Friday, February 7, 2014

Studio J® Custom Photo Wells Work for Picture My Life Albums!

As you watch this video, you will see how you can add many individual photos to a blank page, called "No Limits" in Studio J. You add the prints on a page in the sizes you desire for printing. After you add 3x4" and 4x6" photos to your layout, add your photos and reposition or crop as desired to get the best proportions for each picture. Studio J will print them in high quality so you can cut them to the sizes you need for your Picture My Life album. Or, just keep the page whole as a collage, or use different sizes to cut out for traditional paper scrapbooking. Of all the videos that Close to My Heart has shared over the years, this is the one that is the most exciting to me. I hope you enjoy using these new techniques as well.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Artbooking Made Easy: Everyday Layouts (S01E08)

Great ideas on even more uses of the new Artbooking Cricut Cartridge available through Close to My Heart. You can get 50% off by having a qualifying home or online gathering. Contact me today and we'll set a gathering up for you and your friends.

Open Up the Iron Curtain

Here are a few examples of how to take one "kit" in Studio J to make six different layouts that all coordinate with each other. This little village with a castle is called "Cesky Krumlov" and is in the Czech Republic. It used to be behind the Iron Curtain, but was so far back in the woods, it was never attacked or destroyed in any war. A visit to Krumlov is like stepping back in time. As a travel agent ( http://SuiteRomanceTravel.com ) my husband and I travel a lot to get to know the destinations we recommend to our clients. We also take lots and lots of photos and I don't like to delete too many from our journals. As you can see, I like to add many photos to my layouts and leave some space for souvenirs. On one page, there is a red patterned block with a bit of text in it, reminding me to add the "certificate of authenticity" for a small garnet brooch purchased in a little shop on a cobblestone street below the castle. Garnets are locally mined, so I really wanted to save that bit of information. Adding little bits and pieces of ephemera after I receive the prints from Studio J gives me a third chance at creativity. What are those three chances? 1) take the photos; 2) create the Studio J layouts; and 3) add ephemera/embellishments just before slipping the pages into the album.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Design Your Own Studio J Layout

Now you can design your own layouts in Studio J or add more photo wells to existing layouts. I am in seventh heaven about this!!!! This video shows you how, but you have to wait several seconds for it to start past the green title card, while the narrator is speaking. It will begin shortly. Enjoy the best new addition to Studio J. Questions? Call me!