Hybrid Scrapbooking with Nathalie

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today with a few layouts of my Life Crafted album using the beautiful AT MY TABLE kit.   I love paper, but i think i equally love digital files, having the chance to build and customize my pages always comes in handy when you do daily documenting.   Every month CTK subscribers get a lot of perks that can easily stretch your kit and help you create one-of-a-kind pages.  Let me show you...

For  my first page, i chose to work with the cut files (available for free to subscribers) to help me create my spread.   First of, i wanted to add lots of journaling  - all about my son and his tree- so, i used the Digital TN paper  as the base for my 3x8 insert.

I created the 3x8 insert in Photoshop, then added the Digital TN paper, followed by my lines of journal.    For my title, i used one the  sentiment from the Picture Perfect cut file by simply using the PNG format of the cut file and sizing the title to fit on my page.   After printing it, i backed the insert with a paper from the Life Crafted kit and slipped in the pocket.  A small chipboard sticker was then added atop the pocket at the bottom of the page.

For the picture side of the spread, i enlarged the picture to fit to the page, then cut one of the Life Crafted screens from white cardstock.  I backed the screen with the picture and used a black fine liner to emphasize the writing on the cut.   A small cluster of ephemera complete this page.   This was easy and really time effective when putting together.

Let me show you another idea:

As soon as i saw this floral pattern in the kit, i  had this idea for one of my spreads.  So i used the Digital PL cards to create the two sides of the page.   For the right side, i enlarged the 4x6  digital PL card to fit to the page, while the left side of the spread was built using the 3x4 digital  PL card.  I enlarged two of the 3x4 cards, and rotated one so that i could complete the left side border with the patterned -if you see up close, you could see where i joined the cards-.

To build my page, i decided to cut a panel of vellum to fit inside the page, and cut one of the 4x6 cards from the Life Crafted kit.  The picture was then glued to the card and a small cluster of ephemera and puffy stickers complete this page.

For my lines of journal, i simply typed them when i was building my pages, so i can print them all at once, but chose to add my title by mixing the puffy stickers from the At My Table kit with some stamping using the Typewriter font stamp set from CTK.  Once again, completely in love with how this turned out.

Remember to check the Digital Shop to find the files used to create these layouts.  As always consider subscribing to Citrus Twist Kits as you will have access to so many perks that will stretch your kit each month.

AS always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions!

Sunday Sketch with Marsha

Hey friends!  Marsha here with this week's Sunday Sketch challenge.  Today's sketch is so fun, and I hope you will be inspired to play along!

Here's a look at the sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch:

For my layout today, I chose to use the beautiful October Life Crafted "At My Table" Kit and the This Is Life Food Stories Stamp.  This kit and stamp set are perfect for any type of food-related documenting!

To begin my page, I decided to rotate the sketch so it would work better in my Life Crafted album.  I printed one of the traveler's notebook digital papers and trimmed it so I could use it on both sides of the spread.  Like the sketch, I decided to use two photos.  I trimmed a patterned paper from the Life Crafted kit and layered my photos on top, tearing a section of the paper at the bottom.  I love the texture this adds to the page.  Next, I fussy cut the floral piece from one of the journaling cards.  I thought it worked perfectly between my two photos.  I stamped a sentiment from the This Is Life Food Stories Stamp and added it over the wording on the card.  I thought it worked better with my layout.

Next, I used some of the digital cut aparts, that are available for this month, to embellish the page.  They are such a nice addition to the kit and are free for kit subscribers!  I added some stamping to the labels and added a few of the puffy and chipboard heart stickers from the kit to finish off the page.

For the other side of the layout, I trimmed a few of the patterned papers into strips and adhered them to the page, also tearing one of the strips.  Next, I added some machine stitching along the edges of the paper.  I love the interest and texture this adds!  For the title, I used some of the mint tiny alphabet stickers and a metallic puffy phrase sticker.

To embellish the page, I added some labels and a puffy scallop sticker.  I just LOVE the metallic puffy stickers in the kit this month!  I typed my journaling, trimmed it into strips, and adhered it to the page.

My layout came together so quickly using this awesome sketch!

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you will play along with this sketch challenge and share your project with us on the CTK Fan Facebook Page! 

Pocket Life Challenge with Krystal

Hi everyone! This is Krystal, and today I have a fun Pocket Life page and challenge to share with you using the October "At My Table" Life Crafted Kit.

I decided to use the kit to document a fun weekend with friends here in our hometown. The theme of the kit was perfect for these photos! Of course, there was lots of delicious food to document, but the kit also has a lot of elements to document happy times with the people you love, which made it perfect for this spread.

I used lots of embellishments from the kit to create clusters on my photos, including several pieces from the printable cutapart sheet that comes with the kit. I love that this gives us extra bits that coordinate with the kits!

To give myself someplace to add my journaling for this spread, I created my own journal card using the This is Life "Food Stories" stamp set. This buildable stamp makes it easy to create customized cards to add to you pages, and I was able to make one that was absolutely perfect for my story.

And that is my challenge for you. Create your own journal card using the "Food Stories" stamp, the stamp set from the Life Crafted Kit, or other elements from the kit, such as the cutapart sheet, ephemera, or stickers. Use your creativity and see what you can come up with!

Of course, I'd love to see what you create, so be sure to share your pages in the Facebook Fan Page or tag me on Instagram! I'll also be sharing some of the other pages I made from this event on my Instagram account later this month, so be sure to look for that.

Here's the process video I made for this spread, so you can see how I combined the stamps to create my journaling card.

I hope you found some inspiration, and I can't wait to see how you're using your "At My Table" kits. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Picture Perfect documenting with Nathalie

Hi there!
Nathalie with you today with a focus highlight on one of the Subscriber-only cut files.   Each month, our subscribers receive a collection of perks -cut files, cut apart elements, extra PL cards-, and today i want to share a few ideas on how to use the PICTURE PERFECT cut file, and this month's AT MY TABLE Life Crafted kit and the Mini Halloween Kit.

Let's get started with a Life Crafted layout:

This month's AT MY TABLE kit is gorgeous, versatile and completely perfect for this story of my daughter's last first day of school picture (she is graduating HS this year).

I pulled the Life Crafted Screen  of the Picture Perfect cut file to create the title page for this layout.  I simply cut the screen to fit the page, and backed it with one of the Digital TN papers (the contrast of yellow and blue/teal is a fave of mine) then created a cluster on the middle of the page using elements from the kit.  I really love the floral paper, and had fun fussy cutting the images, and then there is the mini alpha stickers...

For the other side of my layout, i chose to create a cluster of papers and ephemera at the top corner of the layout.   I tried to repeat the same elements as in the title page,  so that the two sides are cohesive and then just added my lines of journal and a few more stamped sentiments from the TN stamp set.  Just love how this turned out.

Let's now check a second option using the PICTURE PERFECT cut file and the mini Halloween kit:

 The mini Halloween kit features the new Crate Paper - Hey Pumpkin collection, and i couldn't resist creating  a page from one of our old Halloween memories.

This time, i am using the second format of the cut file and cut it from white cardstock.  I used some of the papers from the kit to back a few of the empty spaces of the cut file  - mixing solid cardstock, with patterned paper and some icons-  and attached it to the background using some foam adhesive.

A bit of black paint (Pinkfresh Studio watercolor available in the CTK shop) on the background makes all the details of the cut stand out, as well as all the clusters of embellishments around the page.  To finish this page, i added a few stamped sentiments inside the empty film strip spots using the TN stamp set and gold ink.

The following video will show you how this all came together:

I hope this gives you a few ideas on how to work the many subscriber perks on your documenting.   Remember to check all the kits, tools and digital files in the CTK shop, and consider subscribing ( if you are not a subscriber already)so you can have access to all the CTK exclusives. 

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions on how this came together.  I cannot wait to see what you create with this month's kits!!

XO

MEET OUR GUEST DESIGNER: BARBARA PICINICH

Hello everyone!

We are so excited to introduce our October 2019 Guest Designer to you all.  We have been following her work for a while, and find it always so fresh and beautiful, so we had to ask her to join us this month, and she said, "YES!".   So please help us welcome BARBARA PICINICH to Citrus Twist Kits for this month.  You are going to love her and her work!

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GET TO KNOW BARBARA

Hello everyone, my name is Barbara and I am a true California native having lived most of my life near San Francisco in the Bay Area. Today I live in the Central Valley of California near the State Capital of Sacramento.  I live with my husband of twenty years and our almost twelve year old daughter. We love to travel and we are big fans of Disney parks and we also love spending time in Lake Tahoe and Yosemite. When I'm not scrapbooking I spend my free time sipping coffee, browsing Instagram, reading, binge watching TV shows, watching YouTube videos and going to the movies with my husband as often as we can.

You can find me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/babz510/ 
and I do have a blog where I share the projects I make http://thepicinicbasket.blogspot.com/
and I also have a YouTube channel where I share flip thru videos of mini albums which is currently my most recent December Daily albums https://www.youtube.com/user/Babz510/featured

Q& A with BARBARA

1.       When did you start scrapbooking?

I started scrapbooking in 1999 right after I got married. My very first project was my wedding album, talk about starting big! Once that was done I moved on to traditional layouts of family trips and events. I was never a consistent scrapbooker in the early days but in 2007 when my daughter was born I picked it back up again to document her first year and haven’t stopped since. One thing led to another and I now have a home full of scrapbooks, layouts and mini albums that I love so much. These days my favorite ways to scrapbook is to make pocket page albums, mini books and Travelers Notebooks. I don’t worry about being caught up any more and make projects based on the inspiration I find in products, stamps and kits. I love just going with the flow and not worrying about being current all the time.

2.       What is something most people would not know about you?

I’m a makeup and beauty junkie! I love makeup so much that my last corporate job was working in the regional sales office of MAC Cosmetics as an Executive Assistant and Office Manager. It’s an industry that I have always loved and its one that I’m still super drawn to and continue to be inspired by daily. I had the best job in the world and worked with some of the most creative and inspiring people every day and I got to be surrounded by makeup and talk about makeup and be with makeup every day. Talk about a creative high, it was the best! But I left that job when my daughter was born and I have been a stay at home mom ever since but I still love makeup and watch trends and stay on top of all of the latest releases like it’s still my job. I’m also super into watching makeup tutorials on YouTube in my spare time, it’s so much fun and I love it!

3.       What are the 3 scrapbooking products you can’t live without?

Well it’s not a traditional product per say, but I cannot live without my Canon printer. I print everything at home because I like to edit and decide sizes on the fly. I can’t predict where I’m heading so I need to have the flexibility to print at home. Next would be good black ink. I love to stamp with black ink and having good ink that I know will give a crisp impression is a must. My favorite is Staz-on mainly because I like to stamp a lot on vellum so it’s a must for that. Lastly I would say embellishments, a project is just not done for me if I can’t add a little heart or star or a die cut. I like things with dimension and embellishments are where it’s at for me and a project is never complete without a little something something.

4.       What do you love about the October Life Crafted kit – AT MY TABLE-?

Based on what I said in question three I bet you can already predict my answer, the embellishments! I really loved the die cuts in the kit this month and the little puffy hearts were exactly what I love to add to my pages. The colors and the different shapes and themes were really fun to use.

5.       Finish this sentence “If you could see my scrapbooking space now . . . “

It would not look like the photos below but it will very soon. I love my space so much and I especially love how much work and time my husband put in to giving me the space I wanted. He built my standing desk for me to fit into an existing alcove in our home and it’s just perfect. I love having a space that I can get messy in and I’m very much a messy scrapbooker. My work surface typically has layers and layers of things crowding the space but as soon as I’m done I clean up, even in between projects. I need to mentally clear the decks and have a fresh canvas and clean space to begin again.

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I’m super excited to share the first project I made with the At My Table Life Crafted Kit! I have been in love with the Life Crafted albums since they came out and just finished adding the last layout to my first album. I just love having a space for Travelers Notebook sized projects especially since that’s a size that I’m completely drawn to right now.

This kit gave me everything I love in a kit; there are embellishments, there are super cute stamps and there are little pops of gold in the accents. Not to mention it was food related and what’s not to love about documenting fun food adventures. When I saw all the soft colors and pretty floral accents I knew I had the perfect photos for this project.

When planning out projects I always start with photos and for this particular day I had many to choose from so I had to edit them down to a manageable number that would fit on a travelers notebook sized space. For me the photos always come first so I’m always trying to come up with ways to fit as many as I can on to a layout while still leaving room for the pretty stuff. In this case I had four photos that I felt really told the story of the day and sized them to 2.25” x 3.25”.  The next part of the process for me is laying out the photos then placing some of the larger embellishments that I know for sure I want to use on the spread.

Layering pieces is key for me so figuring out placement is important. I like to lay everything out and then once I’m happy with the look I start to stick everything down. I’m not big on a lot of adhesive for several reasons; one you just don’t need that much and two, I tend to change my mind so using less means I can carefully lift stuff up and move it around.

When I’m laying out my key embellishments I am also keeping stamps in mind. It’s important to leave room or at least plan out what items I might want to stamp on while I’m coming up with my layout. In this case these little die cuts were perfect for stamping a few of the sentiments on. I love how dainty they are and I love how they are the exact right scale for this project and the photos.

This main embellishment cluster is my favorite part of the spread; I think it’s all the layers and the little bits of gold from the alpha stickers. These little stickers were perfect to spelling out the name of the café we visited and the digital tag was the perfect little accent to the kit die cuts. I also had the perfect amount of space for the tiny stamped sentiment which was my favorite one on that stamp set.

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We are so in love with what Barbara has created with the AT MY TABLE kit and stamps!   Her work is just amazing.   She will be back later this month to share a bit more of inspiration with us!  Be sure to leave her some love and follow her on social media ( you are going to love all the inspiration she offers in her projects).  Thank you so much BARBARA for joining us!

Life Crafted with Tina

Hello CTK friends!

It's Tina here and today I want to share with you my first project created with the gorgeous October "At My Table" Life Crafted kit and the Traveler's Notebook stamp. Nevertheless all the beautiful colors of the pattern paper were so tempting to create something fall inspired, I decided to stick to the theme of the kit and documented these funny photos of my daughter eating pasta.

I started by grabbing two page protectors #1 and trimmed the orange pattern paper to fit into one of them. After that I printed my journaling on a vellum, adhered it to the pattern paper and added fussy cut flowers at the top of the page. Using tiny alpha stickers I created a title and in the end I added an ephemera piece at the bottom.

After that I lessened another page protector #1 with my fuse tool to fit a 3x8 card. I decided to keep this page simple and added just a photo and amazing heart puffy stickers.

At the back of the 3x8 journaling card I created a new background using a 3x4 "I was made for this" card and a 4x6 floral card. Then I trimmed purple and off-white pattern paper to fit into the page protector #3, printed another piece of journaling and fussy cut the flowers from the rest of the floral card. I wanted to use one of the golden puffy words stickers, but the one I chose didn't fit on the page, so I simply attached it to the page protector itself and so I did with a cute light-blue puffy heart sticker. To finish this spread I stamped a few food related phrases here and there, and added a word "lunch" using tiny alpha stickers.

So that's all for today! I hope you'll be inspired by this month's kit as much as I do and will love to see your creations! Be sure to share your projects on the CTK Fan Page on Facebook or on Instagram using #citrustwistkits!

XO,