Do you have a digital camera and more photos than you could hope to get into a scrapbook in a lifetime?
Do you wish you could do some digital scrapbooking, but don’t know how; and have no time or maybe desire to learn how?
I want to share a great way to do digital scrapbooking, called Studio J, by Close to My Heart.
There is no software to buy, download or update.
There are no digital kits to buy or keep track of.
There is no need to wonder where you put that digital page on your own computer!
Studio J has:
Pre-selected digital kits to select from, including embellishments
Pre-designed layouts to get you started
Drag, drop, click and color!
Premium printing
You can create pages in literally minutes, or you can swap out colors and papers to your hearts content!
Join me for a Live Studio J session.
I’ll show you how easy and fast it is to create your own pages and get them printed! Leave your name and email to receive your Studio J session link! They are recorded, so don’t worry if you can’t make it live. Plus, by leaving your info you’ll receive info on future sessions! Sign up now to get your first link!
I have FOUR things I wanted you to know about. I didn’t want you to look back and say, “She never told us that!” So here we go!
1. Paper Pumpkin April Sign-up is due by April 10th!
My Paper Pumpkin
Don’t forget to sign up if you want to participate in this month’s kit shipped right to your door. All you need is adhesive and you have a fun little something to make. Our first Paper Pumpkin kit video is online, and there will be more. I’ve tried to take out the confusion, given you a lot ofinfo about the program, but you’ll go directly to sign up at the MyPaperPumpkin site, and please indicate you’d like to work with me for the “demonstrator” – Kristie Sloan, Eden Prairie 55347. Thanks!
2. Get a Clue! Join up for LOAD513
LOAD513, otherwise known as Layout A Day, May 2013, is a challenge to create a scrapbook layout everyday for the month of May. Any scrapbooking method will do! Paper, digital, hybrid, 12×12, 8.5×11, 8×8….. made from scratch or by template…. it’s not as hard as it sounds. I will happily tell you that I have numerous pages with so many stories that would have gone untold, which are a result of prompts or ideas we have received from previous LOAD events.
Space if filling fast! Hurry to grab a seat with you, me, and 498 of our closest scrappy friends! Use the code FNF to save $10. HURRY! For more info and to sign up, click here!
3. Scrapbooking Wonders Sketch Challenge
If you’d like to join a scrapbook sketch challenge, go check out the the April challenge at ScrapbookingWonders. It’s never any fun to play alone – make a page and link it up for a chance to win a prize! Go check it out! I’ve already submitted a page.
iScrap-n-Snap April Sketch Challenge
4. April Free Scrapinar
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Envelope Art with Windy Robinson
Those who know me well, know that there is just not an end to my interest in all things crafty. Sometimes I jump from one thing to another, and that is why scrapbooking and card making became interesting to me. It was like making miniature art projects! Then when you throw in art journaling, mixed media, doodling, oh my – my head starts to spin with all the excitement of possibilities! This website will never become a sewing focused place, but I just want to give some love to all my fellow crafters who know how to rock out a sewing machine! Here’s why:
This month I am participating with over 400 other people in Lain Ehmann’s LayOutADay for February 2013. You can Scrap Happy and participate next time. During LOAD, she gives us a prompt each day, and everyone creates a page and uploads it to a private Flickr gallery. Obviously every prompt elicits an individual response from each person, so there are a multitude of layouts and stories!
My layout for today was from thoughts I had about being crafty from a young age. With so much talk these days about actually stitching on scrapbook pages and cards with a sewing machine, it reminded me of how much sewing I have done in the past.
My grandmother learned to sew on a Singer treadle machine which I still own. If you walked into the room when she was sewing, you could hear it practically singing, and it was going so fast you would think it was an electric machine! Even after she had an electric machine, she often would rather use the treadle, especially for quilting. It became hard to find the belts and she eventually just used an electric all the time.
My mother also knew how to sew and she made most of the things she and I wore. She wanted me to learn to sew, but instead of really trying to teach me herself, she had me join 4H and we learned some basic sewing skills. I think I made the obligatory apron. Hmmm…. I didn’t think it was all that hard!
By the time I started eighth grade, I was making all my clothes, except outer wear, sweaters, and jeans. I really enjoyed selecting my own fabric and patterns, and not wearing what my mom picked. Let’s just say we don’t really have the same taste!
Between my mom and grandmothers, they enjoyed sewing, quilting, embroidery, smocking, needlepoint, knitting, crochet…. It was no wonder I felt that these needle crafts were awesome!
After marrying and having three girls, I did a lot of sewing until three things happened:
I had better luck being able to try something on and knowing if fit and looked good, and just buying it.
The girls decided it wasn’t cool to wear “homemade” clothes. They wanted to shop at stores with trendy clothes. It would almost kill me to buy things for them made with such cheap fabric and poor workmanship.
Family who couldn’t/wouldn’t sew wanted to take advantage of my skills, and have me do all kinds of alterations for them, or things I didn’t even like doing for myself.
The love of sewing was lost.
Lately, my oldest granddaughter has been so happy to have me mend some of her favorite pants, and I’ve seen so many beautiful quilts, stitching on paper projects, cute aprons, that I’m starting to get the itch to do some sewing again. I’m thinking I may start with a cute apron. I feel like I am coming full circle. Thank you grandmas, mom, and 4H!
In case you are interested, check out this Free Webinar coming up on 2/13, “Get Your Stitch On with Jennifer Larson” – Sewing on Scrapbook Pages.
LOAD513, otherwise known as Layout A Day, May 2013, is a challenge to create a scrapbook layout everyday for the month of May. Any scrapbooking method will do! Paper, digital, hybrid, 12×12, 8.5×11, 8×8….. made from scratch or by template…. it’s not as hard as it sounds. I will happily tell you that I have numerous pages with so many stories that would have gone untold, which are a result of prompts or ideas we have received from previous LOAD events.
