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From the Helm
Cap'n Dawn Heath,Publisher
We have had a surprisingly calm cruise from Kenya to Argentina gliding through the Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic Ocean! It was fun waving to the people of the Falkland Islands as we passed through to Buenos Aires and I hope you are able to take a day trip to visit the islands while we are in port! Argentina is a beautiful country known as the "Land of Silver" and possesses a very diverse geography. It is home to some of the world's tallest mountains and impressive waterfalls, and is well known for its wide-open pampas and ancient forests. Buenos Aires is one of the most elegant and busy cities and is in some way the essence of the variety of the Argentinean. Argentina possesses some of the world's tallest mountains, expansive deserts, and impressive waterfalls and is the eighth largest country in the world! I think that Buenos Aires is a perfect spot for S.S. Reflections to celebrate our Second Anniversary! Well, we actually celebrated our Anniversary at sea but we have to pull into port to clean up all the streamers and balloons and the ticker tape that has been thrown all over the ship!
Last month I challenged you to scrap or stamp lift one of the designs featured in our pages. So, did you? Did you send it to Robin for our Reader's Gallery? Be sure to let us know which design you are copying and who created the original! This has the makings of a fun contest don't you think? We've not had a contest in a while so please tell me your thoughts on this!
This has been a record breaking year for hurricane disasters and this past month has been just as terrifying. Mexico and Florida have been hit hard by Wilma and Beta just slammed into Nicaragua so I'd like to encourage you to continue to give. You can contact the American Red Cross and donate online or you can call 1-800-HELP NOW, or contact the Salvation Army to donate online, or you can call 1-800-253-1868. I can't even imagine living in such devastation and my prayers are with everyone who has been effected by these unimaginable catastrophes. Donations have reached a whole new record which is so awesome! It's so nice to know that so many people are helping this way!
Last month we announced that our crew may actually offer their designs or kits of their designs to you to purchase! Starting with this issue it is official! All you need to do is click on the thumbnail of your favorite design and if it is for sale, it will be listed at the bottom of the supply list and you can email the crewmember directly for information about purchasing the design featured! Shipping and Handling are not included in the price of the design. Insurance is required on all sales. The beautiful canvas piece to the right is ready to hang in your home! Our very talented Judy Cantrell is selling this lovely work or art! Scrappers ER Update!The first Scrappers ER is this coming weekend! I am one of the featured instructors at this awesome event and I can hardly wait! We will have so much fun and the classes are awesome! If you didn't sign up for this premier event be sure to sign up for our next event which will be announced soon! You've been reading about Scrappers ER on S.S. Reflections for months...it's a long weekend of education & recreation for the Scrapbooker. Just what the doctor ordered... Two days of intensive care that includes workshops, make 'n takes and cropping events! Dates are November 3-6 at Pheasant Run in St. Charles, Illinois! We are going to have so much fun and chances are I will even get to scrapbook during the crops! Maybe we should place some bets on this??? I'm really looking forward to getting away from the norm and spending time with some awesome scrappers! The resort is gorgeous and I'm even going to look into a spa treatment!
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 are ship's wheels with our crewmember's 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 be sure to let us know what you love about SSR!
The Caption Contest has been so much fun on the Ezine Yahoo! Group! We can hardly wait to see each new entry. The featured stamp used in each month's article is also that months prize. The November caption contest is sponsored by Hearts In Touch! Thank you Frances!
The card on the right is from the October Caption Contest sponsored by Putting on the Ritz. The Ezine Yahoo Group members voted for their favorite caption and the winner is....
"Now that I have your undivided attention...."
from Donna Urban of Edmonton AB, Canada!
For detailed instructions and our current contest just click on the card. We are having so much fun with this contest on the Ezine Yahoo! Group, I hope you join us!
Have you signed up for our bi-monthly newsletter yet? Did you know that we send out a 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 the S.S. Reflections! 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 are having a wonderful time sharing ideas and tips and techniques. We have weekly challenges for both the stampers and the scrappers and monthly swaps! Our new Communications Officer is Debi Wind and her assistant is Diana Scott. Debi will be managing the Ezine Yahoo! Group and Diana will be organizing some fun on the Ezine Message Board! We are actively looking for a Swap Coordinator for the Ezine List, if you are interested in organizing our swaps please email Debi at debiwind@ssreflections.com
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Our Celebrity Headliner for November is Jill Meyer! Jill is a very well known designer and inventor and we are thrilled to introduce her to our readers this month! You have probably seen Jill's rubberstamp designs for sale at Michaels and her designs for Hampton Arts are gorgeous! Did you know that Jill invented the Stewart Superior Transfer Ink that we have told you so much about? I've had the pleasure of getting to know Jill more and more over the last couple of years and I'm proud to say she is my friend. I hope that you enjoy meeting Jill and learning from her as much as I have.
Pioneer Photo Albums® are featured in our VIP Lounge this month. Pioneer Photo Albums® has developed "Snapload®" a revolutionary new scrapbook binding system that replaces screw posts and they are here with SSR to tell you all about it! Their album covers are exceptional and it's always so hard to choose just one! Did you know that Pioneer Photo Albums® do so much more than make awesome albums? Pioneer Photo Albums® have an awesome line of adhesives!
Our Designer’s Challenge this month was sponsored by Caputo's Kits! We just love Caputo's Kits and not just because they have been a long standing advertiser with SSR but when you see the book kits that Jen sells you are going to be just as addicted to her line of products as we are! The challenge this month is with Jen's Card Keeper Kit! The design to the right was created by our very own Melissa! I just can't wait for you to see all that our awesome designers have created! 
Korbyn's Korner - S.S. Reflections Advertiser Spotlight!
korbynmay@ssreflections.com
Director of Sales
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!
Don't forget that we have created a store directory listing for you and if you don't see your favorite store listed, be sure to send them our way! If you own a store and are interested in having your store included (Brick and Mortar stores and Online stores) please contact Cap'n Dawn at publisher@ssreflections.com as we have a very special introductory rate for one full year!
Posh Impressions Has a brand new website! Please be sure to check it out to see the project featured!
Hearts in Touch Hearts in Touch is happy to announce it is carrying the new Tim Holtz line of wood mounted stamps! Also, Tim’s new Metallic Mixatives and Distress Embossing Powders are available at HIT now.
Also check out the new Christmas images, Sheet #77 Christmas Time and #78 Victorian Christmas Scenes, now available at Hearts In Touch.
Caputo's Kits Looking for a creative way to store your handmade A2 sized cards? Head over to Caputo's Kits to pick up the brand new Card Keeper Kit! It comes with blank cover boards to decorate, 10 custom made page protectors to hold up to 20 cards, and binding rings. Refills available! Be sure to check our Designer's Challenge for ideas on what to do with this awesome new kit!
PaperArtsy comes out with a brand new plate every month! You will want to check their website often so you don't miss any of their awesome images! Click here to see the PaperArtsy website!
Memory Villa is home to scrapbooking supplies from 30 of the best brands. Popular products uploaded weekly... Drawings and layout contests too! Excellent customer service is what Memory Villa is all about! Free USA shipping on orders of $75 or over, and a flat rate of $4.50 on smaller orders. The best part, if you see it on their site - it's in stock!!!
Two Paper Cranes - Click here for a look at the awesome products that Two Paper Cranes is offering! You will want to check their website often for the most recent products added to their store!
Now to tell you what is on our Editorial Deck! The Stateroom this month is featuring a brand new company called Scrap It Simple who have designed a new binding for scrapbook albums! Dawn Shepherd's Tidbits this month is about getting past the fear! Dean is organizing us again with cube bookshelves! Judy, our Stamping Deck Librarian, is reviewing "Collage Discovery Workshop: Make your own Collage Creations Using Vintage Photos, Found Objects and Ephemera" by Claudine Hellmuth. Last month I mentioned that you would be reading Sharon's last feature, but I was wrong and I'm pleased to say that Sharon has one last feature to share with you before she officially leaves! Sharon has been with us since the beginning and her dedication and hard work for SSR will always mean a great deal to me. Sharon has done a review on "Buttons, Bows, Strings, & Things" By Alison Beachem & Helen Naylor!
On our Digital Deck this month, Ramie is playing with filters! She is adding fun effects to her photos! Dyan has created gorgeous Christmas cards using Christmas dingbat fonts! Bill is helping us shut out the distractions when focusing on our picturetaking! Elizabeth has created a tutuorial on creating a Mother of Pearl Broach digitally! Tara's tutorial is creating digital embossing! Tricia is also creating gorgeous Christmas cards digitally! You won't be short of ideas for this Christmas! 
Now on to the Stamping Deck! Cindy has created the most gorgeous art out of wood! Debi is creating amazing domino art! Robin and Wendy have created trendy altered scrapbooks! Cindy Cade is faux sewing! Andi has been caught in Crystal! Suzanne is creating gorgeous designs using metal embellishments! Lori has created outstanding puzzle art! I think this should be a challenge for all of us...what would your puzzle art look like? Let's fill up our Reader's Gallery! Purnima is greeting the season with beautiful Christmas cards! Melissa is inspiring us making homemade ribbon flowers! Tracey is in the garbage...hehehe you are going to love what Tracey is doing this month!!! Just look to the right and you'll see a design created by Tracey!
Now on to the Scrapping Deck! Sara is inspiring us with her Western pages! The layout to the right is just a sample of what Sara has created! Jill is teaching us an edging technique for our pages! Chrissy is taking some time off, she had major surgery last September and is having some difficulty with the healing process. Please keep Chrissy in your prayers! Stacie is doing a feature on recipe pages! Have you joined a recipe swap lately? Marilyn is bringing the paper piecing back! She has created some awesome examples!! Cindi has done a fabulous review on Outrageous Daisy! Becky is encouraging us to create a new family album...A Favorites Album!! Maybe this should be our next challenge? What do you think? Janet is SCRAMPING! Now there is a word we haven't heard much of lately!! So, get out your inkpads and stamp in your albums!! Stacha is heating all sorts of things up for her pages!
We have a very special Reader's Gallery to share with you! You will just have to go to the gallery for yourself to see all of the cards submitted! But, alas, we had to pick one design to show you here, and I know you will love this layout created by Eugenia Bacon from Melbourne Australia! 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 November 15 gallery, please submit your designs to Robin by November 10th 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!
Thank you for joining us on our cruise to Argentina! You are the reason that we are the number one online magazine! We hope you enjoy your virtual cruise and since we are so close, we thought it would be the perfect time to visit Antartica next month for Christmas! We have lots of surprises in store for you but for now, you have the whole month to enjoy this fabulous issue of S.S. Reflections! Remember to count your blessings each day and know that each new day is a blessing to you! We hope you will be able to relax and enjoy your favorite online Ezine, S.S. Reflections!
Happy Sailing,
Cap'n Dawn
publisher@ssreflections.com
Publisher
Reflections Publishing Group
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