Sunday Sketch with Lory

 

Hello everyone! How are you? It's a new Sunday sketch day and I am happy to share my latest layout. It's a 9x12 inch page with black and white pictures that I love so much and I didn't use till now. 

I couldn't wait to use them and tell this story.

It's about the day of the Baptism of my second child. It was a beautiful day! I love to see them together making cuddles.

Here the sketch.

And here my page

I have used a lot of patterned papers leftovers from the previous Citrus Twist kits, they are perfect to mat photo or make little strips. Then I have played with a lot of ephemera , stamps and chipboard stickers.

I love to add details to my page.

Here some details shots.

The mix of different stamps is super cool! Don't you find?

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!

Love, Lory

Pocket Page Challenge with Lisa Varshine

Hi guys! I'm back with another pocket page challenge today. There are so many ways that the theme of this month's kit is helping me document this really unique (to put it lightly) time in our lives. I decided to use the hourly PL cards to give a snapshot of what our new normal looks like.

For this page, I included snapshots of little things around the house that are making me happy right now. I wanted it to be a quick and easy page, and I consciously chose NOT to include any photos of the kids or myself.

I included a lego house my daughter built, a chalk drawing from our many hours spent outside, the bookshelf in the playroom, and a messy plate I was using as an impromptu paint palette.

I used the digital files of these hourly cards to enter little details about our schedule. That allowed me to include more information than I could have fit with handwritten journaling. This was a very simple page with very few chipboard embellishments, but I still love the story it tells.

I'd love to challenge you guys to put together a similar page as a little act of gratitude. I hope you all are healthy and happy, surrounded by family right now.

3-to-Inspire with Shannon

Hello scrappy friends! Shannon here with a 3-to-Inspire post to get those creative juices flowing on your next spread. This pocket page spread uses only the April Night & Day Life Crafted kit so grab your supplies and let's get crafting!

My 3-to-Inspire list for you is....
1. Document a routine
2. Use puffy leather
3. Make a cluster

I'm such a morning person so I knew I had to document that with this kit. These photos are from various days over the last 3 months but they all help tell my story! For my first item, I documented my typical weekday morning routine. I adjusted the times to match my schedule. The times have changed every school year for the last few years so this seemed like a great way to capture the details right now.

My next item is to use puffy leather. I used it three times on my spread. The neutral color lends itself well to any color scheme and the sayings are really versatile. There's no doubt in my mind that my entire pack will be used up in no time! I love puffy hearts and puffy stickers - now I'm adding puffy leather to that list!

Finally, I challenged you to make a cluster. Clusters are one of my favorite things to create. The ephemera in the Life Crafted kits are perfect for making multiple clusters. On this page, I layered up multiple kit pieces to create the cluster. I created my own saying using a stamp, a tag (from the printables), and puffy leather.

Finally, I'll leave you with a photo of my journaling. I always enjoy reading others' journaling!

I hope I've inspired you to break out your kit and document your routine. I can't wait to see what you create!

Sunday Sketch with Suzanna Stein

Hey there everyone, Suzanna here! I'm popping in to share a Sunday Sketch with y'all. I'm not usually someone that follows sketches in my scrapbooking, but I'm always up for trying new things and for a little challenge. I'm excited to share the layout I created and hopefully inspire you to give the sketch a try also!

The thing I like about using a sketch for inspiration, is that you can adapt it to whatever size you prefer to work with, and whatever style you prefer. For my layout, I created a 9x12" scrapbook layout using the June Life Crafted kit.

I started by layering my papers behind my photo and across the page. Once my layering was complete, I slipped a couple labels into one of the layers to hold my stamping and the date. Instead of adding the strip and tab at the bottom, I flipped the design and added it to the top. Feel free to mix things up when you're working with a sketch - it's more of a guide than something you have to stick to 100% - that's what's fun about it!

I added both journaling and stamping below my main strip of layers, then went in with my stars. Among the stars, I added some gold splatters of craft mist to push the "messy" look a little further. I'm all about splatters!

I hope this layout and sketch give you inspiration for your next crafty project! Remember - it's totally okay to tweak the sketch to fit your style. I can't wait to see your take on this sketch!

Gratitude Wreath by Wendy

Hello everyone and happy happy Wednesday!

Wendy here to cheers with you to the Fall season for all things pumpkin spice, comfort food, and just feeling gratitude + thanks for a beautiful season!  Although I must admit, Fall is not so much in the air where I live on the Gulf coast in Florida.  Summer is still speaking to us in a big way with her temps and sunny blue skies! However, the "change in season" always makes my heart swell with reflection and love for what I have and just to be thankful for the blessings in my life.

Something in the air gives me the DIY bug to create something seasonally fresh and new.  I was recently on a Target run and bought a Fall wreath for our front door from the Magnolia Hearth & Hand collection that released on Nov 5th.  Oh man, I love a good wreath.  Even though we have palm trees in the front yards around here, I have a bit of Fall welcoming guests at our front door.  So, I was inspired to bring a touch of the wreath love to my 9x12 layout share for you today.

Let's DIY this shall we....

To design out your wreath, you can use the elements from the November 2017 Main and Pocket Life kits.  The element packs in those kits this month are ON.POINT.  I hope you were able to grab them up for the month.  If not, don't miss out on December!  

I love the gold foil elements and berry colored florals in the element packs.  So, I drew a large circle very lightly on my background paper.  Then, I started to play around with the placement of the florals and interchanged stamping from the The Is Life "Gathering" stamp set for November (also available over in the CTK shop). The floral sprigs in the stamp set coordinate perfectly with the elements in the November kits.  

Feel free to randomly play play play with the curves of the elements.  Did you know you can take the CTK stamps and curve them a bit on your acrylic block when stamping?  I used this technique when stamping around the curve of the wreath shape.   

Also, check in your CTK stash for any past shapes that can coordinate with this project.  Remember these wood veneer floral sprigs from a past CTK kit?  Yep, a past kit that works great with this month's kit too! The beautiful thing about CTK kits...timeless and interchangeable . 

Super fun cork leaf shapes in the November kit too! I added a finishing touch with a CTK exclusive puffy sticker ("gratitude") and stamped ledger + phrase (from a past CTK stamp set).

Feel and share your gratitude this season (and maybe in squeeze in a fun DIY project too)!

Hope you enjoyed my project!

Wendy 

Pocket life challenge with Essie

Hey there, lovely ones!

It's Essie here with a new Pocket Life challenge for you. This is my first post here on the CT blog, and I'm so happy to be here!

I adored the kit this month. It was so cool to see some autumn themed elements for you guys in the north, but also to have every single one of them be adaptable to those of us down here in the south. Those abundant flowers are perfect for springtime, and that's what's happening for us!

Springtime, to me, is all about blossoms, light colours, and delicate textures. One of the ways I added those qualities to my spread was in a crepe rosette which I made using pink party streamers, as well as the sticker sheet and one of the papers from the kit.
So my challenge to you for this week is to create a seasonal element using any kind of textured material along with  pieces from the kit.

I love making process videos for my memory keeping projects, so here's a look at the one I made for this spread:

I hope you have heaps of fun with this challenge, and I'll see you again really soon!

Essie x

Sunday Sketch with Wendy

Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday!  Do you love the weekly CTK (Citrus Twist Kits) Sunday Sketch as much as I do?  We can vote to equally agree, ha!

Even better you can take your weekly sketches, print them down mini size, and make them into a mini idea book you can quickly grab for inspiration.  Just a thought.
Ok, I digress, now on to the Sunday Sketch.

Now here's my take on the sketch...

I love to play around with lots of stamping and layers on my layouts.  So, this one was no exception.  Plus, the kit selections, CTK stamps, and CTK Exclusives makes it super easy to do so. I love to "mix-and-match" with product not only from the current CTK kits but also from past kits.  The kits are truly timeless to use now and/or later. 

I chose the phrase title "always dreaming of..." from ephemera in a previous kit and let it lead into my stamped "journaling" at the bottom of the page.  This is a favorite technique that I love and use often in my projects.  It's great when you don't have a lot of time for handwritten journaling yet you want to perfectly capture the moment in the photo(s).

Did you know there's even a CTK Stamp Grab Bag over in the shop?  So, you might be lucky to grab up some past stamp sets you missed from previous releases!  Some of these stamps used in my "journaling" above are even from 2015 and still fit in seamlessly strong with the stamp gangs from 2016 and 2017! Ha!

I also use a stamped phrase as part of my title work.  And the 2x3 Numbers stamp set over in the shop is perfectly sized for Pocket Life cards. 

Here I layered the edge of a Pocket Life card to peek from behind my picture.  So, I encourage you to think outside of your Pocket Life style pages.

On this piece of ephemera, I added some stamped stars and words to tie into my theme of the layout.  This Guest Check receipt was just too perfect not to use for my layout theme!

As a finishing touch, I loved this phrase on a Pocket Life card and decided to trim it to fit at the top of my layout along with a CTK exclusive Digital Cut-a-Part Label that you'll find in the kits.

To play along with this week's challenge, create a layout inspired by the sketch, upload it to the Citrus Twist Kits Gallery with the sketch date (5/21) in the title, and you might win a $5 gift certificate to the CTK store.  Easy peasy!

xx Wendy