Years ago I spent hours upon hour’s scrapbooking. I had kits galore and loved shaping and taping photos. Once I had kids, scrapbooking got pushed to the back burner, not just because I no longer had time, but because I no longer had SPACE for my crates of supplies. Last year, Hubby and I were discussing my lost love of scrapbooking and I told him I felt sad that I no longer did it. He said he remembered reading that some people were scrapbooking on their computers; I thought he was insane, until I saw some scrapbooking software at the store. I was close to purchasing one but wanted something that would do more than just scrapbooking, I wanted to design personalized gifts, photos, etc… so when the kind folks at MyMemories contacted me asking me to review their MyMemories Suite V4 digital scrapbooking software, and I jumped at the chance.

With MyMemories Suite digital scrapbooking software you can design and create scrapbook pages, photo books, and even customized photo gifts; just what I wanted, right? Plus, the software comes with 1500 digital background papers and 1300 digital embellishments, so I was able to begin designing and creating, immediately, with the option of purchasing more kits, pages, and embellishments, if I wanted.

I downloaded my software and jumped right in. I read many of their amazing tutorials on their website and was even able to watch a step-by-step tutorial that was very helpful.

Since Baby Miss just turned two, I used my MyMemories Suite software to design a special goodie-bag gift for her birthday party guests. I created it using a photo, some embellishments, and word art, then I printed my design on cardstock, added a magnet to the back and voila, a little gift for our guests.

I just cut this out, added a magnet on the back and it was a perfect goodie-bag gift!

Next I made a photo page for Baby Miss’ album! For this project I used one of the very easy templates, uploaded my photos, and added the verbiage and my page was perfect!

Of course, now my mind was spinning with ideas on crafts and gifts so I had to continue working in my new software. The next creation was one I plan to use for the upcoming holidays. I created a 2013 calendar, using their calendar tab, added my photo and my own embellishments and now I have the perfect gift to send to family members.

What I love about the MyMemories Suite digital scrapbooking software is how easy it is to use. The control panel made designing everything I had in mind, very easily, making it completely my own creation, with a click here and there!

MyMemories Suite Easy-to-use Control Panel

I loved that my “pages” could be saved as individual jpeg images and then printed, or emailed or shared in a blog post or used to create TONS of personalized goodies from sites all over the web! And it was definitely a plus how fast I was able to learn the basics of the software! Of course now I am obsessed with watching the MyMemories YouTube channel for more ideas and tips, though.

So, do yourself a favor, click HERE to purchase your downloadable MyMemories Suite digital scrapbooking software… be sure to use promo code STMMMS79241 to get a $10.00 discount on the software program (bringing it down to a very affordable $29.97) AND you will get an additional $10 code to spend in the MyMemories.com Design Shop!  So, don’t wait – CLICK HERE NOW!

Win it – a MyMemories Giveaway

The kind folks at MyMemories have offered one Adventures of 8 Reader a full version of the MyMemories Suite digital scrapbooking software, version 3!

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— My Family of 8 (@adventuresof8) August 19, 2012

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