It’s that time of year again when our entire digital shop goes on sale for 35% off! That means you can stock up on all your favorites and get a great deal while you do!
Everything digital is on sale, Christmas, Halloween, Everyday tags, etc.
Also, don’t miss out on Jessica’s free holiday class! You can read all the details about it and signing up, here!
Hello, everyone and happy Thursday! We wanted to write a quick note and let you know that we are going to be pausing our Sketch Thursday series until the first of the year 🙂 We are under some heavy prep, behind-the-scenes, and wanted to give you all some extra time to enjoy the holidays!
So save up and get ready for our series to continue in January!
Congrats to last weeks randomly drawn winner:
Laurel, please email the following information to us at: info@shopellesstudio.com and we’ll get you your gift certificate!
Name:
Contest: 11.17.11 Sketch
My first “go-to” item when I don’t have many photos is my kids backpacks. I promise, there are TREASURES in those little backpacks. For instance this sweet drawing my daughter drew of a monster (that she named “mommy”). I laughed so hard when I saw this, and knew I had to include it into Project Life. Additionally, my son was working on writing (and painting) the number “9” this week in school, coincidentially this week was also our ninth wedding anniversary– perfect!
Next I raided my husbands brief-case, and (with his permission:) used a business card of a company where he had many meetings this particular week. Finally, I raided that stack of papers on the kitchen counter. Now you may or may not also have this stack in your home, but for us, that stack of paper accumulates each day and I am ALWAYS trying to sifting through it and get it under control. It contains some backpack items, papers from school, drawings the kids do while I am cooking dinner, reminders, catalouges, calendar stuff, etc. That is where I pulled out the stick figure drawing by Jonah and the Operation Christmas Child brochure cover, (which we worked on this particular week).
We had two major events this week (that I photographed)– an event at school, and when we traveled to see Todd’s grandma for her 92 birthday. Other than that I included many “everyday” photos. I also included a lot of journaling– that a GREAT way to make up for a lack of photos. I was really bummed I didn’t take a picture of us on our anniversary, but I feel like it IS documented here, even if there isn’t a photo.
I think it’s really fun to find creative and different ways to document your week. The longer I am doing Project Life the more I enjoy finding my groove and thinking of unexpected items to include in the documentation of our week.
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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Hello!! Today we are sharing the second half of my December Daily Album using the Elle’s Studio ‘Tis the Season, and Jack Frost kits. And we also have special giveaway at the bottom of this post- so stay tuned!!
I have to say, I love how these two kits are beautiful on their own, yet also work so well together in an album. Even the pinks and reds from the two kits blend well together!
On page 15 I used a paper clip to temporarily adhere the tags to the page. I did this here and there throught the album, especially when I knew i would be moving tags and photos around later.
The page with the poinsettia flower was inspired by a December Daily I pinned on pinterest.
One design “technique” I tried to keep throughout the album was to have a solid paper matched with a pattern paper on each spread. It seemed to coordinate best and keep different papers from looking too busy.
Today we are giving away a Jack Frost kit! We only have a few kits left, and it’s so much fun to work with!
Leave a comment on this post letting us know if you are doing a December Daily album/journal this year and you will be entered to win Jack Frost! We will draw a winner Saturday December 3 at 9pm EST.
Happy Monday! Like many of you, my family and I are recovering from a long holiday weekend. I was able to get some crafty projects done and wanted to share with you my December Daily album.
I primarily used the two most recent kits from Elle’s Studio, ‘Tis the Season and Jack Frost (which we still have a few kits remaining!)
One different aspect I added to my album is that I made the first day November 25th (the day after Thanksgiving). We do so many Christmas activities (like getting our tree, decorating, etc) before December hits, and I wanted that to be part of my album. Additionally, since the ‘Tis the Season kit included numbers 1-31, it was easy to do this! Here’s a look at the first half of my album:
We have two winners from our November’s guest designer, Nichol’s favorite items!
Congrats to:
Kate_Vickers on November 23, 2011 8:14 AM
Debbie_B on November 24, 2011 3:41 AM
Please email us the info below to claim your prize to info@shopellesstudio.com
Name:
Address:
Prize: Nichol’s Favorite Items
This week’s Make It Sunday features a Thankful layout about my mom! It has lots and lots of layers – once I started layering, I couldn’t stop! Layering like this is a great way to use up your favorite scraps you’ve been saving for something special, too!
This layout is about my mom and her two grand-kids (one of her grand-babies is my dog, hehe) and how both of them always want to sit on her lap – it’s just sooo cute! And, my little nephew is just starting to talk, so he calls her “Ama” instead of grandma. Definitely a memory that we treasure!
Here’s how I made this layout:
1. I started with a piece of My Mind’s Eye, Alphabet Soup paper – I’ve been saving this paper for awhile and can no longer find it for sale.
2. Next, I added a 9 3/4 x 10 3/4 inch piece of Sassafras Heartfelt paper.
3. Then, you’ll add the 5 x 7 photo on the left side, towards the top. I left about 1/2 inch of the Heartfelt paper showing on the top and side.
4. Now we need to pull some of our favorite scraps out for layering on the right hand side. My scraps I used was a piece of Hambly’s Doily Decor Transparency that I love so much, and some cut out pieces from Sassafras Intro paper, layered in between with some washi tape and a circle I had cut from something else.
5. Then, I used some diecuts from the Emma line from Crate Paper, along with our Red and Teal Pennants. One of our Date tags, Saturday Morning Tags, which I got the bottom tag from and I cut the “Notes:” part off the top tag, too! Lots going on here, but it looks great!
6. Finish it off with some books cut out of the Crate Emma Books paper and then add another Emma doily diecut and a thankful tag.
Name:
Address:
Prize: November 20th
Today we wanted to spotlight Waleska’s mini book she made for our Inspiration Gallery!
She used one of our 4 x 6 Spooktacular Autumn tags and our Gratitude Snippet for the cover, and then our Red and Halloween Lil’ Snippets for the inside to highlight each one of her boys with their name and photo:
Then she had both her boys draw and write what they are thankful for! We love how each kid has his own page and how it highlights them and what they are thankful for.
Plus, what a cute keepsake to put out for years to come, or you could even add to it each year! So many possibilities!
Thanks for inspiring us, Waleska!
It’s time for our Black Friday – Cyber Monday sale! We’ve got some awesome select items on sale today through Cyber Monday, November 28th, at 20 – 50% off, while supplies last!
Also, as a little bonus, all orders placed on Black Friday through Cyber Monday will receive a free gift! The free gift may be an Elle’s Studio item or an item from another scrapbooking 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!
Click here to start shopping!
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays … getting to hang out with family and friends, surrounded by amazing food and taking the time to reflect on what we are each most thankful for.
We wanted you all to know that each and every one of you, blog readers, facebook friends, customers, etc. are on the top of our list. We are so thankful for each and every one of you – your support, comments, emails, and more, mean more to us than words could ever express and we couldn’t do it without you!
We wish everyone a wonderful and safe thanksgiving – we hope you have a great day surrounded by the ones you love!
