Sunday Sketch with Lory

 Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday! Sunday means quality time with family, friends, crafty time, outdoor time, so it means whatever you love to do to unplug e recharge yourself, don't you think?

Today I am happy to share my entry for this week Sunday sketch! I'm going on with my September 2021 album and I can't wait to see it complete definitely.

Here the sketch

I have used the beautiful September Retro mini kit and the adorable digital files.

I started from the sketch to create a double 4x8 page for my life crafted album, I used the sketch as the starting point to create something new and tell my stories.

I played with the digital patterned papers, the journaling card, the puffy alphabet stickers. The story of the school adventure for my second boy. Love him to the moon and back.

You can find the kit in the shop together to gorgeous album and stamps :)

Hope you like it and it will inspire you to take care of your everyday memories.

Have a wonderful creative week,

love, Lory

MERRY & BRIGHT with our Guest Designer LEILANI GILCREASE

 

Hi there!

We are so excited to welcome our Guest Designer, Leilani Gilcrease, to our blog one last time.

I loved using the Merry and Bright kit to create another fun Christmas spread in my Life Crafted album. I paired some of the beautiful papers from the paper pad with tons of die cuts to add lots of layers to my pages.

I love being able to mix and match the tiny word phrase stickers with the ephemera pack and chipboard stickers to create lots of dimension on my page.

I also decided to use the gold alphabet puffy stickers and the Harper alpha stamp to create a bold title!

I then used the small glassine bag the sequins came in to create a small pocket behind this photo- the perfect place to hide a little journaling!

I added a bit of stamping along with my story to the back of one of the ephemera pieces. I love how the journaling is hidden and looks like just another piece of layering behind the photo!

I loved using all of these products to document one of my favorite Christmas stories from the past!

Remember you can check more of Leilani's work on her Instagram feed @leilani_scraps

Thank you so much Leilani for sharing some of your beautiful work with our Merry & Bright kit!

3 to inspire challenge recipe with Lory

 

Hello Friends! It's Lory here today! So happy to celebrate the weekend with a creative jump! Today I'm happy to share some new pages about my January 2021 Life Crafted Album. I am in love with the Seagrass album and super excited because it's almost complete! Wooohoooooo!

Today I have a a little and easy recipe to share with you to have the right creative inspiration jump to keep telling your everyday stories. There's nothing better than being at my creative disk and play with colors, and with all these so yummy goodies from Citrus Twist!  To be true these products , looking at them  using them make me feel so happy, I mean really happy, the sadness the bad thoughts go away from me when I create with Citrus Twist Products. I have a deep love for them it's so something that I can't explain with words. 

So stop me Lol  I could write an entire book, LOL . 

Here the recipe:

1. Stamps
2. Cut file
3. Ticket and tags

TIPS FOR THIS RECIPE:

• With stamps I usually create a title or I create a key word for my story. In this spread I have told with just pictures and many little phrases stamps what I would. My family, how much it means to me. I have used the gorgeous 6x8 Felicity ALPHABET  STAMPS .  

• I have used the cut file to create a sort of handmade patterned paper behind the little vellum door I created.  To give more attention to  the amazing cut file from Citrus Twist I used the foam double siede tape and the tone on tone tecnique. I have used one of the Placemats group cut files.

• I love to add many details to my pages because they are what complete my creative flow. I added three lovely tags and tickets on the vellum door holding them with a little natural twine. Ticket and Tags are one of my favorite embellishments ever.

The beautiful wooden hearts Bites on the tag and on the cut file are from the beautiful embellishments from Citrus Twist.

On the right page I have inserted many pictures made in the same moment to create a Photo Booth. Everything complete with chipboards stickers, I love them to pieces!

So how about you? Join me to use these three and let me see your creations! You can share them also in our Facebook Fans group :) 

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Love, Lory

Open Post| 2021 starting page with Lory

 

Hey friends! How are you?

2020 is almost came to an end and to be true for so many reasons we are all so happy and relieved that it comes to an end! It was a very hard year even if I think it has taught us to be careful about what really matters in our life! Don't you think?

I'm already thinking to the size of my 2021 PL and I tanto to try the idea to do a 4x8 album for each month telling a little story each day or something like this, random.  So at the end of the 2021 I'll have 12 Life crafted albums and this idea makes me feel so excited! 

So as each year I have preapred my starting page with my intentions, hopes, dreams, writing about my expectations and my goals to achieve! I have written to myself a sort of letter remembering what I have lived this past year and what I want to focus my attention. 

Ok let's start showing you what I have created!

First of all I wanted an envelope to gather together something from the 2020,  a sort of link with the past year. So inside the pocket I have inserted a jumbo 4x8 manila tag ( to be true I am obsessed with them) and some tags and journaling pieces from the Marigold 6x8 paper pad. 

To create the pocket cut a rectangle of a paper of your choice of 16 cm width and 14,5 cm length. On three sides fold at 2 cm on the right and the left and 1,5 cm on the bottom. Then with the double side tape stick the pocket to the inside cover of your Life Crafted album. I have chosen the Sea Glass album.

I added a sort of truck in with another paper and I created the opening of the pocket with a circle punch.Inside the pocket I have added stories, thoughts, pictures. To embellish the pocket some tickets from the amazing new products, a little phrase from the ephemera and a bow.

For the first page my idea was to create a background with the 20 and then to give attention to the 21 , the new year. I have created the 2020 background with the beautiful BIG Numbers stamps, using the white embossing powder and the heat gun. I love this so soft effect. To print the 2 and the 0 in the right way I drew a sort of grid and in each little box I stamped the number 2 or 0.  The result is an effect I see I don't see :)

At last but not the least I played with the other number font of the same stamp set, the stencil one that I love to crazy and a flower, some leaves, some little phrase and some different stamps from Citrus twist. The mix of different fonts and different sizes of what you write is a beautiful mix! The True Life stamps, Simple Words 3 stamps  ,  Conversations starter 1 stamps,

To finish some black ink drops, one picture and the sewing machine.

I hope to preserve memories and build the life I dream to live together who I love.

I wish you all a very happy new year, full of love, dreams come true, health, freedom and beautiful memories.

Love, Lory

DECEMBER DOCUMENTING with our Guest Designer DANIELLE

 

Hi there!

We are wrapping up our Guest Designer feature for the Sparkle and Joy kit with a last look at Danielle's spreads. Her interactive and fun approach to documenting is so visible in her spreads:

Here is Danielle, "I’ve had so much fun using the gorgeous Sparkle & Joy kit to create my December Documenting foundation pages this year. I can’t wait to continue filling my Life Crafted album with the beautiful papers and embellishments. I hope you’re having a blast documenting the festive season and that you have found plenty of inspiration on the Citrus Twist blog and Instagram feed – I know I have!

Thanks so much and Merry Christmas

Danielle"

remember to check Danielle's Instagram feed for more inspiration:   https://www.instagram.com/nellyandclem/

DECEMBER DOCUMENTING Inspiration with Guest Designer - SARAH BARGO

 

 Hey paper peeps! Sarah Bargo here to share a fun way to use those cute 6x8 papers in the Sparkle & Joy kit! 

 

I absolutely love any sort of little pockets and envelopes, and using the WRMK envelope punch board makes it a snap! Start by taking one of your papers and cut it into 6" x 6". 

 

Then follow the dimensions right there on the board so you know your score line, and make all your cuts and folds! You end up with a cute shape like this!

 

The cool thing about scoring paper is that you can fold the paper either way, so if you want the white part on the inside you can, or if you want it on the outside you can! I kept the adorable star pattern on the outside!

 

So cute! Then I just slid a card inside it and topped it off with a cutfile, easy peasy! You can embellish any way you like, so fun! 

 

On the first envelope I topped it off with some adorable puffy stickers that can be found in the kit! I just love them! They would make the cutest advent calendar, and you could stuff treats in them every day! 

 Thanks for stopping by today sweet friends!

xoxo 

Sarah