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Studio J Layouts

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I'm so glad that Studio J layouts are on sale this month.  I really needed to get caught up on some of my scrapbook layouts.  I just haven't had a lot of time lately and when I do I've been busy making home décor items.  I don't have a lot of experience in Studio J but it really is super easy to use and a lot of fun.  Below are the layouts that I created. I love that I can use paper packs that I didn't purchase when they were available in the Idea Book.  Studio J is a great chance to create layouts that I might not make with paper because of them being a little complex. It's also great that I can leave parts of the layout blank so that I can add embellishments later.  For the Magic layout I have a vellum square that I'm going to add. I can quickly make two or even three layouts the same for all of our books by just copying them and changing out the focal pictures and text. There are so many new opti...

My Designed Décor Frame

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I've had this frame for quite some time now.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it though.  The kit that comes with it is nice but it just wasn't what I was looking for.  Instead I wanted to create something to hang in my new mud room.  The room isn't finished yet but I really wanted to use one of my new family portraits and see how it would look.  I was inspired by a post that I saw on another consultants blog.  Here is the link. http://4heartsscrapbooking.blogspot.ca/2013/08/close-to-my-heart-new-product-blog-hop.html   I used a variety of CTMH products on this frame.  I used the mini-medley wooden collection clothespins to attach the entire piece to the frame.  I thought this would work nice so that I can change it in the future if I decide to.  Other items are the mini-medley Rosewood collection, Reel Life stamp set, Ivy Lane paper and the Timberline paper for the background page. ...

Sunshine and Warm Breezes - March Team Blog Hop

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Welcome to our monthly team Blog Hop featuring projects that make you think of SUNSHINE & WARM BREEZES.  If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way by going to Brae's blog at http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com for a full list of participants. If you came from Sheri Ballantyne's blog then you are in the right place!  We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!   I'm very excited to share my first My Crush Book with all of you.  This is a new type of scrapbooking for me and I'm not very good with just sticking things down without a pa...