SUNDAY SKETCH with Katarina

 

Hi CTK friends,

Katarina back with you bringing this week's Sunday Sketch challenge and inspiration. Let's have a look at the gorgeous sketch first.

Now let's see my take on it. I created a layout in my 6x8 Life Crafted Album featuring the beautiful new Gratitude digital release and the Change is Beautiful digital ephemera.

I love circles on layouts and this time I wanted something really special. My son recently discovered my crocheting supplies and I had an idea to make a crocheted circle on my page. I love how it turned out! It goes perfectly with my title and the theme of the layout.

As a background I used two patterned papers from the Gratitude digital collection. My two photos are slightly bigger as I really wanted them to stand out.

For my title I used the White Foam Alphabet, and on the right side I also used the Pumpkin/Coffee Alphabet Stickers to write another small title.

I used the Change Is Beautiful Digital Ephemera and All About Me Tiny Words/Phrases Stickers to embellish my photos and circle. I cut one of the tags from the ephemera in two pieces and used one for journaling and the second one for adding date.

I really loved working with this fun sketch and hope that you got inspired too and that you join our challenge with your beautiful creations.

SUNDAY SKETCH WITH MARINA

Hello, CTK friends!

Today Marina with you and here is my inspiration in our Sunday Sketch Challenge!

 

Here's that beautiful sketch that helped me today: I used it "as is" but you remember that you can do literally anything with sketches, right?.. You can turn it to the right, to the left, or even upside down, you can mirror it - it all depends on your personal view :) 

...and this is what came out of it :)
For the design of the page I used our great Change Is Beauiful digitals and some physical All About Me Ephemera:

I couldn't pick any one background from our beautiful November Grattitude Kit, so I decided to add all of them! 

I kept all the basic elements of our sketch, but changed the shape of the photo to fit into the fall theme:

The beautiful designs from the October kit Change Is Beautiful matched the colors of our clothes perfectly, so I used them for the background.

Here and there I added golden colored dots to tell the story of the glow of the setting sun in the falling leaves:

Oh, and I love this mess, haha!

 

And honestly, I like the whole result a lot! :))

I love sketches and use them often when creating my pages, and you can find them on our blog literally every Sunday, don't miss out!

We always look forward to seeing what you create with them, so be sure to tag Citrus Twist Kits in your posts!

Thank you all for your attention and have a great week!

XO

Marina

3 - to- inspire with Vanessa Taconelli

 

Hello friends! It’s Vanessa here to join you this Saturday.  If you’re looking for some crafty inspiration, I invite you to try this week’s 3-to-Inspire challenge.

The prompts this week include:

1.  Layers

2.  Circles

3.  B&W Photo

Here's my take on this challenge. I used the Change is Beautiful digital kit and a lot others kits to mix.

As you can see, I chose to do a layout for my Life Crafted 6x8 . The first prompt, LAYERS. 

I'm obsessed with layers, I think it adds such beautiful dimension to the pages. In this layout, I used patterned paper, journaling card, and many elements to build up the layers. 

The second prompt, CIRCLES, can be used in a VARIETY of ways.  In this layout I used some, including to do layers. I really love this geometric shape, it's one of my favorites. 

The final prompt is a B&W PHOTO. 

I chose this photo of my youngest son to record this memory.

As I used colored papers and many elements, I think the use of b&w photo turned out really cool.

I hope this challenge provides some inspiration.  HAPPY crafting !

SUNDAY SKETCH with Nathalie

 

Hello there!

Nathalie with you today to share this week's Sketch challenge.   We love sketches around here, as they make it a breeze to create projects -think of them as your layout's blueprint!-   This week's sketch is a fun one, and it can easily be used in many formats.  Let's take a look at the sketch.

And here is what I have created for my 6x8 Life Crafted album using the new CHANGE IS BEAUTIFUL digital collection.

I love Fall, and the new October Release was just perfect for this  spread.  All the rich colors, and patterns just mixed seamlessly.

I decided to use the sketch to add my pictures to the spread.   I changed the 2 picture design to a 3 picture design by simply replacing the journaling spot with a picture.

I followed the paper strip design of the sketch for the layers in my spread.  I cut a few of the strips from the new CHANGE IS BEAUTIFUL digital kit, and also from the new Farmstead Harvest 6x8 paper pad -available in the shop-.  I focused on warm tones for the paper layers, so that I can contrast them with the journal cards and embellishments.

I made a few changes to the original sketch in my page.   I decided to bring pops of blue in the embellishments, and also change the design of them -from word strips to round labels-.  

To bring more of the blue tone to this side of the spread, I decided to use the Sadie Alpha stamps and Distress Oxide ( Blue Mariner) to create my title.   Then added an extra stamped sentiment -Gratitude 6x8 Stamp set-  to the bottom of the page.

 

My choice was to move the journaling out of the page to a journal card inside a pocket.   For this, I am using the new CHANGE IS BEAUTIFUL digital journaling cards to create my story card, and the filler card - I fussy cut the wreath and covered the sentiment of the blue card with it-.  A few enamel dots to tie the colors on both sides of the spread together,

I hope this inspires you to take a chance with this week's sketch and all the new products available in the CTK shop!

XO