Life Crafted with Sabrina Poole

 

Hey everyone! This is Sabrina with a fun Life Crafted project. I decided to use the amazing new stamp set- Get Messy - as my focus. This stamp set is the perfect stamp sets for all the makers, documenting the crafty projects and celebrating all things creative. 

I pulled a few photos to document myself and creative aspects in August and I used the Maggie Holmes 6x8 paper pad Sweet Story. I was inspired by the paper with the various funky frames on it and went with that to come up with a design around it. I cut out the pink and green frames and measured the inside of the frames so I could fit some photos in there. Even though the spots are SUPER tiny I knew it would still make for a unique way to document and frame creative aspects of my month in August.

 

Once I had the photos adhered to the frames I decided to do a horizontal design across both pages. I then added in some diecuts to go above and below the frames. My next stamp was to add in a bunch of different phrases from the Get Messy stamp set like 'creative queen', 'get creative', 'yes', and 'creative space'. 

For my title I stamped out 'my space' and didn't worry too much if the letters were straight; but I didn't like how the title reminded me of an old network website- 'myspace'. Remember that place? So I added in 'favorite' above the space as a fun way to say 'my favorite space'.

My final touch was to add 2 chipboard stars and stamped hearts. I love how this spread came together and I know I will be using the stamp set- Get Messy- for many more projects. 

Thank you for taking a look at my project! 

Holly Jolly with Sabrina

 Hi everyone! I have a fun project to share with you using the December digital elements and traveler's notebook papers to document our elves arriving. 

I started with the "The Magic of Christmas" traveler's notebook paper and then added in the red paper because I know that would be a great to mat the photo of my elves. In our house we have two elves- Melvin and Matilda who have been causing mischief for over 8 years. 

I then added in a bunch of the digital elements that I was able to print and cut using my Silhouette Cameo. I just got my Cameo and I have reached a new level of scrapbooking! I added in the black, cursive words, fa la la, some red star circles and a few other elements. My design was to create 3 main areas of clustering to make a visual triangle. I love how 3 distinct areas in the design make a for a beautiful and fun project. 

                            

I finished off the project by using one the new stamps set-Currently 4x6 - to stamp several different little sentiments. On the journaling card I stamped 'play hard' and 'she said'. I also used the circle stamps 'rad' and 'just this' to add more circles to the project. This stamp set- Currently- is so versatile and has so many options like simple phrases, title building, sentence building and journal prompts. 

This project came together so easy with the digital elements and traveler's notebook. I love this festive page to document our silly elves. Happy December! Hope you enjoyed seeing my project! 

3-to-Inspire with Sabrina Poole

 

Hey everyone this is Sabrina for the creative team and today I’m going to share with you a project that is a Life Crafted project to document one whole month of stories for my LC album.

My project is also a 3-to-Inspire to give you a recipe to get you jumpstarted on your project. Here's the recipe:
1. use a digital template or a sketch
2. use alphabet stickers 

3. use numbers in your project

I created a template to document my September and all the my stories. I saw the 3x8 journaling card with all the numbers on it and it gave me the idea to document nine different stories from my month. I left three spots in my digital template to fill in with paper and also printed out some November digital diecuts, TN basics paper and ephemera. I was now ready to build my project. 

I matted my two main photos with the yellow pattern paper to give more emphasis. I also added in some enamel dots and a stamped sentiments to some photos. I used the back of the 3x8 card to journal all my stories from the month. I really loved using the November stamps to give myself a prompt for my story and jumpstart my journaling.

 .For part 2 of my recipe- use alphabet stickers- I actually recolored my foam letters that spelled 'sept'. I recolored them using chalk ink and then used my heat tool to dry the letters. They turned a brownish orange and shrunk slightly, but I love how they turned out. Playing with your supplies and trying something new can be so fun! 

I had a lot of fun playing with this recipe, coming up with the recipe and building my project. I hope my project inspires you to play with your November kit and tell your stories! Have a good week! 

Hybrid Pocket Page with Sabrina

Hey everyone! This is Sabrina from the creative team and I am going to share a fun pocket page that I did using the digitals for October. 

I make a scrapbook album that is all about me and the size I do that in is 8.5 x 11. So, the best way to get the pocket sizes, 2.5x3.5, is to go with using the digitals. I could have probably trimmed down the pocket cards in the kit but knew it would be easier to just use the digitals.  Another added advantage of using the digital was that I was able to make this pocket page work for a summer theme since I was able to re-color a few things.

I pulled out several of the pocket cards and trimmed those down to 2.5x3.5. Since I was documenting July from my perspective, I pulled cards that went with the stories I wanted to tell from this month. Like the “here for this” went perfect with the craft dresser I added to my creative space. Also the “right now” card paired awesomely with a hilarious meme I wanted to use. So, the main colors I focused on using were the pinks, oranges and yellows. 

I also took one of the cards, the yellow heart one, and layered it with an orange 2.5x3.5 rectangle I created in Photoshop Elements. I was able to then able to add a cool layering affect to blend the two layers together. Love how that card turned out! To finish it off I added in two tags- “day by day” and “us”- to it. I recolored both of those fit my color scheme. 

I also was able to use the digital cutapart elements and digital ephemera pieces and shrink them down to the size I needed for my pockets. I added a variety of cards, papers and digital elements to bring this whole page together. My finishing touches were just a few puffy hearts, enamel dots and a word phrase stickers. 

I love how Citrus Twist has the monthly digitals and then you get so much more out of your kits. I hope you enjoyed my project and seeing different ways you can use your digital Citrus Twist kits.

Have a great week! 



Life Crafted with Sabrina

 Hey everyone!! This is Sabrina and this will be my first post with Citrus Twist and I am so excited to be creating with Citrus Twist products. I will be use the Life Crafter The Best Part kit to make this project. 

For my first project I went with a fun, floral filled spread in my Life Crafted Flamingo album. I wanted to document seeing my Mom for the first time in over 3 months. With the wild year we are all having its even more important to document these special moments. 

When I saw the beautiful floral 6x8 paper and die cuts in the September kit I knew I would use those as my focus in my project. I framed my photo with a few florals as a cluster and also used some on the opposite side to make another cluster.

I also added in some labels with stamped phrases on them like “woohoo!” and “It’s the little things” from the September 2020 Travelers Notebook stamp set. Plus, I used the half circle stamps from the set This is Life- Good Life to add some more visual interest to my layout.

Overall, I love how this project came together and how the floral pieces really helped tie the whole spread together. Just shows that you don't need much except a beautiful coordinating kit to bring a page together!

Thank you for reading!