3-TO-INSPIRE WITH MARINA

Hi, crafty friends!

It's Marina with you today with a new 3-to-Inspire challenge. 
I end September with a simply spread and our cool collection ALL ABOUT ME and here are three things that inspired me to create this beauty:

1. Stamps to create a composite title;
2. Some vellum;
3. Dots for bright accents.

So, here we are! :)

To create the title, I used our amazing stamps sets: Ginger Upper/Ginger Lower Alhpabet and Storytelling V2 - and I just adore it, because it's just countless options! (By the way, you can also find the ink that I used in the СTK shop: it's a Detail Black and Indian Summer by Pinkfresh Studio!)

I've also mixed in a few stamps from this year's releases here: Travelite, Cherish, Slow Days and All The Things - I just love mixing "live" stamps with digital products! :)

By the way, our glitter Silver and Golden Dots now on sale - check it right now, because they are just perfect for Christmas! However, here they fit perfectly into the palette of my September spread and it's another reason to take a closer look at them! ;)

A little vellum for volume and airiness - it always looks very delicate, don't you agree?.. :)

Ta-daaa! How do you like it? :)

I love our CTK digitals and use them very often when creating my pages, and you can find them right HERE in our shop! :)
We always look forward to seeing what you create with our 3-to-Inspire prompts, so be sure to tag Citrus Twist Kits in your posts!

Thank you all for your attention and have a great week!
XO
Marina

3-to- INSPIRE with Marci

 

Hello Friends! It is Marci with you today. We are going to have fun with our challenge this Saturday. 

Here are the three suggested items to incorporate into your project, 

1. Use a pocket page.

2. Use a stamp set.

3. Document a topic that says a lot about you. 

For my project, I used the ALL ABOUT ME kit to document my routine of making an espresso drink every morning. Drinking coffee is something I am known for with my friends and family. My scrapbook pages about myself would not be complete without including this topic. 

I had fun layering several of the embellishment pieces from the kit on the full-page layout and the pocket cards. Pocket Cards and pocket pages are a great way to incorporate different colors and styles into your layout. Sliding cards into the pockets can take a lot of the guesswork out of designing a spread. 

Including stamping in two different ink colors, adds some visual interest to my embellishment clusters.  The small circle and asterisk on the Storytelling v2 all-about-me stamp set were perfect for this. 

If you like this CAFFEINE card as much as I do, check out this set of everyday moments double-sided journaling cards. It is great to have extra journaling cards in our stash that can mix and match with any kit. 

I had so much fun putting this layout together. I hope you are inspired to give the challenge a try too. 

SUNDAY SKETCH with Marsha

Hey, CTK friends! It's Marsha here today, and I'm excited to share a layout for Sunday Sketch! I enjoy creating with sketches and used this one as a jumping-off point for my page.

Here's a look at the sketch:

This sketch is in an 8.5x11 format, but it was easy to convert it to a Life Crafted spread by separating the design down the middle of the page.

Here's my layout:

This month's All About Me Mini Kit and digitals were perfect for this spread, documenting my current reading obsession. I began by printing digital papers from the kit to use for the page. I followed the sketch by trimming the book print paper and adding strips of it to the center of both pages. Next, I used a circle punch from my stash to cut out circles from the dot patterned paper, trimmed them in half, and stitched them to the page to create the scallop design featured in the sketch. I decided to flip the design and layered a few ephemera pieces from the digitals to replace the smaller photo in the sketch.

I layered a pocket card and a digital patterned paper to create layers behind my photo. The gorgeous florals from the kit were perfect for framing my picture. For the title, I stamped the word "FAVORITE" using the new Storytelling V2 All About Me Stamp and completed the title with Sadie Black Alphabet Puffy Stickers. I added a bit more stamping below the journaling with the Simple Words V5 All About Me Stamp. To complete the page, I added All About Me Word/Phrase stickers from the kit to both pages of the spread. 

I hope you are inspired to make a layout based on this week's sketch! Happy creating!

xo,

3- To-Inspire with Traci!

Hey, hey, hey! Traci here today with this week's 3-To-Inspire challenge using mainly the All About Me collection!

My 3-to-Inspire:

1. Scrapbook about a place in your home that makes you happy.
2. Include something interactive
3. Use Numbers

 

When I saw some of the home-themed items in the ALL ABOUT ME - Ephemera, I knew I wanted to scrapbook these vignettes from around my home of little corners that make me happy.

Of course, it wouldn't be a Life Crafted page for me unless I included something interactive, so I used a cardstock hinge to create a flip out for my 3rd photo, numbering each photo with the 1, 2, 3 pieces from the ALL ABOUT ME - Ephemera.

I finished the page with various die cuts from the ALL ABOUT ME - Ephemera,  ALL ABOUT ME - Digital Elements, and Life Crafted - ALL ABOUT ME FLORALS - Ephemera. I also stamped "FAVORITE" using the new Citrus Twist 6" x 8" STORYTELLING V2 All About Me Stamp and added the Citrus Twist Life-Crafted Pumpkin/Coffee Alphabet Stickers to finish off my title!

Easy, peasy and an oh-so-effective way to frame these photos! I hope you'll join me for this 3-To-Inspire challenge!