C'est Magnifique August Sneak Peek!!

Hi there everyone :). I know it's been a while...my sister has been here visiting with her two kids and yesterday was my middle child Gunner's 2nd birthday! So we've been busy hauling the kids to the lake to swim, catching crayfish, grilling food, and party planning. I must say, I was a bit taken aback by how much I struggled with the fact that my little boy was turning two. The emotions were unexpected. And I know I'm not the first mom to say this, but I just don't want him to get any older. I just want to keep him just as he is now...sweet, innocent, silly. But I know I can't, and for that I feel helpless! So I'm just trying to enjoy every moment- remember everything- appreciate that I get to be there with him every step of the way...

But before I start crying again (lol), I need to share with you my reason for posting today. C'est Magnifique has just revealed their very first sneak peek at the August kit, featuring papers from Maja Designs, out of Sweden. And I must say this one is another fave for me!! Here is a look at one of my five projects for the month:

"23 Months"

Here is my beautiful baby boy, just last month :). I love the variety of color available in the August kit. I tend to turn my photos black and white, but there are certain ones I really feel need to remain in color- like this one of Gunner. I am in love with his big brown eyes and the shades of these particular papers and flowers allowed me to let his beauty shine in color!

 As always, some hidden journaling :)...

Here I've used another fabulous stencil from Scrap FX, "Engineering Stencil, Small". I spread on some texture paste over the mask, dried it with my heat gun, and then used another stencil from The Crafter's Workshop to stamp the chicken wire design over the top.

 Some more of the stenciling work...


 Still loving book pages! :)...

Here's a look at the papers included in the kit. Seriously, they are incredibly beautiful! Believe it or not, there are actually 30 sheets of paper in this amazing collection from Maja Designs- they are being sold individually or as an entire lot in the C'est Magnifique store here.

 The flower add-on:

 And the embellishment add-on:

If you love what you've seen so far, head on over to C'est Magnifique and check out how you can join here. Some of the items, including the paper/flower/embellishment add-ons, are already available in the store here.

Thank-you so much for visiting- and putting up with my little emotional rant. I'll get better soon, I'm sure :). But your support means a lot...so thanks. 

Take care, wherever you are...