Precious Baby Cards by Danielle

May 6, 2015

Hello everyone! Today we are sharing these beautiful baby cards Danielle made using the Cienna collection.

She says: I’ve made two simple cards with the Cienna line, this line is so sweet and perfect for baby cards. On the first one, I loved the patchwork paper and wanted to use it in the background. I didn’t want to cover up too much of the pretty pattern, so I just added a few little layered die cuts from the Cienna Bits and Pieces package and some leaves cut from the Flowers paper. A little piece of twine on the tag and a little bundle of seam binding add a soft feel to the card.

The second card was also made with 3 different papers from the Cienna line– the Hello Beautiful paper, the Flowers paper and the Lots of Love paper. Added a Cienna wood veneer, twine and a few Bits and Pieces. The Sticker is from the Cienna stickers.

Layering papers/die cuts is made easy when you choose large, medium and small patterns in the papers and die cuts you chose to go together on your card! Varying scale will keep the look interesting, and by choosing a line to work with like the Cienna line, the hard work of mixing and matching patterns is already done for you! I hope this inspires you to use more patterned papers on your next card.

Thank you so much, Danielle!

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PROJECT LIFE

May 5, 2015

This week’s Project Life covers the week of March 16-22.I’m taking a step backwards in my album and allowing some extra time to “catch up” from weeks I missed this Spring.

I used a mixture of March and April’s Monthly Kits along with Cienna Collection to create a spring-themed layout.

I used the Morning/Afternoon/Evening card found in the April 2015 Kit to highlight our Monday activities (and specific activities of this particular day). I love the idea of sharing the “daily routine” of any specific day (because each day of the week’s routine might be totally different), and this is the perfect journaling card to highlight those thoughts.

We had a very busy weekend with many family events so I decided to dedicate half of the spread to documenting our weekend events. We had bridal showers and bachelor parties and the Cienna Collection was perfect for documenting it all!

Elle’s Studio Products Used: April 2015 Exclusive Kit, March 2015 Exclusive Kit, Cienna Word Labels, Cienna Journaling Tags, Cienna Bits and Pieces, Letter & Number Stickers- Yellow, Cienna Wood Veneer, Cienna Stickers, Hello 2015 Stamp

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Sneak peek and early release for our May kit!

May 4, 2015

We are 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 is just a tiny peek of what will be in our May kit!

May’s kit release will happen one day EARLY, on May 9th at 8:00 am PST, since Mother’s Day is on the 10th. We will keep the special launch day pricing up all weekend long, so make sure you are signed up for our newsletter and have your calendars marked! We will also be releasing a special stamp that coordinates with the kit and is perfect for using in your planner, too!

Happy May, everyone!

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A peek at Paper Camellia’s kits

May 4, 2015

Happy Monday, everyone! We have some exciting inspiration to share, but first we want to announce the winners from our NSD giveaway this weekend! The three winners are:

Rachel Ravenclaw
Kaysie
Rachael Taylor

Congrats, ladies! Please email us at info@shopellesstudio.com to claim your prize!

We are excited to share with you some beautiful kits and inspiration today! Our products from our Cienna collection where featured in Paper Camellia’s May kits and one of our design team members got to be their special guest!

First, let’s take a peek at two of their kits:The main kit features some beautiful products that coordinate with our products perfectly!

And, the same with their Everyday Life kit! I love what they have included!

Michelle got to work with their main kit and here are three layouts she made with it:Aren’t the beautiful? Very inspiring, Michelle!

We have even more great news – Paper Camellia would like to GIVE one of you a main kit! To enter to win, just leave a comment below! Only one entry per person, please! We’ll draw a winner and post here on our blog on Friday, May 8th!

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National Scrapbook Day Giveaway!

May 2, 2015

National Scrapbook Day is here and what could be better than a day OR weekend dedicated to the hobby we love! We are celebrating this special holiday with a HUGE giveaway here on our blog!

Wouldn’t it be awesome to WIN this HUGE box of goodies:
You may have seen us give these boxes away on Instagram, but now here’s your chance to win one on our blog! To enter to WIN one of these awesome boxes, just leave a comment below, here on our blog (one comment per person, please). We’ll draw three winners on Monday, May 4th, 2015!

Also, if you’re working on some fun projects this weekend, don’t forget to upload them to our member gallery – We pick one layout or project from our member gallery to spotlight on our blog on Sundays. The spotlighted member also receives a $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate – so, don’t wait any longer! Head on over to the gallery and upload your project today – make sure you tag the Elle’s Studio items used, too!

And we have one more exciting thing to share with you today – a sneak peek of our next exclusive launch!Our next launch will happen one day earlier than usual, on May 9th at 8:00 am PST. Since Mother’s Day is on the 10th, we wanted to launch it on the 9th, however, we will keep the launch day special pricing up all weekend long!! Make sure you subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know when it’s up for sale in our shop!

We wish everyone a lovely weekend and happy NSD!!

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Sketch Thursday

April 30, 2015

Happy Thursday, everyone! We thought we would mix things up today and post a fun card sketch to inspire you this week!

Our sketch is based off of Stephanie’s beautiful card, here:Stephanie says: “Mother’s Day is right around the corner so when I saw some of the mom themed tags in the printable this month I knew I wanted to make them into a card. I paired it with some of the patterned paper from the Cienna collection and a few other embellishments from my stash to create the card sentiment. I sewed everything down and around the border of the card for some added interest.”

Products used: Cienna Paper Collection, and How Lucky Printables.

Thanks so much for inspiring us today, Stephanie! I love all the fun layers in this card!

Now it’s your chance to play! Create a project (layout, card, etc.) based off today’s sketch and upload it to our Member Gallery for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to our shop! Leave a comment here with the link to your Member Gallery post by May 13th. A random winner will be selected and posted with the next sketch on May 14th.

Congrats to this week’s winner, SandiPressley!

We love how you used our Cienna collection to create this fun layout! 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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Custom watercolored tags for your Project Life album

April 29, 2015

Hi! Rachel here today with a super quick project to add some fun watercolor cards to your Project Life pages. I love quick and easy watercoloring and I like to have a stash on hand ready to slip into my pocket pages.

Using white watercolor paper (I prefer the bright white variety as it matches all the Elle’s Studio products the best), quickly wet a 3″ x 4″ card with a generous amount of water. I found when doing these that the wetter the paper, the better – the watercolor mixed much easier. Next, wet your brush and pick up some vibrant shades of paint – using colors that will suit the style of your own projects. I carefully adhere these to my paper trimmer with washi tape and left them to dry (I wanted to avoid too much paint pulling towards the edges).

Products used: Cienna Wood Veneers, Happiness Stamp, Bits & Pieces; Shine Happiness Is Stamp; April Exclusive Kit; Letter & Number Stickers – White

Once the cards are dry you have a perfect background to create some fun accent cards. You can leave them blank and use them whenever you need! I chose to embellish them now with some stamping and products from the Cienna line & the April kit – I know all of these will come in handy for a layout soon as they all fit the style of my album. I kept them very simple – the idea for this project was quick & easy filler cards and these were done in a no time at all.

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PROJECT LIFE

April 28, 2015

Today we are sharing two beautiful Project Life Spreads from Jen Chapin and Alissa Fast. I love how they both used Elle’s Studio products on their smaller scaled Project Life pages!

First we have Jennifer Chapin sharing a beautiful page from her album. She shares, “I am always trying to mix up the pages in my Project Life album. This week, I decided to go with a 6×12 format and the change was really fun! I mostly used tags and cards from the April exclusive kit, with a few pieces from the Cienna collection.

I also tried my hand at one of the new Project Life fuse tools and created a diagonal pocket to house some sequins. It is so easy to use and adds such a great touch.

Products used: Elle’s Studio April 2015 Kit, Cienna Paper Collection, Cienna Stickers, Letters & Numbers- Yellow

Next Alissa has a beautiful Project Life spread to share with us today!

Elle’s products are so perfect for Project Life. If you are short on photos, cut out or use journaling tags to add big titles on the spread with the PERFECT Letter & Numbers stickers.

Perfect for Project Life spreads of any size, even my small scale 6×8 pages.

Products used: Cienna Paper Collection, Cienna Journaling Tags, Cienna Bits & Pieces, Cienna Wood Veneer, April 2015 Exclusive Kit, Letters & Numbers – Red, White

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Step-by-Step layout tutorial with Paige Evans

April 27, 2015

Paige is back with another step-by-step tutorial for us! This fun 12 x 12 layout features two banners that go edge-to-edge and hold a ton of tags, embellishments, and special memories!

Here’s how she says this layout came together:
1. Start placing the April kit die cuts and printables in two slight curves across the “B” side of Cienna Flowers paper. Don’t adhere anything down quite yet, just figure out the basic placement.

2. Add a photo to the banner mix, then lightly adhere things in place.

3. Use a sewing machine to straight stitch across the tops of the banners to complete the banner look.

4. Die cut the “Happy Moments” digital cut file from white cardstock then adhere it with foam dots.

5. Use more foam dots underneath the die cuts and banner pieces.

6. The pop dots help elevate the pieces off the page a bit to create dimension and shadows.

7. Write journaling in an empty space with a light gray pen.

Products used: Cienna Paper Collection, Stickers; April Exclusive Kit, How Lucky Printables, and April Digital Cut Files

We are loving this layout so much, Paige! Such a fun way to capture special moments and it was so fun to see it come together – thank you for sharing with us today! If this layout has inspired you, make sure you share your creations with us in our Member Gallery!

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GUEST DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT: CARSON RIUTTA

April 26, 2015

I am happy to introduce you to our April Guest Designer, Carson Riutta!Carson has a beautiful gallery this month! We are so pleased to have her with us this month and are so inspired by her work! I love her clean and bright pocket page layout and the stitching on her “Hello Beautiful” card is just incredible! Let’s take a minute to get to know Carson better.

Name : Carson Riutta

Location: Apex, North Carolina

Blog : Pineandplum.com

Twitter : PineandPlum

Instagram: @pineandplum

3 Favorite Elle’s Studio products: Cienna Happiness Stamp, Lots of Love Wood Veneer, and Cienna Stickers.

What are three products you can’t live without?
1. Journaling cards. They are so great for card fronts, mini-albums, layouts and of course pocket scrapbooking. So many of my projects start with a well designed journaling card as the focal point and inspiration.
2. Hearts. In any form hearts are my go-to embellishment. I like them small, colorful and sticky.
3. Chipboard frames. I have about a million of these and love to make quick cards with them. A frame, a journaling card, some small embellishments and you’re done! Frames are also fabulous for highlighting your journaling on a layout.

Where do you scrapbook?
I share an office with my husband in the front room of our home, a room that is supposed to be the formal dining room. It has amazing natural light and is large enough to house my crafting collection. I manage to keep all my tools and supplies housed in my Ikea Magiker Sideboard, my Ikea Expedit Desk and a sweet little rolling cart from World Market. If I start to outgrow these three storage units, then I know it’s time to purge.

What do you listen to/watch while scrapbooking?
I’ve found that I can’t watch anything while creating and I’ve just recently started listening to music. The music has really helped me to stay focused and get in the zone. I’m pretty unadventurous when it comes to music so I usually stick with my iTunes library on shuffle (all music from my college days) or I’ll turn on the iTunes Brandi Carlile Radio Station.

What is your favorite color combination?
I’ve really been trying to branch out lately to make sure that I use all my supplies, but if I had my way I would probably always use some sort of pink and mint combo. Although my favorite color is yellow.

What/who inspires you?
When I sit down to create I’m most inspired by the products in front of me. If for some reason I’m hitting a creative block I usually start perusing my favorite galleries online and I always find inspiration within my first five minutes of looking. I am so thankful for all the amazing papercrafters out there who are sharing their work with the rest of us.

Thanks so much for joining us this month, Carson!

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