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From the Helm
Dawn Heath, PublisherShip's Captain
After spending an awesome month in the Caribbean I'm excited to head into the Gulf of Mexico. This is the fun part of cruising, we get to sample and share all sorts of Southwest designs and ideas! We have lots of exciting things to tell you about this month! Last month we created our page to page links to make it so much easier for you to navigate through the magazine and this month we are launching our brand new Digital Deck! The Digital Deck will be expanding in the upcoming months so you'll want to keep an eye on it! You will also notice that we have a new Introduction page for each Deck. You can click on each ships wheel and read a brief bio of each of our crewmembers, you can link directly to their column or send them an email. Each intro page does link to the next article to be featured just scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the link.
If you are coming to the Midwest Scrapbook Convention March 11-12 you will actually get to meet some of your favorite designers! We will have our FIRST booth set up at this awesome convention! Stewart Superior will be sending Beverly Hamilton to do demos with their hot new products at our booth and we will have a prize drawing both Friday and Saturday just for signing up for our bi-monthly newsletter! So, plan to stop by and say hi! You can find us in booth number 1. We'll have some of the designs featured in our magazine for you to see in person! Please plan to stop by and say Hello!
We had so many beautiful submissions to our February Digital Layout Contest! It is with great pleasure that we announce that Phyllis Capp is our FIRST Place Winner! Phyllis has won a $50 gift certificate for Bound2Remember services! Our SECOND place winner is Mary G. Kerr! Mary has won a $25 gift certificate toward Bound2Remember services. Our THIRD place winner is Debbie Febriany!! Debbie won a $10 gift certificate toward Bound2Remember services! If you'd like to see Mary and Debbie's photos, please click here. All the winning photos are displayed on the Contest page! Phyllis' winning photo will be February in the 2006 calendar! CONGRATULATIONS to all three of our winners! Our March contest category is a stamped art contest using Green! Think early Spring, St. Patrick's Day and all things GREEN!
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!
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 of 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 are having a great time playing Bingo! CONGRATULATIONS to Cheryl Adams Cheryl is hosting the next round of Bingo which started yesterday! We have also started our Wednesday Tip Day where you can share your favorite tips with everyone! You may even find your tip featured in a future issue of S.S. Reflections in Marlis' article! Our 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!
We are thrilled to welcome Tim Holtz back as our Celebrity Headliner this month! We had so much fun with Tim last July we couldn't wait to get him back and when Tim found out we were in the Southwest this month he couldn't wait to come back for another cruise! Of course, Ranger has come out with all sorts of awesome new products and you can hear all about them here! Tim has lots to share with us.
Lori Elkins Solomon of Scrapbook Premier is back with us this month with a feature on "Visual Literacy: Learning to Read and Write through Scrapbooking - By Tori Nelson". The term “literacy” is most commonly used to describe the ability to read and write; in other words, the ability to understand and utilize the written word. Journaling in a scrapbook, for example, requires a certain level of literacy. But journaling is not the only component of scrapbooks that helps develop children’s literacy skills. Recently, experts in the field of education have expanded the term “literacy” to include visual means of communication such as photography. This skill is referred to as “visual literacy.”
In our VIP Lounge this month we are featuring Color An Angel. Most images and designs used to create scrapbooking materials reflect an American culture and Caucasian images. Until just recently, there were no products that reflected various cultures and images of ethnic persuasion. One year ago, Color an Angel launched its line of products targeted to Asians, African-Americans and Latinos. The company has obviously done its research on the different cultures in order to design stickers and papers that accurately reflect each culture. The company’s mission is to offer women ethnically diverse products, but also to educate women of all cultures on intermediate and advanced scrapbooking techniques as well as products.
Sarah Heidt has been a part of S.S. Reflections for a very long time now and we are thrilled to tell you that our Designer’s Challenge this month was sponsored by Sarah Heidt Photo Crafts! Sarah has an awesome collection of embellishments for your pages. Sarah Heidt Photocraft's products include script die cuts, acid-free plastic embellishments and charms, featherweight mosaic tiles, word and letter tiles, and ribbon sliders. You're going to love what the crew has created!
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!
Be sure to come back for all the BIG news from CHA!! We're going to have lots of great news for you right here!
Posh Impressions 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 here to is what is offered this moment: Special Sale To see Posh Impressions CHA Press Release click HERE
Hearts in Touch Click HERE for details of NEW releases and details for 10% off your order!
Magic Mesh RELEASES TEN COLORS IN 12" X 12" SHEETS! Click HERE to SEE for yourself!
PennyWise Arts is offering *** Micro Bead Madness Packs *** Click HERE to for more details!
PaperArtsy has 12 brand new (quarter) plates under 3 themes - Ancestors, Asian and Architecture!! These new plates are being billed as their 'triple A'. Available now via 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: Be sure to stop by the SSR booth at the Madison Convention, booth number one!
Two Paper Cranes - Click here for a look at the awesome products that Two Paper Cranes is offering!
Now to tell you what is on our Editorial Deck! In The Stateroom is featuring one of my favorites company's! Boxer Scrapbooks!! They are sharing thier latest products released at CHA with you! Be sure to visit their website to find the store nearest you to purchase these! Dean has some special advice for keeping your tools conditioned. Megan is sharing her make 'n takes from CHA. Sharon, our Librarian, reviewing "Making Cards In Minutes With Sizzix" by Desirée Tanner and the Provo Craft Design Team Marlis is sharing a very special tin that Suze Weinberg made for her this month!
This month we are launching our Digital Deck! We have some exciting plans for this new deck and you will get a taste of things to come this month! Ramie will be moving from the Scrapping Deck to the Digital Deck and will have a new title, Ramie is now our Crew Relations Manager and organizes the Digital, Editorial and Scrapping Decks! Tonya has written a very special feature for The Showcase this month in an effort to help launch our new deck. If you see digital freebies or are buying digital elements and don't really know what to do them, then Tonya's feature is just for you! Bill is teaching us the joy of speed in our photos! Tonya is giving us tutorial on creating a special teachnique called water drops. and Tara is using pre-made elements in a collaboration with Tonya. Dyan is creating her own stamps using her favorite fonts and transparencies!
Now on to the Stamping Deck starting with our Stamping Cruise Director; Cindy has a joyful discovery. Cricket has fallen in love with the Sizzix Sidekick! Debi is exploring transfers, all different types of transfers! Robin and Wendy and done a review on Tim Holtz Altered Journey DVD. Cindy Cade has the blues! Andi found her muse again by healing her heart with dolls...art dolls! Suzanne is creating art with painting her fabric! Lori has created absolutely gorgeous tags and a tag book. Purnima is sharing a Texas Bluebonnet Spring with us!
Now on to the Scrapping Deck! This will be Ramie's last regular feature on the Scrapping Deck and she's going out with a bang! How do you start or finish an album? For some wonderful ideas you won't want to miss Ramie's feature this month! We have 3 brand new crewmembers to introduce you to for the Scrapping Deck this month! But first, Laura our co-Scrapping Cruise Director is scrapping dogs on film! Diana has done her feature this month on Epoxy Stickers! Diana is having a difficult winter, if you get a minute, please send Diana a quick email telling her how much she is appreciated! Chrissy is doing sports pages. Stacie celebrating your State! Of course, Stacie has created beautiful Bluebonnet pages! Marilyn may hate her handwriting but she's teaching the importance of journaling! Cindi is teaching new techniques with polyshrink! Now to introduce to you our new scrapping crewmembers! Please join us in welcoming Becky Chabot, Janet Khasab and Laurie Montague! We are thrilled to have these very talented ladies join our Scrapping Crew and I know you are going to love what they have been creating for you! Becky has done her first feature on transparencies! Janet is featuring paper tearing and Laurie has done her first feature on washer charms! I know you will be thrilled with the new additions to S.S. Reflections and be on the look out for even more new crewmembers with the April issue!
Our first Reader's Gallery for March is just gorgeous! We have so many beautiful designs to shre with you! The design featured is by Carolyn Summers of Eagle, Idaho. Our mid-March Gallery will feature designs created with images by Time To Stamp! Start planning now as you only have until March 12 to get your designs in using Kristy's designs! Kristy has just celebrated her 6th Anniversary and we are thrilled to help her celebrate! If you have something that you'd like to have included in this very special gallery please submit them by March 12th to Dyan at dyancross@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!
Thank you for coming on board our virtual ship! We are definitely sharing the love this month as we travel to gorgeous vacation spots! Next month we will be cruising to Venezuela and Trinidad/Tobago! Ooh...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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