Life Crafted Inspiration with Shu-Wen

 

Hey everyone!

It's Shu-Wen here, sharing my last blog post for the year! In this post, I'm sharing some inspiration for my 6x8 December Daily Life Crafted Album, featuring the December 2022 "Winter Magic" Digital collection and ephemera pieces! 

Ever since I first saw the Christmas tree cut file from the "Trim the Tree" cut file set designed by Ashley Horton, I knew I wanted to back it with patterned papers to use as a feature page in my December Daily album. The weather outside has been dreadful here in Alberta, so it's been perfect for staying indoors and crafting! I find backing cut files a very "hygge" experience, it's relaxing and allows me to take some time just for myself as I sip on some hot chocolate. I backed the cut file with some papers from the "Winter Magic" Traveler's Notebook Digital Papers set, because I thought the wintery teals and greys in would be perfect to reflect the frigid temperatures we've been experiencing here towards the latter half of December. So although I was originally planning on using this as the base of a layout documenting our cold temperatures, I decided to make it into a vellum overlay instead to serve as the title page for volume 2 of my December Daily albums this year!

I had fun playing around with the placements of the patterned papers beneath the cut file, making sure to include this little blue bird within one of the tree outlines! ^_^ After I finished backing the cut file with various patterned papers, I added my title using some Black Puffy Alphabet Stickers to spell out "2022 December", and added an ephemera piece from the "Winter Magic" Die Cut Ephemera Pack for the word "Daily". I had initially tried a light mint green font for the alphabet stickers to go with the wintery greens of this collection, but ultimately went with the black font instead because it made the title stand out a bit more from the background. Then, I scattered numerous enamel dots in coordinating colors onto my vellum page, focusing most of the enamel dots towards the center of the page where I had my title. I took these enamel dots from a couple of different packs from the Citrus Twist Kits line, including the "Flea Market Findings" Enamel Dots and the "Jewel" Enamel Dots. I also made sure to include a variety of sizes of these enamel dots, evenly distributed across the page. 

Here's a final look at how my title page turned out! I'm looking forward to layering this on top of a bright wintery photo outside, that is, if it ever gets warm enough that I want to stay outside for a bit to snap a photo! XD I love the ethereal look of this cut file floating on the vellum page, and the wintery colors of this kit certainly give me winter vibes as well! 

I hope this inspires you to look at using cut files and vellum as cover pages for your albums!  If you're creating a layout inspired by this page, be sure to tag me over on Instagram @ChouxPuffCreations so that I can see what you've created, and make sure to share you layouts over on the Citrus Twist Kits Facebook Page as well! Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday Sketch with Lory

 

Hello everyone! How are you? It's December time, the most wonderful and magical time of the year don't you find? 

Today I am happy to share a new sketch to inspire you to create and preserve your memories, especially in this period ;)

A sketch is always a good idea to start creating. In this way you have a grid to follow and from then you can go away from it with your infinite creativity or follow it in every single piece. It's your choice.

Here my entry.

I have played with warm tones for the pictures and the embellishments I have used from past Christmas kits from Citrus Twist. I have chosen two Christmas photos and then I followed the sketch in almost all its parts.

I added a title from an old add on kit and then the journaling in many strips and on the top and the bottom borders strips of papers and some details.

The little things are always the best.

Hope this page gives you the a bounch of inspiration.

Have a wonderful Christmas time,

Love, Lory.

3-to- INSPIRE WITH NATASHA

Happy Holidays, CTK, fans and friends! 

For today’s 3-to-Inspire challenge, I am bringing to you a year in review themed layout. My recipe for today’s layout includes:

1.  Stamped background

2.  Mix at least two different collections

3.  A selfie

Play along with my recipe or choose your own. Like many of you I can’t believe 2022 is about to close and we are ready to usher in a new year. I wanted to dedicate a selfie layout in my December memory planner in my 6 x 8 Chambray Surf Life Crafted album as I think it’s important to include ourselves, the documenter, in our memory keeping projects! 

To start, I selected my foundation papers from two different collections, one is from the latest digital kit, Winter Magic, and the right hand side is from the Flea Market Findings Version 2 kit. 

I always love including the Citrus Twist exclusive clear stamps in my projects, so I created a stamped background using the Simple Words Version 1 Stamp Set. I kept all of the stamps on the clear backing and inked the entire sheet of stamps in one go. Once all inked up, I pressed the whole sheet of stamps directly onto the digital paper to create my stamped background.

I then added some additional stamping for my "2022 Captured" as my page title. For my ink colors I selected colors that are complementary to the collections that I selected for the challenge. I always recommend when mixing different collections to choose a color palette to work within, as that can help create a cohesive layout.  

To finish my layout, I included lots of different embellishments. The poinsettia die cuts are from Evergreen and Jolly, lots of word stickers, as well as some ribbon and enamel dots from the Flea Market Findings Version 2 collection. Last but not least, added some ink splatters to top it all off. I really love how this layout turned out  as we wrap up the year. Don’t forget to include yourself in your memory keeping projects, as you are worth of documenting too!

LIFE CRAFTED INSPIRATION WITH MARINA

 

Hi there!

Marina with you today to share a bit of Life Crafted Inspiration featuring our new WINTER MAGIC ephemera and digital files.

I'm just in love with the palette of this beautiful kit, so I wanted to create a spread in these very shades. I used the google app to highlight the main colors and find the right photos to match.

I decided to use the bottom row of colors as a base, and make the top rows and black accent colors, adding some light pink and our gorgeous Sunshine puffy alphabet to the header:

What a beautiful combination of cool and warm hues, isn't it? :)

On this page, I added a blue digital card to dilute the pale color scheme, as well as some yellow and pink to create an overall color triangle throughout the spread:

I love "snow globes," it's my little New Year's weakness, so I wanted to add the second of our Winter Magic digital elements here by adding a flip card.

By the way, the little yellow accent is also present in this photo, and I'm very happy with how harmonious my spread turned out thanks to this beautiful palette!

Do you use the "palette method" for your photos? Do you edit them influenced by the paper or embellishments you like? I'll be honest - I do! :)

I hope my first November snow in these photos inspires you to create something beautiful and light with our beautiful winter kit!

Thanks for stopping by!

See you in the New Year! ;))

XO

SUNDAY SKETCH with Patricia

 

Hello and welcome to another Sunday sketch.   I usually take inspiration and make it my own, but for this project, I was inspired to recreate the sketch.

The description of the sketch, says to use the Heart Background from Winter Magic December Digital  paper, and that is exactly what I did.  I did the majority of the work on the computer in Photoshop. 

I inserted my photos, altered some of the hearts to add the journaling, and the gingerbread cut file.  The cut files come in PNG files, so I was able to change the color and add color behind it to add to an altered heart square.  Once everything was finished I printed this on matte photo paper.

All that was left to do was add the physical product.  I used a combination of the new Winter Magic die cuts, enamels from Parasol kit (they are sold separately here), and a sticker from the Jingle All the Way kit (sold separately as well here).  The photo frae is from the Gather die cut ephemera pack.

Because of the sketch, the grid of the paper, this came together quickly.  If you don't have Photoshop to layer photos and PNG images on top, you could always print the digital paper, then measure and cut the pieces you need to go on top.  

Either way, this is a great start to put together a quick and easy layout!  

3-TO-INSPIRE WITH KATARINA

 

Hey CTK friends, 

Katarina here with my last post this year. Today, with the 3-to-inspire challenge. I used the beautiful new Winter Magic collection.

Here are my three prompts for this week:

1. Use multiple photos or photos of different formats

2. Create pockets for your hidden journaling

3. Use your numbers (puffies, stamps, stickers).

And here is my project.

I created a double page layout in my 6x8 Life Crafted album, where I documented how we created Christmas decorations together with my son and our preparations for St. Nicolaus. Children in our country clean their shoes and put them on the window the evening before St. Nicolaus day and in the morning they find them full of treats and small surprises. My son always cleans two pairs, because you know – more shoes, more treats :-)

I used a full page photo of my son washing his rubber shoes and added my title with the Rose Gold Puffy Alpha Stickers, a little black banner from the Winter Magic Ephemera and a couple of Puffy Hearts.

For the left side of my spread I printed three smaller photos and placed them on top of three pockets that I created for my journaling. I used the beautiful Winter Magic Digital Papers both for my background and for the pockets.

I inserted three cream tags inside the pockets to add some thoughts about that evening. I used the same Rose Gold Puffy Stickers to number my photos and added a black tab from the Winter Magic Ephemera to each of my photos.

To keep both my pages cohesive I added a three white puffy hearts and called my layout done.

Thanks for stopping by today, friends! Hope you feel inspired and try creating something beautiful using my three prompts and some of your favorite Citrus Twist goodies.

LIFE CRAFTED FRIDAY WITH ALENA

Hello friends! Here is Alena and a little Christmas inspiration for you!

If you will keep your memory in your album about the Christmas tree, then I suggest you be inspired by my options for spread about it using JINGLE ALL THE WAY CHRISTMAS 2022 KIT

I made the first Christmas tree out of incredible embellishments that are included in the Christmas Kit. I stretched out 4 laces, which were secured with eyelets, and placed embellishments on top of them.

For the second Christmas tree, I chose several shades of green patterned paper and made paper tassels. The tassels were placed in the shape of a Christmas tree.

Later I plan to add a photo of our family to the whole page.

I hope you liked my ideas! 

Remember to share your creations with us on the Citrus Twist Kits Friends page on Facebook or by using #CTK, @Citrustwistkits on social media.