November Guest Designer

Hi everyone!  Happy Wednesday.  We're here today to introduce you to our November guest designer.  If you were here for the blog Blog Hop last weekend, the you might already know who we're talking about.  

We are pleased to have Anna Dabrowska-Pekocla, also known as Finnabair, from Warsaw, Poland as our guest designer in November.   The paper in our November Kit "Between Sunrise and Sunset" is the beautiful 7 Dots Studio "Domestic Goddess" collection, and as some of you know, Finnabair is the designer of this paper.  

Meet Finnabair

I’m a woman of many interests: a mixed media artist, scrapbooker and art journaler 

who loves new challenges, experiments and developing new techniques and skills. 
I’ve been creating since 2007, started scrapbooking in 2008-2009 and mixed-media 

in 2009 when I got totally addicted. Through these years I’ve participated in 

group projects such as challenge and inspirational blogs (also as a founder), 

artist swaps and charity events. 

 
My projects are mostly media-based: I create paper and canvas layouts, collages and altered art, tags, journal pages – and many more. I love texture and believe in power of recycling and upcycling. I just adore flea market supplies. 

 
Some of my collages were shown on 2 group exhibitions in local galleries and my projects were displayed on the show organised by Craft & Hobby Association in USA. 

 
I teach my own classes in scrapbooking and mixed-media all over the world and 

create as a freelance designer for scrapbooking magazines, international shops 

and manufacturers such as Prima Marketing and Sizzix.

 
Since October 2011 I'm a product designer and design team coordinator in 7 Dots Studio - Polish brand of papers and craft supplies.

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Now we would like to show you how Finnabair used our

 November Kit "Between Sunrise and Sunset".  

"First Butterflies" by Finnabair 

"So She Did" by Finnabair

Wow, we love how Finnabair has used the kit!

Be sure to check back tomorrow when we will be posting our November sketch, and Friday we will announce the winners from our Blog Hop.

Welcome to Our 1st Anniversary Blog Hop!

Welcome everyone!  We’re so excited you have found us. It’s hard to believe, but for the past year we have been bringing you our sophisticated and unique kits featuring paper from manufacturers all over the world.  In the past year we have featured paper from Sweden, Poland, France, Denmark, and Australia. 

We are celebrating with a Blog Hop that will give you a chance to win some awesome prizes from our participating manufacturers (7 Dots Studio, Pink Paislee, ScrapFX and Manor House Designs), our design team, our new sketch designer, and C'est Magnifique Kits.   Wow, that's a lot of prizes!  Once Upon a Sketch will be showing you how the C'est Magnifique Design Team used their current sketch. We will also be previewing our upcoming November Kit, “Between Sunrise and Sunset”.   Our November Kit features the new line of paper from 7 Dots Studio, “Domestic Goddess”.

We are pleased to announce that the designer of the paper, Finnabair, is our guest designer for November!  We are really excited to have her join us for the Blog Hop!

Finnabair (Anna Dąbrowska–Pękocka)

We also want to introduce Michele Singh as our new sketch designer.   You will get a sneak peek at the November sketch at her blog as you hop from blog to blog.

Now it’s time to show you our November kit and add-ons:

"Between Sunrise and Sunset"

To see close-ups of the kit, visit our Store 

Our November Flower Add-on:

Our November Embellishment Add-ons:

 

C'est Magnifique Kits will be giving away Free Kits to 4 participants in our Blog Hop!  All winners will be selected from a random draw.    If the winner is already a member of C'est Magnifique, you will receive your next kit free of charge.

Okay, time to get started.  Here’s what you need to do:

1.  Visit each blog listed below. 

2.  Leave a comment on each blog (and become a follower, if required)

3.  End the blog hop back here at the C’est Magnifique Kits Blog and leave us a comment, letting us know which manufacturers you would like to see in future kits.  You must also be a follower of our Blog to qualify for one of the 4 free kits.


You have until midnight (US EST) on Monday, October 29 to complete the Blog Hop.  Check back here Friday, November 2 when we will announce the winners.  As long as you have left a comment on each blog listed below, and become a follower, if asked to, you will be eligible for the prizes.

Here is the blog list in order:

Beverly Sams - Start Here

Scrap FX

Camilla Ekman

7 Dots Studio 

Erin Blegen

Finnabair

Joyce Lawrence

Michelle Singh - Design Honey

Manor House Creations

Once Upon a Sketch

Pink Paislee

Valerie Serfozo

Back here to C’est Magnifique Kits

Good luck everyone!  See you back here at the end of the Blog Hop. 

Blog Hop in 14 hours!!!

Yay!  The blog hop starts in just a little bit - how exciting, huh?  Y'all know that I gave away a few prizes already, but I think I'll give away a couple more packages of goodies!

Cherished (Connie) - you just won an assortment of Prima products!!

Natalia Yarkova - you have won a free kit!

Li-Bee-Ti -  you just won an assortment of Prima products!!

Nicole Doiran - you have won a free kit!

Now this should kick this hop off right!!

To everyone but Cherished - if you could email me your addresses, that would be great!  Feel free to also shop in the store with free shipping (just choose add to next kit for shipping and pay using Paypal) as I'm sending you a big box anyway and a few more items are fine with me!  This is just a perk and not a necessity.

It's Erin's Turn!

We are busy behind the scenes getting ready for our first Blog Hop.  We sure hope you will be here over the weekend.  We have some awesome prizes for you!  It's been fun showing you some layouts from our Design Team using our November kit.  Today it's Erin's turn to show you one of her layouts.  Erin has used the Manor House Creations flowers beautifully on this layout.

"Growing Up' by Erin Blegen

When I look at a picture like this one of my oldest, Wyatt, it's clear that he is growing up! He looks like such a young gentleman and it's hard to believe that just five years ago, he was my first baby.

When I went about creating this layout, I wanted the colors to be fresh and young like my photo, yet masculine too. I loved using the Manor House flowers here- the green/white/brown combo is just perfect for a boy page, even if flowers might be considered "feminine".

 From the Flower Add-On:
Manor House Creations: Poetry: Sage
Manor House Creations: Wishes: Peace
 

From the 7 Dots Studio Add-On:
7 Dots Studio: Domestic Goddess: Alpha Stickers: Raspberry Muffin

A Sneak Peek at Camilla's Layout

Today it's Camilla's turn to give you a look at how she used our November kit with this sweet layout.  This layout shows off some of the vibrant colors in this paper collection - Domestic Goddess from 7 Dots Studio.

"Don't Cry" by Camilla Ekman

This is such a precious photo, even though she's crying. I just want to wipe that tear away from her eye and say that everything is alright. Don't cry, baby girl.

From the Flower Add-on:

Prima: Soubrette: Pink/Orange
Prima: Valentine Vine: Red
Prima: Banda: Golden Yellow

From the Embellishment Add-on:

ScrapFX: Flourish V
May Arts: Burlap String: Brown
 

Other: Mask, stamp, gesso

Sneak Peek # 3 from Joyce

Happy Monday!  Today we have another sneak peek at a layout created using our upcoming November kit.  Design team member Joyce has created this lovely layout and it comes with a quick tutorial, as well.

Before I show you her layout, I just want to remind all of you that we are having our very first Blog Hop in just a few days.  It will be happening right here on our blog from Friday, October 26 through Monday, October 29.  Be sure to stop by one of those days and follow our Blog Hop.  There will be numerous prizes up for grabs along the way.  I can't give away too much, but I know there will be more than 10 prizes! 

"Devoted Sisters" by Joyce Lawrence

I had just finished browsing a site that featured pictures of vintage corsets and ladies bodices of beautiful gowns, and as I started working on my last layout for the November kit, my eye caught a glimpse of a specific design in the lace that is in the kit. It reminded me of some of the bodice work in the vintage gowns I had viewed. I took a sketch I created for a page I did in our October kit and manipulated it so that I could replicate some of the vintage bodice gown work on paper. I really like how the lacy bits look with the buttons sewn on. A soft brown Shimmerz spray was used to make the white lace look aged and worn.

I got so much use out of that Prima vine in the kit, and I think I used portions of it on most of my November pages. On this page, I applied gesso to the Prima vine lily flowers and let the red bleed through so that it would turn into a soft pink color to go with the colors in the page. Distress Stain metallic copper was applied to the Prima vine leaves.

The clock was created with a clock stamp and an application of one splatter each of Distress Stain Sugar Spun and Antique Linen was applied on top of the stamped image. When the stain dried, I applied Glossy Accent Crackle and let it dry overnight, then smeared a little dark brown Distress ink into the cracks and finished the edge of the clock off with the Distress Stain copper metallic color. The Scrap Ex flourish was embellished with a soft pink Liquid Pearl.

 

 Over the years my mom and her sisters would often talk about their wonderful pet Scottie they had as children during WWII. Fortunately, I had this old punch of a Scottie in my punch collection to add to the page. He looks so cute dressed up in 7 Dots paper.

From the Flower Add-On:

Prima: Valentine Vine: Red
Prima: Serenade: Pink

From the Embellishment Add-On:

7 Dots Studio: Domestic Goddess: Collage: Fashionista
ScrapFX: Flourish V

From the 7 Dots Studio Add-On:

7 Dots Studio: Domestic Goddess: Stickers 12x12
7 Dots Studio: Domestic Goddess: Alpha Stickers: Raspberry Muffin

From my Personal Stash:

Embroidery Thread
Beads
Scottie Punch
Bits of Tule
Liquid Pearl
Buttons
Ink
Stamps
Crafter’s Workshop Harlequin mask (6x6)
Glimmer Mist

I'm giving away some prizes!!

I am so excited that it has been a year since C'est Magnifique sent its first kit out!  I, for one, am very excited about having our first blog hop to commemorate the event and it makes me feel so proud that there are followers that took the time to 'advertise' the hop for us. 

Valerie had mentioned that I might give out some goodies and I sure am!  Here are three lucky winners (and be sure to keep advertising as there's still plenty of time this month to win!).

Tracie Dean - you won a free kit!

Angelica Astrom - you won a beautiful package of Prima products!  I will send it with this month's kit, ok?

Brandi Matos - you also won a free kit!

To Tracie and Brandi - if you could both email me your addresses, that would be great!  Feel free to also shop in the store with free shipping (just choose add to next kit for shipping and pay using Paypal) as I'm sending you a big box anyway and a few more items are fine with me!  This is just a perk and not a necessity.

Congrats, ladies!  And thanks for supporting C'est Magnifique Kits!!