2016 November : MajaDesign

A Bottle Message

25 November, 2016 - Bottle Messages

Posting something online is like sending out a bottle message. The posting drifts away on the waves of the blue sea, living it’s life of it’s own. You never know who will pick it up and what that could result in.

I recently found a beautiful bottle message out there, just waiting to be discovered..

All of these wonderful creations are made by Julie Lavalette, and you can find more from her here, on her blog.
Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful and inspiring creations, Julie. ♥
We are going to send you a gift for sharing your beautiful Maja art with the world, so keep an eye in your mail box..

Do you also want to be seen here, on the MajaDesign blog? Don’t forget to share your work and tag us (@majadesign or #majadesign) in social media, and we’ll find you..

See you out there!

Camilla

I Wish album

Posted by Pascale B

24 November, 2016 - I Wish, Mini albums

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Hello Sweeties,

Today I’m on Maja Design blog with a new album made with the I Wish collection.

I used the strips at the base of the papers to decorated the cover. After having glued them, I painted them lightly with gesso.

Then I added some embellishments: flowers, die cuts, doilies, …

I kept the inside design simple. A few papers, some die-cut doilies, …

I stamped randomly the pages with two stamps and I embossed one of the two designs as well as the edges of the background papers.

I added some flowers, some sprigs, as well as some glass beads, and micro beads.

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Maja Design papers



I wish Santa will remember me		I wish for a holly jolly Christmas

I wish for peace and joy		I wish you lots of love and happiness

I wish Santa got my letter		I wish you a Happy Holiday

I wish to build a snowman		I wish for frosty mornings

I wish we will deck the halls	I wish – Ephemera	I Wish Paper pack

A Girl’s Diary

Posted by Maja Nowak

23 November, 2016 - Altered Items, Ska Vi Ta En Fika?, Vintage Spring Basics

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Good morning, Maja Design friends, welcome to the blog today 🙂

With November coming to an end, I think it’s time to think of Christmas presents, especially if you intend making them yourselves. And so today I have a girly diary to share.

As the little lady, who will be writing her secrets in this notebook, likes purples, I chose to work with the Ska Vi Ta En Fika? collection with a bit of the Vintage Spring Basics set, which offered both cold and warm shades of purple, paired with browns and greens too. And so I adapted the same palette for the diary. I layered some papers on the front cover:

…added a ribbon bow and a butterfly charm on the wire:

…and decorated the front with a stamped and hand-coloured image:

On the inner cover, I added the girl’s monogram in a decorative heart on the background of the butterfly and plaid patterns:

There’s also a bonus stamped image at the back of the diary:

…and a little envelope to put in special secrets 🙂

I hope the girl would like her secret diary 🙂

And here’s what I used to make it:

Papers: Ska Vi Ta En Fika?: Nybakat, Chaite, Mandelkaka, Lejas café; Vintage Spring Basics: 11th of April BS, 9th of April BS. Other: stamps: Magnolia, Basic Grey; ribbon, twine: Rayher, charm, plate: my stash.

Have you started making your Christmas gifts yet?

“Because of you….”

Posted by Tina Ollett

22 November, 2016 - Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello there and welcome. Tina with you today to share my newest creation using Maja Designs beautiful Vintage Summer Basics. This has been titled, “Because of you…”.

I love nothing better than to tear papers and sometimes I get a bit carried away. When it comes time to layering I make it more than difficult to jigsaw it back together. And usually I have something in mind and the end result is nothing at all like that picture in my head that I started with. This is exactly what happened when creating this layout. The picture in my head was to be predominately browns with a smiggin of pinks. But alas this was not the case here……

I have used the gorgeous Vintage Summer Basics for the overall designing of my layout. My Base page was 1909 bs. I absolutely love the detailed background on this but I felt it still needed a little more to help my photo pop. I also did a little random stamping using Gabi’s Postcard Acrylic Stamps.

Vintage Summer Basics

1905 bs

1909 bs

1908

1923

and Vintage Autumn Basics No XVI

The Vintage Summer Basics 1905 paper was cut and used as a border. It was distressed, torn in sections and adhered to frame my photo. I also used some cool Dusty Attic Stitching chipboard over the top. I have torn the chipboard to give a rustic charm to my page.

I have also used the Vintage Summer Basics 1923 for my stamped title quote which reads:

Because of you, I laugh a little harder,

Cry a little less and smile a little more.

Here you can see all the pieces of Dusty chippies that I have added to this dimensional cluster. The skeleton clock, foliage and the gorgeous frame. They were all dressed in crackle paste and distress inks. The skeleton clock was embossed and then sanded to create a vintage worn look.

And again, here you can see the 1908 patterned paper used along with 1905 and 1923 as the matting foundation for my photo.

You can see here the gorgeous detail on the background paper. I have also added in some art stones and cheesecloth to soften my layout a little more. The clusters were all dry brushed with gesso to tone down the colours and bring it all together. I have made a full list below of all the materials used in creating this layout for your convenience.

Other Materials Used

Dusty Attic

Ornate Frame #5

Crazy Stitching Large

Mini Seagull DA1176

Fancy Flourish DA0349

Skeleton Clock

Distress Ink Walnut Stain

Distress Crackle Paint

Liquitex Gesso

Finnabair artingredients Art Stones White

Prima Marketing Inc. Flowers

Kaisercraft Paper Leaves

I hope you have enjoyed my post here today. I will be back again very soon…until then take care. xo

Thank you..

Posted by Carita Ruckman

21 November, 2016 - News

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Hi everybody,

Today we will say thanks and goodbye to our talented Delaina. She has decided to step down from the team in order to take on new exciting challanges in life. We will truly miss her and her wonderful creations.

Delaina-Burns

This is a selection of gorgeous pieces from the past year, all created by Delaina, of course;

Thank you so much for this wonderful time..!
We’ll see you out there. ♥

Camilla