SUNDAY SKETCH WITH KATARINA

 

Hi friends,

Katarina here with you again, today with this week’s Sunday Sketch challenge. I really loved the sketch I worked with, I believe it will be inspiring for you too. Let’s have a look.

This week’s sketch:

 And here’s my project inspired by it:

When I saw the sketch for the first time I immediately knew I was going to create an interactive project. I turned the sketch by 90 degrees and decided to create a layout in my 6x8 Life Crafted album where I started documenting our December stories. I used the super pretty Jingle All The Way kit and digitals as well as some other products from the shop.

I loved the circular elements on the sketch and created a flip page using the beautiful patterned papers from the kit. I used a plate to draw a semi-circular line on my papers. Then I printed two of my photos as circles and matted them with two bigger circles cut from the papers from the kit.

I used a big die cut with presents from the kit ephemera to secure the flip page and added lots of stars that I found in the kit embellishments.

There’s a gorgeous bookmark in the collection’s digital journal cards, I used it behind the flap to add my journaling.

On the right side of my spread I used another beautiful patterned paper and since it was 6 inches wide and I needed 7, I cut it and added a stripe of craft cardstock towards the right side of the page where I knew my photos and title were going to be.

I used both alphabets from the kit to add my title, and the pretty self-adhesive golden lace (also included in the kit) for a pretty detail.

I created a paper bow using two papers from the Crate Paper’sMittens and Mistletoe 6x8 Paper pack from the shop. It was perfect to finish a little Christmas present I fussy cut from one of the digitalpapers.

As a finishing touch I sprinkled a bunch of sequins from the kit's sequin mix and some stickers from the kit around my layout and called it done.

I love how a good sketch can inspire me to create something I would otherwise never come up with. Hope you get inspired too to use your Jingle All the Way Kit and that you find some time to create something beautiful! Thanks for stopping by, friends!

3-TO-INSPIRE WITH MARINA

Hey everyone! Marina here with this week's 3-to-Inspire challenge and here are my three:

1. Digital cards and papers
2. From flat to dimensional
3. Additional decorations from the elements of the paper pattern

First of all, I only used digital cards and papers from our Jingle All The Way kit to create my spread, but I wanted to add some volume to the flat cards so I printed this lovely card twice, cut out the designs and raised them with foam tape.

In this little digital paper layout, I also added volume to the layers and used cut out stars and stamps from our other gorgeous paper designs for extra decoration:

I finished by adding a thick title of cool stickers from our physical Jingle All The Way kit and a couple of dots:

Hope you find my layout and the prompts inspiring and that you can find some time to create and enjoy our challenge this weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

XO

Marina

Life-Crafted Friday with Nolana

 

Hello Everyone,

So very excited to be with you today for Life-Crafted Friday. Today I am sharing a spread I created to document my Christmas wishes for this year, but this type of layout can totally be used for many other things, for example writing the gifts I'd like to purchase for family members in the hidden journaling spaces. 

I fell in love with the gift paper in the digital kit and knew I wanted to create an interactive spread, so I created cut outs of the gifts that matched with the tags in the digital elements.

I love that the labels are perfect size to just write down my little things and tuck right back in and camouflages in to the paper so that no one can see it! *No peeking please*

Once the interactive section was complete, I placed an acetate cover and one of my favourite journal cards from the digital kit over it. 

I do hope you enjoyed my post today, feel free to connect with me on Instagram at instagram.com/nehlan.has.a.plan for all the December shenanigans!

Wishing you all the best for this wonderful holiday season!

Bye for now!

3-TO-INSPIRE WITH LORY

 

Hello everyone!

It's Lory here today with a little recipe to inspire you to catch up with your past December memories before this December comes;)

I have played with the adorable and super cute Jingle All the way kit mixing it with the old embellishments I have from the past December citrus twist kit.

So let's start:)

1. Use Journaling cards, not just to write your story but also to create your own embellishments with stickers, ephemera and a stapler;
2. use a little tag on a picture to create your journaling with stamps;
3. mix the following colors: white, gold, green and red ;

Are you ready?

It's my turn to show you what I have created:)

I adore the effect of the phrase stamps on the tag together a little subtitle "cozy" in gold. I have played with many tiny elements here and there to create my own composition.

Our stories matter for sure and every time I create using Citrus twist products I feel so happy and relaxed, they are so easy to use and let you have the right inspiration.

Have a wonderful weekend

Love, Lory

LIFE CRAFTED INSPIRATION with Nathalie

 

Hi there! 

Nathalie here to share a bit of  inspiration with you all this Friday.  I am loving working on my December 2021 album - my choice was a Sunshine 6x8 Life Crafted album- with a combination of past and present kits and collections, however today I wanted to focus on some of the exclusive stamps and how they can easily help you document your stories with style.

Well, around here there is  a lot of food shared and consumed during the course of December.  So, I pulled a few photos for this pocket page 6x8 Life Crafted Spread.

For the pocket page, I am using two digital journal cards from the Merry & Bright Digital Journaling Card collection.   There is  a lot of red accents on the photo, so I pulled cards that will balance them.   I am  using embellishments from the Merry Making add-on kit and Jingle All The Way kit to add a small pop to each of the photos.

I used a past 2x3 stamp set to add small sentiments to each of the pictures.  There is so much going on the page, that it was best to just stamp (with archival ink) directly on the pictures.

I had a large photo to complete this spread, however due to all the colors and shapes in the spread, my choice was to conceal it under a layer of vellum.   I simply cut my vellum to the same height as the photo , but 1" wider than the photo.  This extra inch folds behind the photo to create the cover flap.

I am using the Merry & Bright 6x8 Stamp Set, and Food Love 6x8 Stamp Set to create the vellum cover for this spread.  First, I used both stamps repetitively throughout the page.   I used embossing ink and white embossing powder to add the texture and subtle image to the vellum.   To create the title of the page, I used the same stamps just on the center of the page, and added a touch of shine with gold embossing powder.  I used foil transfer gel to color one of the chipboard numbers from the Jingle All The Way kit, then added a bit of gold foil to complete the title page.

 I used the Food Love 6x8 Stamp set and the black puffy alphas from the Jingle All The Way kit to add a subtitle to the bottom of the large photo.  The vellum flap covers the photo, but its translucency makes it possible to still see the photo behind the flap.

Here  is a look at what the complete layout, there is  a lot of color on the page. So, focusing on a color helps to bring it all together, and the vellum helps to give a bit of a rest to the viewer's eye.

I hope this inspires you to pull your CTK stamps to help you document your next story!

XO

3-to-Inspire with NATASHA

 

It’s a little hard to believe that the holiday season is right around the corner. And with that it’s a great time to start thinking about how you would like to document the holidays. I think often paper crafters especially those who might be new to documenting the holiday season get overwhelmed with the process and what products to select. A kit, like the Jingle All the Way is such an approachable way to get a wide range of exclusive products and corresponding items to document all types of stories throughout the holiday season without the overwhelm.

A second way to minimize that holiday documenting scaries is by pre-determining a “pick 3” so today I am here to provide you with a 3-to-Inspire recipe to provide a jumping off point for your holiday documenting.

Today’s Pick 3:

• Stars

• Mix and Match Title

• Black and white photo

In holiday collections in particular there is often repeated shapes or deco elements for example hearts, Christmas tree ornaments, candy canes etc. For my Life Crafted Layout, I decided to use stars and circles to be a repeated design element. By selecting one or two shapes/deco elements to focus on you can prevent decision fatigue. For the stars, I like to vary the size and color of the stars. 

Puffy stickers are always such a fun and simple way to bring dimension and balance to your layout. For my title, I went with the “merry” which was the start of my color palette- paired with the black puffy alpha it ties in the black and white stars and photo. 

I love to get candid photos of the family especially during the holidays but the photo quality can be pretty poor and the captured moment itself could have a lot going on- especially when it comes to color which can conflict with the colors in the kit. 

Converting the photo to Black and white gives some harmony to the layout all while documenting those special moments. I believe better to document the moment- even if it’s not picture perfect. To edit my photos to black and white I use the iPhone editor, no fancy photo editing program needed!

Feel free to use my 3-to-Inspire recipe, or give your own a shot. As part of your holiday documenting prep, you can even jot down these ideas and recipes down in your planner to help you achieve your documenting goals without any stress.

Life Crafted Inspiration With Shu-Wen

 

Hey everyone!

It's Shu-Wen here, sharing some Christmas inspiration for a 6x8 Life Crafted Album (I'm using the color "Midnight" here)! This layout is documenting the origins of my ChouxPuffCreations "small business" account, including my Instagram and Facebook business pages, and I'm going to be using mostly elements from the Merry Making Christmas 12x12 Add-On Kit! 

To start off, I created a large library pocket using two of the 12x12 patterned papers in this Add-On kit. I love the 12x12 papers because it is so easy to use them to create large interactive elements like pockets for extra photos and journaling! Then, I used the postcard ephemera pieces from the Add-On Kit to include some journaling about the story of starting my small business and what prompted me to start using my ChouxPuffCreations "brand" to reach a wider audience online. I decided to include a copy of my business card in the pocket, and I included some extra photos on the backs of these journaling postcard ephemera pieces as well! To finish decorating this page, I used the "Love" die cut ephemera piece from the Jingle All the Way Die Cut Ephemera Pack to decorate the left side of my library pocket, as well as some Gold Alphabet Puffy Stickers to spell out my title on top of the pocket. Then, I decorated the bottom of my page with an assortment of die-cut ephemera pieces and enamel dots from the Add-On Kit. I especially love the cute little hedgehog in the center of my embellishment arrangement!

For the right page of my layout, I decided to keep things a bit simpler and make a photo grid collage using the die cut frame ephemera pieces from the Add-On Kit. Then, I decorated my grid collage with some puffy stickers and more of the enamel dots from the Add-On Kit. Lastly, I matted my photo collage onto another piece of patterned paper from the kit. I also love that these 12x12 papers are large enough that I can cut out pages that match the outside-the-page-protector size of these 6x8 albums! 

Here's a look at my finished layout! I love how the colors of the new Citrus Twist Kits Jingle All the Way Kit match the colors in this Add-On kit perfectly! I look forward to mixing and matching all these products together to make my December Daily pages this year! As for this layout, I'm planning on either including it in my "Before Your Story" 6x8 album, or starting a "Stories of Christmas Past" album. 

I hope this inspires you to get creating with these gorgeous Christmas kits! If you're creating a layout inspired by this page, be sure to tag me over on Instagram @ChouxPuffCreations so that I can see what you've created, and make sure to share you layouts over on the Citrus Twist Kits Facebook Page as well! Thanks for stopping by!