Just a reminder, our sale ends tonight at MIDNIGHT!

Just a reminder that our Black Friday through Cyber Monday sale ends tonight at midnight! Here’s a peek at all the AMAZING deals we have going on:  

First, we are doing 30% off select items. You’ll want to use coupon code BLACKFRIDAY during checkout to receive your discount. This discount will run until Monday at midnight, OR while supplies last. Some of these items only have a couple in stock, so they might go fast!

Next, back by popular demand… we have restocked our GRAB BAGS!! These grab bags contain Elle’s Studio items only and have a mix of old and new stuff! Each bag contains over $35 in tags and is only $15. These will be our last grab bags for 2012 and once they are sold out we will not be restocking!

Then, every order, no matter what you order, will receive a FREE GIFT this weekend! It might be a special Elle’s Studio tag set that we’ve picked out just for you, OR an item from another scrapbook manufacture! And, don’t worry, even if all the sale items are gone, we will still continue with the free gifts until midnight on Monday!

And, last but not least! You will also receive a FREE Prima Fluid Chalk Ink with every stamp you purchase (for the first 100 stamps that are purchased this weekend). So, if you make a purchase and it includes two stamps, you’ll get TWO Prima Inks AND a free gift on top of it! Awesome, right?! Don’t forget to grab one of those Exclusive Christmas Stamps we just released – they are going fast and will soon be gone for good!

Happy shopping!

Black Friday through Cyber Monday Specials!

It’s time for our Black Friday – Cyber Monday specials and we have some AWESOME deals in store for you:

First, we are doing 30% off select items. You’ll want to use coupon code BLACKFRIDAY during checkout to receive your discount. This discount will run until Monday at midnight, OR while supplies last. Some of these items only have a couple in stock, so they might go fast!

Next, back by popular demand… we have restocked our GRAB BAGS!! These grab bags contain Elle’s Studio items only and have a mix of old and new stuff! Each bag contains over $35 in tags and is only $15. These will be our last grab bags for 2012 and once they are sold out we will not be restocking!

Then, every order, no matter what you order, will receive a FREE GIFT this weekend! It might be a special Elle’s Studio tag set that we’ve picked out just for you, OR an item from another scrapbook manufacture! And, don’t worry, even if all the sale items are gone, we will still continue with the free gifts until midnight on Monday!

And, last but not least! You will also receive a FREE Prima Fluid Chalk Ink with every stamp you purchase (for the first 100 stamps that are purchased this weekend). So, if you make a purchase and it includes two stamps, you’ll get TWO Prima Inks AND a free gift on top of it! Awesome, right?! Don’t forget to grab one of those Exclusive Christmas Stamps we just released – they are going fast and will soon be gone for good!

We hope you guys have a great time shopping – these orders will start shipping first thing on Monday morning!

P.S. We were able to restock some Handmade Layers items and the 7Gypsies Photo Trays that we just used in our Christmas Tray project. These items are 30% off this weekend only (or while supplies last)!

Sketch Thursday 11.22

We hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving with your loved ones! We’re back with our regular Sketch Thursday today.

The holidays are officially here so I couldn’t wait to get started documenting it! For my layout, I followed the sketch pretty closely. I layered a piece of metallic wrapping paper and tissue paper for the background and (carefully) ran it through my typewriter for the journaling. I layered several tags for the title and date then embellished with (punched and glittered) snowflakes and sequins.


Supplies:

So thankful for you!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, it’s so fun being surrounded by family, making and eating tons of delicious food, sharing memories and taking the time to reflect on what and who we are most thankful for.

We wanted YOU to know that each one of you guys are at the top of our “thankful for” list! We are so thankful for all your support, comments, emails, etc. – they mean more to us than words could ever express! You guys make it possible for us to do this and for that, we are forever grateful 🙂

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!

2013 Calendar Mini Book with Elle!

We’ve got another video to share with you today! In this video I’m showing you how I put together calendar mini albums that I give to family members as gifts for Christmas. My family members love these and beg for a new one each year – they love the size and how cute they are on display on their desk!

This mini album uses our 3 x 4 calendars, but you could easily use the 3 x 3 inch ones, instead. You’ll also need 12 photos to complete this mini! Let’s get started:
Supplies used: Elle’s Studio 3 x 4 2013 calendar tags, Number It stamps, and to see the video where we made the tissue paper layers, click here.

We hope you like the video 🙂 Still pretty new at this but having lots and LOTS of fun creating them and sharing tips with you guys!

Elle’s Studio Design Team Call for January – June 2013!

It’s that time again! We’re looking for some amazing crafters that love to scrapbook and work with our products, to be on our design team for the first half of 2013 (January – June).

Design Team Member Responsibilities:
– Creating 2 layouts + 1 additional item (card, tag, project, mini album, etc.) and uploading them to our site each month for our inspiration gallery.
– Meeting project and photo deadlines each month.
– Participating in blog tutorials, sketches, blog hops, etc. as scheduled.
– Maintaining communication with the rest of the design team and Elle’s Studio
– Posting your Elle’s Studio projects online on your personal blog and two scrapbook galleries online each month, including a link to the Elle’s Studio website (if allowed).

You will receive:
– All your layouts, cards, tags and projects posted on our site and blog
– Tons of Elle’s Studio products to work with!
– A link on our blog to yours
– Ability to request items for projects you have in mind

To apply:
We have set up a special email account for collecting applications only. Please send the following to us in one email, to ellesstudio@gmail.com Applications are due by December 2nd:
– Two images of two different layouts, cards or project(s) that best represent you and your style. Images must be no larger than 600 x 600 px. Bonus points if they include ES tags!
– A short 300 word bio about you
– Link to your blog
– Link to any gallery you are currently posting to

We will be contacting potential design team members by December 6th and announcing the design team members, here at our blog, in early January!

Please note: Overseas and international designers are welcomed to apply, too – Yes! We’d love to have people from all over the world design for us!

Altered Christmas Tray!

For CHA I made this fun altered 7Gypsies tray using items from our Be Merry line and today we wanted to share a quick video with you of how it came together. These are really fun to make, and they make amazing Christmas gifts for your family and friends. They are so fun to put on display and pull out year after year!

So, grab your photos, a 7Gypsies tray, your Elle’s Studio Be Merry collection, and some paper scraps, and let’s get started:

Supplies used: 7Gypsies Tray, Elle’s Studio exclusive Christmas stamp, and Be Merry Note Tags, Cutouts, Snippets, Pennants, Tidbits, Large Journaling Tags.

Getting crafty for the holidays is so much fun!!

Project Life

This week’s Project Life covers the week of October 22-28 in my Project Life album.

I like to view my Project Life album as a combination of photos, words, and bits and pieces of our everyday lives.

There are definite times and seasons where my album will display “more photos”, or will have “more words”.  I am always trying to find that balance of all three (words, photos, bits and pieces) that works best for me.

This particular week I decided to revisit adding “bits and pieces” into my album.  Generally I add something each week, but this week I tried to think of various ideas that might display the items we like / or items found in our house right now.

A few things I include this week was a clothing tag I really liked (left page), a post-it note I found with a drawing on it (in my case it was a photo of the post it:), a card that came home in my daughter’s back pack, packaging from a new favorite toy, and a coaster from when we went out to eat.
If you have a week where there is not much to document (or if you don’t have many photos), find items from your home to include.  These items offer a wonderful glimpse as to what our lives are like today!


Congrats to Janelle Shultz the winner of last week’s Prize Pack.   Please email michelle@shopellesstudio.com the following info to claim your prize:

Name/Address:
Contest: PL Nov 13

Prize: prize pack

Today we have a giveaway!   Leave a comment here for a chance to win an Elle’s Studio Prize Pack.  The winner will be announced next Tuesday!

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.


Celebrate December with Elle’s Studio

Get ready to Celebrate December all month long with these 16 amazing ladies! It’s going to be a BLAST and full of the cutest projects and incredible inspiration, plus there will be lots of giveaways, and even some more fun things in-store!

We can hardly wait for December to start – Make sure you mark your calendars and check our blog every day throughout December! And, get ready to be INSPIRED!

Pin to Win your Elle’s Studio Wish Lit!

We’ve been on Pinterest for a month or two now and are loving it! We were thinking that it’s time we have a Pinterest contest and what better time to have one than right before the holidays?!

All you have to do is pin the Elle’s Studio items on your wish list and you’ll have the chance to WIN your entire list!

Here’s how you can play along:
1. Create a pin board on Pinterest called “Elle’s Studio Wish List”
2. Visit our website and pin the items you want to win to that wish list board
3. Come back here and leave a comment linking us up to your wish list board OR you can email us the link.

Then, check back here on November 30th to see if you are one of the THREE winners! There is no limit to the amount of items you can pin, either, so make sure you pin everything you’ve been wanting! We can’t wait to see what’s on your list 🙂