There Is No One Like You, Traveler's Notebook with Wendy

Hello all and Happy Wednesday!

Wendy here to share up a quick tutorial of my latest page in my Traveler's Notebook.  As a long time fan of all things mini style in scrapbooking, I'm discovering these type of layouts are simply fun to create.

I'm still crushing hard on the July 2017 kits and created up my project here with lots of fun bits found in last month's kits. However, you can create this same type of project with any of the amazing kits from Citrus Twist Kits.

Let's get started.

1. Select your photo.  I dusted off one of my large circle punches to cut out my photo of choice.  I wanted to change it up a bit from the typical square/rectangular photo.  So, a circle it is.

2. Select the type of embellishments you want to use.  These fun butterflies were in the July kits along with some whimsical florals which ended up being my choice to use.

3. You may choose to add dimensional pop dots on the back of your embellishments if you want.  However, since I am working in a Traveler's Notebook, I'm wanting a bit less bulk to my pages.  I probably would have used the pop dots for dimension if this was a regular 12x12 or 9x12 layout in my album.

4. Layer up your embellishments.  Less is more (sometimes) but the more the merrier in this case. Ha!  I added a touch of a wood veneer embellishment for a bit of wording.  In my final project, I chose to use the word "love" instead of "happy".

5. Don't forget the versatile stamps in the kits! Ah yes, my favorite part of the kits.  Don't fear to play around with different phrases, mix and + match wording, and just have fun with them.

6.  In my title work, I chose to use a curved banner for part of the title wording.  Then, I used one of the CTK stamps where I curved it a bit on an acrylic block before stamping to mirror the curved banner.  I love the slight effect and how it turned out.

I hope you enjoyed my project!

Give us a peek into your Traveler's Notebooks!  Share up in the CTK Gallery and/or tag @citrustwistkits on Instagram.

Wendy

Explore | Gina Rodgers

Hi everyone, I'm sharing one of my July pages with you today, created with the #rightnow main and sprinkles kits. I've gone for a grungy feel on the background, which I've built up with layers of distress stains, ink, watercolour paint, graphite scribbles and stamping.  I've chosen papers from the main kit which replicated the muted colours in the photo

I've trimmed the 'this is it' cork arrow to a different style arrow and inked the edges. The die-cut pack in the Sprinkles kit is perfect for a travel themed layout

Thanks for looking, I hope you've been having fun with your July kits, standby for lots of inspiration from August kit creations starting tomorrow!

Gina

Sunday Sketch with Emma

Hi friends!  Emma here with this week's Sunday Sketch.  Today's sketch is super fun and features one of my favourite (and possibly one of the easiest) shapes to incorporate onto a layout - hearts!  Hearts are everywhere and I love them!  Here's our super sketch for today:

I used the Add-on kit mostly for my page but I added a few pieces from the other kits too (that heart paperclip from the Pocket Life kit is a perfect match for this sketch!).  Here's my layout:

As you can see, I've pretty much kept true to the sketch but moved a few elements around and added a couple extra pieces (corner piece on the top RHS and journaling at the bottom LHS).

I used my trusty scissors to cut heart shapes, they're easy enough to do and I cut extra's from a few patterns so I could layer and stitch them together, to add a little more dimension ;).  The Summer Lights papers in the Add-on kits are so gorgeous, love the bright, fun colours.

My journaling is printed onto one of the Pocket Life 3x4 cards.  To make sure the journaling lined up I took a photo of the card with my phone, dropped the image into Photoshop and typed my journaling on the lines (on a new layer) then ran the card through my printer (without the image of the card) and boom!  Done ;)

I love word/phrase stickers, they're such a perfect way to add extra sentiments to your layouts (same could be said for stamps, but stickers are even easier...for me!).  I've used the Beautiful Day Tiny Word Stickers which are included in the Add-on kit.

To add a bit more contrast (the yellow) I used some of the sequins from the Grace Box and one of the chipboard pieces out of the Pocket Life (half tucked underneath my photo so only the yellow shows).

I really love how this one came together, using the sketch meant it was a relatively quick and easy one for me to do create! (Although everything I create is ever really "quick", but if I can finish a layout in under an hour I consider that a huge win, hah!  This came close to that thanks to the sketch!)

Now it's your turn! To play along with this week's Sunday Sketch Challenge, create a layout based off of today's sketch, upload it to the gallery with today's date (23/7) in the title, and you are in for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to the CTK Store!

Thanks, Em xo

3 To Inspire with Veera

Time for another 3 To Inspire challenge! It's Veera here today to share this weeks' prompts with you.

Here are my prompts:

1. Use twine
2. Document something about your home
3. Use limited color scheme

I had so much fun with these prompts! For the first one, I wrapped the twine around the whole layout. As my layouts are normally fairly flat, I love how twine can bring another textural element to the layout. 

The second prompt is to document something about your home. I wanted to scrap this picture of a shoe cabinet with flower vase that is on our foyer. Truth is, I'm terrible with flowers and I can't keep them alive. Fake flowers to the rescue and the place look pretty.

The third and final prompt is to use limited color scheme. In this layout I used mainly mint and gold in addition to the white background. I think limited color scheme can help to create simple and cohesive look to the layout.

Now it's your turn! To play along with this week's challenge, create a layout inspired by these prompts, upload it to the Citrus Twist Kits Gallery with the challenge date (07/22) in the title.

Happy scrapping!

Adventure Awaits | Elsie Robinson

Hey everyone, it's Elsie here! I hope you're all having fun playing with your July kits. Despite how awesome this month's kits are, I've been in a (really annoying) creative rut recently. So today, I want to give you a couple of tips on how to create when your mojo isn't there!

Be inspired by your kits! This might seem like a fairly obvious point, but by taking just one image, a colour or a phrase and basing your entire layout on that can really help simplify and streamline your process.

So thats exactly what I did! I was inspired by the travel themed Carta Bella ephemera pack in the Sprinkles kit. The pack has some really cute images like the cars in the photo above and some road signs.

And so I thought I would take those road sign images quite literally and create a signpost. And everything fell into place after I made that decision. I suddenly noticed that there were quite a few arrow-shaped embellishments which were obviously perfect to pop onto my signpost.

Some of the stickers I used on the signpost brought in some mustard yellow and pinks, which inspired the paper I would used to back my cut file title. Which brings me on to my next point... 

... Use your favourite things! Again, this might be another fairly obvious point, but the temptation to hoard that beautiful "Artisan" paper from Cocoa Vanilla was really quite strong! But I'm so glad I used it as I just love the way it looks behind my title. 

The warm colours in the ombre pattern look similar to a sunset which kind of helps set my "scene", and the light grey colour strikes the perfect balance between able to stand out against the white without competing with the other embellishments on my page.

Another favourite thing of mine is this stringed star cut file. I hadn't yet used it on a page but thought it would work perfectly here as it just adds a whimsical finishing touch along with the Fancy Pants puffy stars.

Do you guys have any more tips and tricks on how to combat lack of mojo? I'd love to hear! 

Have a great rest of your week, friends!

- Elsie 

Let's Get Digital: Trina Craig & Jodie King

Hi everyone! It's Jodie King, our fabulous July project life guest designer, and Trina Craig here today to share how we are using this month's free digital cut file. To download this free file visit our Facebook Citrus Twist Kits Fan Page.

Here is our cut file:

First up, it's Trina, sharing a flashback 6" x 8" mini layout using the July 2017 #rightnow scrapbooking kit.

Good Time Mini Layout by Trina Craig
This page was made using (mostly) the July scrapbook kit with a little of our July Pocket Life kit mixed in. I cut the digital file out twice on my Silhouette - once in white and once in red pattern paper - then layered the two cuts for a drop shadow-effect. The "On the Bright Side" exclusive paper featured heavily in this layout along with the following supplies:

• The new Fringe Scissors from American Crafts (okay, not really a necessity but I have to say they made fringe cutting easy peasy!)
• Heidi Swapp Sweet Mint Color Shine
• The following stamps sets: July This Is Life "Narrative" stamp set, Detours stamp set 

Here are close-ups for you:

The Fringe Scissors made cutting this fringe take a few seconds. 

Here is a close-up showing the drop shadow-effect for the cut file.

Planner Play with Jodie King
Hi everyone!  It’s Jodie here with you today, and I’m the Citrus Twist Kits guest designer for July!  I’m playing with the “Right Now” Pocket Life Kit and the Narrative Stamp, and I have a planner spread to share using the sweet Good Time cut file that’s available on the CTK Fan Page.

This is week 29 in my Carpe Diem planner using horizontal weekly inserts, before I start adding my journaling.

A planner spread is an awesome way to use all those smaller pieces in your ephemera packs, in fact, the only patterned paper I’ve used on these pages is in the binder reinforcing strips.

We’re spending the entire weekend on a road trip in a town by the name of Emerald, so I’ve used the Heidi Swapp alphas from this month’s kit to span the two days that we’ll be in Emerald, and the little bit of Sunday morning before we head home.  I’ve clustered a few pieces of ephemera here but left plenty of room to add activities we’ll be doing on our trip and journalling about the weekend.

Carpe Diem planners aren’t dated, and my go-to stamp to date them is the Citrus Twist Kits Numbers Stamp, which you can find in the CTK store.

The Narrative Stamp has a bunch of fun quotes and also some cute icons.  I’ve stamped the heart icons by the entry for my daughter’s 22nd birthday and then the check-box with options like adventure, hilarious, action-packed, on the day that we’re doing our 9 hour road-trip.  You never can tell just how a road-trip like that is going to end up, so I’m planning on waiting to see how that goes before I tick an option ha!  

I’ve cut the cut the cut file in matching cardstock and layered it with a few of the ephemera pieces.  I love that it isn’t too bulky to fit in my planner!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! And remember, if you’re thinking of signing up for a kit subscription with Citrus Twist Kits, now is the perfect time, with new reduced international postage on Pocket Life and Gracebox Kits for Canadian and International subscribers, and to get 25% off the first kit in a new Scrapbooking, Pocket Life or GraceBox subscription, just quote JODIEKGUEST in the Comments at checkout!

Happy crafting!
Jodie & Trina

Kit Love with Wendy, July 2017

Hello everyone!

Wendy here to share up the July 2017 Kit Love reveal with you!

Grab a cuppa your favorite beverage and just enjoy the lusciouness of all things Citrus Twist Kits!

Oh, and watch your postal for your July kits arriving soon on your doorstep.

Happy mail day is always a good day, right?!

Wendy