Guest Designer Rhonda Van Ginkel

Greetings to you from Minnesota! It's Rhonda Van Ginkel here today to host the blog as a Guest Designer for C'est Magnifique Kit Club this month. I reside in the Twin Cities area with my dear husband, and our 2 busy boys. You’ll find them in much of my scrapbooking adventures and as silly as they are, they offer some fine material to work with. Rounding out the family circus is our little dog, Radar.

The discovery of scrapbooking for me was after the birth of our youngest. A friend invited me to a crop to get out and said “Just bring your photos, you can organize those and we can visit.” Perfect, right? That night I got all my pictures sorted and what a great accomplishment! After, I looked around and took notice of what they were doing. In that moment I knew I wanted this for my children. I really wanted for them to have a book of their own that told their story in my own words and with my loving touch. My work has been published in Scrapbooks Etc., Cricut Magazine, Cricut Families Idea Book, Scrapbooking News and Review and several online galleries.

The June Kit is just beautiful and I had so much fun creating the projects that I am sharing with you today!

My first card showcases the pretty Maya Road Scallop Trim in Antique Pink along with the Prima Gypsy Roses in Frost. The Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu papers are so very pretty I used some of my lacy dies to create this first card.

I just love the vintage image and used it for my focal point.

My next card makes use of the sentiment banner from the Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu Petites Cartes paper included in the kit. I've included some fussy cutting on this along with the Prima Rebecca Mini Bouquet.

The flower that I've die-cut from the papers is accented with the C'est Magnifique Fairy Frost Glitter in the center. A few other accents on the other flowers on the card have it also. I've cut the leaves apart and tucked them in behind my flower and banner to add a pop of pretty green.

I wanted to create a masculine card for some Father's Day inspiration and this was my end result. I added some gesso to the ribbon to soften the color and give it a shabby chic appearance. While I had it out I also coated the Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu Dangles and then touched it lightly with sage green and lavender inks.

The Prima Alphablends Cardstock and Chipboard Alphabet Stickers in yellow were used for my sentiment here, and I outlined them with a black journaling pen.

For my last card, I went a little bit more simple in the design, just letting the beauty of the papers shine.  I again used the sentiment paper from the Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu Petites Cartes sheet, and collaged with some fussy cut elements.  

I added one die-cut element which I cut apart. I then used the relief of my die-cut as part of the monochromatic design on the left. I think this would make a very romantic wedding or anniversary card.  A bit of zigzag stitching finished the card.  

For my final project for this post today, I created a sweet little gift box using the Paper House Colorways Seek Beauty Rub-On Transfers for my sentiment banner. I added a floral collage on top of a pretty doily die-cut to complete the decorations. The grey flower is ready to add from the kit and the others are cut from floral dies I have.

Designer's Tip: 

After creating the box, I flip mine upside down so the tabs to open it are on the bottom, that way the decor on the top stays in place and your box can be re-purposed if desired.

Products Used:

C'est Magnifique Kit Club - June Kit - Breathless

Other Items Used:

Gift Box Punch Board - We R Memory Keepers

Silver Floral Centers - Magnolia

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies

My Favorite Things Dies

Memory Box Dies

Gesso

Cheesecloth

Piercing Tool

Gems for Floral Centers

Adhesive: Foam, Glue Dots and ATG

Thank you so much for stopping on over today for a visit, be sure to stay tuned for even more beautiful inspiration featuring this amazing kit!  I will be back soon with a few more projects to share.

~ Rhonda

June Sketch Challenge

We have a new Sketch Challenge for you!
The June sketch was created by C'est Magnifique Designer Djamila Khiter.

How about some inspiration from our Design Team?

Take a look at how they have used this sketch, along with our June Kit, "Breathless." 

Djamila Khiter

Evelyn Walter

Evelyn has created a video tutorial for her beautiful layout!

Olga Eltysheva

Dana Tatar

Leila Cardoso

Stina Westbom

We would love to see YOU use our sketch as inspiration for a layout. We have very few rules for our Sketch Challenge. As a matter of fact, we have just one rule, we want your layout to resemble the sketch. Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch, but we do want to look at your layout and be able to see that you used the sketch. Other than that, you are free to use anything you have in your personal stash, and we welcome all styles of scrapbooking.

We will award two prizes for this sketch challenge. The first prize will be a collection of paper, flowers, chipboard, and embellishments selected by C'est Magnfique's owner Deonna. The winner of the prize package will also be able to shop in the C'est Magnifique Store, and have their purchases sent with the prize package, so that means you won't have to pay for shipping! 

Our second prize, a $10 gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique Store, will be awarded randomly to one of our participants who obviously uses one of our kits to create their Sketch Challenge layout. 

We will also choose 5 (or maybe more) layouts to feature on our blog!  

You have the entire month of June to submit your layout.

What do you have to do to enter our sketch challenge?

1. You must be a follower of our blog. It's easy to become follower - see the left sidebar.

2. Create a layout using the sketch, and add it to our blog using the Inlinkz tool below. Please link to the blog post where you have uploaded your layout (not your general blog address). If you do not have a blog, you may link to an online gallery.

  The deadline for entering the sketch challenge is midnight, June 30, 2015 (US time).

Have fun with the sketch. We can't wait to see how you use it!

An InLinkz Link-up

June Kit Reveal!

You've seen some great samples that our designers have created with the June Kit over the past several weeks. It's time to give you a look at everything you can find in the June Kits and to remind you of our Add-Ons.

June Kit - Breathless

Kit Embellishments

American Crafts: Rose Ribbon: Butter
Blue Fern Studios: Deja Vu Dangles
C'est Magnifique: Glitter: Fairy Frost
Kaisercraft: Pearl Brads: Chocolate*
Maya Road: Scallop Trim: Antique Pink*
Paper House: Colorways: Rub-On Transfers: Seek Beauty
Prima: Alphablends: Cardstock and Chipboard Alphabet Stickers: Yellow
Prima: Gypsy Roses: Frost
Prima: Mini Bouquet: Rebecca
Ribbon: Violet*
Single Yellow Rose: Large

*Partial Package

June Kit Paper

Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu Collection

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: Atelier

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: Friperies

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: La Plume

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: Luminaires

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: Lustre

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: Tresors

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: Un Voyage A Paris

Blue Fern Studios: Déjà Vu: Petites Cartes

Magnifique Mixed Media Kit

Authentique: Petite Diction: Treasure Stickers
Blue Fern Studios: Atelier
C'est Magnifique Yellow Paint*
DCC: Mini Square Paper-Mache Box (3x3x5")
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft: Texture Gems: Clear
Handmade Homespun Paper: Light Lavender
LaBlanche Stamps: Lace Patterns
Prima: Art Basics: 3D Gloss Gel*
Prima: Art Ingredients: Mica Flakes: Granite*
Prima: Elementals Stencil: Weaving (7x9")
Prima: Little Darling Flowers
Prima: Say It In Pearls: Butterfly Swirls
Prima: Stamp-N-Add: Angel Wings
Single Yellow Rose: Large

*Partial Package

Flower Add-On

We create a Flower Add-On each month for those of you who like extra flowers. We have selected flowers that compliment the kit and put them together as an add-on.

David Tutera: Garden Romance: Purple Roses*
Prima: Audrey Rose: Iced Violet*
Prima: Cherry Blossom Branches: Jubilee
Prima: Cottage Blossoms: Canary
Prima: Isabella: Jemma
Prima: Kindled: Beryl
Prima: Mini Sachet: Frost

*Partial Package

Embellishment Add-On

Lastly, we have an Embellishment Add-On so you can stretch your kit even further.

 Authentique: Classique Beauty: 3x4 Journaling Cards*
Blue Fern Studios: Deja Vu Chandelier
Coats & Clark: Zipper: Grey*
Coats & Clark: Zipper: Yellow*
Kaisercraft: Wooden Flourishes: Heritage Corners
Prima: Sun Kiss: Alphabet Stickers
Prima: Welcome to Paris: Metal Stick Pins
Prima: Wooden ATC: These Days
Queen & Company: Button Bouquet: Assorted Colors and Shapes*

*Partial Package

The Main Kit, Add-Ons and Mixed Media Kit are available from the C'est Magnifique Store while supplies last. Our talented design team will be back to inspire you with more projects using our June  Kit. Until then, please enjoy these videos by designer Djamila Khiter, featuring an in-depth look at the June Main Kit and June Magnifique Mixed Media Kit contents!

Second Chance Saturday with Djamila Khiter

Hi! Djamila here today to share with you a project made with April Main Kit.

Some details:

Main Kit Supplies:
Lemoncraft House of Roses Papers

and the video process:

Thanks for visiting!

Djamila

Olga's June Kit Projects and Mixed Media Layout Tutorial

Hello everyone! Olga here with you today. I want to share the layouts I created with the June Kit. I also have a mixed media layout tutorial to share!

I made a page about the wonderful and long-awaited summer.

I chose a piece of paper - Blue Fern Studios "Friperies" - and applied acrylic gel to the portion of the page that will be painted in the next step.

I applied texture gel over a stencil onto the dry acrylic gel. Then, I seletced a few favorite colors of alcohol inks for a bright background.

After I finished coloring the paper with alcohol inks, I added decoration - flowers, lace, a photo, cut out paper flowers and tangled threads. I added stamping with archival black ink and Rub-On Transfers to the background.

I used Glossy Accents to attach sequins and Kaisercraft Pearl Brads to the page.

I used acrylic gel to brush on the very beautiful lavender Glitter from C'est Magnifique. It is absolutely stunning and adds a tender and delicate glow. I love it!

The final part of the work - splatters of mist and alcohol inks and ink on the edges of the paper with Distress Ink. I also added Alphabet Stickers from the Prima Sticker Sheet.

I also made two pages in the same style as the first.

Thank you for your attention! I hope you find this tutorial inspirational! I have really enjoyed playing with this kit! If you are interested in the June Kit or Add-Ons a limited amount of kits are available for purchase from the C'est Magnifique Store while supplies last!

Evelyn's June Kit Projects

Hi all, it's Evelyn here today with my projects for June created with the June kits. The kits for June are soooo gorgeous, I loved, loved, loved working with them! The papers from the Blue Fern Déjà Vu collection are just beautiful and all the goodies in the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit, the Flower and the Embellishment Add-Ons are great to work with.

For my first layout I used the Main Kit and the Flower Add-On.

Photo: Gecko Galz, Materials from my stash: Gesso, Alcohol Ink, Stamps, Ink, Mists, Butterflies

Look at these gorgeous flowers! I really love them.

The next layout shows my son. I really love to see him smile.
I used the Main Kit, the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit, and the Flower and Embellishment Add-Ons.

from my stash: Gesso, stamps and inks, threat, chipboard, distress paint and embossing powder, black pen

Again the flowers - aren't they lovely?

Here you can see the Prima Elementals Weaving Stencil from the Mixed Media Kit. I used it with Distress Ink.

The heart and the wings are included in the Mixed Media Kit too. It's the Prima Stamp-N-Add Angel Wings. You also can see the "waterdrops," they are made with the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Clear Texture Gems. I love them!

Here you can see the Prima Art Ingredients Granite Mica Flakes from the Mixed Media Kit. They look so cool!

For this flower cluster I used a part of the Coats & Clark Yellow Zipper from the Embellishment Add-On. You can see another part of it behind the photo.

One of the Prima Welcome to Paris Metal Stick Pins I used on the main flower cluster. They are included in the Embellishment Add-On too.

For the third layout I used one of the sentiments from the Paper House Colorways Seek Beauty Rub-On Transfers included in the Main Kit. Unfortunately, you can't see the silver shimmer on the photo. It's beautiful! Behind the sentiment you see the American Crafts Butter Rose Ribbon. It's so elegant!

from my stash: Gesso, stencil, stamps and ink, mists

I took the Single Large Yellow Rose and colored it with mists. I also used the Prima Rebecca Mini Bouquet. Both from the Main Kit.

For the background, I used the beautiful Prima Say It In Pearls Butterfly Swirls from the Mixed Media Kit, and of course flowers from the Main Kit and the Flower Add-On.

That's it from me today. I hope you like the projects!

Don't miss the fabulous projects of the other DT girls and of course the Sketch Challenge at the first of June, where I have one more layout with video for you (my own favourite this month)!

Thank you for visiting! The June Add-Ons and the Mixed Media Kit are available for purchase now from the C'est Magnifique Store. The June Main Kit will be available on May 31st.