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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Q&A with Kerry Lynn - answers!

Time is just going too fast around here! Sorry for the slight delay on this post :(


The winner from the random drawing from the question post here is Kimmy! Congrats! Please email me as soon as possible for your prize!

We had Kerry Lynn answer some questions to answer and here they are:
mustangkayla:
Q: What a fun tutorial! Love your blog Kerry Lynn! Do enjoy doing layouts or altered items better? Which do you feel more inspired to do?

A: Honestly? Most of the time I don't know what I’m going to create until I sit down at my table. if I’m creating pages I have a photo or a memory or moment that I have been thinking about and just need to document, that I need to get out of my head. if I’m making an altered item it's usually because I need to make something, anything, I just have an urge to make my hands useful. But I have to say that lately I’m inspired to make altered & collage items. It’s a field of work that never ceases to inspire me to create.

Shayne
Q: How divine are these little envelopes! I'll definitely be using this tutorial!
Where is the Butterfly Punch from - is it also Fiskars?

A: Actually, the butterfly punch is from Martha Stewart. ;)

Ashley M
Q: Who are your biggest inspirations in the scrapbooking world?

A: There are so many talented scrappers and artists and I tend to be attracted to a lot of different styles so who I get inspired by always ebbs and flows with where my creativity is focused at the moment, on what style of art I’m currently working with. but I can always depend on Becky Novacek, Heather Bullard, Rebecca Sower, Ruth Rae and I have to say my creative team at Kenner road never ceases to amaze me with their creations.

Badalicat:
Q: Are you an organized scrapbooker, or are you a messy scrapbooker? I know I am very messy!
A: I create with organized chaos. There are always piles of some sort around me, whether on my scrap desk or in the kitchen office nook, but I always know where everything is luckily. usually by the end of a week I have stuff strewn all over my desk, and am working upon piles of cut pieces of scrap and vintage bobs & bits, and my desk area is quite small and tucked into a little alcove in our family room, as you can see below.
Unfortunately for my husband I have plans to rectify this situation soon... very, very soon. ;)


Anna said:
Q: So where is the best place to find "found" paper?

A: Anywhere really. I love to go to flea markets, garage sales & the thrift store & you can find a lot of old paper goods to use at any of those places. Things like old sheet music, dictionaries, and children’s books. The older the better.

Stephanie Baxter:
Q: Do you have any scrapbooking crushes? (i.e. people whose work you go giddy
over?)

A: I don't think I have any scrapbook crushes but there a lot of mixed media artists that I adore. The best class I ever took was from Charlotte Lyons at silverbella in 2007 and I have been a follower of hers ever since. We created a stunning mixed media collage out of fabric remnants and vintage items like bits of jewelry and it was wonderful. I would love to take a class from charlotte again.

Jade:
Q: How many different books do you have going at once?

A: Altered books? I usually only create them one at a time. I like to just sit with a pile of papers and just see how the book develops. The colors are usually picked first and them all of the odds and bits are selected from there, that way even though it's eclectic in creation everything flows together.

Deanne:
Q: What size do you like to scrap the best 12x12, 8x8 altered sizes (mini books ...?

A: Doesn't matter to me, just depends on my mood really. But there are times when I start out in one size and realize I just don't like the design. I’ve started creating 12x12's and then realized half way through the design would be better as a 8.5 x 11, happens all the time. ;)

Audrey:
Q: Is it 100% important for you to use materials that are archival safe? Is that actual sheet music?

A: Such a good question! I don't think about archival qualities at all when I create. I love anything old, tattered and worn and in order to get that look in my pages I use found objects and vintage ephemera all of the time.

However, if this is something that concerns you, you can get sprays that will help keep your vintage items archivally safe, I just don't worry about it personally.

Gayle:
Q: Do you scrapbook chronologically, or by whatever pictures come up as inspiration?

A: I just create as I go. As I said above the picture is usually the beginning of the process for me. To be honest I usually focus on scrapping the everyday random things that happen in my life and in the lives of my family. I don't usually event scrap because usually the pictures speak for themselves. I want to remember the funny phrases, the things I like today, etc. because those are the things I’ll forget first when I’m old and gray... lol

Thanks so much for the fun questions ladies!
Happy creating!
xoxo
kl

Sunday, March 22, 2009

My Sunday Love It! List

My custom Plini by magicbeanbuyer! I sent her a picture of my baby dog and she replicated her exactly! I love it sooooo much! And yes... that is her favorite place to sleep if I take a nap on the couch! LOL!
These fun Sushi & Bubble Tea Stickers by RVA! So fun!!
These gorgeous Vintage-Style Flower Loomed Yarn Flowers by Kitsch Digital Goods! They are now selling paper print outs, too!!
Cupcake kit from Fred Flare! Look at those super cute liners!!!!

And, these amazing GLASS water bottles from Fred Flare, also!
Starbucks instant coffee! I got my free sample in the mail on Thursday and this coffee is delicious! It tastes just like a cup from Starbucks and the best part is you don't have to wait in a line! It's an instant lifesaver because around here the lines are long!
Spring is here and I'm totally into flowers in my hair this year! Both have sold out :( But each seller has more fun designs in their shop! The first one is by Miss Ruby Sue, so fun and colorful!
And this very elegant one is by Portobello! Love those delicate feathers!

Oh my list could go on and on! There is so much fun and crafty stuff out there right now :) It's heaven!! I might have to start doing this weekly... Don't forget, there is still a couple of days to enter our Q&A contest with Kerry Lynn! See this post here.
I hope you all have a great Sunday!
xo, Elle

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A Tutorial with Kerry Lynn +ask her a question for the q&a!

Mini gift cards with found paper envelopes by Kerry LynnProducts needed: prompts, patterns & Journaling tags, found paper {5" x 5"}, paper punch, dry adhesive {i used a tape runner}Step 1: Fold your journaling card in half and punch out a design.
remember to save the mini punch as you'll be using it to seal your envelope later.Step 2: Fold 5" x 5" found paper in half so opposite points meet Step 3: Open up folded paper and fold corner so tip meets the folded center line. Step 4: Insert your folded journaling mini card and then fold one side flap over top and secure with adhesive. Step 5: Repeat step 4 with opposite side flap.
Step 6: Sign your cards and insert into envelope and seal with your punched paper remnant.

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Thank you so much, Kerry Lynn, for putting such a great tutorial together! I just love how cute those little envelopes look with those punched shape seals! I think this weekend will be spent making a bunch of these! They'd be great to tuck into school lunches, flowers, a get well soon present and more!!

Also, at this time we are going to open up the blog for any questions for our Q&A with Kerry Lynn! In the comment section below, leave your question for Kerry Lynn (or email)and in a couple of days we'll have her pick a couple to answer! Also, each question gets you entered into a giveaway for a $20 Gift Certicate to our shop! Everyones welcome to enter and we'll have the answers up on the 24th, so make sure you check back!

Happy creating, everyone!
xo, Elle

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Party wrap up :)

You guys were such good guessers yesterday! A lot of you thought it would be stamps… and I have some more good news about that! But first, I’ll announce the winners :)

The winners from the last giveaway from yesterday are:
Heath said...
Yay! Happy 2nd birthday!

Ashley said...
I loved the announcement! Would love to win!

Farm Girl in MD said...
Hooray for digital!!!

Congrats! All of you win your pick of one digital item! Send me an email with your pick and I’ll email it to you :)

We were so glad to hear a lot of you guessing and wanting more stamps because… We have more designs on the way! I can’t wait to share the new designs with you; they are so much fun and versatile, too! We are planning our next product launch to be sometime in the middle of April, we’ll have an exact date coming soon! Make sure you are signed up for our newsletter so you won’t miss the announcement! It will be a really fun spring/summer launch with lots of new things in store! I can't wait!!!

Thanks again for such a fun time yesterday! It was the best birthday, ever!
Xo, Elle

P.S. The digital items are now in the shop! Please note: The little birthday gift that we are shipping with every order in March applies to shipped orders only! If you purchase all digital items, you won’t receive anything in the mail – sorry about that!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

We loved the party!! 4th giveaway!!

Today has been too much fun!! Oh my goodness, we love you guys soooo much!! Thank you all for spending the day with us and all your comments!



The winner from the 3rd giveaway is: Hannah said...
I so wish I could have played along today!I just love the looks of the goodies!!!

Congrats!! Email me your address and we'll get your package in the mail!



Are you ready for our fun and exciting announcement? You guys requested it and we listened:

Retired designs are new again when you can use them in your digital layouts or print them at home! We decided to do this after we received an amazing amount of requests to bring some of these old designs and for digital products, so we thought we'd combine the two ideas! To keep if fair to our retailers our digital designs will be strictly limited to very few of our out-of-print and retired items only. We are not sure if in the future we will be adding to our digital designs, but if we do, we will always be keeping our digital designs limited to our retired items only.

Here is a sneak peak at some of the designs that will be available:

Each digital download will come with all the tags as png files, plus a printable pdf file! All the digital downloads will be available in our store by tomorrow morning at 9:00 am PST time! Please remember these are for personal use only.
We'll do ONE MORE GIVEAWAY to end the day! This time, three people will win the digital download item of their choice! Just leave a comment to enter and the winner will be announced at 9:00 am tomorrow morning!
Thank you so much for spending the day with us and celebrating our two years in business! We look forward to the years ahead and hope you liked today's little announcement :)
xo, Elle

The cake is almost gone! Giveaway #3

Today has been so much fun!! I really wish you all could win :( The random winner for giveaway #2 is:
Nancy said...
Thanks for these lovely giveaways. Congrats on your anniversary!

Congrats, Nancy! Please email me your address and we'll get your goodies in the mail!

Giveaway #3 includes these goodies pictured here:
Just leave a comment to enter - one person will win everything pictured above!! At 8:00 pm we'll be announcing the winner from this giveaway, PLUS our other fun announcement that we have been giving you guys clues for and the final giveaway of the night!

Here is the last clue of the day, it might give it away :)

Any guesses? See you at 8:00 pm!
xo, Elle

The party continues! Giveaway #2

We are having lots of fun reading every ones comments! Thank you all so much for your kind words and happy wishes, they mean so much to us!!

Our random winner for the first giveaway is:
Jaime Benavides said...
Cute stuff! I hope I win;)

Congrats!! Please send me an email and we'll get your goodies in the mail!


Here's a look at the second giveaway of the day:
Just leave a comment below to enter - One person will win everything pictured above!! Make sure you check back at 4:00 pm (PST) to see if you have won and to enter the third giveaway!


Here's our second clue for fun:

See you all at 4:00 pm!
xo, Elle

Let the party begin! Giveaway #1

We are so, SO excited to be celebrating our 2nd birthday, today! Thank you all for such a wonderful two years, we love and appreciate you all so much! We can't wait for the years to come!

To celebrate we are doing a giveaway every three hours from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm (four giveaways total!). Here's a picture of our first giveaway today:
Just leave a comment below to enter - One person will win everything pictured above! We'll be announcing the winner from this giveaway at 12:00 noon (PST) so make sure you check back at that time to see if you have won and to enter the next giveaway!

We will also have a fun, little announcement at the end of the party tonight (8:00 pm). So we thought we'd give some fun clues to build up the anticipation :)

See you all at 12:00 noon (pst)!
xo, Elle

Monday, March 9, 2009

You're invited!

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Retailer of the Month - Sugar Paperie

Sugar Paperie is a UK based online store which was launched in the Fall of 2008. While their first love is papercrafting (scrapbooking, card making and altering anything they can lay their hands on!), they also are passionate about gorgeous stationery and great gifts. Basically they want their world to be pretty, stylish and a bit funky. And why not?!

Sugar Paperie's mission is to source great products from great companies. That includes the best of British design such as Banana Frog Stamps and Blush Publishing gorgeous goodies from companies like Jenni Bowlin, and 7 Gypsies that they know and love as well as bringing products from companies such as Elle's Studio, Pink Loves Brown and Colors Conspiracy to the UK for the first time. This means that many of the items can't be found on the high street, and they are just that little bit funky or quirky!

Visit Sugar Paperie during the month of March and enter ELLE at check out to receive 15% off all Elle's Studio products!

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Every month we will be highlighting one of our retailers who has a store special just for you!If you are a retailer of Elle's Studio products and would like to be featured, please email us (very few spots remain for 2009).

Friday, March 6, 2009

Guest Designer for March - Kerry Lynn Yeary!

We are so excited to have Kerry Lynn Yeary on board this month as our Guest Designer! We are in love with her vintage style and her gallery is amazing and very inspiring! Edit: She is giving away the mini book, pictured above, at her blog! Make sure you stop by her blog and leave a comment there to enter!

She also has a kit club called Kenner Road, on the design team for Hambly Screen Prints and Creative Therapy!

Thank you so much, Kerry for guest designing this month!
xo, Elle

Monday, March 2, 2009

We're turning 2!

We are so excited to be turning two this month that we are celebrating all month long! Each order during the month of March will receive a little extra goodie! Plus, make sure you check back here on March 11th (the actual day of our birthday) and we'll be having a great giveaway plus we have a fun announcement for you all!

A huge thank you to everyone for all your support over these last two years! We have had a blast and can't wait for the years to come :) We love you all so much!!! See you on the 11th!
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And, we have a winner from our February's flickr contest! Congrats to dmwieland who made this adorable album for a little girl on the way! dmwieland please pick out two items from our shop and email me your address, we'll get your goodies to you asap!
She used the Month to Month tags and the Sweet baby tags and it turned out great! Love it!
Have a great night everyone!
xo, Elle


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