Volume 1, Issue 9

 

 

 

 

 



Newsletter

Welcome to the June 2004 edition of the Simply Digital Newsletter by CottageArts.net! 

  • Layout by Michelle Shefveland using this month's free download, Tuscan Elegance, including 2 quick pages in 8.5x11 and 12x12 formats, created by Roseanne Miske. 

  • Announcement of Simply Kids CD and Site Happenings

  • Simply Sketches by Doris Castle

  • Digital Scrapbooking Classes and Resources

  • Design team layouts celebrating Fatherhood

  • Poetry penned by Thena Smith that you are free to use in your personal scrapbooking, provided credit is given to her

  • This month's special offer of FREE SHIPPING

  • Featured Customer Layout

  • Leila Schweiss's tutorial on artistic effects created in Paint Shop Pro

  • To see the April edition click here.
  • To see the May edition click here.

We're excited to be able to announce Simply Kids in this issue, and hope it makes capturing your "little people" moments all the more fun!

Thank you for your continued support, generous comments, and helpful feedback during our first year of business!  We celebrated our anniversary in May and want to thank you by offering FREE SHIPPING for the rest of the month (see coupon code below)!

Happy Father's Day!
The Team at CottageArts.net
 

 

 

"Courtship," created by Michelle with the 12x12 quick page from this month's free download set. Read on...

 


 

 Simply Stated CD
Coming Soon (
but here's a sneak peek)!!

This eclectic collection features backgrounds of soft-edged pastels, painterly countrysides, rustic metals, all dappled with word art or left blank.  Sentiment tags (like brother tag below) and Sentiments Stickers (just drag them onto your journaling mats or papers for instant word art) are new offerings, as well as many more coordinating AlphaSets.
  Available in July! We can't wait for you to see all of it!

Simply Kids CD
View Contents and Order Now!

Introductory price of only $31.95
 
Plus FREE SHIPPING - see below for coupon code
 Shipping begins Tuesday, June 22nd

Our largest collection yet designed for the kid stuff of life.  Enjoy the playful designs in hues of pink, blue, lime, and yellow. The CD features over 350 images: 12 fully-layered templates in PSD format, 12 flat quick pages in JPEG format, 100 fun-friendly backgrounds, 200 touchable elements, and a shaker disc AlphaSet you're sure to love! 
 Enjoy making memories of your "little people."
 Also premiering our new printable image catalog in PDF format!


This month's sketch and layout was provided by Doris Castle.  It is a one-page 12" x 12" sketch, featuring a design layout for one unique shaped photo, easy to create in image editing software. See how Doris interpreted the sketch and created her tribute to her dad.  Read on...

CottageArts.net Site Happenings

Basic Photo Editing Tutorials - are now available...more to come soon!

New tutorials on Printing Layouts and Downloading Fonts

Congratulations to design team member, Brian Driscoll, for being featured in Becky Higgins's Sketch column in Creating Keepsakes July issue with this layout; details can be found in his gallery on our site:

SpookyMountainA.jpg

Congratulations to design team member, Thena Smith, for being featured in the current issue of Legacy magazine with this layout, which was created by modifying our Love paper on Simply Elegant (her baby picture is also on the front cover!):

Stay tuned on our website for more classes
 around the country taught by our design team!

 

 

Digital Scrapbooking Resources and Classes

Scrapbooking the Digital Way - a 300 page full-color book by Michelle Shefveland, Scrapbooking the Digital Way, published by Jasc Software.                                                              Customer Comments

View a full chapter, table of contents, order information

Midwest Scrapbook Convention, St. Paul, MN, August 6-7
Michelle will be teaching two classes using her book, and will demonstrate how to create your own layouts, papers, and embellishments. Students will receive a sample CD. Register now at www.scrapbookconvention.com.

Archiver's Mall of America Scrapbook Festival, September 10-12
Michelle will be teaching three classes using her book, and will demonstrate how to create your own layouts, papers, and embellishments.  Students will receive a sample CD. Registration begins July 1st at www.archiversonline.com.

Memory Makers Computer Scrapbooking special issue
This educational and inspirational resource includes three articles written by Michelle, plus her artwork.  Design team member, Doris Castle, also has art featured.  Available at most newsstands now!


Thena's Thoughts

 

"Celebrating Fatherhood" by our Design Team
Note: each design team member uses an image editor of choice with our products to create their custom layouts.  See our product overview for software compatibility.

DAD

When we spill our milk
You don't yell or fuss
Or even if we leave a trail of crumbs
You never yell at us.

You don't get upset
When we ask for a pet
Or if you ask if we did chores
That we tend to forget.

You don't mind leftovers
And wear Father's Day ties
That are not designer labels
But the kind a kid's money buys.

You don't blink at frogs
Or get screamish about snakes
And you love the cookies
That our mommy bakes.

You are the best kind of friend
That a kid ever had
A top of the line
Grade A Number One DAD!

Thena Smith


More of Thena's sentiments

"Just Call Dad", created by Karla Terry with Adobe Photoshop Elements using last month's free download pak, ToolTime, and memories title, together buttons, and rusty bookplate from Simply Vintage CD.

Read on...

"Dance to the Rhythm of Life", created by Beth Ervin using Simply Papers and Elegant CDs with intricate traditional paper piecing techniques (Beth prints our papers and embellishments from Paint Shop Pro and hand cuts them - now that's patience!).

 Read on...

 


Happy Anniversary Offer!  Get FREE SHIPPING on all purchases and
 FREE PRIORITY SHIPPING on orders over $75 until June 30th !

 To receive these discounts, go to our shop link on www.cottagearts.net, and use the coupon codes as described below:

Coupon Code Discount
NLFREESHIP23

Free USPS First Class (media mail for book orders) shipping for orders up to $75 (US domestic orders only)

NLFREESHIP45 Free USPS PRIORITY MAIL shipping for orders over $75 (US domestic orders only).
NLFREESHIP67 $3 Discount for International Orders up to $75 (Non-US orders only).
NLFREESHIP89 $7 Discount for International Orders over $75  (Non-US orders only).

***Orders including Simply Kids CD will begin shipping Tuesday, June 22, 2004; credit card charged when shipped.***

The discount will be reflected in the totals after you have entered the coupon code (before you enter your credit card information). Unless stated, these offers not applicable with our other specials. Offers good through June 30, 2004.  Only one coupon is allowed per order.


Enter to be our Customer of the Month!

Send layouts using our products for consideration to be published in our newsletter (JPEG format sized at 72 dpi and less than 100 KB). If you're chosen in our random drawing, you'll get a gift certificate to our store! Submit here

Featured Customer Layout

 

"Bride", created by Lindy Moody, CottageArts.net customer, using the Simply Vintage CD.

Lindy receives a $25 gift certificate for her prize!

Free Download of the Month

Roseanne created a stunning Tuscan collection for you to sample this month. It features two quick page templates in 8.5 x 11 and
 12 x 12 formats (can be re-sized to any square size). Simply download, unzip, open in your image editor, add photos and journaling, and print or post to the web! All graphics are offered at 200 dpi for faster downloads. Michelle's book mentions the fact that 180-200 dpi provides high quality printing results on a home ink jet printer. Our CDs are offered at 300 dpi, however, you can feel comfortable downsizing them, if needed for performance reasons. See our tutorials for more information on re-sizing images.
(This entire kit will be available this fall on our upcoming design team CD!)


Leila's Tips and Tricks

This month Leila shows us how to mimic her creative photo effects using Paint Shop Pro.  Read on...

 

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