chat room lobby. This is a great place to ask questions about getting around the Scrap Girls site or about digital scrapbooking in general - and a great place to make some new friends. All are welcome, new and long time members included.
East Coast High Noon Crop
Wednesday, November 11th - 10:00AM MT
Join your guest host April Showers for the East Coast High Noon Crop every Wednesday at 10am MT. 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 November 11th, we'll do a quote challenge! Create a layout using a meaningful, inspiring or funny quote. It can be in place of journaling, or use a beloved quote as a starting point for your journaling. 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!
Journaling Chat
Wednesday, November 11th - 5:00PM MT
Join Angela (angelaNussbaum) and Becca for a Journaling Chat at 5pm MT. Struggle to find the right words for your layouts? Are your layouts more decorative than descriptive of the moments you're trying to capture? Then you won't want to miss this chat - we'll have a special challenge to encourage you to journal on your pages more! See you there!
NSBR Chat - Early Edition
Thursday, November 12th - 2:00PM MT
What is NSBR? It's a non-scrapbooking related chat! We talk about everything, including some scrapbooking and usually chocolate. It's a great chance to meet new friends, catch up on what everyone is up to, and just relax! If you have a problem, we'll lend an ear or a shoulder to cry on. Have some great news to share? We'd love to celebrate with you. So, join Shari (Shari PV Mom) and Michelle (Shelbi) at 2 pm MT in the chat room Lobby! Hope to see you there!
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NOVEMBER EVENTS
November Message Board Game: The Alphabet Hunt
We're taking your ABC game skills to a whole new level this month... and tacking on some prizes as well! This month's message board game is "The Alphabet Hunt." Every few days, we'll give you a new theme and a searching task and then set you loose to start building our list in alphabetic order! Find the specifics about game play in the November Message Board Game thread in the Monthly Message Board Game folder on the Scrap Girls forum.
For each item you correctly add to our alphabetic list in the game thread on the message board, your name will be entered into a drawing which will be held at the end of the month. Five winners will be drawn and each will win a $5 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls boutique! Additionally, the person with the most correct contributions to the game will automatically win a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap GIrls boutique! Participation is what counts big this month, so join us on the message board for the detailed rules, search specifics and LOTS of fun!
Layout Contests:
November Monthly Layout Contest: Life is busy; so full of activities and distractions. What pulls you away from what you really want to do? We want you to scrap it! For the November Layout Contest, we want to see what pulls you away from what you want to do. Create your layout and post it in the November Layout Contest Gallery before Midnight on November 30th. Be sure to list your credits in the description or under the details tab. If your layout is chosen, you could win a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
October Mid-Month Layout Contest: Anniversaries are very special times. For the October Mid-Month Gallery Contest, we want to see your layouts about an anniversary. It doesn't have to be a wedding anniversary. Birthdays are anniversaries too. Anything that you remember annually is an anniversary. Create your layout and post it in the October Mid-Month Layout Contest Gallery by Midnight on November 15th. Be sure to list your credits in the description or under the details tab. If your layout is chosen, you will win a $10 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.)
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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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