My Memories Suite {Giveaway!}

Years ago, like many many other moms, I got into scrapbooking. I bought paper, embellishments & archival safe glues & tape - and bunches of other items. This wasn't really a good thing for me because I like to have unfinished projects out in the open where I can finish them. eventually. This was a problem mostly because I tend to have many different types of unfinished projects at any given time and you might be able to imagine how the flat surfaces in my house quickly became cluttered.

Then I stumbled upon DIGITAL scrapbooking! What a lovely thing! lol. You might think that all my problems were solved but... now the problem was that I *love* to collect things like patterns, and well... digital scrapbook kits. :) I have tons but at least things aren't scattered all over the my real life flat surfaces. BUT I have tons of files that weren't getting used for one reason or another - partly because it was a huge time suck to sort through all the kits I have on a hard drive until I found just the right one.

So back to square one right...

Enter My Memories Suite.

My Memories Suite is an easy to use scrapbook software package that makes it easy to create beautiful scrapbook layouts. But you can also create beautiful slideshows {with sound even!}, cards, web graphics, just about anything really.
Once installed the interface is quite intuitive, and if you do get stuck their FB page & website have video tutorials {pdf tutes too!}, and their Facebook group can probably answer any questions you have - it's a very active group that frequently hosts challenges and giveaways. Great community that I've been putting through the paces a bit with questions. lol

The interface also comes preloaded with some templates, background papers, etc. to get you started; after you play with those a bit you might want to purchase other sets and templates in the My Memory Suite shop for resonable amounts - some are even free. You can also import .png/.jpg graphics that you already have into the program quite easily.

{Wedding reception page done with a quickpage from the software. Sweet Baby Girl 12x12 - built in the software}

{Ever After Set.}

{Photos taken by Amy Biggerstaff}

I use, and pretty much know my way around, Photoshop but I'll be honest, I've not even digitally scrapped in years - my granddaughter is 3.75 years old and I've not even put togethter a baby book for her - so you can imagine how far behind I am on my adult daughter's images.
Like many of you, I'm sure, all my photos are stored on hard drives {that could fail} and backed up on flickr. But I think My Memories Suite might be the answer I'm looking for to easily, and quickly, get back into digitally scrapping and put some of these images into a format we can enjoy. You can print your precious pages individually through several printing services, or bind them into a book through MyMemories or other sites.

A note on installing: If you have Hughesnet, 3G hotspot, or dial-up find another connection. As you might expect it's a large download {565mb}.

Buy it:
My Memories Suite is greatly affordable {have you priced Photoshop lately?} at and because I really really like my readers - I hace a unique coupon code that gives my readers $10. off the full price of 39.97! AND, when you purchase My Memories Suite v2 you'll also get a $10. coupon code to buy anything in the My Memories store to get you started! I think you all can do the math on that - what a deal!

To purchase using the code: Click on the image above, or go here then copy and paste STMMMS41062 in the shopping cart page at the My Memories website for your $10 discount. And remember, you'll also get a $10 code, in the welcome email after purchase, to use on kits in the My Memories shop!

Win it:
Anyone want to try My Memories Suite for FREE?? They have generously given me the okay to give one of my lucky readers the My Memories Suite software for free! Just enter using Rafflecopter below. Only the 1st entry requires a comment at the bottom of this post - all other comments will not count.

{My Memories Suite provided me with a copy of the scrapbook software & 2 kits to try out. All opinions are my own and ymmv. Thanks My Memories!}