Digital Scrapbooking with Studio J :)

I have to admit.....normally I am strictly old school! LOL  I prefer to bulk up my layouts with more traditional embellishments thus making my completed album weigh in at about 50 pounds!  Who wouldn't love this right?

But this month Close to my Heart is doing a Studio J Free for all during the entire month of June........So I thought to myself....since its FREE what better time to try it out then right now? 

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Studio J......it is a digital scrapbooking online software from Close to my Heart and you can try it at my Little Scrap Corner.

So today I am posting my completed Studio J Project :)

It's free to try it out anytime but this month only EVERYONE Who tries it gets a free JPG file of their layout :)  So if you haven't dabbled in digital now is the perfect time!

Now one great thing I found was it was surprisingly fast to creat my layout....much faster then the traditional way...however the downside was that I didn't really feel like I was scrapbooking.  But it looks great and the best part was that I had access to ALL of the wonderful papers and embellishments that Close to my Heart offers in their traditional methods!  Except with Studio J I also had access to some of my favorite papers that had already retired!  That was awsome! 

Hope you get a chance to try it out for yourself....but hurry the jpg is only free during June!!



And the Summer Fun Blog Hop Winner is.....................

Congratualtions to JennyPlace2 for winning the Close to my Heart Grab Bag!!!

Email me your Info :)

Had a great time friends!  Stop by often to see whats happening!

Day 2 of the Summer Fun Blog Hop!

It's time to get ready for Summer! So I gathered up some of my favorite crafting friends to help me get ready for this great summer season!! So grab you favorite comfy chair, flip fops, and iced tea and get ready to hop with my friends. I do have a few rules for this hop, in support of each crafter and the time they have put into their work, to be eligible for my blog candy you MUST visit each blog and leave a comment. If you have started with Robin - http://thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/here at my blog then you are on the right track.  If not, and just hopped on this blog, you can go back to the beginning HERE and hop along with us.

This hop runs from June 3rd and 4th, so you have plenty of time to make it all the way through the hop. Check out each blog and see what each blog has to offer for BLOG CANDY!
Our Line up....

1. Robin - http://thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/
2.  Rachelle - http://rachelle-rachellesplace.blogspot.com/
3.  Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
4.  Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/
5.  Patricia - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/
6.  Shelly & Kitty  http://kccroppers.blogspot.com/
7.  Mandie - http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
8.  Mickie -  http://littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/  YOU ARE HERE!
9. Deborah - http://scrappingmamma.net/
10. Kristy http://www.scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/
11. Tristan - http://tristans-time-4-craftin.blogspot.com/
12. Monica - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
13. Christine - http://crabbycakescrafts.blogspot.com/
14. Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/


Now for todays project I did a two page scrapbook layout feature baseball!  What represents summer more then baseball?  This Layout is called All Stars Baseball and I used paper from the Game On Collection from Close to my Heart along with some Game On Stickease for embellishments.  You can find items like these on my website AT CTMH.  Or earn free products like these by having a book party!!!  Ask me about the details!  To See these pages larger and in greater detail just click on the image!

Also I have some great News!  CTMH is doing a campaign right now for the Month of June that is designed to help all of the tornado victims in the Midwest.......this campaign is VERY close to my heart (excuse the pun! LOL) because I am from Missouri and as you all know Joplin was hit by these storms very hard!  The Campaign is called “You & Me: Stronger Together” Storm Survivor Benefit Campaign and during the month of June while supplies last you can order the exclusive YOU and ME scrap booking kit which comes with papers, stamps, ribbon, and chipboard elements for $15.00 (Reg $34.00). This is an amazing Deal!  But that's not the best part!  The best part is for every kit sold a portion of the proceeds are going to the American Red Cross 2011 Floods and Tornadoes relief operations.  Awesome!  So if you want to take part in this Amazing Campaign let me know!  Remember limited supply and limited time......when they are gone they are gone!

Now for my blog Candy!  I am giving away a CTMH grab bag!  All you have to do to be entered in the drawing is become a follower, like my facebook page and leave a comment there saying "Take me out to the Ball Game!"  LOL, and then leave a comment here letting me know that you did those three things and what you think of my project!   See Simple and Fun! 

Now have a fun time at the Rest of the hop!  Your Next stop is Deborah

Summer Fun Blog Hop

It's time to get ready for Summer! So I gathered up some of my favorite crafting friends to help me get ready for this great summer season!! So grab you favorite comfy chair, flip fops, and iced tea and get ready to hop with my friends. I do have a few rules for this hop, in support of each crafter and the time they have put into their work, to be eligible for my blog candy you MUST visit each blog and leave a comment. If you have started with Robin - http://thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/ then you are on the right track.  If not, and just hopped on this blog, you can go back to the beginning HERE and hop along with us.

This hop runs from June 3rd and 4th, so you have plenty of time to make it all the way through the hop. Check out each blog and see what each blog has to offer for BLOG CANDY!
Our Line up....

1. Robin - http://thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/
2.  Rachelle - http://rachelle-rachellesplace.blogspot.com/
3.  Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/
4.  Patricia - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/
5.  Mandie - http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
6.  Mickie -  http://littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/  YOU ARE HERE!
7. Christine - http://crabbycakescrafts.blogspot.com/
8. Carla - http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
9. Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

My project for today was a lot of fun for me to make!!  It is a scrapbook page that is titled Surf's UP and is designed for a parade that my little boy was in. 

I used paper from the Moon Doggie Collection from Close to my heart.  I then embellished with some eyelets and some yellow embroidery thread!  I used my cricut to cut out all the letters and a circle cutter for all of the circles.  Lightly stamping the sun images using blue ink from CTMH and CTMH stamps!  You can find items like these on my website AT CTMH.  Or earn free products like these by having a book party!!!  Ask me about the details!  To See this page larger and in greater detail just click on it! :)

Also I have some great News!  CTMH is doing a campaign right now for the Month of June that is designed to help all of the tornado victims in the Midwest.......this campaign is VERY close to my heart (excuse the pun! LOL) because I am from Missouri and as you all know Joplin was hit by these storms very hard!  The Campaign is called “You & Me: Stronger Together” Storm Survivor Benefit Campaign and during the month of June while supplies last you can order the exclusive YOU and ME scrap booking kit which comes with papers, stamps, ribbon, and chipboard elements for $15.00 (Reg $34.00). This is an amazing Deal!  But that's not the best part!  The best part is for every kit sold a portion of the proceeds are going to the American Red Cross 2011 Floods and Tornadoes relief operations.  Awesome!  So if you want to take part in this Amazing Campaign let me know!  Remember limited supply and limited time......when they are gone they are gone!

Now for my blog Candy!  I am giving away a CTMH grab bag!  All you have to do to be entered in the drawing is become a follower, like my facebook page and leave a comment there saying "Surf's Up!"  LOL, and then leave a comment here letting me know that you did those three things and what you think of my project!   See Simple and Fun! 

Now have a fun time at the Rest of the hop!  Your Next stop is Deborah