Make Your Layout interactive

Hello at the end of this lovely month!

It's Mira Jurecka here and today I'd like to show You a very nice and simple (yep yep yep!) idea how You can make Your pocket album a bit interactive and even more fascinating. So let me share what I have for Ya!

I created a single-page layout to include in my pocket album:

I really love this picture of my daughter and I. Since I'm rarely appearing in our family albums it had to find it's place in my album - that's for sure! In a HUGE format of course! Thanks to the products from September PL + Embellishment kits I was able to embellish this picture just the way it was supposed to be treated!

Huge picture + two fancy papers from mini-paper pad and a lot of stickers and paper elements! Niiiiice!
Yet, I was still missing something here!

Look at our faces:

We are smiling, looking happy, but this wasn't enough for me! It wasn't fancy enough!
Then I saw those paper glasses in PL Kit! Perfect match!

...but I was scared to change the picture that I love so much into something totally different. Funny but 100% different! What would You do in this situation?

I was trying the glasses on and taking them off, trying on and taking off - couldn't decide what to do!

And then the AHA-moment came! I realized that I can create even more fun - just by attaching the set of glasses to the page protector and use it interactively instead of adhering them to the picture for good!

Now this is how I imagine the future: Ola and I are watching the album and we are playing with these glasses TOGETHER! Trying them on and taking them off!! And laughing a lot! Isn't that fun!?
So simple!
Single paper clip can make such a huge difference!

I am really happy that these awesome star clips were included in September Embellishment Kit! They just made this layout super royal!

I hope my idea will push You even further and that You will try to find more tricks for Your albums! Don't forget to share them with me! And if You already have one, please share them too!

Now I can only wish You a very happy scraping!

Thanks for reading!
M

3 to Inspire with Mira

Hello Hello!

Are You ready for new edition of 3 to inspire challenge!?

You can find this challenge here every Saturday for those who need a little extra creative push to get scrapbooking, to keep scrapbooking or for those who just like a challenge! Your take on this challenge can be a layout or a PL spread and remember that you'll want to include all 3 prompts on your project.

The prompts for this week are:

1. Use as many white, thick frames around photos as possible
2. Choose the pocket page design or a layout composition that You haven't try before (or didn't use for a long time)
3. Don't use filter on Your pictures

I love how this challenge pushes me to try new ideas! It's amazing! I tend to use the same page protector design over and over again, always use as many pictures as possible and they are most likely to be the size of 4x6 in the landscape orientation. Boredom boredom You are welcome!
But for today I managed to experiment a bit and went out of my comfort zone! Yay! And I really like the results!
Here are my two pocket pages made for today:

And what do I have here?

Plenty of pictures (couldn't skip that tone!) that my Sister took with her phone, when we were spending time at the beach. And even more pictures taken by my lovely friend who was spending a very wonderful weekend in the mountains with me a few weeks back (these pictures were also taken by the smartphone camera :)).

Not even one picture was treated with filter! This is not common for me, but as You can see they don't need any enhancement! I love them! BTW, how often do You use pictures taken by someone else? This was kind of new for me!

I was working with September "Maggie" Pocket Life Kit together with Embellishment Kit and additionally I used a lot of white thick paper to create the base of my layouts (white frames white frames).

Here are some details:

Squares squares squares - not often You can find these page protectors in my album! But they look sooo good! I need to use them more often! And white frames will make Your pages to look clean and elegant.

I hope this is inspiring for You! Please, please, please if You have to remember ONE thing from today's post let it be: Get Out Of Your Comfort Zones More Often :D

Thank You Guys! Now is your turn! Use the three prompts to create your own projects and share them with us in the CTK Gallery and/or on our Facebook Fan Page by Saturday, September 24th, for a chance to win. You can also upload to Instagram and tag us @citrustwistkits.

Have fun!

3 to Inspire with Diane

Diane here with another "3 to Inspire" challenge. You can find this challenge here every Saturday for those who need a little extra creative push to get scrapbooking, to keep scrapbooking or for those who just like a challenge! Your take on this challenge can be a layout or a PL spread and remember that you'll want to include all 3 prompts on your project.

Your prompts this week are:
    1.    Use a lot of sequins.
    2.    Add some hidden journalling.
    3.    Try stamping on your photos!

Here’s my take on this challenge:

In the bottom middle pocket I created a little confetti shaker card using my fuse tool. I stamped the sentiment a few times and then roughly cut them out before adding to the pocket with some of those gorgeous sequins and closing the whole thing up. A perfect little filler card! I added my journalling on the inside of a folded card and added some embellishments to the outside. And I stamped on nearly every photo I had! My new favourite white ink is Brilliance Moonlight White – SO GOOD on photos.

And here are a few close-ups...

Now it's your turn! Use the three prompts to create your own projects and share them with us here in the gallery and/or our Facebook Forum. You can also upload to Instagram, but remember to tag us @citrustwistkits. Looking forward to seeing what you can do!

Food Coma - patchwork mini book with process video

Hi Guys! It's Mira Jurecka here today with some mini book love :)
I have like tones of pictures presenting very simple story - our daughter's recent food exploration. She's at the very beginning of that adventure but She's doing great, You should see Her! Her funny faces and the apetite! Adorable...
I thought it would be nice to have some of those pictures closed in the form of mini album.
So when I saw CP Wonder collection from September PL and Embellishment Kits I knew immediately - this is the time! I want it all in my mini book!
And here it is - fat little scrapbook that I admire:

For some time now I looove creating this tag pendants to add some fun extra dimension to my mini books. This time it was super easy, cause I found a lot of tags in the kits! Some of them were ready-to-go, some of them I cut from the mini paper pad.

Obviously there is a lot of space in my mini albums to use these gorgeous CTK stamps!

With all those tiny lovely stickers, small paper elements, puffy stickers and scraps of paper my mini was super easy to put together!

And talking about super powers... I especially love the picture, where Ola holds the spoon with Her feet - isn't that funny? Do all the kids have that skill?

Oh yes - She seems to really enjoy this food journey!

Guys, for those of You who are curious how this mini was created - I also prepared a process video! I hope You will enojoy watching it:

I hope You like it :)
Have a great day!

Tuesday Tutorial with Karen

Today I thought I would share with you how I add some mixed media to my layouts. I've been adding paint splatters to most of my layouts for a while now, and I love the effect it creates, it adds depth to your pages and I hope that by showing you how easy it really is, you will give it a try on your next layout.

Below is what I grabbed in my studio, part of my creative process is gathering my papers and embellishments first, this helps with keeping under 15 minutes. The products I used on this layout are from what I had left over in the September Pocket Pages Citrus Twist Kit.

I love a good 'Grid' design, and I usually stick to this format when creating a layout. 

Place the squares on the page, including your photo. Play around with the patterns until you are happy with the look.

I had a few pl cards left over, including this one 'Sweet Thing' above, so I cut around it and placed in the middle of my 'grid'. 

I then added a few embellishments on the grid and around it. There is no real method in my madness here, it's pretty much hit or miss, whatever I feel satisfied with. I just play around with it.

Now for the real fun, mix up some paint in your palette, I went with a pink. I use a Zig Watercolour system brush and you just squeeze in some water with paint, this creates a runnier consistency to work with.

As you can see from above use your pointer finger to 'flick' or 'spatter' the paint on, you can even add some paint dots to your page to give it those bigger paint 'dots'. Add as much or as little as you want, again, there is no rule, no method, just when you feel enough is enough. 

And that's it, pretty easy huh. I added a little corner embellishment on the bottom too. This layout took under 15 minutes. 

Give it a go, I think you'll love it. See you next time.

xx

I used: September Lombard Pocket Pages Kit & Embellishment Kit

Pocket Life Sketch Friday with Diane

Hi everyone, Diane here! It's time for Pocket Life Friday.

The September Pocket Life "Lombard" kit is so cute! I just adore the gorgeous puffy stickers, tiny words and wood veneer in this kit! I added little bits of stitching and and I had to restrain myself from going overboard stamping but who could blame me with stamps like these!

And here are a few close-ups..

And now for your Pocket Life sketches...

I can't wait to see what you do with them!

Thanks for visiting Pocket Life Friday, where every week we share PL sketches and a chance to win. For your chance to win, create a layout based on the sketches in this blog post, post your layout to our Gallery or our Facebook Fan Page by Friday, September 25th. Be sure to include PL 9/18 in the title!

3 to Inspire with Alena

Hi everyone, it's  Alena  here today to share this week's 3 to Inspire challenge. You can find this challenge here every Saturday for those who need a little extra creative push to get scrapbooking, to keep scrapbooking or for those who just like a challenge! 

Your prompts this week are:

1. Use the Vellum.
2. Use the stitching.
3. Use a puffy sticker. 

This is what I did with the challenge:

I used September PL Kit + September 2015 "Little Old You" Embellishment Kit

Use the three prompts to create your own projects and share them with us here in the gallery and/or our Facebook Forum.