digital scrapbooking

  • Mixbooks Mother’s Day Promo

    Mixbook Mother’s Day Sale – 25% Off Everything  This sale will be ending in a few days so that beautiful albums can arrive on time for mothers Day. I have been working on some basic brag books from our vacations in the past few years with the kids. They are very easy and have some nice designs. Tonight I was able to get 3 books done for Mother’s Day. You can also publish them and share them instantly.

    Mixbook - Create Beautiful Photo Books and Scrapbooks! | Learn About Mixbook Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book
  • My Memories Photocards

    Create smaller projects or add elements to a larger layout!  These are 4″ x 6″ Photocards.  You can use them to create photos for printing, create postcards, or add to a larger layout and use as a photo mat.

     

     

     

    MyMemories Suite is a great gift for someone who enjoys scrapbooking or someone that needs an introduction to the fun world of digital scrapbooking. Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.

  • Timeless Love

    I really love this photo of my Grandparents. My Grandparents were divorced and as a young girl I would sneak into a little white trunk she had tucked under her bed with all her wedding photos. Never did she have any old photos of her and Grandpa out for view. At my last visit with my Aunt, we came across this photo of a very young Grandma with Grandpa. This was clearly before they had married in 1947, so they must of been courting at the time. Grandpa was a Marine during WII and quite the wild fly boy as we have gathered from earlier photos of him.

    I have used another layout kit from the Chocolate Valentine kit that Missy Bits Created. You can get her kit through her MyMemories store Missy Bits Designs.  Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.

     

  • Valentine Designs by Missys Bits Designs

    Missys Bits Designs Blog designer Melissa offered me an opportunity to test some of her designs. These designs are so elegant looking and easy to use. I created the above photo of my Great Grandparents by layering different elements from her Chocolate Valentine kit. And the photos below using her Chocolate Valentine Stackers. Both are available through My Memories and can be used with the MyMemories Suite software. Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.

     

    You can find more of Missy’s cute kits at MyMemories.com Missy Bits Store, Divine Digital Store, and her blog Melissa’s Place.

  • Using Smilebox to share your Memories

    Share your photos, videos, and music inside amazing ecards & slideshows. Smilebox is a free service. You can use your PC or Mac with Smilebox, create slideshows on your iphone, and share memories while on vacation. It is so easy and has so many options, here is a list of things you could do with Smilebox.

    Add photos, videos, and music to Halloween eGreetings

    Create extraordinary free digital invitations in minutes at Smilebox.com! You can even add your own photos, video clips and music.

    Create and share amazing party invitations in minutes! Add your photos and music. Print or email to share.

    Create Smilebox graduation ecards, scrapbooks, and slideshows and share via email, blog post, Facebook, or print.

    Just to name a few creative ways to share your memories. I added photos I had added to My Memories Layouts for the photos on smilebox.

     

    Click to play this Smilebox collage
    Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox
    This picture collage personalized with Smilebox

  • Beginning Tutorial for MyMemories Suite

    New to MyMemories Suite? Let’s Get Started! from Lisa Jurrens on Vimeo.

    If you are new to MyMemories Suite digital scrapbooking software, check out this video tutorial! It will give you a quick little overview of how things work and takes a quick peek around the MyMemories.com Design Shop! This was for our friends on Facebook, maybe it will help you too!

    If you have any questions or need more help, please don’t hesitate to ask!

    Lisa J.
    lisaj@mymemories.com

     

    If you are new to MyMemories Suite digital scrapbooking software, check out this video tutorial! It will give you a quick little overview of how things work and takes a quick peek around the MyMemories.com Design Shop! This was for our friends on Facebook, maybe it will help you too!

    If you have any questions or need more help, please don’t hesitate to ask!

    <3 Lisa J.

    lisaj@mymemoriessuite.com

     

    Lisa has been an inspiration to many using MyMemories software.  Here is how to start using the software, earlier this week I shared a step by step tutorial, this better explains that post.  And don’t forget MyMemories Suite is a great gift for someone who enjoys scrapbooking or someone that needs an introduction to the fun world of digital scrapbooking. Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.

  • My Memories Tutorial

    Making a digital scrapbooking page can be a lot of fun! The options are limitless when using digital scrapbooking. Here is this weeks new freebie, and a tutorial on one I made earlier today.

    MyMemories Suite is a great gift for someone who enjoys scrapbooking or someone that needs an introduction to the fun world of digital scrapbooking. Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.

     

    1. Open My Memories Suite. From the New Album Options Window, click on design your own. I choose Square 12*12 inch.

    2. Enter your album title, chose the album location and choose your preferred shape, then click on ok.

     

    3. Select blank page and click on Ok. On the Right under Background Papers click Purchased, this will hold freebies and purchased papers. Quick pages will be under Elements.

    5. Choose Custom from the expanded list and browse to the welcome (or other) kit on your hard drive. I choose Christmas Lace for this page.

    6. Click on the drop down arrow next to photos in the control panel, and click on Add Photo.

    7. Browse to your first photo, select and click on Ok. The photo covered part of the elements, so I selected the Element button and found the matching ornament element.

    8. To keep your photos looking realistic on a page you can add a drop shadow by clicking on the drop shadow button. You can adjust settings according to taste. All Digital Scrapbook Place Elements however already have their own shadows.

    9.To Add Text to your layout, click on the drop down arrow next to Text in the control panel and click on Add Text. You can use the settings in the Text Control panel to adjust your fonts and font styles as required.

     

    10. Click on the Share Album button, select export pages, save and finish. You can now open your finished work in your photo file.

    Here is my finished photo page.

  • Digital Scrapbook Freebie.

    The designs at MyMemories.com are always adorable and quick to put together. This week MyMemories.com had this Valentines layout for free. You can download it at their Facebook Page. I used a photo of my Grandparents together with their oldest, my Aunt Theresa. As a kid growing up, my Grandparents were not together-photos of them together were not something I knew even existed. Since going through all my Grandma’s photos we have found so many photos of them together. They were a lovely couple, and had a beautiful family.

     

    Here is the second freebie this week from Mymemories.com

     

    Each element of the page is downloadable onto your computer and you can use for any layout, card, tag you wish.

    MyMemories Suite is a great gift for someone who enjoys scrapbooking or someone that needs an introduction to the fun world of digital scrapbooking. Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.

     

     

  • Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit

    There are many things that I absolutely love about My Memories, it is easy, quick, classy, and the designers always have lovely layouts that add such beauty to my photos. Plus each week they offer freebies, both on Facebook and on their site. Here is the latest freebies for this week, it is in .PNG format and can be used with or without the software.

    I took a photo of my Great Grandparents Raymond F. Durbin and Ula Mae Akin Durbin on their Wedding day and used the newest freebie to add a new page to their scrapbook.  My Great Grandma’s sister Ida Faith had hand painted their wedding photo. My Aunt Theresa gave it to me during my last visit and I used my Flip-pal scanner to scan in the photo. It didn’t need any editing at all.

    These are the two new free layouts for this week. Each embellishment can be mixed and matched with each kit. The sizes are flexible and can be changed to any size you want your scrapbook to be. When you want to share your scrapbook you can make it into a DVD that can be played on any DVD player, you can have it printed by any company that prints scrapbooks, such as Snapfish. And even though you have saved it, you can always go back and edit or change things around.

     

    MyMemories Suite is a great gift for someone who enjoys scrapbooking or someone that needs an introduction to the fun world of digital scrapbooking. Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.

  • More Preserving Old Memories

    As I work through my large file of old photos fixing all the scratches and tears digitally I am also making a digital scrapbook. This book I will be able to print, make a movie DVD, or online video for sharing. The amount of options is limitless and I enjoy making these for my family. Adding old letters, original photos before editing, photos after they have been fixed and a lovely memory book that can be shared with every family member.

    This one of my Great Great Aunt Lovella and Uncle Earl Moore is just stunning. She had her mother’s blue eyes and married Uncle Earl when she was 16, they eventually had two wonderful children and lived a long happy life together. The top was bent and smudged quite a bit.

    After using Photoscape, and cloning the damage to the photo, I got this as the final result.

     

    And tonight I created a page dedicated completely for them, using MyMemories.com

    MyMemories Suite is a great gift for someone who enjoys scrapbooking or someone that needs an introduction to
    the fun world of digital scrapbooking. Don’t forget to use Discount code STMMMS36408 for your $10.00 savings on the software and $10.00 off your digi scraps.