$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!!

$2.00 Tuesdays

$2 Tuesday items this week from Scraps N Pieces consist of our A Man’s Best
Friend kit and QP pack along with our Extreme Home Makeover kit.
Images are linked.

Viva Las Vegas

I have just been waiting for this kit and I went crazy with it once I got it! I took a road trip to Vegas with my roommates years ago, and these pictures were just waiting to be scrapped! The colors of this kit are awesome and so fun to work with. I kinda lucked out that they seemed to match my pictures perfectly. (I also used the "seventies" action from the Pioneer Woman and it's the perfect colors for this kit.) The elements are awesome. I especially liked the coin scatter, cards, dice, and slot machine pictures, along with the great word art.
You can purchase this kit for $2.50 for the first week and if you purchase the full kit you can also get the Cardstock pack for only $1.00 using SNPvegas1 for the coupon code.
Here's the previews, and images are linked to the store. Don't forget to grab the cardstock pack too!


Here's what I did with the kit:I also have a FREEBIE for you today! It's my first one ever and I'm just crossing my fingers that the link works! Check out the Scraps N Pieces blog Friday for more Vegas freebies!

Just giving a heads up on what will be in the $2 bin for Tuesday.
Since the weather is warming up, it is time to break out those BBQ
grills. Scraps N Pieces is putting in their King of the Grill kit and
QP pack along with their Super Chef kit and QP pack for all of those fun
Summer cooking activities! Both of these kits are very fun and
HUGE! Images are linked.