Tuesday Tutorial with Melissa Mann

Good Morning, friends!

This is Melissa here with you this morning and I'm sharing a layout I made with the Pocket Life kits from July & August! Those kits are packed with so many goodies and I still had a ton left from each one - I decided to use the leftover bits to create this layout.

First, I found a cut file and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the background page out.

I found a photo I wanted to use and printed out two square copies of it using my Canon Selphy printer. I picked out the pattern paper I wanted to use; I LOVED the 6x6 patterned papers that were included in the August kit that were dog themed and used all of those. I cut them down into smaller pieces and backed the hearts that were cut out on my white card stock.

I used small pieces of scotch tape to hold the small pieces of pattern paper down. I kept covering them all until every heart was "filled" with a pattern.

I backed the piece of white card stock with another piece of card stock and then stitched it all down using my sewing machine. There was no rhyme or reason for the stitching - I just stitched in between all the hearts.

Next, I trimmed my photos down and layered them with some tags, stickers, and chipboard.

I wanted to use that "Summer" chipboard piece that was included in last month's kits and layered it on top of a vellum envelope and another tag. I stitched these down and put it in the lower right hand corner of my layout.

Lastly, I added other embellishments around my layout such as chipboard hearts, stickers, and glitter embellishments.

And here's the final result!

I hope you are enjoying your kits! Remember, to stretch those supplies out! You can create pocket pages, layouts, cards, and altered projects with just one kit!

Thanks for stopping by!

August Kits Video Reveal and Moodboard

Welcome to our August kits! Kits begin shipping out on Monday, August 10th. We are sold out of the August Pocket Life kits and currently have a wait list to begin a subscription. The other kits are currently available.

Kasia worked up another beautiful mood board for us this month. You can take the August kits in lots of different directions, so let her mood board inspire you!

Here is our August video reveal for those of you who love to see a walk through the kit. This month we have design team member Emma Wood taking you on a tour of our August kits. Enjoy!

Sunday Sketch

Hello! Michelle here with you today to share the first sketch challenge of August! This week we have a fun single photo sketch with lots of possibility. Let's take a look at the sketch Kasia designed for us:

 

For my layout, I decided to take the sketch and flip it on it's side. Here's is what I created using a combination of both the August Main and Embellishment Kits:

 

When I was working on my layout I knew pretty early on that I wanted to use the large alphas from Seven Paper on my layout and the long strip of paper served as a great way to anchor them.

Now it's your turn! Create a project based off of  this sketch using any supplies of your choice, upload it to the Citrus Twist Gallery with today's date (8/2)  in the title, and you will be eligible to win $5 to the CTK Store! Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!

August Guest Designer & 3 to Inspire

Happy first day of August everyone! Today we would like to the take the time to introduce you to our August Guest Designer! Say hello to Suse Fish !

 

Hi friends, Suse Fish with you and I'm so thrilled to be this month's guest designer. This month's kit is just so pretty and fresh with all its summery candy tones and when I saw it I knew exactly which photo I wanted to scrap first!

Before we get to Suse's beautiful project, lets get to know our Guest Designer a little bit more. First, lets take a peak into Suse's pretty scrap space:

 

Now for a little Q & A with Suse:

How long have you been scrapbooking and why did you start?

Although my background is in art and design, I was always very wary of trying to scrapbook...I'd look at the beautiful products in the shops and wonder how you did it, but was never brave enough to try.  For some reason it seemed really intimidating! Then one day-just over a year ago-I saw an advert for Smash books where the text read, "It's okay-there's no right or wrong." It was that very line that gave me the courage to have a go! And I've made about a layout a day ever since (you could say it's become an obsession...)
 

How would you describe your scrapbooking style?

Although I sometimes try and make layouts that are very neat and minimal, I think my natural style is quite relaxed. I love texture and layers and pretty colours with hits of graphic black and white.

What scrapbookers have influenced you the most?

My biggest scrap influence has been Stephanie Bryan...I've literally learned how to do this activity by chain-watching her Two Peas videos and then going away and scraplifting her work!
 

What is your favorite thing about kit clubs?

You just can't beat kit clubs for value-believe me, I've tried!  And to get that magical box of scrumptious goodies appear at your door once a month-well it's like Christmas isn't it?

What are your five favorite scrapbooking items?
 

I find patterned papers the most versatile scrapbooking item as you can do so much with them. I love enamel dots (who doesn't?) and puffy stickers. My other favourites are buttons and silk threads to give that pretty homespun feel.

How would you describe the Citrus Twist August Kit and what do you love the most about it?

It was so fresh! I just grinned when I opened the box as the papers were exactly my thing: gentle colours but zingy with it-is there as such thing as bold pastels? Ha ha. And of course the puffy stickers and alphas went down a treat too.

Since August 1st falls on a Saturday we are delighted to have Suse set this week's 3 to Inspire Challenge!

To play along with today's challenge and to be eligible to win a small prize from the CTK Store, create a project that includes the following three prompts and upload it to our gallery making sure to include today's date (8/2) in the title.

This week's 3 to Inspire prompts are:
1. Messily layered papers
2. A homemade frame
3. Layered up labels

Here is Suse's beautiful take on the challenge using the August Main Kit:

Thank you so much Suse for joining us here at Citrus Twist Kits for the month of August. It has been a pleasure getting to know you better and we are looking forward to seeing the rest of your beautiful projects as the month progresses.

**Make sure and leave a comment at the end of the post and we will be picking on lucky winner to receive one of Suse's favorite scrapbooking supplies!

To learn more about Suse and to see more of her amazing work, you can stop by her blog and see her in action on YouTube!

Friday Pocket Life Sketch

Hello Karen here to share with you some sketches to try on the weekend. Do you get creative on the weekend? I know I do, most likely because the days seem longer!

Now, here are the sketches based off of these pocket pages I created. I used an app called Bamboo for this sketch, so mind the basic-ness of it, it really is a SKETCH. They are 6x8 in size, but you can of course create any size. The second page is using a full scrap layout. I love inserting full page scrapbook layouts in my pocket pages.

Make sure you share your pocket pages with us in the Citrus Twist Gallery or onto our Facebook page!
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Karen x

Mixed PL spread: layout and some pockets

Hello!
Mira here and today I will be sharing PL spread where I combined regular 12x12 layout with a pocket page. Take a look:

When I became a Pocket Scrapbooking lover I stopped creating regular 12x12 layouts and I really don't have an excuse for that! I thought it would be nice to have layouts and pockets side-by-side in my album so I decided to go for it!

All about my daughter Ola and her worm-toys...

I wanted this LO to be the most important part of my spread, so I changed the size of 12x12 pocket page protector into 8x12, filled it with pictures and only a few embellishments. Added a little note with the whole story, and this was it!

I used: July PL and "Instalove" Embellishment Kit with beautiful "Moment" stamp from Citrus Twist Kits "Sunshine Adventure" stamp set designed by Jessy.

Hope You enjoyed my inspiration!
Guys... Don't forget to add regular layouts to Your PL albums!

Have a great day!

Challenge Winners: June

Today we are happy to announce the winners for June's challenges!

Each week our Design Team provides you with three challenges to help you get your creative juices flowing. Pocket Life Sketch Friday gives you multiple sketches to use in your pocket style scrapbooking. Saturday's 3 to Inspire challenge brings you three creative prompts to incorporate on a project of your choice. On Sunday, our Sunday Sketch challenge goes live. To participate in either or all challenges, all you need to do is upload your project to the gallery within a week of the challenge date, noting the date of the challenge in the title of your project. Once a month we pick a winner from each challenge and announce them here on the blog.

Thanks to all that participated in the month of June! Here are the winners:

Sunday Sketch-$5 Gift Certificate to the CTK Store:
6/7:    runzalot81
6/14:  peggyemmy
6/21:  pink
6/28:  scrapsbyjen

Pocket Life Friday-Fun Mail!
6/5:   scrapsbyjen
6/12: scrapsbyjen
6/19: scrapsbyjen

Winners, please email Trina at CitrusTwistKits@yahoo.com to claim your prize!