Sneak peek week continues with peek #3

Sneak peek #3 is here and kind of a special one! I can't really tell you all the details, yet... but it's something fun that we are doing "larger" than we've ever done before! Eeek!!!!Just leave a comment below for another chance to win a pack of goodies from this new launch! Winners will be drawn late Tuesday night, January 4th!

And, if you haven't already, make sure you check out peek #1 and peek #2!

Valentine Treat Bags!

We are super excited that our Valentine Treat Bags were featured in the Scrapbooks Etc. magazine this month! We haven't received our copy yet, but we've been getting a lot of questions about where to get these bags so we thought we'd do a quick post to let you know they are available at our digital store, at jessicasprague.com!

Don't forget that you can make the bags hold smaller treats, too! To make smaller bags to hold smaller treats, when you go to print the pdf file, on the print dialog box click the "Properties" button. From there (and all printers are different) you'll want to find the "Scale Document"section... I scaled our bags at 50% and printed them... The little bags turned out SO cute!!

And, with this pdf file you can print them out over and over again!

Thanks so much for stopping by and big thanks to Scrapbook Etc. for the feature!
xo, Elle

Sneak peek week! Sneak #2

Are you ready for sneak peek #2? Along with some Valentine's Day items, we'll also be releasing some tags for every day use, too! Here's a peek at some cute tiny tags that are coming on the 5th!

Just leave a comment below for another chance to win a pack of goodies from this new launch! Winners will be drawn late Tuesday night, January 4th!

We hope you enjoyed this peek, too! Check back tomorrow for a new peek and giveaway!

Sneak Peek Week! Sneak #1

Sneak peek week is HERE! We've got our very first sneak peek of our new launch below :) We are so, SO excited for this launch - it's got a little something for everyone and very versatile!!

Just leave a comment below for your chance to win a pack of goodies from this new launch! Winners will be drawn late Tuesday night, January 4th!

We hope you enjoyed this peek - don't forget to check back tomorrow for a new peek and giveaway!

We are back ... with a surprise!

Did everyone have a great Christmas? We sure did! It was such an amazing time with family and friends … and especially that new little nephew of mine :) We all ended up staying at my mom and dad’s house over the weekend and it was just like old times – so much fun!!

Even though we had a blast this holiday season, we are super excited to be back in the studio! We have some fun news for you :) half of our new items have been printed and the other half are printing as we speak! So, that means … NEW ITEMS ARE COMING JANUARY 5th!

With this new launch we want to do something really, REALLY fun! Something we’ve never done with a launch before… are you ready?! We are going to show a sneak peek of some of our new items EVERY DAY, starting tomorrow, with a giveaway every day, leading up to our launch!
That means that you are going to see SEVEN sneak peeks of our new items, plus get a chance to win these new items, SEVEN times! Are you excited?!?! I hope so :) We wanted to do this for you because we just love you all sooooo much and appreciate all your amazing support!

We’ll see you back here tomorrow for the first sneak + giveaway!
Xo, Elle

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

We want to wish you a wonderful Merry Christmas! We hope you all have an amazing and beautiful holiday season!

Our shop is closed until December 27th, all orders placed now will ship first thing on Monday, December 27th.

We'll have some amazing, that we've never done before, when we return ;) Merry Christmas!
xo, Elle

Yesterday & Today Class Winner!

We have a winner to announce from the giveaway below! The winner of the Ali Edward's Yesterday & Today class from Big Picture Classes is:

Katie @ makingthishome.com

Congrats, Katie! Please email me at info@shopellesstudio.com as soon as possible to claim your prize!

Thank you all for stopping by and entering our giveaway! For those who didn't win, don't forget that you can still use the 10% off coupon - use coupon code yesterdaytoday at checkout, at their site!
xo, Elle

Giveaway + Special Offer for Ali Edwards Yesterday & Today Class from Big Picture Classes!

Happy Monday, everyone! We have an exciting giveaway for you today! Big Picture Classes is giving away one spot in Ali Edwards class called "Yesterday & Today"!

Join popular blogger and scrapbooker Ali Edwards, along with a diverse group of memory keepers, as they learn to make meaningful connections to their past in order to live their life in a more thoughtful way. Projects are limited to one layout a week that address the questions listed below.

Are you new to online education? Ali’s robust, cutting-edge online classroom provides content in multiple learning platforms: video, audio and traditional written handouts. The classroom also houses sharing galleries and multiple message boards. This is your last opportunity to participate in Yesterday & Today at Big Picture Classes. Don’t miss out on this popular class!
Ali says, “The benefit of looking to the past is that we gain perspective. We see things differently after developing an awareness of what we know and what we wished we knew. Looking back, even if we're just viewing old photos of people we don't know, can change the way we approach the photos we take and the stories we tell today.”

Just leave a comment below to be entered into our drawing! The winner will be announced here on Wednesday, December 22nd - someones going to get an awesome Christmas gift!

SPECIAL OFFER: Big Picture Classes is also offering our readers a 10% discount on this class! Just use coupon code: yesterdaytoday during checkout.

Countdown till Christmas!

Are you ready for Christmas? I can hardly wait to see my family open their gifts - I swear waiting for that is the hardest part! I have a few cookies to bake and some planning for the dishes I'll be preparing, but other than that, we are good to go!

This little ornament above was made by my mom - no pattern, all hand cut out of felt - AMAZING! Can you just imagine a tree with a ton of these little guys? Beyond adorable!

This Monday we have an awesome giveaway that I'm so excited for! And, then, we'll be off until after Christmas! We have BIG, BIG plans for when we get back :)

It's am amazing and wonderful season! Love you all!
xoxo, Elle

Free Shipping Day is here!!

We are participating in the National Free Shipping day and it is here! Today only, EVERY order placed at our shop will ship First Class for FREE! Even overseas and international orders, too!

All orders place today will ship by Monday, December 20th - however, we cannot guarantee delivery by Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
xo, Elle

December Daily Album - first half

How is your December Daily project going? I'm having so much fun with mine! I'm also so happy I took Ali's advice to do the base of the album early, before December started, so during December all I would have to do is add the photos and journaling! LOVE IT!

Here's a peek into my album:
I will have to fill in the present list later - some family members read this blog ;)
(page 13 is missing it's photo still, waiting to pick up that order today!)
Those are the papers I used to wrap the presents this year! (above in the squares)
This little pocket will hold special memories - today I wanted to journal about special holiday memories I have from past years so I've been collecting special photos for this pocket to hold :)

Lots of photos - thanks so much for taking a peek into my album! I do know that next year I might have to get a printer that can print photos - I think that would make this project a lot easier! Right now I'm running back and forth to the photo place ;)

Merry Christmas!
xo, Elle

Paper Christmas Trees!

I just LOVE little Christmas trees! My mom has some fun vintage ones that I drool over every year when she puts them out. This year, I was super excited to come across this tutorial at domestifluff.com - the first thing I thought of when I saw it was CHRISTMAS TREES!

For these little trees you'll need some wood spools, a dowel that fits into the spools hole and some paper. The cone is optional and really not needed! I thought I would need it to form the paper cones, but you don't! For the paper, I printed out some papers from our digital Christmas Papers.
I covered the spools in some Martha Stewart tinsel glitter and regular glitter - soooo pretty!
The tutorial has a pdf that you can print out of the cone shape - I ended up printing the pdf at different sizes so my trees would all be different sizes - turned out super cute!
Don't forget to add some stars at the top and some clear glitter on the trees for snow! Also, buttons make super cute little ornaments on the trees, too!
Can't wait to put these on display in our little "Christmas village"! Now I just need some houses :)

These are the papers I used - they are 20% off during the entire month of December! Actually, everything in our digital shop is, so make sure you take advantage of that amazing sale!
Tomorrow I will be sharing the first 15 pages of my December Daily album! It's been such a fun project - I can't wait for you to see it!

xoxo, Elle

Free shipping day + Holiday Schedule!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: We are participating in the national free shipping day on Friday, December 17th! Our free shipping offer is good for all USA and overseas purchases, with First Class Mail option only, at our shop! We guarantee your order will ship by that following Monday, December 20th. However, we cannot guarantee that your order will be delivered in time for Christmas!

No shipping on December 22nd through December 26th
Orders placed on and between these dates will ship December 27th

No shipping on December 30th through January 3rd
Orders placed on and between these dates will ship January 4th

Thank you so much for your patience with us during our non-shipping dates! We treasure that extra time we get to spend with family and friends!

Christmas Bags and Banners!

Since we have been getting a ton of questions regarding where our Christmas bags and banners from last year can be found... We wanted to post a quick reminder that all our digital and hybrid items can now be found at our digital shop, on the jessicasprague.com website! This includes our Christmas bags and banners!

The bags work great to hold holiday treats and cookies that you are giving as gifts! Print out as many as you need, cut and fold!

The Christmas banners are available in "Merry Christmas", "Happy Holidays" and "Peace, love, joy". The banners come with all the letters and papers, in lots of different colors so you can mix and match to create a unique banner! These banners make great homemade holiday gifts and would be a fun project to make with kids!

Don't forget - for the entire month of December, all our digital items are 20% off, too, so it's a great time to stock up!

Christmas Wreath by Christine Middlecamp!

Have you seen this amazing Christmas Wreath project that Christine is putting together?! It's such an amazing idea - the tiny layouts are so cute and colorful! Plus, it would be such a fun project to do a little layout a day!
We are also loving how she is incorporating some of our paper products into the mix! Some of the tags she is using are now digitals, too! And, this month only all our digitals are 20% off - just download and print at home!

So festive and inspiring! Make sure you check it all out at her blog - she even has step-by-step tutorials for each layout!

Come check out our new design team!

We are so excited to announce our new design team members, today, for the first half of 2011! But first we want to give a huge, HUGE THANK YOU to all that applied and your sweet and kind words! We love you all! We had over 200 applicants this time around and we had such a hard time narrowing it down - narrowing it down is one of the toughest job around here and I dread it so much because everyone has something amazing to offer and deserves a spot!

The other hardest job around here is letting our past team go. This is the second team that we are saying goodbye too and the second time around isn't any easier than the first! We feel so blessed by our current team and want to thank them for ALL they have done for us - they are truly an amazing group of women and we are going to miss them!

But, with the hard jobs, come the fun jobs and one of the fun jobs is welcoming the new team :)

Please give a warm welcome to the following ladies who will be joining us from January to July 2011:

Loredana Bucaria

Jennifer Chapin

Lisa Dickinson

Rebecca Keppel

Gail Linder

Melissa Mann

Mindy Miller

Mandy Pierce

Can't wait to see what these ladies create!

Where Women Create and Helmar winner!

We are so excited to share with you that we've been featured at Where Women Create as part of their 12 Days of Christmas! We got to share our favorite holiday tradition, plus we have some fun items for a giveaway there, so make sure you check it out! HUGE thank yous to them for featuring us, too! We are thrilled and sooo thankful!!

We also have a Helmar winner to announce from the post below! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left a comment - they were all so sweet!! So glad to hear that everyone is going to create one or did create one! Make sure you post them somewhere so we can see your beautiful creations!

The winner of the Helmar adhesive is: Traci! Traci, please email us at info@shopellesstudio.com as soon as possible!

We've got lots more FUN planned for this week and next week, including announcing the next design team :) December is going so fast, but we are loving it! Hope everyone is having a great time!

xoxo

Helmar Holiday Hop - DIY Noel Ornament!

Welcome to the Helmar Holiday Blog Hop! We are so excited to be apart of this awesome hop and share our creation with you today! You might be stopping by from Becky's blog - but if you're not, and want to start at the beginning, make sure you head back to the Helmar blog!

Also, make sure you check out Helmar's facebook page! They will be having giveaways throughout the entire day! There might be some Elle's Studio stuff in the prizes, too ;) And, don't forget to leave a comment at every stop along the way for a chance to win some other prizes, too!

Alright, are you ready to get started? We've got a fun ornament that you can make with the stuff you have right at home, today! We'll just need to grab a few supplies to get started!

DIY Noel Ornament:

1 thick piece of chipboard (if you don't have thick chipboard, trying gluing two or three pieces of thinner chipboard or cardstock together)
Helmar Gemstone Glue
Scissors
Xacto knife
tiny hole punch
Glitter (if you don't want to make it with glitter, you could also use a piece of your favorite patterned scrapbook paper!)

STEP ONE: Print out the free Noel pdf template we have available at the bottom of this post.
STEP TWO: Cut it out, then trace it on your chipboard.
STEP THREE: Cut it out of the chipboard. You'll have to use your Xacto knife for the small parts. Those Tim Holtz scissors are a must have!! Also, if you are hanging this, punch two small holes in the N and L for your ribbon.
STEP FOUR: Get your glitter and glue ready.......
STEP FIVE: Start gluing! Spread it around....
... and pour the glitter on!
STEP SIX: Don't forget to do the same on the backside.
STEP SEVEN: Once it has dried, get your ribbon or twine and tie it up all pretty and hang it on your tree!
Sooo pretty! Love the way this turned out! You can click below to download the free NOEL template to get started - these would make awesome Christmas gifts!

You must have Adobe Reader to open this file, if you do not have Adobe Reader, you can download it for free, here. If you are having problems downloading or opening, please make sure you have the latest updates for Adobe Reader.

Don't forgot to leave a comment at every stop along the blog hop way for a chance to win some great prizes! And, make sure you head on over to the next blog!

And, leave a comment below to be entered to win this prize pack from Helmar:
We'll draw one winner on Monday morning!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
xo, Elle