January C'est Magnifique Progressive Pages

Hello, C'est Magnifique Friends!  Welcome to the C'est Magnifique's Progressive Pages !  This challenge will accommodate all levels of scrappers from the beginners/clean scrappers to all you mixed media artists!  C'est Magnifique Designer  Kathleen White will be your host.

Greetings everyone Kathleen here with my first in what I hope is a long series of one layout three ways.

Layout one is for the novice or those who lack the time for adding detail at the moment.  This is a perfect starting and stopping point.  

Tip: You know those strips at the bottom of the 12x12 papers with the company information, save them.  They make excellent layering strips as seen above.

 For the base of this layout I created my focal point with strips of paper then matted my picture with the postcards from one of the papers added a few flowers and viola you are done!

{Main kit only }

Layout two I added areas of interest using a honeycomb stencil and modeling paste.  

Tip: Add a touch of paint to your modeling paste to coordinate with the color palette of your papers.

Fussy cut a few graphic from the other papers and layer them to either side of the picture.

{Main kit, Flower add-on, and paint from the Mixed Media kit}

Layout three I spritzed the background with a couple of colors for depth and interest.  I removed the word tag tucked it into the upper right-hand layers.  With the lettering from the kit, I created my title.  More flowers and leaves were added to floral arrangement and snippets of lace were frayed out and tucked into the layers.  Finally, I added a twine bow and a few micro beads(from my stash).

 {Main kit, Flower add-on and paint from the Mixed Media kit}

A few close ups

Thanks for stopping by the C'est Magnifique blog today and we hope you enjoyed these fun pages!

Kathleen

Introducing 2 new C'est Magnifique Designers

Hello C'est Magnifique friends!  We are so excited to welcome two new designers the C'est Magnifique team!  With each of them comes lots of experience and creativity and we are forever thankful to have them join out team of talented designers!

Without further ado we welcome Teresa Horner.

Teresa has been drawing, painting, sewing and crafting for as long as she can remember. She went to school for graphic design and costume which inspires her in her creations for work, family and friends. She has been on many design teams and has been published in both online and print publications. In her spare time she teaches card classes.

 Teresa is married with two wonderful kids and two dogs, living in sunny southern California. When she is not crafting she likes to spend time hiking, hanging out at the beach, traveling, cooking, shopping and working in her gardens.

Teresa Horner blogs at Victorian Paper Queen.

Shanna Shands
Hello everyone. My name is Shanna and I live here in South Carolina with my a man who stole my heart, our two kids, and 2 fur babies. Originally being from California moving to the South I quickly acquired a hobby that started in card making and coloring with my copics. I then learned about mixed media, scrapbooking to the fullest, art journaling, mini albums, and more. I love all types of crafting projects and can't stick with just one. I am so excited to have been asked to be part of the C'est Magnifique design team and am thrilled to be working with the kits to bring all you loves inspiration. Feel free to visit my blog for more of my artwork. 

We are so excited to have these two amazing designers join the C'est Magnifique team and we are looking forward to all the inspiration they will bring along with them!!

Kathy's January Kit Reveal

Hello, C'est Magnifique Friends! Kathy Bradley here with you today and I am sharing my layouts and projects created using the gorgeous C'est Magnifique January 2016 New Beginnings kits and add-ons. Be sure to go back and check out the posts from the other amazingly talented ladies on the team - so much inspiration!

My first layout features the gorgeous Blue Fern Studios Autumn Anthology paper that comes in the Main Kit - the papers are beautiful! I used elements from the Main Kit, Embellishment Add-On, Flower Add-On and Mixed Media Kit.

Personal Items from my stash were hot glue gun and Fabri-Tac Adhesive.

Deonna (the owner of the C'est Magnifique Kits on-line shop) coordinates the Main Kit, as well as all the add-ons and the Mixed Media Kit beautifully with the paper and flowers!

On my second layout, once again, I used elements from the Main Kit, Mixed Media, Kit, Embellishment Add-On and Flower Add-on. It was so much fun to work with all the beautiful products in January's kit!

Personal Stash: Hot Glue Gun and Fabri-Tac Adhesive.

I found this photo in the next layout as a free image on Google - and it's a pigeon - yep, a pigeon - not like any pigeons we have here in Illinois - but this little guy is gorgeous. I knew that the photo would work perfectly with the papers and flowers. Again, I combined elements from the Main Kit, Mixed Media Kit, Flower-Add-On and Embellishment Add-On. There is so much product in the kits and add-ons that one could keep creating and creating!

Personal Stash: Hot glue gun and Fabri-Tac adhesive.

I made this next page for one of the monthly challenges over at the C'est Magnifique Kits Blog - the Mixed Media Challenge - and this month, Evelyn Walter (one of our very talented Designers) is hosting the Stencil Bump challenge. Evelyn has a video on the blog to explain the stencil bump technique. So, click on the direct link above and jump over and check it out and then grab a stencil and join in (there is a prize for the winner).

Personal Stash: Stencil; modeling paste mixed with brown pain; bottle tops for the circles, hot glue gun and Fabri-Tac adhesive.

And, there is another challenge going on right now with another one of our awesome designers, Nadine Carlier. Here is a link to Nadine's Use Your Scraps challenge. For this month's challenge, Nadine has indicated that you can make a card, tag or ATC - using your scraps. So, grab some of those scraps that we all keep (we all do - thinking we will use them for something - well, something is here. And, Nadine has an awesome video showing you how she made her gorgeous ATC from the scraps from this month's kit.

My ATCs for Nadine's challenge are below. Why not join in and clear out some of your scraps - and, maybe, win a prize!

Personal stash hot glue gun and Fabri-Tac adhesive.

For my final project, I used the Prima heart canvas mini album that was in this month's kits, and this is what I came up with. The front cover, the back cover and then the pages in between.

Personal Stash: Hot glue gun.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek! I hope you found a bit of inspiration - and be sure and check out the C'est Magnifique blog for monthly challenges as well.

Debbie's January C'est Magnifique Reveal

Hello C'est Magnifique friends! Debbie with you today sharing my January C'est Magnifique kit projects.  The January kit is loaded with so many beautiful papers and embellishments.  The paper for this month is Autumn Slendor by Blue Fern Studios.  I used the Main Kit, Embellishment Add on, Flower Add on and the Mixed Media Add On.

I used the flower Add On and The beautiful Ginger Poppies Chipboard to give the flower cluster a little more dimension and interest.

I wanted to keep the photo on this layout the focus point so I simply built the background with modeling paste, stencils, and the embossing powder included in the Mixed Media Add On.  The banner was made with the Embellishment Add On and the goodie bag that comes along in the Embellishment Add On.

For this next layout, again I created the background using modeling paste and a stencil.  Then embossed them with the embossing powder included in the Mixed Media Add on. The Flower Cluster was created with The Flower Add On.


Thanks for stopping by the C'est Magnifique Blog today!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more inspiration from the Design Team.

We hope you are playing along with our challenges and a chance to win a prize package! 

Shanna's January Projects

Hello everyone Shanna here today I am the January guest and am super excited I get to share with you all today. 

I am a stay at home mom who started crafting a few years ago. I started out with card making and coloring with copics then I fell down the rabbit hole of mixed media, and scrapbooking, and art journaling, and the list goes on! I am addicted to art in all forms and love sharing with you! 

If your interested you can check out my links below and follow me!

Blog

Pinterest

Twitter

YouTube Channel

Up first is my first layout. I loved using the different elements from the main kit.

You can see here I used some of the drywall tape from the Mixed Media Kit and I love the wood journaling card from the Embellishment Kit.

For my second layout I created is a beautiful picture of my daughter when she was a baby. 

I really love the flower and leaves I used on this layout.  This flower came from the Flower Add-On.

I created a video on how I made this layout. Check it out HERE!

My third layout was just absolute fun. 

I used the cardboard sheet with a circle punch and used a sticker from the alpha sheet that was included in the kit. 

I had cut out this design that was stitched in from a piece of cloth that was included in the kit with some ribbon and tucked it behind my photo to add a great frame.

For my last creation I made a set of cards. 

I layered papers and use the cardboard texture to somewhat create a layer on the card. 

I sprayed the flowers from the main kit with spray from my stash to give them a whole new look. I added the word from a die cut in my collection and some plain black cardstock from my stash as well. 

For the second I tossed in one of the wood hearts that was covered in gesso and given a spray of mist from my stash. I also tucked in some of the string from the kit.  Again I used the cardboard with a sticker from the alpha sticker sheet and top the flower and tucked in some leaves too. 

I hope you found some inspiration from my creations I shared today! Make sure you keep checking back to see what the rest of the team has created!

C'est Magnifique Use Your Scraps Challenge

Hello, C'est Magnifique friends!!  Welcome to C'est Magnifique Use You Scraps Challenge!
Nadine Carlier here today to host this fun challenge!

This is a fun and easy challenge, and hopefully, you will all enjoy it, but best of all it will help you use up those smaller scraps so that you aren't throwing them in a folder and forgetting about them.

For this challenge, we will be creating Cards, ATC's or Tags.  Whichever one you would like to create.
So are you ready to have some fun?  Let's dig out those scraps and let's get started!!
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This month, I made an ATC card using the Prima Wooden ATC's that came in the January Embellishment Kit and some scrap pieces from the other January Kits. The bird I fussy cut out from one of the papers in the main kit.

Here is my process video:

And some still pictures of my super easy to make ATC.

For even more inspiration Kathy Bradley made these 4 gorgeous ATC's also using the January kits.

Djamila Khiter's participation with a birthday card:

We would love it if you used our kits to play along but you don't have to, to play along.

 Once you've completed your project, leave a comment here with a link to your blog sharing your C'est Magnifique Use Your Scraps Project.

. Please title the Blog Post as January C'est Magnifique Use Your Scraps Challenge and link up your blog to our blog.

The challenge runs from January 11, 2016, and ends February 14, 2016, at midnight.

Have Fun!  Can't wait to see your projects!!