3-TO-INSPIRE WITH KATARINA

 

Hey CTK friends, 

Katarina here with my last post this year. Today, with the 3-to-inspire challenge. I used the beautiful new Winter Magic collection.

Here are my three prompts for this week:

1. Use multiple photos or photos of different formats

2. Create pockets for your hidden journaling

3. Use your numbers (puffies, stamps, stickers).

And here is my project.

I created a double page layout in my 6x8 Life Crafted album, where I documented how we created Christmas decorations together with my son and our preparations for St. Nicolaus. Children in our country clean their shoes and put them on the window the evening before St. Nicolaus day and in the morning they find them full of treats and small surprises. My son always cleans two pairs, because you know – more shoes, more treats :-)

I used a full page photo of my son washing his rubber shoes and added my title with the Rose Gold Puffy Alpha Stickers, a little black banner from the Winter Magic Ephemera and a couple of Puffy Hearts.

For the left side of my spread I printed three smaller photos and placed them on top of three pockets that I created for my journaling. I used the beautiful Winter Magic Digital Papers both for my background and for the pockets.

I inserted three cream tags inside the pockets to add some thoughts about that evening. I used the same Rose Gold Puffy Stickers to number my photos and added a black tab from the Winter Magic Ephemera to each of my photos.

To keep both my pages cohesive I added a three white puffy hearts and called my layout done.

Thanks for stopping by today, friends! Hope you feel inspired and try creating something beautiful using my three prompts and some of your favorite Citrus Twist goodies.

LIFE CRAFTED FRIDAY WITH ALENA

Hello friends! Here is Alena and a little Christmas inspiration for you!

If you will keep your memory in your album about the Christmas tree, then I suggest you be inspired by my options for spread about it using JINGLE ALL THE WAY CHRISTMAS 2022 KIT

I made the first Christmas tree out of incredible embellishments that are included in the Christmas Kit. I stretched out 4 laces, which were secured with eyelets, and placed embellishments on top of them.

For the second Christmas tree, I chose several shades of green patterned paper and made paper tassels. The tassels were placed in the shape of a Christmas tree.

Later I plan to add a photo of our family to the whole page.

I hope you liked my ideas! 

Remember to share your creations with us on the Citrus Twist Kits Friends page on Facebook or by using #CTK, @Citrustwistkits on social media.

SUNDAY SKETCH with Ashley

 

Happy December CTK friends!! I hope you have had a great year using your CTK Kits, and today I'm here to share some inspiration with you for the Sunday Sketch! It's always nice to have a starting point for your layout, to take some of the guess work out of the design. Here's a look at today's sketch.

This sketch is in an 8.5x11 format, but the great thing about a sketch, is that it can be changed up to fit your needs. I work in the Life Crafted albums, so my pages are Traveler's Notebook size. I decided to rotate the sketch clockwise to create a vertical look for my photos and the title.

I wanted to use the Winter Magic Digital Kit for this layout, with the Hello Winter cut file that I designed for the month of December. Since the colors in the photos didn't coordinate with the Winter Magic Digital collection, I decided to turn them black & white. I love the contrast of the black & white photos with the color scheme from the kit.

For the journaling area on the sketch, I used one of the journaling cards from the Winter Magic digitals. I typed my journaling directly onto the card in Adobe Illustrator and printed it out. I wanted to give the card a tag look, so I snipped off the top two corners and punched a hole at the top, so I could add in some twine.

I really liked the idea of using the Cut File for the title area of the sketch. It was a perfect title to go along with my photos. I printed two of the patterned papers from the Winter Magic digitals and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the design. Once I had the cut file adhered to my layout, I added in some machine stitching to give it a bit of texture. 

I hope you've had a chance to pick up the new Digital Kit for this month, as well as the new cut files, and that you've found some inspiration today for using them on your projects.

3-TO-INSPIRE with Amy

Happy December everyone! For my 3-to-Inspire this week, I am working with the Jingle All the Way kit, with its whimsical variety of colors and textures.  Here are the three things I focused on:

1.  Circles

2.  6x8 pattern paper from the Jingle All the Way kit

3.  Foam stickers

I love working with circles in my layouts, and I especially like it when they are cut off the page.  I find it very visually engaging. In this layout decided I wanted to include separate photos from our walk in the partial circles that were overlaid on top of the full-page photo.  To create some visual separation between the smaller photos and the larger one, I used my Silhouette to cut circle outlines.  I put these on the edges of my circular photos, which gave me nice visual space.  

I typed my journaling directly onto my photo in Photoshop before printing, but you could easily type your journaling separately, cut it out, and adhere it to your photo.  I cut the circle of pattern paper on my Silhouette, but you could also die-cut it, use a circle punch, or fussy cut.  I punched a small hole at the top, used a number brad from my stash, and attached the circle overtop the journaling.  I then added a puffy sticker to the top of my spinning element for extra texture. 

This layout is sized outside a 6x8 page protector because of its interactive elements.  Pro-tip, if you try this, be sure to punch your holes before you add your spinning circle, mine only *just* fit.  

I hope this inspired you to play with your holiday products a bit today!  If you try this layout, be sure to tag me on Instagram @alphins_little_corner , I would love to see what you make!

Life Crafted Friday with Diane

Hi Everyone and happy Friday! Today I am sharing a Life Crafted 6x8 layout I made using the Crave Mini Kit. This was one of my favorite kits that was offered this year and I knew it would be perfect for this layout about an afternoon tea adventure with my sister-in-law!

I used a mixture of the digitals that were offered with the kit and the physical ephemera from the kit (the large tag was not part of the kit). The colors went perfectly with my photos! I used the digital 3x4 journal cards in the top left and right corners, the teal card being the perfect spot for my journaling.

I had a lot of fun using the gorgeous ephemera to create my title on the tag in the middle. I even did a little blending on the flowers in the background to bring some pink in. This afternoon really was a "Good Thing" and much needed!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you were able to find some inspiration to document the Good Things in your life!

Have a great weekend!

Diane

 

SUNDAY SKETCH with Jasmin

Hey everyone! Jasmin here with my take on the Sunday Sketch:

I continued to work on my Life Crafted 2019 Album and used the Merry Making Christmas 12 x 12 Add-On Kit.

I love to work with sketches and always try to implement it exactly.

This page came so fast together.

I hope you like it.

Have a wonderful weekend.

SUNDAY SKETCH with Nathalie

 

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to share a new project inspired on this week's sketch.   We all love a good sketch is like the foundation of a cohesive and successful layout that comes together in a breeze.  Let's take a  look at this week's sketch: 

And here is my project inspired on the sketch and featuring a combination of the Parasol Add on kit, and Gather Mini kit and digital files:

I  decided to stay close to the sketch for the picture side of my spread.   The diagonal  strip of paper in the sketch was the perfect starting point for the spread .

I trimmed patterned papers from the Parasol Add-on kit to create the base and  diagonal strip of the page.  My choice was to get rid of the stitched paper strip at the top of the page, and added a large floral cluster ( Gather Ephemera pack) in its place.  I kept the picture placement as per the sketch but moved some pieces/embellishments around so that they balance the page a bit better.

I added the small diagonal paper strip to the bottom right corner of the spread -as per sketch-.   This time, I shortened the stitched paper strip, and created a banner from one of the 6x4 digital cards.  I used the Mint Puffy Alpha Stickers to add my title on the banner.   In addition,  I added a second floral cluster (Gather ephemera) behind the title.

Here is where I took liberties with the sketch, and decided to elongate the diagonal line of the design.  I carried over that line into the other side of the spread, and created a pocket to house my journaling (Gather Digital collection) card in place.

Since this page documents day 4 of my Gratitude album - 6x8 Pumpkin Spice Life Crafted Album-, I used a metal die to cut the number 4 from patterned paper (Parasol Add on kit) then mixed  ephemera pieces (Gather kit) with enamel dots (Parasol Add On kit) as the embellishment cluster/subtitle in the front of the pocket.  this cluster completes my visual triangle.

I am using one of the Gather digital elements to create my journaling card.  I simply enlarged it -using Photoshop- then duplicated the card, and  rotated one of them before joining them together.   I simply added my journaling and printed it  off.

I  love how this turned out,  and how easily it came together using the sketch as inspiration for the page.   Remember to check the sketch, and share any project you create inspired by it.

XO!