Melissa emailed me this sweet little mini booklet she made using all our Handmade Layers line, plus she added some of our Fun Striped Tags, Vintage Month Flashcards and our Pieces of Life Note Tags.

Love how this turned out – so colorful and full of memories and such a fun way to document a trip! Thanks so much for the inspiration, Melissa!

If you’re looking for even more inspiration, don’t forget to check out our Inspiration Gallery! New inspiration was just added for April!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day spent with family and full of celebration and memories. I am so bummed I forgot my camera in the chaos of getting ready to leave to head to my grandmas, but was promised photos from those who did remember theirs 🙂 Definitely some scrapbooking moments in there!

We ate a yummy dinner and then spent time around the table catching up. Moments like these are kind of rare now since we are all adults now with busy lives and some of us live out of town, so moments like these are meant to be treasured. No egg hunt this year, but by next year my nephew will be walking around so we decided to wait until then… and I cannot wait to watch and document those moments!

Love days like yesterday!

P.S. I have to tell you about these coconut bars I made for my grandma – they were beyond delicious! This recipe is amazing and I am so thankful it ended up in my inbox! My grandma has celiac so I replaced the Nilla’s with a gluten-free graham cracker crust and she loved it!

Tomorrow is the BIG day when the new inspiration gallery will go live, but we just had to show you a sneak peek of all the amazing inspiration that is coming!

Make sure you check back tomorrow to see all the new projects that our design team has created just for you!

It’s One Buck Wednesday at JessicaSprague.com today and we have two digitals up for just $1 each!

These Scalloped Tags are great for journaling! Besides the png files for digital scrapbooking, they also come with a printable pdf file, so you can easily print them out and use them on your paper layouts! They are $1 today only, regular price $4.99.

Our Pennant Banner Flags are great for fun page titles and more! They come with the full alphabet and numbers 1 – 10, in each of the four colors! These also have the png files for digital use and a printable pdf for paper layouts! They are $1 today only, regular price $1.99.

Hi everyone! Today I want to share my favorite thing to do with journaling spots . . . that is apart from journal on them! I love creating mix & match titles for my layouts and I also love adding interest and dimension to my titles with journaling spots! You’ll also get some insight as to how I go about creating a layout.

The first thing I do is gather patterned paper, cardstock, letters etc to match my photos. I then go through my stash of journaling tags and pull some out that match also. I’m lucky I have a large range to choose from and quite often I grab tags from different ranges that have a similar color scheme.

I then complete my basic layout. I tend to do lots of layering and then each layer is inked, distressed or stitched or sometimes all three!

Now it’s time to give the same treatment to the journaling spots I’ll be using. I cut coordinating mats out of cardstock – some straight and some with small scallop scissors. I just eyeball it when cutting the mats. I always lightly distress the edges and/or ink them and it hides any imperfections!

I then arrange the journaling tags on my layout where I want my title to go. I mount one or two on pop dots to add dimension. You do need to know what your title will be – I ended up trimming the longer purple tag to fit the space better. I always try to use different fonts and textures of letters when doing a title. I also added a chipboard swirl under the ‘3’ to draw attention to it!

To really make a feature of my title, I then go ahead and embellish! Some of my favorite ways are to use swirls (either stamped or rhinestone/pearl), ribbon, flowers, butterflies or buttons to make it a real feature on your page!

Here’s a look at the whole layout after I added all the finishing touches:

I love how my eye is immediately drawn to the title, then up to the photos!

I went through my layouts and found a few more examples of using journaling tags as part of my title – here’s a little collage of ideas:

Thanks for joining me on the Elle’s Studio blog today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to start using those gorgeous journaling tags to enhance your titles!

A special Sunday, spent with my sister, at a “paint your own pottery place,” full of coffee, laughter, and keepsake pieces that will be treasured forever.

Wishing you all a happy Sunday 🙂
xo, Elle

We love seeing scrapbooking projects from our amazing friends from around the world – we just had to share with you some of this awesome inspiration that has been sent in or posted around the web recently!

Isn’t this layout by Sophie absolutely adorable?! I love how she added the butterflies to our pennants and how she incorporated our tiny tags and cutouts! Super cute layout and photos!!

Jenni made this beautiful mini album about her recent trip to New Zealand and it’s incredible! I love the way she used our cutouts, 4 x 6 inch journaling and more! You can check out part 1 here, and part two here! It’s a must see – the layers in it just make me so happy!

Helen tweeted this super cute layout and I just had to share it! Love the look of the kraft paper with our tags and isn’t this just the best moment to capture? So sweet 🙂

Marcy blogged this layout a couple days ago and I just feel in love with it – her style is so great and I’m loving the versatility of using the white paper, too! Love, love, love!!

Thank you all for sharing such amazing creations with us, ladies! We just LOVE seeing what everyone is making with our new Handmade Layers line – it’s incredible!

Please feel free to leave a link in the comment section to something you’ve created if you want to share 🙂

We have two new releases this week – perfect for making a special gift for those special mom’s and dad’s out there!

And, check out this super cute gift Monica made with the Father’s Day tags:

Such a great idea! Love the coupons she added in there, too! By the way, make sure you check out her blog – she has some really yummy looking recipe ideas posted! Thanks so much for the inspiration, Monica!

It’s also One Buck Wednesday, today! That means, we have two digital items up for just $1, each! Don’t miss these amazing specials today only:

Our Let Me Count The Ways Mini Album works great for letting someone know how special they are to you! Today, it’s a $1 only (regular price: $5.99). It includes both png and pdf files so you can choose which way you want to assemble it – either on the computer or printed out!

And, these XOXO Valentines are great for Valentine’s Day – get them now for only $1 (regular price: $3.99) and you’re already done for next year!

We love the way Rebecca mixed our This Moment tags and our Sweet Stitches tags with Echo Parks new line! It looks great and I love the pictures she added to the layout – so cute!!

Thanks so much for keeping us inspired, Rebecca!
xo, Elle