Journaling: In your own words | Sponsor Giveaways!

We want to start off with a HUGE thank you to our sponsors! With out these sponsors, this event wouldn’t be possible! Our sponsors also have some amazing giveaways and coupon codes for you! Make sure you read about and visit each sponsor below, then come back here and leave a comment to be entered to win one of the giveaways featured below! Winners will be drawn and announced August 28th!

Apron Strings is a monthly kit club offering up three delicious kits each month: A scrapbook page kit, a bigger scrapbook kit and a card kit. Each of the kits are filled with scrumptious papers and embellishments; the only thing they need is you. Starting at just $16 (on the commitment-free autoship) the club is a wallet-friendly way to get samplings of all the newest treats on the market, stay within budget, and still enjoy your craft. And, like sitting in the kitchen with friends sharing recipes, there’s a community to help you use your kits. You’ll gather inspiration from other scrapbookers at the Apron Strings blog where you can participate in weekly challenges, contests and cyber-crops with enticing Cookie Jar Treats (fat free of course) for playing along. You can swing by the Apron Strings Group to chit-chat. And there’s the monthly online, full color newsletter with wonderful examples by the design team. Joining Apron Strings is much more than just great kits, it’s about keeping you inspired to use your kits.”

GIVEAWAY:
Apron Strings is giving away one Bigger than a Breadbox July kit to one lucky winner!

COUPON CODE: During this 3-week class Apron Strings is also offering the Elle’s Studio participants a 20% savings on purchases. Drop by, check Apron Strings out, sign-up and then stock up and save. Enter: ELLES during checkout. Coupon expires August 28th and is not applicable towards autoship memberships.

3 Scrappy Boys is a kit club and online store. We produce 3 kits per month-the main kit, an add-on kit, and the trio kit. The main kit and add-on kit feature one line with embellishments to match. The trio kit features 3 different lines with embellishments. Subscribing members receive a 10% discount on their monthly kit and can purchase products throughout the month to be shipped with their kit, saving them on the cost of shipping. A limited number of kits are available to purchase each month for those who do not wish to subscribe.

In addition to the store, we have a fabulous community of extremely talented ladies who chat on our forums and upload projects to our gallery.Visit our forum to come chat with us and the gallery to see all the great projects. There are also lots of challenges to help get you moving on your own projects and layouts. We would love for you to come join us!

GIVEAWAY: 3 Scrappy Boys is giving away an August main kit, valued at $29.50. August’s main kit includes: 6 sheets double sided Fancy Pants roadshow paper, 6 sheets of coredinations cardstock, 1 Jenni Bowlin bingo alphabet, 1 Jenni Bowlin banner alphabet, 1 pack of Hambly lace border rub-ons, 1 pack of Kaiser Craft wood flourishes, 2 assorted Fancy Pants diecut journaling pages, 1 My Mind’s Eye ticket diecut, assorted Jillibean Soup canvas flowers, 2 Elle’s Studio details journaling tags, 3 Bazzill modern buttons, 2 Maya Road flowers.

COUPON CODE: Use coupon code ellesblog and receive 20% off any order! Coupon expires August 28th.

BIC Mark-Ittm Permanent Marker Color Collection Available in Fine or Ultra Fine

The BIC Mark-Ittm Permanent Marker Color Collection is available in fine or ultra fine tips, making them perfect for a variety of craft projects. All BIC Mark-Ittm Permanent Markers have acid-free ink (no added acid, no measurable pH), feature a rubber grip for comfort and control while marking, and will mark on almost any surface including glass, metal, plastic, coated paper, etc.

The 36-count BIC Mark-Ittm Permanent Markers with fine or ultra fine tips come in a convenient carrying case– making travel and organization easy, and feature vibrant colors with fun names including: Adobe Orange, Dessert Rose, Peach Parfait, and Tranquil Teal. Certified by the Arts & Creative Institute the suggested retail price for the BIC Mark-Ittm Permanent Marker Color Collection (for Fine or Ultra fine) is $20.99.

You can purchase BIC Mark-Ittm Permanent Markers at a variety of retail outlets such as mass merchandisers, office super stores, drug stores, and grocery stores.

Find us on Facebook by visiting www.facebook.com/bicmarkit to learn more about the BIC Mark-Ittm line of permanent markers and access a variety of great craft projects.

BIC is a leading international distributor of stationery products, lighters and shavers in more than 160 countries around the world. For more than 50 years, BIC has honored the tradition of providing high-quality, affordable products to consumers everywhere. Through this unwavering dedication, BIC has become one of the most recognized brands in the world. Visit BIC USA Inc. at www.bicworldusa.com.

GIVEAWAY: I received six 36-count packages of BIC Mark-It™ Permanent Markers from BIC to give away to six lucky winners!

Northridge Publishing is the premier publisher of Scrapbook Trends, Cards, and Simply Handmade magazine – not to mention the Create: series of idea books. Northridge is a popular online destination for all things crafty. Their recently redesigned Create:blog are popular with creatives all types. Be sure to stop by for lots of creative inspiration, challenges, contest, giveaways, and more!

GIVEAWAY: Northridge is giving away three prizes! They are as follows: Grand prize – 6 mo. print subscription and 1 year digital subscription with the entire idea vault. Second prize – 1 year digital subscription with entire idea vaultand print copy of idea book of choice. Third prize – 1 year digital subscription with entire idea vault

COUPON CODE: Just for our dear Elle’s Studio friends! Get 25% your entire order here! Just use coupon code “elles”.

We, at Scrapbook Circle, have been creating our kits for 4 years and have loved every minute of it! We love sharing our ideas and getting to know other paper lovers on our blog, in our idea gallery and on Facebook. We love scrapbooking and love getting to share our passion with others!

Unlike many other kit clubs, we do not require a long commitment to be a subscriber. You just commit to receiving 2 consecutive kits to get them at our subscriber’s price. We also offer single kit purchases.

We include custom Scrapbook Circle product in addition to a coordinating digital download included with a kit your kit each month. Stop by our site and see what we have to offer!

GIVEAWAY: Scrapbook Circle is giving away one of their August kits!

Starting September 2, 2010, Long time Big Picture Scrapbooking Instructor May Flaum will lead students in a four week workshop designed to get you making the most of your stash and scrapbooking! Through layout examples, sketches, presentations, and a lot of interaction students will find the class to be both highly interactive and easily workable for their stash and time needs. The materials presented in class remain available forever – as Big Picture classes all do – and the ideas designed to be used and re-used again and again.

Not only will their be layouts and encouragement from May, but she also offers video chatting via skype as a part of her class. When taking a May Flaum class you can always expect a friendly and accessible instructor who struggles with shopping more than scrapbooking just like so many of us.

For more information about class visit Big Picture Scrapbooking, and for more about May visit her blog.

GIVEAWAY: A seat in May’s class “Adventures in Scrapbooking: Use Your Stash”!

I’m Tara, the creative dreamer and creator of With a Twist, my colorful little art and scrapbook store on Etsy. I love spending time in my studio, surrounded with baskets full of paper and trinkets and great lighting, creating my own handmade products. From gift tags to collage canvases, silk flowers to clay buttons, handmade arts and crafts will always have my heart! When I started scrapbooking, I wanted to design products that were pretty and girly, but products that also had a fun vintage charm to them. I adore creating with vintage papers and textiles, and turning the old into the new!

GIVEAWAY: Tara is giving away the kit featured in the photo above to one lucky winner!


My name is Danielle Thompson and I love crafting, kitsch, vintage, photography, designing, blogging and, oh, the list goes on. I have designed all sorts of things such as digital and printable kits, paper goods, clear polymer stamps, embroidery patterns, unique vinyl wall decals, accessories for Blythe and I also offer prints of my photography. My designs, no matter what they are, always contain a hint of kitschy and nostalgia. I try to keep all sorts of people in mind when I’m designing: the crafter, the scrapbooker, the blogger, the embroidery fan, you name it. I try to make my products relate to a diverse group of people that dabble in all sorts of hobbies (just like me!). You can find me at my blog, Thompson Family-Life, my digital products at Jessica Sprague and Two Peas in a Bucket and in my Etsy shop, Tiny Bazaar.

GIVEAWAY: 2 Digital kits to one lucky winner! The Granny’s Attic Kit & The Chalkboard Paper Collection Kit.

Helmar is an Australia based company who makes quality adhesives, aerosols, and craft mediums. Helmar USA, Inc. now distributes our products in the USA! Check out their blog to find some amazing inspiration!

GIVEAWAY: Helmar is giving away a set of adhesives to three lucky winners!

ScrapScription releases two kits every month. Both kits are project based mini albums including all of the supplies, embellishments, and full color step by step instructions to complete the project. The great thing about these kits is the amount of flexibility you have to use the kit to your liking – make the project exactly as shown in the directions, personalize it with your own designs or titles, or use the product to make 12×12 page layouts or cards and keep the mini album for another project. ScrapScription provides full sheets of patterned paper and coordinating cardstock. Many times you also receive an entire set of alphabet letters or pack of embellishments to give you tons of options!

ScrapScription’s release on the 1st of the month is a single purchase kit. Just go to the website on the 1st and purchase your kit individually.

The second release ScrapScription does on the 15th of the month is part of what they call their ScrapScribers kit club. ScrapScription automatically ships their 15th of the month release to club members for just $30 guaranteed (+ 5.95 shipping and tax if applicable – with an initial 6 month commitment). Club kits begin shipping out on the 12th of the month so members should have their kit before it even hits the website for sale. As a ScrapScriber, you also get every 6th kit shipped for free! And after 12 months, you will receive a special “members only” kit for free. For non-ScrapScribers, the 15th of the month kit will go up on the website as a “single purchase” kit on the 15th and will retail for anywhere from $35 – $40. So you can see it pays to be a ScrapScriber!

GIVEAWAY: ScrapScription is giving away one of their Summertime Fun kits!

COUPON CODE: ScrapScription would like to offer as part of Elle’s Journaling Class, the chance for any NEW ScrapScriber signup to also receive free shipping (a $5.95 value) on their first monthly shipment. The offer code you will need to use when you sign up to be a ScrapScriber is JOURNAL. This offer will last until August 31st. For more information on becoming a ScrapScriber, go here.

Which Crafts? is a small fairly new company started Christmas 2009 and based in the UK. We stock a range of items from a small amount of manufacturers of which Elle’s Studio was one of our first! Our main focus is on Kits, not just one monthly one but a range all year round. We have scrapbooking kits, cardmaking kits and project kits. Our newest kits include Embellish Kits which contain fabric, Elle’s Studio and Maya Road Journaling Tags, buttons, flowers, lace, die-cuts, pins, thread etc. We also have a shop section dedicated to Cupcakes, who can’t resist them, and an entire journaling section!

COUPON CODE: Use coupon code: Journalingclass2010 to receive £3 to spend in the shop! It can be used on its own or as part payment towards a more expensive kit. Our kits range in price from £3.75 up to £17.99 and we have ribbons, journaling goodies, embellishments and papers for much less! The code can be used to pay for any items in the shop including sale items!

Sisters by chance, best friends by choice (or because there was no one else to play with on the remote ranch in southwestern Montana where we grew up). And, all this in some way preparing us for our endeavor of “Raffia” (our gifts and home accessories store ) and “Sisters” (our scrapbook store). We’re married – with rugrats (Seth, Anna & Kenadie) and our husbands are both in agriculture. We are dedicated to promoting the rural life of agriculture, while maintaining what we think are two very hip, trendy & fun stores. With our blog, we hope to give you a glimpse of inspiration for your home, your paper crafting , and your hard work that goes into the craziness of this thing we call life.

COUPON CODE: If you happen to live in Montana, stop by our store and mention this Elle’s Studio Journaling Class! We’ll give you 20% off all Elle’s Studio merchandise!

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To be entered to win one of these amazing prizes from our sponsors, just leave a comment below! One comment per person. We will be drawing the winners on August 28th, 2010, so make sure you stop back by our blog to see if you’ve won and to claim your prize!

Also, be on the look out for every more giveaways throughout the next three weeks!

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