Studio J®: Perfect Placement

Day 5 of Studio J videos!  Learn about perfect placement for your embellishments, titles and journaling!  The best part about this is that if you don't like where you placed something, you can remove it without causing any damage to your paper!  Try it out!  Enjoy!

Great special this month! Don't miss out! I love the Picture my Life packets and have been using the cards in the Picture my Life program, on regular 2-page layouts, on cards and even made a chapstick gift holder at our last crop! We have several new and amazing sets! Check them out! You can order your own set or sets using the "Shop with Me" icon to the right!

Studio J®: Photo Editing Tool

Day 4 of Studio J videos is a few days late!  Life gets busy!  I actually learned something new again today! I have never used the photo editing tools offered with Studio J.  I guess it's time to get in there and play around with it and see what I like!  Enjoy!

My Acrylix® Spritz & Scrubber

I just found this and have to share!  This answers many questions about a lot of our tools offered from Close to my Heart.  There is a playlist button on the top left corner so you can go back and choose which video you want to watch again!  Click on Play All to view all 25 informative videos!  I even learned a few new things today!

Studio J®: Focus on the Photos

I got distracted yesterday in my craft room creating and also watching a new series on Netflix and forgot to post a new video for you!  Here is Day 3 of Studio J videos.  Focus on the Photos.  I often see very detailed, beautiful pages done and after being amazed by them, I realize that there is actually a picture somewhere in there!  We sometimes lose the focus which is really the photos that we are putting on the pages.  Sometimes I need to be reminded of that!  I hope by now you have at least taken the time to go into Studio J just to see what it is and how easy it is to get started.  Begin with the basics and you can't go wrong!  Enjoy!

Well, I'm starting to like owls!  I know they are definitely "in" this year.  The card at the top was made using Skylark paper, the July Stamp of the Month, aqua dots and the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.  The next card was made using the masking tape technique (behind the owl) with black, slate and autumn terracotta inks, the "What a Hoot" August stamp of the month (available beginning tomorrow!), black shimmer tape, 3-D tape (under the Jack-O'-Lantern), layered white and black papers, sunset ink (owl's mask, "What a Hoot" and swirls on the owl's stomach), and the new markers to color in the owl (BR96 Mahogany, BR116 Clay, and I used the Colorless Blender to lighten the Clay color on his stomach), watercolor pencil to color in the Jack-O'-Lantern and the sequins are from the black mini-medley accent collections.  I think I'm going to have fun with this stamp set and I'm learning to use the new markers...not bad!  Here's to a great month of new techniques, trainings and tools!

Studio J®: Personalize Your Layouts

Here's Day 2 of videos showing you more about Studio J!  Have fun!