Hey y'all, Ashley here. I am so excited to be sharing a Sunday Sketch with you all.
Take a look at the sketch I have for this week:
I'm not great at following things exactly how they are and I normally love to add a little bit of my own touch to projects like these, but I loved this sketch so much that I wanted to get it as close to the original as possible.
I started with choosing my photos. These pictures were taken at a Tea Party that my daughter was invited to for one of her friend's Birthdays. I thought they went perfectly with the scrapbook paper from the October add-on.
I then built my layers, adding strips of paper behind one another and mounting embellishments on the left side of the photos.
I even used packaging as one of my layers, which I just love! Lastly, I added stitching across the top of ht page and even vertically down my embellishment clusters.
I hope you all will find inspiration from this project and I can't wait to see if you try the Sunday Sketch this week!
Hey there! It's Kira and I am so excited to be back on the Citrus Twist blog to share a look at what I've been working on. And today I've have a challenge for you, use these three items on a layout:
1. Cut file
2. Multiple photos
3. Patterned paper
Here's a look at what I came up with:
I am working with the Hocus Pocus Halloween mini kit to document our 2020 Halloween, so I started by choosing my photos. I picked two of my son in his Captain Hook costume, one sized to a full LC page (4.25x8.25) and the other to 2x3.
Then I decided on the color scheme I was going to use. I love the floral print paper included in the kit, so I wanted to play off the colors on that: pink, orange and yellow. I pulled out other papers that I felt coordinated well.
I love the leaves in the Fall Days cut file, and thought they could work well as layering pieces on my layout. I cut out the outline leaf in pink and yellow and the solid leaf in orange. They were sized to about 5" wide, but I cut most of the clusters apart before using them on my layout.
Now it was time to start piecing this layout together! I cut three pieces of paper into strips and layered them on top of each other on white cardstock. I added some machine stitching on top of a few of the strips. Then I brought in my leaves and layered them under and over the strips. I adhered my smaller photo down and added some die cuts and chipboard pieces in the corners.
On the reverse page I chose the chipboard "October 31" piece as my title. I thought it felt a little plain so I decided to layer some of the cut file leaves under it as well. A small chipboard heart finished off the layout.
Hi friends! I’m Jennie and this month I’ll be
sharing with you my December 2020 Memories album! My favorite part of the
holidays are the “small silly traditions”. I love “Cookiethon” which is a day
where I make a lot of cookies and making ornaments. But one of my favorite
stories must be the Christmas tree, specially when we have a new theme! My elf
Charlotte appears often in my album. I’m not a fan of her shenanigans, but my
girls love her! If Santa hasn’t sent a helper to your house, do NOT request
one!
In the past few years I haven’t been able to
finish the album close to December. In 2019 I had a full house and in 2020 I
was packing to move to a new home. But things that help me stay on top of my
documenting are printing photos constantly and putting them in the page
protectors. It’s my least favorite part of the process. I also have an album on
my phone for the photos I have to print.
I love the black journaling card because I can use
it with a title, a photo or for journaling. I love digital
cards because I get to print my favorites many
times!
The gold embellishments from the Merry
& Bright Kit is perfect for this photo!
I already had a few golden touches that I added
with the A Design Kit App. I was trying to be a little more creative with photo
editing.
This pale mustard card is from the Flea
Market Findings Kit. It has a double meaning, a
small snowball, and my little girl.
I had a lot of photos for this day! I couldn’t
choose less photos so I made a collage with the PicStitch App. I love the
Citrus Twist Life Crafted Adhesive Page Strips. It makes my life super easy
because I don’t need to Fuse my page protectors to make a new size and I don’t
ruin my photos punching holes.
This cute snowy digital paper was perfect for my photos! The Gold Puffy Alphabet Stickers are exclusive from Citrus Twist Kits of the Merry & Bright Kit. I love round alphabets!
I went a little crazy with the Gold
Puffy Phrase and Icon Stickers. I also love
the hearts and stars I can use like sprinkles around the page!
Did I mentioned I had a LOT of photos? I had to
cut a page protector down to 12x8 and fold it in half to add even more photos!
The enamel dots from the kit are also great sprinkles.
Dies are expensive items so make sure you use them
often! I like to use circle dies to cut photos.
Let me know which part of this layout (with many
parts) is your favorite! Stay tuned to see what else I’m making with this kit!
Take care!
Nathalie with you today to share this week's sketch. I am sure that as the holiday season starts to become busier, we will all be looking at ways to document our memories in a short amount of time. Here is where sketches are our best source of inspiration and speed when documenting your memories. Sketches are the blueprint of a page! This new sketch is fun, versatile, and so easy to use in different formats. First, let me show you the sketch:
and here is my take on this week's sketch featuring the October Add-on kit:
I love all the layers and white space of the sketch; these are opportunities to make the sketch your own. My first choice was to flip the sketch 90 degrees counter clockwise.
I decided to add a strip of paper as per the sketch. Then using then new Penelope Stamp set, I added my title to the negative space on the page. A small cluster of ephemera was added to the bottom of the paper strip as per the sketch!
I followed the sketch to add the paper layers and most embellishments on the other half of the page. The new Jen Hadfield collection is gorgeous, and you can find it included in this October add-on kit.
I hope this inspires you, and you also use the sketch to create a page of your own. Remember to tag the shop so we can see all your beautiful projects, too
Hello CTK friends! I am so happy to be joining you today for this week's 3-to-Inspire challenge.
This week's items:
1. stamps
2. frames
3. ephemera
I was really excited to use the new Flea Market Findings kit. I had an idea for a layout with stacked frames and a stamped background. So I got to work on my idea. I started by stamping the new Citrus Twist 6x8 Penelope Alpha Stamp in a large cluster at the top left of my page. I made a smaller stamped letter cluster at the bottom right. There was no specific stamp pattern, I just overlapped the letters and also sprinkled in a different ink color to add interest to my page.
Next, I pulled out the Flea Market Findings Chipboard Frames to start layering them. I chose this black frame for a picture of me from my Mom's 60th birthday celebration. I selected smaller frames to layer around my photo. The beautiful yellow flower from the Flea Market Findings Ephemera was perfect to anchor my cluster with its large size and darker elements that matched my black frame. I added more elements from the chipboard pack and a phrase from the Flea market Findings Ledger Tiny Word Stickers.
Next up, I used the cut apart sheet from the Flea Market Findings 6x8 Patterned Papers. I cut out the little tags/cards, punched a hole in them, and added thread. I used the cute little tags to add to each cluster. For the smaller cluster, I let the ledger "xoxo" die-cut be the star.
Black, pink, and yellow splatters were the perfect combination of colors to add to my page. To continue the color combo throughout, I added the Flea Market Findings Enamel Dots.
I was so happy wih this completed layout. It came out better than I imagined thanks to the soft and perfect combinations of the Flea Market Findings Kit.
It is Nathalie here to introduce our Merry and Bright Christmas Kit. We wanted to create a kit that will work in any documenting format, with a colorful palette, and filled with the nostalgic touch that characterizes Citrus Twist Kits. Trina has designed this kit from the heart, and it shows in each element and detail.
Join me as I share the contents of the Merry and Bright kit in this video:
Our new Merry and Bright kit is sure to help you document the jolliest time of the year in style. We are sure you are going to love working with this kit, but wanted to make sure to provide you with lots of inspiration and ideas for your December Documenting. So, starting this month and through the next two months you will see our design team along with a group of super talented guest designers bring you ideas and inspiration.
We are so excited to introduce this six lovely ladies, and friends. They are talented, love the season, and also use different formats of documenting. Please help us welcome: Amanda Baldwin, Claudia White, Jennie Garcia, Laura Alberts, Llanet Fernandez, and Leilani Gilcrease. They are excited to share a bit of inspiration with you all, and we cannot wait to see what they create with the kit and our exclusive products.
Of course we want to give you a taste of our kit, exclusive products and add ons in action. Here is a small sample from some of our Design Team.
First up is Trina ( she designed the kit)
We cannot wait to see more of Trina's love for layers and mixing vintage and modern details in her pages.
Next up is Patricia,
Patricia's page features our new exclusive Digital files and stamps in this gorgeous Life Crafted page.
Now, a bit of Nathalie's work:
Nathalie is using bits and pieces from the kit, as well as some of our digital cut files to document her stories.
Lastly, it is Alena with her clean and detailed filled layouts:
We are so excited to see what you will create with our kit, stamps, digital files and add ons. We hope to offer inspiration and ideas that will help you use our products in your stories. You can find all the kits and add ons in our shop: https://citrustwistkits.com/collections/current-kit-subscriptions/products/new-citrus-twist-merry-bright-christmas-2021-kit
Remember to tag us @citrustwistkits and #ctkmerryandbright so we can see your projects and feature them in our social feed!
