LIFE CRAFTED INSPIRATION WITH MARINA

 

Hi there!

Marina with you today to share a bit of Life Crafted Inspiration featuring our new WINTER MAGIC ephemera and digital files.

I'm just in love with the palette of this beautiful kit, so I wanted to create a spread in these very shades. I used the google app to highlight the main colors and find the right photos to match.

I decided to use the bottom row of colors as a base, and make the top rows and black accent colors, adding some light pink and our gorgeous Sunshine puffy alphabet to the header:

What a beautiful combination of cool and warm hues, isn't it? :)

On this page, I added a blue digital card to dilute the pale color scheme, as well as some yellow and pink to create an overall color triangle throughout the spread:

I love "snow globes," it's my little New Year's weakness, so I wanted to add the second of our Winter Magic digital elements here by adding a flip card.

By the way, the little yellow accent is also present in this photo, and I'm very happy with how harmonious my spread turned out thanks to this beautiful palette!

Do you use the "palette method" for your photos? Do you edit them influenced by the paper or embellishments you like? I'll be honest - I do! :)

I hope my first November snow in these photos inspires you to create something beautiful and light with our beautiful winter kit!

Thanks for stopping by!

See you in the New Year! ;))

XO

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

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!

LIFE CRAFTED INSPIRATION with Nathalie

 

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to share a bit of Life Crafted Inspiration featuring our new Sunshine mini kit and SUNSHINE digital files.   If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, then you are also experiencing this extreme heat wave.  Well, there is nothing better than a cool treat to get some refreshment, and that is the focus of my layout.

I love how this turned out, and it was all about adding a bit of texture to the pages through hand stitching and floating elements!

I started by hand stitching -with coordinating embroidery floss- all the lines of the sunburst paper from the Sunshine Digital Patterned papers.  Just put on a Netflix show, and stitch away, I went!

After all the stitching was done, I placed my photo, and added  a few embellishment pieces in clusters at the top and bottom of the picture.   I used various enamel dots ( from the CTK shop) to accent the color of the sunburst lines.

To balance the texture on the sunburst page, I am using a simpler design for the journal page.   This time, I am continuing to add texture, by adding some string to one of the frames  (Sunshine ephemera).

 By adding the string, and hanging it from the top of the page, I am giving the page some dimension and following the stitching texture to this  page.

I hope this gives you some ideas on how to use our new Sunshine kit in your Summer documenting!

XO

Life Crafted Inspiration with Patricia

 

Hello!  Welcome to another Life Crafted Inspiration.  Have you seen the new 6x8 Life Crafted albums?!  I'm combining our new 6x8 pocket with the new 2-4x4 pockets.  I will be using both the new April Travelogue Kit and the digitals.  First, I'll focus on the 6x8 layout on the left.

I used the new Destination Cut Files and selected the 'chillax' with the stars.  I moved the stars so that I could cut directly onto my large photo.  I chose a paper with a neutral background from the April Travelogue Kit to back my photo.  Then I pierced and added handstitching.  I replaced and adhered the 'chillax' letters from the cut file from my photo and stitched those into place as well.  In deciding what color threads to use, I started with pulling the blue from the photo, then added complimentary colors.

I used the ephemera from the April Travelogue Kit to add at the bottom of my large photo, and continued the star theme by adding chipboard stars for another dimension by the cut file.

For the right side 4x6 pockets, I altered one of the Life Crafted Travelogue Digital Cards using Photoshop Elements to remove just the center image and changing the color to a lighter blue, printed, detailed cut, and layered that over the same pattern paper from the Travelogue Kit used on the left side under my photo.

For the bottom top 4x4 pocket, I lightened one of the CTK APR Travel TN PAPER so my journaling would stand out from the background.  Added a stamped sentiment from the new 6x8 Travelogue V2 stamp and a puffy embellishment from the Travelogue kit to finish.

Thank you for joining me!  If you have any questions about the digitals used and how I used them, let me know.  Hope you enjoy the April Travelogue Kit, Digitals, and the new Travelogue V2 stamp!

LIFE CRAFTED INSPIRATION with NATHALIE

 

Hi there!

Nathalie with you to share some inspiration for your next Life Crafted Layout.   With our busy lives, there is always less and less time to sit down and document all those memories.  Well, here is where  the Life Crafted system is probably one of the best ways to get your stories documented quickly and with style.

For this page, I wanted to focus on a large bold title to tell the story of the photo.  So, I used the Spencer Solid Alpha to stamp the large word in one of the 4x8 manila tags.  

In addition, I am using the This Is Life Legends Stamp set to complete the title work, and also to create embellishments for the spread.  I paired the large title with a few extra embellishments from the Flea Market's Findings Kit.

I love having digital papers to work with, that means I can print them as I need them. This time, I am using a digital paper from the Fresh Starts digital collection, and paired it with one of the 6x8 papers from the Fresh Starts kit.  I pulled ephemera from a few collections to help me frame the photo.

I hope this inspires you to document your next story in your Life Crafted album... Remember to share with us your finished projects

XO