Life Crafted Inspiration with Amy

 

Happy Friday everyone!  I'm back to share a layout I created for my Canadian Rockies 6x8 travel album.  I have been on a travel documenting kick lately, and it always satisfying to get my stories told and into my albums. I primarily used the new Retro mini-kit along with a few journal cards from my stash. We saw so many bears, that the bear journaling card from the Travelogue kit was just begging to be used! 

This layout combines two different page protector sizes for a layered effect.  I added a tab with a stamped sentiment from the new Vintage Love stamp to the edge of the smaller page protector to distinguish it from the larger layout behind it, and to allow for easy turning.  

 

I love a good list in my layouts, so I cut the numbers from a piece of die cut ephemera to list three of the lakes we visited while we were in Waterton.  To give the journaling card more dimension, I popped the numbers up on adhesive foam dots.

I loved how the die cut ephemera, the bird's beak, and the flower centers all had the same hue.  It allows the elements of the layout to work together without appearing too cluttered.  

Do you like to use different sized page protectors in your layouts?  Be sure to tag me on Instagram @alphins_little_corner and happy scrapping!

Sunday Sketch with Lory

 Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday! Sunday means quality time with family, friends, crafty time, outdoor time, so it means whatever you love to do to unplug e recharge yourself, don't you think?

Today I am happy to share my entry for this week Sunday sketch! I'm going on with my September 2021 album and I can't wait to see it complete definitely.

Here the sketch

I have used the beautiful September Retro mini kit and the adorable digital files.

I started from the sketch to create a double 4x8 page for my life crafted album, I used the sketch as the starting point to create something new and tell my stories.

I played with the digital patterned papers, the journaling card, the puffy alphabet stickers. The story of the school adventure for my second boy. Love him to the moon and back.

You can find the kit in the shop together to gorgeous album and stamps :)

Hope you like it and it will inspire you to take care of your everyday memories.

Have a wonderful creative week,

love, Lory

3-TO-INSPIRE WITH KATARINA

 Hi friends!

Katarina with you today with this week's 3-to-Inspire Challenge. My three prompts for you to get your creative juices flowing today are:

1. Use a whole page photo

2. Modify a (digital) product to make it work for you

3. Add an insert with more photos and journaling.

And here's the new layout in my 6x8 Peacock Life Crafted Album that I created using the beautiful Retro Mini Kit, Retro Digital Journaling Cards and the Vintage Love Stamp.

Together We Will Make It! That's the first of my two titles and the words my hubby was telling to our son at the moment this photo was taken. It was a very strong story for me to tell and I love that I have this moment documented. 

I printed a whole page photo and used the big grey space at the bottom to add words "dream team" because - these two simply ARE a dream team. For that I used the white puffy alphabet stickers and one of the scripty Puffy Phrase and Icon Stickers from the Retro Mini Kit. I embellished the photo only with one beautiful heart die cut from the Retro Die Cut Ephemera.

For the left side of my layout I enlarged one of the 4x6 Retro digital journal cards to fit in my album. I used a combination of exclusive white puffy and black foam alphas to create my title and added one of the beautiful stamps from the Vintage Love Stamp.

I added an extra insert using one of the exclusive page protectors to accommodate more photos and journaling cards with text. Then I added some puffy and chipboard stickers from the Retro Kit and called my layout done.

Hope you find my layout and the prompts inspiring and that you can find some time to create and enjoy our challenge this weekend. Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Life Crafted Inspiration With Suzanne

 Hello CTK friends,

I hope you are doing well.

Today I have made 2 pages in my life crafted album using the September kit.

For the first page I used the digital papers to write my journaling and added some lines to the edges to make them stand out better. I glued 2 pages on the right side of the paper to have an interactive element on the page.'

For my second page I used a CTK cut file that has a beautiful quote. My daughter was struggling with her match homehork and her brother was helping her. So the puffy sticker from this months kit was perfect to use!

Because I had used the tags on the right side of the page I wanted to also use them on the left, so the pages would match well together.

I colored the cut file with distress oxide and made some splatters to complete the page

I hop you have a wonderful day and find some time to document all the memories

Love suzanne

Sunday Sketch with Patricia

 

Hello, CTK Friends!  Excited for another Sunday Sketch.  For today, I am using the new Spooky Story kit which is a packed kit!  I couldn't believe how much is in this kit and the exclusives are amazing too!  Nathalie did a live video in the Facebook group showing this kit, the December stories, and add-ons yesterday.  I'll be doing a live video today using the Spooky Story kit at 2 p.m. CST so hope to see you there.  Now onto the sketch.

I took the inspiration of the staggered layers by definitely incorporating photos into the sketch inspiration, but had the help of the CTK page protectors.  

The first layer is a trimmed down Page Protector #6.  I trimmed a smaller piece of the leftover protector, and then using the We R Memory Keepers Fuse, I sealed in an exclusive CTK flair and sequins.  In the larger trimmed down pocket, I added the exclusive intricate die cut and sequins, then sealed the top off with the Fuser.

You flip that over to my next layer that uses Page Protector #3.  This is where I incorporate more of that staggered layered/blocked inspiration from the sketch.  With one photo to fit inside the bottom pocket, I print two different sizes of the other photos and back one of them with paper from the kit to add texture, color and emphasis.  I trimmed the tag and punched the cat from the kit pattern paper.  Then added some of the die cuts for layering to create a grid.  I love how this came out, but a favorite is that exclusive doily with the kit die cuts, also inspired by the sketch.  

I wanted a place to journal, so to do that, I trimmed a piece of the kit pattern paper, added a punched border with a We R Memory Keepers planner punch, scored, folded and used double-sided tape to adhere two piece of cardstock together, having the top to flip up.

I picked out the die cut I wanted on this journaling cardstock piece, trimmed around her with a pencil, added my typewriter journaling, erased the pencil, and then added her back.  I finished that with stamping from the new Vintage Love stamp and more die cuts from the kit. The 2022 is from the Harper Alpha Stamp.

I was so inspired by this kit and sketch to create those staggered layers across two page protectors, altered one, created a fun pocket and an interactive journaling page.  I hope this gives you ideas on doing the same for your Fall or Halloween album and if interested at all in this Spooky Stories, grab it before it is sold out!  And FYI, the album here is the Lifecrafted Pumpkin Spice.  There is also a 6x8 version of this...enjoy!

3-to-INSPIRE with Nathalie

 

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to bring you this week's 3-to-Inspire challenge.   And this time around we have three fun prompts to  help you get your next project created in no time.  Here are this week's prompts:

1. Multiple Photos
2. Go Hybrid
3. Hidden Journaling

And here is what I have created using this month's Retro Mini Kit and Digital collection, and the Beautiful Things 6x8 Add-on kit for my 6x8 Life Crafted Album

Yes! We love Nutella!  I had so many pictures of the kids and their customized spread bottles, and this gave the perfect way to add a few of them to a spread.

I started with  one of the Retro  Digital Patterned papers as the background for this spread.  I sized the photos to 2x3 in, and framed each if it with a patterned paper from the Beautiful Things add on kit.

I added a few embellishments to each of the pictures using pieces from both the Add on kit (cardstock stickers), and Chipboard stickers (Retro mini kit).

I added one large photo of some of the Nutella bottles to the left page of the spread.  The soft pattern of the Retro Digital Patterned paper makes the color of  the photos stand out. Once again, I added a small piece of the Digital Cut Apart page as embellishment to the top of the page, then combined puffy alphas ( Add on Kit), and  chipboard stickers ( Retro mini kit) to complete the title of the spread.

I added my journaling using a Retro Digital Journal Card ( I used Photoshop to size it to the photo, added the journaling before printing it).  I used one of the photos to create a flap on top of the journaling card. The paper clips in the add-on kit helped to bring attention to that corner of the page.  That little piece of ephemera from the Retro kit was just perfect  to complete this spread.

I hope you use the prompts to inspire a new project of your own. Remember to share your projects with us #citrustwistkits.  We love to see what you create

XO

LIFE CRAFTED 6x8 INSPIRATION WITH ETTIENE

Hey friends.  Its Ettiene, back with some 6x8 Life Crafted Inspiration using the new Retro Mini Kit and Life Crafted Retro Traveler's Notebook Digital Papers.  I am using the Clementine Life Crafted album this season.  My page tells the story of my new love of tiki cocktails and my new tiki glasses. 

Let's take a look at some of the details of the left page of my spread.  I loved all the retro icons in this ephemera pack and got so excited about the tiki lounge one. I built my page around this piece of ephemera.  I used the yellow striped digital paper as the foundation for my pages.  I expanded it in photoshop to 7"x8.25" and printed it twice.  With a simple pattern like a stripe this is very easy to do.  I added a piece of the striped paper to each side of my spread for interest.  I decided to notch my text box similarly to how the tiki lounge ephemera is notched.  Its a small detail but I love the way it looks.  

For the right hand side of my layout I repeated the same design as the left.  I like the double use of the word spirit in this layout as we are always in good spirits when drinking a good spirit.  I added some chipboard and flowers as a final touch. 

This layout was able to come together super quickly using the life crafted system. I hope I inspired you to try something similar and if you do make a layout using this kit I would love to see it.