Open Post with Angela

Hello everyone! 

It's Angela here on the blog with a new spread of my Life Crafted album featuring the May 2020 Journeys Life Crafted kit. 

For my layout, I went for a page of embellishments and stamped phrases on a white strip of cardstock. The strip measures 4,25 x 8,25 inches and I adhered it on a beautiful green paper and white flowers from the kit. The base green paper is slightly wider than the white one, it's about 5,25 inches so it peeks from the sides.

I arranged stamps and embellishments in line, starting from the mint leather puffy sticker. Then, I started stamping a mix of words in different colors, to create the phrase Vacation Seeking, Relax Needing. The words Vacation, Relax and the little scalloped line are from May 2020 Traveler's Nootebook, while I made the Seeking and Needing using 4" x 6" Solid $ Outline Alphabet & Number stamp set.

After what I can call the title of my pages, the second part of the page is more a line of embellishments. I placed a sticker, a chipboard and a die-cut piece.

I stamped in color, following the color scheme of this little piece shown in the picture below. It is a journaling card from the kit I cut in a square of 2x2 inches. The phrase is slightly cut out but still readable. 

The second page is a  2x2 pocket page, you can find this page protector here on the CTK shop, with a sequence of pictures. The funny faces are of my hubby who, I admit, isn't so happy to be published ;P

That's all for today, friends. I hope you liked the spread and feel inspired to create with the amazing Citrus Twist Kits kits. Happy crafting!

Pocket Page Challenge with Erica

Hey guys, it's Erica here with a Pocket Page Challenge. One of my favourite ways to document a trip is to create a few spreads as an overview in my Project Life album. It gives you a glimpse into the trip without having to pull out a whole other album, and gives you a chance to highlight some of your favourite photos. Last year I traveled to the Pacific Northwest to attend the Citrus Twist Creative Retreat and built a road trip around it.





This page highlights some of the awesome things we saw and did on that trip. My challenge for you is to document an overview of something- whether it be a trip that you're intimidated to get started on, or one that you've already finished- jumble up all your favourites and create something new!









































For this layout I wanted a good balance of photos between people and scenery (and don't forget
wildlife!). A lot of my photos came straight from my Instagram Stories, so they already had a little bit of journaling on them. I simply added a sticker or diecut on top to create a cluster. The embellishments this month were perfect for showcasing all types of travel, especially road trips.

I've used a mixture of the physical journal cards and the digital ones. When I have a lot say in small area I use the digital cards to put my journaling on in Photoshop. That way I can play with the placement and size to get it to fit just right.

And let's not forget about the beautiful travel stamps this month. Adding a bit of stamping to your photos is always a great touch. Pair it with a diecut and you're good to go!





Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you're inspired to try out this challenge and break out the travel photos!

Sunday Sketch with Krystal

Hey everyone! Krystal here with this week's sketch. I'm so excited to be working with a sketch this week, and I can't wait to share what I've created! First of all, here's this week's sketch.

And here's the page I made!

I used both the "Journeys" Life Crafted Kit and the May Scrapbook Add-On for this page, and I LOVE how it turned out.

I followed the sketch pretty closely for this one. I knew I wanted to use the Amy Tangerine paper from the Scrapbook Add-On for my background layer, and chose papers from the Life Crafted Kit to coordinate with it. 

I added journaling directly to my background cardstock using my typewriter. I love adding my journaling this way! I made sure I knew where all of the elements on my page were going to go, then before gluing anything down, I ran the whole thing through my typewriter. So easy!

For my title, I used a combination of the alphas from the Add-On and one of the die cut ephemera pieces from the Life Crafted Kit. I love the combination of these fonts and how they nestle together. 

Once I had all of the elements from the sketch in place, I decided to add a few extra bits and pieces to further embellish the page and make it my own. I chose a few of the adorable little flowers from the Thickers set in the Add-On and added a few more die cuts from the ephemera pack as well. 

And that's my page all finished! I love how easy it is to put a page together using a sketch. It's perfect for times when you're not feeling super creative or when you're feeling paralyzed by the blank page. Having a pre-determined design gives you someplace to start and helps to get the creative ball rolling. 

If you want to see how this page came together, you can see all of the details and my decision process in the video below. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you all back here soon!

Sunday Sketch with Marsha

Hey friends! It's Marsha here today with this week's Sunday Sketch Challenge.  I love using sketches, and this one is so perfect!  I used the NEW May Life Crafted Journeys Kit, This Is Life Daytripping Stamp, and some of the digitals from the shop.

Here's a look at the sketch:

Here's my Life Crafted layout using the sketch:

To begin the layout, I printed a ledger paper from the Documenter TN Basics Digital Papers onto white cardstock.  These papers are perfect to use as background pages in the Life Crafted Album!  I trimmed a few patterned papers from the kit and layered them behind my photo, following the sketch.  Next, I added an ephemera piece and some labels from this month's Printable Cutapart Elements.  I used the Daytripping Stamp to stamp a few sentiments using black ink.  To embellish, I added an embossed faux leather sticker, an aqua puffy ampersand, and a chipboard sticker.

To complete this page, I typed my journaling onto a piece of vellum, stapled it onto the page, and stamped a camera icon using the Daytripping Stamp. I also stamped the date using a roller date stamp from my stash.

For the right side of the spread, I printed a Digital TN Paper to use as the background.  I trimmed one of the journaling cards from the kit into a tag shape to hold the title, choosing to add it upside down for added interest.  I stamped the word "exploring" using the Daytripping Stamp and completed the title using the puffy aqua alphabet stickers.  I continued to follow the sketch and added some patterned paper behind the tag and layered an ephemera view master reel die cut to the edge of the layers.  I also added another one of the puffy faux leather stickers above the title.

To complete the page, I continued to follow the sketch and added a strip of patterned paper to the bottom of the layout.  As a final finishing touch, I added some machine stitching to several areas of the spread.  I love the texture and interest this adds!

This layout came together so quickly using the sketch!  I hope you will join in on this week's sketch challenge and share your projects with us on the CTK Fan Page on Facebook or use #citrustwistkits on Instagram.

xo,

Life Crafted with Krystal

Hey everyone! Krystal here with a new page in my Life Crafted album using the brand new May "Journeys" Life Crafted Kit and Add-Ons! I'm so excited to share this page with you. I absolutely LOVE the way it turned out!

I decided to create a page documenting some of the baking I've been doing while in quarantine. I'm not normally much of a baker, but these scary times definitely call for a bit of comfort food, don't you think?

I started with one of this month's digital Traveler's Notebook Basics pages and added my journaling using my typewriter. I used the Stamp Market Alphas from the May Scrapbook Add-On Kit to add a large title to the top of the page. 

The bottom of the page has a built-in spot for a little cluster, so I used one of the cutapart labels from the "Journeys" Life Crafted Kit as well as a couple of the tiny phrase stickers that were a subscriber perk this month. I also stamped the camera icon from the "Daytripping" This is Life stamp set on a piece of scrap cardstock, then used my circle punch to make it into an additional embellishment.

On the right side of my spread, I cut down one of the papers from the Scrapbook Add-On Kit to be the size of a Life Crafted page protector and punched holes on the left side. This page will go directly into my Life Crafted album, outside of a page protector. 

I added a couple of layers behind my photo using papers from the Scrapbook Add-On Kit. Then I added some simple embellishments using a few of the cutaparts and a leatherette puffy sticker from the Life Crafted Kit. So very simple, but I really love the way it all looks together! 

If you'd like to see how each step of the process went, you can find all of the details in the process video below.

Thank you all so much for stopping by! I hope you were able to gather some inspiration for using your kits this month!