A Look Inside My ‘Life Crafted’ Travelers Notebook Album
In January, everyone started talking about the Citrus Twist Life Crafted albums, and I had to get one (or two). I love travelers’ notebook size scrapbooking but I don’t really love my layouts outside of page protectors so these albums were the perfect solution.
I had decided that I was going to make my regular scrapbook layouts in 8.5″ x 11″ this year but I love having this other option for smaller stories or just a change. Now, I happily work between the two. 4″ x 8″ is just a fun size once you get used to the tall and narrow proportions. It’s also great for full-page photos, and a lot of my spreads stick to my favourite photo-on-one-side-words-on-the-other formula.
For my album, I make most of my layouts digitally at 4″ x 8″, then sometimes add some stickers after printing. I can fit two onto a letter or A4 sized piece of photo paper (most of my layouts at this size are double spreads). A lot of digital designers, including me, have 4″ x 8″ or TN-sized layered templates for sale and that makes me so happy. I’ll link to some of those at the end.
Here are some of my pages:
Being able to put these little 4″ x 8″ layouts in page protectors rather than glue them into travelers notebooks has been a game-changer for me. Here’s to trying new things! Shannan
These are so awesome. I’ve been a bit hesitant to use the 4×8 size but may give it a try now. Thank you for shairng.
Thank you Ami. It’s been a great way for me to tell smaller stories.