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Today, our lovely Guest Designer, Amanda Baldwin, is sharing more of her December Documenting preparation using our Merry & Bright kit, exclusive stamp sets, and her Cranberry Life Crafted album.
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Today our Guest Designer, LORILEI MURPHY, is joining us with a last look at her December Memories album. She used our Sparkle and Joy kit, stamps, digital files and Candy Red Apple Life Crafted album to document memories of Christmas past. Let's take a look at her projects:
Hi there!
Nathalie with you today to share with you what I have documented in my December Life Crafted (vol 1). I document all the things, so I have planned for a two albums, starting with the Candy Apple one, to then move to a Fir album. I had created a few base pages ( you can find the videos in the CTK YouTube chanel) that are coming in handy when documenting our days!
I used pieces from the Sparkle and Joy kit to embellish the page all about our Christmas tree. I always take lots of pictures of the process of getting the tree trimmed which lead me to create an interactive pocket for my album.
I created tags for each of the kids pictures, and then used one of the Digital TN papers from the Comfort and Joy kit to add my story. A few embellishments from the Sparkle and Joy, November Add on kit and my stash complete this page!
This year, I am trying to keep things chronological ( with a few extras in between). We were lucky to start our December with a Snowy wonderland here in Toronto, so most of my photos are all about the day. I used one of the Instax page protectors to add all my extra photos and lines of journal.
To create my lines of journal, I used one of the Digital Tags from November 2020, I simply change the color and blurred the small sentiment, then added my lines of journal. I added a small sentiment to the picture using the Weathering stamp set, and then finished the page with simple shaker pocket!
I took advantage of the b side of the instax pocket to create a layout about my family's love for chocolate Advent calendars. I was able to put a picture of each of them with their chocolate calendars and used the shaker pocket to add a small sentiment ( December 2020 Digital files).
Since I had a large title, but very little to the story, I decided to create my own 3x8 card. I printed my journaling ( December 2020 digital file) card then made up the rest of the card space with a paper from this month's add-on kit. The title was stamped with coral ink using the Madison alpha stamp set, then used a stencil to create the embossed white polkadots. A few embellishments from the Hey Santa collection (available at the shop) complete the page!
I love simple layouts ( one page layouts) for my documenting. Once again, I used the back of the previous page as the starting point for these...
For this layout, I used one of the TN papers from the latest digital release. The file was manipulated so that the TN paper sits horizontally. Just a few lines of journal complete the page.
Lastly, this year, I am adding a calendar at the back of the album with just a small snippet of the day's that other story. The pictures are about a 1"x1", and there is small list of the caption being worked as a companion.
I hope these all serve you as inspiration to document your days in your Life Crafted albums. Remember to share what you are creating using #DECEMBERLIFECRAFTED.
XO
Hello Citrus Twist friends! I am so happy to be
back again sharing another set of pages using the Sparkle and Joy kit!
I started these pages with a large photo of our tree. If you check the tree you will see that I added Sparkle and Joy puffy sticker ornaments to further decorate the tree and two of the card stock stickers! This photo is the same size as one of the Life Crafted page protectors.
I had to use the gorgeous journal card that was perfect for Christmas Eve along with a photo in one of the 2 - 3x4 inserts.
When you turn the page you arrive at Christmas Day. I cut one of the 6x8 adorable reindeer papers into a 3x4 card for a lovely pop of red. I cut a snowflake and a round circle from white card stock and added the puffy “25” and a gold star for a date card. The card below is is the back of the Christmas Eve card and will hold journaling. The next side is an interactive page I made for the 25th. I used a 6x8 Sparkle and Joy paper as the base, and cut two thin strips of red paper to use as ribbon. I topped the “gift” with the red bow die cut and two die cut tags. The gift page is adhered to a base page in the album and opens from left to right.
Love the super cute die cuts!
The gift box opens as a simple flap.
Inside I added gift photos from Christmas
morning, embellished with die cuts and stickers! I love how it turned out!
Thank you so much for joining me here
today! Cheers to a happy December and
Merry Christmas to you!
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!
xoxo
Sarah
