SUMMER MAGIC - Citrus Twist Kits

Hi there!
Nathalie with you today bringing you a new layout that features the lovely July Scrapbooking Add-on kit to document a magical summer memory.  This month's kit is packed with beautiful papers and designs that will make it so easy to document your memories.

It was so hard and easy to pull pieces from the July kits to create this page.  However, i chose to start with a non-white background.  Once I found this light blue cardstock, my first idea was to add a bit of mixed media to the background.

Using the Pinkfresh Studio watercolors (found in the CTK Shop), I added splashes of color to the background.  While it dried,  i used  my Silhouette Cameo to cut two of the stars backgrounds (Subscriber cut file) from the white cardstock included in the Add On Kit.

In addition, i used another cut file (subscriber only) to create the title of this page, and backed it with papers from the add-on kit.  With so many choices in the papers, it was easy to create a summer masculine palette for the title.

A bit of foam adhesive secured the cut outs to the page. A few sentiments from the Add-On stamp set were also added to the background.  The picture was then set on the middle of the page - nestle between the cutouts- and clusters of ephemera and stickers from the Add-on kit and a few from the Life Crafted kit were added to the corners of the picture.

To finish the page, i added a small strip of paper to the bottom of the page, and then added a few gold ink splatters and lines of journal besides the title.

I love the final look of the page. This month's Add-on kit is so packed with beautiful pieces that will get your creativity flowing, and make it easy and quick to document all your memories -not just those Sunny Summer ones-.  Remember you can always contact me if you have questions on how this came together.

XO

HAPPINESS IS HOMEMADE - Scrapbook Nerd

Hi there!
This week the Scrapbook Nerd DT will be working projects based on this month's color challenge.   What can I say this challenge is perfect for my "Black and white with a shade of rainbow" obsession.

It all started with building the background using the Pinkfresh Studio watercolor collection on a piece of Vicki Boutin foundation paper that had been gessoed. 

While the background dried, the chevrons (1in wide) for this project were created from the 6x6 Joyful Day paper pad -Pinkfresh Studio- and Flower Market collection - Carta Bella-.   These were stitched to the background.

A second set of smaller chevrons  (0.5in wide) was stitched to the bottom right corner of the page, followed by the title -i used word stickers from the Joyful Day collection and Puffy Alphas from the Everyday Musings collection both from Pinkfresh Studio-.

Once the picture was set in place, small clusters of embellishments were set around it.  I chose to color block the embellishments so that they match the color of the background.   All that was left to add was a few lines of journal and some drops of gold ink.  Here is the final layout:

 I love the colors of the layout, and how the black and white papers ground the page, and  contrast and combine seamlessly with the colors and papers.  I have created a small video on how this came together (forgive the stuffy sound of my voice, as i am fighting a bad cold at the moment!)

Remember to check the Scrapbook Nerd store for all and so many more goodies that are constantly arriving to the store. If you have questions on how this came together, please do not hesitate to contact me!

XO

Beautfiul Ordinary Life

Scrapbook Layout created for Citrus Twist Kits  - BEAUTIFUL ORDINARY LIFE -

Hi back!, 
This is the second project created for today's Tuesday Tutorial at the Citrus Twist Kits blog.  If you have yet to see the first project, the inspiration for the two projects was the Ridge paper from Pinkfresh Studio's Indigo Hills 2 collection   - refer to the previous blog post -

Once the first project was created, i carefully fussy cut the hexagon shapes from the A side of the paper.   Since i wanted to combine them with the wooden hexagons in the embellishment kit, i decided to use a bit of Pinkfresh Studio watercolors to create this background.  I  tried at best to get to the colors in the papers and wooden pieces, and give the background the shape of the hexagons.

Then it was all about gluing the pieces back to the page, i tried at best to stay on a tone on tone look to the page, and added a few stickers from the ephemera, sticker sheet and cut apart sheet from this month's The Little Things kits.

Since the background is very colorful, i used a simple title, and decided to stamps sentiments around the page using the Little Things TN stamp set from CTK.   Here is the completed page:

Love how this turned out, and how easy it was to put this together.  Just enjoy the following video that will give you a better look at how all this came together:

I hope the two blog posts have inspired you to make the best out of your The Little Things kits.  As always please contact me if you have questions on how these came together.

XO

Darling Just Believe in Yourself

Scrapbook Layout created for Citrus Twist Kits  - DARLING JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF -

Hi there!

Today's series of projects are up on the Citrus Twist Kits blog.  I fell in love with the Ridge paper from Pinkfresh Studio's Indigo Hills 2 included in the Little Things kit, and wanted to use it to the max, so i created 2 very different pages using the one sheet as inspiration.

For the  first page, the Pinkfresh Studio liquid watercolors were used to create a bit of color shadow in the background of the cut outs created with one of this month's free CTK cut files.

The flowers of the cut file were backed using the b side of the paper and vellum.   I was very careful when cutting out the paper as i wanted to use the hexagons on the A side of the page.

 
I used embellishments from the Indigo Hills 2 ephemera, sticker and wooden sticker sheets as well as the Willow lane puffy stickers to decorate the page, then added a few stamped sentiment using this month's Add-on stamp around the page.

I love how this turned out, as it is soft and very muted just like the b side of the paper, the following video will show you how this was put together:

Stop by Citrus Twist Kits to check all the kits, and see you in the next post!!!

This Simple Promise

Bible Journal page created for Citrus Twist Kits  - THIS SIMPLE PROMISE  -

Hi there!


The new Citrus Twist Kits have been revealed, and as usual i had to have them all!  My first project each month usually is the one with the Grace Box, and this month's Grace Box is filled with beautiful papers and stickers from the Indigo Hills 2 collection,   a set of puffy black words from Vicki Boutin and the awesome stamp set.  So right away, I pulled my bible and look for Psalm 128: 1-2 to create this page!

"Blessed are all who fear the LORD, 

who will walk in obedience with Him.

You will eat the fruit of your labour;

Blessings and prosperities will be yours."

  Right away, i pulled my Pinkfresh Studio liquid watercolors and decided to create a rainbow look to the entire page making sure not to cover the verses that i was highlighting.

While it dried, I fussy cut the leaves/vines from one of the Pinkfresh Studio papers,   I made sure to leave a small white edge around the leaves so that they will stand out on the background.

Once the page dried, I glued the vines to create the frame on the page, and then used a combination of the Vicki Boutin Puffy thickers and the stamps set to add the title of this page.  Then just added  a few of the enamel dots and stickers around the page.

There were some pieces of vintage fabric included in the kit, so i used the paper clip (also included in the kit) to create a marker to the verses.  Using a white gel pen, create a bit of cross hatching around the entire page, then added a few lines of journal based on what i had been studying about the verse.

Love how this turned out.  Simple and poignant to cover one of the LORD's most simple promises; to be blessed as long as we work and walk on his name.  How loving is our GOD!

Remember to check Citrus Twist Kits for all the materials used in this page.  Kits will start shipping this weekend!

Have a Blessed day!!!

Sweet Wonderful Memories

Scrapbook Layout created for Citrus Twist Kits  - SWEET WONDERFUL MEMORIES -

Hello there!

It is time to get your fingers messy and inky!  Nathalie here to give you a bit of inspiration on mixing the beautiful Heartbreaker kits, the Traveler's Notebook Stamp set, and a bit of mixed media.

Well, when i saw all the colors in the Heartbreaker scrapbook kit all I could think about  was how to incorporate lots of mixed media in a confined space (so that it is less scary to some!).  The solution use the mixed media to back a cut out / cut file.

To create the background,  i used the PinkFresh Studio liquid watercolor collection available in the CTK shop, and the packaging technique.  As the colors were being added, i was careful not to stretch them outside of the frame of the cut file, as i wanted to try at best to confine the mixed media to the area behind the cut file, and picture.

Once the background completely dried, the cut out (this was created with one of this month's free cut files available at the Citrus Twist Kits shop) was attached using some foam adhesive so that it pops off the page.

Now it was time to complete the layout; first i backed the picture with one of the beautiful Willow Lane Papers included in the Hearbreaker kit, and then added layers of ephemera, elements from the die-cut page (available for free at the CTK shop) and some of the gold chipboard and puffy stickers that are included in the Scrapbook and embellishment Kits.  Loving the golden accents on the page!  Along the way, I added a few sentiments to the page using this month's Traveler's Notebook Stamp set - Mom Duty -.

Since the picture  was placed in the top left corner of the page, a large cluster was placed in the bottom right corner of the page using a combination of the Heartbreaker kit's embellishments such as ephemera (love that big camera form the Amy Tangerine's die cut pack), puffy stickers, and some of the chipboard stickers from the embellishment kit.
The following video will give you a more in depthe look at how this page was put together using the Heartbreaker kits:

I know some are still intimidated by mixed media, but having the mixed media confined to a selected space reduces the messy look of the page, and adds the perfect pop of color to the background, or in this case as the backing of a cut out.

I  hope this inspires you to use a bit of mixed media in your memory keeping.  Remember to share with us what you are creating with the Heartbreaker kits, we love to see the kits in action and be inspired by all your projects.

XO

Do Good, Dream, LOVE, Sparkle

Hi there!  Nathalie with this week's 3-to-Inspire.   The newly released "Perfectly Posh" kits are so gorgeous, and packed with so many goodies, it was so easy to pick three prompts to inspire this week's' project.  Here are the prompts:

• Incorporate the Maggie Holmes Crepe Fringe
• Add butterflies
• Use fussy cut elements 
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This is how i combined the prompts in this project:

First, the background was created using a combination of the liquid watercolors from Pinkfresh Studio available at the shop.  I used Aquamarine, Blue Sky, Bubble Gum, and Yellow to create the watercolor look on the background. Make sure you check the watercolors at the store, they are so easy to work with ;)

While the background dried, i used papers from the "Perfectly Posh" Scrapbook kit to back the letters in the cut file/title - this cut file is available at the CTK store for free-, as well as to add layers behind the picture.  In addition, i took some time to fussy cut a few of the flowers from the Simplicity paper from PinkFresh Studio included in the kit.

A bit of foam adhesive was used to attached the title to the page, next i tucked the picture of my kids at the top corner of the title, and started to embellish the layout using all the fussy cut flowers, pieces from the cut apart page -available for free at the CTK store- as well as stickers and washi tape from  the embellishment kit.  

Lately, i have been creating pages with  hidden details, so i decided to use some of the crepe fringe as part of my peek-a-boo element in this page.   For this, i cut a piece of the Pinkfresh Studio Simplicity paper.  Next, i carefully glued the the fringe at about half an inch from the edge of the piece of paper, then trim the excess fringe. Since i wanted to have a long piece of fringe at the bottom layer, i continue to glue the fringe next to each other until the entire bottom edge of the paper was covered.  Then used a different color of the fringe just to add an extra layer above the one just glued. 

The paper with the fringe was glued to the bottom of the page.  Here i carefully distress the bottom edge of the cardstock so that the fringe border would show, and decided to add a butterfly from the foam stickers included in the "Perfectly Posh"kit to bring the eye to this detail.   So a few more butterflies around the page just bring the page together.

A few  stamped sentiments from the kit's stamp, and the "So Very You" Traveller's Notebook Stamp complete the title, and add a few more details on the page.  

Love how this page turned out.  This month's kits, add ons, digital files are amazing, so it made this page a true joy to put together.  And now it is your turn to use this week's prompts to create a page of your own.   Remember to share your finished projects on the Citrus Twist Kits Fan Page on Facebook or on social media (tag us using #citrustwistkits).  I cannot wait to see what you create with the prompts and all the August kits (they are so gorgeous!!)

XO