Sunday Sketch Challenge with Tina

Hey there! It's Tina here today with this week's Sunday Sketch Challenge. And here's a look at the sketch:

For this project I decided to use both the November Gratitude Life Crafted Kit and the November Add On Kit.

I started by creating a paper cluster around the photos using pattern papers from the both kits. After that I added small details such as labels, puffy stickers and die cut shapes.

Next I adhered two strips of paper along the left side of a 12x12 white cardstock, added some splatters and glued down the paper cluster with the photos. Then I decided to use the "make your own magic" die cut shape from the Add On kit as a title, but to add some dimension I used puffy adhesive squares to add the title to the page. And after that I printed my journaling, cut it into a few strips and adhered it near the title.

In the end I decided to add a brown label with a date stamped on it under the pink strip of paper. And that's it. I really liked how easily this layout came together. And I hope you'd like to create your own project using this sketch too! Make sure to share it on the CTK Fan Page on Facebook or on Instagram using the hashtag #citrustwistkits.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Until next time!

Tina x

3 to Inspire with Amy Jo

Today's three to inspire layout is probably among the top 3 layouts in my whole album this year.  I love the cards and the embellishments in this kit, and together they made this layout so easy to pull together.  For my three today, it was hard to choose which elements to focus on but I ended up with

1. Puffy Stickers

2. Vellum shapes

3. Phrases

1. Puffy Stickers

When I got this kit, I think I might have done a little happy dance in the living room!  These colors a pieces are so awesome, and the puffy stickers will not disappoint you! I looked for ones that were the right colors first (the purple star) and words that were fitting next (the purple focus) and was pleased when they matched without me having to work it out!  I also added the yellow one above the couch, but only when I was working on making sure I had enough sentiments on the page.

2. Vellum Shapes

The die cut vellum shapes in the kit are so amazing.  One thing to remember when working with vellum, if you put your vellum shapes onto a white background you can use white adhesives (like photos splits) and you will not see any adhesive residue come through on the vellum.  I still have an old Herma roller that I keep stocked just so that I can adhere vellum like this!  I like to layer these elements so that they create a unique color where they overlap, and in this example I used them to record a conversation that the boys had on the walk home.

3. Phrases
This layout did have a lot of room for journaling, but in the event that you don't have enough room to fit your journaling in, I love phrase stickers for the chance to add more!  There were some awesome phrases in almost all of the varieties of embellishment in this kit, so here is a closer look at a few that I used to tell my story.

One of the cardstock stickers.

And one from the chipboard set.

Here is a look at the whole layout, I hope this inspires you today!

GUEST DESIGNER - HEBA ALSIBAI

We are so excited to have Heba join us for one last time here in our blog.  She is an amazing designer, and her project is just gorgeous, so i let her tell you about it

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Hello everyone, I’m excited to share my second project as a guest designer for Citrus Twist. I’ll be using the new Gratitude crafted kit. If you follow me on social media you know that I am my sons biggest marching band fan. Every Friday night, my daughter and I get together with our friends to create a cheer squad to cheer on the marching band kids. So when I saw the Gratitude Kit with all its colorful pattern paper, I know I had to document our cheer squad.

I’m a huge fan of multiple photos on one spread especially when working in a traveler’s notebook. It’s my go to when I have a lot of photos from one occasion. You never have to choose which ones make it on your spread:). Just make sure you use small photos to be able to fit them all.

For this spread I decided to go with my go to sketch for adding multiple photos on one small layout. It’s to add my photos in a straight line creating a column of photos. This helps your spread stay uncluttered and neat. I started by adding one of the brighter pattern papers from the kit for my background. This paper worked well with my bright and fun photos.

Once my bright background was added I needed to mute it down a bit. So I ended up using the navy blue paper to help mute it down. This also gave me space to add a title. I ended up using the glittery alpha stickers that came in my kit to add “Cheer Squad”.

I embellished my photos with puffy sticker, chipboard and word stickers from the kit. This is my favorite way to add layers and texture to my spread. I used a 3x4 card from the kit to give me that space I needed for my journaling. This also helped the colors flow from the left side of my spread to the right side of my spread. I finished my layout by stamping a little subtitle above my card and called my layout done.

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Thank you Heba for such beautiful projects, we have loved having you this month as our Guest Designer, and cannot wait to see your next creations.  

Remember to leave Heba some love, and be sure to follow her -you will be inspired by her creations!-

 Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/hebaalsibai/

 YouTube channel  http://www.youtube.com/c/MyLittleJournal

Let's Get Digital with Marsha

Hey friends! Marsha here today, and I am sharing a layout in my Life Crafted Album focusing on some digitals from the Citrus Twist Kits shop.  I used one of the subscriber bonus journaling cards from this month as a background paper for my layout.  I loved this card and thought it would be perfect enlarged on a page.

Here's a look at my layout:

  

To begin the spread, I opened the journaling card file in Photoshop and enlarged it to approximately 4" wide.  Next, I printed it out on some white cardstock and trimmed it to the size of my TN page.

Since the background of the page was done, I began creating the layout using the Life Crafted Gratitude kit.  I added my photo to the page and used a stamp from the This Is Life "Grateful" Stamp to stamp a floral piece at the edge of my photo.  I stamped the date onto a printable cutapart label from this month and tucked it behind the photo.  A vellum leaf and puffy heart sticker completed the simple embellishing around the photo.

For the title, I stamped the word "hello" from the November Traveler's Notebook Stamp.  To complete the title, I used some tile alpha stickers (from a previous LC kit) and the glitter foam stickers from this month's kit.  I did not have enough Ls, so I trimmed two of the lowercase Fs to make the Ls.  I added more of the vellum leaves and stamped another floral from the TN Stamp.  To complete this side of the spread, I added some machine stitching to the edge of the page and to the stems of the leaves.

For the other side of the spread, I decided to focus on the vellum leaves from the Life Crafted kit.  I placed them randomly on the white cardstock base and added a bit more stamping with the Grateful Stamp.  To finish off the spread, I added some machine stitching to the stem of each leaf.

Here's one final look at the layout:

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope this has inspired you to use some digital elements on your next project.  I will see you again soon!

Marsha

Christmas Daily with Diane

Hi everyone, Diane here with another dose of Christmas cheer for you! I literally can't wait to get started on my own December album this year but until then, I don't have any holiday projects to play with. So I asked my friends if anyone needed any help finishing up their albums instead!

My friend Mel had a couple of pages from her 2018 album left to do so she sent me some photos and the stories that go with them and I whipped up a couple of 6x8 pocket pages for her, using the Christmas Stories kit.

The first page was super simple, I printed a 6x8 photo and then embellished the "blank" space in the photo with a couple of clusters of tags that I created by die cutting some of the patterned papers in the kit. This is a great way of using up some of those sample scraps you have left over. I added an eyelet to one of the tags and I added some ribbon from my stash to another as well. Adding those little details helps to create the sense of "real" tags, rather than just die cut pieces.

I added my title at the top using the Winter Wonderland Candy Cane Striped Puffy Alphabet Stickers and some alpha stamps from my stash. At the bottom, I typed Mel's story onto the paper before I due cut it. I mounted some of the tags with craft foam to give a little dimension and my last touch was to add a sprinkling of enamel dots.

For the second page, I printed the photo of Poppy at 6x4 and then used the digital version of one of the journalling cards in the kit so that I could add Mel's words before I printed it. Then I headed over to my Silhouette and used the BUILD A POINSETTIA cut file that comes with the kit, to create some very tiny Poinsettia embellishments. I used two different red patterned papers and added an extra set of petals to add extra dimension. I added an enamel dot to the centre of each one.

For the last 3x4 spot, I trimmed out a piece of patterned paper and then added my title with the same Candy Cane Striped alphas and some extra glitter alphas from my stash. Believe it or not, they came from a previous Citrus Twist Christmas kit from 2 or 3 years ago!

Thanks for stopping by today! Next month I'll be able to share with you an actual page from MY December album! I can't wait to get started!

Pocket Life Challenge with Patricia

Hope this blog post finds all our CTK friends and fans doing well and enjoying some creating time for yourselves!  I wanted to stop in today to share a Pocket Life spread using one of the CTK Life Crafted Protector #2 with a 6x8 pocket page.  I love mixing these formats in my 6x8 album.  I feel like I have the best of both formats!  This project is my last of five projects using just the November Gratitude Life Crafted kit.  Leftovers always always inspire me...in this case to create layers in my pocket life page and hopefully give you a fresh perspective to creating in your pocket pages!

I used one of the 3x4 cards from the kit for the first pocket.  The pink strip at the bottom was a perfect spot to create some layers using one of the labels from the 4x6 card in the kit, the new "Weekish" stamp, and a puffy sticker from the kit.

Instead of using the sentiment on this card as is, I layered a die cut star and sticker from the kit over it.  Then using the 3x4 Typewriter Alpha stamp, I stamped the days of the week next to my typed journaling.

For the next 3x4 pocket, I used trimmed down pattern paper as the base, and then used a leftover piece of pattern paper to layer on top, then added a square photo, finishing it with a puffy sticker.

I really loved this butterfly from one of the 3x4 cards, but I decided to detail cut it from the card.  I also detail cut the square image from another 3x4 cards, then layered the square, a die cut transparent circle, and then the butterfly on top of a trimmed piece of 4x6 pattern paper.

For the two 3x4 pockets on the right, on the top pocket, I used a card as is, but added the alpha stickers from the kit to spell out 'full' with the 'u' being the image in the center.  'Full' also goes with the sentiment on this card.

For the last 3x4 pocket, I trimmed pattern paper from the kit, printed a smaller photo, and just stapled it with one of the die cuts from the kit that tied in with the pattern paper and my spread.

I have a combination of heavy, medium and light layers, and balanced them across this pocket page, along with colors and the patterns used.  Hope this gives you a fresh new perspective to take your kit leftovers, do some die cutting and start layering them with the kit embellishments.  This might be my new favorite pocket life!