You are magic!

Hello crafty friends,  Melanie back here with a layout about my bestie. She's not in the picture though, but you can see this cute foldable superhero bag I always carry around in my handbag she had sewn for me last year.
This month's kits are once again so lovingly put together, everything matches perfectly and I love all the small bits and pieces that come in the kits. For this layout I wanted to use one of the frames from the Embellishment Kit, the pompom trim from the Pocket Life Kit and the tassels from the Scrapbook Kit.

I went for a clean and light layout and started by adding a frame to my picture. The black makes a nice contrast to the white background and it has the perfect size.

The 'MAGIC' matches the colors of my picture so well and so I decided to make the title 'you are magic', because she is, and went for a horizontal design. I added the journaling on a label from the cutaparts and placed one of the gorgeous golden hearts from the foam stickers underneath my picture to fill up the space. 

But before I started glueing things down, I added some black splatters using the black Pinkfresh Studio watercolor from the shop and Kira's awesome technique. She puts the color on a stamping block, adds water and sprinkles it over the page by using a brush (thanks Kira for this great trick).

To balance it all, I cut the striped paper from the Pattern Paper Play apart and put the stripes on the left-hand side of my page, added some washi and the pompom trim and went over it with my sewing machine to add a little more interest.

I also placed the adorable embroidery embellishment on the bottom left using foam adhesive for more dimension. But before I glued it down I added one of the tassels just for a little something. I attached the other two to the frame using some white thread.

To bring in more of the gold, I added some stars to my cluster and finished off the layout by doing some stamping, I used the stamps that come in the Scrapbook Kit.

For more inspiration join us in our Facebook Group or head over to our Instagram  and don't forget to tag us when you share what you made with your kits so we can see your creations.

Happy crafting,

Melanie 

Sunday Sketch with Nathalie

Hello everyone!
Nathalie with you today bringing you this week's Sunday Sketch.    It is a fun and simple sketch, so i decide to work the beautiful "Perfectly Posh" kits  into a few projects using the  sketch as inspiration.  But  first let me show you the sketch:

For my first project, I stayed true to the sketch, and decided to combine the "Perfectly Posh" Scrapbook kit, "Living the Life" add-on kit and the "So Very You" Traveler's Notebook Stamp set to create a 12x12 layout about my babies.

My choice was to limit the color palette for this page, and then used papers from the "Perfectly Posh" kit that contain teal/mint to create the background and layers behind the picture.

I added a bit of teal art crayon ( Vicki Boutin) just to make sure the picture pops from the page.  Then used pieces from the Living the Life add-on kit and the Perfectly Posh Scrapbook kit to embellish the clusters around the layout.

The idea for the color of the page came from the ribbon that is included in the "Perfectly Posh" scrapbook kit, so I used some machine stitching to create a ruffle look to it on the page.

To finish the page, I brought in the Maggie Holmes Chipboard sticker included in the "Living the Life" Add-on kit to create the title, and combine a stamped sentiment from the Traveler's Notebook "So Very  You" stamp set.  Love how this turned out, and how easy it came together by following the sketch .   However with so much goodies in my box, i decided to use the sketch one  more time to create a TN page:

For this layout, I chose to flip the sketch 90 degrees, and pulled all the color from the "Living the Life" Add on kit, to create a TN layout about my stalking baby.

Once again, I stayed true to the sketch, and added a few layers of papers from the "Living The Life" Add on kit behind the picture.  To embellish the picture, i used some of the elements from the cut-apart sheet, and die cuts included in the add-on kit.

To create the title of this page, I used the Traveler's Notebook Stamp, "So Very You" to mix the sentences together, and create  a large title.   To finish, I pulled some of the enamel dots from the "Perfectly Posh" Scrapbook kit to bring a bit of color to the page.  Love how fun this turned out.

Now it is your turn to put your own spin on this week's sketch.   Remember to  share your creations on the Citrus Twist Kits Fan page on Facebook, and please tag Citrus Twist Kits (@citrustwistkits #citrustwistkits) when ever you share your creations on social media,  we would love to see what you create.

As always let me know if you have questions on how this turned out!

XO

Meet our August Guest Designer & Sunday Sketch with Jessica Upton

We are so happy to finally share our August Guest Designer with you!  This month we have the talented Jessica Upton working with our Perfectly Post Scrapbooking and Pocket Life kits.  We've been a huge fan of Jessica's for so long and were thrilled when she agreed to join us this month.

I was born and raised in beautiful Colorado. After college, I moved around a lot with my first husband and our 2 girls. We lived in Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Colorado and Washington DC. After I got divorced, I moved back to Colorado to be near my family. I have been here ever since. I met Keith (my hubby) and we got married, had a little boy and just this past fall made all of our dreams come true by purchasing our dream home on 5 acres. Besides my love for photography, words and crafting, I love horses, reading and cooking. I also started my own business, Color Cast Designs, that has become a huge part of my life.

Q&A with Jessica

When did you start scrapbooking?

I started scrapbooking in 2002 just after my oldest was born. Believe it or not, I did not scrapbook originally to preserve my memories, I did it to make ends meet so that I could stay home with my daughter. I thought I would make good money selling Creative Memories. Boy was I wrong, instead, I found a new hobby and something that I became ever so passionate about. And, instead of making money, I spent it all on scrapbooking supplies. Opps! This lead to me finding my local scrapbook stores and the rest is history.

What is something most people would not know about you?

Something that most people would not know about me is that I met my husband on eHarmony! Meeting someone online as a single mother of 2 young girls terrified my own mother, but proved to be amazing for me. I found my lobster.

What are three scrapbooking products you can’t live without?

I can not live without my Tim Holtz tiny attacher, wood veneer and stamps (that was a hard one as I had a few more items I wanted to add).

What do you love about the Perfectly Posh kit?

The Perfectly Posh kits are absolutely gorgeous! I love the summer and travel bits and pieces that are included. If I had to pick just one thing that I loved the most, it would be the die cuts. They are stunning and I love layering with them on both Travelers Notebook spreads and Project Life.

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

If you could see my scrapbooking space right now, you would do one of 2 things: 1. Walk away from the sight of the tornado like mess left behind or 2. You would offer to come in and help me get the mess organized and put back together. I guess it depends on what kind of person you are. 😉

And now let's join Jessica working this weeks Sunday Sketch!

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First up, here is a look at this weeks sketch:

I took this photo of the gorgeous Mount Rainier Cherries when I was visiting Seattle this summer. When I saw the cherry paper in the Perfectly Posh kit, I knew I had to use it with that photo. It was a match made in heaven. I used the Sunday Sketch, but made my layout into a Travelers Notebook spread as that is how I document in addition to Project Life. I love using sketches as a starting off point.

The little cherry die cut was also the perfect addition to my spread. I love the look of it right on my photo in some of the white space. A few enamel dots and cork are the perfect finishing touches to this side of my spread.

The sweet pleasures card included in the Project Life kit was a great addition to my spread also as these cherries are oh so sweet! I ran it through my typewriter to add my journaling and layered it with some die cuts, leather pieces and cork. I love all of the textures!

For added texture, I roughed up some of the edges of my papers and embellishments and used my tiny attacher in a few spots. I love how this spread turned out.

3-to-Inspire with Nathalie

Hi there!  Nathalie with this week's 3-to-Inspire.   The newly released "Perfectly Posh" kits are so gorgeous, and packed with so many goodies, it was so easy to pick three prompts to inspire this week's' project.  Here are the prompts:

• Incorporate the Maggie Holmes Crepe Fringe
• Add butterflies
• Use fussy cut elements 

This is how i combined the prompts in this project:

First, the background was created using a combination of the liquid watercolors from Pinkfresh Studio available at the CTK shop.  I used Aquamarine, Blue Sky, Bubble Gum, and Yellow to create the watercolor look on the background. Make sure you check the watercolors at the store, they are so easy to work with ;)

While the background dried, i used papers from the "Perfectly Posh" Scrapbook kit to back the letters in the cut file/title - this cut file is available at the CTK store for free-, as well as to add layers behind the picture.  In addition, i took some time to fussy cut a few of the flowers from the Simplicity paper from PinkFresh Studio included in the kit.

A bit of foam adhesive was used to attached the title to the page, next i tucked the picture of my kids at the top corner of the title, and started to embellish the layout using all the fussy cut flowers, pieces from the cut apart page -available for free at the CTK store- as well as stickers and washi tape from  the embellishment kit.  

Lately, i have been creating pages with  hidden details, so i decided to use some of the crepe fringe-included in the Perfectly Posh kit-  as part of my peek-a-boo element in this page.   For this, i cut a piece of the Pinkfresh Studio Simplicity paper.  Next, i carefully glued the the fringe at about half an inch from the edge of the piece of paper, then trim the excess fringe. Since i wanted to have a long piece of fringe at the bottom layer, i continue to glue the fringe next to each other until the entire bottom edge of the paper was covered.  Then used a different color of the fringe just to add an extra layer above the one just glued. 

The paper with the fringe was glued to the bottom of the page.  Here i carefully distress the bottom edge of the cardstock so that the fringe border would show, and decided to add a butterfly from the foam stickers included in the "Perfectly Posh"kit to bring the eye to this detail.   So a few more butterflies around the page just bring the page together.

A few  stamped sentiments from the kit's stamp, and the "So Very You" Traveller's Notebook Stamp complete the title, and add a few more details on the page.  

Love how this page turned out.  This month's kits, add ons, digital files are amazing, so it made this page a true joy to put together.  And now it is your turn to use this week's prompts to create a page of your own.   Remember to share your finished projects on the Citrus Twist Kits Fan Page on Facebook or on social media (tag us using #citrustwistkits).  I cannot wait to see what you create with the prompts and all the August kits (they are so gorgeous!!)

XO