My Memories Suite Tutorial - Photo Tiling

Here is a quick pageand tutorial I threw together with items from the 4 Seasons Fall kit by Scraps N Pieces at My Memories.com. I used My Memories Suite V4 software with the new photo tiling feature to make one photo into several , fun feature !


I layered two coordinating papers on top of each other. (Insert one as a photo Object on top of a Background Paper to do this, there is a little button at the bottom of the Background Papers screen to click to do this. It will insert as a small square. You simply drag the small gray squares at the edges to make it the size and in the position that you want.

The little title banner was made by me . I customized a square Shape in the Edit Shape feature of the Program. It is automatically save by the program in the Users Shapes folder for future use. I have a couple of posts earlier this month covering Custom Shapes and my first attmepts at making them.

original photo that was divided up by My Memories Suite V4 software
 to make the "photo tiling" effect

Note: not all photos are going to work with all photo layouts. You will need to take into consideration the composition of the photo and the photo boxes you are using. Sometimes with a little bit of tweaking you can make a layout/photo combination work better.

Please read my previous post here for a link to a video tutorial on how to "tile" your photos in My Memories Suite V4.

Here are a couple of screen shots that I took

to try to explain the steps.

It really is simple to do once you

know how - and it can create some WOW! layouts !

The photo layout is one of the predesigned templates included in the software.

If you don't already own My Memories Suite V4 scrapbooking (and so much more!) software, you can buy it at mymemories.com. Remember to use my affiliate code STMMMS23251 (simply copy and paste) to get $10 off of your purchase and a coupon code for $10 worth of digital content from the store ! You'll also receive a coupon code for a free 6x6 photobook (you only pay the shipping and handling) ! You can choose a digital download (over 4GB in size) or to have a disc sent to your home for a small fee. The store has thousands and thousands of different styles and types of digital download content with more being added all the time plus there are sales literally every day.


Thanks for looking =)

Doodle This Cards

Using up old scraps from the Doodle This stamp set

(Stampin' Up!).

They were all mis-stamped images on glossy card stock

that I had saved in the stamp set box.

I finally put them to use after all these years,

making them into cards to send to

Operation Write Home.

I dropped the marker on this one so rather than throwing it away,

I made the little flag to cover it ! 

Embossing folder is from Stampin' Up!

The Positively Pink and Summer Sun pieces were

scraps. I stamped them in matching ink with the 

small flower in this stamp set.

I'm not sure of the name of the set that the thanks came from,

but it was a Stampin' Up! set.

I'm having a tough time recalling many of the stamp set names

as I am writing the posts because although I have the 

set names noted on the boxes, I did not write them down 

while making all of these cards (over 150 in about 3 weeks!).

Many of the sets I don't use (if ever!) so I don't know the names

off the top of my head now that I am writing the posts, sorry. 

I loved that polka dot organdy ribbon that I bought 

from an online vendor many years ago.

Thanks for looking =) 

Unfrogettable Cards

Have I "toad" you lately that I love you ?

These two cards were created from a gift bag 

sample I made long ago.

I never used the gift bag for anything so I tore it apart

and made these two cards out of one half of it.

The other half can be reused for something else

another time. I did stamp and color another frog. 

LOVE the googly eyes ! 

They also use a shapes stamp set,

Simple Shapes maybe ? 

retired from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

Have A Ball... Cards

.... On Your Birthday !

Each of these cards was created with the old

retires Have A Ball stamp set from

Stampin' Up!

The sentiment was computer generated.

I made two of each of these cards,

slightly different,

and sent them to Operation Write Home. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Nice and Easy Notes Cards

Stamp images are from the Nice and Easy Notes stamp set,

retired from Stampin' Up!

Water colored with ink from ink pads 

and an aquapainter,

except the bottom one was 

colored with water color pencils and a blender pen.

Scoring board and stylus on the top card to make the background,

Polka Dot Texture Plate from Stampin' Up on the middle,

Double Line Stitched Plaid Stampin' Around wheel on the bottom.

Thanks for looking =) 

My Memories Suite Tutorial - Photo Tiling & Paper Tearing

Here's a quick page I put together with My Memories Suite Version 4 digital scrapbooking (and so much more!) software.

There are several fun digital tricks I used on this page: the banner Shape I created for use with the program, paper tearing and photo tiling. All three features are new to the version 4 software.

I wrote a couple of posts on my blog last week about creating custom Shapes:

http://craftysahmiam.blogspot.com/2013/01/custom-shapes-my-memories-suite-pt-2.html

Here is a video that gives detailed instructions for Paper Tearing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtiJRemswQs

Here is a video that gives detailed instructions for Photo Tiling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OcyTmFP7Gc

Background paper: Background paper 3 by Snicker from the Stocking Stuffers designer kit included with the software purchase. This is the decorative red paper.

Background paper Add As Photo Object to create the Red base of page: Background paper 5 by Snicker from the Stocking Stuffers designer kit included with the software purchase. This is the textured red paper.

Gray behind the photo tiles Add As Photo object, Tear Edge feature used on the bottom edge: Background paper 4 by Snicker from the Stocking Stuffers designer kit included with the software purchase. This is the textured gray paper.

NOTE about the tearing feature: what shows in the sample screen as you are applying the tears to your project does not match what comes up on your project for some reason (at least in my program/computer it does not). Simply click it and "tear" the edge again to change it.

The photo boxes on this project are custom made by me, but there are dozens and dozens of premade templates in the program to choose from. NOTE about photo tiling/boxes: not all photos are going to work with all photo boxes tiled (grouped) together. Take into consideration the composition of the photo in relation to the boxes you want to use, you won't want faces chopped in half for example. My Photo worked well (after some tweaking, I had to crop it and save it with Photoshop Elements to make it fit properly in the boxes)

Gingham ribbons: check ribbon 1 and 3 by lddiva (not sure which kit these came from, I did a global search for Ribbon to find these; they showed up under "Bows")

Banner Shape I made paper filled with green: Background paper 7 by Snicker from the Stocking Stuffers designer kit included with the software purchase. This is the textured green paper.

Text box , white text over the green banner I made.

Imprints: I did a Global Search to find "Christmas" and chose this Imprint that was found by the search function.

Thanks for looking =) 

If you don't already own My Memories Suite V4 scrapbooking (and so much more!) software, you can buy it at mymemories.com. Remember to use my affiliate code STMMMS23251 (simply copy and paste) to get $10 off of your purchase and a coupon code for $10 worth of digital content from the store ! You'll also receive a coupon code for a free 6x6 photobook (you only pay the shipping and handling) ! The store has thousands and thousands of different styles and types of digital download content with more being added all the time plus there are sales literally every day.


Thanks for looking =) 

Ships Ahoy Cards

Ships Ahoy stamp set, Stampin' Up!

Night of Navy ink and clear embossing powder

on vellum paper

unknown textured cream paper

Here is the set I made with the same stamps and sent in to

Operation Write Home in the past,

there are several samples posted.

Thanks for looking =) 

Soft As A Feather Cards

Soft As A Feather stamp set, Stampin' Up!

This is the first time I've used this stamp set since I

found it at a yard sale last spring -

and I didn't realize there was supposed to be an egg image in it !

I used the tiny oval paper punch on the above card to make my own egg.

It was a bit large so I hand cut three eggs for the first card.

I used Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp set, dark brown ink,

tan ink, light blue ink to color them.

More cards I'm sending in to Operation Write Home

Liberty For All Cards

All images on these cards are from the Liberty For All stamp set by Stampin' Up! that I colored with water based markers. I made these to donate to Operation Write Home.

Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder
Stampin' Up! Stripes embossing folder
Various card stock scraps
Assorted paper punches (large star and round tab are from Stampin' Up!)
striped ribbon, unknown manufacturer


I was super excited to find this set used and bought it, having it mailed and arriving last Friday so I could make a few Patriotic cards with it to send in to Operation Write Home !

I've been working on cards a little each day the past couple of weeks and now have just over 80 completed. I will continue to share some of them here this next week (maybe longer!) before I mail them off later in the week.

Thanks for looking =)

Classic Convertibles Cards

A set of cards I made to donate to 

Operation Write Home 

using the 

Classic Convertibles stamp set from 

Stampin' Up!

This is my most favorite way to use these images.

 I've created a faux black and white photo look

with glossy white card stock,

white crayons, black and gray inks

sponged on.

Read how I did it here

This image is from the 

Thoughts of Father stamp set, Stampin' Up!

It was water colored with ink pads and an aquapainter

I used a ScorPal scoring board

to make the dry embossed lines around the edges

I'll probably make more car and truck cards to send in

because I imagine they would be pretty popular images.

This is all I have completed at the time I wrote the post.

I've always loved the classic convertibles and pickups stamps sets,

have probably used them more than any other set I own.

Here are a few more samples using the Classic Convertibles set

http://craftysahmiam.blogspot.com/2011/10/classic-convertibles-assorted-cards.html

Thanks for looking =)