Tuesday Tutorial with Sarah

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!  Today I'm here with a tutorial that has to do with using square photos in your pocket pages.  I think square photos are often overlooked in pocket pages, typically because most pockets are sized for 3x4 or 4x6 cards.  However, I wanted to show you how you can still use square photos in those pockets and have a lot of fun with it!

Let's talk about 3 different ways to use this type of photo.  My photos are sized to 2.5 x 2.5 inches, which always seems to be the perfect size because I can keep a small white border and still have the photo fit on a 3x4 card.

In this first example I used two of the 6x8 papers from the December "Pleasant Valley" CTK pocket life kit and cut them both in half to make 4- 4x6 cards.  Then I took one of the 4x6 cards and cut it diagonally.  To make a pocket out of it, I simply applied double sided adhesive to the edges and then layered it on top of a 4x6 card that had a different pattern.  This makes a great pocket to tuck tickets or any small papers inside of.  Finally, I adhered my square photo right on top of that triangle pocket and added a couple of embellishments.

In this next example I layered my square photos on top of 3x4 cards.  I love doing this because it allows me to get more use out of my filler cards, and I also have room to do some more embellishing!

My last example is to treat a 4x6 card as a mini layout.  I like to keep my mini layouts simple so it doesn't get too busy with the rest of the pockets on the page, but this again can be a great way to use up some embellishments and just have fun with your pockets!

I hope you'll give some of these examples a try on your next pocket page layout!  Its a really fun way to switch things up from time to time.

Happy Crafting!

Sunday Sketch with Anna

Hi dear CTK friends, Anna here today, sharing my project with you, based on this fun sketch!
Actually this one is the last but absolutely not the least Sketch Challenge for this month, tomorrow we will enter October. Time flies!

I hope you can play along as well and I would love to see your take on this sketch. To enter the challenge, post your project in the CTK Fan Page at Facebook with today's date (September 30) in the title.

I can't wait to see where this sketch will take your creativity.

Take a minute or two and just embrace this gorgeous sketch! I'm blown away! So I decided to keep my design pretty much the same as the sketch except that I adapted it to a 12"x12" layout.

Even if the lovely October kits are soon coming up we are still focusing on the beautiful September Heartbreaker kits today, yay!

I opted for the beautiful papers from the Pattern Paper Play kit and some lovely bits and pieces from the Pocket Life kit , the Scrapbook kit and the Embellishment kit. Oh! and I've also used a pair of the stamps from the Travelers Notebook Mom Duty set and the Together stamp set. Beneath my layers of papers there's a lovely piece of one of the CTK cut files designed by our own lovely Nathalie DeSousa, I love the delicate and light touch it provides my page.

These tranclucent Willow Lane stickers by Maggie Holmes works just perfect to act as my journaling.

Don't you just love all these Shine On ephmeras by Amy Tangerine, so crazy cute!

And there's no secret that I'm a sucker for labels, so these goodies have a special place in my heart, so easy to apply on any project! I love that Trina always incorporate a few ,or severals to be honest, of them in the kits. 

Now it's your turn - and I can't wait to see how you interpret this weeks Sunday Sketch. Remember to share them with us in the CTK Facebeook Fan Page!

Take care! Anna xo

PL challenge with Alena

Alena here with  Pocket Life Challenge for you! Today I have a little idea to change  your Project Life.

 There's always a lot of chipboard on my pages. And also I like to use unusual embellishments in my Project Life. For example, try using the  negative of chipboard.

Try adding different little embellishments or pieces of patterned paper to empty cells. It's pretty simple, but it always looks good. This can also be seen here and here.

 I also liked to add text over the photo. I just printed it on a vellum.

So, my challenge for you:

1.  Use the negative from the chipboard . 
2. Place the text on the photo.

I hope you have a crafty  weekend!

Alena

Pocket Life Challenge with Adele

Hello scrappy peeps!

Today I have a little PL challenge for you all! When I was flipping through my 2017 album to see what pages I had left to finish, I found this 9x12 pocket page opposite a completed layout which was monochromatic blue tones...which inspired me to also try and use a monochromatic (one colour) scheme on my PL page. I have done this technique several times on layouts, but never on a PL spread before.

First I sorted through the embellies within this month's PL Kit and found all those with a blue or neutral tone.

I chose my PL cards and also matted a larger photo using some of the sweet 6x8" papers included in the kit.

I dived into my stash and used some blue alphas from a CT PL Kit earlier this year to continue my monochromatic theme. 

Finally, I added a touch of journaling here and there, and I was all finished!! This was a great way to dive into my new kit with a fresh look - I often get a little overwhelmed and want to add ALLLLL the things on the first page hehe! With a strict colour scheme I was forced to make clear choices about what I wanted to use and where.

I have also create a process video of this page - hope you enjoy!

3-to-inspire with Melanie B

Hello everyone! Melanie B here today with a 3-to-inspire challenge which features the fabric die-cut stickers from the August 2018 Pocket Life kit. My prompts for the challenge are as follows;

1.      Use the fabric die-cut as a date marker;

2.      Customize a PL card with the fabric die-cut;

3.      Embellish a picture with the fabric die-cut. 

Easy enough, right?!

To recap my prompts, first up I used a die-cut as a highlight to my date marker card. There’s a lot of flexibility here as most the die-cut designs would fit this purpose. I opted for the “life” die-cut as it was more fitting to the overall design of the spread.

Next up, I customized a 4x6 card with the “this moment” die-cut. It supported to the design of the card, love how it created a unique title “this moment, it’s okay I guess” – so fun!! I also enhanced the card with journaling and a cork embellishment. I really love how this card turned out. 

The last prompt is to use a die-cut on a picture, when using embellishment on pictures I look for white space which is ideal for journaling and embellishments. In my case the white space was the group and it served as the ideal background to the “fun time” die-cut. 

I hope you are inspired to create a project using these prompts. Make sure to share with us on social media, we can’t wait to see it.

Project Life with Adele

Hello lovelies!

I have been busy catching up on my 2017 Project Life. I find working with the rad Citrus Twist PL Kits really handy when wanting to binge scrap and get caught up on a large chunk of scrapping, because everything I need is packaged and coordinated all together in one easy kit.

I used a combination of 4x6", 3x4" and smaller photos on this spread. I find using a variety of photo sizes makes my page more interesting and fun to embellish.

I used a lot of small labels on this page to add snippets of journaling about our road trip away to visit family. These photos are very important to my 2017 album as a lot of these contain photos of Archie meeting his Uncle, Great Aunt/cousins, and Great Grandparents for the very first time.

I've really enjoyed using this months PL kit to document this whole trip across several pages. By using the one kit and coordinating supplies, it makes the whole weekend away look more cohesive and flow in my album.

Grab your scrappy supplies and scrap along with me in my latest process video of this page!

Have a lovely week!

Adele :)

Pocket Life Challenge with Sarah

Hi, friends!  Sarah here today with a fun Pocket Life challenge that will hopefully help you get more use out of the fun embellishments in your kit!

My challenge for you today is to use your stamps and/or embellishments to decorate your own filler cards!

One of my favorite ways to customize my Pocket Life pages from week to week is to play around with making my own filler cards.  I absolutely love getting my stamps and embellishments out to see what kinds of cards I can create from scratch.  Each one is like a mini layout!

You can play around with making little clusters of embellishments or just keep things really simple with a single stamped image.  The possibilities here are endless!

For the filler cards that I created from scratch on this spread I used one of the 6x8 patterned papers that comes in the Pocket Life kit.  Those 6x8 papers make great PL cards if you cut them down!  From there I used my die cuts, stamps, and puffy stickers to embellish . . . and Voila! custom pocket life cards :)

Hope you have fun with this one!

Happy Crafting!

PL Challenge with Adele

Hi lovelies!

I have been steam rolling through some PL pages lately and have really been enjoying trying to use as much of each month's kit as possible before the next month's arrives! There's so many awesome goodies packed into each month's kits that I always have a plethora of embellishments, papers and cards to choose from.

I often feel a little overwhelmed when I get my latest monthly goodies because there's so many rad choices of what to use! It's nice to sometimes have a challenge to focus your design choices and not get too dazzled by all the pretties.

This month, I challenge you to incorporate the following three elements into your PL page (or if you want that extra challenge, into a layout!):

1. "Ghost" stamping (repeatedly stamping without re-inking);
2. A colour that is not your typical "go to" colour;
3. Digital journaling on a photo before printing.

I love challenging myself to include a small subtle difference in my pages to give my scrappy mojo an extra boost. I don't often reach for green, but decided to try to embrace it a little this week hehe!!

I love the final look of my page, the teeny little details and handwritten journal spread amongst the hints of green and stamping.

I've create a fun little process video of this page too, so grab your latest kit and get scrappy with me!

Adele