October is already here and we have two really fun things in store for you!

First, we are very excited to share that Jenni is going to be starting a new blog series, here at our blog, about her Project Life album that she has been putting together. Each week you’ll get to see what she’s done, products she used, and get some tips and ideas along the way! Her album is really amazing and inspiring so we are very excited to have her on the blog sharing it with us, every Tuesday! Her first post will be up tomorrow 🙂

Next up, we have a new sized tag in the shop called Tidbits – for Christmas and Halloween! These were supposed to be with our main launch, but our printer didn’t get them done in time 🙁 So we decided to release them now and as a little bonus we are shipping the Halloween ones free with every order in October! No need to add it to your cart, just check out as normal and we’ll add it to your package when we pack your order up!

Hope your October is off to a lovely start!

I used the Handmade Layers blank pennants in this layout to create another banner embellishment. The soft colors in the pennants matched the photos so well. I matched one of the note tags to add another embellishment above the photos. I even used the ES packaging fom the Handmade layers large journaling tags to punch the clouds.

Elle’s Studio products used: Handmade Layers Note Tags, Handmade Layers Tiny Tags and Handmade Layers Pennants – blank

This layout featured some of the places around the world we have been lucky enough to visit. There were many colors in the layout, but the Handmade layers date and place strips matched all the colors so well. I used the strips to create a banner to list some of our travels. The layout had quite a few elements, but the small size of the strips allowed me to get a lot of detail of our travels into my layout.

Elle’s Studio products used: Handmade Layers Date and Place Strip

• A photo of your layout
• A few sentences about how you created your project

Today is the last day of our inspiration week, for our newly released Project Kit, Forever Grateful!

Each member of our design team was asked to take one of these kits and put their own personal touch on it. They’ve done an amazing job at showing us how flexible this kit is and how you can adapt it to your own style. Be on the lookout for fun techniques that you could use on your own kit, too!

Our next kit up this week is by our design team member, Waleska:

Waleska also decided to flip her board and we love what she did with it! She used that pink piece of paper we included with our exclusive tags and it adds the perfect pop of color here! She also did some fun things with her embellishments by creating fun clusters!

Waleska said “Even though I’m normally not one to work on ‘altered items’ I absolutely LOVED working with this kit. The tray is great for showcasing some of my favorite pictures and the tags & embellies are just the perfect touch. Not only were some of the tags designed to fit perfectly in the tray but you get sooo many extras you can really make it your own + use the extras for other projects (or maybe change it up every so often?). I love this kit!”

I choose to keep my tray similar to Jenni’s by placing the envelopes, spool and “I love you” tag in the same row, and then changed it up a little with the other tags in the kit. I’m actually giving mine to my sister, so I asked her for a couple photos to work with and they ended up being perfect! She’s going to be so surprised because usually when I ask her for photos they end up on scrapbook pages 🙂

This kit took me about an hour and a half to complete, from start to finish! Jenni did such a great job putting together the items in this kit and with the exclusive Elle’s Studio tags, the hardest part was picking out which tags to use! And… I have a slight confession: This is one of the first projects that I’ve been able to complete in one sitting! I absolutely love how it turned out and am already planning to make another one for my parents – it’s going to make the perfect Christmas present for them!

Thanks so much for joining us this week and to everyone who purchased a kit! We would LOVE to see what you’ve done with yours and don’t forget there is a giveaway going on for those who email us a link or photo to their completed kit!

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Our Forever Grateful Project Kit was designed to work with any photos and theme that you wanted to use and are thankful for. We still have some left, but this is a limited edition kit and once they are sold out we will not be restocking. Our Forever Grateful Project Kit includes 31 exclusive Elle’s Studio tags that will not be sold out side of this kit and also retired once this kit is sold out. Our kit also comes with full instructions, if you choose to use them, on how to put it together like our Project Kit Coordinator, Jenni Hufford, did. It works well with any scrapbooking level and is designed to be put together in an afternoon.

Click here to see the other completed kits, by our design team, that we have been featured all week long!

Our inspiration week, for our newly released Project Kit, Forever Grateful, continues!

Each member of our design team was asked to take one of these kits and put their own personal touch on it. They’ve done an amazing job at showing us how flexible this kit is and how you can adapt it to your own style. Be on the lookout for fun techniques that you could use on your own kit, too!

Our next kit up today is by our design team member, Allison Waken:

We love how Allison choose to split up the numbered envelopes and placed them around the board! She also made a pennant out of our “blessed” tag by cutting a triangle out of one side and that turned out great! Also, we are loving how she made all the smaller photos black and white and the larger photo is color.

Allison said “This was my first time playing with a kit like this and it was such a fun experience. I loved all the tags and working out a way to use them all within the tray. I think it’s so fun to create something to display for everyone to see on a daily basis.”

The next kit up is by our design team member, Keshet Starr:

We are loving how Keshet switched it up and used mainly purple and yellow with her board with her tray. And she did some cute things with her embellishments, too! We also are loving how she made the largest photo framed and put the banner over it!

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Our Forever Grateful Project Kit was designed to work with any photos and theme that you wanted to use and are thankful for. We still have some left, but this is a limited edition kit and once they are sold out we will not be restocking. Our Forever Grateful Project Kit includes 31 exclusive Elle’s Studio tags that will not be sold out side of this kit and also retired once this kit is sold out. Our kit also comes with full instructions, if you choose to use them, on how to put it together like our Project Kit Coordinator, Jenni Hufford, did. It works well with any scrapbooking level and is designed to be put together in an afternoon.

Click here to see the other completed kits, by our design team, that we have already featured and stay tuned for the rest of the week to see how each one of our design team members and I worked with this kit!

Our inspiration week, for our newly released Project Kit, Forever Grateful, continues!

Each member of our design team was asked to take one of these kits and put their own personal touch on it. They’ve done an amazing job at showing us how flexible this kit is and how you can adapt it to your own style. Be on the lookout for fun techniques that you could use on your own kit, too!

Our next kit up is by our design team member, Stephanie Klauck:

Stephanie flipped the tray around and choose to put the three envelopes up in the higher square. We love how she choose to put the banner over the larger photo and how she incorporated some butterflies into the kit! She also created the clouds on the “so very blessed” tag by cutting one of the small scalloped tags in half and using the back side! Very clever!

Stephanie says “I think my favorite thing about this kit is the way all of the elements focus on family. Everything goes so well together and the colors and exclusive tags give it a warm, welcoming feel. The perfect assortment of product to create a beautiful family keepsake.”

The next kit up is by design team member Laura Kurz:

Laura choose to use only the exclusive tags that came with the kit – we love how different Laura’s tray turned out! It really shows how flexible this kit is and that you can adjust it for any style!

Laura says “I chose to focus on the neutrals in the kit as my house is pretty neutral and I want to use this as part of my decor. I also wanted to keep some “white space” as that is my decorating (and scrapbooking) style as well. I picked out all of the cream/white embellishments and started plugging them in. I used index prints of my son as other embellishments on the page, as well as my butterfly punch and a seashell I picked up at the beach this summer!

My favorite part of the project kit were the exclusive Elle’s Studio pieces, of course! I loved the “xoxo” strip and used it in multiple spots on the tray.” 

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Our Forever Grateful Project Kit was designed to work with any photos and theme that you wanted to use and are thankful for. We still have some left, but this is a limited edition kit and once they are sold out we will not be restocking. Our Forever Grateful Project Kit includes 31 exclusive Elle’s Studio tags that will not be sold out side of this kit and also retired once this kit is sold out. Our kit also comes with full instructions, if you choose to use them, on how to put it together like our Project Kit Coordinator, Jenni Hufford, did. It works well with any scrapbooking level and is designed to be put together in an afternoon.

Click here to see the other completed kits, by our design team, that we have already featured and stay tuned for the rest of the week to see how each one of our design team members and I worked with this kit!

Our inspiration week, for our newly released Project Kit, is here! Each member of our design team was asked to take one of these kits and put their own personal touch on it. They’ve done an amazing job at showing us how flexible this kit is and how you can adapt it to your own style. Be on the lookout for fun techniques that you could use on your own kit, too!

Our first kit up is by design team member, Leslie Ashe:

Leslie flipped the entire tray around – we love how ended up looking! We also are loving her use of the black and white photos in contrast with the colorful papers and tags, and that heart behind the numbered envelopes!

Leslie said “I love the versatility that the tags gave to this kit. You can use them for any photo, any subject, theme, etc. I just love the exclusive tags!”

Our next kit up is by design team member, Marcy Penner:

We love how Marcy chose to split up the large space with tags and a photo at the top. Also, loving how she used the button, house and number for on top of the envelopes and all that stitching!

Marcy said “There was so much from this kit that I loved… from the Studio Calico papers to the wooden houses to the exclusive Elle’s Studio tags (especially the definition ones). They just all worked so well together”

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Our Forever Grateful Project Kit was designed to work with any photos and theme that you wanted to use and are thankful for. This is a limited edition kit and once they are sold out we will not be restocking. Our Forever Grateful Project Kit includes 31 exclusive Elle’s Studio tags that will not be sold out side of this kit and also retired once this kit is sold out. Our kit also comes with full instructions, if you choose to use them, on how to put it together like our Project Kit Coordinator, Jenni Hufford, did. It works well with any scrapbooking level and is designed to be put together in an afternoon.

Stay tuned for the rest of the week to see how each one of our design team members and I worked with this kit!

Our Design Team got to work with our newest, exclusive Project Kit and starting this Monday, we get to show you what they did! Each person put their own special touch on their tray and we love how each one turned out. There will definitely be some inspiration for everyone!

We’ll feature two trays each on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, so make sure you stop by! I even got a chance to play with one and will be showing you it – I’m very excited!

Happy weekend, everyone!

September’s Inspiration Gallery is now live and above is just a tiny sneak peek of what’s in store. Our amazing design team, plus our wonderful guest designer – Susan Weinroth – have put together some amazing and incredible inspiration for you this month. Some even had a chance to use our newest tags that we just released! This is one gallery you don’t want to miss – check it all out here!

After you’ve checked out the gallery, make sure you stay tuned because not only has our design team gone above and beyond this month with the Inspiration Gallery, they’ve also worked with our new and exclusive Project Kit and we will be posting their trays right here on the blog very soon!

Each month we feel even more blessed with this amazing group of ladies! After peeking at this gallery a day in my scraproom is a must!!