Independence Day Sale

$2.00 Tuesday

This week we are putting in two of our scout kits for $2 Tuesday.  Be Prepared (girl scout kit) and Do A Good Turn Daily (cub scout kit) along with the QP pack.

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Girls Night Out Freebie

Here it is! Your Girls Night Out freebie quick page. Perfect for pictures of you and your best girlfriends!
Remember to stop by the STS store to buy the full kit and cardstocks while they're still on sale!

Happy Birthday Lori!

Lori of Scraps N' Pieces is celebrating her birthday on Monday. Instead of receiving presents, she has one for you! They expanded their kit, I Wish I Was a Fish and you can get it free! That's right! Head on over to the STS store on Monday and download this free kit! It's only available for 24 hours so don't forget! It will be on sale for $3.99 after Monday June 27. Also, remember to leave some love for Lori for this great freebie!

Girls Night Out

Scraps N' Pieces has a new kit out today called Girls Night Out. This was such a great kit to work with! The colors are so bright and so fun, plus the elements are awesome! I'm catching up on 2007 for now, and was able to use this to scrap pictures of my former roommates before I got married. This kit also has specific elements for your favorite girls nights, like knitting, scrapping, shopping, etc. The clear alphabet is so much fun too! Grab it this week while it's on sale for $2.50 and get the coordinating cardstocks for only $1.00 with coupon code SNPGNO. Check the Scraps N' Pieces blog Monday too for CT freebies! All images are linked!
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cardstocks:And here's my pages:

Scraps N' Pieces is under construction

For those of you that have www.scraps-n-pieces.com bookmarked as Scraps N Pieces blog, you are probably not getting where you think you are supposed to be. That is because they are setting up a new site! YAY! But it also means they are under construction right now for the next week or so. If you want to watch the progress, you can go to www.scraps-n-pieces.com/store and follow along if you would like. We just didn't want you to think they had disappeared. The direct link to their blog is http://www.scrappinwithlori.blogspot.com

Fore! freebie

Here's your freebie I promised! Click on the image to download your free cluster frame, and don't forget to head to Stuff to Scrap to buy the kit. It's still on sale for $2.50 and the cardstocks are just $1.00 with your purchase and coupon code SNPgolf.

Fore!

Golf was my husband's first love, so this is a kit I had to own. Now I just need to commit to spending more time with my husband on the golf course so I can get some more pictures taken! Amazing, how men just don't think about taking pictures all the time.
This kit has the best color palette and can be used for so many things besides golf. Especially little boy layouts. The argyle paper is my favorite one! It's also the perfect kit to pick up before Father's Day to get some cards made. (my husband and dad are getting the same card...shh, don't tell!)
The kit is one sale for the first week for $2.50 and the cardstocks are only $1.00 with coupon code SNPgolf. Images are linked so head on over to Stuff to Scrap and get this kit today!


Here's what I did with it:
I'll also have a freebie for you on Friday so remember to come back!

This Scrapper's Got Talent!

You have until tonight to sign up, so head on over to the STS forum to get started. The flyer will link you right over. It's a great way to challenge yourself and learn even more great scrapping skills. Plus, prizes each week is a great incentive too!

$2.00 Tuesdays

This week you can pick up our Baby Baby kit along with the coordinating Girl or Boy QP packs or our Backyard Adventures kit along with the coordinating QP pack. They will only be $2 for 24 hours.

$2.00 Tuesday

One of our favorite things to do in the Summer is go camping. If that
is one of your favorite things, you will love the kits we have for $2 this
week. We have put our At The Cabin kit and QP set as well as our Great
Outdoors kit and QP set. These are both really really fun kits!
Images are all linked.

Proud to be an American

I am really excited about this kit release! Scraps N' Pieces has done another wonderful new kit, this time focusing on our wonderful military. Proud to be an American is incredibly patriotic so it's great for any 4th of July layouts as well as military ones. Previews are linked straight to the store.
I used it for my husband's scout pictures, and the colors were perfect! I also can't wait to get copies of my grandpa's pictures from WWII to scan because I know this kit will be perfect for me to use to preserve those memories for my family.
The kit is on sale all week for $2.50, so head on over and buy it now! You can get the cardstock pack for only $1.00 with coupon code SNPveteran.
Check out the Scraps N' Pieces blog on Monday for CT freebies from this kit!

My Memories Suite

For all of you digi-scrappers out there, I'm sure you use a wide variety of programs. I started out by using My Memories Suite(MMS) version 1. My mom got it for me and my 2 sisters for Christmas a few years ago. She has it too, and my dad even likes doing it. I loved this program and found is user friendly and super easy and simple. When my sister-in-law entered the digi-scrap world, she was using Photo Shop. I was completely clueless on that program, but got the elements version for Christmas last year, took a few of Lori's classes, and now use that program as well.

I have found MMS to be much easier and quicker to use. I also love that when I buy kits, they are automatically downloaded and organized into my program for me. MMS is exclusively for scrapbooking, so instead of working in layers, I add papers, then elements, and photos, etc. I have found that it's editing is bad, though. It doesn't remove red eye well and I have little options for changing my photos. I also still have version 1, so version 2 may be better in that area. I don't know. Now that I know how to use PSE, I feel like I can be more creative there, with things like overlays and photo masks (although instead of overlays, I have changed opacity in MMS for a similar effect). I can also use a wide variety of kits, instead of just the ones bought exclusively from MyMemories. I now switch between the 2 and have noticed when using a kit from Stuff to Scrap, I do it in PSE (although I could do it in MMS). Then when I want to use a kit from MyMemories, I use MMS (except kits purchased from them can now be done be downloaded for general use in any program). I also like the photo templates in MMS and use them when I have a lot of pictures to scrap, because it gives the page a clean look. I don't have many general use templates.

So, now that I've rattled on about the two programs I use, I have exciting news. Scraps N' Pieces now sells their kits at MyMemories! Formerly exclusive to Stuff to Scrap, they now sell in both stores. I love this, because now I can get their kits and use them in MMS and have them downloaded and organized like my other kits there. And although I've loved their program, MyMemories used to be lacking in their variety of kits. Inviting Scraps N' Pieces to sell there is a great improvement to their store! I am so excited for them. Check out their store here.

June is here!

A new month means a whole lot of new challenges going on at Stuff to Scrap. Head on over to the forum to get started!

It also means a new Build-a-kit is in the store. If you buy 3 or more pieces from any designer during the month of June, you can get them for $1.00 a piece by using coupon code JUNEBAK_BUY3_SAVEHALF. So click these links to head to the store and get them now!
Also, with Father's Day coming, the Stuff to Scrap designers have collaborated to make an amazing kit to honor all the great dads out there!
When you spend $10 in the store, you also get the QP pack for free. I just got mine today!
If you're into designing, there's a new CU (commercial use) grab bag for sale too!
HAPPY SHOPPING!!