3-TO-INSPIRE WITH NANCY

Hey there, friends!  It's Nancy today with a 3-to-Inspire challenge.  I used products from this month's release to create this summer layout in my Marigold Life Crafted Album.

Here are this week's prompts:

1. Use a large stamped title
2. Create a cluster of  embellishments + a small photo
3. Use a shaped photo

This is the story of who won the race to be the first in the pool this summer. I started with an enlarged photo of the boys racing and my nephew who won by a landslide! I printed the photo in a 5x8.25 size and added some text to the very bottom in PhotoShop.

I created a cluster on top of the photo using the floral wildflower title and months ephemera from the July release. I also printed a smaller photo of the floral arrangement I made on the same day. It's my story-in-a-story, but you could add an additional photo in this spot. Use foam dots in between the photo and title ephemera to give it a little lift.

To balance out the large photo on the left, I added a bold title with the beautiful Narrows Alphabet stamp. The puffy Sunshine Puffy Alphabet stickers add a punch of color and texture to the title. The puffy "sun" word sticker is from the July release and ties the stamped title together. A shaped pool photo and border complete the page!

I hope this gives you a bit on inspiration to create your own summer splash page!

Sunday Sketch | Patricia

Happy New Year CTK Friends!  I'm so excited to be back with Citrus Twist Kits and to start off with sharing my interpretation of the Sunday Sketch!

The inspiration I took from the sketch are the design of the doily at the top with the journaling and the clustering under and around photo.  I used a Sparkle & Joy cut file in place of the doily, trimmed it in half to fit at the top and backed it with the Crate Paper Marigold Paper Pad.  
 

I used vellum for my journaling in the center of it.  I just roughly traced it, added my typed journaling, and then trimmed a little more to adhere in the center.

I used the same paper pad to create my layers under my photo.  Once that was in place, I added the January die cuts, a string from the wood veneer Heartbeats Vol. 1, and January 2021 Puffy Heart Stickers, and both a Vol. 1 Heartbeats.

That left side uses a pattern paper for the background from Sparkle & Joy kit that complemented the colors of the Marigold paper pad.  It created a nice warmth and just a touch more texture.  This right side, I left the background as is, but added a cluster of the same pattern papers that I used under my photo at the top.  This was a great spot to add a bold date using both the new Narrows Alphabet and Felicity Alphabet stamps.  Keeping this side light, I just finished with the yellow alphabet/number puffy stickers for the year, the January 2021 Puffy Heart Stickers, and the Vol. 2 Heartbeats.

The sketch's design of the doily at the top with the journaling and the clustering under and around photo inspired me to only change this up a bit to make it my own.   Hope you use the sketch as a jumpstart to your next project!