C'est Magnifique Kit Club - Giveaway and a Few More Creations

Hi Ladies,

"Beautiful Dreamer"

For this LO I decided to used a pink and grey colour palette. I tore, distressed and fussy cut the papers and higlighted the torn and grunged edges with silver glitter glass. I love to play with colour, and decided to mix some of the Silks and Pigment Powders to create a few different shades. To create the medium pink for my splats, I mixed the Raspberry Wine silk glaze with a little white paint and thinned down with water. I coated the large chipboard doily with gesso, then mixed the Raspberry Wine Silk Glaze and Chiffon Pink Primary Elements with some water to paint and splatter over the top. When dry I randomly stamped with a Script stamp.

Items used on this LO: January Kit, Mixed Media Kit, Flower Add On, Embellishment Add On - resin heart, pink rose trim.
Items from my stash: Gesso, Viva Croco Crackling, Silver glitter glass, paper leaves, Prima ink - old rose, Martha Stewart border punch, Crafters Workshop script stencil, stamps.


Wings

One of the items in the mixed media kit is a sweet little canvas frame, which I was going to use in an OTP project, but as I had so much gorgeous product to work with, I decided to create a large canvas.  The beautiful Blue Fern butterflies were the inspiration for this canvas.  I had a lot of fun creating layers with mixed media on my background using pp's, Luminarte silks and primary elements, gesso, masking, stamping, punched elements and a bit of mesh.  Once I was happy with my background, I layered various flowers and embellishments which I altered with paint, diamond dust and microbeads.

I coated the Blue Fern butterflies with gesso, then highlighted with Luminarte silks and primary elements which I mixed together until I was happy with the colour, then added a recycled pink diamonte earring to the body of the butterfly.  My title was cut with my Silhouette Cameo.  I coated the title with glue and while still wet sprinkled with some pink german glitter glass.  

The mixed media kit has some beautiful Prima metal embellishments.  I coated the metal flower with some Viva Inca Gold in silver, then highlighted the edges with some of the mixed Luminarte silks and primary elements. The Prima flowers Blue Fern doilies and floral diecuts were also altered with the Luminarte paints and powders, which I mixed to create some mists.

Items used on this LO: January Kit, Mixed Media Kit - Luminarte silks and primary elements, Prima flowers and metal embellishment, Embellishment Add On - Heidi Swapp frames, Blue Fern B'fly, alpha stickers,  Flower Add On,
Items from my stash: Pink German glitter glass, Diamond Dust, Martha Stewart and EK Success border punches, Silhouette Cameo diecut title and stencil for masking, Memory Box floral die, Prima stamp, gesso, pearl embellishments, recycled bling earring and book pages, mesh.

C'est Magnifique Giveaway!!
C'est Magnifique are starting the New Year off with a giveaway! This is the place to be if you'd like a chance to win the bits and pieces from Leslie's January Kit. What an awesome collection of paper and embellishments from our main kit, the embellishment add-on, and flower add-on!

It's easy to enter our Bits & Pieces Giveaway
click on the link HERE for all the details. 

The giveaway will close at midnight, January 12th. The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced the following day. Good Luck!

Thanks so much for stopping by.
 

C'est Magnifique Kit Club - January Guest Designer

Hi Everyone,

So excited to be invited as the Guest Designer for C'est Magnifique Kit Club for the month of January.  I have always admired these gorgeous kits and was in heaven creating with this month's delicious "The Height of Chic" kit which is perfect for my shabby chic scrapbooking style.

As well as the  main kit you are able to purchase flower, embellishment, and mixed media add ons, which of course I couldn't resist and had to have them all!!  Click on the blog link HERE to see all the gorgeous creations from the super talented Design Team and prepare to be inspired.  C'est Magnifique also have a monthly sketch challenge which will be posted on January 1st.   I will have several posts over the next week to share the Sketch Challenge as well as a few more projects.

Have a look at this gorgeous collection.

Kit Paper

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Shabby Birds

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Shabby Blues

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Shabby Chairs

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Shabby Mix

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Chic Mix

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Chic Chairs

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Chic Pinks

FabScraps: Shabbylicious: Little Darlings

Kit Embellishments

Prima: Chalk Ink: Attic Dust

May Arts: Shear Ribbon with Ruffle Edge: Navy

Prima: Say it in Crystals Swirls: Black

American Crafts: Thickers: Hardcover Black

Prima: Odette: White

Prima: Serenade: Blue

Blue Fern Studios: Chipboard: Enjoy the Journey Title

Maya Road: Granny's Wood Doilies

Prima: Shabby Chic Metal: Illume Treasures Candelabra/Chandelier

The flower add-on includes some beautiful flowers that are the perfect addition to the kit. Included are flowers from Manor House Creations and Prima.

Flower Add-on

Manor House Creations: Glitz: Mixed

Prima: Valentina

Manor House Creations: Ballerina: Classic Mix

Prima: Le Mia: Black/Grey

Manor House Creations: Shimmers: Snow

Manor House Creations: Ashlee: White/Blue

Embellishment Add-on

Blue Fern Studios: Chipboard: Bohemian Butterflies

Heidi Swapp: Color Magic Frames

The Crafters Workshop: 6x6 Template: Mini Microbial

Prima: Junkyard Findings: Rose Heart Corners

Glitz: Teeny Alphas: Gray

Dreaming in Color: Silks Acrylic Glaze: Azure

Maya Road: Ribbon Roses: Pink

The MMM kit is designed to be a mixed media kit that can stand alone. Additionally, it can be used with the monthly kit.

Mixed Media Kit Contents

Luminarte Primary Elements – Bolivian Blue

Luminarte Primary Elements – Chiffon Pink

Luminarte Primary Elements – Tahitian Blue

Silks – African Jade

Silks - Raspberry Wine

Silks Clear Acrylic Glazing Medium

Canvas Corp Stretched Canvas 5x7

Prima: Vintage Mechanicals: Flowers Medium

Prima: Mechanicals: Pendant

Prima: Sunrise Sunset: Mini Roses: Silver

Prima: Le Mia: Cotton Candy

Prima: Delight Collection: Tags & Tickets

Blue Fern Doily

*some embellishments are partial packages

 Here are a few of my creations made with this gorgeous kit!! Keep an eye out as I have more projects to share.

"So Lovely"

I was in heaven playing with the gorgeous January kit, as it is so beautifully feminine and perfect for my shabby chic style of scrapping. On my 1st LO I had some fun with the Luminarte products from mixed media kit to create a soft and pretty background. Once I figured out the placement of my photo, I adhered the wooden doilies and chipboard alpha letters for my title from the main Kit, and also the silver flowers from the Mixed Media kit, then I coated the embellishments and pp with gesso, leaving some of the pattern visible around the edges of the paper. Once dry, I stamped a few flower branches with the ink from the main Kit, then painted and splattered over the top with African Jade Glaze and Bolivian Blue pigment powder, thinned down with a little water. I also mixed the Bolivian Blue and Tahitian Blue Primary Elements powders to create a lovely blue-mauve colour, and highlighted with the Chiffon Pink.

Items used on this LO: January Kit, Flower Add On, Mixed Media Kit (Luminarte silks and primary elements)
Items from my stash: Pink glitter glass, Stampendous floral branch stamp, paper leaves, Martha Stewart pansy border punch, gesso.

"Remember This Moment"

Love these pics of my daughter and her partner at her Senior Formal and they were a perfect fit for the blue tones of the pp's in the Janaury Kit. Kept this fairly simple by softening the pp with some gesso, then overlaying with a couple of different stamped images.  I fussy cut a few elements from the pp, for the flower cluster to frame the photo and highlighted with a touch of glitter glass. I think you can tell I am loving glitter glass at the moment!!

Items used in this LO: January Kit, Embellishment Kit - resin corner, Luminarte Azurite silk paint.
Items from my stash: gesso, stamps, blue and silver glitter glass, Versamagic ink - night sky, Martha Stewart pansy border punch.
"Simple Moments"

This photo of Brittany inspired a pretty and pink LO, with touches of black.  I punched 4 12" strips from the white pp to create a border for the pink gingham paper, stenciled and stamped the background and to add a little twist to my paint splats I used some extra fine glitter glass. To create the glitter glass splats on the background, I mixed the clear glaze with some white pva glue that dries clear and thinned down with water. I then splattered the background with the medium and while it was wet I coated the splatters with extra fine glitter glass. I love to recycle, and found the black packaging from the Prima flowers was perfect to use as part of my title.

Items used on this LO: January Kit, Flower Add On, Embellishment Add On - pink rose trim. Mixed Media Kit - clear glaze, Chiffon Pink Primary Elements.
Items from my stash: Crafters Workshop stencil, paper doily, silk leaves, EK Success border punch, stamps, gesso, pink glitter glass, Lindy's Stamp Gang Saltwater Taffy mist, Tim Holtz black soot distress ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by.