Archive for August 2013

Design Team Highlight : Neutral Background Layouts

Hey, ES fans! Today I wanted to share with you a few projects from the current Design Team Gallery highlighting neutral background layouts.  These layouts keep the focus on the amazing photos that they display and include many of our Elle’s Studio tags! This layout, from Stephanie Bryan, uses a solid white background to showcase…

Sketch Thursday

Hello and welcome back to sketch Thursday! Today’s sketch was inspired by Laurel’s Heart You layout from this month’s DT gallery. Lots of pretty paper, funky circles and a big title… what’s not to love?! We’d love to see you create something inspired by this sketch! For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate…

Project Life Member Gallery Spotlight

There are some incredible projects in our Member Gallery!  We just love seeing the projects you are sharing with us in the gallery. Today I am sharing a few Project Life spreads that caught my eye! We love this layout by Catb22.  The fun green paper in the opposite corners, and the month stamp are awesome!  I…

Project Life

Welcome to another week of Project Life at Elle’s Studio! This week I am sharing something a little different for our Project Life post.  My children went back to school last Thursday.  This is the first year they are both in the same school full day (Kindergarten and 1st grade).  After I went home that…

Capture Life – Faceless Photos

Faceless Photos – Let’s have a challenge While shooting a recent High School Senior session, I had a request from the client for a shot of him looking onto the football field. He wanted to capture the memory of dedicating his Senior football season to a few special angels; one of which whom they just…

 Congrats to this week’s Project Spotlight winner, Jennifergrace! Check your email for your $10 Elle’s Studio gift certificate to use in our shop! Jennifer’s Best Breakfast layout features a fun mix of our Day to Day, Serendipity and You & Me collections. We LOVE that sunburst she created! Head on over to her gallery to check it out and you can even add it…

Sketch Thursday

Happy Thursday! Today’s sketch is inspired by our Guest designer, ScrappyJedi. Her ‘It Totally Runs in the Family‘ layout is perfect for multiple photos and mixing patterns. I was inspired by the vertical photo series so I started there. Instead of patterned paper I used several frames which have different colors and patterns as well….

Project Life

This week’s Project Life covers the week of July 29- Aug 4th. The majority of this week was spent in Michigan with family.  We take this trip every summer and it is certainly a highlight for everyone. I used quite a mix of Elle’s Studio products for this week’s spread!  You will find bits and…

our Monthly Kit + your stash

Hello there scrappy friends! I’m back featuring another fabulous monthly kit and showing you how I mixed it with my current stash to create a fun(ky) layout 🙂 This month I mixed the Elle’s Studio August 2013 kit with Studio Calico kits, BasicGrey wood veneer, vellum, Prima ink and orange thread. I love the yellows, blues,…