3-to-Inspire with Patricia

 

Hello CTK Friends!  Hope you are enjoying some crafting time.  If you need a jumpstart, I have a 3-to-Inspire for you that I think will be fun!

1. Create your own die cuts
2. Use a long title
3. Create a digital page

For the first 3-to-Inspire, I got inspiration from the cloud from the die cuts in the August kit.  I don't draw, but I can draw a cloud!  So keeping with the die cut cloud inspiration, I chose green, yellow, pink, and one more blue card to stamp with matching colors using the Tiny Words Explore stamp set. I just inked, and pressed each card into the inked stamp.

Next, I used a fine point pen and drew clouds, then detailed cut those out leaving a small border just like the cloud die cut from the kit.

Once that was done, I adhered on a 4x8.5 white yardstick background, pulled CTK alphas in matching colors to create my long title.  

I filled in with the hearts and other stickers from the August Kit.  Now that die cut cola from the kit for this was so perfect!!

I wanted to use some of the new digital TN papers, but I wanted room for journaling and my photo without being too busy.  So I used Photoshop to layer the August digital element of the clipboard on top, added my journaling, and then added my photo and one more digital element at the bottom.  For that clipboard, I was able to line up the lines to make it look like just the clipboard is on top.  You could also print each item individual for the same effect.  All I added to this page was a die cut flower and sticker from the kit to finish!

Pick a die cut from the kit and duplicate like I did with the cloud.  Pick a fun, long title and graphics your stash of CTK alphas, and then hop on your computer to create a digital page or print each item to bring together.  Have fun!

Sunday Sketch with Patricia

 

Hello Citrus Twist Friends!  I'm excited to be on the blog today to share my interpretation of the Sunday Sketch and a look at how I'm using the Travelogue Collection to document the family Disney Cruise five years ago.

The first thing I notice about the sketch are the two main clusters with the sentiment on the left and the photo on the right and then the beautiful layers under it.  I flipped that vertically and used two cut files that go with the Travelogue collection to take the place of the two main clusters.  The Beach Life is from the Places We Go cut file.  and the Await is from the Vacation Memories cut file.  I backed the Beach Life with Digital TN paper printed onto vellum.

And for the bottom, I used a photo to back the Await cut file.  I also cut out tropical leaves from the Vacation Memories cut file, then used two shades of pink to add an ombre look to them.  I used those, and Travelogue die cuts and stickers to finish my page.  The Castaway Cay is from my stash of Citrus Twist Kits foam alphas.

The right side top pocket uses a digital card available this month for my journaling and stamping using the Travelogue Stamp.

The bottom pocket is a photo with Travelogue stickers and a die cut adhered to it.  I also used more digital TN papers and the available divider cut files available to stamp 'at the beach.'  I know my album will have activities on the ship and on the beach, so these cut files are perfect for this.  

So happy with how this is coming out.  You can see more of my album using all digital elements from the Travelogue collection on my blog here.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hybrid Life Crafted with Patricia

Hi Everyone!  I have a Life Crafted spread using one of the TN Page Basics Collection and a few of the die cuts I printed and fussy cut, as well as one of the Cut files to share today.
 

I did a little more fussy cutting with the pattern paper from the kit to layer over my digitally printed and trimmed page.  

I used part of the pink stickers from the kit to matte my photo!  Try it, it is such an awesome look.  Then I just added a little bit of stamping and embellishments to finish.

For the right side, I used Kraft cardstock and cut out the Fall divider, and backed the letters with pattern paper from the kit.  The inside decorative part of the letters cuts all the way out, but I foam adhered them back, trimming adhesive to fit the letters.  Added the same stamping I did on the left, and more fussy cut flowers from pattern paper.

This right side with two pockets is completely digital and cut out, except for the top blue card.  

I used the top tag for journaling, and added a cluster of another photo, fussy cut digitals, stamping, and a puffy heart.  I love that this is Halloween themed, but not overly themey!

I have one more Life Crafted project to share with a step by step that was posted on Instagram earlier this month using the Fall Cut file, both parts!

The stamps and kit are amazing as always.  And that pattern paper scattered throughout really brings this project together.

I love the aqua with the little pops of yellow.  I made sure to use the card and pattern paper with the same hearts to bring more cohesion.

And CTK always has amazing neutral pattern papers, that helps on this last page with an additional photo.

Amazing the detail you can add to your journaling and cards with the stamps!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you share your projects with us in the Facebook group or on Instagram!

Hybrid Life Crafted with Sheree

 

Hi Friends!

Today I have a hybrid life crafted spread to share with you!  To create this project I’ve combined the physical September 2020 “The Best Parts” Life Crafted Kit with digital elements that are available in the “Digital Files” section of the shop. 

I love working with the digitals as they give you so much flexibility and it’s so easy to print what you want at home!

I chose a journaling card to use for my story from the physical kit.  I wanted to add printed text to the card so I printed the digital version of the card with the text onto printer paper, then adhered the physical journaling card over the top with some washi before inserting it back into my printer’s paper tray.  I then hid the digital journaling card in Photoshop so that only the text was visible and printed it again. To finish off this card I added a simple stitched border around the edge.

For the photo card underneath the journaling on my spread I printed one of the papers from the digital “The Best Parts” Notebook Digital TN Pattern Papers and trimmed it to 3 x 4 inches.  I added my photo, then created a little embellishment cluster in the bottom right corner.  For this I stamped a phrase from the September 2020 Life Crafted Traveler’s Notebook Stamp Set onto one of the labels from the cutapart labels sheet in the kit.  I then layered the label with an ephemera strip and a piece from the “The Best Parts” Cutapart Elements digital printable and added some stitching and a puffy heart sticker.

For my full-sized page I printed one of the papers from “The Best Parts” Traveler’s Notebook Digital Papers set and backed it with more of the same paper that I used for the 3 x 4 inch card earlier.  I added the photo to the page and tucked three of the ephemera ticket pieces under the top edge.  I used the pretty puffy alphabet stickers from the kit for the title across the top of the photo.

I stamped a phrase from “The Best Parts” stamp set on a yellow cutapart label to go underneath the photo, then I filled in the section at the bottom of the page with the date, a line of printed text and a puffy heart sticker. Stitching was also added around the page.

You can see my process in the video below...

Have you tried using the digital files on any of your projects?  If not I hope I’ve inspired you to give them a go.  They really are so fun to play with!

Thank you for stopping by the blog today!

Sheree