Supplies: Elle’s Studio Birthday Cut Outs, Crepe Paper, ribbon, button and tag.
Daniela made this super cute tag that would be perfect for a present topper! Love that pretty pink flower on the top, too! Lots of fun! And, if you look closely, she has stamped a fun texture on the tag – love that extra touch!

Thanks so much, Daniela!
xo, Elle
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We are celebrating our birthday all March long! Each order will ship with a free Birthday Cut Out and a raffle ticket for every item you purchase! Raffle drawings will take place every Sunday in March! You can read more details about our celebration here.

Supplies: Birthday Cut Outs, Granny’s Doily Journaling Tags, and Lollipop Journaling Tags. Jenni made this super cute card to inspire us today! Love how she used three of our tags and layered them together – along with the matching ribbons! And, the stitching that frames it all is the perfect finishing touch!

Thanks so much, Jenni, for the inspiration!!
xo, Elle
P.S. Don’t forget about our March scrapbooking challenge! You still have a couple days left to enter – check out all the details here!

Today is our third raffle drawing and we have four winners to announce this week! Pull out your raffle tickets and check your numbers! We have special birthday presents for the four people who have the following number(s) on their raffle tickets:

If you have a ticket with any of those numbers, email us as soon as possible to claim your present! We’ll get them shipped asap 🙂

Thank you all for playing along with us this week! For those who didn’t win, make sure you hold on to your tickets! Our next and last raffle drawing will be next week on Sunday!

Stay tuned for more birthday card inspiration this week 🙂
xo, Elle
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We are celebrating our birthday all March long! Each order will ship with a free Birthday Cut Out and a raffle ticket for every item you purchase! Raffle drawings will take place every Sunday in March! You can read more details about our celebration here.

The March Galleries are live and FULL of amazing layouts, cards and even a cupcake mini book! We want to do something new this month and highlight an item from each gallery – but make sure you still go check out the rest! There is tons to see!
Card by Jenni – Supplies: Lollipop Journaling Tags, Granny’s Doily Journaling Tags, and Prompts, Patterns, and Journaling Tags.

This card is perfect for spring, love the colors she picked out to use, and that little butterfly is perfect! She has more photos of this card and two other beautiful layouts (for one she used our XOXO line, showing the versatility of that line, and the other is perfectly vintage!) in her gallery and we just love what she did with those! Thanks, Jenni!

Layout by Paige – Supplies: Scalloped Journaling Circle Tags, Granny’s Doily Circle Tags, and Greeting Circles.

The quilted patterned on this layout is genius! Love how it runs right over the tags! So amazing 🙂 She has more photos of this layout, another layout made with our stamps and a super cute card in her gallery!

Layout by Laurie – Supplies: Birthday Cut Outs

Love the way Laurie used the Birthday Cut Outs as the flower center! And, it goes perfectly with the paper she picked out – so cute!! Laurie has more photos of this layout, another layout and an awesome and amazing mini cupcake book in her gallery that incorporates our Number Flashcards as candles!

Card by Mel – Supplies: XOXO Journaling Tags, XOXO Papers, and XOXO Sweet Word Circle Tags

Love how Mel made a cupcake out of our tags and mini papers! That looks soooo adorable! She has more photos of this, and another really fun layout in her gallery!

Layout by Samantha – Supplies: Holiday Journaling Tags, Date and Place Strips, and Birthday Cut Outs

Love how Samantha made a little college out of our tags at the bottom of her layout and how she showed the versatility of our tags by using a tag from our Christmas line on her layout! She has more photos of this layout, another very cute layout and a fun project for you home in her gallery!

Card by Daniela – Supplies: XOXO Papers, and XOXO Journaling Strips

We love this little card! The butterflies and ribbon across the card add so much to it, too! Lots of fun! She has more photos of this card, and two amazing layouts (one even has kites made from our Chic Note and Date tags!) in her gallery!

There is SO much more to see! Make sure you check out the rest, here! And, if the gallery hasn’t worked in the past, we definitely have all the bugs worked out now 🙂 plus, the best part about our new gallery system is if you missed last month, they are all still there, under each persons name!

We hope they inspire you like they have us! Happy weekend, everyone!
xo, Elle

Paige has made this cute card to inspire us today! She made the pennants out of our packaging backing and some papers from our digital downloads! Then, she added a Birthday Cut Out and a Date and Place Strip – so fun!

Thanks so much for inspiring us today, Paige! It’s so creative and cute!
xo, Elle

We have some sneak peeks from the March gallery that will be live on the 20th! And, I have to say, the ladies totally out did themselves this month! I know, I say that every month, but really, these ladies are amazing! Every month they inspire me so much, and this month is no exception!

Make sure you check out the gallery on March 20th, we can hardly for you to see 🙂

It was SO FUN reading through all your favorite birthday moments! I have a toss up between two of my favorite birthday memories… When I was 5 or 6 my mom and dad had an M&M themed party and made these amazing treats. I don’t remember exactly what the treats were, just that they had M&M’s in them and they tasted soooo good! Then, my other favorite memory is when I turned 13 and my mom and dad surprised me with a Magician! He entertained us with a 30 minute show and gave us each our own magic trick. I was really into magic tricks back then, so it was the most amazing experience!

Anyways, enough of my stories, let’s get on to the winners, LOL! We have two winners from our giveaway post below! The winners are:
AllyW at March 16, 2010 11:56 AM
Jenn at March 17, 2010 7:22 AM

Please email us your mailing address and we’ll get your presents shipped asap!

Stay tuned for more birthday card inspiration! And, don’t forget! All orders, placed in March, will receive a FREE Birthday Cut Out and raffle tickets (one for each item purchased) for our raffle drawings that are taking place each Sunday in March!
xo, Elle

Hi, my name is Samantha Sibbet and I live in San Diego, Ca. I grew up in Santa Barbara County and after attending San Diego State University, I decided to stay (my husband will never leave). I taught kindergarten in the inner city for 8 years and taught a few semesters at a small college. I am currently on a long leave of absence so that I can stay at home with my lovely little girls.
I will be celebrating my 10 year wedding anniversary in just 3 weeks! Wow, 10 years already! I love being married and being a mom is way better than I could have ever imagined.

What is your favorite color combo?
I can not get enough of aqua, red and pink. I recently painted my bathroom aqua and I am now considering it for my kitchen table…wouldn’t that be pretty with red roses!

What is your favorite scrapbooking supply?
Oh, I think all of the patterned papers are so irresistible. Just when you think you have seen the most fabulous paper ever, another comes along and I am in awe all over again! I can’t live without Beacon’s 3 in 1 craft glue, my paper piercer, Art Institute Designer Dries Clear glitter glue and my Martha Stewart crystal fine glitter.Why do you scrapbook and how did you get started?
I was a card maker first, I only made cards for about 5 years. I started scrapbooking so that I could do something with all my photos instead of throwing them in a box in the closet. I was drawn to the the pretty patterned papers of course. I was a simple scrapper, flat pages, always 3 or more photos per page until 14 months ago…I discovered scrapbooking blogs and inspiration on the internet, oh my!

Who inspires you?
When it comes to crafting and making pretty things, I have found some amazingly strong and inspirational people on the internet to draw my inspiration from. Lisa Leonard, Stephanie Howell and my friend Katie Watson are just three of my favorites. Each create from their heart and encourage others to be incredible!
Do you record every moment or just special ones?
Well, to be totally honest, I record the moments that I have great pictures of! If the the photos are everyday photos of my daughters, I will use the pictures as an opportunity to journal something that I have had in heart and I want my daughters to know or tell a story about them that I never want to forget.

What is your favorite thing about scrapbooking?
I have always been a girl that loves beautiful paper. I was a hoarder of good stationary forever. As a little girl I loved collecting stickers and as I got a little older I enjoyed making collages on text book covers and notebooks. It was the scrapper inside of me! I love playing with paper and all of the pretty accouterments that come along with this hobby. I know that writing my feelings down about my children will mean so much to them and me in the future. I think I forget the details to stories quite quickly, so getting them recorded is important.

I have met the most talented and amazing women through scrapbooking. I have new friendships that are so dear to me thanks to this hobby.

Thanks so much for sharing with us today, Samantha! It was great getting to know you more and we feel blessed to have you apart of our Design Team!

Supplies: Elle’s Studio: Whale of a Time Stamp, Birthday Cut Outs, and Date and Place Strips, American Crafts Paper and Thickers, Bazzill cardstock, and DMC floss.
Samantha made this beautiful card for us today! Love how she added the Date and Place Strip and the pendant! So much fun 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration today, Samantha! We love it!

We decided today would be an awesome day for a giveaway, too! We’d love to hear about your most favorite birthday memory! (We tried this one on facebook last week – then learned you aren’t allowed to do giveaways on there anymore 🙁 so, we decided to do it here!)

To enter, just leave your comment about your birthday below! Winners will a special present 🙂 We’ll draw TWO winners on Thursday night.

Thanks for celebrating our birthday with us! We are having so much fun this month – it’s been a blast!
xo, Elle
p.s. Our website and email are still down as we move servers. Our website and email is back up! Woohoo!! If you tried to email me earlier and it bounced back, please try emailing again 🙂 Thank you1