3 to Inspire with Diane

Diane here with another "3 to Inspire" challenge for you. You can find this challenge here every Saturday for those who need a little extra creative push to get scrapbooking, to keep scrapbooking or for those who just like a challenge! Your take on this challenge can be a layout or a PL spread and remember that you'll want to include all 3 prompts on your project.

Your prompts this week are:
    1.    Create a really large title.
    2.    Try hand stitching.
    3.    Use up all your little scraps!

Here’s my take on this challenge:

I created my title by tracing round the Life Noted Acetate Cut Words from the April Sprinkles kit. Then I stitched, stitched stitched! Although it can take a wee while, I tend to do it while binge watching my latest fav on Netflix and the time goes much quicker!

Here are a few close-ups...

Now it's your turn! Use the three prompts to create your own projects and share them with us here in the gallery and/or our Facebook Forum. You can also upload to Instagram, but remember to tag us @citrustwistkits. Looking forward to seeing what you can do!

Pocket Life Sketch Friday with Tara

Good morning! It's my favorite day of the week and time for your weekly PL Sketch challenge. Today I'm sharing how to get your Pocket Life done quick and easy. These days, I don't have much time to spare.


The everyday moments fill up my heart more than I imagine! Here are a few:

I can't get enough of our April "Santorini" PL Kit! The colors are bright and bold - the exclusive 6x6 paper gave me a ton of mileage out of this month's kit. There can never be too many embellishments in my book, so I added another layer of stripes by using a Pinkfresh Life Noted chipboard sticker. The Life Noted acetate cut out words that came in the April Sprinkles Kit was just perfect to use here as my title.


Here is an up close shot:

To keep it simple, I used the Carpe Diem tiny word stickers instead of journaling. I love the little phrases in typewriter font. This month's PL kit had an arrow stamp included and it worked great here.



Luke and I are getting in a little cuddle while I do some meal prepping.

I'm smitten over the sleep journaling card this month! I wanted to hoard it but found it perfect with this layout. I also used one of the cut outs included in the PL kit - they are great in adding a little more to a photo or journaling card.


Here is your sketch:

Thanks for visiting Pocket Life Friday, where every week we share PL sketches and a chance to win. For your chance to win, create a layout based on the sketches in this blog post, post your layout to our Gallery or our Facebook Fan Page by Friday, May 6th. Be sure to include PL 05/29 in your title when posting!

Happy Weekend! Xxo, Tara

Tuesday tutorial with Alena Grinchuk

Happy Tuesday!

I'm here sharing my layout created with the April 2016 "Santorini" Pocket Life Kit +April 2016 Sprinkles Kit. This layout is about my son. 

I need a sheet of white cardstock.  First, I cut out some numbers using my Big Shot.

 Next,  drew circles around each number and put a piece of patterned paper behind each number cut out.

 Then added accents with watercolor.

 Next I added a photo, a title, a stitching, a few stickers....

 I hope you are inspired to create something with your pocket page album or Citrus Twist Kits scrapbooking kit today!

Pocket Life Pages with Melissa

Good Morning! This is Melissa here with you again today and I'm sharing some of my pocket pages with you this morning working with the April PL kit.

And here are some close-up detail shots ;-)

I hope you all have been enjoying your April kits! Make sure you share your projects with us in our GALLERY or on our FACEBOOK page!

Happy Monday morning!

SUNDAY SKETCH WITH EVELYN YUSUF

Happy Sunday talented ladies! This is the Sunday scrapbook Sketch and you can scrap lift it for the scrapbooking challenge made with the April scrapbook kit! 

 

This is how I created my scrapbook layout about my son using the sketch!

 

I just scrap lift the sketch and lil bit do some improvement to make my layout looking so pretty and  so me. I didn't use the same size of the papers just like in the sketch but I prefer to use different sizes of papers, vellum and ephemeras around my main photo.

 

 I created the pastels layout event I have vibrant photo of my son. The gold vellum make the photo and also the embellishment around it blending together.

 

I use those yellow alpha sticker to create the tittle, and also love to do some stamping in this layout instead of using my handwriting to tell the story.

 

Now It's your turn to play along with this week's Sunday Sketch Challenge. You can create a layout based on today sketch and upload it to our gallery. Don't forget to add the date of the challenge (4/24) in your tittle. You will be eligible to win a 5USD gift certificate to be use with your next purchase in CTK Store.

Project Life with Marie-Pierre

Hello everyone!

Ready to see some Project Life inspiration?

What I loved about the PL scrapbook kit this month is all the green!!! It was perfect and so fitting for my St-Patrick's day photos. :)

Left page:

I'm happy I could use my favorite embellishment this month (the acetate words) over one of my photos. The transparency of the word lets you superpose things without making it too crowded. I used the "capture" as a title for the page and I used the gold letters to add subtitles.

Capture the beauty.
Capture the Leprechaun.
Capture Magic
Capture pride.
Capture Harmony (which is the name of our Elf).

I used the dark green card to place under 2 little drawings I had found in my daughter's book bag.

And I continued with green cards, but this one as lots of room for journaling. I typed with my typewriter and I added some more details with my pen. The little hearts made me think of when we watch a periscope. :)

I used bits of the label sheet to add more journaling and details.

And I didn't have enough letters to spell out Harmony so I just used a golden hear for the bullet point and that's it. 

Right page:

I wanted to make the right page very soft (in contrast to the left page with all these vibrant colors) and very spring looking since spring and flowers in trees are my favorite things at the moment.

So I used two very neutral card and added very little embellishments. 

I used the yellow but still subtle card to back my forsythia photo. 

And here again, subtle colors and minimal embellishing. And I called it good. 

Have a great day! So dig into your scrapbooking kit  or stash and I hope you can get some crafting done today. 

Marie-Pierre 

Tuesday Tutorial with Melissa Mann

Good Morning!

I'm sharing my pocket page process with you this morning!

I really loved the large acetate words that were included in the April kit! I tried to put at least one of the words on every page to add some cohesion to the three spreads I completed in my album.  I am *still* working on getting 2015 caught up!

The first step is obviously printing out my photos. I used Photoshop and my Canon Selphy printer and print all my photos at home. This has worked really well for me as I can print exactly how many photos I need and the size I need. Once all my photos are printed out, I match them up to which page protector will best work. I still have a lot of 12x12 page protectors left over and even though I'm using the 9x12 album, I'm making them work! I cut them down to the size that will fit. I love having all the different sized protectors in my album :-)

Once my photos are printed, I cut them down with my paper trimmer. I usually print a variety of 4x6 photos and 3x4 photos. I really love adding a sequence of photos in my albums. I had 3 pictures that I had taken of my husband one evening and really wanted to incorporate them into one of my spreads. I printed all three at the 3x4 size and converted them to black and white.

Once my photos are printed and trimmed, I decide which cards and background papers I want to use with them. I typically use the 6x6 papers included in the Pocket Life Kits for my 4x6 photos. I cut them down to that size and then trim my photos to be slightly smaller. I love the look of machine stitching and usually stitch all these together.

I also picked out two cards to use for some longer journaling: the yellow woodgrain(ish) paper trimmed to 4x6 and the "Now" 3x4 card. Since I was documenting the month of September, I really didn't want the word "March" to show on the top of my 3x4 card. I used one of the text stickers to cover it up and it worked perfectly!

I typed up my journaling on the cards and then I decided I wanted to jazz up the three black and white photos of my husband with one of the acetate words. I placed it over the top of all three cards and then cut it into three pieces to stretch over all three photos. I then stitched this down with my sewing machine.

Once I have all my cards put together, I embellish all of them with stickers, stamps, etc.

Make sure you share your page with us! We would love to see them ;-)

Thanks for stopping by!