All Things Elle’s Studio

I LOVE this months release and I'm waiting very patiently to be able to get my hands on it here in the UK.

I really like this months kit. We do a lot of hiking with friends and nature exploration so this was a perfect month! I’ll probably wait to grab the stamp until it goes on sale though. I like the summer tab words and the monthly stamp. I did grab the paper pad and both stickers/chipboard.

I forgot about this company. I just filled my cart up with $100 worth of stuff- mostly alphabets, stars, hearts- things I can use on any layout. They have so many nice, versatile alphabets and embellishments.

Now let's see if I actually buy them...

I bought all the things this month. Or I spent $35 when I normally just get the kit and the freebies and maybe a set of alpha stickers or puffy hearts/stars/etc. I got the paper set, the adventure stamp and those neutral puffy stickers plus a couple of others. We camp at least once a month (in our travel trailer, we're old and need a real bed LOL) so I have tons and tons of camping photos. We also hike so this kit ticked all the boxes for my needs.

I do have some of that collection! The journal cards & die cut set, and the acetate shapes. I want the “fun times” acrylic w/ Mickey head, but it’s always been out of stock. I’ve eyed the MM stamp set a lot, but I think I have every sentiment covered from other sets. And for some reason the Winifred alpha always reminds me of Disney, so I have had that put aside for this undertaking too. I have four separate week long WDW trips, a year of DL annual pass trips (like five 2-3 day visits)… each will have a 6x8 album (the year of DL in one album… I hope) and I’d kind of like each one to have its own “look”. I’m thinking about making kits for each trip. I don’t want each album to look like a duplicate of the others. 🤪

At this point my most used embellishment is labels I buy pretty much all if the labels they have when I shop about every 3-4 months. These and studio calico colored labels. I use them in PL & regular scrapping & my memory planner so I use them everywhere

This month's kit is the reason I chose to subscribe. I bought the paper pack, the puffy stickers, and a few metal dies to use with the stamps. The design team layouts have been very inspiring since I scrap 12x12 and was unsure how their cards could be used on that size.

Sales are pretty rare. Once or twice a year. Sometimes in May and Black Friday. There’s a subscriber discount on some items for the first 24 hours of a release. This month, subscribers also had a special code for a discount on dies.

Typically she does discount larger items when they first come out, there’s a sale at Black Friday time and an occasional sale (but I forget if those are subscriber only specials- like she just did a sale on dies for subscribers this month). 

In March they had a special 'birthday bundle' of the birthday themed items for subs, along with a free pen. Other than that they didn't do much for their 14th year. 

I pulled out my Elle’s Studio box from their July release and I’m working on a page using the kit. I am going to mix in some elements from other manufacturers, but I love the colors & embellishments from this release! The navy puffy alphas are my favorite.