If you were chatting with a beginner digi scrapbooker

That should be first on the list, but since I found the community THEN started really scrapping, I didn't think about that! lol

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Originally Posted by Ambelleina

can i say a great community you feel comfortable? i've done way better stuff and gained so many skills once i started being active with gs than when i was going it alone.

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Originally Posted by missdamsel

That should be first on the list, but since I found the community THEN started really scrapping, I didn't think about that! lol

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Same here, well, CafeMom, but still :D

yep, cafemom for me too. That is where we met. Me, Sarah, Ginger, Barb, Julie, Rachel, Jodi, and I am not sure who else! Wow, so long ago!!

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Originally Posted by missdamsel

yep, cafemom for me too. That is where we met. Me, Sarah, Ginger, Barb, Julie, Rachel, Jodi, and I am not sure who else! Wow, so long ago!!

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SO many, so awesome!! :D

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Originally Posted by missdamsel

yep, cafemom for me too. That is where we met. Me, Sarah, Ginger, Barb, Julie, Rachel, Jodi, and I am not sure who else! Wow, so long ago!!

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Gosh, that seems like so long ago. How long has it been girls?

Yup, cafemom for me too it seems like forever ago

I would say shadow instructions, styles or whatever their program needed for them to acheive great shadowing on their layouts.

If that doesn't count . . . .hmm, what is the must have for me?
Flowers...I need flowers and greenery! I can't do a layout with either.

Biggest advice I can give:
Give everything a try :D
Try out new techniques that there are tutorials for.
Don't give up.
Listen to critique. It can help :D

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Originally Posted by Neverland Scraps

I would say shadow instructions, styles or whatever their program needed for them to acheive great shadowing on their layouts.

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Oh this! Definitely this. A friend of mine is doing digiscrap. I have shown her over and over how to do shadows, and she just refuses to use them, and then asks me why my layouts look so much more realistic, and I want to put my head through a wall :(

I would say classes on how to use photoshop (or other software). Especially with photoshop there's so many possibilities and things you can do. Once you know a little more about what you can do, you also start to know which things you need to invest in (kits etc) and what everyone on GS is taking about :D Plus most of those software classes come with free kits so you have something to start out with and get a sense what kind of scrapper you are.