Caboodle Card

Heeeeeere's Caboodle! A paper packet from the Close To My Heart Spring Idea Book. Love the springy colors and patterns.

This card is for my very special & dear mom ... wish I could be with her for Mother's Day Tea. Gotta get it in the mail. I wrote my own sentiments inside. Five hundred miles are between us and when we do get together, we make the MOST of our time.

I made the tissue paper flower after seeing the Beate Johns flower on the Splitcoaststampers site. It's easy. Just cut various sizes of flower shapes. (I cut these free hand.) Pierce a hole in the center for a big brad. Use the finger ink sponge to dab a little ink color (heavenly blue here) on the layers. When dry, scrunch the tissue paper toward the brad's center until you're happy with the petals' look. I started darker on the bottom layers and lightened up as I worked toward the top layers.

I got the patchwork idea/design from a papercrafter and unfortunately didn't record her name. If you know who it is, please let me know and I'll give her the credit due!

Happy Mother's Day to ALL you moms out there! You have THE hardest job in the world. God bless you as you love and teach your children well.

Caboodle Paper Packet Level 2, Heavenly Blue Big Brad, CTMH buttons and waxy flax, Simple Stitches stamps, Sweet Leaf and Heavenly Blue CTMH ribbons, Simple Beauty Mother's Day sentiment stamp, Sorbet, Sweet Leaf and Chocolate inks. Tag from M*****l's.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

It's May 1st! Are you scrapbooking this weekend? Happy National Scrapbooking Day and Month of May!

The new 2010 Summer Idea Book is now available! This is one of the best Idea Books I have seen! There are so many great new papers, stamp sets, embellishments, and more! The cover of the Idea Book shows that sweet Cherry-O paper in a layout! Click here to see the Idea Book online.

CTMH consultants want to showcase some of their new paper art using the new products. Simply click here to start a blog hop to see more than 40 projects featuring all new products from the 2010 Summer Idea Book!

Enjoy! Then if you want to place an order, it's easy by shopping online. Just click here to get started!

A reminder: The "Miracle" scrapbooking kit is available while supplies last through May! (See the top picture and also this previous post.)

If you would like your own Idea Book in your hands, contact me! The cost of an Idea Book is $3.95, but it's FREE if you place an order of $40 or more through my website or by emailing me at janehaaspaperart[at]gmail[dot]com with the items you'd like. An Idea Book serves as a product catalog AND an endless resource for project ideas.

Happy May! Happy scrapping!

Studio J Is Released!

Studio J is here!

What's Studio J? It's the digi-scrapbooking program from Close To My Heart. It's ready to use, and you'll be amazed at how quick and fun this is!

Why try Studio J?

* Consultants have been using and field-testing this new software and CTMH has tweaked it after many suggestions were given.

* There is NOTHING to purchase, download, or update to use the software. The software is FREE. You can play with Studio J and design your pages and then decide whether you want to have them printed.

* The full version is available to use free. You pay only for the layouts you want to purchase and have printed!

* Every layout is custom printed using the highest quality photo processing paper and technology. Your layouts will last a lifetime!

* Choose from dozens of themed kits to suit any event or occasion, with coordinating embellishments, stickers, and fonts to customize your look. Select just the right pattern, accommodating from two to 15 photos per layout-great versatility.

* You work in two-page layouts with paper that perfectly matches and coordinates with your existing CTMH papers, stamps, inks, stickers, and embellishments. You might have traditional and studio layouts side by side in a scrapbooking memory album, and many won't be able to tell the difference.

* Your layouts arrive at your door very quickly, within about 5 business days!

* You can place your pages anywhere in your album because they arrive as loose pages. You can rearrange your pages as you do for traditional scrapping pages.

* If you love the feel of the texture and layers of traditional scrapping, you can add ribbons, brads, flowers, and other embellishments to your printed pages once they arrive. But you don't HAVE to. These layouts look great with the Studio J embellishments that you color coordinate with the click of your mouse.

* You can catch up on your scrapbooking pages so quickly AND not have any wasted paper photo prints. Resizing images is easy-peasy (a 4 x 6 can become a 5 x 7 or an 8 x 10). A color photo can become sepia or black/white with a click.

Give Studio J a try! CTMH will give you FREE page protectors with the purchase of 5 or more layouts, and FREE SHIPPING with the purchase of 10 or more layouts.

Click here to get started making your own fast, easy, and fun pages!

Here are a few Studio J layouts I'm reposting to show you how fun, simple, and fantastic it is to use!

Have fun! You're gonna love Studio J!