Hello there! It’s Meghann with you today to share a new layout I created using the December exclusive kit! The two layouts I created in the gallery this month focus on stories from the past- a story from Christmas Day 2014, and a wrap-up of the best moments of 2015. The layout I have to share with you today is one that focuses on the future, and my goals for 2016. What better way to start off a new year than to put your goals down on paper and make yourself accountable!?

“2016 Goals” supplies: December exclusive kit, December digital cut files, Love & Thanks stamp, white acrylic stars, Thankful collection paper pack, Joyful collection paper pack, Tis the Season Stamp.

The fantastic “2016 goals” tag in the kit was my main inspiration for this layout! I love when the ES tags in the kit can spark my creativity! To add typed writing to my tag, I first scanned in the tag on my scanner, opened the file in Photoshop & added my text in a separate layer on top. Next, I deleted the scanned image layer, and printed the text on its own. After that, I adhered my tag to the top of the printed text and then ran it through the printer again.

From there, I began to create a grid, using two other 3” x 4” tags, and a 3” x 4” photo. The 2016 tag was perfect for the layout, but to add more contrast, I decided to cut out the inside of the numbers and back the tag with black cardstock.

To offset the contrast in that tag, I decided to add a die-cut star from the December cut file, first cut from the Thankful collection Leaves paper then again slightly larger in black cardstock. Doing this made my grid much more balanced. I still felt that my layout needed more contrast and something else other than the grid, so I decided to stamp “goals” repeatedly in a border along the left side of the grid with the Love & Thanks stamp set, breaking it up slightly to stamp “2016” from the Tis the Season stamp set in grey.

To finish off my layout, I added some acrylic stars and ink spatters in pink, teal and black. I stamped “important” from the Love & Thanks stamp set on a small tag, tucking it in at the top, and layered the star tag and the “hello new year” tag at the base of the layout. With black thread, I sewed through both.

I really hope that I stick to my goals in the upcoming year! This layout may be one to hang on the wall, to remind myself of my goals instead of putting it in a layout. How will you use the goals tag this month?

Get ready to document the holiday season and ring in the New Year with our December exclusive kit! December brings us another fun kit that is packed full with over 35 journaling and embellishment tags, designed by us, to help you share your stories on your scrapbooking layouts, Project Life albums, cards, planners, and more! When designing our kits, we love to think of tags that can also be used as prompts to help make it easier for you to get your story started and documented!

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 $2.00 and go up from there, depending on the weight of what is in your cart. For overseas, it will run about $6+ depending on your location.

Coordinating with our kit this month, we have a brand new stamp that includes fun sentiments for cards or gift tags, stamps to help you create your own journaling tags, and more! There is also a set of white acrylic stars:
Coordinating printables and cut files are also available  – once you download these files, you can use/print them over and over again!
And, because it’s the holiday season, we brought back our FREE SHIPPING special:Get FREE SHIPPING on all orders $50+, including international address, with coupon code
HOLIDAYS – but hurry! This free shipping special expires on December 13th. *Please note: if you are paying with PayPal, you will first visit PayPal to enter your information in, and then when you are returned to our site you will be able to enter the free shipping code. If you have any trouble, please contact us at info@shopellesstudio.com

Since today is the 10th, that also means our Design Team has some brand new inspiration for you in our gallery! Make sure you check out their amazing projects in the Design Team Gallery and don’t forget, once you log in, you can bookmark your favorites, leave comments and see close ups of our design team’s projects, too:Along with our December kit + extras, our Design Team also worked with our new Joyful collection that is available in our shop! There are so many amazing projects to see and be inspired by!

For those looking for extra inspiration, you’ll want to check out our December Mini Course:December brings us another downloadable PDF class to go along with our monthly kit! This is the perfect addition to your kit purchase if you are looking for a creative jumpstart, or fresh and fun ways to use the kit! December’s course features three different designers: Missy Whidden, Carson Riutta, and Karen Baker. This month you’ll get to learn how Missy uses gesso and gelatos to create her own custom mixed media background for her layout, see how Carson puts together an accordion style mini album, and watch how Karen’s pocket pages come together with ease. There is even a bonus project by Meghann that was inspired by one of the techniques included in this course! There are 10 pages full of tips, techniques, and fun ideas using our December kit and coordinating extras, with projects highlighting concepts that can easily be transformed to fit any type of project you are working on! This class comes as a downloadable PDF file and will only be available until December 31st, 2015, so don’t miss it!

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

Welcome to Celebrate December at Elle’s Studio! The first 12 days of December will be packed with holiday inspiration, projects, layouts, and gift ideas from many talented designers using our Joyful collection. Stop by each day to see new inspiration and visit our instagram to enter our special giveaways!

Today’s post features two sneak peeks of our upcoming launch on December 10th!
Are you guys enjoying December so far? I can’t say it enough – I LOVE this time of year! We are so excited to show you this sneak peek of our December kit that has a mix of tags to celebrate the season and ring in the new year! This kit is packed full with over 35 journaling and embellishment tags to help you capture your memories and document your stories. Above is a sneak peek of what’s in store for our December kit – Just a reminder that these kits are limited and will not be restocked!

Our next launch will be this Thursday, December 10th, at 8:00 am PST and don’t forget, if you purchase the kit on launch day (December 10th), you save $2 with our launch day special pricing of only $9.99! These kits can also ship first class, so depending on your location, shipping starts out at around $2 for USA, and $6+ for international.

This launch will also include a brand new stamp that coordinates with our December kit, and some fun acrylic pieces!

And, for those who are looking for extra inspiration (besides our blog posts, and design team gallery projects) we will have another mini course just for you! Look for even more sneak peeks, leading up to the big day, on our Instagram page!

If you haven’t signed up for our newsletter, make sure you do to receive a reminder of when everything is available for sale! It’s going to be a BIG day, so set your alarm and mark your calendar! We hope to see you there!