A Whimsical Tuesday Tutorial with Amanda Baldwin!

Hi CTK Friends!

Amanda here, for more November Kits inspiration with this month's edition of the Tuesday Tutorial!
I just fell head over heels with all the gorgeous papers and embellishments in the Sunshine In My Soul Scrapbook Kit - SO.much.pretty!!! I was especially drawn to all the Whimsical collection items from Paige Evans, and couldn't resist using them for today's post.
Here's what I've created.....

"Whimsical Dream"

CTK Supplies: Sunshine In My Soul Scrapbook Kit, November Embellishment Kit, Vicki Boutin Field Notes 'Ink Spill' Stencil

Other Supplies: Shimmerz Paints Paste-eez in Peach Fuzz, & Shimmerz Paints Vibez in Pop Art Pink and Sweetheart. 

Sigh! Full of whimsy indeed!
Happy girls are the prettiest, and when you team their photo with fussy cuts from the Paige Evan's Whimsical paper #3, you're bound to have sunshine in your soul!
I may have sat for an hour fussy cutting this entire sheet of paper, but I honestly think it was worth it!
Once cut, I played around with the layout design and what would work best for my tiny photo. I then applied my mixed media element, & added all those pretty blooms! It was then a case of lots of embellishments and pretty adornments to my sweet photo.
Let's take a closer look.....

Aren't they gorgeous girls?! Celebrating the happy life, for sure!

The Thickers from the Embellishment Kit are fabulous! Just look at that shiny foil title! 

And I'm loving those Vicki Boutin Field Notes "Ink Spill" stencil hearts! 

SO many pretty details from florals, to hearts and those sweet butterflies! Perfect for these two whimsical girls!

Just beautiful! 

There's a process video for today's tutorial & you can check it out on my channel here.

I hope I've inspired you to get creating with your November Kits!  & that you enjoy watching my video! (Please be sure to hit that subscribe button as I'd LOVE to see you on my subscribers list!) 

Thanks so much for joining me today, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

3-to-Inspire with Nathalie

Hi there!
Nathalie with you today with this week's 3-to-Inspire challenge.  By now you all have seen the  new Sunshine in My Sould kit, what can i say, GORGEOUS!  So, let's get ready for a new batch of prompts that hopefully will challenge you  throughout the week:

1. Use a non-white background
2. Create fussy cut embellishments
3. Document  special someone/somebody who you are "Thankful for"

Here is what i have created for this Challenge:

I was so drawn to the beautiful floral paper from Paige Evans Whimsical collection -included in the Sunshine in my Soul kit-, that i decided to fussy cut a few of the floral clusters to use in my page.

I  love white cardstock for my backgrounds, but this paper from Pink Paislee (also included in the Sunshine in my Soul Scrapbook kit) provided a soft and muted color background for the page.   I used a bit of mixed media in the background to make everything else pop from the page,

Once the background dried, the layout came together quite rapidly, as i used the fussy cut floral images to create the large clusters of flowers behind the picture.   Along the way, I added a few cut file leaves created using this month's  Floral Frame cut file.

To embellish the page, i chose to use some of the cut apart elements from the free monthly printable sheet along with some of the puffy stickers and enamel dots from the Whimsical collection included in this month's kits.

To build the title of this page, I decide to use one of this month's free cut files -Thanksgiving Titles -to create a stitching pattern on white cardstock.  A bit of chain stitching and gold watercolor bring color and texture to the title.

Now to complete the title i used a combination of the hand stitched cut out, the This is Life stamp set and one of th Rub-ons from the whimsical collection included in the Embellishment kit.   I wanted to emphasize how much i love my daughter and how thankful i am for her, so having this bold title works perfectly.  The following video will show you how it all came together:

Now it is your turn to use the prompts to create a project of your own.   Remember to tag Citrus Twist Kits whenever you share your project on social media.  I cannot wait to see what you create with the Sunshine in my Soul kits .

XO

Travelers Notebook Challenge!

Hello, there!  I've been creating in my travelers notebook and I cannot wait to try and inspire you all with what I created using the most recent Pocket Life Kit, Sunshine In My Soul.  I was creating another page in the All About Me insert and this kit was the perfect one for one of the prompts.  Let's take a look!

I often find that we end up extra alphabet stickers.  Letters that maybe we need one or two of -- but not all of the ones that are included.  What to do with them?  There's lots of ways to use them up - and for this page I used the alphabet stickers included in the kit as embellishment + title work. 

I simply took leftover alphabet stickers and placed them around my title - creating a descending block of letters that is perfect when talking about books and reading!

See?  The alphas were not only perfect as the title, but also as an accent, as well!  I love how it turned out, it's just so much fun and perfect for my theme.  Do you think that you could see yourself using this idea?  I have another, as well!

This card with the book spines was perfect, as well, for the theme and I knew I wanted to use it.  However, using it whole wasn't really going to work for the space I had available and the design of the page.  So, I simply trimmed out the book spines and discarded the rest.  [Though, with the gorgeous backside I am re-thinking that!] Do you trim up your pocket page cards to fit your project?  Why not try it next time, too?

I hope you love using the November Sunshine In My Soul kit as much as I do! Make sure you share on Facebook how you're using the kit -- and tag Citrus Twist Kits on Instagram -- so we can see your beautiful projects!