There are three different themes: Inspiring, Birthday and blank ones! They are so much fun and the perfect little embellishment for your projects!

Here’s a peek at the rest of the line:

 

We’ve got a sneak peek {above} of our new collection! This is just a tiny sneak of what’s coming this Monday! We are so excited about these new tags, the colors are amazing and perfect for spring and summer!

Make sure you are signed up to receive our newsletter – we’ll be sending one out on Monday with a special in it for our newsletter subscribers, only!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
xo, Elle

P.S. We wanted to let you know that we are doing a giveaway with one of the blogs we advertise with! You can win some of the new collection before you can buy it! Go here and leave a comment to enter!

 

 

One of my favorite things to do with my scrapbooking supplies is to create cute little tags. You can use these on cards, layouts, gift bags, or even give them to a crafty friend!

First, I gathered up some supplies. Elle’s Studio products are so easy to use, just pick a few items from the same line and they automatically coordinate!

I knew I wanted to use the circle tag ‘you are my sunshine’. I gathered up a few coordinating cardstock colors and punched elements.

To create the sunburst look, simply punch out a star, then cut the points apart and tape to the back of the circle as shown. Turn the piece over and you have a sunburst! I adhered this to my tag with some dimensional foam tape and added some stitching and punched butterflies to embellish.

My next tag was built around the Fun Striped tiny tag – I love the combination of black and cream. I gathered some coordinating papers and another computer generated sentiment.  

To create the butterfly, I simply punched through a Vintage Calendar circle tag. It leaves you with a fun number pattern! I also punched through the tiny tag with a small heart punch and backed it with some yellow paper.

For this tag I gathered a plain shipping tag, another Fun Striped circle tag and some coordinating cardstock. I printed a sentiment from my word processing program and adhered it to the circle tag. This is totally customizable, you can type anything you want!

 Finished off with some stitching and a punched heart, the tag is complete!

To finish off my project, I wanted to package the tags in a cute way. I gathered up a small kraft sack, small clothespin, bakers twine, and a few more tags.

 I placed the tags in the sack and tucked my embellished tags and butterfly diecut under the clothespin. Finished off with a twine bow, this would make a cute gift for someone who loves to embellish their gifts, or a fellow scrapbooker!

I hope this little tutorial has inspired you to make a few tags as well! They are also a great way to use up the little scraps you have left over after making a scrapbook page.
-Jennifer

Two great items that both have that vintage look that I love so much 🙂 Hope you like them, too! And, don’t forget, they are $1 today only, so don’t wait to get in on this amazing deal! We didn’t release any new digitals this week and we won’t be next week because we’ve been so busy getting the new printed line ready. We’ll have another sneak peek for you on Friday of our new line! I can’t wait 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!
xo, Elle

A couple weeks ago I saw “The She Art Workshop” available online by Christy from Scarlet Lime and I couldn’t sign up fast enough! Years ago I loved to paint and lately I’ve been dreaming about doing it again. This class is just the inspiration to get me going!! Plus, I’ve been admiring Christy’s work for quite some time now and am just so, SO beyond excited for this class to start and learn from her!  

Soooo… guess what?! We have a very special Valentine’s day giveaway/treat for you today! Christy is giving away one seat in the class to one of our readers!! We are absolutely thrilled!! Here’s a look into the class:

The She Art Workshop is a 3 week e-course the begins February 28th! In this workshop, you will learn how to create unique and detailed girls, as seen in Christy’s art projects! She will also share with you how she creates her backgrounds, textures, and layering styles on canvases and other surfaces! You will walk away from this class feeling confident in creating your own personalized” She Art” projects as well as having learned  new art techniques that you can use in other mixed media projects!  The She Art Workshop begins February 28th. Registration ends February 27th!  To find out more about the She Art Workshop and what is included in the class check out Christy’s website here.

Sounds amazing, right?! Just leave a comment below to be entered into the drawing OR if you can’t wait, head on over to her site and sign up! It’s only $35 for the three week course – which I think is am AMAZING value!! We will draw the winner on February 16th!

Thank you so much, Christy, for offering this to our readers! Can’t wait for class to start 🙂 and, Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!! Xoxo

I am beyond excited about our new upcoming collection and wanted to give you the first sneak peek! It’s called “Handmade Layers” and we’ll be releasing it on Monday, February 21st at 9:00 am (PST time). It feels like we just released our Valentine’s Day items, but I couldn’t hold these new designs back any longer because I love them so much, plus they are perfect for spring!

This has probably been our most time consuming design yet. Every layer was either hand painted, stitched, layered, etc. and then scanned in and edited in Photoshop. But, I love, LOVE, L O V E the end results and we hope you do, too!

When I started designing the collection back in October/November, I thought I’d be able to whip it out in time for our January launch… But the more I worked on it, the more time I wanted to spend with it and release more products with the same look! At the beginning it was just going to be one set of journaling tags, but when those where done we all agreed it needed to have matching cut outs, tiny tags, date & place tags, 2 inch circles, 3 inch circles, and a brand new sized tag, too!

So, our next upcoming launch is all about LAYERS and will be happening on February 21st. I can hardly wait! We will be sending out a newsletter as soon as it goes live, so make sure you’re on
the list!

 I love Spritz Cookies… with or without frosting… it doesn’t really matter! This year I didn’t get around to making any for Christmas and was pretty bummed about it. Then, I remembered the cookie press (I got the Martha Stewart one before Christmas, but it’s on sale right now!) had a heart shape in it! Perfect for Valentine’s Day!

 Then, once I started, I couldn’t help but do the star/flower shape, too! The sprinkles and nonpareils add the perfect little touch.

For this batch I tried this recipe and it turned out pretty good. I think next time I’d double the vanilla or add almond flavoring because I like a little more flavor in my cookies if they don’t have frosting… Still very yummy and the perfect little sweet treat for Valentine’s Day!

I’m off to package these cookies up in our little Valentine Bags! And, maybe make these Fudge Lover’s Cream Cheese Cake brownie’s from Betty Crocker! I just found that recipe yesterday and I know my family would LOVE those!!

Annnd… guess what?! We’ve got a BIG surprise for you tomorrow!! Eeek!!

Melissa used all our Lovely Valentine products to create this beautiful mini. I love the fabric cover and the use of her vintage typewriter! Thank you so much for the amazing inspiration, Melissa! We adore you 🙂

It’s Wednesday already! The days just fly by, don’t they? Well… Since it’s Wednesday that means we have two digitals, at our digital shop, that are only $1 each for One Buck Wednesday!

Our two digitals on sale this week are:
Journaling Hour by Hour tags – I created this little layout of the day my nephew was born, below, but you could use these to document any day! A trip to the zoo, first day of school, a weekend, vacation, etc.
And, then our second $1 item are our Seaside Vintage Labels. Love the simple, but old looking design of these tags! So much fun and such a good deal!!

Also, don’t forget our digital shop has a TON of items for Valentine’s Day!
Dress up your suckers or lollipops with our Lollipop Tags…
Use our Valentine Bags to hold cookies, candy, and more!
This little Let Me Count The Ways Mini Album kit is so much fun! We released it last week and it’s the perfect kit for putting together a little mini for a loved one. Makes a wonderful Valentine’s Day gift! Comes with easy to print pdf files and png files for those who want to essemble the album before printing it out!

Plus, there’s banners, papers, Valentine cards and MORE at our digital shop! Don’t miss them!!
xo, Elle

We have had SO MUCH FUN, this past week, getting to meet and learn more about each one of our Design Team members and see their special project + scrap room. We feel so blessed to have such an incredible team of ladies putting together inspiration for us every month for the Inspiration Gallery and our blog! They rock!

We have eight lucky winners to announce from the giveaways we had each day! The lucky winners are:
Jamie
judean
ShoppingTamii
Meghann
Jenni
Rebecca
Just Us
Jennifer H.

Congrats! You’ve each won a special packaged fill with items from our newest release! Please email us your address as soon as possible and we’ll get your goodies out asap!

We have lots more fun in store for this week and next 🙂 It’s such an exciting time!! Eeek!!
xo, Elle