Letter From Team Digital - Tina

Hi All

As the 90 degree heat hits my face and the humidity washes across my skin, I sigh, and say, "It's July, welcome to Ohio!". I will fully admit that summer is not my favorite season in this great state. I love fall, I love the spring. In summer, we rarely get days that are beautiful. The nights are close & muggy, but they do allow us a glorious visage across the sky. I love to sit on the hammock in front of my house with my son and try to point out Cassiopeia, Perseus, and Orion shining bright in the sky.
 
There are elements of summer that I do love of course. No school, vacation, lazy days, swimming, roasting marshmallows, no bulky sweaters, Independence Day. Fireworks falling from the inky black and the smell of burgers still fresh on the grill. There are plenty of opportunities for memory keeping in the summer. Perhaps more than in other times of the year even. So, we hope you will share your memories of this season with us at DSP. And for our friends on the other side of the orb, we look forward to your winter layouts as well! They might even give some of us relief to see in other parts of the world you can't currently fry an egg on the sidewalk ;)
 
Happy scrapping and enjoy your current season, whatever it may be!  

Tina Chambers
Senior Designer

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Upcoming 2008 DSP crops and events:

Saturday, July 12 -  Salt Lake City, Utah  Please check with the organisors to confirm this event.

Saturday, July 26 Adobe Headquarters, San Jose California

Saturday, September 20 - Beaver, Pennsylvania

Monthly Crop – repeats first Friday of every month Troy, Ohio

Please check here for those interested in any crops that may be happening in your area.

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It is a wonderful opportunity to ask questions about DSP and digital scrapbooking. Whether it’s a question about navigating the site or how to get started, the girls are on hand to give you some answers. And everyone who attends the chat will get a link to a free kit! Trying out digital scrapbooking for the first time? Use your free kit and try your hand at a layout . . . we know you will love it!! More details here including how to use the chat room!

Are you thinking about posting your first layout? There's a special first layout challenge each months for you. Post your first layout to DSP this month and you may be a random winner for a free page kit!! You'll find all the information here

Welcome to DSP! We know you will love it!

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Club Digital 

Each month you receive a wonderful selection of scrapbooking products. Something to suit every style and level of digital scrapper.

You will always receive 2 complete page kits, one plopper or an overlay and an alphabet, some great word art and more - a font and a set of png "stamps" for your scrapping pleasure, and don't forget the quick click template included in each club digital pack. Now club digital subscribers get an extra gift of an exclusive coupon for use on future purchases in the store. 

All this for the incredible price of $5.99 or even less!!! Thats well over $23 value for such a great price - The longer you subscribe - the cheaper it becomes and the better value for you!!!!!

Buy a 3 month subscription and go into the draw to be upgraded to a 6 month subscription, by a 6 month and you might win an upgrade to a 12 month subscription, and all those who buy a 12 month sub will go into the draw for a $30 coupon for the DSP store. 

In addition every month there is an exclusive contest for club digital subscribers with great prizes.

This month you will find a super variety of great products to bring some fun to your summer scrapbooks. Included are 2 very different kits - both funky and fun but one very much all girl with pink and floral tones and the other quite unisex with its dark beige and teal backgrounds and funky glitter elements . This months plopper will make a super 2 photo layout and the grungy alpha will be one you will use over and over.
Also included are some great Stamps to help you scrap your home.
Don't forget the Summertime Word art or the Exclusive font either.

Here are some sample layouts done by our designers with this month's Club Digital!

Click here to subscribe to Club Digital today!

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It's Shop Time! 
Shop Time Inspiration by Erica

It’s time to SHOP… let’s get those baskets at the ready.

Are you a blogger, do you have a Blog or would like to have a Blog but thought it was just too hard to do the design work? Well! Here's a treat for you. Fun ready made blog headers, templates and ready made blog sets with a place for your photos and co-ordinating buttons.  Now it couldn't be easier to get your very own Blog up and running in no time...

This month we have the exciting Summer Fling Mega Kit with lots of delicious summer colours and snappy elements. DSP Designers have really gone overboard in a BIG way with these mouthwatering designs. Check it out... 

Don’t forget our July Club Digital is now in the shop, the designers at DSP are the best there are and you get an awesome deal when subscribing to Club Digital – all your favourite designers delivered direct to your inbox at the beginning of each month, can’t get much better than that.

Happy shopping…

Summer Fling Mega Kit

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Coming Events:

Celebrate Independence Day by scrapping your 4th of July photos.  

Fireworks, family picnics and parades!! The Fourth of July is the bright spot of the year.

We encourage our friends all around the world  we encourage you to preserve your country's traditions and events in your scrapbook pages, too! 

Make sure when you are done taking your photos you preserve those memories!

*** Christmas In July ***
July 20 to July 26

All Day Chat 26 July

It's July - time to think about carols, snow, presents, decorated trees and every other holiday tradition. It's time for DSP's annual Christmas in July celebration!

Get ready for a fun filled week of joyful celebrations with chats, challenges, freebies and sales. For a full list of what's happening when, check out the Forum Events List.

Merry Christmas!

New Kids contest! NKOTB 13 runs 6/21-7/11

Our next New Kids on the Block contest is upon us! Fun, challenges, and prizes for new and experienced digi scrappers alike!  Come support DSP’s new digi scrappers by giving them comments and critique on their layouts as they learn. It will run from Saturday June 21-Friday Jul 11
With a closing chat to announce the winners on Friday, July 19, 9pm Eastern

For full information, please review 

Contests, Challenges and Chats

Designer Exclusives: Our Designers are the best there are and they are really generous, if you enter one of their challenges you’re more than likely to receive a chat and/or posting bonus just by using their nominated kit for the challenge. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain – like more stash for less bucks with these great challenges.  

Featured newsletter designer: Becky Soto –  
Becky's Bi-Weekly Trivia Chat
Becky's Designs
Becky's Gallery

Team Letter: Tina Chambers – Freebs with Tina
Tina’s Designs
Tina’s Gallery

Inspiration Station

This is a call to all dedicated DSP scrappers to ‘strut your stuff’ and inspire us with your creations. Just choose any or all of the calls for layouts the current month and you could be showcased in our Newsletter or Blog. We have a few rules so check them out and then join in the fun.

Scrap with the DET – Digital Elite Team and DET Alumni
Our past and current Elite group of scrappers have some great challenges going at the moment and you’re sure to get well chosen CC should you need it – learn from the best.

Get it off Auto – Lauren and Jennifer
Weekly How To basics for everyone who wants to learn more about their camera capabilities.

The Grannies
If you’re a Granny or a Granny In Training (GIT) or just a Wannabee, you might like to see what other Grannies are up to, what challenges they have going. There is never a dull moment when you join this happy band of digi scrappers.

2008 Baby Albums – lianne99 (Tara)
You should go see some of these adorable albums of our future digi scrappers – join Tara and all the other mothers in celebrating your little ones life.

DET Boot Camp – Run fortnightly with different leaders
This is great training ground for all DET hopefuls; it’s about honing your skills ready for the next DET Contest. It’s also the place if you just want to gets some really great CC to help you move to your next level of accomplishment.

IOTW - Item of the week – Abby
The Item Of The Week is a priced to sell and generally cost only a few cents so create a LO using only the IOTW and be in the draw to win a free kit.

SNL - Saturday Night Live: MarsOlson & Debbers
This is where anyone can create their own digital scrapbook kits to share with other SNL’ers, from elements and papers to word art.

This is just a small selection of popular challenges that DSP currently has running but be sure to check all of them out here. And we have a special blinkie to place in your signature to always remind you where to find the best scrapbooking challenges on the web. Check the end of the first post in the What's Happening thread for the blinkie code.

Happy Scrapping!

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We are always striving to make our newsletter more interesting and useful. If you have an idea, let us know about it! If it's an article idea, a feature, even something you'd like to write, shout it out to us. So, put your thinking caps on and come up with some new features, article ideas, or something fun you'd like to see in our monthly newsletter. Then email it to comments@dsplace.com. (Please type "Newsletter IDEA" in the subject line of your email.) We can't wait to see your ideas!

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Newsletter Freebie

Exclusively for our newsletter readers, DSP Designer, Becky Soto has created this great Element Pack! Grab it here! Thanks Becky!

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