Customer Reviews
Best for Mothers with Small Children
I've had this software about two weeks, and I do agree with the points made by the lady from S.C., and wanted to mention some other things. It is heavy on templates and pages for babies or small children, so if you aren't scrapping for kiddies, you're very limited here. I cannot see that it has 1200 of anything, though I could be wrong. They may be counting every tiny flower or color block to arrive at that number. And there are only a few 12 x 12 templates, I would say less than 10%. Not that I have access to a 12 x 12 printer, but I would have liked to have that option. And when you start to print anything, it does not give you the option of making a layout, or printing multiples on a page to make the best use of expensive Canon photo paper, and when I chose a 5 x7 size to print, it yielded a finished product more like 4x6, so it is a matter of trial and error to get sizing right. Printing on plain paper yields flat, 2D pages and I didn't like them at all, I haven't tried cardstock yet. If you are into 3D looks, you might consider a better software. Regarding the quality of the templates, there are some very cute designs, but most were not my choice of style or design, as I said, more for children. I would say the percentage I will use is about 25% (generous estimate) There are templates for scrapbook pages (quite a few of those) frames (only a few) diaries/journal (a very few) And each type is divided into baby, general, holiday, birthday, seasonal, etc, so each category has only a handful. If you don't like the one page for Halloween, for example, you're out of luck! And the fonts, well, I have tons of fonts already installed on my computer. If you know how to use Windows to install more fonts, or if you have any other design software, you already have these fonts anyway. Maybe Hallmark is counting the one or two of their own here, but basically you probably already have them. I have used Sierra Print Artist for years and there is much more to it than this software (though Print Artist has a lot of cheesy designs, but you have thousands of things to choose from on Print Artist!)^M
Good for Novices Only
I had several questions about this software which I was not able to find the answers to before purchasing it so let me outline for you what this software is and what it isn't. I'm sending it back because it doesn't meet my needs.^M
Easy and Fun!!!
I have been big into scrapbooking for about a year now. Up until the other day when I bought this program for my computer I always did it the old fashioned way from scratch. And I will probably continue to do most of it the long way just to keep my creative mind going....but, I was playing around with the Hallmark Program and it is so easy! I made two pages for my daughter in less than five minutes! All you do is bring up a template that you like, click to add your pics and your own personal journaling and print. They also have a spot for family trees, photo cards and soooooo much more. I have not used them yet, but was also impressed by the font selection and paper doll cut outs, etc. The program took about 5 minutes to install and is alot of fun and very easy to use! If you are thinking about digital scrapbooking, look no further. My program was $19.99 at Best Buy!!
