LIFE CRAFTED INSPIRATION WITH ASHLEY

 

Hi friends! It's Ashley, and I'm here today with a layout in my NEW Teal Life Crafted Album, using the June Explore Mini Kit. The Teal LC album is available in the CTK Shop in the Life Crafted size and the new 6x8 size.

When I'm working with one of the Life Crafted Mini Kits, I always like to incorporate some of the digital items to go along with it. For this layout, I did a full sized photo on the left hand side and printed one of the digital patterned papers for the right hand side.

Because of my photo composition, I was able to create a stacked embellishment cluster, using a mix of ephemera, chipboard and puffy stickers from the June Explore Kit. To add interest to the design, I added pop dots behind some of my pieces to give them dimension on the page.

I kept the patterned paper side fairly simple and just added a few puffy stickers and chipboard pieces to some of the ticket shapes. I also included my journaling on this side, and I covered the design on the center ticket in Adobe Illustrator so I could type my journaling in its place and then printed it out. I used some pop dots under the journaling spot to balance out the dimension from the left hand side of the page.

I hope you've found some inspiration from my layout today! And don't forget to stop by the CTK Shop to check out all of the products I used!

SUNDAY SKETCH with Nathalie

 

Hello crafty friends!

Nathalie with you today to share this week's Sketch challenge.  I think it is no secret that sketches make it so much easier to get your projects finished in a flash.  Think of them as the blueprint for your page. 

Let's take a look at this week's sketch:

I used the sketch as inspiration to create a new 6x8 layout for my Summer 2015 vacation album ( 6x8 Teal Life Crafted Album) using the EXPLORE kit and Digital files from the shop.

I loved the layered look of the sketch, and used Digital Patterned papers from the June  Explore Digital File collection, and May Crave Digital File collection.  

Since I am using color pictures for my  page, I decided to limit my color palette to cool tones.  This helped to ground the page, and make the photos stand out.

I drew inspiration from the sketch to layer the photos.  However, I decided to omit the journaling spot, and use larger photos.  To balance the size of the photos. I decided to move my title to the bottom of the page.  The EXPLORE kit ephemera and White Puffy alphas created the perfect title for the page.  I chose to use the location of the butterflies in the sketch to place repetitive embellishments in my page.

I decided to create a companion pocket page for this spread. This helps me to add more photos of the day, and unclutter the spread a bit.

I am sticking with the color palette for the pocket cards.  I added my journal to a Digital card from June's EXPLORE Digital Journal Card collection, and printed the second card from the May 2022 Digital Collection.  I added some ephemera pieces from the EXPLORE and TRAVELOGUE kit to to the photos and cards.

I hope this inspires you to use the sketch for a project of your own. Cannot wait to see what you create with the sketch

XO

3-To-Inspire with Traci

 

Hey, Hey, Hey scrappy people! Traci here with the 3-to-Inspire challenge and today I challenged myself to go SIMPLE. If you know me, you know that I am BIG on alllll the layers, so keeping this page clean was HARD for me!

Your 3-To-Inspire challenge, should you choose to accept it, is:

1. Use a cut file or be inspired by one if you don't have a cutting machine
2. Use a white background
3. Use less than 10 embellishments

I chose to keep my whole page light and airy by using only light colors to back my cut file and letting my photos be the main focal point through their rich colors

Because the cut file took up so much space in the composition of the layout, it was easy to only lightly embellish the rest of the spread with the gorgeous butterflies and florals from the Explore collection, as well as a couple word bits

Have fun and remember: KISS - Keep It Simple and Smart!

Check out my process video here:

Life Crafted Inspiration With Diane

Hi Everyone! It's Diane here, sharing a Life-Crafted 6x8 layout using the awesome new EXPLORE Kit along with the digitals and stamp set offered this month. This layout is all about a weekend trip my husband and I took with my brother and sister-in-law this past Memorial Day weekend. Aren't weekend trips the best!? I took so many photos, so I know I will be using this kit again to get the rest of my stories from this getaway documented!

To create a title page, I first printed out one of the digital TN papers for my background. This one has a very light green design that I thought went perfectly with the map on the right.  I used some pieces from the Ephemera package, the Chipboard Stickers and the white Puffy Alphabet Stickers to bring it all together. 

I knew I wanted to use the map they gave us at check-in and thought it would be fun to create a flip out to show which cabin was ours. It provided the perfect spot to use a large photo on the front of our cabin. I also created a flip up of the 3x4 photo of the resort to show another view of the resort and to add some more journaling. For both the flip up and the flip out I added an Avery Tab and used the Tiny Words EXPLORE Stamp to label those. I like how that invites the viewer to interact with the page.

This layout was super fun to put together using this kit! It's like the colors are created for my photos every single time!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look at my layout! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and are able to fit in a little crafty time!

SUNDAY SKETCH WITH ETTIENE

 

Happy Sunday!!! Im so excited to have you here with me to take on this awesome sketch.

Sundays around here are for farmers markets, grocery shopping and food wash and prep.  Every Sunday we go to the local farmers market to see what amazing fruits and veggies they have.  Then I come home and prep while sitting on the deck drinking mint cucumber water.  For me its the prefect day.  This year Im trying to take more photos of my hauls.  If you ask me this is the best type of haul you can have.  

For this week I shot my photos vertical while the sketch was horizontal so I decided to just flip it on its side.  I kept the strip of paper along the bottom because I really likes how it grounded the layout.  

I started my layout with some of the papers from the Explore Travelers Notebook papers.  My layout is 7"x8" so I printed these slightly smaller than the TN size. 

Then I layered on my journaling and embellishments.  The final touch was the stitching and sticker on the bottom of the layout.  This layout came together so quickly and easily with this sketch.  I hope you give something similar a try. 

3- to-Inspire WITH NATASHA

 

Hello CTK friends! A new month is here bringing a brand new mini kit, "Explore", and I am here to kick off this month's 3-to- Inspire challenge! For today's 3-to-Inspire recipe I have selected:

1. Tiny Words Explore Stamp

2. Assorted 3mm washi tape from the Life Crafted Explore Mini Kit

3. Puffy Sparkle Stickers from the Explore Puffy Stickers

For this layout in my Memory Planner, I envisioned creating a stamped background using a variety of word phrases from the Tiny Words Explore Stamp set. I selected a few sentiments that reflected my weekly moments and stamped the tiny word several times in a cluster to be able to create a background for the photo. Using the same ink color throughout helps with building a cohesive look throughout the whole spread with the color and balance.

After my stamped backgrounds were completed, I started building onto these stamped clusters. Using a combination of ephemera from the Explore Mini Kit along with a coordinating patterned paper from my Citrus Twist Kit stash. I wanted to stick within a selected color palette, so I used pieces that I thought worked well together.

I utilized the washi tape, as if it was stitching done my a sewing machine. For each photo that really brought me joy this week, I tore a small strip of washi tape and overlapped it on my photo and onto the page. I love the look of stitching in layouts but without a sewing machine I am always looking for ways to accomplish a similar look without it. As this washi tape is so narrow I think it does the job beautifully!

The last item I selected in my recipe for this memory planning layout are the small sparkle and tiny starbursts puffy stickers from the Explore Puffy Sticker sheet. When pulling a layout together, especially a memory planning layout with lots of photos from various events often with varying colors and lighting, I am always looking for ways to pull it all together. Similar to the use of the repeat stamping in the same ink color, I used these small puffy stickers to help pull my selected colors around the two planner pages. I think of them as sprinkles like on a cupcake- it is such a small detail but makes a huge impact! 

With so many beautiful products from this release, I encourage you to try my 3-to-Inspire recipe or create your own. Narrowing down your supplies is one of the best ways to really use your supplies, fight the overwhelm that can sometimes come around when documenting, and most importantly get your cherished memories down in your albums. I promise you, it's easier than you think using the Life Crafted products.

LIFE CRAFTED INSPIRATION WITH JASMIN

 

Happy Friday everyone! Today i have a Life Crafted Inspiration for you with the June Kit.

This month Mini Kit is perfect to document your city adventure. We visited a town that i have on my to do List for long. And i was super happy about the Embellishments.

First, i cut the file on patterned paper and use the white alpha to write pictures. My project means MY TOP 5 IN PICTURES! I forgot the IN..ooops! 

On the left side i placed my photos in INSTAX size and decorated it with bits and pieces. Also, i used a alpha stamp from the shop. 

On the next page i write my journaling on transparent paper. I love the different page protectors and it gives my projects a little extra. 

I hope you like it!

Have a wonderful weekend!