June Sketch Challenge Winners!

I'm back to day to announce the winner of our June sketch challenge.  

First, thanks to all of you who entered our sketch challenge in June. 

Entry number 4 belongs to Leila Cardoso.   Here's Leila's layout:

Leila, you have won a $10 gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique Store.  

Your order will be shipped to you free of charge!  Have fun shopping.

Now to the most difficult part of the challenge.......choosing five layouts to feature.  The entries this month were amazing and it was difficult to narrow it down to these five 

(in no particular order):

"Beauty Blooms from Within" by Cathi O'Neill

"Family Is..." by Melenia

 

 

"You are so Beautiful Zoe" by Francine Evans

"When Time Stood Still" by Yvonne Yam

"Spring in the Garden" by Tatiana Osipova

One of these five ladies will win this beautiful chipboard album.

The winner is................Tatiana (the 5th layout posted above).

 

 Congratulations to all our winners and the five featured artists this month. 

Leslie will be in contact with the winners.

July Kit Reveal

Wow, it's July already!   We have shown you lots of looks at our July kit by sharing layouts from the design team.  Our kit, "Sweet Summer Days" is getting rave reviews in our Forum and has been know to bring at least one scrapper out of her scrapping slump.  Here's a look at the main kit featuring paper from Inkido (Sweden) and Teresa Collins (USA).   This kit and the add-ons are available in our Store.

And here is a closer look at the beautiful kit embellishments

 and some of the details in the paper.

We have lots going on this week, so be sure to check back.  Tomorrow we will be posting 

our July Sketch Challenge, and Tuesday the winners of our 

June Sketch Challenge will be announced!

Another Look at our July Kit!

"My Knight" by Leslie Kammerdiener

This is my little Kevin way back when he was just a youngster! I have no idea how old he is in this photo, but I am guessing maybe 5 ish? He and the neighbor kids always played sword fights with full regalia on and Kevin actually keeps a photo of the 4 of them on his nightstand.

From the Flower Add-On
Prima: Millicent Vine: Doodle Deux
Prima: Lady Godiva: Strawberry Ice

From the Embellishment Add-On
My Mind's Eye: Be Happy Chipboard Elements
Prima: En Francais Alphabet Stickers
Pink Paislee: London Market: Collage Sheets

Sneak Peek #5

 Today we give you another sneak peek at our July kit featuring paper from Inkido.  The paper and add-ons are available now in the store.  Any kits we have left over after sending them to members, will be available in store on July 1st.

"Goaste FarFar" by Camilla Ekman

My kids adore their grandfather and I managed to capture them on a few photos a while back. I love the blue and white flowers that comes with the kit and the add-on kit.

 Here I have used them to create a cluster. 

From the Flower Add-On
Prima: Tasha: Frost
Petaloo: Daisies: Blue & Green

From the Embellishment Add-On
My Mind's Eye: Be Happy Chipboard Elements
Prima: En Francais Alphabet Stickers
Pink Paislee: London Market: Collage Sheets
Maya Road: Vintage Pearl Centers
Prima: Nature's Garden Crystal Border

From my own stash: 

border punch, doily, leaves die, swirl die

There's Still Time....

Hi everyone.  You've still got time to enter this month's sketch challenge which ends June 30th.  Here's another look at the sketch.




Our prizes this month are a gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique Store and a beautiful chipboard album.  So get busy creating, and head to THIS blog post to upload your layout!

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New in the Store - Maja Design

We have 22 sheets of patterned paper from the beautiful Maja Design's Vintage Summer Basics available in the store.  There are 8 more designs available in this collection that are not in the store (hint, hint).  Here's a look at a few sheets of this line:

Sneak Peek #4

We have an amazing layout to share with you today, created by Erin Blegen.  

This layout gives you a great look at the wonderful paper by Inkido.

"Lovely Eyes"

Okay, so what prettier kit to use with photos of my beautiful baby girl? She is such a charmer!!  I just can't get over all the pretty pinks and reds- and so I went for a super girly page with this one!  I created some layers with a couple different sheets of paper, and then did some fussy cutting (lots of opportunity with this paper!!), which enabled me to keep down on the number of flowers used on my layout.  The bits of border punching and paper layers add just enough texture and femininity to my page, topped off with some pretty pearls.

 From the Flower Add-On:
ManorHouse: Romance: Red
Prima: Allegra: Adelia

From the Embellishment Add-On:
My Mind's Eye: Be Happy Chipboard Elements
Pink Paislee: London Market: Collage Sheets

If you are interested in purchasing the paper from the July kit, it is available here.

Sneak Peek #3

Design team member, Valerie Serfozo, used the July kit in a totally different way, 

by using a kraft colored background.

"Love You Mer"

From the Flower add-on:
Prima Tasha Frost
Petaloo Daisies - Blue & Green
Prima Allegra - Adelia

From the Embellishment Add-on
My Mind's Eye Be Happy Chipboard Elements
Prima en Francais Alphabet Stickers
Prima Nature's Garden Crystal Border

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Check back Friday for more inspiration!