Bits & Pieces Giveaway Winner!

WOW!  What a great turn-out we had for our Bits & Pieces Giveaway.  We are so excited that so many of you signed up to receive Leslie's Bits & Pieces from her August Kit!  We still have a few kits remaining in our Store, as well as some items that are being sold individually, including the beautiful paper from Pion Design (Sweden). 

Now to what you've all been waiting for!  Let's choose a winner......................

This month, Leslie's Bits and Pieces will be going all the way to Russia to Genya.  Congratulations! 
In addition, you will be able to shop in the C'est Magnifique Store and have any items you purchase shipped to you free, along with your prize package - and we all love free shipping!

Please email Leslie{at}cestmagnifiquekits.com for all the details.  You must claim your prize within 7 days.

Be sure to check back on the 15th when we will be revealing the paper that will be in our September kit, along with a look at our add-ons.  See you then!

A Last Look at our August Kit

Today I am wrapping up the design team blog posts using the August Kit.  I hope you've enjoyed the inspiration we've posted over the past month.  I find that Pion Designs paper is so easy to work with.  The backgrounds are a beautiful shade of off-white, and the patterns never compete with the photos or embellishments. 

For this layout, I used a photo of my granddaughter that was taken a few years ago.  That was back in the days (8th grade, I think), when you didn't have dates for school dances.  I liked it much better when she went with a group of girls.  But those days are gone and now it's all about having a boyfriend.

Here are a couple of close ups.  Our kits and add-ons have the most amazing embellishments!  

I've also used the following items from my stash:  doilies, Prima leaves, Martha Stewart border punch, 

and Pumice Stone Distress Ink (I love this color of ink - a great neutral).

We have SO much coming up in the next week, so make sure you check back.  Tomorrow we will be announcing the winner of the Bits & Pieces Challenge (which ended yesterday).  On the 15th we will give you the first peek at our September kit.  We also have an exciting announcement to share with you in a few days, but that's all I can tell you now.

I sure hope your week is off to a good start!

One More from Erin Blegen: August Kit

Hello! Erin Blegen back again with you to close out my projects with the August Kit "A Day at the Park". I hope you've enjoyed the parade of projects over the past couple of weeks! As always, there are so many ways in which you can use this kit- definitely as versatile as they come. I sure hope you've had the chance to snatch up this kit for yourself! If not, check out the August section of the store HERE for kits, add-ons, and individual items :)

"Sweet Angel"

My baby girl really is a sweet little angel! I used one of the Prima resin angel wings from the embellishment add-on to accent my wallet-sized photo. I then surrounded her with an array of flowers that pulled together all of the beautiful colors in this kit. 

The printed chipboard works great for adding layers and dimension.

If you're like me, you love to have some bulk to your flower clusters! The key to that is to layer them not only next to each other, but on top of one another- and no gaps allowed! Fit in smaller flowers in any "leftover" spaces. Add embellishments to grow it even further :)

Here are direct links to items used as available in the store:

C'est Magnifique August Kit

August Paper Add-On

Prima "Fairy Rhymes" Roses

Petaloo Wild Blossoms

Prima Resin Angel Wings

That is it for me today! Thanks so much for letting me share with you :)

Stay tuned- Valerie will be back with you tomorrow. See you then!

August Kit Inspiration from Svetlana

Hello dear scrappy friends! Svetlana is here today to share with you another potion of inspiration with our absolutely beautiful August kit. It was a real pleasure for me to work with this kit!

"3 Years" Layout

I love the pretty colors of this month kit. For this LO I used soft pink papers and flowers on the light background. It was perfect to scrap my childhood photo.

I used the main kit papers and embellishments and add-on embellishments. 

From my stash: gesso, mask, stamps, book page, paper doily, die-cuts, cotton for hand stitching, liquid pearls, half pearls.

"Happy" Layout

I liked it a lot that with this kit there is a big variety of color combos. Here I choose blue and brown and complemented perfectly my photo.

I used the main kit papers and embellishments and add-on embellishments. 

From my stash: cardstock  gesso, mask, stamps, ribbon, twine, paper doily, die-buts, cotton for hand stitching, liquid pearls, half pearls and jewels, glimmer mist.

Birthday Card

This time I decided to created some cards. The first one is a birthday card and the second one is a thank you card.

Thank you Card

I used the main kit papers and embellishments and add-on embellishments. 
From my stash: cardstock, ribbon, twine, paper doily, die-cuts, half pearls and jewels, rub-on sentiments.

Thank you for letting me share! Have a nice day!

August inspiration from Maja

Hi =) Maja here. Today I have some layouts to show you. Actually, 4 pieces. I start by showing two girly ones.The first one here is pretty simple.  I chosed to use just one patterned paper That I stamped on a little bit and then just added embellishment , cut out pieces from the patterned papers and photos airy across the page.

 I have used the Main Kit and Embellishment Add On.

From my own stash: dies, stamp, stencil, gesso and Ink

My next layout is more layered. On this page I used the pink, reds and browns in the kit.  I just love all the butterflies in this kit! The ones you can cut out and the Prima ones. As you can see below I used up almost all of them on this page.

I have used The Main Kit, Embellishment Add On and Flower Add on.

From my own stash: Dies, stamp and Ink.

Here I have a more boysh one, but still romantic with lots of layered papers and embellishment. I have cut out some flowers, butterflies and birds from the papers and used them as embellishment.

I have used the Main Kit, Embellishment Add On and Flower Add On.

From my own stash: leaves, stamp and Ink

Now to my last and a bit crazy page! When I saw the orange flowers my thouhts got back to my childhood... The 70:s, and the colors that was popular then (green, orange and brown). Don´t know why that came into my head.. but it did and this is how the page turned out.

I have used the Main Kit, Embellishment Add On and Flower Add On.

From my stash: Leaves, stencils, stamps, gesso and Distress Ink

Thanks for stopping bye =) Make sure to come back tomorrow and see what great projects Svetlana has to show you.

Girly layouts with Camilla

Today I have three August kit projects to share with you. As usual the C'est Magnifique kits contain several fabulous flowers - easy to match. On my first layout I have used them to frame the photo of my happy niece. The flowers certainly complements the beautiful papers in the August kit.

I have used the main kit, the flower add-on and the embellishment add-on.

From my stash: doily, leaves

On my next layout I have mixed the gorgeous colours of the August kit. The background paper was so pretty with the girl on the swing and I decided to add the stamped fence. 

I have used the main kit, the flower add-on and the embelllishment add-on. 

From my stash: doilies, leaves, stamp

Yet another layout with the August kit where I have layered lots underneath the photo and also stamped on the background paper. The main kit also contains rub-ons which is great adding to your background. The beautiful lady on the photo is my mother.

I have used the main kit, the flower add-on and the embellishment add-on.

From my stash: stamp, die

Make sure to pop in here the day after tomorrow for more lovely August inspiration from Maja.

Winners and Lots of Inspiration!

Welcome to one of our favorite days of the month when we feature some of YOUR layouts, and announce the winners of our sketch challenge.  Before we do that, we wanted to make sure you all know that we have 2 new collections from 7 Dots Studio available in our Store. 

First up is the Messy Head collection

 

 We also have the new 9th Wave Collection (which will be in our October Kit)

 

There's also a great selection of new Prima products in the store, including Stencils, Resist Canvas Sheets & Borders, Stamps, and Metal Pieces. 

Now it's time to announce our July Sketch Challenge winners and the featured layouts.  We had 35 entries in July and I think that's the most we've had since the weather has gotten warmer.  We are excited that so many of you were able to participate.

The winner of the July Sketch Challenge is:

 

Entry #25 belongs to Bente.  Congratulations!  You have won a prize package from C'est Magnifique kits.  Please e-mail: Leslie(at)Cestmagnifiquekits.com and she will give you all the details.  Your prize must be claimed within 7 days.  Here is the layout Bente created using our July sketch:

Our second prize is randomly awarded to a participant who used one of our kits.  This month, the winner of the $10 gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique Store is Roslyn!   

Please contact  Leslie(at)Cestmagnifiquekits.com and she will give you 

 the gift certificate number.  Your prize must be claimed within 7 days.  

Here's the layout Roslyn created using our July Kit. 

This month, with the number of entries, we found it even more difficult to select just 6 layouts to feature, but eventually we narrowed it down.  Congratulations to all of you! These are in no particular order:

LiGa (Russia)

AgnieszkaBe (Ireland)

Little Sunday (Greece)

 Lainie Michel (Iowa, USA)

Nataliya (Ukraine)

Leila Cassimira (Brazil)

If you feel like you just took a trip around the world, you did!  

I love it that we can all connect through this wonderful craft.

Our August sketch has been posted and we sure hope we'll see all of you back in August.  

See the link in the left sidebar.