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I am not a traditional scrapbooker.  I really enjoy Digital Scrapbooking and I get the same papers, embellishments, backgrounds and layouts as traditional scrapbooking.  The only difference is that I do not have large collections of papers, embellishments and so forth sitting around my craft room waiting to be used.  In other words no clutter, and the way I do things there would be clutter.

About 6 months ago I started using My Memories Suite on a trial basis.  They had a 60 day return policy and I figured if I could not get it to work in that amount of time I would ask for my money back.  Well here it is going on 7 months and I still love it.  So what is My Memories Suite?

My Memories Suite 2.0 is a fun and creative way to keep and share memories, whether you have a Mac or PC. The scrapbooking software’s design tools will help you to build entire albums effortlessly using one of the many installed templates, or designing your very own pages from scratch. Version 2.0 includes 20+ new templates, over 1,500 new papers and over 1,300 new embellishments. There is even a new color swatch library with matching sets of papers and embellishments. And if you’re searching for even more templates, visit My Memories Suite online Design Shop, which offers a growing library of digital scrapbooking templates, papers, and kits to inspire your creativity!

The title of this book, SCRAPBOOKING OFF THE PAGEàAND ON THE WALL: Off the Page And on the Wall (Scrapbooking) says it all. The projects included within its pages take scrapbooking to a new level, turning your memories into artwork to be displayed on the walls rather than in a book. The project ideas include a variety of themes; Family, travel, vacations, babies, sisters, gardening, children’s special moments, graduation, friends, weddings, heritage, cowgirl, love, sports and pet themes and decorations for holidays and around the house. The unique aspects about the scrapbooking projects in this book are the materials on which the photos are displayed. Among them are canvases, shadow boxes, frames of various shapes and sizes, shutters, an aluminium sheet, particleboard, mat board, a clipboard, ceramic tiles, a wood cabinet door, an artificial evergreen wreath and a small wood screen you assemble yourself.

Scrapbooking is a great passion for a lot of people. The ideas in SCRAPBOOKING OFF THE PAGEàAND ON THE WALL: Off the Page And on the Wall (Scrapbooking) are so exceptional and inspiring they are what makes this book a must have for scrapbookers. The photos are beautifully arranged so they are distinct amongst the embellishments and the relevant memorabilia. I really like how the color combinations from the frame to the papers and embellishments all tie in with the photo in the layout (i.e. the person in the photo of the Cowgirl themed layout is wearing a red sweater and the color of the papers, embellishments and the frame match it as closely as possible). One of my favorite scrapbooking techniques from this book is the use of small frames in combination with big frames either within the layout or hanging from it as part of the embellishment. This technique was used in a couple of the projects in Scrapbooking off the Page … and On the Wall. It was really hard to pick my favorites from the wide variety of layouts because they are all so beautiful and inspiring.