3-To-Inspire with Traci

Hey, hey, hey! Traci Reed here today with your 3-To-Inspire challenge! Today I have a fun set of criteria for you to play with that can be adapted to any layout!

1. Use a Photo Booth Strip
2. Use 3 Tags
3. Hide something in your layout

I used the Travelogue 2023 Collection to scrapbook this layout in my Life Crafted Album for this challenge!

As you can see, I have lots of hidden goodies on my page (including a hidden Photo Booth strip) and FOUR tags!  I love creating interactive layouts in my Life Crafted albums because it's a great way to get MORE on the page - which is always a bonus when you're working with a smaller canvas.

You can print out your photos in such a way that you can trim them into a Photo Booth strip like I did here, or you can just print a series of smaller photos and mat them on card stock to create a Photo Booth strip!

I made one of my tags the full background of one side of my spread and then hid another for my journaling. The other two tags on the spread are ephemera from the Travelogue 2023 Collection.

Lastly, I used a combination of the Harlowe and Harper stamp alphas from the store for my title! I love, love, love these alphas!

I hope you join along in the challenge and if you want to watch the process video, it's linked below!

 

Sunday Sketch with Amy

 

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I'm excited to participate in my first EVER Sunday Sketch!  I was thrilled to be able to do a sketch with the latest Travelogue kit, because it is super fun, and travel layouts are my all-time favorite. Here is the sketch I worked with, followed by my interpretation in the original Life Crafted size:

I really liked the pattern paper strip elements from the sketch paired the circular journaling, so those were the elements I focused on bringing into my layout. I chose to add the strips, circles, photo and journaling in Photoshop so I could move things around and test different papers, but this could very easily be done using just physical products.  

This is what the layout looked like when I printed it.  I actually love how this looks before I cut it in half, and I think it would translate well to both 6x8 or 12x12.

Next, I chose to spread the layout across two pages, so that I could include a bigger photo. I love finding ways to incorporate larger photos into seemingly smaller Life Crafted pages, and this was another way to do just that.  

Finally, I added the title word "explore" to the upper left side to balance the journaling in the lower right.  I then used some of the puffy stickers for some visual texture, which also matched the darker shades in the blue pattern paper, and the blue in my husband's shirt.  

I really like how this layout came together, and how the sketch gave me a great jumping off point.  I hope you were inspired to try it too!  Be sure to tag me on Instagram if you give it a shot @alphins_little_corner

3 To Inspire with Jennie

 

Hi Friends! This is Jennie with a 3 to Inspire Post! 

I love journaling cards! Having a digital option that I can print over and over is a dream. But sometimes, I get too excited while printing and I end up having a lot of cards! Once in a while you can grab them and mix them all up! The Life Crafted Kits all have a distinctive look that makes the kits match. 

Your first prompt it to mix up the journaling cards or papers! 

Speaking of loving things a little bit too much, I also love photos! I bet you are not surprised. When I have a group of photos that look very similar I like to create photo collages. 

Your second prompt is photo collages. From 2 to 20 photos, these are super fun to add!  

Special occasions are fun to document, but I really enjoy the mundane every day moments and pieces like this coffee photo which is a part of my daily routine documented in a different way than a mug photo. 

The card on the left is from the Spring Dreams Digital Journaling Cards. The title card is from the Cherish Digital Journaling Cards. I also used Orange Sherbet Puffy Alphabet, Cherish Heart Stickers, and the label is from the Jingle All The Way Digital Elements. That's 3 collections in one little card! 

If I close my eyes for a second, I can see my grandma's handwriting and it gives me a feeling that typed words can't. I want my kids to have that experience, and also your loved ones.

The third prompt is to use your handwriting.

Even when I use collages, I pick a few of my favorite photos to print in regular size. 

Hopefully you have many good days so you can use this card from the Spring Dreams Digital Journaling Cards. 

To recap the prompts are:

1. Mix your papers and journaling cards.
2. Add lots of photos using photo collages.
3. Use your handwriting. 

I hope you can use these prompts! Take care! 

Sunday sketch with Alena

 Hey everyone!  It's Alena with  layout for Sunday Sketch.

Here's a look at the sketch this week:

I created the layout using the new inspirational TRAVELOGUE 23 LIFE-CRAFTED KIT. 

The basis of the layout is a white cardstock, on which I added fragments of patterned paper. 

I replaced the vertical that is on the sketch with round elements. I also added pieces of Ephemera that perfectly match my pink down jacket in the photo.

Well, then it is time for you be inspired by the sketch to create a page of your own.  Remember to share your creations with us on the Citrus Twist Kits Friends page on Facebook or by using #CTK, @Citrustwistkits on social media.  I cannot wait to see what you create with this sketch.

                 

3-to-INSPIRE with Nathalie

Hi there!

It's Nathalie with you today with a new 3-to-Inspire challenge.    This week we are using the new Travelogue kit and this week's 3 prompts to create a double 6x8 Life Crafted spread.   Here are the prompts for the week:

1. Use lots of photos
2. Use the Digital Journaling cards in a creative way
3. Embellishment Clusters

Here is what I have created using the prompts and the beautiful TRAVELOGUE '23 Kit:

First, I pulled a few pictures of one  of our Ecuador trip adventures for this spread.  I have added one 7x8.5in, one 4x6in , and  five 4x3in photos in the spread.   That is a total of 7 photos for the pocket spread.    Having page protector #7 helped to bring all the landscape photos in a spread seamlessly.

I decided to use the larger photo as the title for this spread.   I am using ephemera from the Travelogue'23 kit and combination of two white alpha stickers from the shop ( White Foam Alpha Stickers,    ) to create the title, and frame the monument in the page

Once, I filled the 4x3in pockets from page protector#7 with the photos,  I needed to create an extra insert to add more photos, and that gave me the chance to also add my journaling lines to the spread.

I decided to transform one of the Travelogue'23 Digital Journaling cards from a portrait to landscape mode to fit inside the 4x3in pockets.

Then it was all about creating the small card that fits  in the small pocket of page protector #7(4x2in).

Once again, I am using one of the Travelogue'23 Digital cards to create the bases for these, as well as the 3x4 card for the last page in the spread.

Since all the pictures in the spread are taken at night, they are very color saturated and a bit dark.  That lead me to add a few pops of black to the embellishment clusters in each of the journal cards.  I mixed pieces of ephemera, cardstock stickers ( Travelogue  kit) and a few Digital Cut apart elements.

Finally, I decided to alter one of the bookmark cards into a 3x4 journaling cards and added the rest of the journaling here

I love how these turned out!   It was so easy to mix and match pieces from the TRAVELOGUE'23 kit into the spread.   I hope these give you some inspiration to use this week's prompts in a project of your own!

XO

Sunday Sketch with Desiree

Hi crafty peeps! I am excited to share the Sunday sketch with the new, awesome, exclusive 2023 Travelogue kit. Let's take a look at this week's sketch.

I thought that this sketch would be perfect for me because it is simple enough for me to put my own spin on it. The first thing I thought about was layering the beautiful, bold color patterned papers from the Travelogue kit on this page.

For this sketch challenge, I decided to do a spread in my Sunshine Life Crafted Album.  Before layering the digital Travelogue papers under my picture, I smudged a bit of yellow ink on the paper to peek from under the cluster. 

I added a smaller picture to the lower right side of the larger picture. Then I layered the Travelogue Ephemera through the page. Below the cluster, I placed my typed journaling.

I decided to have a lot of fun with the left page. I started by smudging yellow and green ink on my paper. Once I saw the travel-themed polaroid picture die cuts, I knew wanted to vertically stack them on my page.  To add more interest, I staggered the die cuts vertically over my smudged ink, layering them over floral ephemera from the Travelogue die cuts.  I added the "journey" and "explore" die-cut words to the vertical cluster.

I used the Chloe Alphabet Stamp to add the small "into the city" title to the bottom of the page. Then I completed the spread by adding black splatters to tie in both pages.

I absolutely love the finished results of this Sunday Sketch. My favorite has to be the Travelogue papers in the cluster and the stacked polaroids from the Travelogue Die Cuts. 

I am so happy you joined me today. I wish you a happy, crafty weekend.

XO Desiree

 

3-to-Inspire with Marci

 

Hello CTK friends! It is Marci here. It is the first of the month which means there is a new release in the shop. I am very excited to bring you the first 3-to-Inspire with the new Travelogue collection! 

Here are the 3-to-Inspire prompts for this week:

1. Tone on tone embellishing
2. Use a tag 
3. Incorporate something “older” from your stash

I was drawn to the digital paper number 9. It reminded me of a map and the stitch marks across the green portion looked like lines on a road. I wanted to take this picture of my son and his friend driving an electric toy vehicle and make it look like they were driving on the road. Digital paper number 10 with the black circles made me think of tire tracks so I used that to mount my picture. 

To embellish the page, I got the idea to add tone on tone pieces to the three color portions of the paper. I used several die cuts from the Travelogue ephemera pack. I needed more pieces to fill in the spaces so I turned to the 2022 Travelogue chipboard stickers and some older enamel dots. Now I had enough pieces in the matching colors to make my design. These are my “older” items for the challenge. (I am using older in quotes because we all have stashes with different ages. Some of our older items might be a month older while other items are 10 years old! Go with what you have available to you.)

This month’s kit comes with a large Kraft shipping tag. I liked the idea of using it as the second page to my spread but the color didn’t work. I used the shipping tag as a template and cut my own out of one of the other digital papers. Now my tag coordinates with one of the colors from the left side of my spread. I added my title, journaling and more embellishments to the tag to finish out my spread. 

I hope you find the 3 prompts this week inspiring and give them a try.