SUMMER DOCUMENTED - Citrus Twist Kits

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today with a quick look at what my Summer looks like.  We are still in vacation mode here in Canada, and that means lots of time spent on so many activities, that documenting  some times is hard to achieve.   Here is where this month's CHASING RAINBOWS Life Crafted kit and add-on kit became my most favorite and easiest way to document a rather busy week.  Let me show you:

Since i had  lots of pictures from the week, i chose to create a 2x2 pocket collage of them ( the insert was cut from an original 6x8 Simple Stories pocket configuration to fit the album).   I  pulled papers and embellishments from the Add-on kit so that i can have a rainbow on the page.   I even pulled the Digital This is Life:Oh Happy Day to create one of the pocket cards.  Since yello is my grounding color, i used the Office Hours mini Alpha (available at the CTK shop) to complete my title...

For the other side of the spread, i chose to use a more simple design, as the colors in the picture are darker.   First, i added a few more 2x2 pictures and added small embellishments to the pockets (trying to focus on the blue tones of the pictures). For the other side of the layout, I chose insert  3, and used one of the journaling spots to add a few notes on the pictures.

To continue documenting our busy week, i used Digital TN papers to create the layout and 4x6 card.   The journaling spots available in the Digital PL cards make it so easy to print your memories in the computer.    I added a large title so that it balances the page, this puffy script words come from the Pinkfresh Studio Just A Little Lovely and are available in the CTK shop.   To finish the page, i used embellishments from the add-on kit and cut apart elements.

The PL cards in the Chasing Rainbows kit are amazing, and so easy to combine that it took no time to create this spread. The rainbow card is actually the 4x6 card cut to fit in the Insert 2 pocket.  I fussy cut the  small circle from the b side of this card, and used it as an embellishment.   The green card was also created by cutting the 3x8 card, and then just adding a cut apart element  to complete the page.   

And just to finish the week of documenting, i brought some florals into this spread.   Since there are so many colors in the page, i chose to ground it all with a soft blue (the alphas and the pl cards helped with this!).   I fussy cut some florals to add them to the girls picture, and then used one of the Puffy stickers from the Just A Little Lovely collection (available in the CTK shop)  to create my journal card.

I hope this has inspired you to check this month's kits and use them to document your stories.  The beauty of working with kits is that everything has been carefully curated, that it can easily be combined in your pages.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions on how these came together.

XO

EVERYDAY DOCUMENTING - Citrus Twist Kits

Hi there,

Nathalie with you today with a couple layouts all about using some of those beautiful screen cut files and this month's kits.   By now all your kits are on the way and arriving at your doors, so what better time to start looking at how to use those exclusive cut files in your projects.

For these pages, i chose to work with the Screen cut files to give you a few ideas when creating layouts in your Life Crafted album.  For the first one, i am using the Ampersand Love cut file and a mix of the Add on  and Chasing Rainbows kits.

I used the cut file to create my title page on  this layout.   First the cut file was sized to fit a Life Crafted insert, and then decided to just back the ampersand of the cut out with a paper from the Just Lovely collection, from Pinkfresh Studio, included in the Add-on kit, then glued the screen outline to a piece of cardstock.

All the floral embellishments of the layout were fussy cut from the Pinkfresh Studio papers -included in the Add-on kit-  and then used to create clusters around the pictures and title.    A few embellishments from the Chasing Rainbows kit complete this page.  Love how easy this came together using the cut file as a page in the album, but how about  using it in a different way.

For this page,  my choice was to break apart the Screen cut out so that i can create layers and pieces for my layout.

First, i created a background by cutting one of the add-on kit's papers to fit a Life Crafted insert.  This time, i chose to cut the screen and create a layer behind the picture.   All the embellishments  - a mix of pieces from both kits- were then added around the picture.   Finally a title was added using one of the subscriber cutfiles, the Chasing Rainbows stamp set and Typewriter Alpha Stamp.

For the other side of this page,  i reached for Insert #2 and  create a 3x4 card by gluing the left over piece of the cut out to a piece of vellum.    The journal lines were then added to one of the Subscriber exclusive 3x4 bonus cards, and then this layout was finished with puffy stickers and enamel dots from the Add-on kit, and cut apart elements.

The following video will show you how it all came together:

I hope these have inspired you to use your exclusive cut files to create pages in your Life Crafted Album.   Be sure to stop by the CTK shop to check the kits -there are so many perks as a subscriber-.  If you have questions on how these came together, please do not hesitate to contact me.

XO