Fun Friday Giveaway - MyMemories Tutorial to Create Blog Headers

Happy Fun Friday.  And, I hope this kicks off a wonderful weekend for you where you can find time to enjoy and create!   I'd love to hear what you are up to.  I'm still working on an English Paper Piecing (EPP) project.

Today, I'm sharing with you insights on making blog headers and these insights may also help those that want to create a new timeline header too.  But, they really are meant to show some versatility with what you can do with the MyMemories software, even if you are not a blogger or user of Facebook.  Besides scrapbooking, creating blog headers or Facebook timeline headers, it is also very easy to use to create cards, frames for pictures before you print them, add embellishments (graphics) to your pictures before your print them or email them, etc..  The possibilities are endless and it is very easy to do when using the MyMemories software.

I quickly whipped up My Good Day header:

And, have fun adding some "sparkle" to Barb's blog (Bejeweled Quilts).  She has a wonderful blog, full of amazing tutorials, tips and fun.  If you don't yet follow Bejeweled Quilts, I hope you'll pop over to her blog and follow her now.

I also had fun creating a header for Dana (Stormy Days) showing off her cheerful quilts.  Dana has a great blog where she shares insights on her beautiful quilts, her passion for photography and much more.  If you haven't already, I do hope you'll pop over and follow Stormy Days.

Here is a video tutorial, from MyMemories Suite, showing you how to create a custom header in blogger:

While a good generic rule of thumb for a blog header is to create a custom size of approximately 1000x300 pixels for blogger headers and 904x160 pixels for WordPress headers, the size may vary slightly based on the template you are using.  Thus, you may want to initially create a basic template to upload to your blog to verify you are using a size, which you like, for your blog, then proceed with adding backgrounds, photos, text, embellishments, etc. to your header.

I've also had good luck with allowing blogger to "shrink to Fit" my header images.  To upload, I simply follow these steps:

1) go to your layout mode in bloger and click on "Edit your Header".
2) be sure to "remove" your existing header
3) check the options as shown in this image

4) click the browse button to find the header image you wish to upload.
5) click upload, followed by steps to save and then go view your header.


This works for business blogs too!

You can also use MyMemories software to easily create headers for your Facebook timeline picture.  Here is a sample that I created for a challenge hosted by Alex Veronelli.  While I wasn't the winner of his challenge, I did have fun creating it.

For creating a Facebook Timeline, you simply adjust the size to be 851x314 pixels.




I'm truly amazed that MyMemories software is so reasonably priced at $39.97. They have also offered readers of SewCalGal a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the My Memories store - $20 value! Just copy and paste the code STMMMS74482 and enter it during checkout to receive your discount!

Use Code STMMMS74482 at checkout!

www.mymemories.com
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Did I mention a giveaway?

To enter, please visit www.mymemories.com and choose your favorite digital paper pack or layout, then comment below on this blog post telling me which ones you like best. This entry method is required.

Want to win this scrapbooking software so much you would like to have extra opportunities to enter? After you have completed the required entry above, do any or all of the following to get one extra entry for each of the following. Just leave a separate comment for each way you enter, and be sure I have a way to contact you if you name is drawn when I randomly select a winner next Friday:
1) Be a follower of My Memories' blog: http://blog.mymemories.com/
2) Like My Memories on Facebook and tell them SewCalGal sent you
3) Follow My Memories on Twitter
4) Be a follower of SewCalGal's blog.

Again, a winner will be randomly selected on Friday,  May 11th





Also, MyMemories is also hosting a blog hop with oodles of digital template giveaways.  Just hop on the train quickly, to take advantage of these freebies.