SUNDAY SKETCH WITH KATARINA

Hey CTK friends!

It's Katarina with you today, this time again with the Sunday Sketch challenge. This week's sketch is just perfect if you want to use up a lot of those super pretty papers and embellishments, or you can modify it a bit and even make a multi-photo layout.

I went for the first option because there is so much gorgeousness in the new GATHER mini kit! I created a single page layout in my Clementine 6x8 Life Crafted album about a quiet morning moment with coffee and a good book.

To make all the elements of my page stand out I wanted to use a neutral background, but since I am also so in love with the GATHER digital papers, I used one of them as a border around the white cardstock. 

The center of my layout is a big square photo of my coffee cup and a book. I layered some of the Gather Digital Journal Cards, Digital Elements and Ephemera behind the photo and added a couple of Cork Tiny Word Stickers.

I cut little squares from multiple Digital Journal Cards to create little places for more embellishments and placed them in the top part of my layout. I layered them with the Die Cut Ephemera, puffy stickers and digital elements.

For the bottom part of the page I used two rectangular digital elements - one for my journaling and the other one to add even some more pretty details.

I finished off my layout with Jewel Enamel Dots and machine stitching.

This sketch was super inspiring, I really enjoyed the process and love how my page turned out. Hope you feel inspired too. Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

3-to-Inspire with Aimee

 

Hello there my Citrus Twist Kit friends! It's Aimee here with you today serving up this week's 3-to-Inspire challenge! The three prompts I have chosen this week are:

1. 2x2 page protectors

2. Puffy stickers

3.Half wreath or "wreath-like" design

Let's take a look at what I've done!

I hadn't used a 2x2 page protector in awhile and it's always a ton of fun to puzzle together different bits and pieces inside those little squares so I thought I'd fill them with a bunch of fall stickers and such. I started by trimming down a bunch of different CTK exclusive papers into 2x2 squares— most of them coming from the Flea Market Findings Kit. Once that was settled I used a ton of puffy stickers from the new Gather Mini Kit. I also layered in some die cut pieces from the Gather Die Cut Ephemera  pack and word phrase stickers to fill in the pockets. 

Next I turned my focus to the opposite side of the page. I knew I wanted to use those beautiful leaves from the Gather Die Cut Ephemera pack and I thought it might be fun to play off of a wreath design and create a sort of half wreath look. 

I used relatively subdued, neutral patterned papers as my base here and then layered in orange and goldenrod leaves to match the colors on the right side of the spread. The result was super cute and totally screams FALL.

 I created my title by mixing the word, "hello" from the Hello Sunshine Puffy Phrase sticker sheet and stamping in, "bump" with the Harper Alphabet Stamp right underneath. I love a mixed font title for adding a ton of interest! 

I hope you enjoyed my challenge prompts this week and find yourself inspired to use them on your next design! I'll catch you next time and until then— happy creating! 

Affectionately, 

Life Crafted Friday with Lory

 

Hey there everyone!

It's Friday ohhh yesss! Friday means weekend and so I hope for me time, craft time and quality time with family and friends. I love this period of the year, the first cold, the evening at home, watching a Christmas movie... already.. yes already to me ;) a blanket and soft lights in the background!

I love the evening, that time of the day when the silence comes in the home and I can close my eyes and have a deep breathe and think about how much I am thankful and lucky to live the life I live.

So the pages you will see are all about the everyday blessing and adventures. Those little moments that In love so much!

So let me show you my pages for today's blog post ;) I am in love with the autumn stories and colors.

My first idea was a dream catcher but when I don't have what I want to do something like I want I go ahead and see where the creative flow takes me. So in the end I created a sort of branch full of stitched leaves and gems, the puffy stickers were a perfect way to fill my branch.

Let me share some close up pictures. I have used the beautiful November Gather Mini kit  and the Changing season Puffy Stickers .

I love love love so much those little details to tell my everyday stories! To complete my pages I have used a digital journal 3x4 card where I wrote down the story to remember.

You find all these beauties in the shop together the gorgeous Stamps that I use in my pages always! They are the final touch :)

Hope you like these pages and they will inspire you to preserve your memories. For more inspirational ideas follow us on Instagram  and our Facebook group:)

Have a wonderful weekend 

Love, Lory

SUNDAY SKETCH WITH DESIREE

 Hello crafty friends! Today I am so excited to share my take on this month's sketch. Let's take a look at it below.

I really loved the stacked layers on this sketch. My first thought was to use paint for those background strips, but I decided to use the gorgeous Life Crafted Gather Traveler's Notebook Digital Papers. 

To recreate this sketch, I made a 6x8 layout in my Life Crafted 6x8 Peony Album. The first two patterned paper layers were made using this pink floral paper from the Gather Digital Papers and the woodgrain paper from the Heart and Hustle Digital Notebook Papers.  

Next, I placed my photo at the bottom of the layered patterned paper. I decided to work my photo cluster up the page. This way it resembled the sketch without matching it perfectly.

I used the exclusive Citrus Twist Kits Gather Die Cuts from the Gather Mini Kit to build the cluster. I love how the beautiful jewel-toned, autumn florals framed opposite corners of my picture. I added thin, horizontal patterned paper strips to the top and bottom of the paper from the Gather Digital Papers to ground my page. 

To complete the layout, I placed the "grateful" die cut at the top right of my cluster. Then I sprinkled the Jewel Tone Citrus Twist Kits Enamel Dots throughout the edges of my cluster.

Thank you so much for spending some creative time with us today! I love how this layout came together thanks to the gorgeous, Fall Gather Mini Kit and sketch. I hope you are feeling inspired.

 

3-to-Inspire with Traci

Hey, hey everyone! Traci here today with the 3-to-Inspire challenge and my first layout using the lovely Gather Mini Kit and Printables!  I love the rich colors in this collection and was especially drawn to the hunter green and marigold yellow!

Without any further ado, here is your 3-to-Inspire challenge, should you choose to accept it!

1. Use 2 different size page protectors or inserts. This can be a regular page protector + a pocket page protector if you like, but I used a full page insert (8.25"x5") and a TN-sized (4.25"x8.25") tag insert!
2. Paper tears! It's one of my favorite techniques for adding texture.
3. Pull a stamp set out of your stash that's at least a year old.  I used a CTK stamp that I can't even find in the store anymore!

For this page, I chose to focus on vertical lines and mat my photos with coordinating torn papers. I used the yellow paper from the tag on the left hand side and the pink woodgrain journal card on both sides of the spread to make sure it was all cohesive.

I also added a sentiment below my main photo by combining a few stamps from the stamp set. 

To increase interest, I also made sure to add a few different kinds of embellishments to the page in addition to the papers, like puffy stickers and gold string. 

You can see my process video below:

I hope you enjoy this challenge and get a chance to play along!

 

Life Crafted 6x8 Friday with Patricia

 

Hello CTK friends!  I'm stopping in to share a 6x8 Life Crafted project using the add-on kit for November called Parasol.  It is full of soft colors with a vintage feel that can work in any project.  Today, I want to show you how I used in in the 3x4 pockets for the 6x8 albums.

The kit comes with 3x4 cards, but some of the 12x12 papers also have cut aparts.  I used a combination of both.  I first start by selecting my photos for this particular week in November last year.  I like to have some separation between photos, but had one extra I wanted to include.  I picked the main photos that focus on the main details of the week to all be 3x4, and then selected the photo of my drink at the restaurant to be a square 2x2.  

Next, I start filling in the other pockets by deciding on either the cards or cut parts from the papers from the kit.  As I pick cards, I think about color, but I also think about places to journal.  The first card I selected is great for a title card.  I used two stamp sets, one older stamp set for the 'nov.' and Harper Alpha stamp set for the year.  Then finished it with details from the kit.

My photo for this next pocket isn't a wonderful photo, but for my story to be told, it needed to be included.  This was a great place to create a flip up using a cut apart from the kit paper for my journaling.  I used more paper from the kit to create the hinge, and then used the All the Things stamp at the top with kit die cuts to create a layered look as well as an indication to lift up.

When I create in pockets, I try to keep some pockets simple to create a balance with other details and layering in the other pockets.  This card, was perfect to just add my journaling and stamp onto.

This next side makes me think of a collage, especially because of that smaller 2x2 photo I printed.  I placed and stapled it to the outside of the pocket on the left, enough that I can still see that pocket's photo and the journaling on the right pocket.  That right pocket, I kept pretty simple, by just adding my journaling and stamping from the Cravings stamp set.

For the two bottom pockets, I created more layers from the kit and the November mini kit.  I love the enamel dots that come in the kit, there are 5 different colors but they are all the same size.

Hope you grab this kit while you can.  This is one of those kits that is great for all year long creating!  And I hope you join me today for a live creating time in the Facebook Fan group.  I will be using the Jingle All the Way kit.  See you there!