NSD Challenge #6 Tutorial

Thank you for stopping by to see our daily NSD challenge on our blog! We hope these challenges will inspire you to scrapbook throughout this week. For each daily challenge you participate in you'll earn one chance to win (Participate 1 day, earn one chance to win. Participate 2 days, earn 2 chances to win. The more you participate, the bigger your chances to win!).

We will draw one winner for a $100 embellishment grab bag. On May 11th we'll announce the lucky winner. To be entered into the daily drawing, post your layout to your online scrapbooking forum of choice, mention the Citrus Twist Kit challenge in your layout write up, then pop back to the Citrus Twist challenge blog you based your project on and leave a comment.

Don't forget to visit the CTK Store to see new items, sale items and NSD grab bags! Thinking about subscribing to our Main or Pocket Life kits? We have a special offer for those new subscriptions between now and May 7th.

My challenge for you is to use mini word phrases, stamps, and thickers in your journaling.  In the main kit there are some fun little phrase stickers and also your exclusive stamp.  Just have fun mixing the fonts to create your journaling.

I also used the small enamel dots for the periods at the end of the sentences.  It's hard to see the stamp but it says "delight".

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope this has inspired you to mix your journaling up using something other than a pen.

NSD Challenge # 5 with Amélie

It's National Scrapbook Day all week at Citrus Twist Kits. Thank you for stopping by to see our daily NSD challenge on our blog! We hope these challenges will ins pirate you to scrapbook throughout this week. For each daily challenge you participate in you'll earn a chance to win a $100 embellishment grab bag. On May 8th we'll announce the lucky winner of the grab bag. To be entered into the daily drawing, post your layout to your online scrapbooking forum of choice, mention the Citrus Twist Kit challenge in your layout write up, them pop back to the Citrus Twist challenge blog you based your project on and leave a comment.
Don't forget to visit the CTK Store to see new items, sale items and NSD grab bags!

Today, I'm am going to share with you two layouts. Your challenge is to make a lift of one of these layout. You choose the one you prefer!

Here is the first one. I also for this layout made a process video to help you ;)

CHOICE 1:

Some sneaks of this layout:

 I hope you like it! If you choose this one, here is the video process:

 And now, the second choice!
I don't make a video process for this one because this layout is very similar to the first one with principally layering under the pictures. Just embellishments are placed differently.

CHOICE 2:

The sneak:

Now, it's up to you! Make the good choice! I c'ant wait to see your creations!
Xo
Amélie

It's May Reveal Day at Citrus Twist Kits!

It's reveal day and our National Scrapbook week-long celebration at Citrus Twist Kits. We've been celebrating since May 1st with daily challenges on our blog (Jen Chapin was up yesterday and Amelie Mordret is up tomorrow) to get you and keep your scrapbooking. Be sure to play along and earn one chance--or more--to win a $100 embellishment kit we are giving away.

Our National Scrapbooking Day Main and Pocket Life subscription specials run through the 7th, too.
With a PL subscription we'll give you our new Worry Free Pocket Life class free! With a Main kit subscription (3- or 6-months) you'll get a $10 grab bag of embellishments that have been generously given to us by manufacturers just for NSD. Visit our Kits page to view our May 2014 kits and begin your subscription today.

We have NSD specials going through midnight PST, Wednesday, May 7th. Pop on over to our store to check them out here. Be sure to look through our store for new store items.

May's Main kit Sparkle & Shine is laced with gold, fresh colors, brand new pattern papers and lots of ephemera and embellishments.

Here is May's Happy Horizons PL kit, packed full of goodness for a month of Pocket Life fun:

You'll "Dream Big" with this month's kit add-on. Teals, yellows and pinks come together in a kit that will make you smile:

This's months "Happy Girl" embellishment kit is whimsical and fun with stickers, wooden buttons, rub-ons and ephemera. It goes great with both our Main and PL kits!

You'll have your "Best Day Ever" with this month's PL embellishment kit. From Capture Life accent stickers (brand new from Echo Park) to glitter foam Thickers, new Jilliban mini placemats, Pink Paislee Switchboard files labels and adorable lace-like photo stickers, it will be a joyful month of PL:

Our "Beautiful" pattern paper color is filled with bursts of bright color:

"Guess What" is this month's stamp add-on, also available for subscription. This is a set of 12 high-quality polymer stamps that you'll be able to use over and over again. (We've photographed it against the beautiful Gold Punchinella vellum paper from our Main kit.)

Our solid paper kits are always her for you to double up on solids from our Main kits and to blend with our PL kits:

Design Girl Melissa Stinson has another kit reveal video for your to checkout here. She'll walk you through each kit item-by-item:




Thank you for visiting our May scrapbooking kit reveal. We hope to see your creations for our National Scrapbooking Day challenges and in our Gallery.

Have a beautiful May!

Trina

NSD Challenge #4 with Jennifer

Thank you for stopping by to see today's daily NSD challenge on our blog! We hope these challenges will inspire you to scrapbook throughout this week. For each daily challenge you participate in you'll earn one chance to win (Participate 1 day, earn one chance to win. Participate 2 days, earn 2 chances to win. The more you participate, the bigger your chances to win!). We will draw one winner for a $100 embellishment grab bag. On May 11th we'll announce the lucky winner. To be entered into the daily drawing, post your layout to your online scrapbooking forum of choice, mention the Citrus Twist Kit challenge in your layout write up, then pop back to the Citrus Twist challenge blog you based your project on and leave a comment. Don't forget to visit the CTK Store to see new items, sale items and NSD grab bags! Thinking about subscribing to our Main or Pocket Life kits? We have a special offer for those new subscriptions between now and May 7th.

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NSD Challenge #4 - Use a sketch + Vellum on your layout

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Here is this week's sketch! My challenge to you is to use the sketch along with vellum on your layout.

Here's the layout I created using the main kit this month. I used the vellum that's in the kit along with some watercolors from my stash to complete the background.

I love the Thickers in the kit along with the exclusive wood veneer!

I hope you'll play along with today's challenge! Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!

NSD Challenge #3 With Sandy

Thank you for stopping by to see our daily NSD challenge on our blog! We hope these challenges will inspire you to scrapbook throughout this week. For each daily challenge you participate in you'll earn one chance to win (Participate 1 day, earn one chance to win. Participate 2 days, earn 2 chances to win. The more you participate, the bigger your chances to win!). We will draw one winner for a $100 embellishment grab bag. On May 11th we'll announce the lucky winner. To be entered into the daily drawing, post your layout to your online scrapbooking forum of choice, mention the Citrus Twist Kit challenge in your layout write up, then pop back to the Citrus Twist challenge blog you based your project on and leave a comment. Don't forget to visit the CTK Store to see new items, sale items and NSD grab bags! Thinking about subscribing to our Main or Pocket Life kits? We have a special offer for those new subscriptions between now and May 7th.

 

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Today I'm challenging you to : Use Embellishments. Super easy right ? From brads to buttons, chipboards to enamel dots, washi tape to ribbons; any type of embellishment is fine. Just pick your favourites and show them off on a layout. The more the merrier so don't be afraid to pile them on.
 

 

My challenge is inspired by the awesome selection of embellishments in this month's Citrus Twist Kits. There are must-haves in each and every kit, which is saying something for a paper-lover like me. I've used something from each of the kit starting with a whole bunch of die-cut shapes on this vacation layout.

Mixing translucent vellum and acrylic pieces from two different ephemera packs allows me to retain a feeling of lightness while layering. There are also rub-ons, label stickers and my absolute favourite - Simple Stories Photo Stickers. They go on totally clear and, if you are indecisive like me, you can easily reposition them without leaving behind any residue on your photo. That's neat !

 

 

 Here are some tips for working with vellum and acrylic. For an even softer look, try flipping your shapes to the reverse side. To secure, you can tuck them partially under other layers to hide the adhesive, use a stapler or stitch them on with some embroidery thread. Hope you have fun with this challenge and don't forget to keep coming back all week to check out what the other designers have in store for you.

 

 

Wishing everyone a very Happy National Scrapbooking Week !

NSD Challenge #2: Pocket Life with Jen

Thank you for stopping by to see today's daily NSD challenge on our blog! We hope these challenges will inspire you to scrapbook throughout this week. For each daily challenge you participate in you'll earn one chance to win (Participate 1 day, earn one chance to win. Participate 2 days, earn 2 chances to win. The more you participate, the bigger your chances to win!). We will draw one winner for a $100 embellishment grab bag. On May 11th we'll announce the lucky winner. To be entered into the daily drawing, post your layout to your online scrapbooking forum of choice, mention the Citrus Twist Kit challenge in your layout write up, then pop back to the Citrus Twist challenge blog you based your project on and leave a comment. Don't forget to visit the CTK Store to see new items, sale items and NSD grab bags! Thinking about subscribing to our Main or Pocket Life kits? We have a special offer for those new subscriptions between now and May 7th.

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NSD Challenge #2: Use CIRCLES to unite a layout.

Circles are easily accessible, whether using a punch, die, sticker or machine cut. They can be bold or, be used to soften a design. Throughout my layout here, I used circles in a variety of ways to pull two pages together: the pie chart, a pop of orange on a light blue background, layered on a die cut card, as a spot for a date and to ground the number of members in our family.

Here are my Week 14 Pocket Life pages, using the May PL and PL Embellishment kits and showing my use of circles:

Two of my favorites included in our soon to be revealed May Kits are the pie chart card and the circle 3x4 die cut. These two pieces inspired today's NSD challenge.

I can't wait to see your creations using circles!

NSD Challenge #1: Mood board challenge with Nathalie

Thank you for stopping by to see our daily NSD challenges on our blog! We hope these challenges will inspire you to scrapbook throughout this week. For each daily challenge you participate in you'll earn one chance to win (Participate 1 day, earn one chance to win. Participate 2 days, earn 2 chances to win. The more you participate, the bigger your chances to win!). We will draw one winner for a $100 embellishment grab bag! On May 11th we'll announce the lucky winner. To be entered into the drawing, post your layout to your online scrapbooking Gallery of choice, mention the Citrus Twist Kit challenge in your layout write-up, then pop back to the Citrus Twist challenge post you based your project on and leave a comment. Don't forget to visit the CTK Store to see new items, sale items and NSD grab bags! Thinking about subscribing to our Main or Pocket Life kits? We have a special offer for those new subscriptions between now and May 7th.

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Let's get this party started, shall we?

It's Nathalie here to offer you the first challenge of the week: create a page inspired by this mood board put together especially for you :)

(original source for each photo can be found here)

Pull a few or a lot of its elements, colors or shapes and show us how this mood board inspires you! 

Here's my take on it created with the not yet revealed May main kit and stamp add-on:

       

and here are some close ups:

KIT USED: May main kit and stamp add-on
NON-KIT ITEMS: Red twine and red ribbon (behind the wood embellishment) are from my stash, mistable alphas are from the March main kit

Now it's your turn! I can not wait to see what you create with this mood board!