Citrus Twist Kit Love

Today I want to share a closer look at some of my favorite products from the beautiful Citrus Twist January Main and Embellishment kits .

 

I don't know about you, but Crate Paper's new line Kiss, Kiss was love at first sight. And these tags from Kiss, Kiss are adorable. The gold touches are perfect.

 

 

 

I am a big fan of cork and We R Memory Keepers took them to a new level.

 

 

Hello beautiful brads, rose gold alphas, and gold glittered Thickers.



 

 

 

Lots of possiblities here with the fabric strip, stamps, and wood veneer!

 

 

 

From the Embellishment Kit, I really found myself liking these die cuts from Gossamer Blue.

 

 

This month was my first time using these organizing trays from Iris and I had to share what all the embellies looked like all organized and ready for me to play with :).

 



 

 

 

Well, what do you think? Aren't these kits awesome? If you would like to see more, head on over to the Citrus Twist gallery to see what the Design Team did with the kits. 

Michelle

 

 

Elle's Studio

I am beyond excited to finally be able to announce that I am officially a part of the Elle's Studio Design Team for 2015!

 

 

 Alissa Fast
Daniela Dobson

Danielle Flanders

Jennifer Chapin
Jessy Christopher

Jill Sprott
Kay Rogers
Lisa Dickinson
Meghann Andrew
Melissa Mann 
Michelle Wedertz
Pam Llaguno
Rachel Izakowicz
Stephanie Buice
Toni From
 

Elle's Studio is also delighted to announce the addition of Paige Evans to the list of Blog Contributors for 2015!

 

Jenni Hufford
Waleska
Megan Klauer
Paige Evans 

 

 

As a design team member, I am going to be working with all the latest Elle's Studio products along with Elle's exclusive monthly kits to bring you inspiration for your own papercrafting. New projects from myself and the rest of the design team will be going live on the Elle's Studio website on the 10th of each month, which also coinsides with the release of a new kit and fun extras. Here is a sneak peak of one of my projects for January's gallery:

 

 

In celebration of this fun new endeavor, each Design Team member is giving away 4 of their favorite Elle's Studio products on their blog! I have linked up each designer in the lists above, so make sure and visit each one for more chances to win :).  Here is what I am happily giving away:
 

 

Hello 2015-3x4 Calendar Cards

Hello 2015-Stickers

Sycamore Lane-Bits and Pieces

Letter & Number Stickers-Red

To be eligible for a chance to win these awesome goodies just leave a comment at the end of this blog post and I will post a winner on January 7th!

Michelle

 



 

 

 

 

 



Citrus Twist January Reveal

Happy New Year!  Yesterday was the first of January and that meant the reveal of the January kits at Citrus Twist Kits.  Yeah!  Great way to ring in the new year :).

This month, I once again created projects with both the January Main and Embellishment Kits which are full of new and pretty products from Maggie Holmes, Crate Paper, Gossamer Blue, and We R Memory Keepers. 

Here is a look at what I made using these kits (and a few of my own sequins):

 

 

Started out this layout with a basic grid design and kept the details minimal as to not compete with the gold foil background.

 

 

 

Again, I suprised myself by going a little more simple. This layout sat around for a while because I really wasn't comfortable with not layering patterned papers behind the photo. In the end however, I chose to leave it as it was and add detail with embellishments.



 

 



 

This layout was all about the photo and the story. I am often left out of my scrapbooking since I am usually the one taking the pictures--but this photo, with me and my kiddos, had to be treated specially just for that reason.

 

 

 

At the beginning of my daughter's preschool year I decided to devote an entire Handbook to documenting her first school experience and this 6x8 layout and co-ordinating pocket page are a part of that album.

 

 

 

 

Putting these layouts together was a lot of fun. The collection of products that Trina (owner of Citrus Twist) put together was beautiful and they made scrapping my photos and stories a breeze.

 

For more inspiration, please head on over to the Citrus Twist Gallery and take a look around at what the rest of the Design Team did.  For those of you wanting a more in depth look at the products, I will soon be sharing an up close and personal look at the kits I worked with both here and on the CT blog, so stay tuned!

 

Michelle

Citrus Twist Tutorial

This month you will find a vintage pattern piece in the Citrus Twist December Main Kit and if you are at all like me, your first instinct will be to use it as a layering element. The pattern piece would definitely work well for layering because it is thinner than paper and it would add a different texture to your project. However, this time I ignored that first instinct and decided to use the pattern piece as an embellishment instead.

This is one of the photos I was working with and I thought that perhaps I might be able to use the pattern piece to mimic the lights on the tree.

 

 

To do this, I first sprayed the pattern piece with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold Lame (available in the CTK Store). After allowing the paper to dry I ran it through my manual die cutter using three different sized circle dies. I found that due to its silky texture the pattern piece took a little bit longer than normal to dry, so please keep that in mind.

 

 

And here is what they look like on the final project.

 

 

I really loved how they turned out and thought they created a bokeh-life effect.



 

 



 

Michelle

Citrus Twist Sunday Sketch

Happy 10 days until Christmas!  And just in case the holiday madness is leaving you with little time to scrapbook, I wanted to offer you a sketch from Citrus Twist Kits to speed up your creating time.

Here is the lovely sketch:

 

I found a lot of inspiration from this sketch.  Besides the general layout of the page, I really liked the snowflakes. Also, the banner at the bottom made me instantly think of the Open Book banners included in the December Embellishment Kit. With those in mind, this is what I made:



 

 

 

 

Now it's your turn to take on this week's sketch!  All of us at Citrus Twist Kits love to see what you do with our kits and sketches, so please make sure to upload your projects to the Citrus Twist Gallery. And remember, by uploading your take on this week's sketch to the gallery by 12/20, you will be entered to win a $5 Coupon to use on anything in the CTK Store! 

Michelle

 

 

Pre-School Handbook Style

When my daughter started pre-school this fall I had to decide how I wanted to go about documenting her school year. Each of my children have their own personal albums, but I felt like I really wanted to keep the school related scrapping seperate. And, in all honesty, I wanted an excuse to try out one of the new Handbooks from Studio Calico ;).

So here you go, my first layout completed for Maleia's album, Handbook style:

 

Now my layout was very much inspired by this layout by a member of the Studio Calico community. A challenge was recently posted to the SC Message Board to lift a project in our Inspiration Book and I joined in on the fun.

 

 

 

And just in case you are wondering about the new Handbooks from Studio Calico, here is a look:

 

 

This new version of the Handbook is different in two ways. First, as you can probably tell, they are smaller in regards to the width, something that I actually really like, but might be a concern for someone who wants to use these albums for Project Life. Second, they now have 6 holes as opposed to 4, a factor that really does not matter at all to me at this point. I went with the Mint Hint and am really loving the color.

 

Michelle

Citrus Twist Kits' December Reveal

Not only does the first of December mean that I am now the mother of a fourteen year old (How is that even possible???), but it also means that it is reveal day for the new kits at Citrus Twist! 

December's kits are a beautiful mixture of Crate Paper's Open Book, Gossamer Blue's Get Happy, and Heidi Swapp's Hello September.

This is what you can find in the Main kit for the month of December:

 

 

To take a look at the complete list of contents, you can go here.

Now, here is what I did with both the December Main and Embellishment Kits:

 

 

 

 

 

These kits are very versatile and I think you can see that by looking at the 4 very different layouts that I made.  When I was unpacking the Main Kit it did not seem to shout Christmas at me, but I ended up making three holiday layouts.

 

For more inspiration, make sure and check out the Citrus Twist Gallery!

 

Michelle