Studio J - Love Your Layout - Beautiful!

I do love this beautiful Studio J layout - check out this new video to see how fast and easy it is to make.  Then, go to my website to play around on Studio J and make your very own version!  https://allisong.myctmh.com/Retail/StudioJLanding.aspx?PageId=185

Studio J - Love Your Layout - Summer Photos!

This video gives some great ideas for using Studio J layouts to quickly and beautifully archive all of those summer photos you have.  Check it out!

Studio J - Perfect Placement

This video does a fabulous job explaining and showing examples on how to group, align and best utilize your layers and embellishments on your Studio J layouts - I know you'll find it to be super helpful like I did!

Studio J - Personalize Your Layouts

This video helps you go into more detail in the Personalize section of the Studio J website - it will help you to make your layouts truly unique.  You'll be surprised at how many options you have!

Studio J - Photo Editing Tool

Don't be intimidated by photo editing!  In Studio J, there are many tools in the photo editing menu that are easy to use and can enhance your photos, making your layout that much better!  Check out this video for a short tutorial on the photo editing tool in Studio J.

Studio J - Focus on the Photos

This video gives so many great tips and tricks on how to best feature your photos in Studio J.  My favorite part is at the end when they explain how to use two adjacent photo wells to stretch one amazing photo and heighten it's impact on the layout - the results are amazing!

Studio J - Love Your Layout

This video features some great tips and techniques to make your Studio J layouts modern and fresh and they're so easy - check it out:

Studio J - Step By Step Basics

I'll be posting a new Studio J video each day for a few days - this is a great video going over the basics of getting started creating in Studio J.

Get your first Studio J layout FREE in June

During our Studio J^® Free-for-All in June, we're giving everyone a FREE Studio J^® JPG file—no purchase required! Simply log on to Studio J, create a layout, then order one JPG file of your layout during the checkout process. It's as easy as that! We're offering one free JPG file per customer account during June, so customers who already have a Studio J or a MyCTMH^® account are ready to log on and start creating. If you doesn't have an account, no worries—you can log on and create an account and then order their free JPG file with no strings attached. Make June the month you begin using the power of Studio J with our FREE JPG promotion. You'll love it!  To get started, head to my website here to login.

April CTMH Special #2

Add delightful details to your beautiful Studio J® layouts. Self-adhesive clear Sparkles and Opaques Pearl adhesive gems make it easy to get your shine on, and now you can get these adorable accessories FREE! Throughout April, Studio J members get one free package each of clear Sparkles and Opaques Pearl gems, a retail value of $5.90, for every 10 custom-printed layouts purchased in a single order. It's another way we make scrapbooking faster, simpler, easier—and more sparkly! Go to MyCTMH® website here today and start creating!

Members save more, do more, get more!
• Exclusive patterns
• 50% off layouts
• Free JPG files
• Free monthly shipment
• Members-only promotions like this one!

Ask me today for details on becoming a Studio J member!

Studio J - Part Two

Here's the second half of my album from yesterday's post that I made for my grandfather:

Studio J - I'm a believer now!

I've been a busy bee this past week getting ready for my third annual Creative Escape Retreat!  I am so excited for some long and uninterrupted crafting time soon, but in the meantime, I finished a project I've been working on for awhile in Studio J.   I did a lifetime scrapbook for my grandmother a few years back the traditional way (paper and adhesive), and I knew I wanted to do one for my grandfather as well, but once Studio J online design scrapbooking came out from Close To My Heart, I knew that was the way to go.  It was an easy way to get all of the photos and memorabilia I had of my grandfather organized in a beautiful way and, I knew that I could create duplicate copies easily for my grandfather, my mother, my uncles, etc.

I finally finished my project this past weekend, and I must say - I am SO extremely pleased with the results.  The layouts turned out great!  As a Studio J member, I not only get my hands-on printed layouts at a great price, I get free shipping, free memory protectors and free high-resolution and low-resolution jpeg files of all of my layouts.  Plus, for February only, there is a great special - anytime you place a Studio J order of nine layouts, the tenth layout is free!  Click here to go to my website and learn more about Studio J and try it out completely FREE.

Here's how my layouts for my grandfather's book turned out - today I have the first half and tomorrow will be the second half.  Click on any of the layouts to see them in larger detail.

Tomorrow is the Big Day!!

I am excited to announce the customer release date of Close To My Heart's AMAZING new digital scrapbooking program, Studio J.  The layout you see above (click on it see it larger) was one that I made in just minutes, literally!  Trust me, you're going to LOVE this! 

Studio J is: Real life. Real scrapbooks. Real time.

To answer a few commonly asked questions:


Q:  What is the release date?
A:  TOMORROW, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010 at 9:00am pacific time.  Just go to my website (http://allisong.myctmh.com) and there will be a tab added that day for Studio J.  Click there and you can begin playing...for FREE!  You pay NOTHING unless you order some layouts.   Putting them together is TOTALLY FREE!   I love free!  In the meantime, if you haven't watched the Studio J introductory video yet, click here to do it!

 

Q:  I LOVE traditional scrapbooking. Will Studio J take away from that?
A:  Absolutely NOT!  There is room for both in your life. I am totally proof of that.  I love them both for totally different reasons.   I love the artistic feel of hands on paper and embellishments.  I love the speed, ease and professional look of Studio J.  Plus, you can always order Studio layouts and then add a few real embellishments of your own once they come if you have a serious need to do the tactile thing.

Q:  Do I need to download any software to my computer to use Studio J?
A:  Not at all! You only need an Internet connection, and then you simply log in to my website to get started.  Feel free to design to your heart’s content—you are not required to buy anything or provide any personal information to get started!

Q:  I am not a traditional kind of scrapbooker but I have been scrapbooking digitally for years.  Is Studio J something that I will like?
A:  No doubt about it!   I have looked at and tried several different digital offerings out there, and in my opinion, NOTHING can compete with Studio J in quality, concept, cost or beauty!

Q:  Do I need a printer that can print 12" × 12" pages to use Studio J?
A:  No.  Your Studio J layouts are not available for you to print from a home computer.  In fact, we take care of the printing for you.  When you purchase your designed layouts, we print and ship them quickly and directly to you using only top quality printing technology and archival-quality papers.

Q:  So seriously, how much does it cost?
A:  There is NO COST to use the program.  You have no software or hardware to purchase or download.  Unless you make a layout (defined as a two page 12 x 12 layout) and decide to purchase it, there is absolutely no cost.  Once you decide to purchase, each 2 page layout is introductory priced at $12.95.  That is WAY below the industry average!  And, if you purchase 5-9 two-page layouts at a time, CTMH will throw in 5 free page protectors.  10 or more and you get FREE SHIPPING, as well as a package of 5 page protectors for every 5 layouts in the order.  Fabulous!  Once ordered, Close To My Heart prints your layouts on high quality photo paper (I wish you could see the quality of my photographed layouts above in person) and sends them to you.  Mine arrived within days of when I ordered them.

Q:  Can I save what I am working on and come back to it later?
A:  You bet! You can create a customer profile that allows you to save and return to a project in progress at a later time.  Your active projects will be saved for up to 90 days, giving you plenty of time to work on them.  You extend that timeline for your active projects by 90 days each time you make a purchase, and your purchased projects will remain archived for one full year after purchase. 

Q:  In a nutshell, how does this "Studio J" thing work?
A:   In a nutshell, these are the steps to creating an amazing 2 page layout:

• upload some of your favorite photos
• choose from one of the 54 awesome My Reflections Kits (including most of your faves from our Idea Books, some that are exclusive to Studio J and some that are retired).
• choose a layout pattern.  There are MANY to choose from.  They are like the patterns you'll find in our wonderful "how to" books like Cherish, Imagine, Reflections.  The possibilities are endless because all the patterns you can choose from can be rotated 3 ways and flip flopped.
• now personalize!  You get to drop your photos in, change the photo size, add text, choose cardstock and background and texture papers from the kit, add accessories (just about every accessory item you can imagine!), distressing, titling, My Stickease, and so much more.
• save and/or buy your layout(s).

Q:  If I'm not the techiest of techies, or even techie at all, will I be able to do this?
A:  YES! This program is great for techies and non-techies alike.  The program is VERY intuitive. 
 

Studio scrapbooking is for EVERYONE: those who already love to scrap with papers and embellishments will love adding this to their repertoire, those who already enjoy scrapping digitally will be blown away by this new program, and those who have never scrapbooked now have a great reason to try! See what I mean...EVERYONE!
 

When the clock strikes 9 am (Pacific Time) tomorrow morning, you can try out this new program by heading to my website by clicking here and then clicking on the new "Studio J" tab that you'll see on my home page.  Feel free to email me with ANY questions (allisong@myctmh.com).  I am here to help!  Also, if you think this is something several of your friends will like, I am more than happy to come and do a demonstration at your home for your group.  Just email me for that as well (allisong@myctmh.com).

I am so very excited about this program!  I know you are going to love it.  You won't want to miss it!

Have fun playing with Studio J!!

CTMH is Buzzing - Studio J

What's all the buzz about? With the release of the new Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book to consultants, corporate CTMH released information about a very exciting and innovative new concept that will revolutionize your CTMH scrapbooking! Studio J is CTMH founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton's newest creation!

Visit Studio J online to find out what all the excitement is about! Coming to consultants in Fall 2009 and customers in Spring 2010!