My Personal Journal - CITRUS TWIST KITS

Hi there!
It is my first time creating a challenge in one of my favorite memory documenting formats, Traveler's Notebooks.  It is not secret, i  love TNs, and keep a daily visual journal of my everyday life, plus a few other side projects -all in TN formats-.   I love the format as it allows me to combine the graphic look of a scrapbook page, and the journal look of my dairies.

By now, some of you are receiving the Pleasant Valley Kits (aren't they gorgeous?!!!), well this month two new sets of stamps were also added to the store,  Spencer Alphabet and Spencer Alphabet outline.    I love the large font and clear look of the alphas, so i decided to used them to document some every day memories in my personal journal.

For the first entry, i decided first on a color combination that will make everything pop.   Then i used the Spencer Alpha stamp set to create the large title of this layout. 

The impact of the title makes it one of the focus of the page, so i made sure that it told the story of the picture. 

Love the colors in this month's Pleasant Valley PL kit, so it was easy to stay in the same color combo when adding the clusters around the picture. To finish this page, i added a few more stamping sentiments using the TN stamp set.    Any clues on what the challenge is, yet? Let me give you another hint.

For this page, I chose to tell the story by using the Spencer Alpha Outline Stamp set to create a large title. 

To bring life into the page, stamped the title on different papers from the Pleasant Valley Scrapbook Kit, and then fussy cut around them, the font is so clean and crisp that it took no time to get this done.

The letters were then glued to form the large title, and this time i added stamped sentiments using this month's add-on stamp set.

How lucky  was i to find a few sunglassed  in the puffy stickers from the Goldenrot collection, included in this month's embellishment kit, they complete my title.  Since the story is told in the title, i just used one of the labels, from the Emerson collection stickers included in the main kit, and used it to hide the rest of the journal in a pocket behind the picture.

By now you have guessed this week's challenge:  CREATE A LARGE TITLE.  Use stamps, alphas, paper or the Spencer Alpha stamp sets to create titles that will tell the story of your page and create lots of impact on your pages.   Trust me it, once you build the title, 80% of your page is done.  So you will be able to produce them in no time!

Remember to share with us what you create with this challenge either on social media using @citrustwistkits or #citrustwistkits or on CTK friends page on Facebook.  I cannot wait how you interprete the challenge.

XO

My Personal Journal

Traveler's Notebook layouts created for Citrus Twist Kits   - MY PERSONAL JOURNAL -

Hi there!  Nathalie with you today bringing you a few ideas on how to put those 3x8 bookmarks (available in the Digital Files section of the CTK shop) to work with this month's Skyland kits.  What can i say,  I love adding variety to my Traveler's Notebooks, and having the option of  creating hybrid entries for my journal is not only fun, but also a fast way to put a TN layout together.

But don't be discouraged if you don't have access to Photoshop, you can still work with the digital cards by printing them and adding them to your projects.    In fact, i have created 2 projects one with a hybrid option, and the next just using a print from the digital files.

The first project features a card that was designed on Photoshop.  Once the page was printed, i  trimmed a bit off the edges and framed it with the Heidi Swapp paper (it has a very soft rose design on it), and added a small  floral ephemera piece at the bottom of the page.

 The same paper was used to back the picture, which was then mounted on the Pinkfresh Studio paper that matches the floral cluster element at the bottom of the hybrid page, all these papers are included in the Skyland Scrapbook kit.  To complete the page, I added a few stamped sentiments using the Conversation Starter set and a few drops of gold ink.    This entry took no time to put together!

Now, this entry was created by printing the  3x8 bookmark cards without using Photoshop.  First I added my journal on the card using a typewriter, and glued it to one side of the TN entry.  The photo strip was then backed with the matching paper from this month's Skyland PL kit, and glued to the opposite side of the layout.

Once again, since the card is holding the journal lines, and has a title built  in, I chose to only add a few more embellishments.   This month's cut apart element page (available for free at the Citrus Twist Kits shop) is amazing!,  so i combined a few of the cut aparts with pieces from the Skyland PL kit.  Once again i added a few stamped sentiments using the Conversation Starter stamp set (Check this stamp set out, it is amazing, and filled with so many possibilities!) to complete the page.

Well that is for me for today!  Do not forget to check all the new July kits, and while you are at the shop also add a few of the CTK digital files to your cart;  these are great options to stretch your kits, and add variety to your memory keeping.

Remember to share your projects using CTK products and digital files in our Facebook Fan page or in social media (please tag @citrustwist kits).    I am looking forward to seeing what you create this month.

XO

My Personal Journal - Week 20

Hi There!

we are gearing towards the middle of the year! Amazing how fast time is passing by.  I have continued capturing my every day -it is a habit, now- and using the pictures to create my visual journal for 2018.  Well, with that being said, here are the entries for the past week on my Traveler's Notebook:

A couple weeks ago, I found TN inserts at Michaels, and decided to give this grid insert a try.  Though my choice is always white pages,  I gotta say that i am loving having the grid to help achieve the straight lines when gluing things to my TN.

This week, I chose to use some of my PL and scrapbook kits from Citrus Twist Kits to create some of the entries.  Having the option of using the digitals to create some hybrid pages speeds the documenting process a bit.

That is  all the entries to my personal journal for the past week,  I really hope you are also documenting your days!

 See you soon!

My Personal Journal - Week 19

Hi!!!

Hope you are doing well!  Life is starting to settle, and hopefully we will have a bit more relaxed days than the previous ones. Through it all, I have journaled the good and bad moments, and used some of that time to put a few pages together in my visual journal.  Here are the entries for this week:

I got to admit that i am enjoying using a hybrid style for my TNs, for one it speeds the documenting process, and then it reduces the amount of bulk  added to my pages.  So of course I am loving my Citrus Twist Kits and their new digital files.   They have come in handy for some of these.

Like i mentioned in my previous post, I recently made some purchases of digital files from In A Creative Bubble, and i am learning how to use some of this new digitals, but loving what they are doing for my journal.

That is all for me for this week!  It is amazing to see how my little journal is progressing, and now it is time to start Insert #8. 

As always let me know if you have questions on how these came together.

Take care

My Personal Journal - MARCH BREAK

Hi there!!!

Nathalie here finally  rested after a busy week with my kids at home.   Though we couldn't go away for Spring/March Break this year (my son is about to graduate high school, and had to do quite a bit of work in preparation for his University applications), but that did not stop us from enjoying the week, and making the perfect "STAYCATION"

This month, I asked Trina to please include all the Lemon Drop  kits,  Pretty Things Add-on kit  and stamps in my box, and she also added the new Traveler's Notebook mini kit (Thank you, Trina!) which came in so handy to document all the mini adventures the week held.   This month's kits are so so beautiful, and so versatile that you can pretty much document all your daily adventures with them!

Created using the Lemon Drop Main, PL, Embellishment, and Pretty Things add-on kits

I used a mixture of all the kits to create the entries in my daily journal.  Since there was a large number of black and white embellishments included in the main kit,   I took advantage of  that to add color to my pictures.

Created using the Lemon Drop main, PL, embellishment and Traveler's Notebook Kit

Created using the Lemon Drop Main, PL, Embellishment, Traveller's Notebook Kits

All the envelopes that are included in this month's Traveller's Notebook mini kit are perfect to add extra pictures, journal cards, tags and souvenirs to your pages.  I chose to cut the flap of the  envelopes, so that they  can used them as pockets in these two entries.  Here i placed journal cards and extra photos of our daily adventures.

Created using the Lemon Drop main , embellishment, PL kits and This is the Life  March 2018 stamp

Created using the Lemon Drop main, PL, embellishment and Pretty Things add on kits and  This is Life March stamp

If you have seen my TN work before, then you will know that i try to stay away from chipboard and thick embellishments (as i don't want to add extra bulk to the page), but since i created this TN solely to document this week, i was happy to add the flair and lots of layered embellishments to the pages.  All the new Crate Paper's Here and There collection and Paige Evans Pick Me up complement the pictures of our daily activities.

Created using the Lemon Drop main, PL, embellishment, Traveller's Notebook Kits, and Letting Go stamp set

An insert was created using vellum and an envelope from the Traveler's Notebook mini kit

created using the Lemon Drop Main, PL, Embellishment and Traveller's Notebook kits

Like mentioned before, this month's Lemon Drop kits are a dream to work with.  Their versatility makes is so easy to combine and mix as needed when documenting all your memories.   Here is a small video that showcases close ups of the Traveller's Notebook, so sit back, and enjoy the  music:

This little notebook tells the story of our March Break Staycation - the good, and the bad - and i love how easy it was to combine all this month's kits to bring color to a rather low key vacation.  Stop by the Citrus Twist Kits store to check all the kits (the Lemon Drop main kit has sold out, already!),   you will want to have them handy to document your adventures.   And just wait to see what is coming up in the next month!!!

That is all for me, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions on how this came together.

XOXO

Nathalie

Awesome Life Antics

Scrapbook Layout created for Citrus Twist Kits  -  AWESOME LIFE ANTICS  -

Hi there!


Today, I want to share with you all a new layout created using  this month's Citrus Twist Kits Sugarland Kits.   The kits this month are so beautiful that they have pretty much sold out!.     Trina does a great job curating this awesome kits.

This page was created using a Studio Calico cut file.  To back the cut out, all the washi tapes from the All The Good Things collection from Vicki Boutin (my boss) were attached to a piece of paper, and then used to back the "X" space.  The "O was backed with a paper from the kit.

The picture was then framed with the beautiful pom pom frames from Crate Paper.  And just a few embellishments were used around the entire layout, as there is so much going on the cut itself.

One of my favorite things from all the CTK kits are the stamps and exclusives, and i used some of them to create part of the title of this page.   Here is the complete page:

This page took no time to put together (just the hand stitching took a bit longer), but i love the end result.   The textures, colors, and overall look bring the picture of my kids to focus.   The following video will give you a more in-depth look on how this page came together:

I hope you are inspired by the project.  If you have not checked Citrus Twist Kits, then just click here to be taken to the website.  The kits are amazing (and wait to see what is coming in February!!)   Remember I am always a comment away if you have questions on how this came together.

Take care!!!