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Newsletter June 3, 2010

Paperclipping Digi Podcast
We are very excited to announce that the first episode ofPAPERCLIPPING DIGI is now LIVE!!

Paperclipping Digi is a podcast all about digital scrapbooking!  You may have listened to Paperclipping Roundtable awhile back (I was a guest on a couple of episodes).  Izzy and Noell (owners of Paperclipping.com) approached me about doing an all digital show and I jumped at the chance!  I am super excited and was able to have Izzy, Noell, Katie Nelson (Katie the Scrapbook Lady), and CD Muckosky all join me for this first episode!  You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (which we would prefer) and listen to it right on your computer if you don’t have an iPod or iPhone to sync it to.  There is a video tutorial showing how here.  We are still waiting for iTunes to approve the podcast, but you can click here to subscribe through iTunes.  You can also subscribe to the show’s RSS feed.

Tell Us What You Think
We would LOVE to hear what you think about Paperclipping Digi!!  If you have ideas that you would like to share or topics you would like to see discussed, head on over to Paperclipping Digi and leave a comment in this show’s post.  You can also email me if you prefer steph@thedailydigi.com

We would also like to invite you to join us for a “Listen and Tweet” on Friday, June 4th at 9pm ET and 6pm PT using the hashtag, #pds1.  We will all push play at 9pm ET and then tweet our thoughts.  You might even get to hear about some of the behind the scenes silliness ;) If you aren’t on Twitter, you can still follow along by going to Twitter.com and doing a search on #pds1 (yes, the # is part of the search, be sure to refresh your screen).

Resources
I was in Utah with Katie this past weekend teaching beginning digital scrapbooking at a blogging conference there and I thought I wouldshare the resources we gave them with all of our newsletter subscribers as well.  You can find that information here:

The Digi Files
We also launched a new set of  THE DIGI FILES on Tuesday of this week and started revealing the contents today!  Here’s the list of designers that contributed this month:
Elise’s Pieces
Fizzy Pop Designs
AnnaBVDesigns
Jennifer Barrette Deigns
Kristin Aagard
Karah Fredricks
ksharonk Designs

Share your work with us…
We have updated our “looking for” page and would LOVE to see your projects, layouts, and ideas!

THANKS for your support!!  We really love what we do!

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NEWSLETTER: April 29, 2010

We wanted to say THANKS to our newsletter subscribers by letting you be the first grab at THE MISSING DIGI FILES #13 and #14.  I skipped these numbers to help me in record keeping and a few other things, but a few of mentioned that you would really like to have something, anything, to take those spots.  I created some templates for you guys to tuck neatly in-between TDF#12 and TDF#15 :)

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I also wanted to take a moment to let you see all of the previews of the items included in TDF16.  You get ALL of this for ONLY $5!!!  AMAZING deal! Be sure to read to the bottom, where we will link you up to some great stuff we’ve found on Twitter the last while!

Sausan’s contribution is below and her feature with a sale can be found here.

Cindy Schneider (templates) her contribution is below and her feature with a coupon is here.

Julie Billingsley you can see her contribution below and see her feature with a coupon here.

Danielle Corbitt you can see her contribution below and read her feature (as well as take advantage of her sale) here.

Mary Fran (Nitwit) her contribution is below and you can see her feature as well as a coupon here.

Joyce her contribution to TDF16 is below and her feature with a coupon is here.

Dunia her contribution is below, her feature with a coupon is here

From Our Twitter Feed:::

Big Picutre Scrapbooking is giving away a class a day

10 Photography Tips for Better OUtdoor Photos

Ideas For Scrapping Your Story: Friends

Posts You Shouldn’t Miss:::

Make a Travel Journal – Come Away With Me – Series

Mini – Albums

Basic Design – Contrast

Basic Design – Emphasis

Visiting the Happiest Place(s) On Earth

We will be tweeting on Saturday (inter)National Scrapbooking Day and sharing the great deals that we see around digiland.  We will also be releasing a new issue of THE DIGI FILES that day as well!

Lastly, be sure to check out our Flickr group where our readers are sharing their layouts and projects  We LOVE seeing them and would love to see you join us! :)

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Newsletter – March 28, 2010

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Make sure you hurry and grab your copy of THE DIGI FILES #15 because after Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at midnight it will be gone!  All of these products will go to the designers’ stores for full retail value (well over $35).  You couldn’t even get ONE of these products for just $5!!  It’s an AMAZING deal!!

Also SEVEN people will be randomly selected from those that purchase TDF15 to win $20 each in products from our contributors!!  That means we will be giving away $140 worth of products total!

Here’s a closer look at all of the previews:

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We have really enjoyed having all of these talented designers here with us this month!  It has been so fun to get to know them better! clip_image001

We have also had some really fun things going on at THE DAILY DIGI this month!

Make sure you take some time to listen to Paperclipping Roundtable episode 12 where I (Steph) was able to join in the discussion! It was so much fun to be there!

Some other really big news is that we now have an iPhone (and works in 2nd generation and newer iTouches).

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You can read about Paperclipping Roundtable (as well as some backstage information) and our iPhone App in this post.

I did a post yesterday on FotoFusion, a program that I like to use for it’s auto-collage feature, but it is expensive and doesn’t have a Mac version (which is why I had been holding off on sharing it.).  A Canuck (who always leaves great information in the comments) told us about a different GREAT program that has a Mac version and a FREE version.  If you want to export in PSD or TIFF form, then you will need to buy the $25 version of Shape Collage.

We Want To Hear From YOU:

We want to hear about your favorite Podcasts (any topic).
We want to hear about your favorite smartphone APPS (any category, any smartphone/iTouch).

Make sure you didn’t miss:

Katie’s post on JournalingBut I’m Not A Writer
Katie’s postFabulous Fonts For Titles – with links
Steph’s postLayout Printer Reviews
Steph’s postCh-ch-ch-Changes – changes around the site
Wendy’s postUsing an Action in Photoshop and Elements
Katie’s postSomething Fun For You On Flickr – We have LOVED seeing our reader’s layouts in our new Flickr group!  THANKS to all of you who have posted!
Steph’s post – Relating to Your Relatives

Oldies But Goodies

Favorite older posts from our team
Karen – Sharpening For Web
Jackie and Rachael – She’s Got Her Daddy’s Eyes

From our Twitter feed:

A Perspective on Children’s Photos
Amanda added some new free fonts on March 19
Free Pioneer Woman Actions for PSE
Preview of PSCS5 (very cool new feature)
New Lightroom Beta 3-2 (with video now)

THANKS so much for stopping by the site and for supporting all we do by purchasing THE DIGI FILES!

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Newsletter – March 17, 2010

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We are having so much FUN creating with the contributions to THE DIGI FILES this month!!  You can see everything that has been revealed so far on our awesome designers page (including Wendy’s action that will scrap FOR you)!!  It is truly shocking what you get for just $5!!  This month there will also be 7 people that will be randomly selected from those that have purchased TDF15 that will each WIN $20 in product from our contributors this month!!!  What do you have to lose??

The sales from THE DIGI FILES is what allows us to be here doing what we do!!  Because we don’t accept any advertising, we are able to bring you posts like our reviews on printers we did this last weekend, $5 a month is a small price to pay for all of the information we are able to bring all month long!

Did you see…
Our free St. Patrick’s Day template, papers, and printables
Our new Flickr Group (along with instructions)
All of the cool changes at the site
A tutorial for installing and using Wendy’s actions that are in TDF15
Fabulous Fonts For Titles (with links)
From the Files Challenge to win coupons

Some fun things from our Twitter feed:
A St.Patrick’s Day blog hop with Studio MGL, Flergs and friends
Becky Higgins handwriting font for free
A very cute freebie on Amanda’s team blog

I tweeted today about a secret I have been keeping that is revealed in the first few minutes of Paperclipping Roundtable episode #11.  Very exciting!

Finally, you can subscribe to our RSS feed for just the newsletter in the upper right corner of this page, if you would prefer to get them in your reader! :)

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Example of our New Newsletter Style

This was our newsletter for February 25, 2010:

Here are the contributor’s as well as their contributions to THE DIGI FILES 12 for February 2010:
Catscrap (site contributor), you can see the Catscrap feature here along with sale and event announcements. The Catscrap contribution is below:

Suzy Q Scraps you can see her feature along with her exclusive coupon here, her contribution to TDF12 is below:

Cheeky Monkey Designs her contribution to TDF12 is below and you can see her feature along with a great sale here:

Janet Phillips – templates – her contributions are below and you can find her feature along with a coupon here.

Sir Scrapalot Designs (our first guy, YAY!): his contribution is below and you can find his feature with a coupon here.

Mari Koegelenberg: her contribution is below and you can find her feature with a coupon here.

Printable projects included in TDF12 as PDF’s:

CD Muckosky: her contribution is below and you can find a coupon in her feature.

Also this month we had some great posts that you should check out if you didn’t catch them already:

How-To Guide:  Plan a Photobook or Album

How-To Guide:  Printing Photobooks and Albums for Digital Scrapbookers

Un-Digi: Couponing 101 Without the Junk(food)

Digital Scrapbooking Challenges

Some of My Favorite Pages

Go Ahead, Give Yourself Permission to Cheat

From our twitter feed, a few things you might be interested in:

Quick way to completely desaturate a layer: hit cmd/ctrl + shift + U.

Photoshop Tutorial: Text In Stitches (tutorial is done in 72dpi, but the steps would be the same at 300dpi): http://bit.ly/ckgl85

Sweet Shoppe Designs was featured on the Ella Publishing blog and there is a free digital scrapbooking kit. :)

210 Free Fonts

If you haven’t listened to the newest episode of Paperclipping Roundtable, this is a great one for digital scrapbookers!

Happy Scrapping!

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