Look What's Coming in November

Wow, it's hard to believe we are heading toward November!   It's time for us to show you the paper that we will be featuring in November and give you a chance to purchase the add-ons.  Our paper collection in November will be the beautiful "Domestic Goddess" line from 7 Dots Studio.  I must say, this paper is absolutely gorgeous!  Take a look:

The paper packages and the entire collection (which includes 2 alphabets and several other 12 x 12 embellishment pages) are available in the C'est Magnifique Store.

We also have just a couple of our Flower Add-ons available for purchase.  This add-on includes flowers from both Prima and Manor House Creations.

 

Our Embellishment Add-on for November includes two 12 x 12 sheets of awesome cut-outs by 7 Dots Studio, two Prima items, two chipboard pieces from Scrap FX and one from Want2 Scrap, as well a couple of those appliques that we all love using, and some burlap string from May Arts!

We also have a 7 Dots Studio Embellishment Add-on package so you can have all the wonderful embellishments that were created to go with the 'Domestic Goddess" line of paper.

We have so many selections for you this month!  If you don't want an entire add-on package, we have some items from the add-ons available for individual purchase in the store.  Visit this section to see all items related to the November kit. 

Here's your first sneak peek at our November Kit:

"Ryan" by Valerie Serfozo

This kit is so much FUN! I really love working with these amazing colors and the awesome texture that Finn has created on each sheet. The rivet look around this paper is awesome. This little guy holds a special place in my heart and I love his sweet pose in this photo. The Prima Doors packaging had these cute little pennants on the packaging, so I cut them out and used them below the photo.

From the Embellishment Add-on:
Prima Doors #3
Prima Romance Novel Alpha Stickers
May Arts Burlap String - Black

From the 7 Dots Studio Add-on:
Domestic Goddess Tags

From my Stash:
Mister Huey Opaque White Mist
Adirondack Color Wash - Cranberry
Dylusions Mist - Black Marble
Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw
Glimmer Glaze - Emerald Cove
Glimmer Mist - Red Velvet
Gesso
Prima Edger - Black Coal

Erin's Layouts and Bits & Pieces Winner

Hi everyone.  It was a beautiful autumn day here in the Midwest.  Sorry I'm just getting around to today's blog post, but it was just too nice to stay inside.

Here is one last look at our October Kit, Last Kiss of Summer.  This time we're sharing a couple of Erin's layouts.  You're going to love these!

"Wish" by Erin Blegen

I really love the range of colors this kit provides. As my oldest son gets older, I like to stick with more masculine shades for his layouts, and the blues in this kit are perfect for a page about him! There are also some great fussy cutting opportunities with these papers, which I've done here to create a border behind my photo.

"Hope" by Erin Blegen

 I went all girl with this one- with just a touch of grunge! For such a happy photo, I knew I had to do something fun. So I just let loose with some misting and masking, and added plenty of texture.

In just a few days we will be previewing the paper and add-ons for our November kit, 

so be sure to check back. 

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Now it's time to announce the winner of our October Bits & Pieces Giveaway.  The winner is:

 Entry #59 belongs to Nicole McNamara.  Congratulations Nicole!  Leslie will be contacting you via e-mail to get your mailing address so she can send you her bits and pieces!

Valerie's Layouts using our October Kit

Today it's my turn to share a couple of layouts using our October Kit, "Last Kiss of Summer".   We still have a few kits remaining in the store.

I also want to remind you that there are 2 days remaining to enter our October Bits & Pieces giveaway.  We have also posted our October sketch challenge which will go on for the entire month.  Links to both of these posts can be found be clicking on the image in our left sidebar.

"Natural Beauty" by Valerie Serfozo

For some reason, I really like this photo of my niece, Macy. I think it's kind of a throw-back to the 60's look with the floppy hat, stringy hair, and the very natural facial expressions. Not glamorous by any means, but just very organic. 

That's why I wanted to add some green to this one. I colored the chipboard, doilies, and alphabet with a little Prima Edger Stamp Pad. I love those things! 

 

"Smiles" by Valerie Serfozo

 I loved having a little bit of blue in this kit so I could use this photo of my granddaughter and niece. I used a little bit of Distress Ink to make the blue strip of paper just the color I needed to blend with the polka-dots on the background. I used some Glimmer Mist to change the color of the darling felt flower that's in this month's add-on.

Save the Date and More Inspiration

Be sure to mark your calendar for the weekend of October 26-29 because we're having our very first blog hop! Last month was C'est Magnifique's 1-year anniversary, and we thought it would be the perfect time to have a blog hop. Last month was a busy month at C'est Magnifique Kits so we moved the blog hop to October.

There are going to be lots of great prizes, an awesome guest designer, several manufacturers will be joining us, and our design team will be showing off our November kit.  Who will be joining us? - well, you will have to be here for our blog hop to find out.  You won't want to miss it!

Now we would like to show you a few more layouts from our October guest designer, Keren Tamir.  Her layouts this month were just beautiful!

"Love" by Keren Tamir

This layout was my second pink layout of the set. I cut out lots of flowers out of the papers and spread them across the page. I felt that the pink Green Tara flower was too large for my layout, therefore I separated it in half and used just one flower across the whole layout. You can see the larger petals underneath and the smaller pink flower as the main focus of the flower cluster.

This one by Keren was one of the five featured layouts this week at The Color Room.  Congratulations!  We think it's awesome, too.

"Follow Your Dreams" by Keren Tamir

This is a picture of my kids in our recent trip to the eastern part of Canada. I tried to give this layout an ocean feel. I inked the flowers in a bluish-green color with Shimmerz ink. I also dabbed alcohol ink on the flourishes to make them greener.

October Inspriation from Joyce

Welcome to the week-end everyone!  If you haven't yet signed up for our monthly "Bits & Pieces" giveaway, the link to that post is in our left sidebar.

Today it is Joyce's turn to share a couple of her layouts using the October kit, "Last Kiss of Summer". 

"Hope" by Joyce Lawrence

I’m still working on my best friend's scrapbook for her and here she is receiving an award in 

primary school in Argentina. How cool is that medicine cabinet in the picture?  

The Wild Orchid Navy Aster flowers were dipped in a gesso mixture to lighten them up and then they were spritzed with a lavender mist and inked. The cute little beehive elements on the while blossom flowers were plucked and spritzed with the Lindy’s Stamp Gang Sapphire mist in the September kit and used as elements elsewhere. Some kit papers were torn in strips, dry embossed and inked. Some vellum was dry embossed and spritz with the same Lindy’s Stamp Gang mist. A Crafter’s Workshop clock mask was used with some light molding paste on the top and bottom of the page.

"Where Angels Go" by Joyce Lawrence

 The picture is framed using a Martha Stewart punch and then pleating the paper. The Fabscraps Circle Frame was broken in pieces and used sporadically on the page. The Prima Bravo Pink Flower was taken apart and misted with the Shimmerz Bed of Roses, and a pile of glue was set in the middle, and pink beads were sprinkled on top. I love the centers in the Prima flowers from the September kit and thought I’d replicate that same idea. Using the Martha Stewart wild flower punch, I created a stencil and used black ink and applied sporadically on the page.

Bits & Pieces Giveaway

Hi everyone!  It's time for us to post our monthly Bits & Pieces Giveaway.  

Leslie, the owner of C'est Magnifique Kits has put together all her bits and pieces from the October Kit, "Last Kiss of Summer".   Now she is ready to give it all away to one of our lucky blog readers.  The October kit is filled with paper from Australian manufacturer, 

Ruby Rock-it.  Since these are Leslie's bits and pieces, you will receive 

partial packages of items from the kit and the add-ons!

 Now that we've shown you the bits & pieces from the October Kit, we'd like to show you how one of designers, Camilla Ekman, used this lovely kit:

"Dreams" by Camilla Ekman

My dear daughter has always dreamt of having a horse of her own. Unfortunately we think it's way too much work and money. This summer she got to go to a horse riding camp for a couple of days where she got to have her very own horse.

"Love Always" by Camilla Ekman

  This is the love of my life. My love, my best friend, the father of my children...

I couldn't imagine my life without him.

So, what do you need to do to win the bits and pieces from this kit?

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!  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 contest will close at midnight, October 12.  

The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced October 13.  

Good luck to all of you!

Meet the Winners of our September Sketch Challenge

Wow, we were blown away by the amazing layouts submitted for our September Sketch Challenge.  Now it's time to announce the winners.

Layout number 4 belongs to Alexandra.  Congratulations!  Leslie will be contacting you via email to get your mailing address so she can send your package off to you!  You will also have an opportunity to shop in our store and have your purchases shipped to you free of charge.  Here's a look at the layout Alexandra created for the Sketch Challenge:

Our second winner was chosen from those who used a C'est Magnifique Kit when creating their layout.  Six layouts were created with our kits.  We put your names in a hat and Angelica Astrom of Sweden is the winner.  Congratulations Angelica, you have won a $10 gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique Store.  Leslie will be in contact with you to give you your gift certificate information.  Here is Angelica's layout:

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This month it was especially difficult to narrow it down to just 5 layouts to feature.  

WOW - so much talent!  But here they are, our 5 featured layouts for the month:

Untitled by White Rabbit

"Cute" by Lindy Gillespie

"Happy" by Michelle Frisby

"Tutu" by Deb Hickman

 

"I Will Cherish You Forever" by Amy Voorthuis

Thanks so much to all of you who participated in our September Sketch Challenge.  You continue to amaze us with your creativity!  Our October Sketch Challenge has been posted and we hope you will play along with us once again.