3 To Inspire with Jennie Garcia

 

Hey Citrus Twist Friends! This is Jennie with the 3 to Inspire challenge for this week! 

The first prompt is to use a simple stamp to create a cool background. I used gold ink and the Mischief & Mayhem Stamp Set to stamp stars on the photo. It's better to use this method when the background is only one color. If the background is busy, the details will be lost and overshadowed by the elements on the photo. 

The second prompt is to document current trends of the moment or a specific age. I remember my niece and my oldest kid reading a lot of Dork Diaries books at this age and now that my little one is 10 she is reading the same books! I also added a postcard from a subscription box from a movie that recently came out. You can also add these trends with screenshots from online shops or photos of store aisles. 

Your third prompt is to embrace randomness. Throw cohesiveness and the cookie cutter aesthetic out of the window. Life is random, and this spread will reflect that! I have so many colors and stories in these pages! I wouldn't have it any other way. 

The journaling cards are from the Change Is Beautiful. 

To recap, here are the three prompts:

1) Use a simple stamp to create a cool background.

2) Document current trends.

3) Embrace randomness. 

We would love to see what you make! Share it in the Citrus Twist Kits Fan Facebook Group!

3 To Inspire with Jennie

Hey Everyone! This is Jennie with today's inspiration! 

Your first prompt is to include a photo of something you made! In this case, I added a photo of a drawing my little one made. This photo allows me to include it in a 3x4 pocket instead of having a lot of papers. My daughter draws a lot! If I kept everything she made I would need an extra house to store all her drawings. Other things that you can photograph are letters and grocery shopping lists. Think about having a tangible memory of  someone's handwriting or how different your grandma's grocery looked from yours! 

The second prompt is to mix it up! Colors, embellishments, and elements! In my title card, I mixed 2 different kinds of alpha stickers. I used the Sadie Coral Alphabet Puffy Stickers and the Periwinkle Alphabet Puffy Stickers. I also mixed the colors blue and light pink! 

The third prompt is to be a little playful with your photos! Cut your photos into shape! You can use metal dies or punches. I framed the circle with the All About Me Ephemera.

To recap, the three prompts are:

1. Include a photo of something you made.

2. Mix up your elements.

3. Cut your photos into a shape.

Don't forget to come back every Saturday to get your 3 to Inspire prompts!

3 to Inspire with Jennie Garcia

Hi Friends! This is Jennie with today's 3 to inspire prompts! 

The first prompt is to use packaging, tags or cards included in products or online orders. Some subscription boxes and Etsy shops add a postcard or business card that can be easily saved. The ones I added this week fit perfectly in a 6x4 pocket.

I used a paper from the Life in Motion Digital Papers for the title card. I love the pattern so I kept the card really simple. This square from the Life In Motion Digital Elements is perfect for journaling or as a label for dates. I am in love with the Foam Alphabet Stickers in every color, but here I used Sun Yellow.

The second prompt is to add numbers to your photos to document your life with lists! 

I added a number to some of the photos to pair it with the journaling card with the information about each photo. It's an easy method for those, like me, who have a hard time journaling.

I love to make little clusters with washi tape, digital elements, and shaped puffy stickers like these Sunshine Puffy Heart Stickers. 

The third prompt is to use a neglected product from your stash. I used a brad. I have a LOT of them in my embellishments drawers. Instead of gluing down this tag (check out the first prompt), I chose to use a brad so I can see the back of the tag in the future. 

To recap. the prompts are:

1. Save the packaging of a product, or a business card or postcard.

2. Use a list to document your life.

3. Use a neglected product from your stash. 

I hope you find these prompts inspiring!

Take care!

Jennie

3 To Inspire with Jennie

 

Hi Friends! This is Jennie with a 3 to Inspire Post! 

I love journaling cards! Having a digital option that I can print over and over is a dream. But sometimes, I get too excited while printing and I end up having a lot of cards! Once in a while you can grab them and mix them all up! The Life Crafted Kits all have a distinctive look that makes the kits match. 

Your first prompt it to mix up the journaling cards or papers! 

Speaking of loving things a little bit too much, I also love photos! I bet you are not surprised. When I have a group of photos that look very similar I like to create photo collages. 

Your second prompt is photo collages. From 2 to 20 photos, these are super fun to add!  

Special occasions are fun to document, but I really enjoy the mundane every day moments and pieces like this coffee photo which is a part of my daily routine documented in a different way than a mug photo. 

The card on the left is from the Spring Dreams Digital Journaling Cards. The title card is from the Cherish Digital Journaling Cards. I also used Orange Sherbet Puffy Alphabet, Cherish Heart Stickers, and the label is from the Jingle All The Way Digital Elements. That's 3 collections in one little card! 

If I close my eyes for a second, I can see my grandma's handwriting and it gives me a feeling that typed words can't. I want my kids to have that experience, and also your loved ones.

The third prompt is to use your handwriting.

Even when I use collages, I pick a few of my favorite photos to print in regular size. 

Hopefully you have many good days so you can use this card from the Spring Dreams Digital Journaling Cards. 

To recap the prompts are:

1. Mix your papers and journaling cards.
2. Add lots of photos using photo collages.
3. Use your handwriting. 

I hope you can use these prompts! Take care! 

Pocket Life with Krystal

 

Hey everyone! This is Krystal and today I'm sharing a page in my Project Life album for 2020. For week 37, I'm using some of the new items in the Citrus Twist Kits shop this month. Let's get started!

I started with the Tickets and Tags die cut set and picked out a few items that I thought would go well with my photos. Then I grabbed the 6x8 paper pad from the Marigold collection and picked out papers to back my photos with.

I knew I also wanted to do some stamping on this page, so I grabbed the amazing new Get Messy stamp set and decided to add a cluster of stamped words next to one of my photos. I added more stamping to one of my embellishment clusters, and then use one of the large stamps from the set to create my own journal card. I love the big, graphic title it provides. 

I had a bit of extra space this week, so I decided to create a filler card using papers from the Marigold pad and a few of the die cut ephemera from the Tickets and Tags pack I love how this card came out!

Finally, to finish everything off, I sprinkled lots of chipboard stars around the page. This helped tie in all of the different colors I used and brought more interest to each card.

You can watch the whole thing come together in the process video below. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hop you found some inspiration for using your own supplies this month. Until next time!

Pocket Page Challenge with Shannon

 

Hey there, Citrus Twist fans! Shannon here with a fun pocket page to share using the new December 2020 kit release along with some new stamps. The kit release is products that are typically used for traditional scrapbooking but I'm going to show you how you can use it in your pocket pages too. 

Since I was using such a variety of products on the page, I decided to focus on visual triangles and repeated elements throughout my page. This helps bring some cohesiveness to the page. If you look at the photo above, you can see that I used the heart label outline from the Get Messy stamp set along with phrases from that set and the Currently stamp set repeatedly. I used a bold black ink and placed them in a triangle on my page to guide the eye. Let's take a closer look at a few others. 

I used gold accents repeatedly throughout my page. In the top middle of my page, I arranged them in a triangle spanning two journaling cards. That definitely pulls the eye up. But I also tucked two more delicate gold accents into my 4x6 journaling card at the bottom. The purpose of this was to both break up the black and white accents on that card and to carry the gold throughout more of the page.

Next, I had some fun incorporating tags into the page. Since this is on the front side of my pocket page I had the freedom to let items stick up out of the pockets. I used traditional tabs on the top and bottom cards. Then, on the striped journaling card, I made my own tab by letting the top circle stick up over the top of the card. And those circle? You guessed it - repeated elements. 

Finally, I used two subtle accents to create visual triangles - enamel dots and word stickers. My page was feeling very...pink. I needed to add some color and these enamel dots were the perfect way to do just that! I'm also a sucker for word stickers so I had to add a few. Those create a triangle as well. Although both of these are subtle, they still do their job of guiding the eye around the page.

I hope I've inspired you to try using the December kit in your pockets by creating your own journaling cards. I can't wait to see what you create!

Pocket Page Challenge with Shannon

 

Hey there, friends! Shannon here with a pocket page challenge. I used the October 2020 FLOURISH Life Crafted Kit and the Ready for This add-on stamp to create this page. The rich shades of teal in this kit really caught my eye so I made them the focal point of this page. I added a bit of pink and yellow as accents to pull it all together.

If there is one thing that I love incorporating into my pages it's layering. I used a piece of the 6x8 patterned paper from the Life Crafted kit cut down to 3x4 to create the background for this card. I wanted something neutral and this pattern worked perfectly! I started with the "us" tag from the Life Crafted ephemera pack and then built from there. I pulled a pink striped ticket and a pink label and layered them up. I used a stamp from the Ready for This set to repeatedly stamp "today." I did it without re-inking to get the faded look. I still felt it was lacking, and I wanted to add some more yellow to the page, so I added a yellow puffy star and a yellow puffy heart. They made the perfect finishing touch! Plus, I always try to add things in groups of odd numbers because I find it more pleasing to the eye.

I added a sentiment from the Ready for This set to the "make this a priority" card. I love that the stamp has the same font - and the sentiment is perfect for something I'm trying to make a priority! I added a paragraph-style list as my journaling. It sums up some of the photos on this page, which are all made of little moments. To add a little more color, I added a couple enamel dots in that great pale yellow that matches the heart already on the card. They're added strategically to create a visual triangle and help guide the eye around the card.

Stamping on photos has become something I find myself doing more and more. I really enjoy adding stamps to white space. I know it sounds scary, but just go slow and try not to press too hard - that's when you run the risk of the stamp slipping. Good quality ink is also key. I like archival ink because it makes a good impression and dries quickly. I used the Flourish stamp set for this sentiment. On the card above it, I added some puffy alphas to add my own title. I knew that I wanted to use that arrow so I placed it first, without adhesive, and then I journaled around it.

Finally, we have the currently list card. I absolutely love currently lists. In fact, I keep a running note in my phone with a weekly currently list so I can look back at any given week and see what I had going on that week. And how cute are the illustrations that accompany each prompt? The pink writing on this card is what inspired me to add pink to this page. On the photo next to it, I added a label ephemera from the Life Crafted kit. I used the Flourish stamp set on the top and then filled in the next two rows. A pink enamel dot helped me ground the label and add a little more pink.

Thank you for spending some time with me today! I hope you're ready to dig into your kit and work your magic. I can't wait to see what you create! 

Pocket Page Challenge with Shannon

 

Hey there, scrappy friends! Shannon here with another pocket page challenge. Pocket pages are my jam! I usually always have one in progress at my craft counter so I can spend a few minutes here and there working on it every day. On this page, I used the September THE BEST PARTS Life Crafted kit, the True Life stamp set, and the digital ephemera from the September kit.

You'll notice that I typed directly onto the photo of the step stool. I had so many emotions surrounding that stool and didn't want them left out of the spread. I like a good balance of journaling and decorative elements on my spreads so sometimes I'll add my journaling or short notes directly on the photo. Next to that, I used a green and white ledger card that came as 4x6 in the Life Crafted Kit. I wanted a card that was subtle in color because I already had two bold cards. I also wanted a subtle pattern so I could stamp on it. I used two stamps from the True Life stamp set to make the card say "happy shenanigans." It just so happens that shenanigans is one of my favorite words so I was just tickled when I saw this stamp set! 

The journaling card I used in the bottom row of my page is great for writing out some thoughts - or for adding some words with alphas! While I do love some journaling, I also appreciate times when I can convey something with just a few simple words. Using the alphas on this card allowed me to have a lot of white space showing. Given the bold pink and blue cards, I really wanted to keep the other cards a little more subtle. And I just had to use the phrase from THE BEST PARTS Life Crafted kit stamp on the bottom of that card.

As you move around my page you'll notice that I stapled quite a few embellishments onto the cards and photos. This is my favorite way to add the fabric ephemera to the page. I also love the look that it adds! 

Finally, I used all sorts of digital ephemera from the September kit on a digital journaling card. I removed the last line of the journaling card in Photoshop. Then, I added a note about each of my photos on the remaining lines. Finally, I added all sorts of ephemera at the bottom. I enjoy the digital ephemera because I can resize it to be whatever size I want it to be! I may have gone a little overboard with the layering for such a small journaling card but that's not unusual for me. I love the unique look that it brought to the card. The busyness of this card also played a role in me keeping the rest of the page fairly simple with little touches here and there.

I love that no matter how many pocket pages I make I can still find ways to make them fun and different. All it takes is a little trial and error! I can't wait to see what you create with all of the great September releases at Citrus Twist!

Pocket Page Challenge With Lisa Varshine

 Hi friends! I'm back today to share a pocket page spread using the gorgeous August kit and add-on. I really loved the cheerful and bright, very summery colors of this kit and they worked perfectly with my photos from our recent family trip to Lake Oconee, just outside of Atlanta. 

Being a die-hard pocket page crafter, the first thing I'll often look at when I get a new kit is the journaling cards. I feel in love with these 3x4 cards immediately. I knew this sunset photo would be front and center and the colors played so well with the colors from these cards. 

This spread was truly about my daughter and not as much about the actual trip, so I wanted to include a sweet, feminine element. The add-on kit has the most gorgeous flowers that work surprisingly well with so many themes. I also love to juxtapose the sweetness a little bit with a healthy dose of black (coming both from the black and white photo and the 6x8 number patterned paper I trimmed from the Life Crafted Kit.) 

I think the great die-cuts and embellishments from the kit and add-on almost stole the show in this spread. I love the sunshine die-cut, the banners, the hearts, all of them. I'm a fan of subtle embellishments that add to your story, not overpower it. If you've seen some of my spreads, you know I prefer fairly simple, graphic pages. 

I hope you found a little bit of inspiration in this spread, thank you so much for looking!!