Digital Delights Winner: Michelle Nist

It’s time for another Digital Delights winner! Michelle Nist is from Hartland, Michigan and she is a HUGE Studio J fan. If you want to learn more about Studio J, how to use it, neat tricks, etc. then read on to hear from Michelle!

Q:  What do you love most about Studio J? 
A: There are two things I LOVE about Studio J (Sorry! I can’t narrow it to just one!). The first is the ease and speed with which I can create pages.  I have four children and when I want to share an event or memory with all of them, I do the layout on Studio J and then make four copies. What a time saver! That gives me time to do more individual pages for my children. I also love how with Studio J you can drag the photos onto the page, and then scale them up so that you can use just a portion of that shot. Since I started using Studio J, my family thinks I am a MUCH better photographer because I always have the perfect shot in the perfect size for my pages. 

Q: What do you do with your layouts after you’ve created them? Do you put them in albums, frame them, share them digitally, give them as gifts, etc.?
A: Right now I place the Studio J layouts right into my children’s albums, alongside the traditional pages that I do for them. I love the idea of using them for gifts or framing them, but I haven’t done that yet.  

Q: What are some specific tips and tricks that you have learned in Studio J? 
A: My customers teach me all kinds of things when we get together to work on Studio J!  Piecing together My Stickease to make other things, forming my own borders, and layering papers on a layout for backgrounds or matting are some tricks I tend to do over and over.  My advice is just to start PLAYING.  

Text wells to photo wells. This is one of my favorite layouts because it showcases the large photos so well.  I also added a photo into the title box along the top and placed the text in complimentary positions on top of that. 

Complimentary colors. This kit and My Stickease were perfect for preserving my daughter's first horse ride. With her pink shirt, I LOVED being able to adjust the colors of this kit to those that complemented the photos so well.  

Create your own My Stickease. On this page, I wanted to show you how I turned the My Stickease from a Halloween kit into owls for my daughter's "Night owl" slumber party.  The owls are pumpkins, their ears are parts of leaves, and the feet are part of a candy piece.   

Make your own paper. This final favorite layout was one I did with guided directions during a Close To My Heart event.  I love that they continue to teach us and show us better ways to use the Studio J program. On this layout, we made our own title and argyle paper. I adore the way we can match the colors of any kit to our photos. Who wouldn't love this page?

Q: How do you get your customers interested in Studio J? 
A: Really, it only takes one layout for a customer or Consultant to see the value of Studio J. I make sure I set aside time in my business to give everyone a chance to experience this wonderful time saver! I do a ton of ten-minute mini-sessions at crops, workshops, or over the phone to help people with this new “technique.” Every month I host a free six-hour digital crop. Ladies from my ‘Digital Divas’ group attend each month and we have a great time sharing ideas and having a delicious dinner that my sweet husband cooks! (Truly, I think they come for the food ... shout out to Scott!)  The ladies work toward earning points for free layouts and everyone does a great job inspiring each other and sharing their artwork. Our motto is “...Watch the cord!” 

Those were great ideas, Michelle! Thanks so much for being a Digital Delights winner and for sharing your Studio J knowledge with all of us. If you would like to learn more about Michelle, visit her website at www.michellenist.com or contact her by email.

Digital Delights Winner: Kathleen Manges

Here is another Digital Delights winner spotlight! Last week I highlighted Tonya Sheridan for being one of the top five Studio J sellers and this week Kathleen Manges deserves the spotlight. Kathleen is from Saint Clair, Illinois and she shared some of her best tips and insights into Studio J. Let’s take a look at her responses!

 

Q: What do you love most about Studio J?  
A: I personally love to drag, drop and then be DONE with my layouts! I have little children and am super busy, so being able to literally “open and close” my workspace and have everything cleaned up in an instant is delightful to me (and safe for my children), but getting my layouts done is my top priority! With Studio J I have been able to keep up with preserving my family’s most important memories. 

Q: What are some specific tips and tricks that you have learned in Studio J?
A: My favorite Studio J features that I love and want to make sure others are using are these:

Rotating the photo image! Never a crooked photo again with Studio J! In this layout, my father-in-law let me scan our family photos that were already black and white. Unfortunately, with the scanning process the photos did not come out perfectly straight, but with Studio J I was able to select the “Rotate” photo option to straighten them up in the layout.

MATS! This is my favorite feature and I put a perfect mat around every single photo I use in Studio J.  To highlight my main photo in this layout, I used a ¼" mat, for the three medium-sized photos I used a 1/8" mat, and for the six very small photos, I used a 1/16" mat. I even chose different colors for each of the mats to help bring out that “carnival-fun” effect.  

Auto-sizing! I take approximately 4,000 to 5,000 regular photos a year and add another 500 – 1,000 if we take a major trip. I use many of the Studio J layouts that feature 10 – 16 photos and Studio J has the ability to auto-size (in this case “shrink down” ) the photos to fit in the small photos wells.  You cannot get this effect with classic scrapbooking because the entire image is shrunk down, not just cropped to 1" x 1". This is one of my all-time favorite layouts because this was our family’s first ever trip to Disney World. I took lots of photos of the Magic Kingdom Castle during the evening laser show and wanted to capture all those photos in 1 layout! Using Studio J, this 16 photo well layout “shrunk-down” the photos for me, so I could see all the variations of the Castle together. 

Adding more photo wells! Did you know that you can convert an original title or journal well on a Studio J layout to a photo well? This helps me get even more photos on a layout and then I can just “drag and drop” a new journaling or title well to the page. My youngest son loves his stuffed animals and trains and decided to hide a train and his stuffed bunny under a huge pile-up of other stuffed animals one day! I captured the “unveiling” with vertically positioned photos and used this cute layout to show the play by play action. The bottom horizontal photo is actually the title and journal wells converted to two photo wells with the same photo placed into both slots. Then, I carefully aligned them to create one final photo image.

Numerous paper packets! One of the things I love about Studio J is that it is chock full of great surprises and unique paper designs for every occasion! When my father-in-law came to visit over Columbus Day, he and my husband (both veterans) put up our flag. I found “flag” paper in one of the kits in Studio J which totally complimented our family event!  If you have a special event and need a special or unique paper design, scroll through the Studio J paper kits and I’m sure you will find just the right paper design to add that “wow” factor to your layout!

Q: How do you get your customers interested in Studio J?
A: I have a “3-B” approach to sharing Studio J: babies, buddies, and busy people.

Babies
I recently had a customer who had her seventh child. She is part of my monthly Card Club and does classic scrapbooking. For her baby gift, I volunteered my time to make Studio J layouts of her newborn.  This was her first experience with Studio J. I created all the layouts for her with the photos dropped in and then she went back and was able to modify the layouts and add journaling. This helped her get through the initial learning curve . . . next time, she can create her own layouts, but I took the “Let me show you how” approach, so that she could see the final product faster! 

Buddies
Whenever I have a customer order a set of Studio J layouts, I like to ask them if they have a “buddy” or friend/family member/classmate, etc. who might also like a set.  After helping one of my customer’s with her Disney trip, she shared that her sister’s camera broke the first day of their trip.  I suggested that she could order the Studio J layouts for her sister as well . . . which she did! This was a great “bonus” or upsell opportunity with no additional work required on my part as the consultant!

Busy People
I have a dear friend who I used to scrapbook with, but she works extensively now and just doesn’t have any free time. But she’d told me on numerous occasions that she wanted to catch up on her scrapbooking and she had a specific scrapbook project she wanted to get done to give as a gift.  I suggested that she consider trying Studio J, since her laptop was always with her.  Initially, I completed a number of layouts for her, so she could see what the Studio J layouts looked like with photos in them and she loved it!  If you have a close friend or family member who appreciates scrapbooking, you might volunteer your time to complete an initial project for them via Studio J, to help them through the learning curve.   They can go in and make final adjustments, but with your help, their project gets done and they can use Studio J (with a little less help) for their next project, too!  

Thanks, Kathleen, for the great Studio J tips! Congratulations on being a Digital Delights winner and I hope you enjoy your $100 of products. Check Facebook for more tips and insights from Kathleen or visit her website.

Digital Delights Winner Spotlight: Tonya Sheridan

Congratulations to the five Digital Delights winners who sold the most Studio J layouts from February 1 to March 15! For the next five weeks I will spotlight one of the winners a week to give you the scoop on why they each love Studio J.

This week’s spotlight is Tonya Sheridan! She’s an Executive Manager from Luray, Virginia and a big fan of Studio J. Read Tonya’s answers to these interview questions to learn her tips and tricks for using this online design software.

Q: What do you love most about Studio J?
A: The simplicity!  Or the complexity!  And having the ability to choose which better fits my needs at that particular moment!  I am a mom of three children—ages 5, 6 and 8 and they keep me jumping all the time.  I adore preserving their memories, their moments of shining, and even those everyday moments and Studio J gives me the freedom to do just that!  I encourage my customers to keep a journal of the moments they want to remember, the quirky little things that were said, as well as details when they take their photographs so that when they actually sit down to scrapbook those photographs a month from now, or 6 years from now, they will remember what was so meaningful.  I have done this with my own scrapbooking since I started.  With Studio J, I can journal these right away!  I can attend a baseball game, come home tuck the children in bed and sit right down and scrapbook in the moment—no need to gather materials, etc. just curl up with my laptop and create!  Love, love, love it!  I most definitely still scrapbook traditionally but this addition gives me the freedom to take my time on the traditional layouts and not feel rushed with a weight overhead that I have so much to get caught up on. 

Similarly, one of the projects that I am the most proud of is a “30 Days of Thanksgiving” album that I completed this past Thanksgiving.  Many of my friends were posting each day to Facebook what they were thankful for, and I decided I wanted to create an album filled with my thankfulness: with a layout for each day of the month.  This was an album for me and about me.  Traditionally, I would most likely still be working on this project, but with the help of Studio J, I was able to take an half hour each night and create a beautiful layout  that I was then able to place in an album that I will someday pass down to my children.  This is now one of my most cherished books.

I am also in love with having the ability to create a layout and print duplicates, or personalize for another child!  This again, makes my life so much easier!  I am currently working on a family scrapbook/cookbook and to date, I am making 19 copies.  I started the project several years ago but kept getting lost in how will I create more as children are born?  How do I know if I have purchased enough supplies to create the pages?  How will I afford all of the adhesives?  Studio J answered all of those questions for me!  Now, I can create the layout, print out my 19 copies and save the j-pegs for future births.  To me, Studio J has made the impossible, possible!

In the same sense, Studio J gives me the freedom to create a layout for one child and then personalize the same layout for a second child and I have created two layouts in half the time!  With three children, and a niece that I scrapbook for, my life has become so much easier. I have found this concept to be priceless as this year I became a Daisy Scout Leader.  I wanted to create an album for each of the girls in my troop and Studio J makes that possible.  Following each meeting, I come home and create a layout for the girls.  I then rotate each child into the focal picture and save the layout and continue until I have one layout for each of the Daisies.  I am overwhelmed with excitement to present each Daisy with her personalized book at the last meeting of the year.

I have found Studio J to be a fantastic resource in preserving my children’s artwork, writings, and the stories they want to tell.  What child doesn’t come home with hundreds of papers and pieces of artwork throughout the school year and each one is more precious than the last.  I have discovered that I can scan in the most important ones and whisk them into a Studio J layout for a sampling of their work.  Having been a teacher, I know that the teachers have to use what they have access to, but sometimes the thinner paper tears over time, the papers are heavy, the construction paper ones will most likely will fade over time and the paint flakes or mediums fall off.  By transferring the artwork to Studio J, there is no bulkiness or mess to deal with and my confidence is restored knowing that 15 years from now the art will still be there AND on acid free paper. 

Q: How do you get your customers interested in Studio J?
A: I have been using the 12" x 12" photographs (photographs dropped into the “No Limits”) with my customers as challenges at crops/events.  They have become intrigued with the quality and the price of the larger photographs.

I host weekend crops and at the end of the crops the attendees are always struggling to determine how they will get pictures to one another.  In the fall, I started including three custom made Studio J layouts of the crop to all of the crop participants.  These were received with complete delight!  What better signature on the end of a crop than completed pages that holds the memories of the time together.

I am in the process of introducing a new Studio J Club – the Sassy Digital Diva Club that will provide my customers with monthly Conference Call style classes and a Studio J Jam Session (where locals can come and work together and non-locals can call for assistance) as well as the earning of free rewards as they accumulate their layouts. 

This layout, “Sweet Cheeks” is created with the Express Collection with the title changed.  These are fantastic for beginning scrapbookers and are created with such ease! I am using these in my introduction to Studio J Class.

Other projects that I have used, are taking a photograph (such as the Boy Scouts at their Blue and Gold Dinner), loaded it into Studio J , adding the group name and date, embellishments etc. and then re-printed in the “No Limits” in both the left and right page  as a group photo for the group.  This was received very well by our Boy and Girl Scouts. 

I am now using Studio J to create and print flyers for my business—they show off the high print quality of the layouts, and speak for themselves. 

Thanks so much, Tonya! Check out Facebook for more of Tonya’s great Studio J ideas and tips. If you would like to see more of Tonya’s Studio J artwork, visit her blog. If you would like to shop with Tonya, visit her Online Business Address. Check my blog these next few weeks to hear from more Digital Delights winners about Studio J.

Hop on the Creative Express!

October greetings, my fine creative friends! It's Kristine yet again, hollering from the rooftops about my love of cute artwork. Even better, cute, fast, affordable, fun artwork! I'm so giddy about my latest creations—made them all by myself in just a couple of hours on a lazy Sunday afternoon—that I have to share.

Hopefully, you already know about our great October promotion, where you can get a FREE layout in Studio J when you buy 9. (For those of you mathematic minds, that means for just $62.55 retail, you'll get 10 gorgeous, full-color, two-page 12-x12 layouts—that's only about THREE DOLLARS per page.) So yes, it's a great deal; don't let October slip away without getting yours.

Even better than the deal, though, is the glorious, awesome art! I used Studio J's new Express Collections for all 10 of the layouts I created for this promotion. Why?
• Creative block be gone!—embellishments, color palettes, even titling, are already done. I can add journaling, drop and drag in my favorite photos, and I have a professional piece I can claim as my own. If you struggle creatively (like yours truly), then you will love Express Collections. YOU CAN DO THIS!
• Layouts are fast and fabulous—the hardest part was choosing which photos to use! The actual creation process took just minutes. I literally made 10 layouts in the amount of time it took for the Sunday rolls to rise. Both the rolls and the layouts turned out great, by the way.
• It's all about me—Express Collections are easy, but they aren't cookie cutter. I can still swap colors, add distressing, or vary the title to make each layout a custom-tailored fit.

Here are a few of my favorite layouts, along with the "original" layout from the All About Me Express Collection. You can see that sometimes, I changed things up a little, a lot, or not at all.

Let's start with the easiest layout ever—I made zero changes and I dig it! I started with "All About Me Layout 7."

I chose some great photos from our Convention Directors' Dinner, and finished faster than you can say "hoe down."

The only thing I added were my photos and journaling, as well as tiny text boxes to hold the names of my friends in case my memory leaks like a 10-gallon hat (although Brian, Monica, Jill, Michelle, Amy, and Sundi, I don't think I'll ever forget you!).

Now, as you've just seen, Express Collections are designed to be good to go with very little effort. That's exactly what I found when I used the "All About Me Layout 9." Here's what the original layout looks like:

And here is what my finished layout looks like:

Can you see what I changed? Almost nothing, that's true, because it was perfect, right down to the Olive chair and my daughter's Vineyard Berry shirt. Sometimes all you need is the SLIGHTEST change to emphasize what you want. In this layout, I simply added a black photo mat to the middle photo on the right page. Because the three photos on that page are very similar, you can separate them with a simple mat in the middle and also accentuate the middle shot. Just click on the photo and choose the mat option—try on different mat sizes to get the look you want!

Love a particular Express Collections layout and color scheme, but your photos aren't quite right? That's the way I felt about the "All About Me Layout 6" design. The yellow and gray palette are super trendy, but I only had a few photos that coordinated with that color scheme. Here's the original version of this layout:

I wanted to do an entire layout focused on all the crazy characters I've been privileged to play in my role at Close To My Heart, from Alice in Wonderland, to a Real Scrapper, to a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader—but wowza, were there a lot of wacky colors in all those costumes! Thank heaven that Studio J allows me to change my wild photos from color to black and white (or sepia) with just a click. In my "I'm A Character" layout, I changed the title to suit the photos, and popped a few in color, but toned down others by changing to black and white—easy!

The "Things That Matter" layout is absolutely my favorite of the bunch! I started with "All About Me Layout 10," shown here.

I loved the title, the embellishments, and the photo placements were perfect for the photos I had of me and my three children on their first day of school—one large photo and the four small photos. However, the blue and gray colors weren't quite perfect for the photos.

So, I introduced Cranberry (by changing mats to red and adding a brad or two), and clicked the blue/gray colors to totally neutral Slate/Bamboo so that the drama of the red would "pop." And voila, here's the result:

I love it!

Are you ready to get started yourself? If you've never tried Studio J, here's how easy it is:
• Visit Studioj.com OR your Consultant's Online Business Address and choose "Studio J" from the top menu
• Choose "Get Started"
• Create an account or simply "Enter Studio J." Using Studio J is ABSOLUTELY FREE and no credit card information is required to play. Try your hand at the fun and only pay if you decide to buy.
• Select "Create New Project" and give your project a name.
• Choose to upload photos immediately, or bypass this step and go straight to playing with kits and patterns
• Choose the "Start with an Express Collections" option
• From there, you'll be able to see all 6 of the Express Collections and the 11 layouts in each collection (10 layouts plus cover and end designs).

Need some extra inspiration? Visit us on Facebook at Facebook.com/CloseToMyHeart and view our photo album entitled "Studio J Express Collections." There are dozens of examples—including all 10 of mine—you can check out and tailor just for you! Happy October and happy Express Collections!

My New Valentine: Studio J

Kristine here, and I am in love! Thanks to Jeanette, who relented and let me do a guest post after listening to me rave about my Studio J fun for the past several weeks. First, a confession: I'm not just the marketing VP at Close To My Heart. I'm also a long-time customer and huge devotee of Studio J and I can't resist a deal. When the "Perfect 10" offer came up in January, I planned to create 10 layouts during the promotion. But I created THIRTY instead!

What a blast. I love swapping out papers, resizing and moving around My Stickease, and testing different photos here and there without ever actually cutting a one. Every night at bedtime, I've been curling up with my laptop and some of my favorite jpgs. Some nights, I've made three or four layouts before realizing that it's well past midnight. (They do say that time flies when you're having fun.)

Here are a couple of my favorites I wanted to share. These first two feature my son Trey, one on a fun day at the park, and the other from our time together at Disneyland following Convention last year. 

Did you even notice that the two layouts use the same pattern? But I've rotated the left pages, used different kits, and covered one band of photos with a Chocolate text box, and voila—they look completely different!

These next two layouts come from the "way back" machine. If you're like me, you have tons of old photos from the pre-digital era and maybe even from your pre-scrapbooking era. I decided to get on the ball and get some of these oldies but goodies scanned so I could finally preserve them forever with Studio J. The first layout is pure fun—me, in the big-hair '80s. My kids think these photos are hilarious. I love that whether the photos are black and white or full color, they're always the star because Studio J makes 'em look great.

The last layout features some decades-old photos of my grandfather who worked as an auto mechanic in downtown Salt Lake until retiring at 92. A huge part of my childhood was spent roaming "the shop," and the memories are still as rich and vivid as they were then. Unfortunately, the handful of photos I have of grampa aren't so vivid. But thanks to Studio J, they really can last forever. 

When I showed my dad this layout, he was so choked up he couldn't speak for a minute. Then he said, "How did you do this? And can you get me one?" Wow. That was awesome. And yes, he did get a Studio J tutorial right on the spot.

Now, with the Five For Free promotion in February (Buy a 5-pack, get a 5-pack free), I can create all month long…again. You know I will.

Fun with Studio J

Question: Are you going to bring out some more kits for Studio J from previous idea books or having the option to cross stickeases between paper packets? --submitted by Christina Strom, August 26, 5:08 pm

Answer: If I could snap my fingers and introduce EVERY paper packet to Studio J, I would! I love the versatility Studio J brings to scrapbooking, and I absolutely love that some of my retired favorite paper packets can "live forever" thanks to the online world. As you may have seen, we've introduced several "retrofitted classic" papers to Studio J—expanding the coordinating My Stickease and rounding out the paper designs to fit the specifications of Studio J. From time to time, we may continue to add past classic kits to the software, but our real focus is adding the newer kits, with 18 gorgeous kits (including 2 exclusives) per year.

The mixing and matching of My Stickease elements between papers is a little more complex, technology wise. However, you are in good company putting it on your wish list. I certainly can't make any promises other than to say that Studio J is a priority for the company, and we're always looking at features and enhancements that will make this unique product that much more valuable and fun!

Boot Camp Rocks!

Our incredible Studio J Boot Camp just concluded, and by all accounts, it was a business-growing experience for all. I've heard stories of great "a-ha moments" using the software: "Loved the nudge tool!" "I learned to distress photos!" "I can design my own B&T!" "Layering My Stickease looks awesome!" and much, much more. I've also heard about some hilarious "drills" in the form of "Minute to Win It" games and some ground-breaking new ideas about selling, supporting, and training teams the Studio J way. I can't wait to see what's in store from this courageous batch of boot campers, and I know it will be phenomenal.

Camper Amy McGrew sent us in a few of her photos from the event, along with thoughts on her experience—thought I'd share!

Good Morning!

Just wanted to thank you again for a fabulous Boot Camp experience. The knowledge and confidence I gained was immeasurable! I thank you and all those involved for the many hours you put in to pull off such a successful event. Both days were awesome. The techniques I learned on day 1 while scrapping in Studio J AND all the information shared yesterday on how to market Studio J was amazing. I will definitely email Corporate and share my sincere gratitude! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Enjoy the rest of your week and have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Here are a few photos I took during Camp!

Smiles,
Amy

Did you attend Boot Camp? If yes, post a comment here to let me know what you thought of the experience and what you learned!

Color Me Monday: Home for the Holidays... With Studio J!

Today’s color combination is a holiday classic in Barn Red, Cocoa, Garden Green and Olive.  The two Christmas-themed cards are elegant (check out the pearl Opaques, used as tree trimming and as ornament hangers—I tell you, these are just the most versatile accents of the season!), but I admit that the big story of today’s post is the layout. It features some great photos of Kristine Widtfeldt’s clan enjoying last year’s holiday activities, and it was created using one of my anytime favorite activities—scrapbooking in Studio J!

There are a ton of things I love about this layout, but I’ll try to narrow it down to five. Here goes:

5.  PHOTOS ARE FUN.  Check out the three photos at the top of the right page. They’re just 2”x2” and I never would have had that size on hand if these photos had been printed. But thanks to Studio J, I can drag, drop and easily size my photos to fit in just about any photo well.

4. JOURNALING IS JAZZY. If you’re like me, journaling might be something you procrastinate when you design a layout, either because you don’t love your handwriting or you want to journal in a professional computer typeface. Problem solved: Studio J layouts include journaling boxes (I can add more or delete them, if I want), plus a great diversity of fonts and colors I can choose from. I can even reverse out the type in a light color on dark cardstock, as shown in today’s artwork. No more unfinished layouts!

3. TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE. The holidays are crazy, but you can always find time to pull together a layout in Studio J. This particular layout was designed—from importing photos through checkout—in under 30 minutes. It’s the perfect way to give yourself a creative escape and preserve those holiday memories before the turkey leftovers are gone!

2. THE BLING IS THE THING. Look closely—this is an embellished Studio J layout. It’s so easy to add texture, dimension, and a little extra zip when you mix your classic supplies with Studio J panache. Here, a touch of ribbon, some stitching along the top, stamped trees near the title, and the added glitz that only Sparkles can bring really make this layout a wonder.

1. CAPTIVATE WITH COLOR. Color flexibility is perhaps my favorite part of Studio J. You can mix and match our exclusive 60-color palette among each kit’s Background and Texture papers, cardstocks, and embellishments as well. So if you love a kit’s design but not its palette, presto chango! Make it work for you. And being Color Me Monday, that’s exactly the magic worked on this layout to make it rich with Cocoa and Barn Red hues.

In fact, it might surprise many of you which kit was used in the design of this layout. Because of the color changes, it scarcely resembles the original kit! Before I share the answer, I invite you to look closely and then post your guess.

The first person to correctly guess the name of the original kit will win a FREE Studio J 5-pack so you can work your own color wonders!

A Date to Remember

What’s the date? September 8. Just an ordinary day? Not by a long shot! Today is a historic day for Close To My Heart—it’s the day we launched Studio J memberships, complete with amazing new patterns designed just for online scrapbooking. Our new memberships mean that layouts are an unbelievable $6.50 US each (yes, that’s just $3.25 per page, and that includes free shipping and Memory Protectors, too!).

Words can’t even express how impressed I am with our great IT and marketing teams who have designed, developed, tested, coded, corrected, created, written, revised, and worked, worked, worked nonstop for months to make Studio J a truly unique and incredible way to make scrapbooking faster, simpler, easier (and now, even more affordable) than ever before.

I’ll always LOVE classic scrapbooking; it feeds my soul and helps me express myself perfectly. And now, I love Studio J too—I can create layouts in minutes, so I have even more layouts to love.

Studio J really proves that ANYONE can fall in love with scrapbooking. Last night, at 4 am, while the IT team was finalizing the launch, our Vice President of IT, Brian Holman, sent out a message—he had completed four new layouts in the software using a membership and had this to say:

“Studio J is helping me celebrate relationships and prove to my kids that we do fun things! We should be very proud of what we have created together! We have a world class product that now has a world class business model to support it. Here’s to the future success of Studio J!!!!”

I share Brian’s excitement! And of course, I wanted to share his layouts, too. (Not bad for four in the morning, eh?) When Brian started at the company three years ago, he was already an excellent technologist. But it’s been great to watch his transformation into an excellent and ardent scrapbooker as well. I think he’s even surprised himself. Here’s to you, Brian, to Studio J, and to all those about to discover a new love of scrapbooking for themselves!