Challenge Update

I hope you're enjoying this first week of the new year, and if you made any resolutions for 2012, hopefully you haven't given up yet!  First, I'd like to announce the winner of our "Holiday Layout Challenge".  We saw some great smiles on the Christmas layouts that were submitted.  In a random draw, Jenifer was chosen as the winner of this challenge.  We know her as Jennaroo in the forum and gallery.  Here is her winning layout.  Wow, isn't this beautiful?  Congratulations Jenifer.  You will receive an RAK from C'est Magnifique.

 

Now it's time to announce our new challenge:

 

Are you familiar with Ali Edward's One Little Word?  If not, you can read all about it on her blog. This week's challenge is to create a layout or canvas to let us know about your "one little word' for 2012. If you're not officially participating in Ali's concept, that doesn't mean you can't participate in this challenge. Just create a layout or canvas with a one word title, and somehow let us know how this word ties into how you live your life, your goals, your dreams, etc.

The winner, selected by a random draw, will win an RAK from C'est Magnifique. You have until Sunday, January 15 at midnight EST to post your layout or canvas. Your entry must be posted in the forum in this thread AND in our gallery in the "One Little Word Challenge" folder. If your project is not posted in both places, it will be disqualified.

I'm excited about this challenge because I think it will let us find out a little more about each other. So, get busy and create a layout or canvas about 'one little word'. Since it's 'one' word, you may only submit layout for this challenge.

 

~~~Valerie Serfozo

Our January Sketch Challenge

Design Team member, Nadia Cannizzo, has generously agreed to provide us with a sketch each month, made exclusively for C'est Magnifique. Nadia's sketches are both inspiring and easily adaptable to any style of scrapping. We'd like to start 2012 with her first sketch.

Take a look at what Nadia created using her sketch.  Isn't it beautiful?

We would love to see what you come up with using the sketch. Submissions are due by January 31 at midnight EST.  The design team will vote to determine the winner. You don't need to be a member to participate in our sketch challenge, and you're welcome to use any paper and embellishments you have in your stash. However, if you are a winner and it is obvious that you used any one of our kits, the prize will be doubled. The monthly prize is a $10 gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique store (or a $20 gift card for those who use a kit). The winning layout will be featured on our blog and in the forum.

TO BE ELIGIBLE, you must upload your project to our gallery and place it in the January 2012 Sketch Challenge folder. You must also post the layout in THIS area of our forum. Your layout will not be eligible for consideration unless it is uploaded both places.

Have fun. We can't wait to see how YOU use the sketch!

~~~Valerie Serfozo

January's Guest Designer

Please give a warm welcome to Pamela Young - our January Guest Designer! Pamela is a designer for multiple companies and we were lucky she agreed to design for us! She openly admits that she has her own style and I wholeheartedly agree. What's really nice about her though is that she scraps in different ways using what's at hand. You can view her blog here - http://pamelasworldofscrap.blogspot.com/, but here is a photo, a short bio and some totally rockin' layouts using our January kit "My Soul's Canvas".

Thank you so much for awing us with your talent, Pamela!

Pamela Young

"I am honored to be guest designing at C'est Magnifique Kit Club. My main passion is scrapbooking, although I do other projects as well. I have been scrapbooking for about 10 years. My style can only be called the "Pamela style"...not really defined by any other so called style. You can find my work in several different magazines, including Cards, Creating Keepsakes, Memory Makers, Scrapbooks and Cards Today, Scrapbooks Etc, Scrapbook Trends, and more.

 I am currently designing for BasicGrey, Fancy Pants Designs, We R Memory Keepers and The ScrapCake. I live in the US in beautiful Colorado, and I am a stay-at-home mom to two wild boys, ages 8 and 6, and a 2 year old girl. They grow up so fast. I am enjoying life right now, even though it can get a bit chaotic."

Introducing...My Soul's Canvas

I sure wish everyone could have had a chance to work with this kit! These papers were just so fun to play with because they really were like a canvas just waiting to be sprayed, spritzed, painted - you name it!

Unfortunately, this kit has been sold out for a couple of weeks now and if you are thinking of joining - now's the time as we only have a couple left for February.

Anyway...here is "My Soul's Canvas"...

Run, Play, Splash by Kristie Taylor

Kristie's description:

This page was super easy to put together with these colorful papers by 7 Dots Studio! I started with the background, but I wanted to tone it down just a tad so I dry-brushed it with gesso.

I then cut a circle from one of the other sheets and sprayed on some mists in a concentrated fashion, allowing it to drip down the paper. Then I started building layers, distressing the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The paper directly behind the photos is the packaging from the Prima flowers, which is in the add-ons. I also added the Dusty Attic cogs and the title.

Add-Ons Used:
Dusty Attic Cogs - SOLD OUT

7 Dots Studio: Dreamer: Stickers

This week's challenge update

Happy Monday everyone! The rush to get things done is over. I sure hope you had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed spending time with your family and friends. If you have some time to scrap this week, our "Holiday Layout" challenge is going on through Sunday, Jan. 1st. You can read all the details in this post.

Now it's time to announce the winner of our Christmas cards and tags challenge. I'm sure glad we choose our winners from a random draw, because we had so many wonderful cards and tags submitted for this challenge. I would have been thrilled to receive any one of these cards in the mail, or any one of the tags on a gift! The winner, from a random draw, was the 2nd card uploaded in our forum, which was created by Heather, known as Scrappin_in_AK to all of us.

Heather used paper from The Scrap Cake, which was featured in our December kit. Congratulations Heather, and thanks for being such an active participant!

Lastly, we'd like to announce our new challenge, which is to use a stamp on your layout. If you're like many of us, you probably have several stamps, but don't use them often on your layouts. Well, this is a reason to get them out and start stamping. It can be any kind of stamp, including alphabet stamps. Let us see how you incorporate stamping in your scrapbook design.

Please upload an image of your layout here in our forum and also post it in our gallery. There will be a folder in the gallery designated for this challenge. Our challenges are designed to inspire you, so we ask that only newly created projects be submitted.

Deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 8th at midnight EST (New York City time zone). Anyone is eligible to participate. The winner, chosen by a random draw, will receive a RAK from C'est Magnifique!

~~~Valerie Serfozo

New Baby by Leslie Kammerdiener

This layout was created by me and it is a photo of my wonderful daughter and grandson - just minutes after he was born. I was pleased to be able to witness his birth, but admit that I only saw it through the lens of my camera and missed it in real life. This is so often the case with me, lol.

Anyway, I just adore these paper designed by Finnabair for 7 Dots Studio. At first glance, you may not see all of the details of each sheet, but I have never seen such digital layering and everyone should really get a good look if they can - stunning design!

So I wanted to kinda keep this layout simple. I did use some of the Starbursts from Lindy's Stamp Gang and I must say I LOVE THOSE STARBURSTS!! The color is awesome and when they say that the nozzles don't clog - they mean it!

Anyway, I just spritzed a little bit and then went wild. I have been noticing that most folks are using more and more flowers for boy layouts and I decided to jump on the bandwagon. I really like the bird nest too - it's signaling new life!

Add-Ons Used:

7 Dots Studio Dreamer Stickers
Wild Orchid Flowers - SOLD OUT
Prima Bird's Nest - SOLD OUT
Petaloo Yellow Roses - SOLD OUT