GDS Newsletter

December 21, 2007


Our family of owners, Designers, Moderators, Editor and Supremes want to express our gratitude to you for your friendship, inspiration, support, involvement and fun! From our family to yours, we wish you a safe and happy holiday!


Are You In On The Fun?

It's time for the highly anticipated, world-famous, nail-biting, teeth-grinding Supreme Team contest!  Over 100 scrappers have signed up...and still counting!!   You won't want to miss out on this fantastic opportunity to tweak your scrapping skills and make new friends!  Newbie and veteran scrappers alike are welcome to participate, and you're guaranteed to walk away with at least one free kit!

The Supremes are our site Creative Team, and we're ready to begin the search for the next team!  If you love GDS and love creating layouts, this contest is right up your alley!  Contestants will be provided with a different **FREE** kit to use for each round of the competition. The kits will be provided on the first day of each round and the contestants will have 5 days to complete their layout. There will be a chat to announce the successful contestants who will be going on to the next round on the 7th day of each round.  The competition will begin January 2nd and run throughout the entire month.  The contest will have 4 rounds and will be judged by the GDS Designers. In the end, 12 digiscrapping Supremes will be chosen!

You can read more about the requirements for Supreme Team members, and sign up here!  Deadline for signup is January 2nd, 2008.

Your creation could be spotlighted here as a SUPREME TEAM layout!

Melody

Jessica's Star Bright

myahsmommy

Verena's Sunset Moods

queenpamedalah

Scrapkut's Don't Stop

ABitDaffy

GDS Collab Kit & Theresa's Template 17

flyfenario

AmyLeigh's Raspberries In My Chocolate

kel3120

Beckie's Frosted Windowpanes

Mom_of_5

Theresa's Willow(Queen of the Crop Bonus)

anitastreet

Doreen's Winter Memories

KattyZak

GDS Collab Kit

mosser77

Jessica's Splendor

 


Santa's Delivered Another New Designer To GDS!!

Welcome to our newest designer, Shana Swindle (aka ScrapShana), exclusive to GDS!  Shana has been an active in our community, and has shared her creativity as a member of the Supreme Team!  We are excited to see Shana in this new role at GDS!

"I'm so excited to be the newest designer at GDS!!  After joining the GDS community in July of '07, I knew immediately that I had found a permanent home.  The forum is warm and friendly, the gallery inspirational, and the store was packed full of goodies!!  What more could a digi scrapper want??  I was lucky enough to serve on the Supreme Team and now look forward to working with this very talented design team!"

Help welcome Shana by checking out her fabulous products.  They'll be on sale for 20% off for a few more days!


The Perfect Gifts Are Right Here!

Give them a GoDigital Class!

Do you have a friend who is new to digital scrapbooking?  Give the gift of a GoDigital Class this Christmas!  Classes are available in PSE, PSP and PSCS2/3.  We also have intermediate and advanced classes for those who may be a little more seasoned and are looking to delve deeper into their program.  Registration is now open for January classes...start 2008 with some new skills!

See what current and former students have to say about the GoDigital Classes!

GDS Gift Cards

Who doesn't love the sight of a gift card peeking out from their stocking on Christmas morning?  GDS offers virtual gift cards in a wide range of denominations (from $5-$50), perfect for that digi friend or family member on your Christmas list!

 

Sleigh Bells Ring!

Grab it quick...only a few days left!

 Get this kit FREE with any purchase of $10 in the store during the month of December.  This kit is exclusive to GDS and is only available this month, then it will be gone forever, and you definitely don't want to miss this one!  We have two great challenges happening now with the collab kit, the GDS Collab Kit Challenge, and the Greeting Card Exchange


On Special!

"Merry Christmas to me! I just got 3 more prints in the mail (12x12 one sided) from GDS and they look FABULOUS! So realistic it's like I could reach in and grab the elements right off the page!! I printed out a layout using Theresa's Willow Mini, one with Andrea's Bliss and one with Verena's Touch of Nature ... ladies, your kits look amazing in print!" --Beckie

"I agree, the prints are truly awesome!!! ...As far as how quickly the prints arrive, all I can say is how quick mine were - mine were delivered to me in less than a week of my ordering them - and I am international." --Joy

         

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Tip Of The Week

Each week we will be featuring a general digi-scrap tip from one of our instructors.  This week's tip comes from designer/instructor Andrea Gold who teaches the PS CS2/3 GoDigital Classes.

The Crop and Straighten Photos Filter:

Did you know that you can scan a whole load of pictures at one time and Photoshop will cut them apart for you?  Whether you are doing archiving or going through old photos, simply load your scanner bed full of photos and scan them all onto one sheet.  Then, run the crop and straighten filter in Photoshop (File->Automate->Crop and Straighten Photo).  Photoshop will separate all of the individual photos from the one scan into separate image files that you can then save.  This saves a huge amount of time because you don't have to scan all of those photos one at a time and you don't have to crop them yourself!

Thanks, Andrea!  Get more great tips when you sign up for GoDigitalClasses!  Registration is open now for January classes!


Come Chat!


Join Beckie every Wednesday night at 9 pm EST in the chat room for fun, fellowship, and freebies!


The next Lunch Crunch will be Thursday, Dec 27th at 1 pm EST in the chat room.  Get a freebie just for attending, and another when you complete your layout!

 

FREEbies!!!

Hurry! They won't last long!!

A little bling from Jessica

A template from Andrea

Word art  from Holly




Helen's giving away freebies for the twelve days of Christmas...check this thread all week for her giveaways and more from our designers!


What's In Store For You

Fabulous new products added this week:

From Beckie

    

In Helen's store

 

 

New from AmyLeigh

 

In Scrapkut's store

   

From Debra

New from Maria Designs



Check Out The December Challenges!!

Progressive Challenge

Quote Challenge

pick up this FREE word art and post a layout for a bonus!

Color Challenge

Technique Challenge (thru Jan 2)

Font Challenge

ABC Challenge (thru Jan 1)

****JUST ADDED!!*** Brag Book Exchange (thru January 4th)

Use AmyLeigh's Winter Holiday  kit to create one or two brag book pages and receive an entire set from all the exchange participants!

        

 

In addition, you'll get these two brag book pages, created by AmyLeigh, especially for this exchange!!

 

 

And...if you are one of the first ten people to post your pages, you'll receive this extra bonus!

   

See more details and sign up for the exchange here!

 

Blast From the Past

 

December Collab Kit Challenge

Create a layout using the December Collab Kit and receive this beautiful bonus from Debra!  Check here for the details!

     

 Greeting Card Exchange

Use the GDS Collab Kit to make at least one but no more than three 4" X 8" (either vertical or horizontal) greeting/thank you cards.  You will receive all of the cards created for the exchange, including these two fabulous ones made by Amy herself!


Let Us Print Your Layouts!

Planning to give your layouts as holiday gifts this year?  Don't forget that we now offer professional printing services!  We can print your 12x12 layouts single or double sided, and they can be shipped anywhere!  Click here for more information.

Want to be the first to learn about sales and events? Sign up for the GoDigitalScrapbooking Yahoo group!  Join here!

Looking For Freebies?

We've created a special area in our forum for members of GDS to grab freebies created by our designers and community members.  You'll find everything from templates to mini-kits to word art, all up for grabs!  Take advantage of this awesome opportunity to add to your digi-scrap collection!

Designer Giveaways

Giveaways are only available for one week, so grab 'em while they're hot!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

The GDS Newsletter will be on hiatus next week, so we'd like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and happy new year!

 See you in 2008!!