Bah Humbug layout by Jill Sprott

Hi everyone, Jill here! If there is anything that I have learned from the example of the Griswold family, it is that the holidays don’t always live up to our expectations — and once we accept that, we can really find something to laugh about and to celebrate. Instead of documenting a picture-perfect Christmas, I devoted a layout to the imperfect (but still memorable) one that my family experienced this year. The ’Tis the Season collection and holiday-themed acrylics from Elle’s Studio helped me to get it all down on the page.

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The “Bah Humbug” title set atop an image of blurry tree lights actually serves as the foundational idea for the page — Christmas felt a little out of focus for me this year, and I worried that I was going the way of Scrooge.

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The journaling, placed alongside a numbered pattern, documents my December “Bah Humbug” moments (but also the good stuff — there was that, too!).

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I’m not a total curmudgeon — I made room on the page for the holiday spirit, adding a series of (fittingly undecorated) trees that I hand-cut from various ’Tis the Season patterns, using the acrylic tree as a template.

All in all, the layout does justice to the Sprott version of a Griswold Christmas. Onward to New Year’s Eve!

Merry Christmas!

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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from all of us here at Elle’s Studio! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season surrounded by the ones you love! Don’t forget to pull out your camera and document those special moments so you can treasure them for years to come!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas to-do Layout by Meghann Andrew

Hello ES fans! Meghann here and I’m excited to be with you on the blog today. December is such a hectic time for me, that I decided not to take on a December Daily project this year. However, that doesn’t mean that I can’t document our Christmas memories with traditional layouts, and I have one to share with you today using the December exclusive kit and add-ons!

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This simple layout, which documents the selection of our tree, was inspired by the “to-do list” card in the December exclusive kit. I was thinking about what Christmas projects have been crossed off of our list, and at the time, it was only the tree and decorations. So, I decided to make this card the central focus of the layout, with my 3″ x 4″ photos flanking it, and paper from the Tis the Season collection, as well as tags from the kit strewn around the photos.

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I kept a simple color scheme of green and teal, accented with gold. Wood veneer also added to the warm neutrals on the layout, and the “deck the halls” piece was perfect to use with the photo of the decorated tree.

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I stamped my title with the upper and lowercase Malia alphabet stamps, then added a Christmas tree with the Tis the Season stamp, which I decorated with sparkly gold glitter.

Even if you don’t have time to create an entire December Daily album, the Elle’s Studio exclusive kits will help you get your December memories documented. Pick a single kit up today, or subscribe to guarantee a kit each month at the reveal day price of $9.99!

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Documenting Christmas with Jamie Leija

Hiya, Jamie here and today I’m sharing the title page for my December Daily project. In October, I shared how I was going to document December—9×12 pocket pages, 3-3×4 cards per day (1 photo, 1 story, 1 decorative card). See blog post here. It’s a really simple plan since I’m hoping to work on it a little bit every day. So for the title page, I knew I wanted to go all out and have fun embellishing every card in some way.

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Supplies Used: December kit, Celebrate Stamp, Stars and Hearts Frosted Acrylic, Joy Journaling Tags, Deck the Halls Wood Veneer, ‘Tis the Season Dec2016 Acrylic, ‘Tis the Season Frosted Acrylic Shapes, ‘Tis the Season Bits & Pieces, ‘Tis the Season Double-Sided Journaling Tags, ‘Tis the Season Word Labels, ‘Tis the Season Cutouts, ‘Tis the Season 12×12 Paper Collection, ‘Tis the Season Wood Veneers, ‘Tis the Season Stamp, ‘Tis the Season Washi Tape Stickers, and ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers.

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I used so much of the ‘Tis the Season collection but also this month’s kit, stamp and the awesome Joy Journaling Tags. Seriously, these are my favorite of everything Elle designed for Christmas this year! I used four of the cards on this spread.

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There’s so much tiny embellishing on this page, acrylic stars, stamps, puffy stickers…so basically all of my favorite things! And I’m so happy to have used the Dec 2016 acrylic piece. I layered it with wood veneer and a die cut and I think it mimics a Christmas tree!

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One die cut I want to point out is the pink label I added to the ‘Tis the Season to be Jolly card. It says “Memories recorded by:” I don’t include things like that often enough in my scrapbooks! I’m happy Elle created that label so I’m able to add my signature in somewhere.

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I didn’t use photos from this December, rather a photo of my family from Thanksgiving, a photo of my partner’s family at his sister’s wedding last year, and a photo of our fur babies. They make up my family and I’m sure will be heavily featured in the following pages.

Are you documenting your December with Elle’s Studio products? We’d love to see them! If you’re on Instagram, hashtag #ellesstudio so we’re sure to see it!

Cheers layout with Michelle Wedertz

Hello all, Michelle here! Working with the holiday themed products from Elle’s Studio is something that I look forward to all year. The bright and cheerful colors included in the collections and kits always seem to work really well with all the photos that I take during this time of year, including this fun picture I took of my youngest in front of an inflatable reindeer.

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Working with the exclusive December Kit, along with the ‘Tis the Season collection, I aimed for a grid-like design. I went with a multi-color scheme here to match the festive feel of the photo. I loved the “Cheers!” cut file that was included in this month’s exclusives and made it really pop of the page by using a red patterned paper to cut it out of.  The fabulous date stamp also made an appearance on the layout and I can’t not tell you much fun it adds to the layout! I know I will be using this stamp again and again.

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Wishing you all the best of holidays!

Sketch Thursday

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Happy Sketch Thursday, everyone! Today we have a fun 12 x 12 sketch based off of Maggie Massey’s 9 x 12 Design Team Gallery layout shown here:

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Maggie used the journaling tags from our December kit to create the background, but you could also use any scrapbooking paper or paper scraps to create a fun quilted background!

We can’t wait to see how you will be inspired to use this sketch! Create a project using it as inspiration, upload to your blog and leave a comment here with the link to your creation by January 18th, for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the Elle’s Studio shop – we will announce the winner on Thursday, January 19th!

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And, if you love our sketches, make sure you check out our brand new class From Sketch to Finish Vol. 2, which includes 30 sketches and 20 projects from 10 different contributors! Our class comes as a downloadable self-paced PDF file. Once you have purchased the class, you will receive a link, via email, to download the class!

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Congrats to our randomly selected winner this week, Ange! Check out this cute layout she made using our ‘Tis the Season collection! Please email us at info@shopellesstudio.com to claim your prize!

Design Team Inspiration

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We hope everyone is having a wonderful December so far! This month is going so fast and with the holidays right around the corner, we wanted to share another big batch of inspiration from our design team with you today!

They are using our new items for December and we hope they inspire you to pull out your supplies and scrapbook some special memories! Let’s take a peek:

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Zoolights layout by Allie Stewartsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, ‘Tis the Season 6 x 6 paper, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, ‘Tis the Season Cutouts, ‘Tis the Season Labels, and ‘Tis the Season Word Labels.

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Celebrate layout by Allie Stewartsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, Little Moments 12 x 12 papers, Acrylic Stars – Winter Mix, Celebrate Acrylic, and Happy New Year Acrylic.

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Season of Wonder layout by Daniela Dobsonsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, Celebrate Stamp, Joy Journaling Tags, Dated Stamp, and Acrylic Stars – Winter Mix.

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Cheers layout by Jamie Leijasupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, ‘Tis the Season 6 x 6 papers, ‘Tis the Season Word Labels, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, ‘Tis the Season Frosted Shapes, December Cut Files, Deck the Halls wood veneer, Everyday Labels puffy stickers – pink, and wood veneer gingerbread.

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Christmas Cookies layout by Jen Schowsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, ‘Tis the Season 6 x 6 papers, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, ‘Tis the Season Washi Tape, Merry Christmas Acrylic, Deck the Halls wood veneer, wood veneer gingerbread, Joy Journaling Tags, Dated Stamp, Good Cheer Stamp, Celebrate Stamp, and Tab die.

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Santa’s Favorite layout by Kay Rogerssupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, ‘Tis the Season Wood Veneer, Holly Frosted Acrylic, and Joy Journaling Tags.

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Celebrate layout by Maggie Masseysupplies used: : Exclusive December Kit, Celebrate Stamp, Sunny Days 12 x 12 papers, and Celebrate acrylic.

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Jolly layout by Meghann Andrewsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, ‘Tis the Season Washi Tape, Snowflake Acrylic, Joy Journaling Tags, and Celebrate Stamp.

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Merry Christmas layout by Melissa Mann – supplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, ‘Tis the Season 6 x 6 papers, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, ‘Tis the Season Washi Tape, Joy Journaling Tags, Letters and Number stickers – green, Merry Christmas Cut File, Christmas Tree cut file, and Christmas tree with ornaments cut file.

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Good Cheer pocket pages by Michelle Wedertzsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season Washi Tape, ‘Tis the Season Wood Veneer, ‘Tis the Season Good Cheer acrylic, Joy Journaling Tags, and Acrylic Stars – Winter Mix.

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Happy New Year Pocket Pages by Nancy Damianosupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, Everyday Puffy Labels – pink, black, teal, Dated Stamp, Happy New Year Acrylic, and Celebrate Acrylic.

We hope you are feeling as inspired as we are! Stay tuned for even more inspiration from our team all month long!

And, don’t forget that we would love to see how you use our products, too! If you are posting on Instagram, make sure you use the #EllesStudio hashtag for a chance to be featured on our feed! And, if you blog, link us up in the comments below!

Merry Christmas Layout by Allie Stewart

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Hello there! I often see quote cut files on the internet that are typically intended for use with vinyl. I love words and phrases, and can never stop myself from buying them! Unfortunately, they don’t get much use on my scrapbook layouts, so I decided to challenge myself to use one on a page.

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For this layout, I enlarged the quote in Silhouette Studio so it took up most of the page. Once I cut it out, I backed each word with a different pattern from the ‘Tis the Season collection. Once I backed the snowflakes, I adhered each snowflake to where it was cut from so it looked like it had a bit of a colored shadow.

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The quote took up so much space, that I needed to do very little embellishing. I added a small photo near the top, and a few acrylic shapes and wood veneers in white spaces. Quick tip: I’ve found that Scotch Quick Dry glue works FANTASTIC for gluing down acrylic pieces! It adheres quickly, drys clear, and will prevent the acrylic from falling off the page (like with some other adhesives). I finished the page with puffy sticker hearts and a stitched washi border! This page looks intricate, but went very quickly because the cut file did most of the work. If you don’t have a die cutting machine, you can still replicate this look with letter stickers or hand cut words!

I hope you feel inspired today, thank you for stopping by!

Design Team Inspiration

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Happy December, everyone! We have some brand new inspiration to share with you today from our design team. They made some amazing projects with our new items for December and we hope they inspire you! Let’s take a peek:

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Christmas Instax Album by Alissa Fastsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, acrylic Christmas Trees, Merry Christmas acrylic, Stars and Hearts acrylic, acrylic Snowflake, Malia Alphabet, Letter and Number Stickers – teal and black.

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Merry Christmas card by Daniela Dobsonsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, acyrlic stars – winter mix, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, and ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers.

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2016 Books pocket pages by Jamie Leijasupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, acyrlic stars – winter mix, Good Times Wood Veneer Flags, and Read Stamp.

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Faves Pocket Pages by Jen Schowsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, Celebrate Stamp, Letter and Number Stickers – black, Dated Stamp,and Everyday Labels Puffy Stickers – teal.

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Thanksgiving layout by Jill Sprott –  supplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season Journaling Tags, Autumn Wood Veneer, and Thanksgiving acrylic.

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Christmas layout by Kay Rogerssupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 papers, ‘Tis the Season 6 x 6 paper, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, and ‘Tis the Season Frosted Shapes.

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Christmas Cards layout by Maggie Masseysupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, Celebrate Stamp, and Letters and Number stickers – mint.

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Best of 2016 layout by Meghann Andrewsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, Dated Stamp, Acrylic stars – winter mix, and Letter and Number stickers – light gray and red.

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December Laughs layout by Michelle Wedertzsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, Dated Stamp, ‘Tis the Season Frosted Shapes, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, ‘Tis the Season Washi Tape, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 paper, December Cut Files, and Letter and Number Stickers – Green.

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The Sights and Sounds of the Season layout by Melissa Mannsupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, ‘Tis the Season 12 x 12 paper, ‘Tis the Season Puffy Stickers, Malia stamp, and Letter and Number Stickers – Green.

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Windsor Tree Pocket Pages by Nancy Damianosupplies used: Exclusive December Kit, Joy Journaling Tags, Everyday Labels – Black, Letter and Number stickers – black, and white.

Aren’t their projects beautiful?! We love them!! Stay tuned for even more inspiration coming from our team later this month! And, don’t forget – we would love to see how you use our products, too! If you are posting on Instagram, make sure you use the #EllesStudio hashtag for a chance to be featured on our feed! And, if you blog, link us up in the comments below!

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Our December kit + extras have arrived

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Our December exclusive kit has arrived and is the perfect kit to help you document all your special memories this holiday season, and ring in the new year! December’s kit includes 3 – 4 x 6 inch tags, 18 – 3 x 4 inch tags, and 25 die cuts, and will work great on your scrapbooking layouts, Project Life albums, cards, planners, and more! When designing our kits, we love to think of tags that can be used as prompts to help make it easier for you to get your story started and documented, and this kit is full of that and more!

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Our monthly kits are limited and once they sell out we will not be restocking. Look for a new kit each month on the 10th at 8:00 am PST, and as a special bonus to celebrate launch day, kits will be on sale for $9.99 for today only, regular price after that will be $11.99.

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If you missed our sold out November kit, you might want to consider a (risk-free) subscription! By subscribing to our kit, you will lock in the $9.99 + shipping price of our kit, so you won’t have to worry about missing the launch day special pricing or the kit selling out. And, as a special bonus for our subscribers, any products purchased by USA subscribers on the 10th each month (by midnight PST) will ship for free, along with your kit subscription. Orders shipping to International addresses will also receive free shipping on any extra products added, up to 8 oz in weight (including your kit), that are purchase on the 10th by midnight PST. We have set up separate subscription listings for USA and International addresses. Please choose the listing that works for your mailing address, and read over carefully before checking out.

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Coordinating with our kit this month, and available for purchase separately from our kit, we have a new stamp, acrylics (winter, celebrate, cheers, Happy New Year, holly leaves, and stars), and a cut apart label sheet.

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We also have some coordinating printables and cut files that coordinate with our kit – once you download these files, you can use/print them over and over again!

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We are also thrilled to introduce to you our Malia stamp in a lowercase alphabet! This stamp works with the uppercase and number stamp that we currently have available in our shop. And, we are excited to announce that our Dated stamp is back in stock! (We had originally planned to do a pre-order for this stamp, but they arrived much earlier than expected and are ready to ship today!)

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Also, make sure you are ready for the new year with our 2017 calendars and month-to-month items to our shop! There is a 3 x 4 inch set of double-sided calendars, 4 x 6 inch set of monthly tags, 2017 acrylics (white small and large, black small and large), wood veneer month tabs, a 4 x 6 inch date stamp, and coordinating with our date stamp is a set of journaling tags!

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Before you finish your shopping, make sure you stop by our sale section! We are doing our first ever “Celebrate the Season” sale with 25 items on sale for $2 or less and we have a couple special surprises in there!

Since today is the 10th, that means we also have some brand new inspiration for you:ellesstudio-dec2016-designteam

This month you’ll be able to find our design team inspiration in our product listings so you can see the inspiration while you shop! You’ll want to click on the magnifying glass for a large view of the projects our team has created with all these new items. We will also be showcasing our teams projects on the blog later today, and throughout the entire month!

Thank you so much for joining us for another launch day and for your support – we can’t wait to see what you create with these new products! If you are posting on Instagram, make sure you use the #EllesStudio hashtag for a chance to be featured on our feed!

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