SKETCH THURSDAY

March 27, 2014

Welcome back to sketch Thursday. Today’s sketch was inspired by Jenny Evan’s Lollipop layout from this month’s gallery.

Creative member Kay is back this week with another stunning layout.

Kay says: Here are my girls, spending time together on the oldest’s last trip home. What a fun sketch to work with! I loved the bold triangles splitting this page in two. I expect to use this technique again and again. I chose to jazz up the top a bit, but otherwise stayed true to the original.

For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the Shop create a project inspired by this sketch, upload it to our Member Gallery and post a link here. A random winner will be selected and announced with next week’s sketch.

Last week’s randomly selected winner is…AnnaIgnatenko!

Congratulations!! Please email michelle@shopellesstudio.com the following info:

Name & Address:
Contest: Sketch 03.20.14
Prize: $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate

Elle’s Studio Products Used:

Everyday Moments – Paper Collection Pack

Everyday Moments – Bits and Pieces

Everyday Moments – Wood Veneers

Everyday Moments – Lil’ Snippets – Remember

Everyday Moments – Lil’ Snippets – Labels

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PROJECT LIFE MEMBER GALLERY SPOTLIGHT

March 26, 2014

Today we have three fabulous Project Life spreads to share from our member gallery!

This Project Life spread is by sj95014. I love her use of color and of every day items. It’s truly a mix of daily life— totally fabulous.

This layout is by Padni and I just adore her light and airy colors. Such a sweet, bright way to document a little one— they change so fast! I love this!!

This layout is by mebutterfly17. I love how she put an Elle’s Studio receipt in her layout! Also the use of the frame and tiny tag is perfect for a Valentine’s Day Spread.

Congratulations ladies! Please contact michelle@shopellesstudio.com with the following information:

Name/Address:

Contest: Project Life Member Gallery Spotlight March

Prize: $5 GC

We would love to feature YOU on our blog! Just upload your Project Life Spread in ourMember Gallery and you may be featured!

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WINNERS

March 26, 2014

We are happy to share a few winners from our Guest Designer giveaways!

Congratulations to “sandy sh” as the winner of Stephanie Howell’s favorites and to tpgirl as the winner of Amy Tan’s Favorites.

Please send the following information to michelle@shopellesstudio.com with the following information:

Name/Address:

Contest: Guest Designer Giveaway

Prize: Stephanie Howell’s Favorites: Penelope Bits & Pieces, Cameron Tidbits, Saltwater Large and Medium Journaling Tags

–or–

Amy Tan’s Favorites: Good Times Stamp, Love You More bits and pieces, Love You More journaling tags

Congrats!

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SPRING CARDS

March 25, 2014

It’s a Springs cards kinda Tuesday 🙂 Hello everyone! We have a few Spring cards to share with you today feauturing Elle’sStudio March 2014 kit:

Our awesomely talented team played along again and created these gorgeous cards.

Jenny:

Patricia:

Waleska:

Time is running out for our 7th birthday special – every order (over $5) placed in March will receive a freebie – so that means every kit order will receive one! Get yours today.

Elle’s Studio Products Used:

March 2014 Kit

Good Times Wood Veneer

Everyday Moments – Paper Collection Pack

Everyday Moments – Wood Veneers

Love You More – Paper Collection Pack

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PROJECT LIFE

March 25, 2014

This week’s Project Life covers the week of March 10-16th.

This week, I decided to add more “extra found items” into my spread. My regular “go to” are my photos, which I love, but there is also something special about these bits and pieces of life scattered in the album.

I added packaging from a new candle, packaging from the Frozen DVD (which pretty much feels like the theme of our winter!), and packaging from Girl Scout Thin Mints. The colors here went with my green, blue and turquoise theme.

I had to document my son’s appointment with the allergist. We had to do some testing to find out if he was allergic to shellfish or not. He talked about Shrimp all week. When he found out he was NOT allergic he was jumping up and down in the doctors office– you would have thought someone told him he wasn’t allergic to candy.

I highlighted this by using alpha letters that spelled “shrimp” and arranging them in a pocket alone. I used adhesive on the back of the letters and used a pencil to help arrange the letters in place, beginning with the last letter. I also stapled two of the letters into place.

We want to feature your Project Life album! During the last week of each month we will be featuring a couple Project Life spreads that caught our eye in the Member Gallery. We will be posting Project Life spreads on our blog tomorrow! If your spread is featured we will be sending you a $5 gift card to use in our store. Good Luck!

March 2014 Kit	Everyday Moments – Cutouts	Good Times Wood Veneer	Everyday Moments – Journaling Tags
Everyday Moments: Paper Pack	Everyday Moments – Bits and Pieces	Let it Snow! Wood Veneer

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Capture Life – A Daily Capture

March 24, 2014

Today’s Capture Life continues with my favorite thing to capture: the everyday moments.

At the beginning of the month, I challenged my facebook friends to join me in a daily photo challenge. It was simple; take one photo everyday of something from your everyday life and share it. I called it “Shoot and Share”. It has become not only a way for me to do a little daily shooting during this cold month but also allows me to write a little bit about the photo that I am sharing and what it means to me. A photo holds so many memories and details and while one person may simply look at it and see say “a barn”, I see the place where I planted my first rhubarb plants in hopes they will make it another year. Preserve that : Record it.

As fun as it has been to share these with everyone, it’s also been important to preserve these memories in my Project Life album.
Here is an insert from my album using the March Tag Kit, the March Cut Files, a few wood veneers as well as bits and pieces from the Everyday Moments and 2014 Collection :

When I typically use my Silhouette to cute out files I tend to just use plain white cardstock and cut in bulk. This allowing me to use mist to color them as I need them. But today I switched it up and cut from the b side of the Today’s Story sheet. I love how they all turned out in the teal and still used a bit of green mist on the clover cut out to add a bit of variation.

When using the “I am so lucky” cut I kept the “lucky” word and sprayed that with again the green mist. Off setting it a bit added a simple layered look to help it pop.

While I know March is well on it’s way out; I encourage you to try a challenge like “Shoot and Share” during month of April. It’s so much fun to look back and see so many memories from one month.

Happy Creating ~Megan

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PROJECT SPOTLIGHT – MARCH 23RD

March 23, 2014

Congrats to this week’s Project Spotlight winner, Kathy! Check your email for your $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate to use in our shop! Kathy’s Sweet & Sassy layout features our Love You More & Everyday Moments Collections. Such a cute photo, and we love how she layered the tags at the bottom with her title! 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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Product Spotlight – Letter & Number Stickers

March 22, 2014

When these babies made their debut at Winter CHA, I knew they would be put to use on many of my projects. That’s why today I, along with the fabulous Melissa Mann will be highlighting two layouts using the new Letter & Number Stickers.

They are available in four great colors and I’m going to show you how to create a custom look with a simple spritz of mist!

I used two different shades of mist directly onto my sticker sheet; one yellow and one orange. When doing so just make a few small swipes of mist so that some of the letters remain pink and thus creating sort of an ombre or mixed look as you add them to your page.

As shown below you can see how it adds a bit of variation to the title. Fun, right!?!

I found this quote via Pinterest and thought Yes, that completely describes me most days. It must be my title for this page!

I used the same technique on the Teal letters, this time using a lime green colored mist.

Staying with the “too many tabs open” theme I used it as my creative jump start to create this “to do” page. It’s another no photo page and I’m really enjoying adding these to my Project Life album.

It’s a mix of all sorts of tidbits from here at Elle’s Studio. Including many of the Cut Files, monthly Tag Kits, Stamps, and Wood Veneers.

Melissa used the Letter Stickers throughout her design as both subtitles and for her journaling. They are perfectly sprinkled in among her amazing bright and layered style.

Thank you Melissa for joining in on the fun of using the Elle’s Studio Letter & Number Stickers.

I hope you guys out there will join in on the fun as well! Create a layout, Project Life page, or a card and be sure and share it with us in our Gallery!

Happy Creating! ~Megan

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Design Team Highlight | Lucky tag

March 21, 2014

It’s always interesting to browse the design team gallery each month and get a sense of what themes they’re creating for and what products they’re designing with. This week, we’re highlighting three projects that all use the “lucky” tag from this month’s limited edition kit.

First up is this layout from Juliana. She used the lucky tag from the March kit on the right of her photo. I love that it adds some visual weight on top of the grid background but doesn’t distract from her photo.

Jenny used the same tag on this spring themed card. It’s amazing how the same tag lends itself so well to two projects with two completely different color schemes.

Yuki also used the same tag on a card and she used it as the focal point along the top edge of her card.

Have you used this tag on a project? We’d love to see it! Upload your projects to our gallery so that we can see your latest creation.

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SKETCH THURSDAY

March 20, 2014

Welcome back to Sketch Thursday! Today’s sketch was inspired by Valerie’s Celebrate layout from this month’s DT gallery.

I love all the confetti in this sketch and used it as the starting point for my layout. I changed it up a bit by mixing a circle background with green and gold sequins sprinkled inside.