May Design Team Sneak Peeks

We are just three days away from our May kit and add-ons reveal and we are so excited to be able to share these fun sneak peeks of amazing projects our team made using all the new products that will be available soon! Our May reveal will be full of exclusive products that we’ve designed and will have you ready to document your May stories and take you right into the month of June!

Not a subscriber? Reserve your spot now by pre-ordering our May kit and lock in our $9.99 kit price by starting a subscription today! You’ll want to choose our SUBSCRIBE & SAVE option to get signed up and start your subscription with our May kit. We will then hold your kit and you’ll be ready to bundle and save at our May 10th reveal! Details on how to bundle with your subscription order will be emailed to you once you have purchased this product.

Kit subscribers, don’t forget! Along with being able to bundle any products from our shop that will ship for FREE with your kit during our 24-hour bundling period, starting on the 10th at 8:00 am Pacific each month, our subscribers will also have access to special discounts on select items! Above is a preview of our May discounts and savings that will be available for our subscribers during our May bundling period! These discounted items can be found in our SALE section during our 24-hour bundling period, and you must be logged into your kit subscriber account to see them. If you haven’t subscribed to our kit, sign up now to take advantage of these special offers on May 10th! Quick note: Our kits and add-ons are available without a subscription each month, too.

We are so excited to share all of these new products with you and to see how you use them on your projects! Make sure you set your alarm and mark your calendar for this Tuesday, May 10th at 8:00 am Pacific! We hope to see you there!

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Alphabet Stamp A-List!

Happy Friday, friends! We have been adding to our awesome lineup of alphabet stamps, a staple in any papercrafters’ stash, and today we wanted to remind you about a few of our favorites that you may have missed, or forgotten about in our shop!

Large Heart Jane Alphabet Stamp

Our Large Jane stamps are so popular, and we are all heart-eyed over this one! The Large Heart Jane Alphabet Stamp is studded with delicate hearts and adds love to any page! Take a look at this example by Sarah Kee, where she used the stamp on patterned paper. We love how Sarah paired this clean font with the Lizzy Alphabet Stamp, too!

Did you know this stamp also coordinates with our solid Large Jane Alphabet Stamp and Large Jane Metal Dies? This gives you the ability to color in the heart alphas with any color in your ink stash and cut them out easily, as Meghann Andrew shows us here.

Typewriter Alphabet Stamp

A typewriter font is classic, and stands the test of time! Our Typewriter Alphabet Stamp (now currently on SALE!) will add that tried-and-true font to your alphabet lineup, and it plays so well with other alphas, too!

In this pocket page, Nathalie shows us just how perfectly the Typewriter Alphabet Stamp is sized for pockets, and creates simple, yet eye-catching headers for her tags.

We absolutely love how Tracey Fox used the Typewriter Alphabet Stamp in a big way to record a quote and a funny moment at a crop, too! This is definitely a must-have font for any kind of project and is sized for layouts and pockets alike!

Parker Alphabet Stamps

Our Parker Alphabet Stamps come in both solid and outline, and coordinate with our Parker Alphabet Metal Die for maximum creative potential!

We love offsetting the solid and outline stamps just slightly to give a fun “shadow-effect” to the project, and Michelle shows that technique off here!

You can also use the solid Parker Alphabet Stamp on its own to create a bold statment in your title, like Aimee shows us here.

Or, keep your title simple and understated just by using the Outline Parker Alphabet Stamp, like Shannon did on this notebook spread.

Tile Alphabet Stamp

Our Tile Alphabet Stamps come in small, medium and large, and are perfect for any kind of project! Skip the stickers and stamp your tiles in any color of your ink stash with these three sets!

Meghann Andrew used the Large Tile Alphabet Stamp to create a title on a 4 x 6 inch pocket tag in this spread. We love these big tiles that even fit perfectly in pockets!

We also love seeing all three of these tile sizes together to create a fun and varied design on Suzanna’s awesome wreath layout!

Did these awesome team projects spark an idea for how you can use one of these alphabet stamps this weekend while you craft for National Scrapbooking Day? Be sure to share what you create with these, or any of our alphabet stamps in the shop by posting in our Facebook Group, or on Instagram using the #EllesStudio hashtag!

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Congrats in Color with Sarah Kee

Hello, Elle’s friends. It’s me, Sarah, hosting today’s blog post, and I wanted to show you how to get extra use from the Sincere Sentiments Congrats Stamp. Hint: It’s not just for creating cards!

As a scrapbooker creating layouts or traveler’s notebook spreads, sentiment stamps can be intimidating. How do you use it on something that’s not a card?!

Here’s what I came up with:

Supplies | April 2022 Kit, Heart and Star Chipboard Stickers – Cool, Warm Puffy Heart and Star Stickers, The Best Paper Stack, Sincere Sentiments Congrats Stamp, Sincere Sentiments Congrats Metal Die

I focused on using the Sincere Sentiments Congrats Stamp to get this layout done, and I’m glad I did because I had a lot of fun playing with my inks on this one!

After stamping “Congrats” in a variety of colors, I used the Sincere Sentiments Congrats Metal Die to cut out die-cuts that were used to embellish my layout.

To pull the layout together, I first stamped some of those gorgeous circular bursts directly onto my white background cardstock to create a patterned paper look.

Then, I framed a couple of my photos with 3 x 4 inch cards from the April 2022 Kit and some patterned paper from The Best Paper Stack.

I arranged my two photos toward the center of the layout, so I could layer all of the “Congrats” die cuts that were cut out. I then positioned the “Congrats” die cuts down the center of my page. I even layered some on top of my photo to give my layout more dimension.

To bring out even more color on my layout, I added coordinating Warm Puffy Heart and Star Stickers and some of the blue and green stars from the Heart and Star Chipboard Stickers.

Lastly, don’t be afraid to use all of the sentiments on your stamp sets. I stamped some directly onto my photos using an archival ink to prevent smearing. I also used sentiments from the stamp set to layer on top of the “Congrats” die cuts I made. 

What do you think of this Sincere Sentiments Congrats Stamp in action on a layout? I love that all of Elle’s stamps, like this one, can be used for any type of project! Here, I used the sentiments to bring out lots of colors.

Now it’s your turn! We’d love to see your projects featuring this stamp. Use it on layouts or cards—let’s see it on anything that makes your creativity shine! Join us and share your projects with us in our Elle’s Studio Facebook Group or on Instagram using the hashtag #EllesStudio.

As always, thanks for reading and letting me share my work here. It’s always a pleasure to be making pretty things with Elle’s! 

Create beautiful cards to send that special someone a huge “Congrats!”, or a layout that documents a milestone met with the Sincere Sentiments: Congrats! collection. These three new products, which include a 6 x 8 inch stamp, 3 x 4 inch add-on stamp, and coordinating metal die, were designed to work together to help you create sentiments for any occasion in no time! Pair our new stamps and metal die with your favorite patterned or solid paper stacks and our shop products, mixing and matching the Sincere Sentiments: Congrats! stamped sentiments and dies, to create endless project possibilities!

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Little Time: Lots of Potential with Michelle Flynn

Hi friends! It’s Michelle, and I’m so happy to be back on the blog today sharing a layout using the incredibly beautiful April 2022 kit and add-ons. We still had snow in March, and this release really gave me all the spring feels! When this new season rolls around, I find myself having less time than I had in the winter to work on my memory keeping and the monthly kit is always so perfect in every way for filling my creative needs when I have limited time.  If you can relate to this, stay with me as I’d love to show you how I created this layout below in just under an hour!  

Supplies | April 2022 Kit, Flower Die Cuts, Flower Puffy Stickers

I batch-print my photos as often as I can, which is certainly more helpful during the busy spring and summer months. I had all of these photos printed except for one, so my next step was to select pocket tags that coordinated with my photos. I started with the leafy lush green pocket tag shown below from the April Kit. I chose that sweet daisy flower from the Flower Die Cuts and adhered it with dimensional backing. I wanted to bring in another pop of yellow, and I chose the bright yellow “happiness” puffy tab from the Flower Puffy Stickers for the top corner.  I adhered a light green die cut from the April Kit to the bottom white space of the pocket tag and trimmed it to fit. I adore the “bloom and grow” die cut from the Flower Die Cuts as I related it to our grandson in this photo and it being his very first spring! I love how simple this pocket tag was to embellish and how it compliments the rest of the layout.

I don’t let much go to waste when it comes to my monthly kits and I decided to use the remaining piece of the light green die cut that I used for the pocket tag above for the top of this photo below. I adhered it with tiny staples and done!

I chose another pocket tag with the same pretty green color and decided to print one particular photo to fit into the middle space. While I still had my Flower Die Cuts and Flower Puffy Stickers out, I adhered the “amazing” puffy tab to the green die cut banner for the bottom corner photo. It took a few minutes to write up my journaling on the white pocket tag from the April Kit and couldn’t resist using that daisy sticker for the bottom corner.  

For the final photo, I had quite a bit of green space which gave me a great opportunity to bring a bit of consistency to the rest of the layout by adding a yellow banner and another daisy from the Flower Die Cuts to finish it up. And that’s it! Just under an hour, and it felt so good, so good! Even with limited time, the process was so simple and so fun!  

My biggest tips for planning creative time in your busy life are:

  • Start with batch printing as often as you can
  • The Elle’s Studio monthly kits are certainly the best and biggest key for bringing it all together so simply!  
  • Choose a few photos, a few pocket tags from the monthly kit, a few embellishments, add easy journaling, and enjoy the process, even if your time is limited!  

I hope you found a little hope and even a bit of inspiration that you can still find productive and fun creative time in your busy life! You’ll be so glad you planned it! Thanks so much for sharing your time with me today! Tag your inspiration and even your own tips using the #EllesStudio hashtag on Instagram and don’t forget to join us in the Elle’s Studio Facebook Group! Happy creating!

Don’t miss our April kit! This beautiful collection of 3 x 4 and 4 x 6 inch tags and die cuts includes the perfect colors and sayings for your spring memorykeeping, and we make it easy by making sure everything coordinates perfectly for you!

Click HERE to add the kit to your cart today while supplies last!

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#EllesStudio Spottings on Instagram

Hello, friends! Today we are so excited to share six projects that caught our eye when we were scrolling through our #EllesStudio hashtag! There are so many wonderful projects featured there, it was hard to choose only six this month!

Our first two projects bring ALL of of the color to our Tuesday, and make us so happy! On the left, Becky (@myhappycraftylife) created a gorgeous, colorful pocket page using our monthly kits and fun add-ons, like the Lizzy Alphabet Stamp and Play All Day Chipboard Stickers! So super fun! On the right, Kelly (@kellyfeldman) used colors from our Cool and Warm Solids Paper Stacks to se the colorful tone for her page, then tucked in custom tabs created with the Icon Tab Stamp! So awesome!

We are all about the pretty spring hues, and florals this month, and we think that Rachel (@scrapwithrachel) is, too! She decorated her beautiful floral wreath layout on the left with our Flower Die Cuts to create such a gorgeous page! On the right, we’re also feeling all of the spring vibes with Leilani’s (@leilani_scraps) pocket page that uses our newest April 2022 Kit to record her week 15 memories. Love it, Leilani!

Do you love the “thank you” notes that we send in your orders? Make good use of them and create your own greeting cards! That’s what @cutitupcreations did, and we just love the idea, and how she created these simple and easy-to-duplicate card designs with them! So smart! On the right, Tanya (@tanyafears) grabbed her stash of our teal labels and die cuts from past kits and add-ons to embellish her layout, and we love the design!

Just for sharing their projects, these six paper crafters will each win a $10 gift certificate to the shop! Thank you so much for posting your projects and using the #EllesStudio hashtag, ladies! Please email us at [email protected] to claim your prize!

Use our products on your next project and post to Instagram using the hashtag #EllesStudio for a chance to be featured here on our blog, and win a gift certificate to the shop! We can’t wait to see what you create this month!

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Puddle Fun with Kat Benjamin

Good morning, crafty friends! It’s Kat here, and today and I wanted to share an easy layout that I made with the April cut files! I loved the cute rain clouds and the sunshine, so I decided to make those the focus of my layout and scrapped some photos of my daughter all dressed up for puddle jumping.

Supplies | April 2022 Kit, April 2022 Cut Files, April 2022 Labels, The Best Paper Stack, Warm Solids Paper Stack, Cool Solids Paper Stack, Basic Shapes Stamp – Outline, Medium Jane Alphabet Stamp – Outline, Big Hugs Metal Die, Medium Jane Alphabet Metal Die, Jane Tile Alphabet Cardstock Stickers – Sky Blue

I thought the raindrop paper from The Best Paper Stack coordinated perfectly with the die cuts and layout theme, so I glued down a large vertical strip of it in the center of my layout.  I also stamped some asterisks from the outline Basic Shapes Stamp in different colors to add a little border to the paper strip.

After I had the photos glued down, I added the die cuts to the top of my page.  I also used the Big Hugs Metal Die to cut out some smaller clouds. I decided to doodle around the die cuts because I thought that made them stand out a bit more and I thought the doodling went along with the layout’s playful theme.

Finally, I added in my long title and a fussy cut tag from the April 2022 Kit to finish off the bottom right side of my layout.

Have you used any of Elle’s digital files this month?  Make sure you share your projects with us on social media using the #EllesStudio hashtag, or in our Elle’s Studio Facebook Group!

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A sneak peek of our May 10th reveal!

Our May kit + coordinating add-ons reveal is almost here and we can’t wait to share with you all the new and exclusive products that will be available soon! Our reveal will be full of the perfect products to document your May stories and take you right into the month of June! This month, our May kit will include 3 – 4 x 6 inch tags, 18 – 3 x 4 inch tags, and 27 die cuts!

Not a subscriber? You can pre-order our May kit now and lock in our $9.99 kit price by starting a subscription today! You’ll want to choose our SUBSCRIBE & SAVE option to get signed up and start your subscription with our May kit. We will then hold your kit and you’ll be ready to bundle and save at our May 10th reveal! Details on how to bundle with your subscription order will be emailed to you once you have purchased this product.

Kit subscribers, don’t forget! Along with being able to bundle any products from our shop that will ship for FREE with your kit during our 24-hour bundling period, starting on the 10th at 8:00 am Pacific each month, our subscribers will also have access to special discounts on select items! These discounted items can be found in our SALE section during our 24-hour bundling period, and you must be logged into your kit subscriber account to see them. Quick note: Our kits and add-ons are available without a subscription each month, too.

We are so excited to share all of these new products with you and see how you use them on your projects! Make sure you set your alarm and mark your calendar for Tuesday, May 10th at 8:00 am Pacific for our May kit and add-ons reveal! We hope to see you there!

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Metal Die Magic with Junell Kruzel

Hello, friends! It’s Junell here on the blog today! I hope you are enjoying spring and have some time to create some beautiful layouts with the April kit and add-ons! This month I was able to play around with the Medium Jane Alphabet Metal Die and I created this lovely layout all about my name! And boy, did I have a lot to say. Let’s get started!

Supplies | April 2022 Kit, Flower Die Cuts, Flower Puffy Stickers, Warm Puffy Heart and Star Stickers, The Best Paper Stack, Medium Jane Alphabet Stamp – Outline, Medium Jane Alphabet Stamp –Solid, Small Tile Alphabet Stamp, Medium Jane Alphabet Metal Die

I’m working in a Life Crafted Album for this project, and I started on the left side. There are so many ways to use metal dies and I wanted to use several to create my name in rows going down the page.

Starting at the top, I created my name using the easiest method for using metal dies, and that is to just cut the letters from a piece of patterned paper. I used the papers from The Best Paper Stack. I should also note that I did not adhere the letters down until I had the entire page layed out how I liked it. I also used the negative space (the space around the letters) as a row on my layout, which you’ll see in a photo below. That’s one of the best things about metal dies—you can use both the positive and negative space as elements on your layout!

Another metal die technique I used was to run the entire page through my Sizzix, which left the letters of my name open. I then chose a paper from the same stack and placed it behind my name. I placed the paper so that the top half of my name was a peach color and the bottom half a pink color. I did not throw away the letters that came out, I still want to use them!

I also played with a little mixed media on the letter die cuts by splattering them with Distress Oxide and gold spray to give them an interesting look.

To use another technique, I stamped my name with the solid Medium Jane Alphabet Stamp and also the outline Medium Jane Alphabet Stamp and then used the Medium Jane Alphabet Metal Die to cut them out.

Once I had enough rows of my name to fill the page, I then adhered everything down.

I typed up my journaling all about my name and I had a lot to say. I’ve never documented the story of my name before, so it was interesting and fun. I can’t believe there was so much to say!

Once I added my journaling, I created my title using a die cut from the April 2022 Kit and the Small Tile Alphabet Stamp. I added the daisies from the Flower Die Cuts and a puffy heart from the Warm Puffy Heart and Star Stickers to complete the layout.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you found some new techniques for using your metal dies! They are so fun to play and experiment with! 

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Five on Friday: Double Page FUN with Kat Benjamin

Hello and HAPPY FRIDAY! It’s Kat here to share with you a layout I created recently. I decided I wanted to make a double page layout that documented a first day of Spring nature walk that my daughter and I went on last month. I took a ton of photos, and wanted to try to consolidate them onto a layout. The April kit and add-ons were perfect for this project!

Supplies | Flower Die Cuts, Flower Puffy Stickers, Fuchsia Puffy Alphabet Stickers, The Best Paper Stack, Medium Jane Alphabet Metal Die

I actually created this layout with just five amazing Elle’s products: the Flower Die Cuts, the Flower Puffy Stickers, the Fuchsia Puffy Alphabet Stickers, The Best Paper Stack, and the Medium Jane Alphabet Metal Die.

For the left side page, I decided to print a large 6 x 12 inch photo. I thought my daughter looked so cute with her bucket that she used to collect flowers and other natural treasures. I used the The Best Paper Stack patterned paper to create borders around the sides of the large photo, added a few minimal embellishments from the Flower Die Cuts and Flower Puffy Stickers and then added my large title, created with the Fuchsia Puffy Alphabet Stickers and Medium Jane Alphabet Metal Die using a patterned paper from The Best Paper Stack.

The right side of the page is where I decided to house the majority of my photos from the day. I thought a grid design would be the best way to do this, so I printed off my photos in square formats and sprinkled patterned papers and embellishments between the photos. I wanted to keep my design clean, but still “jazz” it up.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you’re inspired to create something fun this weekend with your April kit and add-ons!

Share what you create with us, no matter the number of products, with us in our Facebook Group, or on Instagram using the hashtag #EllesStudio!

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Basic Shape Play with Melissa Mann

Hello, friends! This is Melissa with you, and I’m excited to share a new memory planner spread using the awesome new Basic Shapes stamps, availble in both outline and solid. These stamps will be great for creating lists, journaling spots, and highlight spots in your planners!

Supplies | April 2022 Kit, Easter Stickers, Light Fuchsia Basic Shape Cardstock Stickers, Flower Puffy Stickers, Basic Shapes Stamp – Outline, Basic Shapes Stamp – Solid, Monthly & Daily Tab Stamp, Small Tile Alphabet Stamp, Mini Days of the Week Stamp, Currently Stamp

The first thing I did when creating this spread was to stamp out the quote in the “notes” section on my planner. I really wanted to include this quote in my week’s memories and at first was just going to print out the picture of it, but then I had the idea to stamp it in my planner using the Small Tile Alphabet Stamp. It took a bit of time, but I loved how it turned out!

When I’m working on a planner spread, I usually work one half of the spread at a time. I started on the right hand side (the second half of the week) and began by including my typed journaling tag, which listed some of the music on my playlist. Once I had this in place, I started laying out the other pictures and decided where I wanted my journaling blocks. The new solid Basic Shapes Stamp worked just fantastically to create my journaling blocks. You can see where I stamped the notched block lengthwise next to my two photos and journaled inside it. 

I used several of the solid bar-shaped stamps to create journaling blocks on the left hand side of my spread. I then stamped on top of the stamped bar using arrows, hearts, and stars to create layered interest with the icons. I love depth and dimension in my projects, but I don’t like my planner spreads to be bulky. These stamps will work perfectly to create some “layering” on my pages!

Thanks for stopping by! I can’t wait to see how you are using these new stamps on your projects!

Find our two new Basic Shapes Stamps, available in Solid and Outline, in the shop now for fun, creative shape play on any project!

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