Sketch Thursday

April 28, 2016

Good Morning, All! Alissa here today and I’ve got my take on this fabulous sketch! I love everything about it! The original layout, by Meghann Andrew, is so inspiring and I had to keep myself from copying so many of the elements, including the papers used. Yes, I love it that much. The papers she used and the bits are my favorite part! I love how Meghann kept the scattered bits together by color families. It’s a bit subtle but so impactful.

Supplies used: Little Moments Collection: 12×12 Paper Collection, Bits and Pieces, Journaling Tags, Stamps, 6×6 Paper Stack, Letter & Number Stickers – Black

I stuck pretty close to the sketch, but I used a 12×12 base. I love that this sketch is so adaptable to either size. Even smaller sizes for mini albums, like 6×8, would be great.

I loved the patterned strips on the top and the bottom of the page. I used branding strips from different papers in the Little Moments 12×12 paper collection. I couldn’t leave those labels sad and empty. So, the Little Moments stamps were perfect to add a fun touch to each label.

Now, it’s your turn to create something awesome! We can’t wait to see what you all do with this sketch! For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to our shop, create a project inspired by today’s sketch, upload it to the Member gallery and leave a comment here with the link by May 11th. A random winner will be selected and posted with the next sketch on May 12th

And, congrats to our randomly selected winner this week! LeAnn created this fun layout from our previous sketch! Please email us at info@shopellesstudio.com to claim your prize!

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Introducing our new collection: Sunny Days

April 27, 2016

We are so excited to announce our next new collection: Sunny Days! We can hardly wait to start scrapbooking and documenting all those sunny days that are ahead! This collection has 12 x 12 and 6 x 6 papers, labels, journaling tags, die cuts, wood veneers, acrylic, stamps, stickers, and puffy stickers!! Sunny Days is full of fun bright colors and includes cute illustrations by Rachel, that are perfect for summer!

Here is the very first look at Sunny Days:

This new collection will start shipping to stores at the end of May and is available for wholesale pre-order now, so make sure you call your local scrapbook store or email your favorite online store and request this collection! This collection should also be available in our shop in June.

We would love to hear what your favorite part of the collection is – leave a comment on this post and we’ll draw two winners to receive a Sunny Days collection pack! Winners will be drawn and posted on our blog on Sunday, May 1st, 2016.

Thank you so much for stopping by on this exciting day – we appreciate each one of you so much!

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Sunshine Girl by Meghann Andrew

April 26, 2016

Hi there, Elle’s Studio fans! It’s Meghann with you today to share a layout completely inspired by the April exclusive kit + add-ons.

I’m always looking for opportunities to document baby photos of my daughter, and when I saw the “remember when” tag from the kit, I knew I wanted to add my journaling to this tag. Next, I pulled all of the tags that were red, pink, yellow, orange and grey, and went to the April digital cut files folder to see what I could find to add to the layout. The sun cut file made me remember this photo, already saved in my “favorites” folder on my computer.

I cut the sun from yellow cardstock, printed my photo just slightly smaller than the diameter of the sun, and cut it into a circle, adhering it to the sun. Adding the striped 4” x 6” tag from the April kit to the left side of the sun made the photo the focal point of the layout.

I went back to my “remember when” tag, and cut it into a circle. I typed my journaling into a circle on Photoshop Elements, printed it onto an 8-1/2” x 11” piece of paper, then adhered the tag to the paper and printed again. I adhered the tag to the bottom left of my photo, and embellished with the “you make me so very happy” tag from the April kit, vellum pinked circle from the Little Moments bits & pieces, and a heart, cut from paper in the Little Moments 6” x 6” paper stack. I topped this with the “favorite” sticker from the Good Stuff puffy stickers.

To create a third circular element on the page, I punched a circle from the floral 6” x 6” patterned paper from the Little Moments 6” x 6” paper stack, topped it with a heart from the Little Moments bits and pieces pack, and the “love” puffy sticker.

To balance the photo and sun die-cut at the top right of the layout, I stamped my title, first in multicolor with the Jordan alphabet outline stamp, then in light yellow with the Jordan alphabet solid stamp, just slightly off-centered. To this title, I added the “happiness is” stamp from the The Story Of stamp an “A” with the light grey letter and number stickers, and the word “girl” with a script font to contrast the stamped title.

Now I have another favorite photo documented in my album, completely inspired by tags and the sun cut file! What tags from the kit are calling to you to tell your stories?

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Traveler Notebook with Special Guest Anabelle O’Malley

April 25, 2016

Let’s welcome Anabelle O’Malley back for her second week with us here on the Elle’s Studio blog to show us a project using a current trend in scrapbooking- a traveler’s notebook! We love that she switched up her memory keeping process to fit her lifestyle. Let’s take a look:

I have been an avid paper crafter for the past twelve years. During this time, the scrapbooking industry has changed, and so has my style. I started off with 12” x 12” layouts, switched to 8.5” x 11”, then tried pocket scrapbooking in order to preserve my memories. Recently, I have found that I have less pictures (my son is now 13 – enough said!), but I still want a way to record my stories. As you saw in my last post, I have fallen in love with the planner craze. This naturally led to my obsession with traveler’s notebooks, and thus, my current mode of memory keeping was born. I am just loving this size for my layouts! I recently received an Instax printer and the small photos fit perfectly on my 4” x 8” notebook pages. Here is a spread I created using the Little Moments collection, along with the April exclusive Perfect Weekend stamp set.

Supplies: Little Moments 12” x 12” paper collection, Little Moments journaling tags, April 2016 exclusive kit, Perfect Weekend stamp set, wood veneer labels, letter and number stickers- light pink, Yes printables

I love using journaling tags on my traveler’s notebook spreads! Here I layered the star journaling tag from the April exclusive kit and the “adore these little moments” tag from the Little Moments journaling tags on the left page. I added some of the numbered journaling strips from the April exclusive kit and the cute ‘yes’ stamp from the Perfect Weekend stamp set to create my writing space. My spread is about my recent trip to Nags Head and I was able to write about the fun things we did while we were on our trip. The Perfect Weekend stamp set was perfect for this page!

On the right side, I used the floral Little Moments journaling tag, along with the star stamp from the Perfect Weekend stamp set, which I love! Another technique that I used on this page was cutting the “pure joy and happiness” title from one of the journaling tags in the Little Moments journaling tags and used it as an embellishment. I did the same thing on the previous page using the small hearts, also cut from a tag in the Little Moments journaling tags. I tend to have more ‘flat’ layouts in my notebooks, but added the “favorite” wood veneer label for texture.

Finally, I printed out the Yes printables on vellum. I love the transparent look it brings to my spread!

Using a traveler’s notebook for my memory keeping has been working out really well! Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek at how I accomplish it!

Hi! I’m Anabelle O’Malley! I live in Delaware with my husband and our thirteen year old son, Ryan along with our orange tabby, Pulu. I work at the University of Delaware at the laboratory preschool teaching pre- kindergarten and kindergarten children, as well as the university students.

I’ve been paper crafting for the past ten years and have loved every minute of it. It truly is my creative outlet. The best part has been working with and meeting so many wonderful people who are as passionate about paper crafting as I am. As a child, I would spend hours drawing and making cards for people, so this is just a natural extension of my love for all things paper. Along with creating layouts, I still love card making and trying out new techniques. My creations contain lots of texture and details, layering and clustering. Most recently, I have jumped head first into the planner craze. I love having a beautifully decorated planner! It makes working on my to do lists much easier. I also am enjoying documenting my memories in a traveler’s notebook.

When I’m not teaching or scrapping, I can be found enjoying time with friends and family, cooking, reading, hitting the gym or spending too much time online. I’m so excited to be Guest Designing for Elle’s Studio this month. Thanks for the opportunity to work with such fun products!

You can find more of Anabelle’s work at her blog, Bits and Pieces, or her Instagram feed.

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Our Spring Sale is here – 4 days only!

April 23, 2016

Our annual big SPRING SALE has started and will run until Tuesday, April 26th or while supplies last. There are a ton of can’t miss deals and specials – here is a quick summary:

50% to 75% OFF SELECT ITEMS: Select items are on sale and prices are already marked, so no coupon code will be needed! Some of these items are retiring, too, so once they are sold out, we will not be restocking! Shop all our sale items here!

GRAB BAGS: We have FOUR different types of grab bags to choose from. Our grab bags include:

Scrapbooking Grab Bag – May include a mix of cutouts, snippets, journaling tags, bits and pieces, stickers, and acrylics. NO 12 x 12 papers or stamps. If you purchase more than one grab bag, you may receive duplicate items.

Stamp Grab Bag – Includes a range of our stamps. You can purchase 2 without receiving duplicate stamps.

Journaling Tag Grab Bag – Includes 25 tags in 3 x 4 and 4 x 6 inch sizes from our collections and exclusive monthly kits. You can purchase 2 without receiving duplicate tags.

Bits & Pieces Grab Bags – Includes a variety of die cuts and cut apart tags from our collections and exclusive monthly kits. If you purchase more than one of these grab bags, you will receive duplicate tags.

$5 PAPER PACKS: Select paper packs are on sale for only $5 each!

SHIPPING: Our shipping is based on the weight of your cart and we only charge what it costs us to ship your items. Our site will quote you a shipping price before checkout. The paper packs and scrapbooking grab bags weigh the most.

Due to an increase in orders during this sale, please allow us extra processing time. We will be shipping orders in the order that they are received. We expect to have all orders processed within 3 business days of the order being placed.

Thanks so much for joining us today during our annual SPRING SALE!

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Project Life with Gina Lideros

April 22, 2016

Hi everyone, it’s Gina here, sharing a a new page in my Project Life album.

My daughter’s 17th birthday was just a few weeks ago, and we decided to travel with several members of our youth group to LA to visit an outreach event.

I used two different pocket pages to create my spread. The page on the left is a 10×12 spread and the page on the right is a 12×12 spread. I like to change things up sometimes depending on the size of my photos. I added lots of items from the the Little Moments collection and the Elle’s Studio April 2016 Exclusive kit and extras.

During our trip we visited the Santa Monica beach boardwalk and the event at the Los Angeles Coliseum. I took lots of pictures during our vacation and couldn’t wait to share them in my album. I added some simple journaling on the right hand side of my spread using the “notes from the weekend” card. This card really came in handy to help document our trip.

Supplies: Elle’s Studio April 2016 Kit, True Story Acrylic, Perfect Weekend Stamp, Little Moments Wood Veneers, Little Moments Bits and Pieces, and Little Moments Journaling Tags.

Thanks for joining us today – We would love to see how you are using our products on your projects! Make sure you share your projects with us in our Member Gallery or on Instagram with the hashtag #ellesstudio!

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Preview our SPRING SALE!

April 22, 2016

Our annual SPRING SALE is almost here! This sale will start on Saturday, April 23rd at 8:00 am PST and run through Tuesday, April 26th at midnight or while supplies last! There will be a ton of can’t miss deals and specials so we wanted to give you a preview of what you can expect:

50% to 75% OFF SELECT ITEMS: Select items will be on sale and prices will be already marked, so no coupon code is needed! Some of these items are retiring, too, so once they are sold out, we will not be restocking!

GRAB BAGS: We will have FOUR different types of grab bags to choose from during our sale. Our grab bags will include:

Stamp Grab Bag – Includes a range of our stamps. You can purchase 2 without receiving duplicate stamps.

Journaling Tag Grab Bag – Includes 25 tags in 3 x 4 and 4 x 6 inch sizes from our collections and exclusive monthly kits. You can purchase 2 without receiving duplicate tags.

$5 PAPER PACKS: Select paper packs will be on sale for only $5 each!

SHIPPING: Shipping is based on the weight of your cart and we only charge what it costs us to ship your items. Our site will quote you a shipping price before checkout.

It’s going to be a great sale and one that you don’t want to miss, so we hope you will join us! Mark your calendar and set your alarms!

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You are my Sunshine with Maggie Massey

April 21, 2016

Hey everyone! Maggie here with a little layout I put together using this month’s Cut File!

SUPPLIES: April Digital Cut File, Little Moments 6×6 paper pad, Little Moments Bits & Pieces, Little Moments Wood Veneer, Good Stuff Puffy Stickers, The Story Of stamp set, Little Moments stamp set, Perfect Weekend stamp set, and Letter & Number Stickers: Black

I’ve been in such a good mood lately! I’m pretty sure it has TONS to do with the fact that the days are longer and the weather is just getting better & better!

So it was no surprise to me that I was immediately drawn to that darling little sun in April’s Cut Files. I love its whimsical hand-drawn design and I knew right away what I wanted to do with it.

I started by cutting a few different sizes out with my Silhouette & some of my favorite pieces from the Little Moments 6×6 paper pad.

I adhered them to a sheet of 9×12 cardstock and then just roughly traced around them with a black journaling pen. Next, I added a photo of my daughter and the sentiment “you are my sunshine.”

A few little bits and pieces and some stamping finished off this simple little page.

Thank you so much for taking a look! I hope I’ve inspired you to grab those cut files and make a little sunshine for yourself!

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Process video with Jen Schow

April 20, 2016

Hi everyone, Jen here! When I saw the cut files for this month, I knew I wanted to make the sun a feature on a layout. I cut it out of white cardstock and hand-stitched in yellow all around it.

It’s a process that takes a bit of time but the wow factor is totally worth it for me! I backed the cut file with that glorious yellow striped paper from the Little Moments collection and kept my embellishments simple to let the sun shine (pun intended)! I used a few items from the April kit as well as some puffy stickers and added the Go See Do acrylic words for my title.

You can see how it all came together in my process video:

Thanks for joining us today!

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PROJECT LIFE | SPRING BREAK

April 19, 2016

Hello everyone! It’s Jenni here, and I am happy to share a Project Life spread today. We just returned from Spring Break, and I am excited to begin documenting our memories!

For this Spring Break beach spread I used a 9×12 pocket page that was split up into 3×3 squares. I printed all my photos as 4×6 photos and just trimmed them to fit the 3×3 pocket. Likewise, I used the Elle’s Studio April 2016 kit and trimmed the journaling cards to fit the 3×3 space. The April Kit is perfect for Spring Break documentation!

For this spread I decided to add a few of the small shells that my daughter found on the beach. I love the extra touch it adds to my beach spread! The Travelogue Journaling Tags pairs nicely with Spring Break documentation as well.

Finally, I added the Go, See, Do Acrylic in one pocket, I arranged it in order and used my Fuse tool to seal the pocket a little lower down than I normally do, in order to keep the acrylics in place.

Thank you for swinging by today! I hope this inspires you to get your Spring Break photos documented!

Elle’s Studio Products Used: Elle’s Studio April 2016 kit, Good Stuff Puffy Stickers, Go See Do Acrylic, Travelouge Journaling Tags, Wood Veneer Labels, Letter & Number Stickers

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