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From the Helm
Dawn Heath, PublisherShip's Captain
Aloha! Welcome aboard another fabulous cruise with the crew of S.S. Reflections! Our cruise this month brings us to the beautiful Hawaiian Islands! We're going to visit very special friends this month while we are here which you will hear more about as you read further. Once again we are showing you paradise as we cruise around the islands. We'll share beautiful sunsets, hikes, surfing, scuba diving, whale watching, even look for a few sharks! Just sit back and relax, drink some juice in a fancy glass with a paper umbrella and some cherries as the crew brings you just a little bit closer to Hawaii without actually having to be there!
If you are joining us for the very first time, let me explain what S.S. Reflections is. We are a completely FREE online magazine with a truly unique concept. SSR is a virtual cruise ship from the Golden Era, here to entertain you as we visit a new country/port each month. We have an amazing crew who create designs and share ideas with you each month from various areas of the ship. Our fly- out menu bar to the left can take you anywhere on the ship that you would like to be. It will guide you through each deck on this magnificent ship! If you'd like to read each and every feature, at the bottom of each page is a blue arrow and a link to click which will take you to the next page to read. We also have Intro Pages for each deck. On these pages is a ship's wheel with each of our crewmembers pictures inside - you can click on the wheel and read a short fun bio for each designer. You can also click on the name of their room on the ship and it will take you directly to their article, or you can email each crewmember directly by clicking on their name! Please write to us and tell us what you love about SSR and anything you have read about here!
Cap'n Dawn was a featured guest on the Diva Craft Lounge Talk Radio Show on May 4th at 2:05 PM Central Time. You can hear the segment by clicking Here!! This is an internet radio show so EVERYONE can listen to it!! Please tune in and show your support!!
We had so many beautiful submissions to our April Scanned Art Contest! These contests are getting harder and harder for our judges to choose. Now, having said that, it is with great pleasure that we announce that Alison Jones is our FIRST Place Winner! Alison won a $50 gift certificate for Bound2Remember services! Our SECOND place winner is Laurie Knight!! Laurie won a $25 gift certificate toward Bound2Remember services. Our THIRD place winner is Joan Petty!! Joan won a $10 gift certificate toward Bound2Remember services! If you'd like to see the winning photos, please click here. All the winning designs are displayed on the Contest page! Alison's winning design will be the month of May in the 2006 calendar! CONGRATULATIONS to all three of our winners! Our June contest category is a Digital Layout Contest! These are your digital Layouts submitted using Summer theme using Blue as our color theme of choice! Please size your image to 475 pixels (longest side) for submitting to the contest. We need it in a much smaller size for the magazine. But, be sure to keep your image in the proper scan size for the calendar if you win! So, you'll have 2 sizes for your image. Both are important! We need to have your submissions sent to editorialsubmission@ssreflections.com with your permission to publish and print your submission. Please also include your name, address, phone number and products used if you know them!
Last month Cindy Cade of our Stamping Deck had a fun card Caption Contest in her article! It was such a huge hit with our Ezine Yahoo Group members that we have decided to make this a regular feature on the magazine each month! The prize will be the stamp that is featured for the caption contest each month! The card on the right is the card for the May Caption Contest! The Ezine Yahoo Group members voted for their favorite caption and the winner is...."Mirror, mirror on the wall I am my mother after all!"
By Angie Secrest from Maryland
If you'd like to see the details please click on the card and it will take you directly to the page with instructions and the card to be named for June! I told you we were having all kinds of fun on the Ezine Yahoo Group!
Did you know that we send out a bi-monthly newsletter when we change our Reader's Gallery each month? The newsletter is FREE and is full of up-to-date information on what is happening on board our magazine! If you would like to receive our newsletter you can sign up for it HERE. If you are a member of the Ezine Yahoo! Group then you know that we just had a membership drive! We've had many new members and we are having a wonderful time sharing ideas and tips and techniques. We hope that you will join us as we share ideas and tips on our Wednesday Tip Day! We have weekly challenges for both the stampers and the scrappers and monthly swaps! Communications Officer, Joe, has been doing a great job with his product reviews, sharing his art and keeping up some fun conversation on both the Ezine Yahoo! Group and the Ezine Message Board!
I can't tell you how excited I am to introduce to you my dear friend Chris Dunrud and have her come on board as our very special Celebrity Headliner this month! Chris is the President of the Midwest Scrapbook Association and organizes the BEST convention for the papercrafter around. Of course, if you don't live in the Midwest then you are missing out on a wonderful opportunity! These conventions aren't just for the scrapbooker anymore. As you already know...we (papercrafters) are already using the same products and these conventions are a wonderful way for you to shop all in one place! Chris and I met for lunch recently so I took the opportunity to interview her for this feature!
As we are travelling to Hawaii it just makes sense that we bring Debra Zeleznik of Rubber Stamp Plantation into our VIP Lounge this month! Rubber Stamp Plantation is based in Honolulu, Hawaii and has it's own line of beautiful rubber stamps, stickers and specialty items! In fact, I have a very special Hawaiian license plate Lei from Rubber Stamp Plantation on my little car! I hope you enjoy this extra special feature as much as we've enjoyed planning it for you! Deb is also a friend and I'm thrilled to introduce her to you!
Our Designer’s Challenge this month was sponsored by Rubber Stamp Plantation! I've just told you about the wonderful designs you can find at Rubber Stamp Plantation and now you can see some beautiful artwork created by our professional designers using these fabulous stamps! I'm sure you will see how much fun the crew had! The card featured was created by Linda Cummings!
S.S. Reflections Advertiser Spotlight!
As you finish reading this jam packed issue of S.S. Reflections, please make your way to our Making Waves page and visit our advertisers! We have revamped the page to make it more accessible to you and easier for you when you are shopping! Some of our Advertisers have wonderful specials and announcements just for you! If you are looking for that special logo-wear of your favorite online magazine, you can purchase your own t-shirts or sweatshirts in the Purser's Store! If you have any special requests, please email us at info@ssreflections.com and we'll see what we can do!
Posh Impressions always has specials that change without notice. If you see it and you like it or want it, order quickly and it is yours. Notice that the page is titled "Items Briefly On Sale" or you can click Special Sale to see what is offered this moment. Don't forget to order Dee's brand new DVD "Simply Posh". What a wonderful opportunity to learn from the master.
Hearts in Touch - Click HERE for details of NEW releases and details for 10% off your order! Frances has some awesome new sheets - one of which is in honor of our world cruises!!
Caputo's Kits has some great new bookbinding items in-stock including a new kit! Also, don't forget that all Making Memories items are on clearance - 35-65% off! Click HERE for more specials just for you!
PennyWise Arts has lots of exciting news about new products! Click HERE to for more details!
PaperArtsy: New from PaperArtsy are 4 quarter plates called 'wings' comprised of angels, butterflies and other winged creatures as unmounted stamps. These new plates are now available. Also new on the website are collage and transparency sheets: great for transfers, collage art or overlays. Be sure to visit the PaperArtsy website!
Ranger has lots of awesome new products that were announced at CHA! Click HERE for more details on all of them!
Midwest Scrapbook Association - Click here for a printable Schedule of Events:
Two Paper Cranes - Click here for a look at the awesome products that Two Paper Cranes is offering!
Sarah Heidt Photo Crafts is continuing the Free Mosaic tile pack with your first retail purchase. Choose round, square or hexagon tiles, in any of the six new plaid patterns! Click Here for all the details!
Now to tell you what is on our Editorial Deck! In The Stateroom this month we are featuring Keepsake Designs which is a company owned by our very own Becky Chabot! Dean is reviewing a really cool tote! If you have any questions, please "Ask Scotti"!! Scotti is helping one of our faithful readers, Joan Petty from England! Thank you Joan for helping us get Scotti's feature up and running!
On our Digital Deck this month, we are excited to bring you part two of the feature by Dawn Shepherd of Mother Rubber Art Stamps. Dawn is continuing her series in the The Showcase about starting your own internet based business. Ramie is teaching us how to use ploppers! Bill is teaching us how to take photos of fireworks! Tonya is creating distressed and aged looking photos. Tara is teaching us how to create our own filmstrip embellishment! Dyan is teaching us how to use symbols in our artwork. Elizabeth is creating quick pages and Tricia is creating single page kit theme albums.
Now on to the Stamping Deck! Cindy is exploring acrylic inks! Cricket is paper quilting with Dreamer's Designs card kits! Debi is using all kinds of 3-D embellishments! Robin and Wendy are centering their altered pages around quotes! Cindy Cade is personalizing her home decor and Andi is opening the windows in her cards! Suzanne is having a honey of a time with beeswax! Lori is beading it up! Purnima's inspiration this month is Hawaii! Melissa is teaching us brushless watercolors! Judy is reviewing Dee Gruenig's Simply Posh DVD!!
Now on to the Scrapping Deck! Laura is preparing us for our summer travels! Sara is using bottle caps on her pages! Chrissy is having fun in the sun! Stacie is going to the movies! Marilyn is teaching us about pens, not your every day variety pen either! Cindi is scrapping "naturally". Becky is going white! I won't tell you anymore than that...you'll have to see for yourself and Janet is playing with color! Laurie is doing monochromatic layouts and Sharon, our Scrapping Deck Librarian, is reviewing "Getting Dressy With Slide Mounts" By Heidi Schueller. I'd like to introduce to you a brand new crewmember! Please join me in welcoming Victoria Wallace to the Scrapping Crew!! Victoria is 13 years old and is our brand new teen scrapper! I met Victoria in April at the Lay It Out Loud convention in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin!
As usual our Reader's Gallery is just outstanding! We have so many beautiful designs to share with you! The design featured is by Dawn Hass of Stevens Point, Wisconsin! If you would like to be featured in our Reader's Gallery, please submit your designs to Robin Willis! If you have something that you'd like to have included in our June 15 gallery please submit your designs by June 10th to Robin at robinwillis@ssreflections.com. We love to showcase all our reader's artwork! Please remember to send us your name and the city/state or country where you live along with a basic list of the products used. We hope to give our advertisers as much exposure with your designs as we can!
Please don't forget to keep Holly in your thoughts and prayers and feel free to contact Holly if you'd like more information about Relay For Life. S.S. Reflections is proud to sponsor Holly McMillen's team for Relay For Life. The race is June 17-18! You can read more about this wonderful program HERE. We all have stories of hope and strength and love, and this program means a great deal to me.
If you have read this entire article, THANK YOU! Thank you also for coming on board our virtual ship! Next month we will be cruising to Japan! I can't wait! Remember to count your blessings each day. We hope you will be able to relax and enjoy your favorite online Ezine, S.S. Reflections!
Happy Sailing,
Cap'n Dawn
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