Hey there- its Kelli here. I am loving my Life Crafted album and am always looking forward to making layouts in it. This one was made with the May kit. I used the cut file (a bonus for subscribers) to make the rainbow. I ended up printing it though, since I liked the black lines in between the colors. Then I used watercolor pencils to color in the rainbow.
I take pictures of rainbows whenever I see them, but they rarely make it into my scrapbooks. This one however, was a full rainbow and absolutely stunning. It had to be scrapbooked.
I used bits from the ephemera pack to create the banner across the top in rainbow order. The stamps were also perfect for this project. I chose "This. Just This." and "caught on film." I lifted up the edges of the clouds to make them stand out a little.
Hello Lovelies! Theresa here with a great pocket page layout from our Bermuda honeymoon from 2012. I was so inspired by the May Excursions kit to help me document a beautiful tropical day on the island. Let's have a look!
My husband and I were married in September of 2012 and the day after our wedding we hopped to the beautiful island of Bermuda for our honeymoon. The elements and colors in the Excursions kit reminded me instantly of our photos from this trip, with the lovely leaf icons, bright happy colors, and especially the bold blue. I designed my pocket pages sort of in a tic-tac-toe layout so these incredible blue tones lead your eye around the page.
Contrast is one of my favorite designer tools, and this kit definitely packs a powerful contrast punch! The indigo blue in the kit echoes the blues of the sky and ocean, which is what I really wanted to draw out in these photos. The supporting colors - pink, green, yellow, and orange - allow these blues to really shine without competing.
For my journaling cards I created a mix of fun filler cards, stamped cards, and handwritten. One of my favorites is the leaf card with the pink stamped sentiments and the cork sticker! The pink square was cut from one of the journaling cards and then stamped around the edge using the Life Crafted stamp set.
As much as I love the blues in the kit, the Adventure journaling card felt a bit heavy, plus I wanted just a bit of extra journaling space. I grabbed a half-notecard from my stash and layered that over a portion of the card, and then added a tiny puffy sticker at the top.
For the right side of my layout I repeated the leaf pattern, and of course more of those blue skies to bring your eye over to this side of the layout. On this day in our trip we were visiting Fort St. Catherine on Bermuda, and one of the most striking things I loved about the place was the constant play between architecture and sky. Everywhere we walked the walls invited you to keep walking and discover the beautiful ocean on the other side!
I love the simplicity of layering elements and die cuts onto a patterned paper to create your own journaling card. This is what I have done on both sides with the leaf pattern. For this side I layered the wood grain and the grey label, and then stamped using the Excursions stamp set.
Remember the pink card I cut up for the other side of the page? Well, I took the word art from that card and layered it on top of the map card. The map is somewhat subtle on this very striking layout, but the orange adds just a bit of pop so it doesn't get lost!
For another layout I die cut some of the digital leaves that are in the Subscriber downloads this month in turquoise. I had a few left over so I incorporated one and layered it between the text pattern and another cork circle. This is just the pop of color this card needed!
One last detail, and this one serves to invite the reader to turn the page and discover the next adventure in our honeymoon album. I used those gorgeous puffy alphabet stickers included in the kit so add a bit of word art to my photo.
If you'd like to see more of my process start to finish, I invite you to view my process video here.
Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you are inspired by this pocket page layout. Have you been playing with your Excursions kit? We would love to see, be sure to share online and tag us!
Hey friends! It's Kira and I am back with a new scrapbook layout using some of the digitals available in the Citrus Twist Kits shop. Here's a look at my layout:
I started by cutting out the Chasing Rainbows cut file (which is a subscribers only cut file...another reason to subscribe my friends!)on white cardstock. I sized it at 7.5" wide so it would fit nicely on my page with a tiny bit of room on each side of it. I used washi to adhere it to my page where it would eventually be glued down, and then used my piercing tool to punch holes in my background paper where I would eventually stitch with embroidery floss.
The stitching went really quickly since they were such basic lines. I stuck with a muted rainbow that coordinated with colors in the Life Crafted kit. Once the stitching was complete, I used some liquid adhesive and glued the cut file to the background.
I decided to scrapbook a recent photo of me sunbathing on my new outdoor reclining chair (so I apologize for the very pale legs featured on this page). It was so nice for a few weeks here, that I thought I could tan a little for our trip next month...but the weather has been pretty dismal since I took that photo. Keeping my fingers crossed that the weather warms up again soon!
I used the blue puffy stickers for my title "Sun Shiny Days". Then I created three clusters around the page using the floral cut aparts. I layered some die cuts and stickers around the flowers but I really like how the yellow flowers draw your eye around the page.
I finished the layout by adding some yellow splatters around the page. And that's it! Tell me, what are YOUR favorite digitals from this month's selection?
My challenge for you is to use the digital stamps and hand stitching in your traveler's notebook. I used the colorful leaf patterned paper as inspiration for this page. To begin the layout, I used Photoshop to enlarge and recolor the leaf stamp from the digital Free Spirit stamps. I printed it on vellum at about 3 inches wide. Using a piercing tool, I followed the edges of the image and did a simple back stitch using white embroidery floss. This took extra time, but I love how it turned out! I adhered it to the page using liquid glue, being careful to only add the glue to the stitching so it would not show through the vellum.
For the other side of the page, I adhered my photo to a tag from the ephemera pack. I used some other die cuts from the pack to embellish the page, adding staples and twine for interest and texture.
Using the Free Spirit stamp set, I stamped some leaves using two different colors of ink to match the layout. I fussy cut them and tucked them under the edge of the photo. It's always fun to add stamped embellishments to a project.
For the title, I trimmed one of the die cuts and used the aqua mint puffy alpha stickers to finish it off. I added a few more stamps from the stamp set and stamped the date at the bottom of the spread.
Here's a final look at the completed project:
Thank you for joining me today! I hope you will try adding a digital stamp and hand stitching to your next TN spread. Be sure to share your project using this challenge on the Citrus Twist Kits Fan Page on Facebook or using #citrustwistkits on Instagram.
Hope everyone is beginning to feel some sun come their way, if not the Life Crafted May Excursions kit will help to add some sunshine to your day regardless of the memories you document with it! It is one of my most favorite kits! Today I'm sharing Traveler's Notebook pages using the May Life Crafted Digital Journaling Cards as the base for my pages.
Having that option of both the original cards in the Life Crafted kits, as well as the digital cards gives you not only duplicates, but also great ways to get creative with them. I wondered if it would work to print out cards in portrait/vertical orientation to be a one layer base page for my TN! I also thought about if you didn't have a program to use any of the other digital files available, but had a printer, that this could be a really easy and practical way of just opening the file and printing it. For my left page, I used a 4x6 and 3x4 combination. For my right page I used 3, 3x4 cards.
My pages trimmed down perfectly to a slightly smaller width to a full TN size, and then added stitching all the way around each page. I can now easily adhere these pages to a pre-made TN or my Life Crafted Album. With my base pages already filled in, it was just a matter of adding layers, a photo, and journaling to finish. To create layers on the digital 3x4 sun journaling card, I detail cut the sun from the original 3x4 journaling card. Then I was able to just stamp right over the digital 3x4 sun journaling card creating my 'waves' in three shades of blue ink using the image from the Free Spirit stamp set. Then foam adhered the fussy cut sun to make it look like the sun is setting in the water! Came out exactly how I hoped it would.
I purposely picked the 4x6 card with the tropical leaves, because I knew I wanted this spread to be all about a beach vacation. I stamped several of that same leaf image from the Free Spirit stamp set. Some in solid blue, and then I started using two inks, using the lighter color first all over the image, then dipping the edges of the stamp into a darker shade before stamping. You can see in the video below, how I got this look.
I used my typewriter to type my journaling on the bottom 3x4 card, added the sentiment 'Sunshine & Water' from the Travelers Notebook stamp set available this month. I used that same stamp set to stamp sentiments along the inside edge of my pages along with the May Life Crafted Kit labels.
I trimmed my photo down to fit with a slight border around it on the 4x6 whitespace of the card, then added stamping, a die cut from kit, and more of the leaves I stamped and fussy cut.
Thank you for stopping by the Citrus Twist Kits blog today. Hope you are enjoying either some sun or some relaxation, and definitely get a chance to document some memories using this amazing kit! You can watch my video of how this came together below or in HD on my YouTube Channel here.
Hi dear CTK friends! Anna here with you today to share this weeks Sunday Sketch. This is my favorite challenge. I love to kick start my layouts using a sketch, makes everything so much easier.
Well, let's have a look at our super inspiring sketch.
Who can resist a polka dot paper and especially a pink one?! At least I can't, lol! I imidiately fell in love with this gorgeous design.
Also I have a big crush on these absolutely amazing mint-aqua puffy alphas, gorgeous right!?
So much to love in this months kit (I know I say the same every month but that's the truth! Trina is the best kit maker EVER) beautiful puffy stickers and ditto die cut pieces. I'm in scrapbook heaven!
This mountain/landscape puffy sticker has a special place in my scrappy heart, I can't even! Also it worked just perfect for my page this time ( I may have choosen a photo that fitted this puffy sticker..lol)
Of course theres some tabs and labels in the ephemera/die cut pack. You never can get too many of these, that's for sure.
And there you have it! Now it's your turn and don't forget to share with us on CTK Fan Page and /or Instagram @citrustwistkits #citrustwistkits. We can't wait to see what magic you'll create.
Be sure to head over to the CTK shop and grab some goodies or maybe sign up for a subscription, you'll absolutely love it!
Hey friends, Suzanna here! I'm so excited to share my 3 to Inspire post with you today. I really love this month's Life Crafted kit and had so much fun putting this layout together.
If you've followed along with me on Instagram or here on the CTK blog, you'll know I love love love my Life Crafted Album. I'm a big fan of traveler's notebook layouts and love the fact that I can create them without the bulk of a bound notebook!
For today's 3 to Inspire project our three are:
1. Torn Edges
2. Tabs
3. Stamping
Funny enough, all three of my pieces ended up on the left side of my layout. Using torn patterned papers from the kit, I created a layered panel. Tucked between each of the layers is a label with a simple word or phrase that described the story of my layout.
On the right side of my layout, I included a piece of that same patterned paper, again with a torn edge. This gave the layout a cohesive look that flows well. I also added a label to highlight the simple date stamp.
I finished the layout off with a couple embellishment clusters and a splattering of gold craft mist.
I hope this layout gave you a few ideas for your next project. I'll be back later this month with more crafty inspiration!
