Life Crafted - Fresh Starts kit - Be Fiercely You with Anna

Hi dear CTK friends! Anna here today and I'm so excited to share my latest page(s) made with the gorgeous January Life Crafted Fresh Starts kit with you. I do really love this new Life Crafted album. It's perfect for Travelers Notebook pages, Pocket Life as well as smaller regular layouts. Also the LC kit is designed to fit all kind of memory keeping: I've made regular 12x12 and letter size layouts using it, I love it! I think Trina has found the optimal documenting system.

This time I opted for a Travelers Notebook spread and here's what I came up with.

This spread I've dedicated for my youngest son. It contains some of my thoughts and prayers for him for this new year or actually his entire future.

Oh My Heart! Who can resist this golden chipboard sticker? Not me for sure, haha! And together with this teal washi sticker it's just a perfect match don't you think?

And there you have it! Now it's your time to grab your kit and start to creating, you will love it for sure. Oh, and don't forget to share your creations with us in the Facebook Fan Page so we can give you some love. Can't wait to see all your goodness!

If you haven't subscribed to your Life Crafted kit yet be sure to head over to our website right now, you won't regret it!

Thanks for visiting today! Until next time! Anna xo

Life Crafted with our Guest Designer, Caylee Grey

We are so happy to have Caylee back on the blog sharing her next project using our Life Crafted album and kit!

Caylee is sharing her new project with another amazing video but before we share the video, here are a few photo's to inspire you!

We absolutely love this project using our new album!  Be sure to follow Caylee for more inspiration:

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3 - To - Inspire with Amanda!

Hi CTK Friends! 

Welcome back for more memory keeping inspiration with a new edition of our
3 - to - Inspire challenge! 
Amanda here, and I am so super excited to be sharing more of our amazing Life Crafted Kit! This new look kit has me swooning!
I love this new look & fun approach to everyday documenting, but I also still love my 12 x 12 style of scrapbooking! So for today's challenge, I am also incorporating how I use Life Crafted for 12 x 12 layouts too! Yay!

Here are the items you'll need to feature in your creating to play along:

1. Stamping - There are four fabulous CTK stamps this month, and one's an exclusive included in the Life Crafted kit. Have fun & get inky!

2. Stickers - There are some fabulous stickers in both the Life Crafted Kit and the Scrapbooking Add On Kit! I'm especially loving the Tiny Word Stickers in the Life Crafted Kit.

3. Ephemera -  Again, you'll find them in both kits, or you could make your own from our monthly printable cut aparts! Yayyy!

Such a fun & easy challenge for you to play along with!
Here's what I've created using both our Life Crafted & Scrapbooking Add On Kits, 

"Hey Boy, You ROCK"

How awesome is this?!! Such a fun page for my cool kid!

I use the white cardstock and Shine Bright paper from the Scrapbooking Add On kit for the 12" elements in my layout. I layer my photo onto the exclusive Life Crafted pattern papers, and ephemera and then go wild with embellishing! 

The "THIS" stamp is from the exclusive Fresh Starts stamp set in the Life Crafted Kit. I repeat stamp it for maximum impact - so striking & tons of fun too! 

For the stickers element, I feature a mix of stickers from both kits but I am really crushing on the Tiny Word Stickers in the Life Crafted Kit - so good!

How cool are those faux enamel dots?! They're actually the inner circles from the O's in the Black Puffy Alphas Stickers in the Life Crafted Kit. Perfect! 

Speaking of alphas, here's a closer look at that super, mixed font title.....

So.much. awewsomeness!!!

You can see that the Scrapbooking Add On Kit has been carefully curated to compliment the Life Crafted Kit so we can enjoy the best of both memory keeping options! Yay! Love it! 

And because I really do LOVE it, I couldn't help myself... 

I've made a second layout for today's challenge, 

"Fresh Start"

Whoa! Another super boy page for my Mister A for Awesome! 

Again, I have combined both the Life Crafted & Scrapbooking Add-On Kits to create my scrapbook layout. I have also featured the Life Crafted Travelers Notebook Stamp; a new fave of mine! 

Those layers!!! 

The L shaped design of this layout is really eye catching, and I adore the split title! To add even more interest to it, I machine stitched it into place! Oh, and that title? It's from the exclusive CTK ephemera in the Life Crafted Kit! 

The Dear Lizzy Puffy Stickers in the Scrapbooking Add On Kit were the perfect adornment for this journal cluster! & yes, I'm still crushing on those Tiny Word Stickers - could you tell? lol! 

Such an awesome page for my sweet boy!

And there you have it! 

My takes on today's 3 - To - Inspire challenge! 

(& a look at how I am combining both kits to meet my 12 x 12 scarpbook layout needs!)

Now it's your turn! 

I can't wait to see your creations with this challenge! 

Be sure to share them with us in the Facebook CTK Fans Page HERE - we LOVE seeing your work! 

Haven't ordered your kits yet? Visit the store HERE to get started!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Life Crafted Guest Designer - Claudia Azucar-White

We are so happy to share our next Guest Designer, Claudia Azucar-White.  We love Claudia's style and could not wait to see what magic she created with our new Life Crafted kit!

I am in love with the design of the Life Crafted album. Documenting my memories in the  pocket pages are just as easy as when I used to create in my large 12X12 albums. Times  have changed and with the new found love for journals and TNs, this new style album is keeping up with the trends.

I have chosen The Life Crafted album to document my daily life memories, from the biggest to the smallest events.

Here is my first layout for 2019. My family and I went on our first hike of the year. I know they will be lots more hikes, and lots more happy little moments that will make their way in my new album.

Claudia will be back a bit later in the month to share more - but be sure to follow her for more inspiration:

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The best moments 2018

Hey Citrus Twist fans!  It's Alena and I am back with 8.5x11 layout using  the Life Crafted kit.

I decided to combine all the best photos of 2018.

First, I created a collage of these photos, then printed them on photo paper. Some of the squares I have left blank so I can add embellishments. Basically-it's pieces of Ephemera(I love them) and Chipboard Stickers.

 I created the title using the Puffy Alphabet.

I think I will need such a layout every year.
Thanks for stopping by!
Alena

3 to Inspire with Sarah

Hi, everyone!  Today we're going to be working with three fun elements to put a traveler's notebook page together:

- Labels
- Die Cut Shapes
- Stamps

One thing that's amazing about the Citrus Twist Kits is that you always get a big handful of both labels and die cut shapes.  Have you ever wondered how you can use them up in a fun way?  One way that I like to use my stash of something up is to use a bunch of one thing to create a background for my TN spreads.  The repetitive nature of different shapes and colors can create a really unique and fun pattern background!

For this layout I used two 3x4 photos and placed them toward the middle of my notebook.  From there, I slowly added in labels, placing them down in a somewhat random pattern, making sure that I was adding a similar amount of labels in each area of the page to balance things out.  To make sure my labels didn't look like they were floating around the page, I made sure to tuck some under my photo, layer labels on top of each other, and have some labels hang off the side of the page.

To add more color onto my page I layered some die cut shapes on top of my labels.  I loved the little houses and hearts that were in this month's Fresh Start Life Crafted kit!

To finish off my page I did some random stamping, keeping the stamps close to my labels, again to avoid that floating look.  I love how the stamping acts as both an embellishment and as journaling here!

There you have it!  A simple way to use up some pieces that you might have an abundance of in your crafty stash.  Hope you'll try this out!

Happy Crafting,
Sarah

Welcome our Life Crafted Guest Designer (Part 2) - Caylee Grey

Hi friends!  We're back with our second installment sharing Caylee's first project using our January Life Crafted kit!

Here are a few photo's to inspire and motivate you in using your Life Crafted kit.

In her next video Caylee will be sharing a process video of her creating 4 pages + 3 half pages inside the journal.

Caylee will be back on our blog a bit later this month to share her next project, but remember to stop by and follow her for more inspiration!  

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Welcome our Life Crafted Guest Designer (Part 1) - Caylee Grey

We are so excited to share our first Guest Designer for our new Life Crafted kit - the incredibly talented, Caylee Grey!  We are such a fan of Caylee's creative style and cannot wait to share all the gorgeous projects she has created.

Here are just a few snippets from her first project:

But the best part?!  Caylee has created some amazing videos for us to watch!  This morning we're sharing the first half (we'll share the second part a bit later today) which includes step by step instructions for binding a mini journal using January's kit papers.

So clever, right?! And just wait until you see the inside :)

We'll be back a bit later today to share Part 2 of Caylee's project - but in the meant time, be sure to follow her for more inspiration:

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