There Is No One Like You, Traveler's Notebook with Wendy

Hello all and Happy Wednesday!

Wendy here to share up a quick tutorial of my latest page in my Traveler's Notebook.  As a long time fan of all things mini style in scrapbooking, I'm discovering these type of layouts are simply fun to create.

I'm still crushing hard on the July 2017 kits and created up my project here with lots of fun bits found in last month's kits. However, you can create this same type of project with any of the amazing kits from Citrus Twist Kits.

Let's get started.

1. Select your photo.  I dusted off one of my large circle punches to cut out my photo of choice.  I wanted to change it up a bit from the typical square/rectangular photo.  So, a circle it is.

2. Select the type of embellishments you want to use.  These fun butterflies were in the July kits along with some whimsical florals which ended up being my choice to use.

3. You may choose to add dimensional pop dots on the back of your embellishments if you want.  However, since I am working in a Traveler's Notebook, I'm wanting a bit less bulk to my pages.  I probably would have used the pop dots for dimension if this was a regular 12x12 or 9x12 layout in my album.

4. Layer up your embellishments.  Less is more (sometimes) but the more the merrier in this case. Ha!  I added a touch of a wood veneer embellishment for a bit of wording.  In my final project, I chose to use the word "love" instead of "happy".

5. Don't forget the versatile stamps in the kits! Ah yes, my favorite part of the kits.  Don't fear to play around with different phrases, mix and + match wording, and just have fun with them.

6.  In my title work, I chose to use a curved banner for part of the title wording.  Then, I used one of the CTK stamps where I curved it a bit on an acrylic block before stamping to mirror the curved banner.  I love the slight effect and how it turned out.

I hope you enjoyed my project!

Give us a peek into your Traveler's Notebooks!  Share up in the CTK Gallery and/or tag @citrustwistkits on Instagram.

Wendy

Pocket Life Challenge Friday with Mira

Welcome Citrus Twist Kits Fans! It's Pocket Life Challenge Friday and I have a prompt to get You creating! Are You ready?

Okay, so the most important thing today is: I challenge You to create TWO pages (one full spread of PL album) that are all about SINGLE MOMENT. A couple of minutes that could last forever - let's celebrate them! SMALL MOMENT that You documented with plenty pictures - do You have something in Your ind already? So let's do it!

I have two pages from our honey moon that we spent in Italy. One evening we went for a gorgeous walk with scenic views, sunset and picnic... Just magical! We were planning our future and I remember that moment very well and have tons of pictures from there.

Here You go - two pages made with July PL, Sprinkles and Embellishment Kits:

Have fun when You document small moments with the amount of pictures they deserve! Thanks for stopping by!

Pocket Life with Jodie King

Hi everyone, it’s Jodie with you today and I’m CTK’s guest designer for July!  I’m sharing two Pocket Life spreads that I’ve created with the July “Right Now” Pocket Life kit and the This Is Life "Narrative" stamp set today.

My first layout documents a special weekend spent with my sisters interstate. I had more photos than usual so I’ve added a 4x6 insert to the page, and just because I love the Heidi Swapp alphas in this months PL kit so much, I’ve also added an extra acetate insert for a layering effect this week.

To make this super simple journalling card I trimmed some white cardstock that I had printed my journalling to size on, then corner rounded the top two corners.  I then centred this on the lower edge of patterned paper trimmed to 3x4 inches.  It would have been fine left like that but this gorgeous wood veneer just added a finishing touch, and I stapled it in place with my tiny attacher.

I just love the exclusive chipboard stickers in the PL kit this moth!  They have a beautiful gloss finish to them, and are so easy to pop out to add little details here and there on your projects, like this super cute star.

Here’s a close up of my acetate insert.  This is actually really easy to do, just by trimming some acetate to the size you need, punching a few holes on one side so that it can slip into your album, and then adhering your alphas!  I’ve also added a few patterned paper reinforcement rings punched from coordinating patterned paper.

And here’s a closeup of how the layers all look together.

My absolute favourite pieces of ephemera this month are the butterflies for sure!  For this filler card I’ve layered one of them with coordinating 6x6 papers from the kit, and one of the cute labels from the exclusive cut apart sheet.

And here’s the second page!

I was loving the circle theme going on with this page, so I went ahead and punched a few circles out of scraps to add to this journalling card as well as my gorgeous gold foiled chipboard sticker… and it’s true you know, us scrapbookers take photo’s like it’s our job right!?


And now for my second layout!

This week I’ve pulled all the softer colours from the kit and gone with a pastel colour palette.

And here’s the left page.

A super easy technique in your pocket pages is to add a sentiment right over the middle of a feature photo, rather than adding it to the side.  I’ve done that here with one of the sentiments from the cut apart sheet.

This just may be one of my favourite hand made filler cards this year right here!  I’ve used another butterfly from the ephemera pack as a jumping off point and add layers behind and in front of it.  I’ve also used some packaging from the kit to create a shaker pocket to back my black frame with.  You can just see the white glitter sparkling from behind the butterfly.

Have you ever made your own ephemera pins?  All you need is a regular paperclip and a small ephemera piece.  Tuck your paperclip where you’d like it to sit, and adhere the ephemera piece to the top of it, super simple and super sweet.

Whoa! If you’ve made it to the end of this post thanks for hanging in there - it was a super long one today!  Thanks for following along with my Guest Designer projects this month, and remember, if you’re thinking of signing up for a kit subscription with Citrus Twist Kits, now is the perfect time, with new reduced international postage on Pocket Life and Gracebox Kits for Canadian and International subscribers, and to get 25% off the first kit in a new Scrapbooking, Pocket Life or GraceBox subscription, just quote JODIEKGUEST in the Comments at checkout!

—Jodie

Sunday Sketch with Emma

Hi friends!  Emma here with this week's Sunday Sketch.  Today's sketch is super fun and features one of my favourite (and possibly one of the easiest) shapes to incorporate onto a layout - hearts!  Hearts are everywhere and I love them!  Here's our super sketch for today:

I used the Add-on kit mostly for my page but I added a few pieces from the other kits too (that heart paperclip from the Pocket Life kit is a perfect match for this sketch!).  Here's my layout:

As you can see, I've pretty much kept true to the sketch but moved a few elements around and added a couple extra pieces (corner piece on the top RHS and journaling at the bottom LHS).

I used my trusty scissors to cut heart shapes, they're easy enough to do and I cut extra's from a few patterns so I could layer and stitch them together, to add a little more dimension ;).  The Summer Lights papers in the Add-on kits are so gorgeous, love the bright, fun colours.

My journaling is printed onto one of the Pocket Life 3x4 cards.  To make sure the journaling lined up I took a photo of the card with my phone, dropped the image into Photoshop and typed my journaling on the lines (on a new layer) then ran the card through my printer (without the image of the card) and boom!  Done ;)

I love word/phrase stickers, they're such a perfect way to add extra sentiments to your layouts (same could be said for stamps, but stickers are even easier...for me!).  I've used the Beautiful Day Tiny Word Stickers which are included in the Add-on kit.

To add a bit more contrast (the yellow) I used some of the sequins from the Grace Box and one of the chipboard pieces out of the Pocket Life (half tucked underneath my photo so only the yellow shows).

I really love how this one came together, using the sketch meant it was a relatively quick and easy one for me to do create! (Although everything I create is ever really "quick", but if I can finish a layout in under an hour I consider that a huge win, hah!  This came close to that thanks to the sketch!)

Now it's your turn! To play along with this week's Sunday Sketch Challenge, create a layout based off of today's sketch, upload it to the gallery with today's date (23/7) in the title, and you are in for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to the CTK Store!

Thanks, Em xo

Let's Get Digital: Trina Craig & Jodie King

Hi everyone! It's Jodie King, our fabulous July project life guest designer, and Trina Craig here today to share how we are using this month's free digital cut file. To download this free file visit our Facebook Citrus Twist Kits Fan Page.

Here is our cut file:

First up, it's Trina, sharing a flashback 6" x 8" mini layout using the July 2017 #rightnow scrapbooking kit.

Good Time Mini Layout by Trina Craig
This page was made using (mostly) the July scrapbook kit with a little of our July Pocket Life kit mixed in. I cut the digital file out twice on my Silhouette - once in white and once in red pattern paper - then layered the two cuts for a drop shadow-effect. The "On the Bright Side" exclusive paper featured heavily in this layout along with the following supplies:

• The new Fringe Scissors from American Crafts (okay, not really a necessity but I have to say they made fringe cutting easy peasy!)
• Heidi Swapp Sweet Mint Color Shine
• The following stamps sets: July This Is Life "Narrative" stamp set, Detours stamp set 

Here are close-ups for you:

The Fringe Scissors made cutting this fringe take a few seconds. 

Here is a close-up showing the drop shadow-effect for the cut file.

Planner Play with Jodie King
Hi everyone!  It’s Jodie here with you today, and I’m the Citrus Twist Kits guest designer for July!  I’m playing with the “Right Now” Pocket Life Kit and the Narrative Stamp, and I have a planner spread to share using the sweet Good Time cut file that’s available on the CTK Fan Page.

This is week 29 in my Carpe Diem planner using horizontal weekly inserts, before I start adding my journaling.

A planner spread is an awesome way to use all those smaller pieces in your ephemera packs, in fact, the only patterned paper I’ve used on these pages is in the binder reinforcing strips.

We’re spending the entire weekend on a road trip in a town by the name of Emerald, so I’ve used the Heidi Swapp alphas from this month’s kit to span the two days that we’ll be in Emerald, and the little bit of Sunday morning before we head home.  I’ve clustered a few pieces of ephemera here but left plenty of room to add activities we’ll be doing on our trip and journalling about the weekend.

Carpe Diem planners aren’t dated, and my go-to stamp to date them is the Citrus Twist Kits Numbers Stamp, which you can find in the CTK store.

The Narrative Stamp has a bunch of fun quotes and also some cute icons.  I’ve stamped the heart icons by the entry for my daughter’s 22nd birthday and then the check-box with options like adventure, hilarious, action-packed, on the day that we’re doing our 9 hour road-trip.  You never can tell just how a road-trip like that is going to end up, so I’m planning on waiting to see how that goes before I tick an option ha!  

I’ve cut the cut the cut file in matching cardstock and layered it with a few of the ephemera pieces.  I love that it isn’t too bulky to fit in my planner!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! And remember, if you’re thinking of signing up for a kit subscription with Citrus Twist Kits, now is the perfect time, with new reduced international postage on Pocket Life and Gracebox Kits for Canadian and International subscribers, and to get 25% off the first kit in a new Scrapbooking, Pocket Life or GraceBox subscription, just quote JODIEKGUEST in the Comments at checkout!

Happy crafting!
Jodie & Trina