We’re so excited that Financial Year Calendars are now available in Create with kikki.K. Create your own custom calendar for 2012 and 2013 and decorate with photos for daily inspiration. Personal Calendars are the perfect Father’s Day gift, so start designing yours now for a unique gift he’ll love.

Choose a desk or wall Calendar in black or white and customise with your unique style and personal photos in the editor. A great gift for friends, family and colleagues. Happy New Financial Year 2013.

Wander through the Swedish forest with this adorable new design theme, Forest Friends.

Featuring the gorgeous characters, Brown Bear, Happy Hedgehog and Friendly Fox, this collection is ideal for those young or young at heart.

Decorate your next Calendar or Photobook with the super sweet characters and illustrations of mushrooms and forest trees.

Frame photos with the matching frames and choose cute backgrounds for that unique touch.

Forest Friends is perfect for celebrating children’s birthdays, family holidays or outdoor adventures.

Play with Forest Friends in the editor today. To download this gorgeous new theme, follow the instructions here.

The process of choosing which photos to use and where they should go can be time consuming. The AutoFlow feature in the editor is there to save you time and energy by placing the photos into your Photo Book, Calendar or Memory Book for you. In the images below we've circled the AutoFlow button.

An important tip is to create a folder first that houses all the photos you want to use. Then simply import those photos into your creative project using the AutoFlow button. You can always change a photo's position if it isn't working. It saves you time, patience and lets you move onto the important things like decorating.

We're so excited to introduce the stunning new design theme, Inspire.

In soft blues and calm greens, the theme features beautiful icons, dreamy backgrounds, frames and inspirational quotes.

The perfect theme to congratulate someone on graduation, to celebrate a new chapter in someone's life or just to remind them to keep on dreaming.

Decorate your next photo book with this gorgeous theme and be inspired everytime you turn a page.

To download the new theme, follow the instructions here.

A frame is simply a border for your photos. Different frames exist that correspond which each different collection, for example, Organisk, Bundle and Klassisk. In the image above, we've used two frames from the Organisk collection as an example.

For each frame design there are three layout options that are for different sized photos, which you drag onto your photo to use. For example, you would drag the square frame onto a square photo and a rectangular portrait frame onto a portrait photo. If you decide you want to change or remove your frame, simply drag another frame or the no frame option onto your photo.

A frame around your photo can add playfulness and colour, but make sure you choose frames that tie in with the photo selected and the overall theme of the book. If choosing a frame to focalise your photo, you don’t necessarily need to add scrapbooking elements as this can take away from the photo and create too many focal points.

Be aware of the overall impression and keep it simple to ensure a stylish and beautiful digital keepsake.

A mask is a layer that once dragged on top of your photos, curves the corners to create rounded images. There are four masks to choose from and each mask corresponds to the size of your photos.

For example, drag the square mask onto a square shaped photo, a portrait rectangular mask onto a portrait photo and a landscape rectangular mask onto a landscape photo. The fourth mask is a circular shape. When dragged onto your photo, it creates a focal point by cutting the photo into the circular shape. In the image above, the photo on the right has a mask on it that has rounded the corners while the photo on the left has no mask.

Masks are great for softening the look of photos, especially when there are multiple photos on one page. They can achieve a vintage feel and add a polished look to your photobook. Don’t be afraid to use masks...start playing around with the editor today and find out what styles you prefer.

Don't leave it to the last minute...create your Mother's Day gifts and order them so they arrive in time for Mother's Day, 13th May 2012.

AUSTRALIAN DELIVERIES

For orders delivered within Australia: Upload your order by 9pm AEDST Wednesday 2 May2012.

INTERNATIONAL DELIVERIES

For all orders delivered outside of Australia: Up;oad your order by 9pm AEDST Monday 23 April 2012.

Don't let Mother's Day pass by without celebrating the best of your mum. If you're looking for an inspired idea, why not create a photo book filled with photos featuring mum over the years. Celebrate all those great photos of mum featuring retro outfits and embarrassing hairdos, flashback photos of family portraits and special moments on holidays.

Shine the deserved spotlight on your mum this Mother's Day and create a keepsake that will make her smile, laugh and reminisce with love. Once you've created your masterpiece, simply choose a stunning Presentation Box to present it in and it's a gift ready to give. Create your photobook now and take advantage of 20 free bonus pages so you don't have to sacrifice any special photos. Click here for full details on this offer.

When making beautiful keepsakes featuring photos from family archives, or photos with low resolution quality, keep in mind these tips to help solve any photo challenges.

If a red and white exclamation mark appears on your photos, as seen above, it means that the photo is too low in quality to be used at that size. While the red exclamation mark won't print, the photo will appear pixelated and blurry when your masterpiece is printed so make sure you fix this first.

There are two ways you can solve this problem; firstly you can reduce the image size by dragging the frame or image to a smaller size until the exclamation mark disappears. The second option is to swap the photo for a higher quality image, as we've done below.

We recommend swapping the photo for a higher resolution image if you have to reduce your image significantly in size to remove the exclamation mark. If this is the case, the photo is likely to still print out pixelated as the photo is at a very low resolution regardless of the size.

If you're scanning photos into your files to add to your creative project, make sure you scan them in at a high resolution, for example a high dpi value of 600 so that when you transfer them into your photo project you can use them however you like and wherever you like! There's no need to scan your iamges in at a dpi value higher than 600 as this will only slow down your computer unnecessarily without improving the quality. Make sure your images are free of dirt or dust so that these imperfections don't detract from your final result.

Follow these tips to make sure your creative project turns out as beautiful as you imagined.

A beautiful brag book full of photos of her grandchildren is the perfect gift for grandmothers this Mother's Day. Create your own using a small size photobook and feature photos of her grandchildren or children.

For a special and stylish touch feature a gorgeous photo on a hard cover. Not only will it look beautiful, but it will withstand multiple trips in her handbag!

It's the perfect gift for friends, family and yourself! Order multiple copies and give to both grandparents as a beautiful keepsake they'll love to show off to their friends.

A simple, stunning gift - just select a gorgeous presentation box at the checkout and it's ready to give. Create your photo book before the 22nd April 2012 and receive 20 free bonus pages so you don't have to sacrifice any special memories. For full details on this offer, click here.