Bits and Pieces Winner Announced

Hi blog readers.  We are here today with a real quick post to announce the winner of our March Bits & Pieces Giveaway.   And the winner is....................

Entry #21 belongs to Karen of Australia.  Congratulations Karen!  Please email leslie{at}cestmagnifiquekits{dot}com within 7 days to claim your prize.

Here is a reminder of the Bits and Pieces that Karen has won, all from our March Kit.
The full kit is sold out, but the paper and numerous embellishments are available in the Store.

You won't want to miss tomorrow's post.  Kelly Foster will be giving you the first look at our April Magnifique Mixed Media Kit, along with a video tutorial.  It will also be the first day you will have a chance to purchase this kit.

March Kit Layouts by Valerie Serfozo

We hope you have enjoyed seeing how the Design Team has used our March Kit.  In just a few days, we will be giving you a sneak peek at our April kit, but before that, here's a couple of layouts I have created with the March Kit. 

For this layout I used both the UHK and Blue Fern Garden paper.  The UHK paper has a beautiful resist pattern, which you can see on the dark pink paper that I have sprayed with the mist from kit.

Here are a few close-ups:

I absolutely love the flowers that are in each kit, and 

the Flower Add-on that is available each month.

 

I primed the Blue Fern Chipboard (from the Embellishment Add-on) with gesso 

prior to painting it and adding it as a corner accent on the layout.

Here is a close-up of the resist side of the UHK paper.  

I sprayed it with the Art Anthology Mist that is in the kit. 

I also used the neutral side of the UHK paper for this layout, with little bits of the teal from this collection.  I used a text stamp to add some texture to the background. 

This month's Magnifique Mixed Media Kit contained some beautiful 

teal and green mist and watercolor that I sprinkled on the background.

And here is another example of the beautiful flowers that are in the kit and Add-on

If you haven't yet had a chance to enter our Bits and Pieces Giveaway, you still have today and tomorrow to add your name to the list.  A link to the post can be found in the left sidebar.  We will be announcing a winner on the 13th.

One More for the March MMM Kit...

Hi everyone! Erin Blegen here with you today to share my final project using the March Magnifique Mixed Media Kit!

"Just Because. I Love You."

I decided to go with a simple yet elegant card to showcase the subtle side of the possibilities with the mixed media kit. 

I spritzed the Lindy's Stamp Gang mist and then just a bit of water before dabbing with a wipe to draw up a little bit of the color. I tilted the card just before dabbing to allow the drips to fall a little bit more as seen here.

I've also used the same mist on one of the white flowers to pull the whole look together.

My flower cluster included plenty of layers between the bows and flowers and the chipboard piece which I cut in half before sticking behind the top and bottom of my cluster.

I hope you've enjoyed the MMM projects this month!

And be on the lookout for our next kit to be revealed SOON :)!

Take care,

March kit with Karita

Hello everyone, 

It´s Karita here and today is my turn to share my projects made with the fabulous March kit called " Between Winter & Spring".

My first layout is all about the Snow!

I used gorgeous papers from UHK, they were so perfect for my snow theme.

I used lots of different textures from the kit and beautiful flowers.

For my layout I have used the main kit, the flower add-on, the embellishment add- on and the Magnifique Mixed Media kit. 

From my stash: gesso, border punch, black mist, pencil.

And after the winter comes Summer!
And for this layout I have used the beautiful Blue Fern papers.
More delicious flowers and textures from the kit and add- ons.

For this layout I have used the main kit, the flower add-on, the embellishment add-on and the Magnifique mixed media kit.

From my stash: gesso, paper doily.

Summer theme continues and more beautiful flowers. 

 I used Blue Fern papers and I love those chipboards also from Blue Fern Studios.

Pearls and  few fussy cutted butterflies. And again, lots of textures, yummi!

For this layout I have used the main kit, the flower add-on, the embellsihment add-on and the Magnifique mixed media kit. 

From my stash: gesso, mask, stamp, paper doily.

And my fourth project is these two small glass bottles, but I love them most!
These bottles were the ones I waited to get hands on.
I dripped some ink and gesso on the outside the bottles and added some cheese cloth, few flowers and fussy cutted butterflies from Blue Fern papers.

I have used the main kit, the flower add-on, the embellishment add-on and Magnifique mixed media kit. 

From my stash: gesso, cheese cloth

 

Well, that´s all from me today,

thank you so much for looking!

Website Announcement and February Sketch Challenge Winners

Hi everyone.  I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  Technology is great!! - until it doesn't work properly.  The C'est Magnifique website (forum, store, and gallery) is down right now, and we apologize for any inconvenience it has caused.  Our website has been maliciously attacked and we are busy working on a fix.  We hope to have things up and running soon.  Thanks for your patience.

Now for some good news.  We would like to announce the winners of our February Sketch Challenge.  The winner of the first prize goes to:

Entry #19 belongs to Francine of New Zealand.  Congratulations, you are the winner of this month's awesome prize package.  Please e-mail Leslie{at}cestmagnifiquekits{dot}com and she will give you all the details.  Your prize must be claimed within 7 days.  Here's Francine's layout that she created using our February kit:

Our second prize each month, a $10 gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique Kits Store, is awarded to a participant who uses one of the past kits to create their layout.  Based on a random draw, Becky Wagner is this month's winner.  Congratulations Becky!   Please e-mail Leslie{at}cestbagnifiquekits{dot}com and she will send you your coupon code.  Your prize must be claimed within 7 days.  Take a look at Becky's layout:

We had an awesome assortment of layouts this month from those who participated in the sketch challenge.  It was very difficult to chose 5 layouts to feature, but in the end, we selected the following layouts, in no particular order.  Congratulations to the following:

The first layout we are featuring is "Wonder" by Kathleen White of the US.  

We like how Kathleen flipped the sketch, the triangle designs, and the fussy cutting she used. 

 

The second layout we are featuring is "Oh Happy Day', created by Marina Gridasova of Russia.  

We couldn't resist this adorable photo and all the happy embellishments.

Our third layout to feature this month is "Remember" by Marilia Lopes of Brazil.  

We love the mixed media look of Marilia's layout and the beautiful colors.

The fourth layout we are featuring is "Love You" by Päivi of Sweden. 

It's awesome that Päivi created a masculine layout using the February Sketch 

and that the pattern on the paper serves as an element of the sketch.

And last, but not least we have chosen, "Cherished Treasures" by Alain Grinchuk of Russia.

We fell in love with the pink roses against the beautiful black background, and the sweet photo.

We truly appreciate each and every one of you who participate in our sketch challenges.  You are all inspiring and very creative scrappers.  Our March sketch has been posted, and we sure hope that each of you will participate again.  You will find a direct link to our sketch in the left sidebar.  

Have a great weekend!

Meet our March Guest Designer

Our guest designer this month is someone we know very well at C'est Magnifique.  It is a pleasure to have Caroleanne Wright of the UK creating with our March Kit. Caroleanne is a member of C'est Magnifique Kits and quite active on our message boards.  Her style goes so well with our kits and we thought it was time for everyone to see her beautiful layouts.  We think you will agree when you see the layouts she created with our March Kit.

Caroleanne has a wonderful blog where she features many tutorials and is currently hosting a giveaway.



Caroleanne and her husband recently took a trip to Plymouth Devon and found the steps that the Mayflower sailed from.  Her first three layouts feature photos from that trip.

 

This layout that Caroleanne created features a photo taken on holiday last summer to Barbados .  The shells added to the layout were collected from the lagoon in the background. 

Caroleanne, it has been a joy to have you join the design team as our March guest designer!

Bits and Pieces Giveaway

Our March Kit "Between Winter and Spring" is beautiful, and we would like to share the Bits and Pieces from Leslie's kit with one of our blog readers.  In this collection you will find paper from kit, flowers from the kit and flower add-on, and items from the embellishment add-on.  There is enough in this giveaway to create several projects.

How do you enter our Bits and Pieces Giveaway?  It's easy:

1.  You must be a follower of our blog.  If you do not already follow us, just click 

on the "Join this site" button on the left sidebar and you'll be all set.  

The winner of this challenge must be a follower of our blog.

2.  Use the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post.

3.  We are giving you a chance to enter our giveaway twice!  To enter twice,

share this post on your blog (in a blog post, not your sidebar) and you can 

enter your name again using the Inlinkz tool below 

(just be sure to add the link to your blog post). 

The giveaway will close at midnight, March 12th. 
The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced the following day. 
Good Luck!