Elle's Studio - March Sneaks

Got this in my email and was totally like "sign me up!"

I signed up last month, I've been buying the kits each month since before Christmas, I love them and the acrylics are such good quality, I love them!

Yup, I thought the same when I saw this email. I will likely grab this, especially because it's their anniversary month. I use these cards up easily - they're my go-to for PL because of the bright saturated colors.

nicolep, I bet you'd be able to use a lot of that kit with your kelly green and navy album!

Can't wait!

Feb's wasn't a very cohesive color palette because she was trying not to over saturate it with pink and wanted to add purple and non traditional colors, but it doesn't bother me because I can easily mix in colors from my Elle's Studio stash (yes, it has it's own special space in my room, lol) to make the colors mix well. This month's though, looks amazing! I asked Elle on IG and she said the teal puffy alpha they are releasing with this kit is $4.50 like their other puffies...it makes me think they are going to be on the same sized sheet, too...so there might not be a ton of letters. Hopefully I can budget for a couple of sets. There isn't a sneak I haven't absolutely loved for March!! I also love that she's celebrating her business's birthday month during my birthday month!

The first thing I thought was......NO PINK!!!
And I love Kelly green too!
Might need this one

This kit is AMAZING! I love the color combination. I almost wish she offered larger kits (to include an alpha and some of the tag and sticker extras) because I always pick and choose add-ons...with there being so many and all full price, I just can't justify the cost of everything. This month I picked up the $1 labels and 1 each of all three puffy stickers. I'm a bit sad that she did 2 colors for the alphas because as much as I want to, I can't justify getting 2 of each. I might go back for a second of the puffy stars, though.

I can't wait until her next huge sale...I'm hoping that some of the things (like stamps and stickers) that didn't make my must haves for some months end up in the grab bags when she has that sale next month or May. I usually spend around $100 during her blowout sales and I expect to do the same this or a little bit more this time around. It depends on the timing. If her new collection goes up with the monthly kit, I'll buy it then, but if it doesn't show up until after, I'll bundle it with the grab bag sale. Her products make me so excited to scrapbook!!

ETA:  typos and wrong there/they're/their (ugh, pet peeve)

I picked up those up a few months ago when they were new...I think there was a 25% off coupon code at the time (it might be closer to a year now...I am pretty sure I was in California for a HS graduation when I bought them...so June?) that I used.  The grey is the only set I haven't used, yet (other than the pink that I got in a grab bag that went immediately into my giveaway pile).  They ARE pricey and I think about how the prices keep going up in the industry (like $8 for Bella Blvd's puffy alphas when thickers aren't more than $6, most often $5) and that I got puffy heart stickers for $1 at Target so I know they can't cost THAT much to make but I like them AND Elle's Studio is a small business that I want to support.

For me, it's a case of knowing that I don't pay full price for much of anything else in the scrappy world and wanting to make sure that my favorite business profits enough to keep doing what they're doing.  It also means she can invest in the development of new products, especially since dimensional products other than acrylic pieces have been something she's been offering less than a year.  Pinkfresh does Elle's puffies and they are also a small business, so it helps more than just her shop, too.  For anyone else?  I wouldn't be willing to spend that much, but I want to see her continue to grow and her products make me happy enough to overlook the sticker shock.  Plus...I'll probably get some of it for uber cheap in a grab bag at some point, so full price for a few things and 50-75% off down the line sort of balances out in my mind.  Or at least...that's my justification anyway, lol.

I bought most of what you posted. I didn't see the grey puffy but not sure if I would use them. I also bought the sunny days (most of the collection) and the tv stamps. I have only bought a few things here and there and then really liked these and decided to go for it today and save the money on shipping . Its a great deal to be able to add whatever you want on the 10th if you are a subscriber or new subscriber even.

I was drooling over the puffy stickers but since they are on small sheets and smaller I just couldn't justify them. I did buy a new alpha stamp set at scrapbook.com so... I almost bought the one here but it is really similar to a couple of other sets I have and love.

She knocked it out of the park this month!!

I really love the color scheme and graphics in Elle's March kit but just can't justify buying it after getting the KP kit AND Gossamer Blue.
I hope more kits use green, yellow and royal/navy blue - not just in March for St. Patrick's Day.

For some reason this comment reminded me of this kit from Cocoa Daisy.  It was and still is one of my favorites.  I should have purchased more of the 12x12 exclusive papers than I did.  I knew there was something familiar about this month's color palette and I couldn't remember, until I read your post, for some reason.  The only thing I didn't like about that kit from CD was that it was the first month trying some new paper sources.  The paper was a weird shiny texture (didn't stop me from using the heck out of and still having some in my hoard) and the cards were fragile...VERY thick but if you stuck something down and pulled it off, the ink came off in that spot, too.  In fact, I still have some cards (I bought the kit and extras) that I need to pull out and pair with the pieces from ES this month.

She really did