The Paper Bakery visits Elle’s Studio – Day 1

Elle’s Studio has teamed up with The Paper Bakery this week to bring you tons of inspiration. And giveaways. This will be a fun week, so make sure to tune in every day this week to win!

The Paper Bakery is a unique kit club that offers you guys so much. They have Project Kits so you can create a project in a snap~instructions included! They also have Scrapbook Kits that you can take to a crop or work with at home~everything’s already coordinated for you! Last but not least they have Mixed Media Kits~something to get a little messy with! Each kit is designed on their own, however all 3 coordinate with each other each month as well. That way you can get multiple kits to mix and match and create LOTS more fun things with. You can’t go wrong with The Paper Bakery.

In addition to the kits they have additional embellishments that will go with any kit in their SHOP. Elle’s Studio has designed a flair badge set~EXCLUSIVE to The Paper Bakery!! Find those HERE and only here.

Now on to some Inspiration from Paper Bakery DT member Sandi Taloumis and Elle’s Studio DT member Megan Klauer:

Now time for a GIVEAWAY! To win a HUGE prize pack from The Paper Bakery leave a comment here on our blog, then head on over to the Paper Bakery blog and leave a comment there. Do you want an extra entry into the Giveaway?? Head on over to The Paper Bakery’s facebook page  and “like” them! Do all of that and you have 3 entries!!!

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Winner for the Gossamer Blue Challenge!

We have a winner to announce from our special team up with Gossamer Blue! Congrats to Amanda Johnson who created this beautiful layout:

How cute is that?! She picked Megan’s layout to scraplift and we think she did a great job! Amanda please email us to claim your prizes 🙂

Big thank yous to all who participated! We had so much fun seeing each of your layouts – you really inspired us!! We also want to thank Gossamer Blue for making this team up happen!

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Project Spotlight – March 17th

Congrats to this week’s Project Spotlight winner, wendipooh13! Check your email for your $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate to use in our shop! Her Love layout is adorable- we love all the goodies she incorporated from our You and Me line. Beautiful layout Wendi! 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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Sketch Thursday

Hey there, scrappy friends! Today’s sketch is inspired by Sarah Hill’s CHA Festivities layout from the March DT gallery.

I’m a big fan of circles! I’ve done many (many) circle layouts and I love every one of them. So of course, I had to play along this week 🙂 I mixed the You and Me and Day to Day collections for this one. Aren’t the colors gorgeous? Also, I love how I was able to use the You and Me collection for a non- valentine layout! 

Supplies:


Now it’s your turn! Show us what you make with this sketch or tell us what you think. Link your projects or leave a message to this post for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store. We’ll randomly select a winner and will post with the sketch next Thursday.

Last week’s randomly selected winner is… Katrina!

Blogger Katrina said…
thanks for the pl sketch! It’s the first time I see one!& i really love it!

Congratulations!! Please email michelle@shopellesstudio.com the following info to claim your prize:

Name/Address:
Contest: Sketch 03.07.13

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fun with cards

Hi everyone! I’m super excited to introduce a new blog feature… fun with cards! We love using Elle’s Studio tags for scrapbook layouts and Project Life but these tags are also the perfect size for making cards. Every other week we’ll feature a particular product and show you different ways you can use them to make cards. Today it’s all about a classic staple… pennants!

Here, I used a simple pennant to bring attention to the main card design and another one to stamp the sentiment on.

On this card, I started with the large journaling tag and extended the banner with papers and tags. I replaced some of the chevrons with matching papers and added sequins to make it a bit more festive.

Finally, I stacked a few pennants and brads in different sizes and colors to create this fun and funky (and super simple) card. When you need something quick, this is the way to go!

There’s so many great things you can do with pennants (I might need to revisit this topic for sure!). We hope you enjoyed this series and are inspire to create. Have a great week!


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Project Life

This week’s Project Life covers the week of February 25-March 3.

This week happened to be my daughter’s fifth birthday, so a huge part of my Project Life spread focused on her!

Her actual birthday was on a Tuesday, and her party was the following Saturday, so really, that was the majority of my focus for this week!  The left side of the spread highlighted her birthday, some party planning, surprising my son at school, and a nice note from his teacher.

This week included an insert– I trimmed one of Becky Higgins Design A Project Life pocket pages down the center.  I often love to do this for a quick an easy insert.   Since this week focused quite a bit of my daughter’s birthday, I thought I would highlight some of her favorite things.  What better to showcase than Barbie?

I loved Barbie as a little girl and my daughter is just now getting into Barbie.  She got the Camper for her birthday.  When I saw this catalogue in our mailbox a few weeks ago, I held onto it because I loved the oversized Barbie image.  I love how accurately Barbie portrays current culture (and has for so many years!), so I thought this would be wonderful to include in Project Life.

The back side of the insert shows my daughter with her Barbie gift and the backside of the magazine cover.

The right page focuses on Jordan’s birthday party.  Many of our family members were traveling overseas this week.  We thought it was neat that my mom, brother, and sister were at the Jordan River on my daughter Jordan’s birthday, so I included one of their photos.   I enjoyed mixing it up and added bits and pieces of what was going on in other family members lives this week.

I used quite a bit of the Serendipity collection that will be arriving in our shop soon!  This collection is perfect with bright springtime colors!

Congrats to Kim Jackson! You won last week’s giveaway! Please email michelle@shopellesstudio.com the following info to claim your prize:


Name/Address:

Contest: PL March 5
Prize: prize pack


Today we have a giveaway!   Leave a comment here for a chance to win an Elle’s Studio Prize Pack.  For a SECOND chance to enter, upload your Project Life spread in our Member Gallery and leave a second comment in this post linking us to your page.  The winner will be announced next Tuesday!


Finally, 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 theMember Gallery.  If your spread is featured we will be sending you a $5 gift card to use in our store.   Good Luck!

Project Life was created by Becky Higgins as a way to simplify how you document life and preserve memories. Photo pockets used in my Project Life album are created by Becky and can be found here.  You can read of all the Elle’s Studio Project Life posts here.

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Project Spotlight – March 10th

Congrats to this week’s Project Spotlight winner, sarahak! Check your email for your $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate to use in our shop! Her “The Sweetest” layout is so precious- we love the way she used our You And Me line! And the picture of her boys couldn’t be cuter! 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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sketch thursday(ish)

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Sketch Thursday (on a Saturday. So sorry for the delay!!) I hope you had a great week and are ready for a weekend of scrappiness 🙂

Believe it or not it’s a new month and that means a new PL sketch is due. Yay! 


I’m keeping these sketches very simple. My goal is to give you a basic starting point that you can play around with and make your own… I really hope you like them. Remember, if you don’t do project life you can use any part of the sketch as inspiration for a layout or a card. We’d love to see what you create! Link your projects or simply leave a comment here for a chance to win a $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate.

Last week’s randomly selected winner is… Suzanna (pnutsmum)!

Congratulations!! Please email michelle@shopellesstudio.com the following info to claim your prize:

Name/Address:
Contest: Sketch 2.28.13
Prize: $10 ES gift certificate
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We are so excited to be celebrating 6 years with you!

We are SO excited to be celebrating our 6th year in business this month, with you! These last six years have truly been the most amazing years and we feel so blessed to be growing the business as the years go by – with this last year being the addition of 12 x 12 papers!

Without you guys, this all wouldn’t be possible, so we want to give you all a big, HUGE, THANK YOU!! To celebrate our birthday this month, we are including a FREE gift in each order from the shop, during the entire month of March!

We look forward to spending many more years with you!

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Guest Designer Spotlight: Emily Pitts

We are thrilled to introduce you to our March Guest Designer, Emily Pitts!

I am a big fan of Emily Pitts!  Her work is bright, wonderfully designed, and her layouts always tell a great story.  In addition, she has such a kind and genuine heart.   Emily currently designs for Cocoa Daisy, Maya Road, Simple Stories, and Jillibean Soup.  You will love what Emily created this month, make sure to stop by to see her full gallery!   Thank you so much for joining us this month Emily. 

name: Emily Pitts
location: Denver, Colorado
blog: Here I Am, Here I Am
twitter:  mlepitts
your favorite Elle’s Studio products: 2013 4×3 Vintage Note Calendars, Day to Day Right Here Stamp Set, and You and Me 2×3 Stamp Set

What are the three products you can’t live without?
Embossing powder, stamps, and kraft cardstock.

What do you listen to/watch while scrapbooking?
I like to listen to either the blessed silence of my home or Pandora when I scrap.  Favorite channels include Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Whitton, Cold Play, Mumford and Sons, She & Him, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Pink Martini, Train, Sister Hazel, The Weepies, Dave Matthews, and lately, Mamuse has been playing.

What is your favorite color combination?
This changes all the time.  Right now it’s teal, and a spinach green with a spot of red.  Or hot pink and sunny hello.  I’m also super happy about metallics, especially in the glitter varieties lately.

What is your favorite thing about scrapbooking?
When I scrap about people I love, spending the 3-5 hours I do on each page allows me to think about them during the whole process.   I think that strengthens my love for them.

Do you have a scrapbooking goal?
I’ll never be caught up, I don’t even pretend to try, so my goals are more industry based.  I’d love to have a magazine cover in the next three years, then I’ll be done 🙂

Today we are giving away three of Emily’s favorite Elle’s Studio products!

 
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