Another Studio J Layout

Today I got two things off my To-Do list for Sunday Scrappin'!

Not only did I plan the pics for this new layout today... I also MADE the layout today! I am really lovin' how fast I get things done with Studio J!

Not only this, but I also ordered my first 5 Studio Layouts! :)

They are still running the special if you want to jump on board... receive free Memory/Page Protectors if you order 5-9 layouts and free Memory/Page Protectors + free shipping/handling if you order 10-20 layouts.

Here is my layout...

When I receive this layout from the printers I am planning on taking my sewing machine to it a little with some white thread :).

I might also add some liquid glass to the title for a little pop of dimension. I LOVE that stuff!

Missed one...

... I think I made this layout back in February or something.

But I never took a picture of it to share with you :) so here it is...

The pics here are from my youngest sitting for the first time and learning to scoot! :*)

The paper here is "Blue Ribbon" from CTMH - I bought it knowing it would be a perfect fit with that red, white and blue outfit she was wearing!...

It really is a very cute pack with all the flowers and butterflies, perfect for the fourth of July - take a look...

More Studio J...

This is what I've been doing tonight :) while I sit around with a stiff neck :(

I think this is my favorite Studio layout yet. Of coarse it might be because I already knew and totally loved this "You Rock" line of paper!...

Or I think it might be my title that goes with the star paper :)...

I also really like how easy it was to journal directly on the "empty" space in my son's picture...

It could just be all the yummy pictures of my son that are effecting me also though!!! :)

Remember, if you want to try Studio J, it's free.

And there is a special introductory sale right now... if you get 5-9 layouts printed you receive free Memory/Page Protectors and if you get 10-20 layouts printed, you receive free Memory/Page Protectors + free shipping/handling!!!

Sunday Scrappin'

For Scrappin' Sunday we share our "ta-da's" and our "to-do's" to keep us motivated each week. Join me...

TA-DA - Yesterday was National Scrapbook day, so I had my sister-in-law over and we scrapbooked together... it was fun.

I posted some of the day's progress HERE, but never showed some of the details I am sharing now...

And I never shared my other finished layouts with you - sorry for the bad lighting. (I am not the greatest with my camera yet.)

The paper here is CTMH's Magic Moments... which I totally love, I made a Studio layout with it as well HERE.

Of coarse (unlike my Studio layouts) my journaling box is waiting for me again!...

I was proud to use some of my older supplies this weekend, the rub-ons and mailbox letters (Making Memories) I have had for a long time now...

I also used older CTMH flowers with some newer corduroy brads (which I love!)...

This layout's paper pattern is another favorite - Topstitch.

Again, sorry for the bad lighting, I miss the days of scanning my layouts for you :(...

More of my old mail box letters, old ribbon and old rub-ons...

With more favorites from CTMH of coarse - their photo hangers!...

I even got to use something very special to me in this layout. This flower I saved with a bunch of others that we used as decoration from my first daughter's baby shower 6 years ago!!! Of coarse I inked the edges of them with my almost always used ink color - Chocolate Brown...

(Thank you Auntie for saving them from the trash for me!!!)

Don't forget you can celebrate National Scrapbook Day all month with CTMH's special Miracle kit - check it out!

Now onto my running TO-DO list...

1. Got to post office to send old scrapbook gifts! - This week.
2. Make niece's belated birthday card.
3. Make a wedding card.
4. Finish undone purple layout.
5. Journal on old "finished" layouts.
6. Print Studio J layouts before they expire.
7. Plan more layouts.

Update on the Fun!

I fixed an recent layout's title - silly mommy had he wrong year birthday!

This is what it was...

And this is what it is now...

I also finished a layout that was planned two weeks ago...

This was a fun one with the crystals...

... The Big CTMH flower ...

... the filigree charms (a well priced favorite of mine) ...

... the small flowers (on sale till supplies last) ...

My kids took their naps while I was getting that purple layout done...

My two year old decided she wanted to sleep on the floor today...

My son woke up and drew his first person! And my 5 year old looks like she wants to learn her alphabet in a different language :)...

Now I'm going to start another layout from my youngest daughter's baby album......

Studio J - Launches Today!

Yep - yep - you heard me right.

I have been showing you some of my digi layouts from Studio J, and I even made another one to share with you today (below).

I am very excited about this. I got a new My CTMH - website just so you gals can try Studio J for yourselves. If you like it, then you can also order through me as your consultant.

But I am also excited to say that you can order ANY Close to My Heart products from my new site any time you want, and they will be shipped right to you :)!

Studio J is unlike other "traditional" digi scrapping. You don't have to buy all the digi scrap kits, store them on your computer, coordinate everything yourself, and have a big honkin' printer to print them from home. Studio J is all online, it does all the guess work for you and it's free (until you purchase your layouts of coarse :).

All you do is...

1. Upload your photos (anywhere from 2 to 15).
2. Resize and edit your photos - if necessary.
3. Select from CTMH's many pre-coordinated kits (even retired ones you can no longer purchase as tangible papers).
4. Choose a pre-set layout design/pattern.
5. Personalize it with text, embellishments and more.
6. Then have it printed and shipped!

I am not normally a "digi-scrapper" at all, and I am really lovin' Studio J!

They are even holding an introductory special right now to receive free Memory/Page Protectors if you order 5-9 layouts and free Memory/Page Protectors + free shipping/handling if you order 10-20 layouts. Score!

I don't know about you, but I'm shootin' for free shipping and handling :).

Here's my recent layout.

I love that after I get it printed I will be able to add tangible CTMH products to it before I stick it in my daughter's album.

I also love that Studio J MAKES me HAVE to journal!

When I scrapbook with tangible products I tend to always leave a spot for the journaling and tell myself I will do it later! In these layouts, they are not complete and ready to print without journaling! :)

I don't tend to use My Stickease - stickers from CTMH - in my tangible layouts either, but I LOVE them in Studio scrapbooking... mostly because you can resize them all you want! :)

Now GO and SEE what you can create in Studio J. And enjoy :).

Scrappin' Sunday

For Scrappin' Sunday we share our "ta-da's" and our "to-do's" to keep us motivated each week. Join me...

TA-DA - My things to show off this week actually span across a couple weeks because I haven't done this in almost 2 months! Wow - I didn't think it's been THAT long...

First Layout (I did in February)...

Second Layout (I did two weeks ago)...











And this Layout... I'm not done with it, but I thought I'd show you I have a plan :)...

Now onto my running TO-DO list...

1. Make niece's belated birthday card.
2. Make a wedding card.
3. Finish undone purple layout.
4. Journal on old "finished" layouts.
5. Print Studio J layouts before they expire.
6. Plan more layouts.

Sunday Scrappin'

For Scrappin' Sunday we share our "ta-da's" and our "to-do's" to keep us motivated each week. Join me...

TA-DA - I got a lot done this week...

I'll start with what I got done off my to-do list.

Well at least the ones I can take pictures of, because I did make my CTMH order and I did learn most of my camera, but here I made one more Studio J layout!

It's one of my daughter's two layouts for her year of being 4 :).

It's always fun to narrow down a year of favorite photos! The top one in the brown sweaters, they were pretending to be Ewoks. The bottom one was from her poising for "P90x pics" :).

The paper and stickease used here are from CTMH's Magic Moments line.

The other things I got done this week are...

• I chose all the photos for the 2 layouts of my older daughter's 5th year. (2nd half are in the layout above)
• I also designed a collage to make an 8x10 flip-book out of. I plan to hide it under an 8x10 pic from the 1st half of those photos. It will be labeled "the things you do"... It is her art projects, her silly things, her buildings, her drawings, and her bad things :).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I also chose all the photos for the 2 layouts of my younger daughter's 2nd year.
• I started planning the second layout for those photos with a May 2009 PageMaps sketch...
  
  
  
  
• I also got some "Classic" scrapbooking done. On Saturday I went to my S.I.L.'s house to hang out. Here is the first layout...
  
  
  
  Most of the product here is CTMH as well, accept for the lace ribbon, the crystals and the white rub-ons. The line of paper is Perfect Day.
  
  
  
  This is the first time I used the technique to bunch my ribbon up like that, and I love it.
  
  
  
  Another thing I love is to lightly distress the paper after I put white rub-ons down to make them stand out...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  But I only do it with white rub-ons, not any other color.
  
  
  
  MMM, I also like to layer my embellishments. Ribbon, flower, bow, button, crystals :)
  
  
  
  
• Here is the second layout...
  
  
  
  Both these classic (non digi) layouts are for my younger daughter's baby/birth to one year album. My other two have their baby album's done. And this one I have 9 out of 22 layouts complete so far.
  
  
  
  The colors didn't come out so good on the pics of these layouts - still learning that camera - maybe I need to experiment with the ISO.
  
  
  
  The paper used here is not CTMH, but I did use my Twilight colored inkpad (favorite) for these letters and some of my distressing. Along with my Garden Green and my Blush, I always find my ink colors matching right up, I love it!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I used my new CTMH Outdoor Demin marker here - another color that is always perfect that I love.
  
  
  
  These are my new Twilight colored corduroy button brads, distressed with twilight ink of coarse!
  
  
  
  And these are my all time favorite CTMH photo hangers! love loVE LOVE these, maybe that's why there are three :). I also have the names of my three kids on these three strips of paper, but I don't share their names here on my blog so I blanked them out.
  
  

I told you I got a lot done :).

Now onto my running TO-DO list...

1. Make a wedding card.
2. Scrapbook again this week.
3. Plan more layouts.