Sunday Sketch with Nathalie

 

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to bring you this week's sketch challenge.   Sketches are a simple and easy way to get your pages done in a short amount of time.  A good sketch will provide a blue print for your page, the rest is up to you.  Let me show you this week's sketch:

Here is what I have created -inspired by the sketch- using a combination of the June "Sunkissed" Add-on kit, May Digital files, and our exclusive products.

My choice was to keep the center design of the layout as set on the sketch, and played around this focal cluster.

I replaced the small strip of paper on the right of the sketch  with strips of paper ( Sunkissed Add-on kit).  My choice to soften the straight edges of papers.  So, using a border die ( Pinkfresh Studio), I created the soft rounded edges.    These were set on the right edge of the layout.

I mixed papers from the Add-on kit ( Amy Tangerine - Brave and Bold collection, Maggie Holmes - Magical Garden collection ) with papers from Fancy Pants 6x8 Peachy Keep paper pad, and digital files (May 2020 release) to create the paper layers just  as shown in the sketch.

To embellish the page, I pulled ephemera from our June and April release, and decided to replace the washi tape in the sketch with tiny leaf die cuts ( Pinkfresh Studio - Curvy Leaves die set) .  The large butterfly replaces all the small ones in the original sketch!

I love how this layout turned out! Plus, it took little time to put it together using the sketch as a reference!  Remember to share with us any project created with the sketch; use #ctksketch, @citrustwistkits, #ctklifecrafted. We love to be inspired by you, too!

July Kit Love with Veronica

Hello my sweet crafty friends! Can you believe it's days away from August? I can't fathom the idea that our summer break is weeks away from ending. I'm here to share a project that I have diligently worked on throughout the year. I used July's gorgeous Life Crafted kit in my memory planner for the first week of July. These kits are perfect for all the small spaces in a memory planner. So, I'm here to share this week's spread:

I love to type on Illustrator using the traveling typewriter font and I print that onto clear sticker sheets. That's how I get the journaling so neat. I used many bits of the pattern paper and cut them to 1.5"x2.5" rectangles. I also added lots of bits of embellishments throughout this spread. I did some stamping throughout as well. I love that the stamps come with many phrases! 

The right side of this "fold out" is a printed TN digital sheet and patterned paper. I enlarged it to fit the planner's right side. I then sewed it onto the planner page (see below):

I had so many photos from the weekend because we went out to a secluded beach and cypress tunnel. This demanded that I find a way to fit more pics in my planer.  On the inside of the TN page is another sheet of pattern paper from the kit. I sewed more bits and tags up top. The inside is also the planner sheet with more fun pics from the week as well:

If it looks like we are having a splendid summer, that's because we are. I have found all the secret spots in California with very little traffic and people. When we see people, we immediately move away. ha! These are THOSE  times...we are living in a crazy world right now and making the best of it!

Hope to see more memory planners out there. Please find me on Instagram for more planner pages and to share your planners with me. Find me at: veronica_creates.

Thanks for stopping by!

JULY KIT LOVE

Hello everyone!
July is here, we are starting the second half of a rather unusual year.  All around the world we are celebrating the changes in seasons, and for many a sort of restart of a new way of life.   So, this month we wanted to take the chance to design and curate kits that celebrate the "WILD AT HEART" moments that we so love and cherish. 

This month's color palette was inspired by a trip to the California , you will even find original art by Trina sprinkled through the entire kit.    Let's join Nathalie as she shares a closer look of the Life Crafted: WILD AT HEART kit:




Just love all the colorful and fresh designs of the kit!  We are confident you are going to love it, too and will use it to document your memories in our Life Crafted albums or your favorite format.

Of course we have not forgotten about all the larger format documenters.   As we do each month, we have curated a Scrapbooking Add-On Kit that complements and coordinates with our Life Crafted kit. 

This month's kits feature a selection of papers and embellishments from some of your favorite manufacturers.   We are sure that you are going to enjoy all the color, texture and fun this kit brings.  Join Nathalie as she shares a walk through of our Add-On kit and some of the newer products arriving at the shop now:




We have an amazing Creative team who has been working with our July Kit already and you are going to love what they have created with the kits, stamps, digital files and of course our Life Crafted albums.

We are so thankful to you all for welcoming our kits to your homes, and have seen an increase on the number of monthly subscriptions.  These has prompted as to start a Wait list for the upcoming release - August-  as our current July subscription is already sold out.  Please email us with any questions, and visit our shop for more information.

New kits, new albums and hopefully a fresh restart!   We cannot wait to see what you create with all this new products!

Meet Our Guest Designer: MELANIE FUNKE

Hello CTK friends!
Today we are so excited to welcome and introduce our June 2020 Guest Designer : MELANIE FUNKE.   Melanie is a past design team member, subscriber and overall awesome designer and friend.   Her clean and colorful designs are always a joy to find in our feed, and we think you are going to love her as much as we do! 
Here is Melanie...

I live in the north west of Germany in a small town near Cologne called Bergisch Gladbach with my life partner. In my spare time I love being outside riding my bike or going on hikes. But I also enjoy cooking and baking and love cuddling up on the sofa listening to a good audiobook or watching a show on netflix. 

When it comes to scrapbooking, Layouts are my favorite but I also love working in the Life Crafted Album, it’s such a great format to document every day life, and making a mini every now and then.

Q & A with Melanie

When did you start Scrapbooking?

 I started scrapbooking in 2013 by documenting our December. I was lucky enough to
have a local scrapbook store where I could try out things like different inks or die cutting and was taught some techniques by the nice owner while I was shopping for supplies. After making some Minis I started to create layouts and was hooked ever since.

What is something most people would not know about you?

When I’m not in the mood for scrapbooking but want to make something anyway I crochet. It’s so relaxing and I can do it even when I’m not feeling my best and don’t have a lot of creative energy.

What are the 3 scrapbooking products you can't live without?

patterned paper, die cuts, stamps

What do you love about the June - CRAVINGS Life Crafted kit?

I love the colors of the kit, the soft lilacs combined with the mustardy yellow and the pinks look so pretty together.  The die cuts are so versatile and I love the frames, flowers and butterflies.  The theme of the kit is great, too.  I had so many ideas on what to document with the kit!

Finish this sentence “If you could see my scrapbooking space now . . . “ 

 you would see a mess. I’ve just finished a project and inks, die cuts, stamps and papers are  scattered all over my desk. I’m a neat and tidy person and love having my things organized, but when I’m creating my desk becomes messy very quickly.

  

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Hey crafty friends,

I’m so thrilled to share my first project with you today I made by using the gorgeous June Cravings Kit. I created some spreads in my Life Crafted Album using some pictures I took during May, the Kit is just perfect for documenting every day life.

For the first spread I used two 3x4 cards on the left hand side and a page protector with 8 2x2 pockets for the right hand side.

I didn’t fill in all of the pockets, so that you can see through and you get a peek of the picture of my second spread.

I kept the left side pretty simple by putting the lovely rainbow text card and a picture into the pockets. I stamped a text on a label and used my attacher to secure it onto the picture. When I work in pocket pages I love to add something outside the pockets. It gives a different texture and makes it more interesting while flipping through the album. So I stuck two of the puffy stickers to each of the pockets.

For the spread on the right hand side I used some 3x4 cards from the kit and cut them into 2x2 inch squares. I added some  diecuts and used my sewing machine give it a little more texture. On this page I used some of the chipboard stickers and put them outside the pockets.

I added some stamped images to my pictures and placed the title directly onto the page protector with one of those cute small puffy hearts. I love how you can see through to the other spread.

For my second spread I filled the same pockets on the backside of the 2x2 page protector again using some stitching and some embellishments outside the pockets.

As I didn’t have room for my journaling, I made a little flip card to write down my text and put it into one of the pockets.

I added some stamping to my full page picture using this month’s stamp set and a chipboard to finish the spread.

For my third spread I used two patterned papers to create my background. I stuck one of them  inside the page protector and punched holes into the other one so that I could put it directly into the album.

I created kind of a grid layout on the left hand side by using the frames of the die cuts and my picture and added some puffy stickers and stamping onto the page. To finish it off, I glued the cute butterfly onto the page protector.

I also used one of the frames on the right hand side but this time for my picture. I added three embellishments around the picture to make the eye glide over page and placed my journaling at the bottom of the page, using a stamp to add more interest.

I hope I have inspired you to create something pretty with your Life Crafted Kits and I can’t wait to see what you’re making.

Have fun creating,

Melanie 

These layouts are amazing, Melanie... we just love how she used the kits in her Life Crafted album, so many beautiful details.   Be sure to leave Melanie some love and follow her on  social media...  https://www.instagram.com/mefunscrapt/ you are going to love her style and projects.


XO

June Life Crafted Memory Planning

Hello sweet crafty friends! Veronica here to share a spring memory planning spread. In these uncertain and trying times it sure is hard to plan anything. I've used my planner as a memory planner instead. I use photos and words to document our everyday. I've been memory planning all year and I love that I have all these memories jotted down in one place. I created this week's spread with the Life Crafted June kit and let me tell you...this kit's colors were perfect for this week. The yellows and blues....be still my heart.

Here is a look at the left side:

I added some stitching to some of the printable tags that come with the kit. I also used up some of that bright yellow pattern paper. I stamped the phrases and icon using black ink:

I love that the kit comes with a set of labels because I love using labels. I stitched some more to give this side of the spread some more dimension and then I added a chipboard heart. We have finally been given the okay to gather with 10 or less and we immediately had a pool day/BBQ with cousins. 

 This other side of my planner had so many pictures that I decided to create a fold out. I used 3x2.5" photos of my mama's garden. I then glued them to some of that gorgeous yellow pattern paper again so that it would all tie together. 

Here is the fold out in action:

The fold out was a long 9x2.5 strip of paper. I folded the paper at 3" and then glued my photos on to the back side and added a label and paper tag on one side:

I also added some other photos from the week on this side. A Sunday drive, and my love for snow cones and pineapple matcha drinks from Starbucks. 

Hope you all enjoyed my fun memory planner spread. Now to catch up on the next couple of weeks. 

3-to-Inspire with Veronica

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's so nice to see some changes around here. Our area has allowed small groups of 10 to gather. This allowed us to enjoy some much needed pool time with cousins. The hot sun, an ice cold pool and of course BBQ was just what we needed. 

With all that said, I'm here to share 3 amazing products from the May Life Crafted kit!

My 3-to-inspire are:

1. Use a 3x4" card without journaling.

2. Stitch on your project somewhere.

3.Make a cluster with stamps.

Here is what I did on this layout:

I started off with a 3X4" card and stitched a tag on the side "Sun + FUN" banner. I left it as is, no journaling required.

I added a quick photo at the bottom of the left side. Sidenote: I use the PicMonkey app to add font titles on my photos. 

On the right side I cut a white cardstock to 4x8" size and stitched bits of cardstock and printable labels on top and bottom to match the colors to the left so it would all tie together. I then added a cluster of stamp phrases in gray with bits of label stickers. I used 2 small photos on the right side. One is 2x2" and the other is 1.5 x 2.5". I also used some chipboard and labels to give this side some extra color.

To highlight the square photo, I layered vellum over the pic and punched a 1.25" circle above the kids splashing in the pool, then I stitched the top to bind them together:

 Hope I inspired you to use up some of this gorgeous kit and document those beautiful poolside/staycation memories! We don't need a vacation to use up this amazing kit!

Everyday Hybrid Documenting with Nathalie

 

Hi there!
Nathalie with you today after a busy NSD weekend!  It was so much fun to celebrate with Citrus Twist Kits and its followers this amazing hobby and take a break from the chaos of the world.   I  have been diligently documenting my sheltered-in-place moments from a gratitude point of view.  Since i have a full house with the kids home, hybrid documenting has been a safe place with me, especially with the latest Life Crafted: Journeys Digital files.

First of all, i love teal/mint, so it was easy to gravitate to it for my pages.  I  was so happy when Trina mentioned this was a travel theme kit because we had schedule our month long vacation trip, now cancelled due to the pandemic, so i am making the best of it and using the kit to document my everyday.

For my first page, i chose to document my work routine.  I printed the grid paper using the digital Documenter's TN papers.  In addition, i used one of the JOURNEYS Digital Tags to add my lines of journal, and then sized it to be equal to the pictures.

I trimmed the soft grey paper from the Life Crafted kit and set it along the center of the whole layout, then used one of the Subscriber PL cards to back the pictures, and then set them on the center of the page.   I added my title ( Add on kit alpha) and the printed tag on the edges of the layout.

I pulled the Date Washi tape from the Stamp Market -available at the shop- and added a few pieces to the center of the page.  I pulled the This is Life Stamp and used it to mark the date on the washi.  To finish, i added a small cluster at the bottom of the page.  Love how easy this came together.

For my second page, once again, i reached for the Subscribers exclusive PL cards to create my journal page,  I copy the card once and flipped it so that i can elongate the image and fit the insert.

For the other side of the page, i cut the map paper from the LC kit and then used the 4x6 card to back the picture.  I added a layer of paper from the add on kit, and also used one of the printables to create the tag.  The large camera circle comes from the Digital This is Life stamp set, i simply enlarged the image, print it, and fussy cut the circle.

I added a few more black accents - NSD printable- and repeated the circle image (LC Kit) throughout the page.   This came together in a very short amount of time,and  i love how easy you can move digital files to fit your needs.

Remember to check all this month's digital files in the CTK shop, you are going to love working with them on your pages.

Keep Safe, Friends