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- Letter From Team Digital
- Contests & Challenges
- Club Digital
- Member & Designer Spotlight
- Digital Scrapbook University
- Unique Monthly Holidays
Letter from Team Digital
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Happy Birthday America!
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I just love looking through all of my grandmothers old photos, and she was really good about writing the names and years down by the photos, but the stories are missing. I would really love to know more about what is going on in those photos, but she isn't here to tell me anymore. Keep in mind the story behind the photo when you make your layouts. Use the photos to tell the story and journaling to fill in the blanks. It doesn't have to be flowery beautiful writing. I am certainly not a great writer myself. Just enough so that future generations aren't left wondering. I urge you all to put some thought into this as you celebrate on our nations birthday and throughout the month too!
Valeri DSP Designer |
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Are you a member of the club???
If you haven't joined the hippest club in town, boy are you missing out! Club Digital is full of great digi-scrapping goodies for such a great price! For just $2 more than a page kit (when you buy a 3 month subscription) you get 2 Page Kits, 1 Plopper, 1 Alpha, 4 WordArt, and a Software Specific item like Photoshop brushes or PSP Tubes.
Take a look at what the DSP Designers have put together with July's Club Content. You don't want to be left out!
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Wow! Summer has
started off with quite a bang! I'm not sure what
part of the country or world you are in but here
in Texas it is HOT! HOT! HOT! If you find
yourself in the same situation and spending most
of your time indoors, what better way to spend
it than taking classes at DSU!
We are excited
to be offering 4 new classes at DSU!
Introduced in July:
DSU170 – Intro to HP Creative Scrapbook
Assistant DSU 290 –Adobe Photoshop
and Photoshop Elements: Creating and Using
Overlays Introduced in August: DSU250- Home Lighting
Introduced in September: DSU252- Portraiture Posing We are still offering our other great classes at DSU! For a complete schedule and description of our classes, please visit: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/classes.shtml We would love to hear your suggestions on future classes! Send your suggestions and comments to me at dsu@digitalscrapbookplace.com. We’re also looking for qualified DSU instructors! If you would be interested in teaching classes at DSU, please contact me for more information. Amber Dean of DSU |
I'm the digital scrapbooking baby of the team. I started the first
day I joined DSP – March 12th!
I can't believe how much I've learned about design, composition and
Photoshop in that time! When I first started scrapping in 2000 I was
pregnant with our first child, Vince.
I remember driving around the Bay Area, trying to find anything
about how to scrap. I bought my first copy of Creating Keepsakes
that day and I was hooked! The first scrapbook store I found became
my regular haunt and when we moved away I know they missed my
regular – sometimes daily! – visits.
As I got busier as a mum and the family breadwinner, I had less and less time (and space!) to scrapbook. I really missed the creative outlet, but I didn't have 4 – 5 hours to spend on every layout. I have one problem – I hate to cut photos! So I would agonize for hours over whether to crop, where to cut or what shape to cut photos in. Finding simple scrapbooking liberated me a bit, but I still hated to cut those photos.
I wonder why it took me so long to discover digiscrapping. I've been a web designer making my own graphics for years – it seems an obvious step to digital scrapping, yet I never made it. I didn't really become inspired until I saw the quality of digital scrapbook kits and the quality of layouts that were possible. Then I made the connection and I haven't looked back since. I sometimes miss the feel of the paper, using the stickers but then I remember how much the kids like those things, too! So I play layouts with them and enjoy it without getting all hung up on making mistakes. Instead I make mistakes in Photoshop where undo can save me!
Being on the Digital Elite Team has given me a chance to stretch
myself and learn new skills. I often find myself out of my comfort
zone as I experiment with a kit that I wouldn't have bought
otherwise.
There's also lots of support for trying something new, looking for
something just a little more creative or attempting a scraplift. But
the great thing about DSP is that that same support and
encouragement is available outside of the DET. I am always uplifted
to read supportive comments, honest suggestions and the many cheers
that come from DSP members – especially when they are directed at
someone other than myself! In the last few months I find that my
composition has improved dramatically and that I am able to journal
in a way that satisfies my need to capture the moment or memory.
Finding digital scrapbooking has allowed me to fulfill my desire for
beautiful layouts without the agony. I couldn't be creatively
happier at this time in my life.
You can see Rosemary's latest layouts in the Digital Elite Gallery, and meet the rest of the Inaugural Digital Elite Team here.
Use these fun holiday observances as ideas for new layouts!
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Coming Events
Heritage Scrap and Chat
Join Meryl every Wednesday 10.00 p.m. EST (South Africa-Thursday 6 a.m.)
Our Gallery is here & our place on the forum is here.
Tuesday
Morning Coffee Will Now Have Shots of Espresso!!
Join us for Tuesday Morning Coffee with Kim Liddiard!!
Tuesdays at 8AM ET in the DSP Chat Room.
What is the shot of Espresso??
Post
here what kit you have from my products in the DSP
store that you would like to have extras for (you can
even tell me what you would like to see in the extras!).
I will then make a set of extras based off your
suggestions and Tuesday Morning Coffee attendees will be
able to crop with them! Hope to see you there!
Filter Chat
Mondays at 8pm EST with Lauren
Member-Hosted Theme Crop
Tuesdays at 11pm EST
Mid-week Scrap Chat
Wednesdays at 9pm EST with Valeri
Scrapalong
Thursdays at 10 pm EST with Emma
Plus more! Check our Calendar of Events!
Show Your “Stars and Stripes” Contest
July is always a fun month…from vacations to
Independence Day, there are many photo opportunities
just waiting to be scrapped. This contest is for layouts
showcasing your July events such as 4th of July, BBQ or
Picnics, Family Gatherings…anything that is down-home
“Americana.” International members can post, too!!
Post a layout by July 25th to the Contest
Gallery. You MUST post a link to your layout in the
“Show us your Stars and Stripes” forum thread under
online events in the forums. The top layouts will be
chosen and voted on for a winner. Only the layouts that
are listed in the Forum Thread will be entered in the
contest, so don’t forget to post a link to your layout!!
Let’s see your “Americana!”
Teddy Bear Picnic Challenge
Looking for some fun stuff to do with my kids this
summer brought back memories of a Teddy Bear Picnic! I
challenge you to have a Teddy Bear Picnic, take photos
(if you want to), then create a layout to showcase the
memory. Challenge will end July 31st. Post
layouts to the Events >
Challenges Gallery. Post a link to your layout
to share with us in the Teddy Bear Picnic Thread under
Online Events in the Forums.
Monthly Sketch Challenge with Valeri
Enter our monthly sketch contest! Each month a sketch will be posted in the Monthly Sketch Contest Gallery. Create a layout based upon that sketch and upload your entries in this month's Sketch Contest Layout Gallery!
Member Spotlight - LauraLouB
Weekly Freebie
This week's freebie is an awesome photo edges set by Lauren Bavin.
Be sure to check here every Monday for new freebies!
Item of the Week
This week's IOTW is the lovely Winter Rain page kit by Amanda Behrmann.
Each week an item from our store is sold for that week only at a reduced price. Snag it while you can!
What's New in the Store?
Scraps of Life: All Girl
Scraps of Words: All Girl Word Art
July Club Digital:
WOW!!! All DSP CDs are now available for download! File sizes are very large, so you should have high speed internet access if you wish to download. PDF previews are also now available!
Get this neat July title, created by Valeri Brumfield's son, Sean, here.