Life Crafted with Ashley Horton

 

Hi everyone!  It's Ashley, and I'm stopping in today to share a layout using the December new Life Crafted products!  I really love the new stamps and ephemera pieces and the 6x8 paper from Crate Paper that was included.  This layout was inspired by one of the papers in the paper pad, and I decided to keep it on the more simple side.

In December, I gravitate toward sparkle and gold.  I loved this gold patterned paper with the sentiment on it and decided to use it for the left side of my layout.  I wanted some contrast, so I used the black puffy alphas to add "XOXO".  I wanted it to looked balanced so I added part of it at the top of the sentiment and the other part at the bottom and offset them.

Since I knew I was going to be using a photo of flowers, I had to embellish with some flowers on the left side.  I went through the floral ephemera and chose a couple of the flowers and leaves to create a cluster below the sentiment.  I placed pop dots under the larger flower to add interest to the cluster.

I went with a full-sized photo on the right hand side of the layout.  I didn't want to cover up much of the picture, so I just used a couple of pieces from the ephemera pack.  And I always love using my tiny attacher to adhere embellishments for extra texture.

I hope you were inspired today, and got some ideas for using the December Life Crafted products!  If you haven't had a chance to check them out, make sure you visit the CTK shop to see what's new!

Sunday Sketch with Kira

Hey there!  It's Kira and I am back with another Sunday Sketch.  Today I am using the June add-on kit to create a layout in my Life Crafted Album.  Here's a look at the sketch we are using today:

And here's a look at my completed layout:

I started this layout by choosing the pink ledger paper as my background.  I cut it down to 8.5x8.25 and worked on it like it was a mini 12x12 layout.  After the layout was complete, I cut it down the middle so it would fit in my LC album. 

I used some patterned papers and a tag from my stash to layer behind my photo.  Then I created a cute cluster on the right side of the photo using die cuts and puffy stickers from the add-on kit.

I used the alphas from the kit to spell out my title, Silly Random Questions.  Then for some texture I used my sewing machine to stitch over the top of the alphas and on the strips of paper.

I typed up my journaling on white cardstock and adhered below the photo.  I added a sticker on foam adhesive for an additional pop of color near the journaling.

I decided I wanted a little something on the reverse page to balance everything out.  So I layered a few die cuts to create an embellishment cluster.

Thanks for stopping by!  I can't wait to see how you use this sketch!

xo, Kira

Life Crafted with Erica

Hey guys! Today I wanted to show you a few different ways to use the June Scrapbooking Add-on Kit and June digital files. I have two layouts in my Life Crafted album of activities I enjoyed during lockdown. And I ended up with two very different colour schemes!


I had lots of fun bird watching at home and trying to photograph these beauties before they flew away. Thankfully, they set up camp for a few minutes across the fence so I could snap a couple of pictures!




I started off with this amazing bird paper from the add-on kit and knew it was too perfect not to use. I toned it down a bit with a grid paper from the digital TN Basics papers, and backed my photo with a few more papers from the kit. I dug into the Maggie Holmes ephemera pack and created a cluster in the bottom right leaving some space for jounaling on the left.

The alphas in this kit from Pinkfresh Studio are adorable and have so many colours to choose from! I stuck to the colours found in my spread for the title, and it really highlights the greens and yellows in the papers. I also used the centers of the '0's and 'Q's as enamel dots to sprinkle around.





On the opposite page I created two clusters- one for fun and one for a photo. I used another digital TN Basics paper for my background. In my first cluster I used a bunch of scraps to layer and a square element from the digital Journal Cards with a label and a puffy sticker. I finished it off with a few more alphas and puffy dots.





On my second cluster, I layered a few pieces from the ephemera pack and a ticket from the Cravings Digital Tags and topped it off with a cute bird puffy sticker.





For my second layout I wanted to focus on the cooler tones in the kit. Namely the pinks, purples and blues- since this was early evening and my photos were quite dark. I had the idea to create a long title with the puffy alphas and was inspired by the adorable couch icon in the puffy stickers. Luckily there was also a bicycle!





On the left hand side of my spread I used a strip of patterned paper from the kit and layered two large photos with embellishments from the sticker sheets and digital Cutapart Elements.




I popped the lower photo up on foam to make it pop, and layered one of the acetate frames over the top.





Thanks for stopping by today and I hope this have given you some ideas on how to get multiple colour schemes out of your kit this month!

February Add-On Kit with Nathalie & Trina

Hello everyone,

Nathalie and I are popping into today to share some of the pages we made with this month's beautiful February 2020 12" x 12" Scrapbooking Kit Add-On. This kit has a delightful mix of products primarily from Crate Paper Magical Forest and Pinkfresh My Favorite Story. February 2020 kits begin shipping out tomorrow.

Trina's Projects

I went on a recent girls' road trip on the central coast of California. There is nothing like blue skies and sunshine to bring out the inner artist.

My first project didn't start out as a tribute page, but quickly morphed into one. I was working with a photo I took on my brother's birthday right after I saw a plaque set into stone that read "Sit and relax. Enjoy the moment." That plaque, those moments along the 17 Mile Drive and thinking about my brother turned into this page. The triangles and enamel dots became pieces of my fractured heart. I loved working on this project even though it was unexpected. The italic title is from our new Upper and Lower Case Italic Alphabet & Number stamp set. (NOTE: I pulled the antique lace and book pages from my vintage stash.)

Here's a close-up:

My next project took on many different forms before it became this. Primarily it was made by playing around with small pieces of the pattern paper that comes in the February kit.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Now it is time for Nathalie to share a bit of inspiration!


Nathalie's Project


Hi there!

This month's add-on kit is the perfect combination of color, design and sentiment which is the key to enhancing your memory keeping.   I wanted something soft and dreamy to document a recent picture of one of our Goddaughter's first day of dance school, so  i pulled some watercolor and just played with papers to create this page.

I wanted a background that was going to make everything else stand out, so i pulled a bit of Licorice liquid watercolor from Pinkfresh Studio ( available at the CTK shop) and using a large brush just added a few strokes on the page.   I followed this  with a bit of texture paste and a simple circle stencil, and set it aside to dry.

I pulled all the Pinkfresh Studio - My Favorite Story collection- papers, in the add-on kit, and vellum to create all the butterflies using a metal die.   I layered the vellum atop the paper butterflies to create the soft look on the images.  All the negative pieces of papers were then used to create the layers behind the picture.

Once i set the picture on the background, i used the butterflies to create three clusters surrounding the page.  I added a bit stamped sentiments around the clusters using the Traveler's Notebook  and  Life Crafted: Possibilities stamp sets, as well as some enamel dots from the add-on kit.

To make the color of my baby's tutu stand out, i simple folded the background and added small pieces of the Beauty of Simplicity paper and a few fussy cut flowers from the Bloom and Grow paper  -both from PinkFresh Studio-.  With so many beautiful embellishments, it was so easy to add a title and embellish the page.

I hope you stop by the  CTK shop to check this gorgeous add-on kit ( kits start shipping today)!  There is so many possibilities in this little bundle of paper and embellishments that it will sure enhance your stories.

XO

Project Life 6" x 12"-Style with Trina

Hi everyone! It's Trina here today sharing how I used the May 2019 scrapbooking add-on kit in my 6" x 12" pocket page album. These days I do the bulk of my paper crafting in either my Life Crafted album or a 6" x 8" album. Once a month I create a two-page spread in my 6" x 12" album that documents something fun we've done or - more often than not - these photos and adventures that my daughter sends me from college, so this album spans almost 2 years.

I love Crate Paper's newest All Heart line and it's perfect to record many of life's little memorable moments. I created this 4" x 6" journaling card by cutting out part of one of the 12" x 12" sheets of pattern paper that come in our May Scrapbooking kit. I love Dear Lizzy's new tiny puffy alphabet stickers and added them to the card along with an All heart chipboard glitter heart and typewritten journaling.

Confession: One of the things I love about 6" x 12" is when I get to make a 6" x 12" scrapbook layout. Kira's fussy cut 3-to-Inspire project (on our May 18th blog) inspired me to do some fussy cutting of my own. I cut out some florals, gently folded back some pattern paper, then built a little field of flowers coming from the base of my page. I used the coppery tiny alphabet letters from the April "Make it a Venti" kit to spell out the wilderness title.

I can't say enough how much I adore Heidi Swapp's new Colorfresh gold puffy phrase and icon stickers. I could have hoarded these but instead they've been gracing my projects this month. The holographic pieces ("GIRL POWER") from the All Heart ephemera set change colors when they catch the light. L-O-V-E!

One of the beauties of mixing and matching the Life Crafted kit together with the monthly scrapbooking add-on kit is you have an abundance of treasures and new products to work with. Both of my kits are still going strong after many completed projects.

Do you like to mix up your size, formats and kits, too, when you create?

Happy day to all.

XO,
Trina

Product Highlight with Emma

Hello CTK friends :)

Emma on the blog today and I am so happy to be able to share one of my projects using the April kits.  For this layout I wanted to focus on using the fun Maggie Holmes Sunny Days Accent Stickers that are included in this months Add-on Kit!

First up, here's a look at the page I put together :)

This is sized to fit in my Life Crafted album and as usual I've gone with a white cardstock background (I just can't break out of the habit!).  I added a few black ink splatters at the top and bottom of my page and centered my photo.

I love layers so I've gone added one of the stickers at the very bottom then on top of that I've popped one of the die-cut pieces (also from the add-on), one of the 3x4 LC cards and a small section of one of the digital TN papers before laying the photo on top!  Yes, I love layers :)

Once I had my photo cluster all set I had some fun picking out my favorite stickers to add around it.  That yellow "sunshine" sticker was a must have but I wanted to add a bit more dimension (rather than have it stick straight onto the photo) so I added a scrap bit of paper behind then used a foam-dot to give it some depth). 

The "so this happened" title is actually from the digital journaling cards - I just pulled the words out and re-sized it to fit my page then fussy-cut around the lettering - super easy!

The stickers are such a quick and easy way to add dimension to the page - and I'll often bend them up slightly on the edges just to give the page a bit more movement (like the yellow sticker, I'll add a bit of scrap paper behind to stop the sticker sticking properly!).

That umbrella sticker is so cute, knew I wanted to use it straight away but I couldn't find any photo's with an umbrella to match, but I figured a beach shot was close enough :) 

To fill a bit of the white space at the top/bottom of my page, and to balance things out, I've used a bit more of the digital paper I'd printed (I just printed it onto plain copy paper so it's nice and thin!).

At the bottom of my page I've created a small cluster on the left side using the seashell stickers, which are a perfect match for a beach photo, then layered a print & cut word (something I created using silhouette studio).  And those flip-flops on the right side just finish it off :)

Love how this one finished up and even though I've used all those stickers I've still managed to create a page with lots of dimension!  Thanks so much for joining me on the blog today - I hope this will inspire you to use those fun stickers on your projects!