PROJECT LIFE: SPRING BREAK

April 14, 2015

Today I am sharing a spread that covers our Spring Break Week (roughly Friday March 27-Saturday April 4). I am happy with this method of not being so strict with one spread representing one calendar week. I love having the vacation represented on one full page instead of worrying about the calendar dates.Our Spring Break was packed with many different activities. We drove from the mid-west to Florida, and enjoyed several stops along the way. This spread is literally a brief overview of the highlights of our vacation.

The April 2015 Exclusive Kit is a phenomenal kit for documenting Spring Break or any type of vacation. The colors worked wonderfully with the beach/Florida theme! I also LOVED the tiny Monday-Friday flag tags that I could place on photos to document the day.

I knew I wanted to use the yellow triangle tag as my “date/title card”. Initially I was going to print a few photos to place into the triangles, however I wasn’t getting the sizing right on the photos. I decided to instead outline the triangles and journal some trip highlights in the triangles. I love how it turned out!

We visited the Coke Museum in Atlanta on our way to Florida and I included the Coke label that was on plastic bag. I love that it a large transparent statement– and I just love the Coke font!

One of my favorite journaling cards in the April 2015 Exclusive Kit is the 4×6 Morning/Afternoon/Evening Card. It was PERFECT to document the surprise overnight we took to Disney during our vacation. We packed a lot into the day but it’s all documented on that card. I added a few small photos to the journaling card so that it wouldn’t be so text heavy.

I hope this gives you some ideas of how the April 2015 kit would be perfect to document your Spring Break or vacations!Elle’s Studio Products Used: Elle’s Studio’s April 2015 Kit, Cienna Journaling Tag, Shine Lil Snippets- Highlights, Cienna Wood Veneers, Letter & Number Stickers- Red, Lots of Love Wood Veneers

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Project Life Process Video by Toni From

April 13, 2015

It’s Toni here today and I would like to share with y’all how I documented the first half of March using pocket style scrapbooking. One thing I love about this method of memory keeping is that it is such a time saver. Once I pulled all of my favorite Elle’s Studio supplies together, and my basic tools, I was ready to go. I was able to document seven different memories in approximately 30 minutes, and I love the result.
My left page shows a fun spring photo of our pergola that I just really liked, a photo and story of our daughter at softball tryouts, and the kiddos having breakfast with their besties at our house. Three photos, two stories documented, and some fun Elle’s studio cards, stamps, cork, stickers, and wood veneer thrown in there to help accentuate my pages.
The right page has some longer stories typed directly onto the photos, but I also managed to squeeze in another story onto a great journaling card from the April Kit. I included photos about repainting the second (yes second) blue dresser for our foyer, bulbs just starting to pop up from our flower beds, a great photo of my daughter asleep outside on the patio, and another patio shot of just what it looks like right before we get ready for warm weather. The leaf wood veneer from the Cienna wood veneers on top of the Striped card from the April kit, I think is my favorite part. Stripes are my favorite. 🙂

I also have created a video to show your my Project Life process in more detail…you can find that link HERE.

I hope my pocket pages are inspiring you to pull out your favorite Elle’s studio supplies, photos, and document some of your memories. We would love to see what you create, please be sure to post it in the Elle’s Studio member gallery.

Products used: Elle’s Studio April kit; How Lucky Printables; Cienna wood veneer, cutouts, stickers; Hello 2015 Stamps, stickers, cork, Love You More wood veneer, Letter and number stickers in yellow and light pink

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Dish up something special with our new “Let’s Eat” collection!

April 13, 2015

Are you ready to dish up something special?! We are so excited to debut our new collection to you – get ready to document everything yummy with our “Let’s Eat” collection!

Our Let’s Eat collection has six 12 x 12 double sided papers, cutouts, snippets, journaling tags, bits and pieces, wood veneers, stickers, and lots of stamps! This new collection starts shipping to stores in May so make sure you call your local scrapbook store or email your favorite online store and request this collection! We will also be stocking it in our store in June.

Did you see those wood veneers?! We’d love to know what your favorite part of the collection is! Make sure you leave a comment letting us know, here on the blog!

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Our April kit has arrived, along with Grab Bags!

April 10, 2015

Happy April, everyone! Spring is in full swing and we’ve got just the kit you need to help you document your memories and share your stories with! April’s kit is full of tags, exclusively designed by us, to help you share your stories in your scrapbooking layouts, Project Life albums, cards, 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!

This month, our April kit (shown above) is packed full with over 33 journaling, die cuts, and embellishment tags, labels, and a vellum shape. 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.

We also have coordinating cut files and printables this month:

And, we are also offering some GRAB BAGS this month! This only happens twice a year so now is your chance to stock up and save BIG!

This time, there are three different types of grab bags to choose from, and you can purchase more than one and not receive duplicate items! Here’s all the details:

Scrapbooking Grab Bag: This bag may contain cutouts, snippets, bits and pieces, journaling tags, stickers, wood veneers, stamps, etc. It will NOT contain any 12 x 12 papers. You can purchase two Scrapbook Grab Bags without receive duplicate items, three or more and you will receive duplicate items. Our Scrapbooking Grab Bags are $12 and have a retail value of $40+.

Stamp Grab Bag: If you love stamps, this is your bag! This bag contains $48+ worth of stamps and is $15 while supplies last! Stamps will be from our collections, and from our exclusive releases. You can purchase two Stamp Grab Bags without receive duplicate stamps, three or more and you will receive duplicate stamps.

Journaling Tag Grab Bag: These bags contain journaling tags, only. There will be a mix of tags from our collections and monthly kits. Each bag contains 15 3×4 inch tags, and 8 4×6 inch tags and you can purchase four bags without receiving duplicate tags, five or more and you will receive duplicate tags. Each Journaling Tag Grab Bag is $3.00 while supplies last!

*Please note: None of our bags include items from our newly released Cienna collection.

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 are also so excited to have Carson Riutta as our special guest this month! Carson has an amazing eye for detail and we love the way her projects come together! Plus, you’ll have to check out the gallery to see how she used our April kit + Cienna collection! There are so many awesome ideas to inspire you!

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

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PROJECT LIFE: EASTER

April 7, 2015

Today I am sharing how I documented Easter using pocket style pages!

One thing that I love about this method of scrapbooking is that even if I am a little bit behind I can jump ahead, document something that is most current, and go back and fill in the gaps later. I find I am most inspired by recent photos, stories, and events. Sometimes that is just the inspiration I need to go back and get caught up as well.

This spread focuses on this past Easter Sunday. I used the Elle’s Studio March 2015 Kit and pieces from the Cienna Collection (which are perfect colors for an Easter or Spring themed spread!).

We did not visit the Easter Bunny on Easter Sunday, but rather, a few weeks prior. I decided to include the story and photo on this spread instead of including it on the actual week it happened. I am trying to allow myself to not be so limited to chronological and date-focused documenting. And I love the result of all Easter and Easter related photos are all on one page.

Elle’s Studio Products Used: Elle’s Studio March 2015 Kit, Cienna Blank Labels, Cienna Happiness Stamp, Cienna Stickers, Cienna Wood Veneers, Cienna Journaling Tags, Letter and Number Stickers- Light Pink, A Bushel and Peck Stamp, Numbers Stamp

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Sneak peek of our exclusive kit for April

April 6, 2015

Do you have your calendar marked for our next launch on April 10th? 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 share your stories. Above is just a tiny peek at what will be in April’s kit – and don’t forget, if you purchase it on launch day (April 10th), you save $2 with our launch day special pricing!

We also wanted to give you an extra peek at what will be available on the 10th this month:GRAB BAGS! We usually only do grab bags twice a year, so this is your chance to stock up and save! This time around, we will have scrapbooking grab bags, stamp only grab bags, and journaling tag (3×4/4×6 inch) grab bags!

If you haven’t already joined our newsletter list make sure you do NOW! You’ll be one of the first to receive a reminder when everything goes live in our shop on April 10th at 8:00 am PST!

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Sketch Thursday

April 2, 2015

Today’s sketch was inspired by Jill’s Springtime Evidence layout. It’s a trusty grid design full of layers and little details.

Michelle is joining us today with her take on the sketch. I love how she followed the sketch very closely with a simpler approach. Gorgeous layout!

Michelle said: I am always inspired by a grid design and used it as an opportunity to use multiple photos. I found that the colors in the photos went really well with the beautiful yellow and pinks from the new Cienna collection, so I went through and picked out possible papers, tags, and embellishments in those colors. I trimmed down a 3×4 journaling card to use as my title and embellished lightly with a few tags and a flower. I really enjoyed working with this weeks sketch!

Supplies: Cienna Stickers; Cienna Bits and Pieces; Cienna Journaling Tags; Cienna Paper Collection Pack.

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 April 15th. A random winner will be selected and posted with the next sketch on April 16th.

Randomly selected winner is tpgirl with her layout Hello Tawas! Please email info@shopellesstudio.com the following info:

Name & Address:
Contest: Sketch 03.19.2015
Prize: $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate

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PROJECT LIFE

March 31, 2015

Today I am sharing a pocket page spread that highlights my daughter’s recent birthday party!

A few weeks ago I documented two weeks in one spread, and today I am highlighting one day in a spread. That’s what’s so great about the pocket page scrapbooking– there are no set rules in how you formulate the pages. You can highlight a day, week, 2 weeks, or month on a page. Anything works!

We recently had my daughter’s birthday party– it was a Frozen theme (of course!) and we even had two special guests, Anna and Elsa, join us. We went ALL OUT for this party so I had to take time and space to include photos and thoughts in our album.

I used a combination of Cienna, Winter Ephemera Pack, and Shine to create this layout. Elle’s Studio Products Used: Cienna: Paper Pack Collection, Cienna- Stickers, Cienna Word Labels, Cienna- Journaling Tags, Cienna: Bits and Pieces, Cienna: Hello Stamp, Winter Ephemera Pack, Numbers Stamp, Shine: Journaling Tags

We’d love to see your Project Life album! Make sure you upload what you are working on to our gallery and tag the Elle’s Studio products that you used. We feature our members projects every Sunday, so make sure you check back to see if you project is being spotlighted in our “Project Spotlight” blog series. Each person that is spotlighted will also receive a $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate to use in our shop!

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Project Spotlight – March 29th

March 29, 2015

Congrats to this week’s Project Spotlight winner, ScissorsGlueAndPaper! We loved seeing our new Cienna collection in action in this cute layout! 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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Step-by-Step layout tutorial with Paige Evans

March 26, 2015

Paige is sharing another fabulous layout tutorial with us today! Can you believe this layout can be broken down and completed in six simple steps?!

Here’s how Paige said it came together:1. Cut a bunch of the flowers from the March cut files from white cardstock and leave everything on the mat. 2. Watercolor over the flowers and leaves using pinks, greens, yellow, and blue.3. Carefully peel off the flowers and leave the inside pieces here and there. (I added tape to the back to make moving the flowers around easier). 4. Start arranging the flowers down the center of your layout. I covered the right half of the Cienna “Adorable” paper with white cardstock.5. Adhere a photo and journal on a March exclusive tag using a pen. 6. Drop white acrylic paint three places around the layout. Products used: March exclusive kit, March cut files, Cienna paper, Cienna wood veneer, and Letter & Number stickers – mint.

Such an amazing and inspiring layout, Paige! It was so fun to see it come together and I’m excited about the possibility to use these same techniques for card making for either Easter or Mother’s Day, too!

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