Happy Moments Card Tutorial by Daniela Dobson

June 20, 2015

Daniela is sharing a fun card tutorial with us today – here is a step by step of how she made this beautiful Happy Moments card!

1. Cut a piece of watercolor paper to 4 x 5 1/4 inches. Stamp the cross design with VersaMark ink.

2. Heat emboss using turquoise embossing powder.

3. Apply water to the cardstock and then add color. Once it’s dry add splatters of the same color.

4. Using a stencil, apply white modeling paste to the card. Stitch the piece of watercolor paper to the 4 1/4 x 5 1/2” card base. Layer different tags as shown and stitch to the card.

5.Adhere vellum and “happy moments” tag. Add sequins.

Supplies used: So Sweet Stamp, Cienna Blank Labels, Cienna Bits and Pieces, and Elle’s Studio June 2015 kit

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Cards with Rachel

June 17, 2015

Today we are sharing this super cool card created by Rachel:

When I saw the sherbet-colored tag in the Let’s Eat – Bits and Pieces set, I knew it had to be a focal point on a card – I just adore the colors and the style. I wanted to keep it the star of the show so I kept the rest very simple. I used the ‘Hey Honey’ tag from the June kit for my sentiment and added a little cluster of embellishments around it.

I misted a piece of cardstock using a hexagon mask and similar sherbet colored mists. I popped the tag up on this misted cardstock rectangle and adhered the whole panel to a kraft card base with foam tape. Easy peasy and lots of bright colors for a cheerful summer card!

I love this card, Rachel! It’s perfect for summer.Thank you so much for sharing 🙂

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PROJECT LIFE: SUMMER

June 16, 2015

Today I am sharing the first few pages in my summer Project Life album.

I thought long and hard about how I wanted to document our summer, and what I want it to look like. There are so many exciting and wonderful things about summer. But the pace is FAST and many of our days look similar (we are always at the pool!). I knew a standard 12×12 album would be too overwhelming for me to undertake, so I opted to use a 6×8 Handbook album!

I was already excited and knew I made the right choice after creating only the first few pages. For my opening page I used the “Summer” Journaling Card from our June 2015 Kit. The photo is of our kids on the morning of the last day of school! Such mixed emotions (for me) on the last day of school!

My mom, sister, and sister-in-law surprised my daughter with a special girls night to watch Peter Pan on stage at a local dinner theatre to celebrate the end of school (don’t worry, my son got a separate special night with my husband:). I used a combination of products from the Let’s Eat collection, and the June 2015 Kit. I also used the new So Sweet Stamp

I used the new Good Times Printables on the back side of the collage page. I love the large circle and the yellow journaling card (that I trimmed down). This page was just a quick overview of highlights during the week. I am already loving how easy and fun it is to put together this book!

Elle’s Studio’s June 2015 Kit, Good Times Printables, Let’s Eat Wood Veneers, Let’s Eat- Yummy Details Stamp, Let’s Eat Paper Collection Pack, Let’s Eat-Stickers, Hello 2015 Stickers, Letter and Number Stickers- Mint, Letter and Number Stickers- Yellow, Letter and Number Stickers- Woodgrain

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GUEST DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT: CANDI BILLMAN

June 13, 2015

We are thrilled to introduce you to our June Guest Designer, Candi Billman!

Candi created beautiful planner pages using our June 2015 kit. Be sure to check out her full gallery for more inspiration (I am loving how she made a menu planner with our Let’s Eat collection)! Now, let’s get to know Candi a little better!

Name: Candi Billman

Location: Rockford, Illinois

Blog: www.filoeyecandi.com

3 Favorite ES Products: Cienna Paper Collection Pack, Let’s Eat-Good Eats Stamp, and Letter & Number Stickers-Woodgrain

Why did you start scrapbooking and how did you get started?
Let me start with how it all started…I bought my very first rubberstamp back in 1992 and began to create my own handmade cards. I was hooked!!! Rubberstamping branched out into scrapbooking…making mini books and also project life. I love the hobby so much…let’s me unwind and it’s a great way to get those photos into books! Plus the friendships I have made through this fun hobby…priceless!

What are three products you can’t live without?
Adhesive, Washi Tape and Clear Stamps

Where do you scrapbook?
My crafty space is in our unfinished basement. It is nothing fancy by any means, but it makes me happy!!! My favorite part about my space is my pegboard. I am on a few different design teams and I have the product from each company up on my pegboard, so when it’s time to create…I have it all in front of me! I also have several book bookshelves that stores more embellishments and tools.

What do you listen to/watch while scrapbooking?
I am either listening to itunes or iheartradio app on my ipad! Gotta have some music!!!

Do you record every moment or just special ones?
I usually just record special ones, but for the past couple of years I have been jotting down lots of everyday moments inside my planner!

Thank you so much for inspiring us, Candi!

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Painting Die Cuts by Lisa Dickinson

June 12, 2015

I love the versatility that die cuts have in the design process!. You can size them to fit exactly the space you need, and cut them out of any material suitable for your page. And even though it requires an electronic means to produce them, it’s easy to give them a handmade touch with paints. Here’s my favorite (i.e., super easy!) way to customize die cut shapes.
1. Select the die cuts you want on your page and edit/resize in your cutting software. Cut shapes from white card stock and leave the sheet on the adhesive backing when complete. Most die cuts are a bit delicate, and keeping them on the cut sheet when painting makes it easier to cover the whole shape with color without making too big of a mess!

2. Use your favorite media to add color to your shapes. I used a mix of watercolor paints and watered down acrylic paint, as well as some spray inks (just remove the spray lid and dip your brush right in for more saturated colors!) Don’t worry about the paper buckling – it will flatten back out when it dries. And if you want a really smooth piece, you can always run a warm iron (with no steam) over the piece after you remove it from the cut sheet.

3. Once dry, carefully remove your painted pieces from the cut sheet and discard the surrounding card stock. You can stick them to your page with adhesive, or use stitching for an added handmade touch.

Then just add whatever photos, papers and embellishments you want to finish your design! I combined some of the smaller Elle’s Studio tags and stamps, as well as some shapes punched from the patterned papers, on top of my painted die cuts. I love the colorful result!

Products used: Let’s Eat Paper Collection, Shine Paper Collection, Shine Bits & Pieces, Shine Lil’ Snippets: Blank Labels, Shine Happiness Is stamp, March Cut File

There are so many great cut files available at Elle’s Studio and using this technique, you can customize them to fit any page theme. Try it next time you want a completely unique element in your design!

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Sketch Thursday

June 11, 2015

Hello everyone. We’re back with a super fun sketch today and I hope you love it as much as I do. It was inspired by an ad I saw on Instagram recently…

For my layout, I flipped the design to fit my picture better. I used several papers from the Cienna Collection and very few other embellishments. I love how the soft colors and patterns on this collection don’t make the layout look too busy or clash with the picture.

Supplies: Elle’s Studio June 2015 kit, Cienna Paper Collection, Miscellaneous Cork Bits

I’m excited to see what you guys create with this sketch!

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 June 24th. A random winner will be selected and posted with the next sketch on June 25th.

Our randomly selected winner this week is: DJ with her beautiful I adore you card. 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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Our June kit is here, along with a sale and free shipping!

June 10, 2015

Happy June! Are you ready for summer?! We are excited to bring to you another exclusive kit to help you document your fun memories! Our June kit is our LARGEST KIT ever, 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! You can even use the tags as journaling prompts to help you get your story started, and the embellishment tags to embellish your photos!

June’s kit includes over 38 journaling tags and die cuts! I’m loving the colors this month and really excited about the 3 x 3 inch tags and the vellum popsicles this month for sure! Also, that little bee has stolen my heart! Major heart eyes after those tags! Just a reminder that our kits are limited and once they sell out we will not be restocking. May’s kit sold out REALLY FAST last month, 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.

This month we also have a new stamp! This stamp coordinates with some of the tags in the kit, but also works on it’s own, and even has some sentiments for our planner friends, or for you to create your own journaling tags and patterns! It is so FUN!! I’m saving that “travelogue” stamp for our next trip for sure – I can’t wait to use it to document a big trip or even a day trip!

And, we also have coordinating cut files and printables this month – once you download these files, they can be used over and over again:

Are you ready for even more awesome news?!We just added a bunch of new items to our retiring section and they are now on sale, along with a couple of bundle specials that will have you ready to scrapbook all summer long! We are clearing some room for all the new items coming in the next couple weeks and months. Some of these retiring items just have a few sets left and will go quickly!

But, the best part is… We wanted to start off summer with a FREE SHIPPING special!All orders, USA and INTERNATIONAL, that are $30+ will ship for free with the coupon code SUMMERLOVE – this is one awesome deal that you don’t want to miss! It’s a great time to stock up on our brand new collection Let’s Eat, Cienna, and more! *Offer not valid on wholesale orders. Offer expires on June 15th, 2015.

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, you can bookmark your favorites, leave comments and see close ups of our design team’s projects, too:We have a special guest joining us this month! Say hello to Candi Billman – also known as Filoeyecandi on Instagram! Candi creates beautiful planner spreads that will have you so excited to start the week! We are thrilled to have her on board, this month, working with our products in her planner! Make sure you check out the entire gallery to see her projects, plus our design teams creations! There is a ton of amazing inspiration in there to inspire you!

Thank you so much for joining us for another exciting launch day!

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Pizza! Layout by Jill Sprott

June 8, 2015

Ask anyone who knows me: I love pizza. When I say “love,” I am referring to the always-hungry, always-craving kind of love, of the obsessive variety. Yes, I love pizza in a Criminal Minds kind way. I just can’t get enough. Neither can the pizza-lover who designed the new Elle’s Studio Let’s Eat collection, apparently. It’s absolutely packed with pizza-themed elements, as this layout proves.

I began the layout by focusing on a photo that I took of a glorious, piping hot pizza pie. Initially, I wished that the photo had been taken before my daughter and I snagged the first of the slices, but in looking at that empty space where only the box liner remained, I realized that this would be a great place to add the journaling. I did so using the text tool in Photoshop, and then printed the photo.

The color scheme of the layout is based on the delectable colors in the photo — red tomato sauce and pepperoni, gray mushrooms, toasty light brown crust, and yellow layers of cheese. I dipped into the Let’s Eat Paper Collection Pack and cut strips from sheets of “Yum,” “Meal Planner,” and “Five Stars” papers, placing them vertically across the page, behind the photo. Knowing how much I love pizza, you won’t be shocked when I tell you that I still felt I needed more of it on the page, so I created my own pattern using the pizza stamp in the “On the Menu” stamp set.

On the right side of the page, I added additional stamping using word stamps from the multiple (!) Let’s Eat stamp sets, and then worked in accents from the collection, one of which is a pizza wood veneer shape that is quite possibly the best accent that has ever existed in all of craftdom.

As a finishing touch, I stitched around the photo and over some of the accents. Upon completing the layout, I suggested pizza for dinner, and though my husband groaned, I can’t say that he was surprised.

Products used: Let’s Eat Bits and Pieces, Cutouts, Stickers, Good Eats Stamp, On the Menu Stamp, We Ate Here Stamp, Wood Veneers, Paper Collection Pack

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Project Spotlight – June 7th

June 7, 2015

Congrats to this week’s Project Spotlight winner, cyy1024! How fun is this Project Life spread?! We loved seeing our Cienna collection in action here and how she used those journaling tags! Check your email for your $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate to use in our shop!

And, don’t forget that you can head on over to her gallery to check it out and you can even add it to your favorites by logging into your account and clicking on the “I (heart) this!” button.

You never know when your project will be chosen to be spotlighted! Each week we pick a new project out of our member gallery to spotlight. For your chance to be spotlighted and to win a $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate, just upload your project to our member gallery and tag the Elle’s Studio item(s) used.

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A sneak peek at what is coming June 10th

June 4, 2015

June is already here and we are so excited it’s SUMMER!! How about you? If you are excited as we are and ready to document all your adventures, then you are going to love our limited edition June kit + stamp! Above is a sneak peek at our kit for June that will be the LARGEST kit we have ever done! This kit is packed full of over 38 journaling tags and embellishments!

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

Our next peek is of our coordinating June stamp – and oh my goodness, this stamp has so many uses!

It’s so FUN! And, I cannot wait for you to see how our Design Team has used it, too! It works for summer, travel, journaling tags, planners, etc.! These stamps are also a limited run, so make sure you shop early!

We just added a bunch of new items to our retiring section and they will all be on sale on the 10th, too, along with a couple of bundle specials that will have you ready to scrapbook all summer long! We are clearing some room for all the new items coming in the next couple weeks and months. Some of these retiring items just have a few sets left!

And, are you ready for the best part? We wanted to start off summer with a FREE SHIPPING special!

All orders, USA and INTERNATIONAL, that are $30+ will ship for free with the coupon code SUMMERLOVE – this is one awesome deal that you don’t want to miss! It’s a great time to stock up on our brand new collection Let’s Eat, Cienna, and more! *Offer not valid on wholesale orders. Offer starts June 10th, 2015 and expires on June 15th, 2015.

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!

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