December Documented - CITRUS TWIST KITS

Happy NEW YEAR everyone!

May 2020 be a love filled year!  I am so excited about the new year cause it brings lots of new adventures, dreams and failures.  What better way to celebrate it all than by documenting it all.

Though the year is started, i am just finishing a few projects with the new January kits from Citrus Twist Kits.  To kick off of the year, they are also releasing a few sets of stamps that are perfect to create titles, add to your layouts and planners.   So, i took them all and set to create a few pages for my Family Album.

I started this page by supersizing one of the cut apart tags and then using a combination of this month's stamps to create the title of this page.  I later thread a piece of string through both tags and set them on vellum on my album.

The new Alpha stamp set is the perfect size for the Life Crafted album.   I chose to use the bold image to stamped the title and then used the Add-on stamp set to add the small subtitle to the page.

To complete the page, i supersize the picture to fit a page of my Life Crafted album, and then cut a small slit at the top right corner of the picture.  Here i created  a small card that slides out to show the journal of the page. 

I added a few more embellishments to complete my visual triangle, but loved how simple and easy this came together using the stamps sets and Life Crafted kit.

For my next page, i decided to use the stamps to document my 44th birthday.  I started by using the Digital TN papers for January to create the background for my title and lines of journal.

I then used all the stamp sets to create the large title/journal of this layout.  The large numbers are the perfect height to add your lines of journal next to it in a block fashion.

I had so much fun using the stamp sets to document my day in numbers. Since the print is large and uses lots of space, i decided to keep the other side of the layout very simple.

I used a 4"x2" card PL insert to create the background of the page ( It was easy to supersize the image).  An exacto knife was used to cut the tips of the starts closer to the picture,  I used the corners to hold the picture in place.  All was left to do was embellish it with stickers from the Life Crafted kit and then stamped the date in place.

I love how this turned out, and cannot wait to use the rest of the stamps to complete a few more pages in my journals.  Remember to check the CTK store for all the new stamps and kits- you are going to love and  use these-.

thanks for visiting!

xo

Her Story - CITRUS TWIST KITS

Hi there!
Nathalie here with this week's sketch challenge, and i am in love with all the layers that it showcases.  Having a sketch always makes a project come together easily in a short amount of time.  So, before i show you what i created using the Life Chapters kit and a few pieces from the add-on kit, let me share the sketch with you all.

I was inspired by the layers and positioning of the elements  to create this page about my youngest sister and her lovely story (trust me she herself is an adventure for us!)

I tried an stayed true to the sketch, but as you can see there are a few minor changes that make it more my style.  Firstly, i switched the location of the label and the small paper strip from the bottom to the top of the page, and added a bit of mixed media to the background, hence adding texture to this page.

While the texture paste dried, i used the Notebook Edge cut file to cut one of the Pinkfresh Studio papers with it, at the same time a few of the floral images from the Sunny Days papers (Maggie Holmes) from the add-on kit were fussy cut.

I pulled all the blue elements  i could find in the cut apart elements, ephemera and labels to bring the pops of color to this page.   Once i had everything ready, i followed the sketch to create the layers behind the picture using papers from both the Life Chapters and Add on Kits.

The ripped layer of paper was replaced with the fussy cut florals, and all the blue elements were used to create the small clusters that create the visual triangle on this page.   Gotta love the small alphas included in the Life Chapters kit, as they are the perfect font to combine with all die cuts, and so on, just like featured in the title of this page.  The following video will show you how it all came together:

As you can see this page is a reflection of my sister's story and it came together rather easily with the  inspiration the sketch provides.

Now it is  your turn to put the sketch to use in a project of your own.  Remember to share with us what you create, tag @citrustwistkits or #citrustwistkits when sharing it on social media or just upload your picture to the CTK Friends page on Facebook.  We love seeing your creations.

XO