Studio J Digital Scrapbooking

Do you find that you don’t have enough time to drag out all of your scrapbooking supplies just to start a project and work for 30 minutes before your kids/pets/husband interrupt you?

How about finishing an entire layout in 15-30 minutes or less! It’s easy with Studio J digital scrapbooking. Studio J uses the same papers, colors, and embellishments as the paper products from Close to My Heart. The patterns are preset, but there are so  many to choose from! All you have to do is pick photos, place and resize them (no more cropping before hand or resizing!) and add embellishments and colors.

I’ve been having a lot of fun with this lately. Here are a few of my layouts.

Looks like fun, right? Try it out for free at http://www.ctmh.com/lisaschaefer and let me know if you have any questions or want to come over for a demo!

Handmade Ornaments–Alcohol Inks

I had a great time making ornaments today! I got the idea from a blog here.

I’ve had alcohol inks and the applicator sitting around for awhile amongst my scrapbooking supplies, so I decided to give it a try! The ornaments I purchased at ACMoore, they were on sale for $3.99! Sweet! I splurged while I was at it and got a few extra ink colors.

Here are the supplies you will need:

Alcohol Inks
Applicator & extra pads
Clear glass ornaments
Glitter if desired
Cricut + cricut vinyl
Transfer tape

 

 

Start by applying ink to the pad on the applicator. I usually put 6 dots with two drops on each.

 

Stamp/rub ink onto the ornament, adding more drops the the pad if needed. If a darker color is desired, you can go over it again once it’s dry.

Add glitter to the inside before putting the top back on the ornament if desired. I found that once I shook it up a bit, the glitter stuck to the sides due to the static.

Cutting the Vinyl. Since I bought my Cricut expression, I’ve been wanting to try cutting vinyl but hadn’t gotten to try it yet. This was the perfect time!

I used the winter wonderland cartridge to cut out Joy on white vinyl. I set the speed and pressure both on 3, so that the machine only cut through the adhesive backed vinyl and not the backing.

Next lay transfer paper over the design and use a bone folder or other object to rub it as you would a rub on.

Carefully peel off just the desired design.

Adhere to your project, rubbing carefully so that the entire design is adhered to the ornament.

 

 

Carefully remove the transfer tape.

 

The red ornament is for a giveaway on my friend Amy’s Blog -

 

And the blue is for an ornament contest at work! Hope you all like them!