Elle's Studio: August Kit & New Releases Inspiration!

 

Hi Crafters! 

Welcome back for more Elle's Studio awesomeness!

It's time to reveal the August Kit and new release items & oh me, oh my! 

SO.much.amazingness this month! 

Here's a looksee...

August 2021 Exclusive Kit

Oh aren't those colors and patterns divine?!!

And the new releases are going to have you swooning too...

Wow! So much awesomeness in this release! 

I'd race and fill my cart (HERE) before it's all sold out (just sayin')! 

& let's not forget the fabulous August Note To Self Printables & Digital Cut Files...

It really is a spectacular release day! 

***Shop ALL the new things in the Elle's Studio shop HERE***

Time for some inspiration!

Here's what I've created so far this month...

"Sun Day Fun Day" - 12 x 12 inch scrapbook layout

Whoa! How awesome is this?!!

That stamped background is errrrrrything!!!

Elle's Studio Supplies: August 2021 Kit, Proud Of You Die Cuts, Light Teal Cardstock Basic Shape Stickers, Chipboard Circle Stickers, You Got This Stamp & Adventure 6 x 8.5inch Paper Stack.

Other Supplies: Asstd stamping ink pads, & machine stitching. 

Here's a few close ups of this stampendous page! 

Stamped circles for the win! 

The You Got This Stamp is my favorite stamp set from this release - so versatile! 

My favorite part of Summer is.... well, let's be honest, I'm just a Summer girl at heart! 

I'm pretty sure every Summer moment is my favorite part, but especially days spent at the beach with these two! 

The Proud Of You Die Cuts might seem to have a back to school theme, but honestly, they're super versatile too! And I'm loving all the pops of teal this month! 

You are amazing, indeed!

My second project focuses on all those fabulous school embellishments...

"Back to School" - 8.5 x11 inch scrapbook layout

Oh how cute! Back to school never looked so cool!

Elle's Studio Supplies: August 2021 Kit, 4 x 6 inch Notebook Journaling Tags, Proud Of You Die Cuts, Light Teal Cardstock Basic Shape Stickers, Chipboard Circle Stickers, Back To School Wood Veneers, & Adventure 6 x 8.5inch Paper Stack. 

Let's take a closer look...

Lots of the Proud Of You Die Cuts & Light Teal Cardstock Basic Shape Stickers here - 

but it's definitely the Back To School Wood Veneer title that wins the prize! SO cool!  

Here's a better look at it...

It really is super awesome!

Infact, everything in the August Kit and new releases is awesome! 

Fab-u-lous!!!

These new products are bound to sell out fast, be sure to snap yours up HERE before they're gone!

I really hope my projects have inspired you!

Thanks so much for visiting, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo 

Elle's Studio: August Kit & New Releases Inspiration!

Hi Friends! 

Welcome back for more Elle's Studio inspiration
with the fabulous August Kit and new release items!
I know, every month I say it, but truly this month's kit and add-ons are aaaah-may-zing!!!

Check them out....

August Kit


The colors & patterns are just stunning!

And let's not forget the fabulous August New Releases....

WOW! 

And last, but by no means least, the amazing
August Printables & Digital Files

Wow! So.much.awesome!!!

***Shop ALL the Elle's Studio new releases HERE***

Here's what I have created with these products so far....

First up is a sweet 8.5" x 11" page documenting my darling girl's academic achievements,

"School Life"




This is so awesome! Such a special occasion to document for her school life!

Elle's Studio Supplies: August 2020 Kit, A New Day Stickers, Composition Stickers, So Cool Puffy Stickers, ABC Wood Veneer, Acrylic Hearts, Shine Brighter Stamp & Summer Fun 6 x 8.5" Paper Stack.

Other: White Bazzill Cardstock, Staz-on Black, Ribbon, & SpiegelMom Scraps Sequins.

Let's take a closer look at this lovely...

So many pretty details!
The Shine Bright Stamp is pretty amazing, but it it's the So Cool Puffy Stickers title that wins my heart! I mixed the Hello Life & So Cool Phrases to create my 'school life' title. So versatile!
The Composition Stickers and ABC Veneer are fun embellishments for this education theme too! 

Awesome, indeed!
Loving the color scheme of gray, coral red and black n white - so classy!



Those puffy stickers are errrything!!!



Always Be Curious, indeed!
Love it!

My second layout has a real Summer vibe to it,

"Celebrating Fun Times"



How bright 'n' fun is this?!
Summer memories documented to perfection!

Elle's Studio Supplies: August 2020 Kit, A New Day Stickers, Chipboard Tags, So Cool Puffy Stickers, Wood Veneer Circles, Acrylic Hearts, Summer Fun 6 x 8.5" Paper Stack, & Bright Polka Dot 6 x 8.5" Paper Stack.

Other: White Bazill Cardstock, stapler & pale blue tissue paper. 

So simple, and yet so strikingly beautiful - LOVE this!

I combined the August Kit, new releases and both the Bright Polka Dot & Summer Fun 6 x 8.5" papers to create this layout.

The new release embellishments are really stunning! 

They look so good clustered together!

Yep, August at Elle's Studio is superb!

***Shop ALL the Elle's Studio products HERE***

Thanks so much for visiting, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Elle's Studio: June & July Kits - Summer Mini Album

Hi Everyone! 

Welcome back for more Elle's Studio Summer inspiration! 

Today I am sharing a super quick & easy mini album made from my 'left over' items from the 

Elle's Studio June & July releases. 

It only takes a few minutes to create this mini and it is perfect for recording those sweet Summer memories! Yay! 

Here's a lil look at my album cover.....

So bright, cute 'n' fun! 

Elle's Studio Supplies: July 2020 Kit, Bright Polka Dot 6 x 8.5 inch Paper Stack, Summer Chipboard Stickers, Adventure Wood Veneers, Summer Tape Stickers, July Labels, July Label Stickers, June 2020 Kit, Summer Fun 6 x 8.5 inch Paper Stack, Chipboard Star Stickers & Summer Stickers. 

Other: Sewing Machine Stitching,  & ribbon

The Summer Fun 6 x 8.5 inch Paper Stack papers are the perfect mix of Summer colors and patterns, and made for a terrific album cover! I decorated mine with a couple die cuts from the July Kit, one of the July Labels, a Summer Chipboard Sticker, and that cute heart veneer! 

Tip: The heart veneer is actually the 'Wild At Heart' veneer from the Adventure Wood Veneers, but I flipped mine to the blank side to better suit my project! 

To create my simple flip album, I backed the Summer Fun cover paper with the purple print from the Bright Polka Dot 6 x 8.5 inch Paper Stack and adhered together. I repeated this step with 2 more papers, so I ended up with 2 double sided 6 x 8.5 inch papers in total. I scored & folded both sheets at the 4 1/4 inch mark, and machine stitched them together across the scored line to form my album. Yep, it's that simple! And as I mentioned earlier, a great lil mini for using up all your scraps with! 

Let's look inside....

Hello, indeed! The Bright Polka Dot purple paper coordinated perfectly with the 'hello' note card from the July 2020 Kit. I chose to decorate these pages very similarly to a four, 3 x 4 inch pocket page (minus the pockets) & let my photos do most of the talking. I added a little bit of story telling with the Summer Stickers, then embellished my photos and album with a couple of the Chipboard and Summer Tape Stickers. 

Here's a closer look....

Super sweet for Summer! 

Here's the next pages...

The landscape orientation of my photographs meant that I could only fit one photo per page - but I think these pages turned out just fine! To encourage cohesion between them, I backed both photos with the light purple journal cards (courtesy of the June & July 2020 Kits) & kept to similar embellishments. This time I combined gray with the purple color palette to create a really fresh and clean look. The gray Chipboard & Label Stickers look really effective together, and the Summer Stickers were utilised again for some simple journalling. 

Love it!

The final page to this sweet Summer Mini is slightly different to the others. I have still used the same purple color scheme and mix of Chipboard, Summer Tape & Summer Stickers to embellish with but, I have also left lots of space to hand write the story. This is a really important detail to me - I want my children to write their own little sentence or two about this Summer. I think that in years to come they will really value what they've both recorded. As both of them will need to write something, I have left space on both pages. 

Such a simple, and sweet Summer Mini! 

I hope you'll feel inspired to make your own today - 

go on, it only takes a few minutes & you'll be so glad you did! 

Happy Summer Memory making!

Thanks so much for visiting, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo 

Elle's Studio: Product Spotlight - June Digitals!

Hi Friends!

Welcome back for more Elle's Studio inspiration! 

Today I am shining the product spotlight on the fabulous June 2020 Printables aptly titled, Summer Snapshots. 

It's no secret that I LOVE the versatility of digital products, 

but when combined with the awesome colors and designs that Elle is famous for, well, it needs no explanation! 

Happy crafting days! 

But enough chatter, here's what I created with the June 2020 Printables, 

"Summer Snapshots"

Elle's Studio Supplies: June 2020 Kit, Summer Snapshots Printables, Chipboard Star Stickers, Puffy Alphabet Banners, Summer Fun 6 x 8.5" Paper Stack, Summer Fun Stamp.

Other: Bazzill Cardstock - Avalanche, Stamping Ink - Black, Light Blue & Mint, Sewing Machine Stitching, Pom Pom Trim, & Sequins. 

Oh.my.stars! Quite literally, all those stars! 

Such a delicate & divine approach to Summer documenting. 

Perfect for that sweet photo of my darling boy, when he was just a toddler, nawww! 

Let's take a closer look....... 

So soft & dreamy! 

As soon as I saw the Summer Snapshots journaling tag with the large star on it, I knew I would create something magical! I individually selected this journaling tag in my Windows software, pressed print, and chose to print 4 copies of it in the 9 x 13cm size, in the Print Pictures screen.

Once printed, I used a craft knife to cut out one of the star shapes, and backed this card with my photo. This created a fabulous frame and focal point for my photograph. 

Such a simple idea, and yet so effective! Love it!

Inspired by this star, and a love of fussy cutting, I cut around the remaining 3 stars ensuring the mint green color outlined each one. I love repetition in design, and I couldn't help but use all the stars! I fussy cut the small blue stars from one of the 6 x 4 journal cards from the June Kit and adhered them with foam tape throughout my layout. I also used that star label die cut to mount one of the sentiments from the Chipboard Star Stickers too! 

The star pattern paper from the Summer Fun 6 x 8.5" Paper Stack didn't stand a chance, and naturally, I had to feature it. With the presence of so much blue in my page, I revisited the Summer Snapshots Printables. I printed, then cut out, the blue 'Summer Snapshots' journal card. I foam mounted this fussy cut sentiment and created my layout title. 

This awesome title then inspired the use of banners throughout my layout. 

I trimmed the star pattern paper into a pennant style banner, which I then layered my framed photo onto. I also used the gray polka dot paper from the Summer Fun pack, and crafted an over sized banner label which I adhered to my white cardstock base. 

I machine stitched the blue star banner onto the polka dot one, and then continued to adorn my scrapbook page with stars and banners. 

For a finished and polished look, I completed my layout with a mix of color coordinating sequins from my stash, and those amazing Summer Fun Stamps! I stamped the stars in mint and pale blue inks, and used black ink for my 'summer tradition' journaling. 

Who would've thought that the humble pocket card printable could be so amazingly beautiful

 (& versatile)?!

 I hope I have given you some new ideas on using the wonderful Elle's Studio Digitals in your everyday documenting, and that you feel inspired! 

Thanks so much for visiting, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Elle's Studio: More June Kit Inspiration!

Hi Friends!

Welcome back for more Elle's Studio: June Kit inspiration!

Summer is my favorite season, & I just couldn't resist adding a lil sunshine into today's layout -  

Here's what I'm talkin' 'bout....

"Summer Snapshots"

For the love of Summer, sunshine & sunbursts! 

Whoa! 

The June Kit is outta this world!

Elle's Studio Supplies: June Kit, Summer Fun 6 x 8.5" Paper Stack, Summer Wood Veneers, Vacation Wood Veneers, Summer Stickers, June Labels, Tiny Shapes & Dots Puffy Stickers. 

Other Supplies: White Bazzill Cardstock, & Pale Blue Tissue Paper

Let's take a closer look at this striking sunburst page....

Inspired by the theme & colors of my family photograph, I knew I wanted to create a page that evoked all the Summer vibes. As soon as I saw the yellow sun pattern paper in the Summer Fun Paper Pack, I knew I would have to use it! 

However, unlike my usual butting of two papers together to create the illusion of a full 12" paper, I had to get a little creative to make this design work. 

To form the sun, I had to trim the first sun paper to 6 inches long, and then rotate the second sun paper, and trim it to 6 inches wide. Now, when combined these two sun papers became one large radial 6" x 12" sun  - awesome! 

To add extra dimension, & texture to this sun, I cut along all the sun rays, distressed all the edges and foam mounted all the pale yellow segments. For added impact, I also added a half inch trim of the blue striped pattern paper (also from the Summer Fun Paper Pack) beneath this sun. 

To keep my design uniform, I lightly distressed the edge of this paper too. 

So effective!

I layered my photograph onto a couple of the 3" x 4" note cards from the June Kit, some pale blue tissue paper from my stash, and some of that gorgeous blue striped paper. Into these layers, I tucked in a few embellishments - die cuts, June Labels and even that fussy cut 'summer fun' circle. 

I wanted to use the Summer Fun circle as a feature embellishment as it combined the sun design with the blue colors and also aided to anchor my photo cluster onto that circular sun. 

Such a fun way to use the June Kit journal cards! 

I cleverly positioned this photo cluster over the center of the sun for two key reasons. 

1. So that your eye would be drawn directly into my photo

and 2. To cover the paper joins & enhance the illusion of 12 inch papers. 

Drawing on the natural sand color in my photograph, and a need to balance out all that bright pop color, I mixed the Summer and Vacation Wood Veneers and added them to my design. 

The Summer Snapshots veneer fitted beautifully across my photo and formed the perfect title! 

To further enhance the sun design, I used a mix of circular embellishments throughout my page, and even scattered some puffy sticker dots (from the Tiny Shapes & Dots Puffy Stickers released in May) too. Those little pops of teal created a point of difference between the dominant blue & yellow, and added that extra interest. 

For finishing touches, I added a spot of journaling with the Summer Stickers. 

Such a simple, yet super striking page to document my family's Summer story! 

I hope I have inspired you to start documenting your Summer stories with the fabulous

  Elle's Studio June Kit & new releases! 

Thanks so much for visiting,

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo