Thursday, April 16, 2026

MyMemories April Blog Train

Time to ride the blog train...whoo whoo!

Join the designers at MyMemories on this month's blog train!

Here is the color palette used to create April's beautiful kits!

You will be directed to each designers store at the MyMemories site. If you have not already done so, you will need to sign up for an account (note: this is a one time sign up and no purchase is necessary).

There is a special link to each designers gift that must be obtained from each designer. That link will take you to their store and their gift.

The new process is:

1. Visit each designer’s blog or FB posting for their preview & special link

2. Click on the link provided you will then be taken to their MyMemories store

3. Place their gift in your shopping cart

4. Check out when you have all the gifts collected

*April's Blog Train ends April 30th*

ADB Designs

Twin Mom Scraps

Designs by Lisa Minor

Songbird Scraps Designs

Happy Scrap Arts

ScrapChat Designs

Elizabeth's Market Cross

Shmooangel Designs

Aimee Harrison

LLL Creations

Cutie Pie Scraps

QueenBrat Digital Designs

Scrapbookcrazy Creations

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Use it All Challenge - Just a quick rotate for different look!

April Use It All Challenge at MyMemories

It’s time for the April Use It All Challenge at MyMemories!

Earlier this month, I shared a sample layout using the April Sisterhood Use It All mini — featuring a set of photos of myself and my sister. Today, I’m back with a second layout using that same mini to show just how easy it is to create a completely different look while still using every piece.

For this layout, I made a few simple changes that really shifted the overall feel:

I rotated the striped paper 90°, which completely changed how that pattern reads on the page.
I resized one of the papers to 2200 x 2200 and used it as a background piece, giving it a softer, more subtle presence.
I used the eyedropper tool to pull a color from the confetti PNG and applied it to the mat behind the photo and the paper strip across it.

That small color adjustment adds just a bit of brightness and ties everything together, all while still using every paper included in the mini.

This is exactly what makes the Use It All Challenge so fun — you’re working with the same pieces, but small changes in rotation, scale, and color can give you a completely new result.

Join the Challenge - See the My Memories Forum

If you’d like to work with the full collection, you can find Sisterhood Collection here — available for $5 throughout April.

Monday, April 13, 2026

Free Weekly Kit by Featured Designer: QueenBrat

Let’s welcome QueenBrat Digital Designs as this week’s Featured Designer!

Q&A With The Designer: QueenBrat Digital Designs

1. How long have you been designing?

I began designing in 2003 and began at MyMemories in 2012 (I think!). I tried retirement last fall when life got totally crazy for me, but I can't retire. I go stir crazy in this big old house with little to do. So I'm back and guess I'm here until the good Lord says otherwise :)

2. What is your favorite random fact?

So how about some random food facts about WV foods...

A specialty, the pepperoni roll, was invented in 1927 in the Country Club Bakery in Fairmont. It is served with a marinara sauce to dip it in.

The authentic West Virginia Slaw dog is never served with any other sauces like ketchup. A steamed or grilled hotdog is served on bread with onions, coleslaw, and chili.

For true mountaineers, their choice of breakfast is biscuits with gravy. A split buttermilk biscuit covered with a thick sausage gravy is good anywhere.

Skillet Cornbread is another great favorite in West Virginia. It is served with a barbeque platter or crumbled into a plate of beans.

3. Do you collect anything?

I collect piggies, Elvis memorabilia, and Jewel Tea Autumn Leaf china. The Jewel Tea china collection was started by my grandmother, added to by my mother, and now is mine to add to. So far I have added a salt and pepper set, a couple of bowls, and a glasses set that we didn't have and a few pieces that were duplicates.

4. Your favorite toy as a child was?

My favorite toy as a child was a stuffed gray dog with one ear that I called "Fatty". He had one long white ear until I talked mom into cutting his ear into two parts and sewing it on so that he had two ears. He was the cutest thing!

5. What is the farthest you have ever traveled from home?

I'm not much for traveling. The furthest I've traveled from home is to Cocoa Beach, Florida for a weeks vacation. It was beautiful!

To finish off we would love to share some of QueenBrat Digital Designs’s favorite layouts:

Layout from Have A Gnomerific Spring

Layout from Easter Cuteness

Layout from A Walk On The Beach

Layout from Bunny Ears

Layout from Raising Wildflowers

Spend $20 or more and receive this kit from QueenBrat Digital Designs for free!

This week's free kit is Hello Spring by QueenBrat Digital Designs. This kit will give a warm feeling. Perfect for beautiful photos, Spring photos, and more ! Normally priced at $7.99, the kit includes 15 papers and 105 embellishments.

To make sure that you collect your free kit please follow these steps:

Add $20 (must total $20 before sales tax) of any of our talented designers kits to your cart, but DO NOT add this kit to your cart! Once entered, the promo code will add it to the cart for you!
Enter the promo code April13QBRK (code is case sensitive) in the promo code field on the checkout page.
Code will add this kit to your cart and then you can proceed to checkout as usual.

Friday, April 10, 2026

DYL: The Scottish Gael Heritage Scrappers Collection from Diane, ADB Designs

The "Gael" refers to the people of the British Isles who speak Gaelic. Many Scots speak Gaelic and also have Norse heritage from ancient Scandinavia. My husband's father and grandparents were 100% Scots. If you have Scottish roots, The Scottish Gael Collection by ADB Designs is perfect for you to use in telling their stories. If you don't, you'll love this collection for its beautiful color palette and wonderful heritage elements.

The colors consist of: pink, lavender, aqua, grass green, copper, brown and charcoal. Elements include a fiddle, Celtic Cross, harp, frames, buttons and various hardware, ribbons, two adorable Scottie dogs, word art strips, blank tabs and strips, and - as always, loads of flowers and foliage.

#230 Question/Scrapbooking Prompt(s)

Create a page about one of your ancestors.
Create a page about a trip to Scotland.
Create a page about a favorite story or song that relates to Scotland.

These prompts are ideas to help you get started. I also have a gift for you to help speed your page completion. With this stunning gift (contributed by my amazing Creative Team Member: Maureen) you can finish a page quickly. (Just click on preview to go to my store and put the gift into your shopping cart.)

Be sure to keep scrolling for information about additional beautiful gifts from this collection!

I hope you find inspiration from the layouts of my awesome Creative Team. Here are their layouts along with the previews from the collection.

I am so pleased when I see layouts created with my collections. I would LOVE to have you share them with me via one or both of my challenge threads in the forum.

Check my two forum challenges for more gifts from this collection (and others)!

Documenting Your Life Challenge (available Friday, April 10)

The Vintage Romantic Challenge (available the first day of every month) you will find Gifts from ALL my recent releases.

This stunning Background Stacker will be available May 1st.

I have a gift coming via the MyMemories "Share The Memories" program. The gifts are always posted to my blog and available for 1 week. Just click on the link above (or the preview) to go to my blog.

Available on my blog Monday, April 13.

This lovely Quick Page is free for the initial duration of the introductory sale. Don't miss it!!! Just click on the preview to go to my store and add it to your cart.

There will be THREE more gifts from this collection, and MORE from other collections on my blog during the MyMemories Blogtrain that starts each month on the 16th and runs through the last day of the month.

Here is the link to my Blog and the MyMemories Blogtrain.