DECEMBER MEMORIES with our Guest Designer LORILEI MURPHY

 

Hi there!

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:

We love all that Lorilei has created to document her 2009 Christmas season.   Lorilei, thank you so much for sharing your talent and stories with us.  You can always follow Lorilei for more inspiration at https://www.instagram.com/roseyposey_studio/

DECEMBER DOCUMENTING with Guest Designer LORILEI MURPHY

 

Hello Citrus Twist friends! I am so happy to be back again sharing another set of pages using the Sparkle and Joy kit!

 Just to recap, I am using a gorgeous red Life Crafted Album to house stories from December 2009 and of course all the goodies from the Sparkle and Joy kit.  This set of pages is about Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

 

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!

December Documenting with Guest Designer LORILEI MURPHY

 

Hello Citrus Twist friends! I am so happy to be able to join the fun for the Sparkle and Joy collection this season!  A big Thank you to Trina for having me!

 I was thrilled to open the Sparkle and Joy goodies when they arrived! My red album is absolutely stunning and gives such a warm festive feel to the pages!  I took some time and went through the papers, cards, die cuts and embellishments, mostly to ooh and ahh!  I felt inspired to go back in time and create a December album of 2009 photos.  I was also inspired to centre the entire album around joy and it made telling stories and selecting photos so easy!  I really only had photos of Hannah that year, so I ended up dedicating it to her for memories!

 For my opening page, I kept it rather simple and let the chipboard circles and gorgeous gold puffy stickers set the tone.  I used a full size photo of later on in December that represented all the fun colors the album would hold.

 

 A close up of the page. 

On the next page I used another full size photo that fits into the Life Crafted Album pocket page.  I added the fabulous puffy alphas included in the kit in the white color on my daughters top with a gold puffy star!

 

 To go with the photo and to begin adding some layers into my album I created a tag from one of the journaling cards and made an embellishment from another journal card. More puffy stars and some twine added the perfect finishing touch!

 

 

Thank you so much for joining me today! I look forward to sharing more pages from this treasured album with you!

Meet our May Guest Design - Lorilei Murphy

We're super excited to share this month's Guest Designer with you - the super talented, Lorilei Murphy!  We have been such big fans of her creative projects for so long - Lorilei always amazes us with her stunning work and this month is definitely no different!

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GET TO KNOW LORILEI

Hi there!  I am Lorilei Murphy (pronounced Lauralee), and I live in the country just north of Calgary, Alberta with my husband and 15 yr old daughter!  I love to create and adore all things related to memory keeping.  I have the privilege of working with some wonderful companies such as Crate Paper, Pinkfresh Studio and Felicity Jane as a design team member and enjoy being part of the community!

Q&A WITH LORILEI

When did you start scrapbooking?

I officially started scrapbooking in June of 2017!  Over the years I have dabbled occasionally, but I could never really figure it out until then!  I had been doing Project Life for a couple of years before I started scrapbooking.

What is something most people would not know about you?

I suppose most people wouldn't know that my left arm is held together with screws at the elbow.  Five years ago fell and shattered my elbow and the surgeon put it back together the best he could, my arm is permanently bent at an angle.  I still think about straightening my arm!

What are the 3 scrapbooking products you can’t live without?

Foam/Dimensional Adhesive (love me some layers), Busy Bee Scissors (love me some fussy cutting) and White Cardstock for backgrounds!!

What do you love about the May Life Crafted “Excursions” kit?

I made two projects with the May Scrapbooking Add-On kit; I love how well everything co-ordinates (I tend to be matchy-matchy) and how many products are in the kit!  I adore the Life Crafted Albums, and the new page protectors are fabulous!!

Finish this sentence "If you could see my scrapbooking space right now . . . "

Is clean!!  I usually clean up in between projects so that I can start with a clean slate when I head down to my craft room.  In the middle of projects, it is a disaster!!

And here is just a look into her beautiful creative space:

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For my 2nd project with the May Scrapbook Add-On I made a 12x12 layout featuring the All Heart collection by Crate Paper.  I decided to make a painted background inspired. by the gorgeous colors in All Heart.

I added two photos and a chipboard "photo" onto a line with some small clothespins from my stash. I knew I had to keep a good spot for the Heidi Swapp Gold phrase as well!

I decorated the photos with chipboard, puffy stickers and gold hearts from the Heidi Swapp stickers.

Once I was almost done I decided to add a little cluster of embellishments at the bottom of the page where the trail of paint thinned out.  The chipboard Happy was the perfect piece to built the small cluster around.

I had a fantastic time guesting for Citrus Twist Kits!  I hope you enjoyed my layout!

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