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ST PATTYS DAY Special

STUDIO J is Waiting for YOU.... at a GREAT DEAL

Have you EVER tried Studio J?  It is our online scrapbooking program that is OUT OF THIS WORLD FUN!!  It is so fast, fun, easy and G O R G E O U S!!!  Doesnt matter if you are scrapbooking vintage, old ruins or darling grandkids, this is the BEST!!!  I went on a trip to Mexico, Hondurous, and Guatimalia in October.  I finished my album in December.  (I must admit I took a zillion pictures and my book is about 5" thick)  It is ALL DONE quick enough I still rememberd 'what happened'

If you have Not tried it, You will want to, if you have..... and love it you will want to play during February and scrapbook on Studio J...... and take advantage of the GREAT DEAL!!!!  During the entire month of Feburary each 2 page layout is only $5 

Check it out!  No cost until you purchase the layout.  And along with a purchased layout you receive a jgp to use however you wish!!!

Go to my website and click on studio J or click this link to go directly there.

Studio J

 

What a Girl

This fun Studio J Layout was a fun one to do. I took my young teenage grandaughter out on our own little mini photo shoot. We had so much fun. It was great to be able to create this layout so quickly. Notice the heart made from buttons. Do you wonder how i got that almost perfect. Take a MY STICKEASE shape and put it on your page where you want you button outline. Add the buttons evenly all the way around. Then add the string to each button. When you are all done, delete the sticker. It goes away and leaves the button image. Voila..... how fun!!! Try it yourself. You will love it.

More Inspiration from Studio J

With Studio J scrapbooking you can change the color of your paper, or accents and embellishments. I changed these accents to yellow to bring out the yellow in the dresses. Notice too how one of the 'my stickease' on the left side is small making a tab, and the one on the right is expanded large to form a journaling box. OH SO MUCH FUN

Look at this fun idea using the same photo

This fun layout was created using the same photo on the right page lower corner, and dropping it into 4 photo wells. Enlarged to 163% then 'put together' like a puzzle to create this fun look!!! You need to try this! It is a blast.

More Fun with Studio J - Online Scrapbooking

You Know you are a Scrapbooker when.....

I attended a special event of a friend yesterday. It was a happy occassion. As I sat in the crowded room and watched the couple involved, I noticed they both had on khaki shirts. My thought was..... GREAT!!! they wore close that went together well. They will look GREAT in a scrapbook layout. I did tell them my thoughts as I congratulated them. They giggled and said, it wasnt even planned. I told them to get lots of pictures and be sure to scrapbook the day. Too funny. Have you ever done that???? Do you 'dress your kids' for the occassion with layouts in mind????

Studio J Challenge #7

How have you done on your challenges???? Your next challenge is an ongoing challenge!!! Get on Studio J.... and PLAY. Have a blast as you preserve your memories in style, Faster, Simpler and easier!! Remember, as a member you get your layouts for 1/2 price, access to exclusive paper kits, exclusive patterns, free page protectors, free shipping once a month for up to 20 layouts, and a free JPG image will be emailed to your inbox to use however you wish. All this for only $99 per year! Nothing more to purchase, other than your completed memories.

Keep checking back here for new videos, and new techniques posted! You will love all you can do with Studio J.

Want to TRY it before you BUY it. Get online and play. Playing if FREE. Nothing to buy, nothing to download.....just try it out!! If you like it you can then buy the membership, or just pay full price for the layouts. You can also purchase a 3 month membership for $30 if you want to try it for a bit. You can cancel at the end of the 3 months or continue paying $10 per month.

There is A PERK to this CHALLENGE...... BE THE FIRST PERSON TO ORDER at least 10 layouts this month, and you will win a prize from me!!!

Studio J BOOT CAMP Challenge #5

Sugar and Spice

Kit: Sophia
Pattern: Studio J: Performance
Photos: 3 vertical
Kit mix 3

Techniques:

Layering My Stickease to create a single image
Journaling on photos
Creating unique titles by using multiple text boxes to mix fonts and sizes

SIDE NOTE: As you personalize your layout and make it your own, keep in mind that one of the main techniques is learning to cluster the 'My Stickease' If you change the paper colors too much, the My Stickease images won't work because they don't change color. I recommend that you keep the Pear and Goldrush colors somewhere in your layout. The Honey and Chocolate papers are changeable. As you can see on mine, I chose to change the papers and ribbon to Lilac mist and hollyhock to match my photos, and it still worked.

Putting the layout together:
Drop photos in wells.
Drop floral dot B&T into top horizontal strip. Change color to blush (my choice) (to change papers, click on papers and drag in desired paper)
Drop cardstock into left most vertical strip (left page). Change the color to (lilac mist).
Change B&T to (lilac mist) (my choice of color for my layout)
Change color of bracket-shaped cardstock piece to White Daisy
Change bottom of cardstock strip to (lilac mist)
Add 1/8" white daisy mats to each photo.
Delete title and journaling wells.
Finishing Touches:

**You will note from the color of the original packet of paper, I have changed my layout dramatically) You can leave yours the colors of the kit, or change them to match your photos.

Turn off toggle accents
Add the following My Stickease images to left page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired. Right click to bring layers forward or send backwards as needed.
three tulip flourishes (Large Accents) at 25%
rosebud flourish (Large Accents) at 60%
rosebud border (Borders) at 100%
Add the following My Stickease images to right page, rotating, cropping, and resizing as desired. Right click to bring layers forward or send backwards as needed.
tulip flourish (Large Accents) at 65%
two rosebud flourishes (Large Accents) at 60%, 100%
rosebud border (Borders) at 100%
Small flowers to cover the HONEY flowers on the flourish if you changed your color scheme
Create title as follows:
"sugar" in 85 pt. Tickled font, no background, Chocolate text
"spice" in 85 pt. Tickled font, no background, Chocolate text
"and" in 35 pt. Memo font, no background, Chocolate text
Create journaling in scaled Tickled font, no background, Chocolate text, center-aligned. Add buttons and White Daisy thread as follows, rotating and resizing as desired:
left page: 5/8", 1/2"
right page: 5/8", 3/4"
Add (hollyhock) ribbons as follows, rotating, resizing, and cropping as desired:
left page: centered knotted ribbon at 100% and flat knot at 110%
right page: centered knotted ribbon at 100% and flat knot at 110%

add other embellishments as desired

STUDIO J - Boot Camp Challenge #3

How did your layout turn out? Isnt it fun? Here is another idea of another layout I have created. I really want to have you get comfortable with Studio J and try out some different kits and patterns. Todays challenge is the same as yesterday..... Get on and Play!!! Create some fun layouts, explore the site and options, try new things and have some fun. Remember, each page pops up all embellished. You just have to color those embellishments. Try this for a few layouts. It turns out Fabulous. Then we will start adding some new items and creating your very own look.

It is a 3 day weekend. If you have plans, go take lots of photos and make some memories. If you are staying close to home.... make some layouts (remember it doesnt cost a thing until you purchase the layouts, so you can 'play' as much as you would like to!!) Check back on Tuesday for another challenge with another layout we will make together.

Happy Scrappping!!

STUDIO J - BOOT CAMP Challenge #2

Now that you are all set up with a STUDIO J Membership.... click in to Studio J. Download 5-10 photos you want to scrapbook today. Once they have downloaded, choose a paper pack that you would like to use that will go well with your photos. Click continue, then choose a pattern that you would like to use to build your photo. If you are a "member" you have access to ALL of these patterns and kits of paper. Once this selection is chosen, click continue. It will build your 'choices' of layouts. Choose the 'look' you like!! Hit continue
Now you are ready to play. Start out by dragging your photos into each photo well. You can slide them to center them or put them where you would like, or enlarge them to get the areas of the photo you want to highlight. Color the toggle embelishments, add your title and journaling.

Pages can be as SIMPLE as this!!!

STUDIO J - BOOT CAMP DAY #1 Getting Started!! JOIN US

A few weeks ago I attended an event at Close to my Heart. It was called Studio J Boot Camp. Let me just say, Studio J is more amazing than I originally thought!!!! I had no idea about some of the fabulous things you can do so easy, on Studio J. Our Vice President of technology showed Studio J to one of his friends (His friend works for Adobe and helped create Photoshop) His comment went something like this.... 'Studio is the best digital scrapbooking program there is. There's nothing like this out there'. I have to AGREE with him. It is FaBuLouS!! This is one of the layouts we created there.
Thanks for stopping by and joining us. Please invite your friends along. Remember, you will want purchase a years membership to enjoy ALL the benifits we will use. It is only $99 and you will be able to access exclusive paper kits, embellishments, patterns and more. along with that you will receive half price pricing on your layouts!! (only 3.25 a page. That is cheaper than photo development+paper+layouts+adhesive+time etc) you will also receive FREE shipping, FREE page protectors AND a JPG file sent to you of your layouts to use any way you choose (blogs, fb, sent to grandma, put on your phone, screen saver, etc)

We will start slow and let you get the feel of STUDIO J then move on to some real fun things you can do!!

Your FIRST ASSIGNMENT Scroll below to previous posts and watch the tutorials if you havent already. You will want to familiarize yourself with a few of the features on studio J. Remember, you can ALWAYS email me with questions.

Click here STUDIO J MEMBERSHIP and get your membership all set up!! You will LOVE IT and have so much fun over the next couple of weeks as we design some fantastic pages. You can set up your account in just minutes!

I have also set up a business page on FB where I will be posting some daily assignments to get you going!! I would love for you to join us!
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Stay tuned!! Get ready for some FUN!!

Studio J - Photo editing

STUDIO J - Easy as 1, 2, 3

STUDIO J is our new online scrapbooking program!! You will LOVE it! It is so easy, yet produces such gorgeous layouts. I will be running a series of layouts, giving you step by step instructions to create 10 beautiful and fun layouts, learning great techniques! Get your membership set up with me and get ready to go!! (Remember with a membership of $99 you receive exclusive paper packets, exclusive patterns, layouts at half price, free page protectors, and a FREE JPG file for each layout you create. You also receive FREE shipping once a month for up to 20 layouts) It is a fabulous value!!

go to my website today and sign up for your fun Studio J scrapbooking membership. The fun begins next week!!! You will LOVE how fun and easy it is, to preserve your memories.

Join my Team for 50% off

During the month of May, you can join close to my heart, and be a part of my team for 1/2 price!! For only $65 you can get a FREE Studio J membership, a FREE 'You and Me' Kit (exclusive for National Scrapbooking month) and hundreds of $$$$ in Free product. Join today! You will LOVE being a part of the Close to my Heart family and you will really LOVE all the perks.
Just go to my website, and click on opportunity. Start saving money, earning money and get lots of products FREE today!!

Studio J - Love your Layout

Studio J FUN

Whew.... I just returned home from our corprorate Close to My Heart, Studio J BOOT CAMP. What a fun, jam packed 2 days of scrapbooking online with some of my favorite friends. We learned so much and there are so many fun things you can do with Studio J. We customized each layout with embellishments, My Stickease, and even changed the colors of the paper packs!! you will LOVE all the things you can do with Studio J. Visit my website and play a little. It doesnt cost a thing until you purchase your page. Email me and let me tell you how you can get LOTS of perks, and your layouts at half price!! Here are a few of the layouts I worked on while at boot camp. Check back during the week to see more featured layouts!

A fun thing about this layout..... this is actually A HALLOWEEN PAPER PACK

New Memories in the Making

Well, just a few days after my last post, this little doll came into the world a little bit early, and with a DRAMATIC entrance. I have been in Idaho playing with my newest little grand baby!! Isnt she just precious!! I sat and looked at her for hours.... So many fun memories to look forward to and LOTS of scrapbook layouts in the future! In fact one morning while she was sleeping in my arms (my shift) I sat with the computer by my side and created 10 new layouts using Studio J scrapbooking. Check it out!! It is so fun and easy, I did it ONE HANDED!!

Try out Studio J today!! Click here

Want to catch up on all your memories....

I have JUST the answer for you! It is Studio J our new Studio Scrapbooking program. You havent seen ANYTHING like it I promise! It is a scrapbooking software like no other on the market. Our gorgeous layouts are printed for you in high quality and show detail that looks so real you have to touch it! Studio J Scrapbooking is done all on your computer. And with the release of our new idea book yesterday, it just got even better!! You can subscribe to a yearly membership to Studio J and you get FABULOUS perks! For instance, your layouts will be half price!! You get to choose from more exclusive kits of paper and patterns!! You get free shipping, You will receive a free JPG file with every custom printed layout. This way, you can send a copy to grandma or even aunt Nelly! Everyone will enjoy your memorable pages!! And more.......

$99 per year,

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