Studio J Christmas Cards

I've had so many wonderful comments on my Studio J Christmas cards.  Thanks so much!  Since we are all so busy this time of year, I've decided to make it easier for you to create the cards, or for consultants, to offer them to their customers for only $10.

Here are the four layouts:

Mistletoe

Pear and Partridge

Sparkle and Shine

Yuletide Carol

When you order, you will receive the top quality jpg files. You will simply drop them back into Studio J and add your photos. Full instructions will be included in your files. You will then order the prints from Studio J and you will receive the top quality prints from Close To My Heart.

After payment, you will receive your files via email.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.

Lucky 5

Good morning from upstate NY.  I woke up to a coating of snow on the ground.  That's ok, as it's no as much as other areas are getting!  I'm such a warm weather gal :)

It's a great day to stay in the house and get some scrapping and card making done!  Here's the details of the November Lucky 5 Studio J promotion.

November marks the five-year anniversary of Studio J^®, and that means it’s your lucky month, with five amazing ways to win through Studio J and Close To My Heart social media!

First, throughout the month of November, all layouts purchased in Studio J are $5! That is a savings of over 25% off of retail! Your second chance to win big must come by sheer luck: every fifth order placed in Studio J during November receives a FREE surprise Close To My Heart accessory in its shipping box! The accessory has a retail value of $5 or more.

If luck does not smile on you in that way, you might stumble upon it by finding a little extra something in your Studio J box. Five “golden tickets” will be sent out during the month of November with randomly selected Studio J print orders! This “golden ticket” is redeemable for one of Close To My Heart’s new D-ring albums* loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors™.  Here's one that is now in stock and ready to ship.  Isn't it cute?

For a fourth way to win, simply create new, gorgeous layouts in Studio J, select your favorites, and then post pictures of them on Close To My Heart’s Facebook page using the hashtag #ctmhlucky5. After November 30, five lucky winners will be selected from the entries based on their artistry and creativity and each of these winners will receive their own D-ring album loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors!

And there is one last way to win: take your new Studio J artwork and post a picture of it on Instagram using the hashtag #ctmhlucky5. Just as it is with Facebook, after November 30, five lucky winners will be selected from the entries to receive their own D-ring album loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors!

*Offer valid November 1–30, 2014. Pattern and color of new D-ring album to be given to winners will be at Close To My Heart’s discretion based upon availability. New kits available in Studio J^®on November 1 include Confetti Wishes, Snowhaven, Seaside, Pathfinding, and Scaredy Cat. No tax or shipping will be charged on the free item(s). Studio J layouts ship in a protected box that can hold 4 to 50 two-page layouts. For additional information about shipping/handling, please visit StudioJ.com > Products and Pricing > Shipping Options.

Photo Christmas Cards

It's getting close to that time!  Can you believe Thanksgiving is less that two weeks away?  And, we all know that as soon as Thanksgiving is over, it's Christmas!  Have you thought about your Christmas cards yet?  I have!

Look at these cute photo Christmas cards I created using CTMH's Studio J software.

Pair and Partridge

Mistletoe

Sparkle and Shine

Yuletide Carol

Each set includes eight 4" x 8" cards, plus two random 4" x 4" photos.  Let me do the work for you.  Simply send me the photo that you have chosen for your cards, plus two random photos for the 4" x 4" slots.  Minimum order is 4 of the double pages, mix and match.  This is a deal with the $5 Studio J special.  You'll get 32 cards for $20 plus shipping and tax.  That's only a little more than $.60 a card, plus you will have some that are different from the standard photo cards sold in the stores.

If you have any questions, just holler!

Email me for more info.

Magic Monday

Happy Monday!  I have a fun layout to post today.  It was created via Studio J using Close to My Hearts Laughing Lola paper.  As a kid, one of my favorite colors was purple.  I loved this paper as soon as I saw it.

I used some of the matching My Complements for embellishment.  This paper will be retiring soon.  I need to stock up!

         X7170B Laughing Lola        X7170C Laughing Lola Complements

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Have you heard?  CTMH is giving away a FREE Cricut cartridge (your choice) when you sign up to be a consultant in April! The consultant kit is only $99 and you get a FREE Cricut cartridge worth $99, plus a kit with a value of $300.  How could you go wrong???  Look at all the fabulous products in the new consultant kit.  Aren't they pretty?

If you would like more information, be sure to drop me an email.  Ready to sign up?  Click here to be taken to the application.

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One more exciting thing!  I've put together a fun rewards program for my team members.  I'm looking forward to handing out the prizes.  Here's what will go into effect tomorrow.

Magic Monday

Happy Monday!!  Ever have one of those Monday mornings?  :)  My desktop computer has been out of order for a couple of months, but I haven't had a chance to open it up and see what's going on.  So, I've been using my laptop, and, let me just say..everything is harder when you're trying to work without what you are used to having program wise.  Thus the reason I'm so late posting this morning.  Created the layout in Studio J...no problem!  Then I needed to crop it for posting.  UGH!!  Cropped it and thought it was fine.  Ran it through my copyright file but it kept cutting off the sides.  Now, this is not the first time I've used this...used it for last Monday's layout.  Do you think I could get it to work right today.   Nah...of course not.  Anyway, I've got it right now!

So...let me post it before it decides it doesn't want to be right.  LOL!!

I created this layout in Studio J from Close To My Heart.  The paper is the new Sparkle and Shine paper packet, available through the Holiday Gift Guide.  Love, love, love this paper!!

I hope you like the layout!

Well, better shut down the laptop and get busy.  I have an apple pie to make and a custom Tu-tu Bag.  Until tomorrow...have a wonderful Monday!!

Magic Monday

Happy Monday!!

Here's a new Magic layout that I created using the CTMH Dakota My Reflections Kit.  It was created using Studio J.  I love all the fun My Stickease that comes with the Dakota kit.  Of course, when you're scrapping in Studio J, you can use the My Stickease over and over :)

Have a wonderful Monday, everybody!!

Disney Pages

It's all Pinterest's fault!  I got sucked in to pinning Disney pages after seeing so many cute ones on Pinterest.  I still have not scrapped our Disney photos from back in the dark ages...when the entrance to Disney had a sign saying "Future Home of Epcot Center".  Yes...it was a long time ago!  1981!

So, as I pinned away, I ran across a free Disney digital kit.  I downloaded it to try in CTMH's Studio J.  Remember last week, I was posting about how much I loved the changes to Studio J and using the No Limits layout template.  I wondered if I could upload these digital papers and embellishments as photos and be able to use them in Studio J.  YES, you can!!

Here's a quick double page layout I did using a free kit download from No Reimer Reason.

I didn't take time at the moment to do a really fancy page as I just wanted to see if it could be done :)  I'll go back later and gussy it up and add photos, but it's going to be a hot day today in Upstate NY and I need to get the lawn mowed and weeds whacked before it gets really hot.

Being able to use other digital kits in Studio J means you don't need to have Photoshop or one of the other programs like it.  Plus, you'll be able to get top quality digital prints from Close To My Heart!

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Dream Pop is almost gone!!

Just a quick post to let you know that today is the last day to order the Dream Pop kit and there's only 4% of stock left.

        

They can be yours for only $10 with a $35 purchase!  How, you ask? 

In honor of National Scrapbooking Month, you can get the yummy Dream Pop paper packet for only $10 when you spend $35 in May (valued at $19.95 retail)! This exclusive paper packet includes 12 card stock sheets as well as 12 B&T Duos^® papers that were specifically designed for this promotion only—you can’t get these sweet colors and patterns anywhere else! Start National Scrapbooking Month off right with a unique paper packet at a bargain price and get your creative juices flowing! Also, consider hosting this month: Hostesses receive one paper packet free with qualifying May Gathering sales totals of $400 or more.

*Shipping/handling and tax apply. Not available for purchase at full retail. Offer valid May 1–31, 2013, while supplies last. Qualifying purchases must be current, retail-priced product.

Dates: Offer valid May 1–31, 2013.

What is included in the Dream Pop paper packet?
The Dream Pop paper packet, created specifically for National Scrapbooking Month in May, includes:

• 12 exclusive B&T Duos^® papers (2 each of 6 designs)
• 12 coordinating card stock sheets (2 each of 6 kit-exclusive colors)
• an artwork idea insert

The card stock sheets have glossy patterns on one side that coordinate with the B&T patterns for a pop of shine on the colorful card stock. The colors of the cards tock sheets and B&T papers are specialty colors exclusive to this paper packet only. It has a retail value of $19.95.

Be sure to click on the flyer as you'll have a much better idea how gorgeous this paper really is!

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 Relief for Oklahoma

The tornado in Oklahoma has had a devastating effect and Close To My Heart wants to help. To aid relief efforts, Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You ($2.95 retail), available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross. Help us provide relief to those affected by the Oklahoma tornado by promoting the A True Thank You stamp set (M1029).

 Thank you to CTMH for stepping in and helping in the recovery efforts.  My heart goes out to each and everyone affected by this horrible disaster!
Have a wonderful Friday!!

Custom Size Prints and More

Happy Friday!  As you can see this week, I'm pretty excited about all the new things that Studio J can do.

First, let me show you custom size photo prints!  No more having to crop a photo and have the subject be small.  You can set up the No Limits layout to be your custom printer.  Your photos will be printed using CTMH's high quality silver halide photo processers to obtain prints of your photos in exactly the sizes and orientations that you want by using Studio J!

Check this out!

 All you have to do is create the photo well sizes that you would like, then drop your photos into the spots you have created. 

Here's a more basic layout that I created using lots of wells.

And, here's one with photos scattered.

I hope this gives you all an idea of how versatile Studio J is.

Working with the No Limits Layout in Studio J

Today I'm posting a little tutorial to show how easy it is to create a layout from scratch in Studio J.  While using the pre-designed layouts is great, having the freedom to do whatever you'd like is great also!

In this first picture, you will see what the No Limits layout looks like before you do anything with it.

You'll want to change these photo wells into text wells.  When you click within the photo well, an option box will pop up looking like this.

See the option box on the upper right page.  At the top line of it, the second item from the right gives you the option to change each of these photo wells into the text wells.  Click on that and you'll have a page that looks like this.

Notice in the upper left of each of the pages, it says "Add Journaling".  Just click the "Edit Text" option and delete that.  Once you have this, you'll want to start adding your papers to the page.  I went for really simple so that it would be easy to see what I'm doing.  I'm using the Avonlea paper packet.

First...you may be wondering how I am losing the Toolset and the thumbnails of the pages I've worked on.  You'll see the words under the green section where you can hide or show them.  As you can see, the left page I've left at the 12x12 and dragged and dropped the one Background paper into it.  On the right page, I've created a new text box that is 4" x 12".  I deleted the "Add Journaling" and then dragged my choice of paper into that spot.  I then created another text box that was 8" x 12", deleted the "Add Journaling" and it's ready to drop my choice of paper into it.In this picture, on the left, you can see all of your options for spots, whether it's "add picture", "add journaling", "add title" or "quick title tool".

Before I added my photo wells and journaling spot, I used one of the My Stickease borders to cover the seam on the right page.

Once I've drop papers in to all the spots, I'll go through and put my photo wells wherever I would like them.

The automatic default size is 4" x 6", but you'll have the pop up just like in the second photo above to change your photo wells to whatever size you would like them.

Following that, I added my photo mats to each, again using the pop up tool.

I then used some of the My Stickease to dress up the pages.

See the little "On this Day" pull out.  It's a My Stickease, and then I did the option of sending it to the back so that it would be behind the picture.  I added a Title spot on the upper right page, then used the Quick Title Tool to add "My Family.  Since this page was created as a demo, I didn't put a lot of embellishments on it so that you'd be better able to see the options that you have. 

I'm so excited about these new options for the No Limits layout.  I can see so many ways to use this. 

Magic Monday

Happy Monday morning!  Today's Magic Monday layout was created in Studio J® using CTMH's Scholastic paper packet.  This paper packet was first featured in the Fall/Winter 2012 Idea Book and will retire at the end of the Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book. 

CTMH has just launched an update to Studio J® which will give you more flexibility in creating your layouts. You can now resize, reposition, and rotate photo wells, and add as many new photo wells as you like. This gives you many more options for customizing the patterns to fit the photos that you have taken. Whether you are creating with one of our gorgeous Express Collections or building your own custom layout using a kit and pattern, you can personalize the layouts to make them truly your own. 

 This change also opens new avenues for your classic scrapbooking, as you can now take advantage of our high quality silver halide photo processers to obtain prints of your photos in exactly the sizes and orientations that you want by using Studio J! 

 This is the original layout as shown in Studio J® before I started adding photos.

I removed the Add Title space and replaced it with the "School Days" My Stickease®. I then removed the "Add Journaling" spot and added a custom photo well.


 To demonstrate the change in functionality and help explore some of the new possibilities, we have prepared a short video for you.


Be sure to stop by my blog again on Thursday as I'll be posting some more ideas using the No Limits Studio J layout to create a collage type page and to show you how you can create just about any type page you want with these new improvements to Studio J.

Eiffel Tower Calendar

Here's another page from the Eiffel Tower calendar that I made for my Cruisin' Buddy.

The layout was created in CTMH's Studio J® software using the retired paper packet called La Belle Vie.  While the paper packet is retired, you can still find it in Studio J® including all of the My Stickease® that I used on all the pages.  If you'd like to see the other pages done, you'll find them via the Search feature here on my blog.

To create the calendar, I first created my pages in Studio J®.  Then I took them to Snapfish.  I choose the 12x12 calendar option and dropped one page of the double page layouts into each of the picture spots. I used the Simply Elegant.  It only has one color (black) for the background, so everything looks great with it.  At Snapfish now, you can choose the calendar to start on January 2014, so, this would be a fabulous time to start working on your calendar.  When I ordered mine, they were buy 1 calendar, get 2 calendars free!  So, be watching for another coupon special, then, since you have your calendar all created, you only need to order when they have a special.

Have a wonderful Thursday!!

Magic Monday

Happy Monday morning! It's going to be another gorgeous day in Upstate NY!

This week's Magic Monday layout was created in CTMH's Studio J® program.  The paper packet used is CTMH's Avonlea.  If you'd prefer to create traditionally, you'll find matching My Stickease® to go with the Avonlea paper.

This paper packet is perfect for your heritage photos. 

Have a wonderful Monday, everybody!!

Eiffel Tower Calendar

Happy Friday!!!  What a beautiful day it is here in upstate NY!  The sun is shining and I have a bunch of outside things to do today.  I can't wait to get out there and start them.  Here's another page I did for the Eiffel Tower calendar for my Cruisin' Buddy.

The layout was created in Studio J® and then I uploaded the pages to Snapfish and had a 12x12 calendar created. When the year is over, the pages will go in our scrapbooks.  The papers used are La Belle Vie.  Sadly, La Belle Vie is no longer available in paper form, but it lives on in Studio J®

Have a wonderful  day, everybody!

Magic Monday

This week's layout was created using a Studio J® only paper packet.  It's called Wishes and Fishes Baby Boy.  CTMH's Studio J® has a number of cute papers that are only available in Studio J®.  Plus, don't forget, all of the retired paper packets are also available in Studio J®

 

The layout pattern is called Out of the Hat.  The cute little embellishments are part of the My Stickease® that coordinates with the paper pack.

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There's just two days left to join Close To My Heart and get four FREE stamp sets along with your consultant kit...all for $49!!

Sign up and Celebrate!

If you've been giving thought to becoming a Close To My Heart consultant, April is the month!  Not only can you get the Essentials Kit for only $49,

but, you can get four Stamps of the Month for free!  That's a $71.80 value!

The Essentials Kit is valued at $155, so you will be receiving $226 worth of product for only $49!  What an opportunity! 

Whether you are local or across the country, you will receive the training, support, and encouragement to help you grow your business. I am always available by email, phone, or postal mail. You will have all the knowledge you need to make your business grow without ever leaving your home. I offer Personal Business Coaching for those on my team who are excited about their business. I also offer "NO PRESSURE" team support for those interested in discounts only.

Close To My Heart allows you to work as a hobbyist or create a successful business. You will have the opportunity to purchase our wonderful products at a discount or earn a very generous commission. You will be part of the cutting edge in stamping and scrapping products! Close To My Heart does not require you to carry any inventory and they supply all the hostess gifts at no charge to you.

For more information, visit my Join my Team page or drop me an email.  I'd love to have you join the Inky Fingers Gang!  Ready to sign up, hop on over to my website!