Loving Studio J!!! Check it Out....

I have a lot of "Scrapper's Guilt" over the empty books on my shelf. My kids are 8 now and the last book that looks like it might be finished (it really isn't) is when they were 3!! I love the cutting and pasting and planning and choosing- let's face it everything- about scrap booking, but my memory is not what it used to be. I am not good about writing things down- so I'm afraid that precious things that went along with the pictures are being lost...thus, the GUILT.

Close to my Heart has a companion web version of scrap booking that shares the same"look" and design principles, papers, and embellishments- but in an electronic version. Layouts can be designed online in a matter of minutes and are printed on the highest quality of 12" by 12"  papers and print finishes and shipped to your home to drop into your sleeve protectors. No photo processing to pay for (and guessing what size you will want) and no need to haul out the mountain of supplies. (Don't get me wrong.....I LOVE my mountain of toys!)

At first, I balked over the idea of putting a picture of a scrap book page in my precious albums....but then I thought, it's going underneath a plastic sleeve....in an album. Most of it's pretty flat anyways. And my end result is a family history. Let's face it. Someone wants to know who was the fist kid to walk....I dunno.....let's get out the albums.

I have several layouts waiting for printing. I have done them in 10-15 minutes each- in between activities or waiting for the spaghetti water to boil. I will ship them together for one $6 shipping fee and the pages are only $7 for a 2-page layout. A bargain when you consider that I didn't pay for any photo processing, papers, adhesives, or embellishments- but I still get that great CTMH "look". When a layout is ordered, High quality jpegs of the files will be emailed to me if I choose to reprint on my own or so that I can share them with you all here or email them to family on the East Coast. The jpegs are FREE with purchase!

Sorry for such a long post...but this is a product that I am very excited about using and one that I am excited to share with you....keep checking back for images of my Studio J layouts!!

My Box of NEW products is on the delivery truck!!

I can't believe how excited I am to get this Close to my Heart delivery....tracking says it's on the truck for delivery from Burlington...I keep peeking out the window :-)

As suspected, CTMH came out with a new Cricut cartridge jam-packed with great ideas- 3-D nets to make all sorts of items, fancy cards AND matching envelopes, coordinating die cuts to go with stamps, and Holiday and Party themed pages....I can hardly wait to get my hands on it!!

MUST.....CLEAN....HOUSE......BEFORE......FEDEX......Driver arrives!!!!

Introducing .... Kid Kits!!!

My 8-year-olds and I have designed Birthday Card kits so that you can stop going to the store and wasting $3 every time your kid gets invited to another party!!! Each kit is made from Close to my Heart papers, stamps, and inks and will make 15 cards (envelopes provided) with just a little creativity and a glue stick! The entire kit only costs $20 (plus shipping if necessary) and comes with the following:

• 15 envelopes
• 7 Colonial White cards, 4 each of two coordinating colors
• Approximately 60 coordinating die cuts - some stamped and some plain
• 10+ coordinating paper strips and scraps
• 1 Inspiration Page of cards created by my kids to give your kids some ideas!

Our First Creation is called 

Girly Girl #1- Flowers and Hearts

Here is the die cut selection....each kit will have a variety selected from these items......

Envelopes and Cards

5 1/2" by 4 1/4"

And the beautiful artwork created by my daughter, Abby:

Now the boy's......my boys, Baylor and Carson, were working on a transportation theme...then thought up the cutest shark card....we just HAD to include it....

We're calling this one Boy's #1 

(I'm running out of naming magic tonight!)

Die cuts will be selected from similar to these (this is a work in progress)

And include Cards and Envelopes:

And checkout the artwork the boys created from this kit!

-----------the octopus is on the inside of the Shark card!!

If you are interested in either kit...email me at nwpaperworks@gmail.com and we will whip one up for you so your kids can have as much fun as mine did!!

Spoiler Alert! The next boy kit is going to be Dinosaurs and Space Aliens!!!

Sign Up now for Summer Scraptastic!

Phase One of Ta-Ta Trade-in is now complete and I'm ready to party again!

Tuesday, July 24th, I'm opening my basement craft room from 3-10pm for crafting!

I'm asking each participant to pay a $10 workshop fee for either a 2-page scrapbook layout or a card 3-pack. (The $10 fee will be waived with a purchase of $30 or more that day) Here are the kits to choose from:

Scrap: Dotty Hearts and Stars
Photos: 5"x 6", 3- 4"x4", 3- 4"x3"
-one photo spot could be switched to a journaling square

Scrap: Dotty Garden
Photo: 8"x8" (or 4- 4"x4"), 3- 3"x3"

-one photo spot could be switched to a journaling square








Scrap: Dotty- Memories Flutter By

Photos: 5"x7", 3- 3"x3", 3- 4"x3"

-one photo spot could be switched to a journaling square








Cards: Dotty- Kids???
Cupcake, Stars, Ready Set Blow

Cards: Dotty- Adult???
























After your initial workshop kit has been purchased, additional card kits can be purchased at $2.50 each (regularly $3)  and Scrapbook layout kits can be purchased for $7.50 each (regularly $10). Any of the above can be purchased as an "additional" indivual add-on as well as the cards listed below. If you are sure you would like to purchase any specific additional pieces....please let me know so that I can be sure I prepare enough of that specific design. I'm very excited to get together and play!!!

Card and Layout Kits available!!

Here are past projects that we have created that will be available for $3.00 per card or $10.00 per layout:

Dotty- Mother's Day Card
Card Sentiment could be altered
5" x 7" card





Footloose- Simple Pleasures
           4" x 4"

Footloose- Flower and Circles
5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Stella- Just a Note
4" x 4"

Stella- Love Card
4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Stella- You Make me Smile
5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Footloose Banner Layout, adapted from Teresa Black







Are you a CTMH Consultant? My directions include the exact measurements needed to create each project! Feel free to reproduce for your own workshops...all that I ask is that you leave my name and blog web address attached to directions!

Ta-Ta Recovery means more Scrapbooking Time!

When I wasn't allowed to lift anything heavy....scissors and tape runners will still allowed! Here's some page layouts that I did trying to fill in the 4 year gap!! Most are using my stash of Pre-CTMH papers...but still cute!!

This last one is CTMH Pemberley papers- a Layout from the CTMH Spring Summer 2012 Idea Book