The Quilted Scrapper

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!   If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda's blog ~  Scrappy Therapy . For this hop we will be featuring the letter D. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their D element will be featured in their post. Today I chose Digital Scrapbooking and Close to My Heart's Studio J .  Not only does Studio J provide an opportunity to create creative and beautiful scrapbook layouts, you can also use Studio J to print unique size photographs.  If you came from Mary Goetz's  Blog  then you're on the right track! Here are some layouts I created using Studio J. Jubilee Paper Sparkle & Shine Pears & Partridge  Believe   Believe These last 4 pages are pages I created to use on traditional layouts but loved that I could create photos that wer...

With March coming in like a lion, this is a great month to get caught up on your scrapbooking. Whether you are a traditional paper scrapbooker or digital scrapbooker, Studio J can help you reach your goals this month.  Close to My Heart is offering you these layouts for only $5 for each two-page layout. That is cheaper than you get them printed! Close to My Heart is so creative with Studio J, not only are there hundreds of options and many packs of retired paper to choose from, which you can easily add to your traditional albums if you ran out of  paper, there are pre-designed pages too so all you have to do is drop in your pictures. Studio J also gives you the option to create different size photos for traditional scrapbooking. Here is an easy video showing you how: The portion to create your own photo sizes to use in traditional layouts begins at 4:10. What a great way to get some specialized sized photos quickly and for a great deal. You have until March 31st...

If you were not aware that you can use Close to My Heart's Studio J program to create multi sized photos for traditional scrapbooking watch the last 2 minutes of this video:  I am excited for the possibility to print a number of different pictures in different sizes along with some journaling spots all for one low price. You can get started here.

Either you are like me and are so far behind in scrapbooking that doing some of your layout's in digital helps you progress quicker or you are not into playing with paper, but want the beautiful look of scrapbooking with out having all the "stuff". Studio J from Close to My Heart is for you then. There is nothing to download to your computer and you can either pay per layout or become a member and for $99 a year you get complete access to dozens of kits and half price printing on layouts. I am an annual member and enjoying getting layouts done so quickly. All you do is upload your pictures, pick a paper kit (complete with embellishments), pick a design and you are done. You can of course customize by lightening, distressing or overlaying any items. You can add ribbons, buttons, tags, titles, sayings, etc to your layout also. Best of all, this month you can try it for free. You can log on to: Studio J , create a layout and download it to your computer to share with fri...