Sunday Sketch

I really love the openness of this sketch and the cute little accents on the sides.  This was a fun sketch to work with.  Here is your sketch challenge:

Now for my take on this sketch.  I used the January Main Kit only (ink splatters are from mist in my stash) on this layout.  I decided not to use two pictures so I replaced the second picture with a place to journal.  Isn't this kit so pretty?!!

Now it's your turn to take on this week's sketch!  We love to see what you do with our kits and sketches so please make sure to upload your projects to the Citrus Twist Gallery. And remember, by uploading your take on today's sketch to the gallery by 1/24, you will be entered to win a $5 Coupon to use on anything in the CTK Store!  Also add 1/18 to the title line.

New Beginnings with Nathalie

Hello and happy Thursday! Nathalie here to share with you my projects with this beautiful January Add-on kit "New Beginnings":

I made three pages and a card and have lots more left over to play with. I'll share them in the order I created them (like Michelle did in her recent post):

First, I wanted to make sure I made my annual book page! This is my fifth year creating an end of year page where I share the books I read the previous 12 months. I love to look back at them! I simply get the covers off of the internet and print them as photos at home:

My favorite and most used item in this kit is the sheet of Maggie Holmes Open Book stickers! They are beautiful, thick and added the perfect touch to all of my layouts!

My second page is a rather monochromatic 8.5x11 layout with a few pops of yellow forming a visual triangle:

I added a paper clip from my stash (Staples), everything else is from the kit.

This last one might be my favorite :) I really loved the "Ocean View" paper by Adrienne Looman. It reminded me of Key West so I searched for an older photo from our trip there (in 2005!):

I added the vellum and enable dots from my own stash.

This is a photo heavy post and I thank you for making it to the bottom of it! I have also created a card that you can see in the CTK Gallery and while you're there, check out what the other designers have created with this month's kits!
Finally, there's also a self-paced class (only $10!) associated with the "New Beginning" kit I used, perfect if you're looking for more inspiration!

PLAYING WITH POCKET LIFE WITH EVE

Hello, I used the PL kit to do my first week of my PL. This kit is beautiful and colorful

Be Inspired by CLOUDS

Hello and happy Thursday everyone! As soon as I opened my January kits I knew what would be the topic of my Be Inspired post this month- I fell in love with all the clouds in kits immediately! I searched through Pinterest for some more cloud inspirations for today: 

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And I couldn't stop myself from making a layout! I used here clouds from the "My sunshine" scrapbooking kit and "Epic Fun" Embellishment kit. I love the layered clouds from pictures above so I tried to repeat this idea on my layout. 

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful Thursday! 

Sunday Sketch

Hello and welcome to another sketch challenge.  I love sketches and Kasia's are amazing!

Here is your sketch for this week:

Here is my take using the January Main Kit and Embellie Kit.  I really love the bright colors in this kit!

To play along with our sketch challenge, upload your layouts to the gallery by Feb. 1st to get your name in a drawing to win a $5 GC to the store. When uploading to the gallery you can name it as you would normally but please include "Sketch 01/26".

Saturday Inspiration- Art Journal

Hello and happy Saturday everyone!
It's Kasia here today and I'd like to invite you to play and experiment this weekend! We usually show you here layouts, Pocket Life spreads, cards and mini books made with Citrus Twist Kits but how about some art journaling? Personally I love this kind of creative play and I'm trying to do more of it this year, it's such a great way to try new things and use up some scraps and leftovers after bigger projects!

To create above page I used some bits and pieces from January Pocket Life and Embellishment kits. I layered scraps of papers from 6x6 pad and washi tape on my page, covered them with gesso and added more layers on the top- you can find here doily, journaling card and a small black and white photo. I added some more gesso and once everything dried I played with paint, added small doodles, title and some stickers. To finish my page I used some October Afternoon stamps which you can find in CTK store- I love the expressions on them!

I hope this post will inspire you to look at your kits (and especially the smaller bits and pieces of them left after creating bigger projects!) from a fresh perspective! Have a happy and creative weekend!

Playing with Pocket Life with Melissa

Hola and a happy Friday to you all! Melissa here to host this week's editing of Citrus Twist's Pocket Life series. For this week's layout I used the January Magic Days kit, and while the Studio Calico Printshop paper pad that is included contains a rainbow of colors, I narrowed the palette for my layout down to just yellow, orange, and aqua, with only a hint of pink thrown in here and there as accents.

Choosing just a subset of colors in a kit is a great way to stretch the supplies across multiple weeks without having them all look like they were made with the same collection. I still had plenty of pink, black, and white papers left over after this page and could make another spread with a completely different look.

The clear pocket in the photo below is from the January Pocket Life embellishment add-on. I don't normally use see-through elements in my pages because they tend to fill up quickly, and finding two weeks in a row with an extra space to use for a clear pocket is almost impossible. Instead, I adhered the pocket to one of my 4x6 cards and used it to hold journaling, then took advantage of the front to add in the date for my spread.

And of course I have a set of sketches for you this week, too! You can either pin or download the photo below, or if you want the PDF version you can download them here.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Be inspired with Eve

I found my inspiration on Pinterest with this combo, perfect with the main kit :)

I did 2 layouts in 12''x12'' :

Hope you will be inspired too with this combo :)

6x6 Paper Play with Sam

Hello there! Sam here to share one of my layout using 6x6 paper pad that is included in your Pocket Life kit. I love love love the bold prints in the Studio Calico PrintShop collection. Then I thought maybe its time for me to make a Black and white layout with all the bold patterned papers. And here's my take!

Everything here is from January Pocket Life kit and PL Embellies kit, I only sneak in a piece of 12x12 paper from Printshop collection to mat my white card stock. I was kinda happy how the B&W layout turn out  + baby was wearing black Superman onesie and husband was wearing white top in the photo. So this really match the colour of my layout very well.

I started by cutting this heart on a piece of white card stock and layer three pieces of patterned papers underneath. I also added some mini butterfly punch-outs to add some dimension to the layout.

Okay, it is really tough for me to stick on only Black & White. So I sneak in a piece of rainbow pattern papers under the photo and use it as my hidden journalling tag. 

I make the chalkboard stickers even more chalkboard look by doodling with white gel pen and rubbed with my fingers. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day ahead!

XoXo, Sam

Tuesday Tutorial with Our Guest Designer

"I started thinking about creating some kind of a resolution book in December last year. I love when things are well organized and planned and when I can write down the lists and "to do's" of really anything ;) and then cross them off my list! I wanted this 2014 book to be something pretty that will inspire me throughout the year to fulfill my resolutions and follow my dreams.
 

 

 

 

Today I'm sharing with you my creative process about how to make one!

The base page for the mini is an A4 (about 8.2 x 11.7'') folded in half to create a book, but you can use any size. 

Then you have to excuse me, because I'm really bad in measuring and I actually don't measure at all if I don't have to! So, please, take this video more as an inspiration or new idea than a strict step-by-step tutorial.

Here's the list of materials I've used:

-CTK January main kit (papers, sequins, washi tape)

-CTK January embellie kit (Studio Calico stickers, October Afternoon Tin Pins, orange self-adhesive stones)

-white cardstock

-white envelope

-white acrylic paint

-Lucia Barabas clear stamps

-Dymo

-machine stitching

 

I hope this inspires you to craft and create some pretty little book :)