Leslie's April's Bits & Pieces Giveaway at Ces't Magnifique

Welcome to the weekend everyone!  What better way to start the weekend than to offer a giveaway at the Ces't Magnifique blog  

Leslie has gathered the Bits & Pieces from her April Kit, "Victorian Roses", featuring the beautiful paper from Pion Designs Alma's Sewing Room collection.

So, are you inspired to create with Leslie's Bits & Pieces?  Here's what she is giving away, which includes items from the kit, the flower add-on, and the embellishment add-on.  Since these are Leslie's Bits & Pieces, the winner will receive partial packages of embellishments, as well as partial pieces of patterned paper. 

It's easy to enter our Bits & Pieces Giveaway.  Here's all you need to do:

1.  You must be a follower of the Ces't Magnifique 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 their 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, April 12.  The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced April 14. 

Please provide your first and last name to participate in this contest.  You are not required to enter an URL, but if you have a blog, we hope you'll enter it.
If you are entering for a second time, you will need to provide a link to the blog post where you have posted our giveaway.

Footprints in the Sand- Scrap Lift Challenge with 13 Arts

This month 13 Arts is teaming up with a challenge blog from Russia called Scrap Lifting

This month's challenge is to scrap lift this layout, designed by on of their DT's

The very talented Janna Werner

as you can see, this is a fantastic artsy and textured layout and of course it doesn't have any flowers. It was a real challenge for me but I was up for it!!

I kept the layout and composition on the same side of the page, leaving lots of white empty space.

I stamped and inked along the same lines as the layout and instead of using black paint, I used 13 Arts Gesso mixed with Blue Pearl 13 Arts Mist. It came out a pastel blue which I used on a mask to make it seem like ocean waves.

I only included 2 flowers which is really rare for me. I added some other embellishments like shells, Prima resin birds, cheese cloth and this Frame Elouise by 2 Crafty.

Materials used:

Papers: 13 Arts Frosted Life, White Cardstock

Chipboard: 2 Crafty

13 Arts Gesso

13 Arts Modeling paste

13 Arts Blue Pearl Mist

Flowers: Green Tara, Prima

Resin Birds: Prima

Stars: Pink Paislee

pearls: dollar store

Stamp: Hero Arts

Prima fluid chalk ink: old road

Alphas: Webster's pages

cheesecloth, shells

Crackle roller stamp

Well now that I've discovered this amazing challenge site, I might just have to give it a go next month.

why don't you check out the challenge at 

Scrap Lifting

and come join us at our monthly challenge at 13 Arts.

have a wonderful, fabulous day!!

Butterfly Kisses- Scrap for Help DT Challenge

Another month has passed and I just can't believe it!! Once again I'm here to show you my creation for my DT challenge at Scrap for Help

This month the challenge is to use a book page.

For the challenge, I used an old dictionary page that says love on the top. I got this idea from my friend Erin Blegen who always uses these pages in her layout. I really love the added chic element it adds to the page.

I used the Prima Lyric collection which is my favorite collection from the Prima CHA release. I love the coral colored flowers I combined with this collection especially these Tatiana flowers. Those are my favorite.

 I used lots of chipboard pieces from the Lyric collection and I accented the page with a resin lamp post and a resin nest from The Trinket Track.

Finally for this challenge I used Skissedilla's sketch #204 as an inspiration

Materials

Papers: Prima Lyric Collection

Chipboard: Prima Lyric

Flowers: Prima

Lamp Post: Prima

Resin next: The Trinket Track

Textured paste, cheese cloth

Prima 6x6 mask

Butterflies: Prima

Wood grain mask: The Crafters Workshop

Shimmerz sprays

Book page

Well I hope you come and join us this month at Scrap for Help and try out our challenge.

I will announce the winners of my giveaway on April 6th!!

and if you missed my video tutorial the other day here it is again!!

Have a great Spring!!

Patience- GD for Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge

I was invited this month to be a guest designer at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. The first challenge on April 1st is to Scrap about my greatest current challenge or a challenge from my past.

One of my greatest challenges in life is to have

"Patience"

and this is the theme I chose for this challenge. I've had to learn in this lifetime how to have patience.

I always want things to happen right away when I want them. Over the years I've had to learn that with patience and determination your dreams do come true.

I used my curling paper technique again on this layout to frame this photo of me by the beach.

I used old butterfly chipboard pieces around the photo and up the page. I covered them with gesso and then sprayed and painted them in 2 different colored Shimmerz. Then I stamped them with my script stamp.

I've already said how I love butterflies so I thought it appropriate to include it in this layout about myself.

Materials

Papers: Prima Fairy Rhyme and Lyric collections

Flowers: Prima

Chipboard butterflies: unknown

Chipboard: Prima

Resin birds and mushroom: Prima

Textured paste, Cheese cloth

Shimmerz paints and sprays

Alpha: Webster's pages

Crafter's workshop mask

Script Stamp: Glitz Desing

Resin cameo and frame: The Trinket Track

I do hope you come and join us at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge

and if you missed my video tutorial the other day here it is again!!

Have a fantastic day!!

Keren

Sweet Face- Ces't Magnifique Sketch Challenge

My daughter loves making these cute faces whenever I point the iphone her way. This photo was taken randomly one day!! I loved combining the purple and green tones together. 

I used the April Ces't Magnifique Sketch as an inpiration for this layout. I inverted the sides to help me with the design.

I used textured paste over a prima mask for the background and then sprayed it with purple chalk ink spray from Tattered Angels.

I encourage you to come and join our challenge this month. Leslie always gives an amazing  prize for the winner.

Here is the sketch for you to play with. So head over to the Ces't Magnifique Blog and try it out.

From the Kit 

Pion Designs: Alma’s Sewing Room: Purple Room

Pion Designs: Alma’s Sewing Room: Borders

Pion Designs: Alma’s Sewing Room: Purple Rose

Prima: Hello Pastel: Fabric Flowers: Gray

Prima: Winter Branches: Plum

Prima: Resist Alphabet

Prima: Engraver: Chipboard Pieces

Flower Add-on

Prima: Sugar Plum Roses: Eggplant

Embellishment Add-on

KaiserCraft: Miss Match Polaroid Frames

K & Company: Grand Adhesion Dimensional Stickers: Flora & Fauna

From my stash

Prima mask, gesso, cheese cloth, textured paste.

Tattered angels chalkboard spray: purple

Adirondack spray ink raspberry

I hope none of you got fooled today on April's fools day!!

take care and enjoy life!!

and if you missed my video tutorial the other day here it is again!!