One of the main reasons I love Elle’s Studio tags and use them on all my projects is that they are so versatile. They are definitely NOT just for journaling! When starting a layout or other project I start by laying out my photos on paper and pulling out every Elle’s Studio tag and journaling spot that even remotely coordinates.

Then I start to narrow down to the ones that really go along with the theme or story.

Once I have it narrowed down I start to move them around and think of ways to use them besides just journaling.

You can see I’ve placed several together in the upper left corner in a banner shape. To attach the tags together, I sewed them right onto some trim.

After layering some stickers, die cuts and buttons over the tags they become a fun banner.

Another tag marks the date of the occasion.

Yet another draws attention to my favorite photo in the grouping.

And yes, one is indeed used for journaling!

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Just in time for Father’s Day – these tags will help you top off that perfect project for dad! Today $1 only, regular price $2.99.

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Hello Everyone!

It’s Jenni here to share step-by-step instructions for creating the cover of the Savoring Summer album. We are so excited to see many of you receiving your kits, and we want to help you get started!!

1. Cut a 5×7 piece from the Bridesmaids (Crate Paper) paper.
2. Cut a 4 x3 square from the top center of the Sassafras Head over Heals paper (include the scallop as seen on cover. Note: Do not cut the trim off the paper!!). Be sure not to cut the corner edges — you will use the corner pieces later in the album.
3. Using the Sassafras Starters Intro paper, you will cut the text design in the top left corner of the paper. The dimensions are approximately 4″x”3.
4. Cut a 4.5″ piece of the blue Crate Paper Neighborhood Trim, and a 3.5″ piece of the yellow Crate Paper Neighborhood Trim.
5. To create the layered pieces: First place the blue trim on the paper (The top of the trim is 2 inches from the bottom of the paper). Center the Paper Crush (pink) paper over trim. Center the Sassafras Starters Intro paper over pink paper. Layer the “Savoring Summer” tag over the papers (I had the edge of my tag overlap ping the papers.). Layer the yellow trim underneath the Savoring Summer Tag. I allowed for half of the width of the trim to peek out from under the tag. Staple the corner if desired.
6. To create the pin-wheel: First, punch a circle punch from provided craft paper. Second, Cut a 3/4″ x 12″ piece from the center of the Sassafras Paper Crush paper (hand cut the bottom portion- you will want to leave the trim on the paper). Begin folding the paper according style, with the folds very small (about 1 centemeter folds). When you have completed folding, you will take your punched circle, and place a glue dot in the middle. Fan the paper out and apply adhesive to the two folded ends. Next you will bring the two ends together on top of the punched circle, placing the center of the pinwheel over the glue dot . You will need to adhere the ends together, and bring the center together. You may need to add a glue dot here or there underneath the edges of the pinwheel to secure it into place.
7. Choose two birds from the Studio Calico Barn Swallow Paper. I choose two pink birds from the right hand side of the paper (remember to choose a bird that’s on the edge!). I cut one out that would be tucked under the title. The second bird (that appears on the the pinwheel), I cut around it (not too precisely) and adhered it to the kraft paper. Once adhered to the kraft paper, begin to cut the bird from the kraft. This will give the bird cutout more durability if it’s backed on kraft paper.
8. Adhere the cover to the cardstock provided, and punch holes.
9. Congrats! You finished the cover!!

P.S. Guess what?! Waleska bought an extra kit to giveaway on her blog today! Head on over to her blog and leave a comment to be entered! How sweet of her was that?! Thanks so much, Waleska!

We want to thank you all for your enthusiasm over our new kit! We appreciate your orders, comments, emails, tweets, and facebook comments more than words could ever express! We love you all so much and are so excited about this new adventure!

We still have a couple of our limited edition Savoring Summer Project Kits left – but quantities are very, VERY low! This will be the only time this kit is available – so if you want it, please don’t wait!

And, for some more exciting news… Everyone who purchased a kit yesterday was automatically entered to win a Fujifilm Instax Mini! The winner of the camera is: Cheryl Furey! Cheryl, we will be contacting you today!

This is going to be one amazing summer! We have a ton of fun things planned and cannot wait to see all of your Savoring Summer albums come together in our flickr group!

p.s. We are giving away one of these kits at Stephanie’s blog today – make sure you leave a comment to be entered, even if you bought the kit! Because if you win and you already purchased the kit from us, we will reimburse you OR you can send it to a friend as a gift! How awesome is that?!

Our very first exclusive and limited edition Project Kit is here! This kit has all the supplies you need to create a super cute mini album titled “Savoring Summer”. So, get ready to slow down and savor your favorite summer memories! Catching fireflies, running through the sprinkler, sipping lemonade, traveling and more can be savored for years to come in this special kit.

This kit features papers, ribbons, tape, mist and more, from popular manufactures, along with 26 limited edition and exclusive Elle’s Studio tags that were made just for this kit.

The Elle’s Studio Savoring Summer kit is $27.99 and is extremely limited – once they are sold out, they are gone forever! And, the exclusive Elle’s Studio tags that are in the kit will not be sold anywhere else, or printed ever again! You’ll only be able to get them in this kit, and once the kit is gone, so are the tags – so you won’t want to miss out on these!

The kit also comes with full instructions on how to put the cover and base of the mini album together just like Jenni Hufford has her album – here’s a tiny peek inside her 22 page album she made with our kit:

The instructions will also give you some inspiration and tips for how you can take your completed base of your mini album and add photos, journaling tags, ribbons and more to create fun pages all summer long!

We also some other fun things planned for this kit for during the summer- like a flickr group that you can upload and show off you mini album in! We will be highlighting and posting some of them from the flickr group, on the blog, all summer long! And, we will get to watch how Jenni’s album grows throughout the summer, right here on our blog! So, if you ever get stuck or need a little extra inspiration, you’ll know right were to find it!

TODAY ONLY: Because we are so, SO excited about our very first project kit release, we are also having a bonus giveaway! Everyone who purchases a kit, today only (Monday, May 23rd), will be entered to win a Fujifilm Instax Mini! These are so fun to play around with!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and joining us for launch of our new kit!

May’s Inspiration Gallery is now live and the design team has done it again! This gallery is truly stunning! There is a ton of layouts and projects to see and get inspired by! After looking at this gallery I was running to my scrap room!

We want to give our design team a HUGE thank you for their amazing inspiration month after month! These ladies are awesome and we feel so blessed to have them making these great creations with our tags!