3 To Inspire with Alena

Hey there friends! It's Alena here with you today— bringing you this week's 3-to-inspire challenge. Let's get into the prompts!

1. Use layers, ie. under your photo  and/or layer your embellisments
2. Use as many little things as possible, such as enamel dots, puffy stickers, sequins....
3. Use flowers or leaf branches.

Here's what I came up with.

 I made LC spread using the OH WHAT FUN! CHRISTMAS kit. As you can see, I created two clusters on different pages using layering pieces of patterned paper and then added small accents. I like to create verticals and horizontals using flower twigs.

Use the three (3) prompts to create your own project and share it with us on our Facebook Fanpage! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a great day!

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 Vanessa Taconelli

 

Hello friends! It’s Vanessa here to join you this Saturday.  If you’re looking for some crafty inspiration, I invite you to try this week’s 3-to-Inspire challenge.

The prompts this week include:

1.  Layers

2.  Circles

3.  B&W Photo

Here's my take on this challenge. I used the Change is Beautiful digital kit and a lot others kits to mix.

As you can see, I chose to do a layout for my Life Crafted 6x8 . The first prompt, LAYERS. 

I'm obsessed with layers, I think it adds such beautiful dimension to the pages. In this layout, I used patterned paper, journaling card, and many elements to build up the layers. 

The second prompt, CIRCLES, can be used in a VARIETY of ways.  In this layout I used some, including to do layers. I really love this geometric shape, it's one of my favorites. 

The final prompt is a B&W PHOTO. 

I chose this photo of my youngest son to record this memory.

As I used colored papers and many elements, I think the use of b&w photo turned out really cool.

I hope this challenge provides some inspiration.  HAPPY crafting !

3-to- INSPIRE with Marci

 

Hello Friends! It is Marci with you today. We are going to have fun with our challenge this Saturday. 

Here are the three suggested items to incorporate into your project, 

1. Use a pocket page.

2. Use a stamp set.

3. Document a topic that says a lot about you. 

For my project, I used the ALL ABOUT ME kit to document my routine of making an espresso drink every morning. Drinking coffee is something I am known for with my friends and family. My scrapbook pages about myself would not be complete without including this topic. 

I had fun layering several of the embellishment pieces from the kit on the full-page layout and the pocket cards. Pocket Cards and pocket pages are a great way to incorporate different colors and styles into your layout. Sliding cards into the pockets can take a lot of the guesswork out of designing a spread. 

Including stamping in two different ink colors, adds some visual interest to my embellishment clusters.  The small circle and asterisk on the Storytelling v2 all-about-me stamp set were perfect for this. 

If you like this CAFFEINE card as much as I do, check out this set of everyday moments double-sided journaling cards. It is great to have extra journaling cards in our stash that can mix and match with any kit. 

I had so much fun putting this layout together. I hope you are inspired to give the challenge a try too. 

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 Nathalie

 

Hello there!

It's Nathalie here with this week's 3-to-Inspire challenge.   This is always a fun challenge as it provides a starting point for your projects.  Let's take a look at the 3 prompts:

1. Use Numbers
2. Color block your project
3. Add some florals

Here is what I have created with the prompts and this month's ROUTINES digital collection for my 6x8 Flamingo Life Crafted album.

Don't you just love all the color in this month's digital collection.  I think is perfect for all sorts of documenting .  Let's take a closer look at how I used the prompts

First I pulled the large numbers from the Routines Journaling Ephemera to create the base for this page.   These numbers are a great way to bring action to the page as well as help with journaling the story in a point form.

I looked through the Routines Ephemera for florals and leaves that matched the colors of the numbers.  Though I love flowers for my projects, I decided to keep it them to just a few so that they will not overtake the numbers or the page.

Finally, I fussy cut a few "notes" from the  Routines Digital Patterned paper to match the colors of the numbers and florals.  I attached them to the page, and made sure to group similar tone/color pieces within the same area. Color blocking helps to pull this page all together.

A few extra exclusive elements complete the color blocking of the page.  I love how this all turned out.   I hope that this inspires you to check the new Routines Digital Collection and this week's prompts for your next project~

XO!!

3-TO-INSPIRE WITH MARINA

Hi, crafty friends!

It's Marina with you today with a new 3-to-Inspire challenge. 
I end July with a simply spread and our cool digital summer collection GOIG PLACES and here are three things that inspired me to create this beauty:

1. Stamps to create a composite title
2. Vellum and thread/ribbon for lightness
3. Dots for bright accents

So, here we are! :)

To create the title, I used our amazing stamps set True Life V2 and I just adore it, because it's just countless options! (By the way, you can also find the ink that I used in the СTK shop: it's a Detail Black and Indian Summer by Pinkfresh Studio and these lovely flowers I cut out from a digital card!)

I really like how a little piece of vellum immediately makes the page more light and airy, and the threads add a little mess to the rectangular photos :)

Adorable dots unite the top and bottom of the page:

A slight pink accent from our Going Places Digital Elements on the side photos brings them together with the page:

Ta-daaa! How do you like it? :)

I love our CTK digitals and use them very often when creating my pages, and you can find them right HERE in our shop! :)

We always look forward to seeing what you create with our 3-to-Inspire prompts, so be sure to tag Citrus Twist Kits in your posts!

Thank you all for your attention and have a great week!

XO

Marina

 

3 to Inspire with Jennie

 

Hi Everyone! This is Jennie with today's prompts!

1. Finish a project.

2. Show us some stats.

3. Repeat shapes.

My project to finish was this book journal from 2022! My recommendation is to take on a project that is almost done or a short project.

I used pie charts to document the kind of books I read in 2022. You can also use lists like "The year in Numbers". 

I repeated two shapes in this little spread, circles and the squares from the frames. 

We hope you see you in the Facebook Group showing us how you use this inspiration.

3-TO-INSPIRE WITH MARINA

 

Hi, crafty friends!

It's Marina with you today with a new 3-to-Inspire challenge. 
This time I used a mix of our beautiful digital files and edited them according to my suggestions this week, namely:

1. Change the palette of digital cards according to your photos
2. Use vellum or overlay 
3. Spread dots for bright accents

Here is what I have created using the prompts and our awesome Digital Files:

I love creating with digital papers and embellishments because I can always pick just the right color, shade and size that I want - always a perfect match, it's just great!

I use Corel Photo-Paint for editing, but you can use Photoshop or any other program you like.

And you can also print a digital file on anything: paper, vellum, overlay, or sticker paper - I love vellum, which can not only dull down an overly bright photo, but also gently complement it. 

Here I used four of our digital collections LIFE IN MOTION, SPRING DREAMS, SUNSHINE and CRAVE because each of them is beautiful in its own way :)

I also added our all occasions stamps "ALL THE THINGS" and the TEAL GREEN puffy alphabet because our physical products are great too and always at my fingertips! :)

Oh, I love those little colored touches that dots give! :)

I love digitals and use them very often when creating my pages, and you can find them right HERE in our shop! :)

We always look forward to seeing what you create with our 3-to-Inspire prompts, so be sure to tag Citrus Twist Kits in your posts!

Thank you all for your attention and have a great week!

XO

Marina