3 to Inpire recipe challenge | December page with Lory

 

Hello Friends, happy Saturday! This is the last Saturday before Christmas Oh MY GoD, time runs away don't you think? In this period I'm creating just Christmassy things, I am obsessed with the Christmas colors, embellishments, stories and while I'm doing my December Daily 2020 I'm going on with my DD2019 and the more I look at it the more I love it! It's full of life and this fills my heart of joy!

Today I have a simple and easy recite to share with you, to inspire you to create your own pages for your stories:

1. stamped background using the gorgeous Madison  alphabet  stamps:
2. digitals and ephemera and embellishments to create something magic;
3. patterned papers

My idea was to create a my own paper using a ripetition of a word, I chose "december" using the amazing MADISON alphabet stamp  so red link pad and go with the flow.

Once I  have finished to create my  own background paper I cut a piece of white card stock in size 10cm x 15 cm to fond in half, a little mini book  inside the page to container my picture and my story. On the fron of this little fonder I have glued a rectangle of paper and then just added some embellishmnehts from the digitals and the ephemera of the Sparkle & Joy kit .

Then inside the little folder my picture and my journaling.

Hope you like this recite and the little tips to create an easy and super fun place for your story.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Love, Lory

December Documenting with Erica

Hey crafty friends! Today I am sharing Day 19 in my 2019 December Daily album. I can't even begin to think about 2020's album until I get this done! I've used a wide selection of the digital files available this month, as well as two of the new stamp sets and the Sparkle & Joy kit.

Day 19 was all about watching a classic Christmas movie by the tree and snacking on holiday treats. On my left-hand side page I've used one of the digital TN pages and layered it with ephemera from the Sparkle & Joy kit and the Tickets & Tags diecuts. I used the gorgeous new Big Numbers stamps to display my day at the top, and the Currently stamp to create a custom title.

On my right page I used a selection of the digital Journal Cards and decorated them with stickers and ephemera from the Sparkle & Joy kit. I love the texture the puffy stickers add! The right card is actually one of the digital Tags from Sparkle & Joy. I simply added stripes on the sides with colours from the other cards to create a 3x4.

I loved this speech bubble card and definitely had to add a quote from the movie! I created my journaling in Photoshop with a typewriter font and printed and cut it into stripes. I finished it off with a festive puffy sticker.

Thanks for joining me on the blog today! Happy December documenting!

 

DECEMBER DOCUMENTING with Loredana

 

Hi there!

Today is our last day of our Sparkle and Joy Life Crafted kit feature.  Loredana has created so many beautiful projects with our kit, we want to share them one more time:

Be sure to catch more of Loredana's inspiration on our CTK feed.

We have loved each and every one of the projects our Design team and Guest Designers have provided for  you featuring our Sparkle and Joy kit.   THANK YOU all so much for your beautiful work!

DECEMBER DOCUMENTING with our Guest Designer DANIELLE

 

Hi there!

We are wrapping up our Guest Designer feature for the Sparkle and Joy kit with a last look at Danielle's spreads. Her interactive and fun approach to documenting is so visible in her spreads:

Here is Danielle, "I’ve had so much fun using the gorgeous Sparkle & Joy kit to create my December Documenting foundation pages this year. I can’t wait to continue filling my Life Crafted album with the beautiful papers and embellishments. I hope you’re having a blast documenting the festive season and that you have found plenty of inspiration on the Citrus Twist blog and Instagram feed – I know I have!

Thanks so much and Merry Christmas

Danielle"

remember to check Danielle's Instagram feed for more inspiration:   https://www.instagram.com/nellyandclem/

Sunday Sketch with Marsha

 

Hey friends!  It's Marsha here with this week's Sunday Sketch challenge!  I created a spread in my December Stories Life Crafted album using the Sparkle & Joy kit and digitals from the shop.

Here's a look at the sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch:

I love the design of this sketch, so I chose to follow it fairly closely.  I began the layout by trimming a music patterned paper to fit as a full page in the album.  I chose to flip the design and added my photo to the left side of the spread.  I trimmed a woodgrain patterned paper from the kit so that it spanned both pages and added my photo onto it.  With my Silhouette Cameo, I cut out several snowflakes using the Love - Christmas 2020 cut file.  The cut file was quite delicate, so I offset it slightly, making it a little easier to cut.  I layered some of the snowflakes below the photo, in place of the leaf design on the sketch.  

I also added a snowflake onto the photo and at the top of the right page, carrying the design across the spread.  Using the Sparkle & Joy kit stamp, I stamped a few words and phrases, trimmed them into strips, and added them to a few areas of the spread.  

For the right side of the layout, I created a pocket using one of the journaling cards from the kit.  I layered a circular piece over it (die cut from another journaling card).  I created the title using a puffy word sticker and Candy Apple Puffy Alphabet Stickers.

I typed my journaling onto a Comfort & Joy Digital Journal card, printed it out, and added some ribbon from my stash to the top.  As a final finishing touch, I added a few more puffy stickers from the kit around the spread.

I hope you will join in on the challenge and create a layout based on this week's sketch!  I can't wait to see what you create!

xo,

DECEMBER MEMORIES with GUEST DESIGNER NEELA NALAM

Hi there!

We are closing our  Sparkle and Joy kit feature with a look at what our designers have created with their kits.  Today we are checking all the beautiful work from our guest designer Neela Nalam...

There is so many beautiful projects that Neela has created with our Sparkle and Joy kit, it is hard to choose a favorite.   BE sure to follow her IG  account https://www.instagram.com/neelanalam/

 to continue being inspired by her work  .