Get 'Em While You Can!

Fret not if you missed out on any of the gorgeous Workshops on the Go that Close to My Heart offered in the current Idea Book.  It won't be around for very much longer, but on July 20th before it's gone, I am having an Open Playshop.  And you're invited! 

Choose from any of our six gorgeous paper packets.  They all come with a unique embellishment set and 22 sheets of paper (10 cardstock and 12 patterned); they're all beautiful; and best of all, they're all only $29.95 (plus tax and s/h)!  Which ones do you love?

Wings

  

Sweetheart

   

Sophia

  

Miracle

  

Mayberry

   

Lucky

  

Settle in for a fun night with me on July 20th while you create a set of six beautiful cards or a two page layout.  Email me if you want in!  

The Proof Is in the Pudding!

Or, you know.  In the JPG, as the case may be.  Anyway, feast your eyes on what I just whipped up on Studio J!  In ten minutes flat, I created this two-page layout and then received the JPG (for FREE!) by email.  Don't they look great? 

I must say, Studio J is quite addictive.  I can't wait until these babies arrive in the mail!  For now, I'm off to log back on and whip up a few more layouts . . . 

If You Insist on Knowing My Bliss . . .

In what seems like no time at all, Close to My Heart's current Idea Book will give way to one filled with the newest, best and most exciting things in the world of scrapbooking.  I'll be movin' on to brand new Playshops on the Go and paper so gorgeous I'll want to press my face to it just to take it in.  And I know, I just know we're going to come up with a new set of embellishments that will make my toes curl.  All of this papercrafting goodness will be revealed at Convention in 24 days--and yes, I am counting.  

But before all that happens, I wanted to highlight my favorite Playshop on the Go from the current Idea Book.  It's called Bliss, and I love it because it is the perfect layout for highlighting my wedding pictures.  

  

Close to My Heart's sample for this layout features Smoothie ink, but as you know, I am sucker for Pacifica.  Plus, I chose a very Pacifica-like color for my bridesmaids to wear so the color worked perfectly on my pages.  This layout is by far my favorite from this season's Idea Book! 

And now I'm off to create my FREE Studio J layout--in Bliss, of course. 

It's a Free-for-All!

A Studio J® Free-for-All, that is.  And in case you don't know what Studio J® is, allow me to talk your ear off about it.  It is the super-duper-cool, awesomely creative digital scrapbooking program that Close to My Heart extraordinaire, Jeneatte Lynton, created for folks like you and me.  

Like most digital and online scrapbooking programs out there, you simply upload your photos and start creating.  But unlike those other programs, the pages you create with Studio J will look you actually scrapped them.  No joke.  The embellishments alone are a scrapper's dream.  Your choices range from ribbon to buttons to brads and beyond.  The layout themes are based on gorgeous Close to My Heart paper patterns and the colors are brilliant.  Your finished pages are printed on 12 x 12 photo paper so that you can put them in a real scrapbook to slap onto the coffee table.  And the pages come with their own memory protectors!  No more sticky fingers messing up your hard work!  Best of all, you get a JPG file with every layout you purchase so that you can post on Facebook and email to your heart's content!

So, now that you're squirming with excitement to create your own Studio J® layout, get this:  for the entire month of June, Close to My Heart is giving everyone a FREE Studio J^® JPG file—no purchase required.   All you have to do is log on to Studio J, create a layout, then order one JPG file of your layout during the checkout process.  And if you don't have an account, no worries—you can log on and create one and then order your free JPG file with no strings attached.

Crazy, right?  Yeah, crazy good!  I would get going on that if I were you . . .