Workspace Wednesday with Toni From

July 22, 2015

Happy Workspace Wednesday! I (Toni From) hope you all are having a great week and enjoying summer. I am sharing a few glimpses into my studio space today with y’all and I hope you like it.

My room isn’t super big, it’s about 11 x 13 feet, but plenty big enough to be creative. It has huge windows covering a large portion of the left wall in this photo. The light is amazing, but it can also make it difficult to photograph this space. I should also mention that it is in our home’s “intended dining room.” We really aren’t that fancy, and didn’t need to use it as a dining room that gets walked by and never used, so I snagged it for myself. Luckily my Mister is totally okay with that. With the room being situated immediately to the left of our foyer, I try to keep it semi-picked up most of the time. This is how it generally looks unless I am working on a bigger project and then the entire white desk in the back is covered and overflowing in crafty goodness. I am an epically messy crafter in the middle of a project, but I am also a good picker upper. 🙂

The wall to the right of my room when you walk in has some picture ledge shelves from IKEA (of course.) I rotate different items onto the shelves and I just recently added these metal letters. They just jumped in my cart at Michael’s basically.

This is the back left corner of my space, and probably my favorite spot in my room. I keep all kinds of mixed media here, and I store adhesive, Project Life, and keep my Elle’s Studio monthly kits in the drawers. The August kit is super cute, you’ll just have to trust me on that one.

Items arranged in color order makes me ridiculously happy. Giddy in fact. Roy G Biv for the win!

To the right of the white drawers I keep three metal bins. I use one for various stamp blocks, one for 4×6 Project Life cards, and the last one is for my Elle’s Studio stamps.

I find that I use my Elle’s Studio stamps again and again (they are super versatile.) Keeping them out on my workspace ensures that I use them often.

I also have a thing for pens. And yes, they are arranged in rainbow order. I guess I need to buy more orange, yellow, and purple ones?

I also like to knit. I started last fall, and really love it. I haven’t knitting anything since March, but I started this project late last week. I have found knitting to be the perfect activity to do when you are watching tv with the family at night.

That brings us back to the room as a whole. The black table is a 3 x 4 foot island that was handmade by an older gentlemen in our small town. It was made from reclaimed pine that was burned and then sealed. I love it. It is insanely heavy, but a fun addition. I stand up and work on a lot of my projects, so it has come in super handy.

I hope you liked visiting my space today and maybe got some ideas for your own space (big or small) in the process. Have a great week! -Toni

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Journaling with Lisa Dickinson

July 20, 2015

While I (Lisa) usually start my design process with the story, sometimes I’m stumped by what exactly to write in my journaling. My daughter recently starred in a theater production of Annie and there was so much about her experience that I wanted to document! I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and it was preventing me from creating a page about the event. Then I saw the list journal card in the July Kit and it inspired me to start the page with a list (because this style of journaling is usually very easy and low pressure!)

Using the red numbered list card as a guide, I typed out the 10 reasons my daughter rocked this role. I printed them on white card stock and then cut them into strips to adhere onto the card. (You could also easily type or write directly on the card!)

With my journaling complete, I laid out the rest of my design that features a 4×6 photo of her on stage. I used several pieces from the July kit, including the star cut files (I cut stars from the border file) that help reinforce my page theme.

While I will probably create lots more pages about this big event, I love how easy this first layout came together, thanks to the prompt from an Elle’s Studio card!

Products used: Elle’s Studio Exclusive July Kit, July Digital Cut Files, Acrylic Stars, Letter & Number Stickers – Teal, Shine Lil Snippets: Blank Labels

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Going BIG with your titles by Jennifer Chapin

July 16, 2015

Hello there! Jennifer Chapin here, and today I am sharing some layout inspiration with a “big title”. Elle challenged me to create a layout with a big title, and I had the perfect page in mind. Recently we picked up one of the new hot dog stuffed crust pizzas at my daughter’s request. The Let’s Eat collection was great for documenting it because of all the pizza themed embellishments!
I started by using an 8.5×11 piece of white cardstock as my background and made my title using my Silhouette and sketch pens. The font is Blackout. After making the title, I filled in some of the letters with patterned paper and others with watercolor.
Then I got to work on the background. I used the pizza clear stamp to make a pattern of pizzas in the background. Originally I was going to color them in but with the colorful title I thought they looked best left black and white.

I highlighted one of the pieces of pizza at the top with a wood veneer – which is the same size as the stamped image!I finished the layout off with a few die cuts and journaling from the collection. Thank you so much for coming by the blog today! I hope you have some inspiration now to scrap your good eats…and maybe with a big title too. Have a great day!

Products used: Let’s Eat Paper Collection, Cutouts, stickers, wood veneers, labels, and On The Menu stamp.

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Celebrate card by Jessy Christopher

July 15, 2015

Hello there!! Jessy here to share with you a card I created with the July exclusive kit + Weekend stamp. It’s pretty simple to create this card. First, you’ll need to stamp all the images on the weekend stamp in the middle of your cardstock. Basically I used the same composition that is in the stamp. Once that is done, I cut 2 strips of the same patterned paper and adhered at each corner of the cardstock. Finally, I completed my card with the July tags & labels. The celebrate tag was adhered with foam dots for dimension. I also added wood veneer stars to give interest to my card.
Supplies: July 2015 Elle’s Studio Exclusive Kit, Weekend Stamp, Let’s Eat Paper Collection

Thank you for letting me share today! Hope you are inspired to create a card today with your Elle’s Studio kit!

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Documenting the Fourth with Michelle Wedertz

July 11, 2015

Hello! Michelle here – I’m not an overly thematic scrapper-except when it comes to the Fourth of July! For this holiday all of my photos tend to be so dominated by red, white, and blue that it makes total sense to want to reach for the patriotic scrapbooking supplies.

Luckily for me, since I don’t have a lot of those supplies on hand, the July Kit had a great assortment of Fourth of July tags, cards, and embellishments and I was able to make my pages as festive as the photos.I hope this inspires you to get your Fourth of July photos scrapbooked as soon as your July kit arrives!

Products used: Exclusive July Kit, Acrylic Stars, and Let’s Eat – Stickers.

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Our July kit is here, along with coordinating extras!

July 10, 2015

Can you believe July is already here?! Time is flying and we hope you are having a wonderful summer! This month brings us another exciting kit – and it’s another BIG one with over 35 tags, designed exclusively by us, to help you share your stories on your scrapbooking layouts, Project Life album, cards, planners, and more! When designing our kits, we love to think of ideas that can be used as prompts to help make it easier for you to get your story started and documented!

Our July kit is loaded – here is what it looks like all laid out:July’s kit includes over 35 journaling tags and die cuts! Along with some vellum, too. It’s the perfect mix of everyday, celebration (that can be used to document the 4th of July holiday, party, or any type of celebration), and summer FUN! This is one of our most versatile kits to date!

Just a reminder that our kits are limited and once they sell out we will not be restocking. Last month’s kit sold out in 24 hours, and May’s went fast as well, so don’t delay! 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.

We also wanted to do something really special for YOU! This month, the first 150 kits purchased will receive this fun and FREE gift! This white acrylic piece cannot be purchased separately, and features my (Elle’s) own handwriting! We hope you guys love it and we want you to know how much we appreciate each one of you! We are so grateful for your support each month! *Please note: No coupon code is needed, we will automatically add it to your package when we ship. We will do our best to update the kit listing when the free gift is no longer available.

Along with our kit this month, we also have a coordinating stamp and acrylic stars! This is one of my favorite stamps – those fun starbursts can be added to any of the words in this set and there is even a FRIYAY stamp in there! And, then the stars are our first acrylic set to hit our shop – our design team has been loving them, so we hope you do, too!
We also have coordinating printables and cut files this month – once you download these files, you can use/print them over and over again!

Since today is the 10th, that 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 – They used all our new products this month! 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:

Make sure you check out the entire gallery to see all the amazing projects – There is a ton of beautiful inspiration in there to inspire you!

Thank you for joining us again this month!

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Sketch Thursday

July 9, 2015

Today’s sketch was inspired by the wonderfully talented Jen Chapin!

Her ‘Summer‘ layout is simple yet striking and oh so fun! I’m sure you’ll love to duplicate it.

Supplies: June 2015 Kit, Let’s Eat Paper Collection, So Sweet Stamp

For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the Shop, create a project inspired by today’s sketch, upload it to the Member gallery and leave a comment here with the link by July 22nd. A random winner will be selected and posted with the next sketch on July 23rd.

Our randomly selected winner this week is: lfane with her ‘Favorite‘ layout.

Congrats!! Please email us at info@shopellesstudio.com to claim your prize, with the following information:
Name & Address:
Contest: Sketch Thursday
Prize: $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate

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PROJECT LIFE

July 8, 2015

Today I am sharing a peek into my Summer Project Life album.I decided to use a smaller album to document the summer- and it has worked SO well. I am using a 6×8 album and documenting our favorite memories (not necessarily going on a week by week basis). It’s already so fun to look back at these memories from the beginning summer.One thing I like to add to my journaling cards are self drawn lines to highlight my journaling. This helps frame the journaling card and draw attention to the story.

I used the June 2015 kit to create this layout. I love the orange, blues and yellows in this kit!

I just love the watermelon journaling card- it’s the perfect journaling spot to document a favorite summer treat!

Supplies used: June 2015 Kit, Lets Eat Wood Veneers, Letter and Number Stickers- Yellow

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A sneak peek at what is coming July 10th

July 6, 2015

Happy July, everyone! Our next kit + extras launch is right around the corner and we are SO excited to bring you another exclusive kit that will be FULL of fun journaling and embellishment tags to help you capture your memories and document your stories.

Above and below are two sneak peeks of what’s in store for our July kit – We are LOVING how versatile this kit – it even has tags for documenting the 4th of July holiday but we have designed them so they can also be used for any celebration!

Just a reminder that these kits are limited and will not be restocked! Our May and June kits sold out pretty quickly, so make sure you don’t miss July! Our next launch will be this Friday, July 10th, at 8:00 am PST and don’t forget, if you purchase it on launch day (July 10th), you save $2 with our launch day special pricing!

Our next peek is of our coordinating July stamp and brand new acrylic pieces that will also be available on July 10th! These are so fun and the design team has been loving them, so we hope you do too!

Also! For the month of July we wanted to keep our summer celebration going and do something special just for YOU! This month, the first 150 kits purchased on July 10th will receive this fun and FREE gift! This white acrylic piece cannot be purchased separately and features Elle’s own handwriting!

We wanted to do something this month to say THANK YOU for all your amazing support – we wouldn’t be here without YOU and we are so grateful for that 🙂

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!

Happy July, everyone!

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Patriotic Card with Melissa Mann

July 1, 2015

Good Morning! This is Melissa Mann here with you today sharing a patriotic card I made with the very versatile July exclusive kit + extras that will be available on July 10th at 8:00 am PST.

To create this card, I cut a piece of Kraft cardstock to 4.25″x6″. I used the star digital file from June and cut it out using my Silhouette Cameo. Once it was cut out, I used blue and red watercolors on it. I stitched this down on the Kraft card stock using my sewing machine. I stitched a small red label down at the bottom from the “Let’s Eat” paper collection. I layered one of the vellum stars in the lower right hand corner and placed the 3×4 “Fireworks” card on top and stitched it down with my sewing machine – both from the July kit. To finish it off, I layered a few more stars from the July kit in the corners and then placed a few of the acrylic stars (from the July extras) around them.

Supplies: June Digital Star Cut File, Let’s Eat Paper Collection, July 2015 Elle’s Studio Exclusive Kit and July 2015 Acrylic Stars coming July 10th!

I hope you guys enjoyed this card and sneak peek of what is coming on July 10th! We hope you have a wonderful and very safe Fourth of July!

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