Life Crafted with Anna

Hi dear friends! Anna here to share another spread in my  Life Crafted album using the May "Excursions" Life Crafted kit. This album is filling up fast, but luckily there are a couple more to find in the CTK shop so I'll be able to extend my album stash.

I like to pick up a few colors from my photo or if it's a B&W photo I also love to stick around using a few main colors to work with. As is with this spread, I picked up the blue and yellow shades from my pic.

Here I've used one of the PL-cards as a label layerd under my photo to write date and location on.

A few stitches and staples to give my pages some texture. Also I've been stamping the word "Local" using the May Life Crafted Travelers Notebook stamps from the shop.

And there you have it! Now it's your turn to dig into your kits and play around. Be sure to share with us on Instagram #citrustwistkits and CTK Fan Page on Facebook so we can give you all some love. Can't wait to see your lovely creations.


Thanks for stopping by! Anna xo

Traveler's Notebook Challenge with Suzanna

Hey crafty pals, Suzanna here! I'm back today with a traveler's notebook challenge for you! I'm still loving my Life Crafted album - it's TN size, but with the ease of pockets - so it's probably no surprise that I created a layout for my album!

First I'm going to share how I put the layout together, then I'll share the challenge items at the end of this post. As soon as I saw the blue adventure card in this month's kit, I knew I wanted to chop it up and use it across a TN sized layout. I cut the card right at the white line.

I placed the small half on a piece of white card stock that I cut down to size. The larger piece went on the right side of the layout, layered over a piece of patterned paper from the kit.

Behind the card, I scraped a bit of coral/peach colored acrylic gouache to add a bit of texture. On top of the blue card piece, I stamped a phrase from the stamp set in a light grey chalk ink over and over. I knew I would be adding my photo over this side, so I didn't worry about making it perfect.

I created embellishment clusters around the layout using puffy stickers, stamps, and die cut pieces from the kit. The flower cluster on the right page is actually one flower that I cut in half and layered, creating a floral bouquet look.

As with most of my layouts, I finished it all off with splatters of gold craft mist. I love when I open a kit and am immediately struck with ideas, based off a single item.

Okay, now for the challenge pieces! First, I challenge you to use your kit elements in new ways. If you want to get more specific, I challenge you to cut your kit elements to create new ways to use them! The second piece of today's challenge is using a bit of "mixed media" on your layout. This can be as simple as some craft mist and gouache, like I used here, or more intricate using your favorite mixed media techniques.

I hope this layout and challenge inspired you to use your Life Crafted kit in new ways. I cannot wait to see what y'all create!

Sunday Sketch With Theresa | Getaway

Hello Lovelies! Theresa here today with a Sunday Sketch layout for you! Have you seen the wonderful sketches and layouts the design team has been creating with them this month? This is my sketch I will be working with today, along with the Life Crafted Excursions kit for May and the Excursions stamp set.

This sketch is so versatile and I was immediately drawn to the triangles above the photo. What a great way to use my triangle punches! I pulled out the lovely patterned papers in the May Excursions kit and got busy.

Here is my layout I created.

I began my layout with plain white card stock and a bit of color splashes using some Tim Holtz Distress Paints in Abandoned Coral and Cracked Pistachio. I pulled colors from the paper triangles, such as the mint greens, pinks, and turquoise. 

Once the paint splashes were dry I added the solid card stock and my paper triangles to the page. These elements on the page instantly lead your eye right to the photo and add such color and texture to the page. I also added sewing machine stitching to these elements.

My photo was taken on a recent trip to the Great Smokey Mountains in Gatlinburg, TN. The photo is housed on a stack of patterned papers and I added die cut leaves in between those layers. Those leaves are part of the Free Spirit Digital Stamps, and I brought them into my Silhouette to use them as cut files.

I also added a die cut and one of the cork stickers to this cluster. I then tucked more patterned paper strips into the bottom card stock strip, just to add a bit more color to the bottom of the layout. For the left side of the photo I added more turquoise leaves, plus a label and a puffy sticker where the sketch called for the title.

I added a bit of stamping to my background, using the Life Crafted Excursions stamp set and the kit stamp set as well. This layout came together so easily using the Sunday Sketch!

Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you are inspired to use this gorgeous sketch along with us! Be sure to share with us and tag us so we can see what you create. See you again soon!

Life Crafted with Diane

Hi everyone, Diane here to share a couple more pages in my nephew's Life Crafted album using the May "Excursions" Life Crafted kit! This album is filling up fast, but luckily I grabbed a couple more from the shop so I'll be able to keep filling them up!

My first page was super simple to create but has loads of texture and dimension. I used two pieces of 6x8 patterned paper, trimmed both of them down to 4.25 inches wide and them trimmed one of those into strips. Each strip got border punched along one edge before being stitched onto the page and roughed up a little.

I added a few little embellishments and some stamping before adding my title. I love how the title and background tone into each other, such a subtle effect. A few dark blue splatters bring the darker tone from the top onto the bottom of the page.

For my second page, I used the Travel Icons cut file to create two little camera cut files, which I backed with pattern paper from the Life Crafted kit. Instead of using a patterned paper for the background, I stamped my own by using one of the tiny stamps from the Stamp Add-on.

I matted my photo with the book page from the kit to add a bit of contrast to the background, then I cut a few extra hearts to use as embellishments. I wanted my title to pop so I used some gold alphas from the February "Love Stories" Life Crafted kit.

I just adore these little albums and the fun little layouts you can make to go in them, and I can't wait to carry on filling up the next one!

PL Challenge with Alena

Alena here with  Pocket Life Challenge for you!  In my spread I used the wonderful Life Crafter "Excursions" Kit

In the Life Crafted Kit, as always a lot of bright and beautiful embellishments - all as I love. I wanted to use as many of these sweets as possible.

So, my challenge for you: 

Use as many embellishments as possible: Puffy Stickers, Ephemera, Labels, Alphabet....

You can layer embellishments .To your spread looks perfect, add a short words from Puffy Alphabet on some cards. It always looks good.

Remember to share your creations with us on the Citrus Twist Kits Friends page on Facebook or by using #CTK, @Citrustwistkits on social media.

Alena

3 to Inspire with Kira

Hey there!  It's Kira and I am back with another 3 to Inspire.  Today I used a little scrappy inspiration to jump start my creativity.  Here's a look at my layout:

And the layout that inspired it (and inspired our prompts):

So our prompts:

1.  Scraplift!
2.  BUT...flip it!
3.  Add in a signature technique of yours (I added a ton of dimension!)

I started with the layout above of Nathalie's...which I thought was such a cool design that I knew I had to scraplift it immediately.  So I used her design, and just flipped it around so my patterned paper (from the add-on kit) was on the bottom of my page.

I didn't have 3 photos that all went together, so I used two.  I had my main photo coming out of the tear at the bottom, then sized the second photo smaller and placed it above my main photo.

I used a ton of embellishments (from both the add-on kit and the Life Crafted kit) to add lots of texture and dimension to my page.  I finished off the layout with some silver splatters.

I can't wait to see how you use the prompts today!

xo, Kira

Let's Get Digital with Kira

Hey friends!  It's Kira and I am back with a new scrapbook layout using some of the digitals available in the Citrus Twist Kits shop. Here's a look at my layout:

I started by cutting out the Chasing Rainbows cut file (which is a subscribers only cut file...another reason to subscribe my friends!)on white cardstock.  I sized it at 7.5" wide so it would fit nicely on my page with a tiny bit of room on each side of it.  I used washi to adhere it to my page where it would eventually be glued down, and then used my piercing tool to punch holes in my background paper where I would eventually stitch with embroidery floss.

The stitching went really quickly since they were such basic lines.  I stuck with a muted rainbow that coordinated with colors in the Life Crafted kit.  Once the stitching was complete, I used some liquid adhesive and glued the cut file to the background.

I decided to scrapbook a recent photo of me sunbathing on my new outdoor reclining chair (so I apologize for the very pale legs featured on this page).  It was so nice for a few weeks here, that I thought I could tan a little for our trip next month...but the weather has been pretty dismal since I took that photo.  Keeping my fingers crossed that the weather warms up again soon!

I used the blue puffy stickers for my title "Sun Shiny Days".  Then I created three clusters around the page using the floral cut aparts.  I layered some die cuts and stickers around the flowers but I really like how the yellow flowers draw your eye around the page.

I finished the layout by adding some yellow splatters around the page.  And that's it!  Tell me, what are YOUR favorite digitals from this month's selection?

xo, Kira