Pocket Life inspiration | Mira Jurecka

Hello Citrus Twist Kits Fans! I came here today with a Pocket Life spread made with January Pocket Life Kit. I'd like to show You a few tricks that used in my album recently. 

In my pocket pages I usually place as many pictures as possible, but this time I wanted a change. I've chosen 12x12 layout with 12 pockets - 3x4 each, plus three 4x6 pictures. I cut each picture in a half and placed them in the middle pockets with the plan to put cards and patterned papers to the rest of the pockets - on both sides. 

Despite the fact that there are many (6!) pockets with decorative role only, the layout is not overwhelming. Placing pictures in the middle of the page directs my attention into the right place - the focus is made on the story from pictures. 

What do You think? Isn't that trick interesting?

Second trick was stamping directly on the picture - it's  nothing new, but I really like doing it. What about You?

Another thing that I wanted to try was placing one paper element in two pockets:

I love the fact that there are no rules in this project and we can do whatever we like, try as many new things as we want.

What do You think about those tricks? What are Your own favorite hacks that You like using in Your albums? Feel free to share :))

Have a great day!
M

Pocket Life Sketch Friday with Mira

Hello!

It's Mira Jurecka and I hope You have some catch up to do in Your Pocket Albums because I created three sketches to get You going! Two of them are a bit unusual, because they are not full 12x12 size, but 12x9, so I had to get out of my comfort zone to create pages in this size. I really hope I will encourage You to do it too!

I've had plenty of pictures from our weekend trip to Barcelona so obviously they were waiting to be embellished and put in the album! I created my pages using absolutely adorable exclusive Citrus Twist Kits products coming from January PL Kit with a few additional embellishments from January Embellishment Kit. 

Here You go - each sketch is followed by the inspiration and a few close-ups:

I especially love this month's small flowerish patterned papers - for their subtle look! Also, these gorgeous colorful puffy hearts and flowers! 

Of course You can't forget about paper cuts with words and space to add a little something! Such a bright idea! 

And those awesome stamps & yellow stickers with tiny words?

 I was amazed with the happy mail from Citrus Twist Kits that came to my house the other day! 

For those of You who don't want to experiment with sizes of their pocket pages I also created a regular 12x12 sketch:

As most of my pages this sketch includes a lot of space for pictures and only two small pockets for a patterned papers or filling cards (the space, which by the way I filled with two 3x4 cards that I created by cutting one colorful 6x4 card in a half). 

With this left bottom pocket I'd like to encourage You to go crazy with adding as many embellishments as You possibly can on top of the picture! Doesn't it look fun? What I would do without enamel dots and shapes? I truly don't know! :D

I really hope You'll like the sketches and my inspirations!
Remember that if You create something based on these sketches, You should definitely post it to our Gallery or Facebook Fan Page by Friday, January 27th and include PL 01/27 in the title to get a chance to win!

Thanks for visiting Pocket Life Friday!!
Have a great weekend!

Let's get digital - hello 2017!

Welcome everyone!
It's Mira and Andrea here and in today's post we'd like to invite You to join Citrus Twist Kits Facebook Fan Page (if You still didn't) and search this amazing place for a few freebie files that You can use in Your projects!

We prepared two cutting files and a lot of printables (You will find them later in the post)  for You and created some inspirations to show You how they can be used! So! Let's begin with cutting files from Mira:

What I made with one of the files is a simple, no-picture layout that is opening my Pocket Life Album saying which year this is:

In January Pocket Life Kit I found a few CTK exclusive papers that were perfect for the opening page of my album - they are bright, intensive and strong and really motivating. I thought they could bring me the positive energy whenever I'd open the album. 

I really love that delicate flower pattern on the other paper included in the kit, so I used it to add a little subtle effect to the page. 

All those exclusive products from this month's PL kit are happily screaming: "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!" so I picked some of them, mixed with embellishments from Embellishment kit, added some final touches with my sewing machine and black ink splatters, and in one moment I created a very nice title page for 2017!

And hello again, from me, Andrea! I've partnered with Mira today as part of the “Let's Get Digital” scrappy fun, to bring you fun free printables to use for the new year too! You can get the printables on the Citrus Twist Kits Facebook FanPage, the same place where you can get Mira's beautiful cutfiles.

I created a two page spread using the printable I designed and the amazing January kits – the main kit, “Jameson”, and the “Oh Darling” add on kit, plus a couple of things from the Sprinkles kit and the Embellishment kit. The kits this month are so beautiful filled with such beautiful and bold colors that really inspired me and made me feel bold and confident with this new year that we have just begun! I am starting my project life album for 2017 and so these will be the first couple of pages in my 8 ½ x 11 album.

For my printables, I created two fun pieces that can each be used in different ways, according to what suits your needs. You may choose to print on photo paper, cardstock or vellum or a combination (as I did). And the printables come in a few different sizes (8 ½ x11 6x8 and 3x4 ) so if you are doing pocket pages you may print the printable as a card as well. Do whatever works for you! In my case, I like to do a mix of layouts and pocket pages in my PL albums and I decided that I would begin my album with a big bold statement cover page! I combined the pink polka dot printable (which I printed out on semi-gloss photo paper) and the black and white printable (which I printed out on vellum) and sewed them together to make a statement piece for the beginning of my album.

For the layout that I did to also start out my new album for the new year, I chose to also go big and bold with the use of a large picture. I chose a pic of myself that reflected my thoughts on this new year, what I hope will be one filled with great possibilities and a bright future on the horizon!

I used the bright bold colors and patterns in the kit like the pretty multi-colored striped Crate Paper patterned paper from the add on kit and the beautiful blue exclusive paper from Citrus Twist in the Main kit. I chose embellishments that I thought fit the “new year, new adventure” theme of my spread and indeed my album for this year. I love the wood piece in the kit that says “hello 2017” on it, the 2017 stamp, and the pieces from the exclusive ephemera pack that say things like “be bold” and “live your best”!

I hope you enjoy the printables and that I have inspired you on how they can be used along with the January kits to make a fun new start to your memory keeping this year! Please share what you create on the Citrus Twist Facebook Page...I would love to see all your creative ideas for how to use the printables! Hope you enjoy the all the 2017 freebies from today's “Let's Get Digital” with me, Andrea, and Mira...we so enjoyed making these goodies for you and we can't wait to see what you do!

Happy Scrapping! – Andrea & Mira

3 to Inspire with Jen

Hi everyone! Today we are being inspired by patterned paper, scraps, and memorabilia.

I created this page with a photo of my son and I at the Mother-Son dance this past fall. I was able to get a photo which I'm sure I will treasure forever! For the page, I was really inspired by scraps of 6x6 paper from the January pocket life kit.

I hand trimmed scraps with my scissors, then adhered them to the page and stitched through with my sewing machine.

I was also inspired to incorporate a ticket from the event, and I was really glad I was able to do this!

I hope you've enjoyed this layout, please tag us on social media if you use this prompt to create a project.

Have a great weekend!

Pocket Life Friday with Jen

Hi everyone! It's Friday again, which means it's time for another Pocket Life sketch. Today I'll be sharing a 9x12 page with you using the January kit.

Here's a look at the sketch. This page uses a combination of cards and photos, and is very journaling-heavy.

My page is all about starting off the new year. The products and cards in the Pocket Life kit are perfect for documenting these.

I thought the cork 2017 piece was perfect for use on this card, which forms the title for my page.

I was in love with the 6x6 patterned papers in the Pocket Life kit and thought it would be fun to create a layered card with them. I simply cut one diagonally and adhered/stitched it to another piece of paper cut to 4x6. On top, I layered a die cut and a cork piece.

Isn't that Winnie the Pooh card so cute? Love it.

Thanks for visiting Pocket Life Friday, where every week we share PL sketches and a chance to win. For your chance to win, create a layout based on the sketch in this blog post, post your layout to our Gallery or our Facebook Fan Page by Friday, January 13th, 2017. Be sure to include PL 1/6 in the title!

Traveler's Notebook with Diane

After I've finished using my kits for all my Project Life pages, I love using whatever is left over in my Traveler's Notebook. It's so fun creating these little, stress-free layouts. And it's quick. This page took me less than 20 minutes!

Here is the process video for how this page came together...

Do you use Traveler's Notebooks for your everyday documenting?