Pocket Life Sketch Day with Trina (Including "Flashback" Pages)

It is Friday Pocket Life sketch day here at Citrus Twist Kits and I'm here to share both PL sketches and progress on my 2015 Pocket Life plus a peek at some of the flashbacks that I do every month in my PL. If you ever have a week where you don't have photos or you have older photos you need to catch up with, create a "flashback page." I always make and include at least 1 flashback page a month using favorite old photos. I don't worry about what year they are from.

These pages were made with the now sold-out March Pocket Life kit. (If you like our kits, you can begin your subscription with the April kit.)

For my 2015 Pocket Life I'm working with the Studio Calico Brighton Pier Handbook albums, available here in the Citrus Twist Kits Shop.

Here are your sketches for the week. Two of the sketches were used to make my 6 x 8 pages, instead of 4 x 6 cards.

Here is a current photo and a a tribute to our senior family dog, Jessica. Jessy joined our family in 2002. This is an 8 x 6 page.

These are 2 flashback pages--keeping the dog theme going!--of me and my siblings as kids playing with our dog's puppies. I've always loved these two photos and they've been sitting in my childhood photo stash:

This flashback page was created around a great picture of me and my brother, getting along. While we didn't always get along, we were inseparable as kids. (The chipboard deer is from Maggie Holmes Open Book Chipboard from the CTK shop.) I've been thinking alot about my brother lately and that's what made me reach for our childhood photos.

This is another 6 x 8 mini scrapbook page (that's me in the background):

Here are my close-up shots.

Typing, sticker words and tiny alphabets were perfect for the journaling on this page.  I also cut out one of the Craft Market paper letters from one of the pieces of 6 x 6 paper that came in March's kit:

I love using layers and the 6 x 6 paper that comes in the Pocket Life kits makes this easy. Gently fold up the corners afterwards for dimension:

I always go with any mistakes I make on my pages. I mistyped my brother's name (I know, silly me), so typed it on a new piece of paper, cut it out and glued it down over the misspelling:

The word "FAMILY" was hand sketched and cut from one of the 6 x 6 Craft Market papers that came in my March PL kit:

I used the March PL kit stamp set, plus some of the older kit and add-on stamps, to stamp random thoughts about my brother:

I have a challenge for you this month: Pick an older photo of you as a kid and do a flashback in your Pocket Life! We'd love to see you as a child shared on the Citrus Twist Kits Fan Page over on Facebook.

Trina

Pocket Life Layouts with April

Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing the 3 pocket life spreads that I put together using the March PL and Embellishment kits.  I loved the March kits!  They were my favorite so far this year.  I just loved the color scheme and all the little bits and pieces that were included in it.

So, I'm happy to say that I finally finished my weekly markers! :)  (Now I just need to go back and take photos of the previous weeks.)  Anyway, on to my spreads...

Week 4 is actually a 2-page spread, but I didn't finish the second page because it was a weekend that we spent out-of-town.  I'm not sure what it is, but I NEVER finish scrapping vacation photos!  I think it's just the amount of photos I end up having from a trip/vacation that overwhelms me and I put it aside.  Is anyone else like that?  Or is it just me?  Haha!

Week 5 is a single page spread.  I switched things up and used a Design A page protector.  Here's a tip: if you have a lot of photos from one picture taking session and you can't decide which to use, make a collage and use them all! :)  I have found myself making them more often nowadays with the little one.

And finally, week 6.  It's a 2 page spread, but instead of a left and right page, it's a front and back page.  I used to care that it was together, but this year, I don't.  Here's the front page:

And here's the back:

I hope you enjoyed looking at my current spreads.  Thanks for stopping by!

Pocket Life Sketch Friday with Amelie

Hi there!!! It is time for some new PL Sketchs! I hope you will enjoy them! But before, let me show you my new PL spread using March PL kits. I hope you will enjoy it! I really love the soft colors of these kits! Perfect for my New York's week!

 I also made a proces video so if you want to see more about this PL spread creation, just look at it!

And now the sketches!

See you soon,
Amelie