Our March Kit + Extras are here, along with our Little Moments Collection!

March 10, 2016

Our March exclusive kit has arrived and is full of tags, exclusively designed by us, to help you share your stories in 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!

March’s kit, shown above and below, is packed full of fun journaling, die cuts, and embellishment tags. Our kits now come with even more tags – each kit includes at least 16 3 x 4 inch tags in it, along with 4 x 6 inch tags, labels, and die cuts. Our March kit includes over 42 tags and gives you even more options for capturing and documenting your stories.

Just a reminder that our 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. These kits can ship first class: shipping for USA residents will start around $2 and goes up from there, depending on the weight of what is in your cart. For overseas, it will run about $8+ depending on your location.

Coordinating with our kit this month, we have a brand new stamp, along with some acrylic stars, acrylic eggs and flowers set, and spring and Easter written in acrylic, too:

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

The cut files include our March cut files that coordinate with our March kit, a 12 x 12 clover background that includes some clovers that fold over, and a Happy Easter cut file that would work great for cards! Our printables this month include a Spring Break set, along with the Smile printables that coordinate with our March kit.

Along with our March exclusive release, we have also added our new Little Moments collection to the shop! This collection includes 12 x 12 papers, journaling and die cut tags, stamp, wood veneer, acrylic, a 6 x 6 paper pad, and more! We also have a limited number of Little Moment bundles and stamp bundles available at a discount!

You can preview the entire collection in this video:

A big thank you to Meghann Andrew for putting it together for us to share with you!

Since today is the 10th, that means we also have some brand new inspiration for you in our Design Team Gallery from our Design Team! If you are looking for inspiration on how to use our new products on your layouts, Project Life pages, planner, cards, and MORE you’ll want to check out our Design Team Gallery to see what they’ve created. Don’t forget, you can bookmark your favorites, leave comments, and see close ups of our design team’s projects, too!

Our team will also be contributing to our blog all month long, along with two special guests who have created some great projects that we will be sharing with you here on our blog!

Thank you for joining us during this BIG launch day and very exciting month – we can’t wait to see what you create with these new products!

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A sneak peek at what is coming on March 10th!

March 7, 2016

Spring is just around the corner and we’ve got the perfect kit + coordinating extras to help capture your memories and share your stories! Our March kit is full of fun tags with beautiful bright spring colors that will spark your journaling and embellish your projects. Our kits now come with even more tags – each kit includes at least 16 3 x 4 inch tags in it, along with 4 x 6 inch tags, labels, and die cuts. Our March kit includes over 42 tags!

Get ready to pick up this kit for our launch day special pricing of only $9.99 this Thursday, March 10th, at 8:00 am PST. After the 10th, our kits go back to their regular price of $11.99. These kits can ship first class, so depending on your location, shipping starts out at around $2 for USA, and $6+ for international. All of the coordinating extras will be available at this time, too…

Along with our Little Moments collection! Our entire new release will be in-stock, including the 6 x 6 paper stack, stamps, tags, and more! For those who want to buy it all, you won’t want to miss the Little Moments bundle that will be available, and you might want to check out the sale section, too!

It’s going to be a BIG day, so set your alarm and mark your calendar for this Thursday, March 10th at 8:00 am PST! If you haven’t signed up for our newsletter, make sure you do to receive a reminder of when everything is available for sale! We hope to see you there!

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In Your Planner with Nancy Damiano

March 5, 2016

Every month when I (Nancy Damiano) create with the monthly kit, I end up with a handful of bits and pieces that are perfect for my planner. What better way to enjoy them all month long, than to include them in some of my daily pages.

The plain white pages are dressed up with bold pops of color from the February kit. The 3×4 cards and cut a parts are a great place to add notes and lists in your planner. The Light Gray Letters & Numbers sticker divide the page into even more places for lists.

The numbers on the Thankful stamp are perfect for a bright and colorful to-do list. A fun die cut to fill in a place and time from the exclusive February kit, and a sentiment from the Everyday stamp personalize the page.

Products used: Elle’s Studio February 2016 Kit, Thankful Stamp Set, Letter and Number Stickers -Light Gray, Vellum Hearts, and Little Moments Bits & Pieces

The vellum hearts make a pretty custom clip to hold things down. I fill the side pockets with even more left over bits for the remaining week. The exclusive kits are a beautiful way to dress up scrapbooks, project life and planners!

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Sketch Thursday

March 3, 2016

Good Morning! This is Melissa here with you today and I’m sharing my take on the sketch that was based off of a layout by Kay Rogers. I loved the strips of pattern paper on the sides of the layout!

Once I got started with my layout, I decided to switch it around to where the strips where on the bottom and top of the layout. I stuck with the sketch for the rest of the layout and used some more of the fantastic digital cut files to use as embellishments for the background.

Those pie chart digital cut files are one of my favorites! I typed up some journaling on one of the 3×4 cards that came in the February 2016 kit and used the “Thankful” digital cut file as my title and the black alphabet stickers as my subtitle!

Products used: February 2016 Exclusive Kit, Thankful Digital File, Pie Chart Digital File, Label It Stamp Set, Cienna Stickers, Joyful Stickers, Hello 2015 Stickers, Little Moments Patterned Paper, and Black Letter Stickers.

Now it’s your turn to create something inspired by this week’s sketch – it can be any type of project, too! For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to our shop, create any type of project inspired by today’s sketch, upload it to the Member gallery, and leave a comment here with the link by March 16th. A random winner will be selected and posted with the next sketch on March 17th.

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

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PROJECT LIFE |MOVIE REVIEW

March 1, 2016

Today I am sharing a page from my Project Life album.
We are BIG Star Wars fans in our household! My family watched “The Force Awakens” together over Christmas Break. I knew it was something I wanted to document in our album. Although I only had two photos from the evening, I paired it with a few other items to create a spread. I saved our ticket stub, and found a tag from a T-shirt (the Storm Trooper image) and paired it with the two photos.

I also used our Little Moments Paper Pack, and the “Movie Review” journaling card was the perfect addition for this spread. I then used our Jonah Stamp and layered two ink colors to pull in the black and yellow.

Elle’s Studio Products Used: Elle’s Studio February 2016 Kit, Letter and Number Stickers- Light Grey, Jonah Stamp Set, Jonah Labels, Little Moments Paper Pack.

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Little Moments Layout with special guest Nicole Harper

February 29, 2016

Let’s welcome our February guest designer, Nicole Harper, back to the Elle’s Studio blog today with a beautiful layout using the new Little Moments collection that will be in stock on March 10th, along with our March kit + extras. We love Nicole’s simple, and playful style, which pairs so perfectly with ES product. Let’s take a look at how her layout came together, and in case you missed it, be sure to check out the pocket page project that she shared with us earlier in the month.

Hello again, Elle’s Studio fans! There are so many fun elements in the Little Moments collection that I had a hard time narrowing down what I wanted to use, which isn’t a bad problem to have, right?!

I’ve been wanting to document this photo from last summer for a while, and I’m so glad I waited. This collection had just the right amount of spunk to document a very cool moment. Our daughter’s thespian troupe was invited to attend a private workshop at the Cleveland Play House, which was a HUGE deal, and at the end of the day the parents were invited to come watch them perform a series of one act plays. It’s pretty neat to see your child and her friends live on a prestigious stage, even if it was a casual affair!

I opted to keep the layout fairly simple, and used several pieces of paper from the Little Moments 6” x 6” paper stack, which is packed full of beautiful colors and patterns.

“The Story of” stamp set, which coordinates with the Little Moments collection, has quite a few sentiments that can be used over and over again. I LOVE stamps, but consider them an investment. This is the exact kind of set I would opt for if I were shopping, as I know I will get so much use out of it. Clean, classic fonts, phrases that can be paired with just about anything, and nothing too themed or trendy. There is some good stuff right here in this set!

I paired the ‘hello’ outline stamp with gold embossing powder on the pink graph paper and repeated it along the bottom edge. I placed the “favorite” tag so that it pointed to my daughter in the photo.

I punched hearts from the Jonah labels, lined them up and stitched them at the top edge of the grey star paper, which I had to use! I loved the Jonah labels, but knew that if I tried cutting them out, they would look ‘off.’ So I grabbed a punch and still got to use them, just in a different way.

Also of note, the Jonah alphabet stamp set… YOU NEED IT. I used Brilliance ink in Moonlight White and used the alphabet set to stamp directly onto my photo. Look at how great the image comes out!!

Finally, I reached for the “The Story Of” stamp set again to stamp along the left edge of the layout. I love to add a bit of journaling in unexpected places, and this set is a great jump-start to do that. I just used the ‘you are’ stamp and filled in the rest of my statement. Easy!

Thank you again for having me as the guest for February, and I hope to see some of you this year at one of the events I will be teaching at!

Nicole has been playing with paper since elementary school, when shopping for new supplies quickened her heart a beat. She spends her crafty time creating layouts and filling up pocket pages, but loves hunting for vintage finds whenever she can. She lives in Northeast Ohio with her husband Mike, and their daughter Allison … and is a proud theater mama, medical professional and trusted friend. She wears her heart on her sleeve with her journaling and loves to share the everyday moments that mean the most. You can find Nicole’s teaching schedule here and follow her on Instagram.

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Using the Everyday Stamp Set with Maggie Massey

February 28, 2016

Hey everyone! Maggie here! Today I’m sharing a fun and easy layout I created using Everyday Stamp Set.

Sometimes I think a sweet and simple page is all you need to tell your story. For this page, the photo kind of tells its own story, so I wanted to keep the embellishing to a minimum. I gathered my supplies, and got to work…

The circular stamp in the set was the inspiration for this page – in fact, as soon as I saw it, I knew what I wanted to create for my layout…so I punched some circles out of patterned paper, grabbed a few of the The Best wood veneer pieces and started arranging my elements around my photo.

Once I had a basic idea of where I wanted what, I grabbed the stamps and started “filling in” all of the empty spaces…that was the best part.

The colors and patterns on this page make me so happy! And that stamp set is definitely one that I’ll be going back to again and again!

SUPPLIES: February 2016 Kit, Everyday Stamp Set, The Best Wood Veneer, Elle’s Studio Joyful Patterned Paper: Warm & Cozy, and Elle’s Studio Thankful Patterned Paper: Fun Times, Stripes.

We’d love to see your projects using this stamp set! Share your projects with us in our Member Gallery or on Instagram with the hashtag #ellesstudio!

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Journaling with Meghann Andrew

February 26, 2016

Hello there. It’s Meghann here with you today, and for me, there is never a bigger time-saver than when a kit dictates my story. Sometimes I really struggle to figure out what story to tell, and I spend time scrolling through my iPhoto app, taking away from my much-needed creative time.

This month, it was the “you say the cutest things,” tag from the February exclusive kit that motivated me to tell a story. I paired the tag with the new Little Moments collection to create a fun layout about my daughter.

“I Love You Big Much” Supplies: February exclusive kit, Little Moments paper collection pack, Little Moments journaling tags, Little Moments bits and pieces, “The Story Of” stamp set, Jonah alphabet stamp set, Jonah labels, letter & number stickers- black.

When I saw the “you say the cutest things” tag, I immediately remembered that I had taken a photo of my daughter, her arms raised, saying that she loved me, “BIG much!” and I knew this was the story to tell. I loved that I could easily pair the colors in this month’s kit with the Little Moments collection to create a fun, colorful layout.

As usual, my favorite part of creating the layout was the stamping! The new “The Story Of” stamp is perfect for starting your layout stories and includes sayings like, “this was,” “you are,” and “today was.” I chose “you said” to start my title, and stamped it in grey & colors to match the Little Moments collection down the right side of my photo. I topped the stamped words with the “I love you to the moon and back” tag, which I cut so that I could top with the “BIG” label, stamped with the Jonah alphabet, and the “much” tag, created using the black alphabet stickers.

To complete the layout, I sewed through the cute multicolored hearts from the Little Moments journaling tag, added a tiny tab of ribbon and a few puffy heart stickers to create a simple, happy layout that tells an important story.

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out the February exclusive kit to find out what stories it will spark for you!

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Little Moments Layout with Candi Billman

February 25, 2016

Hello! Candi here today to share with you how I used the newest Little Moments Collection on my latest project! I can’t get over how wonderful this whole line is – When I started to create this layout, I had the whole collection out and I wanted to put every single tag on this layout … it’s just that GOOD!! I knew right away when I saw that “Little Moments” acrylic piece that I had to create something with my little puppy and his “Little Moments” during the first few months being with us!

I love the little cluster of Bits and Pieces that I used in the upper left hand corner – it even includes some vellum pieces that are great for layering and included in the Bits and Pieces pack.

Underneath my 5 instax photos I trimmed down a few strips of the 12×12 “Highlights” and stapled those down in place.

Then, on each little photo I added either a wood veneer or some Bits and Pieces from the Little Moments collection. To finish it off, I adhered the acrylic piece down along with some cutouts!

Don’t forget to mark your calendar/planner for March 10th when this new collection will be available in the Elle’s Studio shop, along with the March kit + extras, and some sale items! It’s going to be a BIG day!

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Project Life with Toni From

February 24, 2016

Happy Wednesday! Toni From here today to show you how I put together a week in my Project Life album using supplies from Elle’s Studio.

The first step for me is always to pull together the photos and stories I want to tell.

Next I gather my supplies. I always end up getting out more than I use, but it is so much easier to put a layout together when you have everything in one place. I gathered the Exclusive February Kit, and many items from the brand new Little Moments collection that will be available in the shop, along with the March kit + extras, on March 10th.

Once the supplies and photos are together, then it’s time to start assembling my page. I almost always use the same page protector, so knowing what photo sizes to print ahead of time is super easy. I always start with placing the 4×6 photos first.

Then I move around the 3×4 photos and cards until I like the arrangement. I try to keep the eye flowing through the page. One way I do that is through color placement. In the photos below you will see the color red is used in both the top and bottom photos as well as on the 3×4 journal cards, and embellishments.

Then I get to tell our stories. This week it’s all about the after school activities; swimming and basketball. The journal cards I chose are from the February exclusive kit and the Little Moments collection. The embellishments are also from the February Exclusive Kit and Little Moments collection.

The majority of the photos this week are large, so I chose smaller, thoughtfully placed embellishment groupings. I want the focus to be on the stories and photos and the small die cut embellishments by Elle’s Studio work perfectly to bring extra attention where I want the reader to look.

For the top left photo, I used a heart and banner die-cut to bring your eye to the blurry girl running. That’s my daughter and years from now I want to remember her running back and forth along the court. In the bottom left photo, I stapled a “these moments” die-cut right in the middle of the photo, drawing attention to my son stretching out his arm to beat the swimmer in the next lane. That kid has quite a reach!

I hope looking at how I put together a week in my Project Life album inspires you to pull out your favorite Elle’s Studio products and be creative. It doesn’t have to be complicated, and Elle’s Studio has the perfect finishing touches for your Project Life (and other) creative projects. And, don’t forget to mark your calendar/planner for March 10th when the Little Moments collection will be available in the Elle’s Studio shop, along with the March kit + extras! It’s going to be a BIG day!

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