Last Chance for the Giveaway!

Hello, everyone - I wanted to remind you that tomorrow, October 10, 2011 is the final day for the My Memories Suite giveaway!  I will be drawing the winner tomorrow night, so that gives you a few more hours to get in on it.  I have to tell you, I have really been enjoying this software.  My latest project is a new homeschool schedule!  I've been tweaking the schedule, well, as long as I've been homeschooling, and usually my schedules look like a list, sometimes with grids and different color ink for the words.  Well, this one is different, and since the schedules are usually posted on a wall somewhere in the house where everyone sees them, I'm happy that this one is a little more, well, decorative!  What do you think? (Yes, Lily is focusing on coloring her hand with a marker, but who's looking?)

Hubby was a little perturbed that I put "tacks" in the wall - just kidding!  But it does look pretty realistic!  This was done totally from scratch, adding things one at a time, from the background to the picture, shapes, words, "staples", and "tacks."  And it didn't take much longer than my former method of using tables and colored type!  At least school LOOKS more fun now!

So, go to this post and enter today!  I'll let you know Tuesday who won, and give that person the directions to download the software for FREE!  Good luck!

My Memories Giveaway - 5 days left!

Good morning, all!  It is Wednesday, and I am sad to say I have had no responses for the giveaway for My Memories Digital Scrapbook Software.  I know it can be a busy time of year, but I would really urge you to look at it.  The product you will receive is worth $40, and it really is good!  I am including a video here so that you can see how easy it is, and how much you can do with the program.

  You can also buy more themes and backgrounds, but the great thing is, they are reusable over and over!  If you buy scrapbook paper at the craft store, you will always have to get more when you run out.  I think this is much more cost-effective.  I've also received e-mails already offering free and discounted paper collections, just in a couple weeks from signing up.  So, please visit my full review, and leave a comment to enter the contest!  After all, someone has to win - it might just be you!

Review and Giveaway - My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbook Software

I am so excited to be able to offer my first giveaway on Music of the Heart!  My Memories Suite is a digital scrapbook software.  Now, I have to admit that I had never heard of digital scrapbooking before I saw this software.  In fact, my scrapbooking efforts mostly consist of pictures stuck in photo albums, or boxes, or sitting in computer files categorized by upload date.  But I think that's about to change.  Using this software, I was able to use the pictures stored on my computer to create a beautiful Fall album!  For this project, I started with one of the provided templates.  I added the pictures, text, music and embellishments (like the flowers).  It was very easy to remove or add page elements, and to re-size or move around the things that were already there.  Here are the pages:

For this one, I just added the pictures.  Everything else was already there.

I added the picture text, and flower, made the picture larger, and put it behind the squares.

I added the text, picture, and flower.

Text, picture and flower again.

Added text, pictures and flower, plus changed out a square for the apple, and another one for the chicken picture.

This one I really rearranged.  I added the pictures, text, and leaves, and moved things around because I wanted  it to be  less structured-looking.

My next project was a baby shower invitation - I started with a blank page, and added things layer by layer.  Everything for this invitation was found on the original website.  I have previously used Microsoft Word to create things like flyers and invitations, but this came out so pretty, I think I'll be using it much more often!

I've had this software almost two weeks, and have already received several e-mails with more things to try.  Last weekend, I was even able to download more background papers for free!  The website includes a store, where you can buy kits of papers and templates.  They are constantly adding new products, including seasonal items.  

There are several options to share your creations.  You can print your pages at home, or arrange them as a movie or interactive scrapbook on a DVD.  You can also have your album professionally printed, or made into a calendar.  I arranged the pages I posted here as a video, with music by my college piano teacher, Nanette Kaplan Solomon, playing a piece called "Sunburst," written by Stepfania De Kenessey.  It came out very pretty.

So, here's the great news - One of you can actually win this software for free!  My Memories was generous enough to provide me with a copy to review and a second copy to give away.  So, here are the rules.

• Go to the website store, then come back here and leave a comment including the name of a kit or template that you like.  

That will get you one chance.  If you would like more chances, you can:  

• Follow the My Memories Suite Blog,  or Like them on Facebook

• Blog about this giveaway with a link back to this post

• Share this post on Facebook or Twitter

Then come back and leave a comment!  
Please leave your name on your comment, if you are commenting as "anonymous," so that I can put your name in the drawing.

If you have a blog and would like a visit, please leave your link in your comment, also.

The winner will be drawn on Monday, October 10, 2011.

Now, for everyone who doesn't win, I have one more treat for you. If you copy this code - STMMMS61757 you can use it at http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software to receive $10 off My Memories Suite software.  So, have fun, and good luck!