Merry Christmas!

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Posted by Maja Nowak

21 December, 2016 - ,

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Good morning, Maja Friends, I’m so happy you’ve found some spare moment in the hot time of Christmas preparations to visit our blog 🙂

I’m in the middle of that fever too, with getting my home ready for 16 people 😉 and so just a quick post today to share an 8×8 layout:

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I selected the ecru, red and brown patterns of the I Wish collection to decorate the photo of my boys in their Santa’s angels suits 😉 I layered the red and ecru papers for the background:

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…and added some handmade tags nad the title I cut out from the signature strip:

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I also placed a piece of the signature strip across the photo and added a Santa post stamp from the Ephemera sheet:

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Then I added the flower cluster with glittery diecuts and a berry twig I found in some cheap store a couple of years ago 😉

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I put the layout into a dimensional frame:

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….and it will make a home decor Christmas gift for the Grandparents 🙂

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I hope they’d like it!

 

Supplies:

Other: dies: Magnolia, no name dies; flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts; chipboard: Scrapiniec; bling: Marianne Design; berry twig, button, clip: my stash

And now, before I get back to work, I’d like to thank you for visiting Maja Design blog this year, for your nice comments and appreciation.

I wish you the happiest Christmas and a fabulous creative New Year!

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“Merry Christmas” by Tina Ollett

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Posted by Tina Ollett

20 December, 2016 -

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Hello once again. Tina O with you here today with a little Christmas cheer.

I, as a rule do not do cards, but I felt as I should as we a coming into Christmas in only a few days time. With this in mind and the fact that it has been a long time since I have created a card, I have kept it pretty simple. I wanted to do something a little vintage with a shabby touch.

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To create this card I started with a Kraft Cardstock base and cut a 23 x 10cm card base. The top of this was then layered with some Dusty Attic corrugated board. And on top of the corrugated I have used the new “I Wish” collection. Because I wanted a vintage feel I stayed with the rustic brown colours with the addition of cream and green. I tore section of both “Those memories will last” bs and also “You a happy New Year” bs. These would have to be my favourites pieces from the collection as you will remember I used them in a previous layout using the I Wish Collection.

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The christmas leaves I have used for this project were dressed with some Walnut Gold glimmermist to take away the darkness of the green but also to add in a touch of gold.

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I wrapped the corrugation with a large piece of twine and left it hanging to the side. Over the top of the twine I added in some Dusty Attic Baroque Chipboard to cover my knot which was embossed and sanded.

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I have cut the postage stamp from the Ephemera Sheet and added it tucked above the cluster just peeping out.

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I dry brushed my embellishments with white gesso to tone the card colours down a little and to keep within the shabby/ vintage style.

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My title “Merry Christmas” was cut from the base strip of “I wish those memories would last”. These are always perfect for that little added addition to any card or layout. So don’t throw them away!!

Maja Design Products Used

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Maja Design – I wish  – Ephemera

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Other Products Used

Dusty Attic Baroque Corner Large

Dusty Attic Corrugated Board

Large Lace Trim

Ultimate Crafts Large “Seasons Greetings” Mixed Poinsettias ULT157663

Ultimate Crafts Large “Seasons Greetings” Small Mixed Poinsettias ULT157665

Miscellaneous Christmas Deco (White)

Liquitex Gesso (White)

Glimmermist Walnut Gold

Stamp It – Superfine Detail Embossing Powder

Versa Mark Ink

Clear Seed Beads

Tea Stained Muslin

Twine

Well I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a most 

fabulous wonderful and safe New Year.

Until next time…..Tina-sign

 

MajaDesign Creative Team 2017

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Posted by Carita Ruckman

19 December, 2016 -

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Hi there..!

So happy to see you here today. It means you could find some free time in between all the Christmas preparations.. And that’s good because it has come to that exciting part of the year when it’s time to present our new fabulous MajaDesign Creative Team for 2017..!
We have gathered some really amazing artist, and I’m so excited to begin the new year with all this talent onboard.

Let me proudly present

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Amy creates mostly layouts and has that soft, romantic style that just melts your heart.. ♥ She loves Shabby Chic, Vintage and Mixed Media. Read more about her here or visit her places below:

 

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Camilla is an extremly talented cardmaker, and her cards just take your breath away. ♥ She has en eye for beautiful details, lots of paper layers and loves sewing her cards. Read more about her here, or visit her places below:

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Elena-OlinevichElena-sign1from Belarus

Elena creates the most beautiful cards, albums and layouts with lots of layers and wonderful, thought through details. ♥ Her style is feminine and vintage and she loves laces and mists. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Evgenia-Petzer Evgenia-signSfrom South Africa/Russia

Meet our greatly talented cardmaker – Evgenia. Her style breaths feminity, soft and romantic and she creates with layers and beautiful details. ♥ You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Jennifer-Snyder-FBJennifer-signfrom USA

Jennifer is our own sparkeling star..! She creates everything with lots of love and thought through and her style goes from romantic to shabby chic, depended on the story and photo. ♥ You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Keren-TamirKerenfrom Canada

Keren is one of our new talents on the team for this year. ♥ She likes the mixed media style to create her extraordinary layouts and other projects, and she specialize in making the most wonderful videos. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

 

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Maja-NowakMaja-signfrom Poland

Maja creates the most wonderful feminine and romantic cards along with her soft, handsome and a bit “boyish” layouts. ♥ Her work is a mixture of romantic shabby chic and a bit of a steampunk, masculine touch. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Mary-CattMaryfrom Greece

Mary loves using mixed media and creates the most amazing layouts with a bit vintage and shabby chic touch.  ♥ She mainly does layouts, but you can also see her create wonderful cards, tags and beautiful altered items. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Nancy-Dynes Nancy-signfrom USA

Nancy does absolutely gorgeous cards and you can recognize her work as vintage/elegant, incorporating dimension, layers, and attention to detail. ♥ She loves the feminine and romantic style. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Pascale-Bernard Pascale-signSfrom France

Pascale scraps her own, absolutely wonderful, photos and always go from the colour in it, to create her amazing layouts. ♥ Her style is at the same time or in turn vintage, shabby, steampunk, and mixed media.  You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Paulina-Monastreska-TroninaPadoriaa1from Poland

Paulina, aka Padoriaa, is one of our new talents onboard this year, and she uses mixed media and a lot of layers, laces and chipboards onto her wonderful cards and different projects. ♥ Her style is unique and wide and goes from romantic to masculine. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Rachelle SigurdsonRachelle-signfrom Canada

Rachelle is the complete master of layering and hand stiching layouts. ♥ She loves to distress the papers and she has an extraordinary attention for details. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Tiffany-Solorio Tiffanyfrom USA

Tiffany is new on the team for this year, and she specialize in mixed media projects. ♥ She creates everything from cards, layouts to altered items and she does the most beautiful videos. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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Tina-Ollett Tina-Ssignfrom Australia

Tina makes absolutely gorgeous layouts using lots of flowers, layers and dimensions. ♥ Her style is mostly feminine, soft and romantic. You can read more about her here or visit her places below:

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A huge welcome to all our new designers! ♥
2017 will be a totally awesome year, filled with creativity and lots of wonderful inspiration.
I hope you are as excited as I am.

Hugs,

Camilla

Thanks, Silje Kristin…

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Posted by Carita Ruckman

18 December, 2016 -

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Today we will tribute and say goodbye to our beloved and supertalented Silje Kristin who has decided to step down from the team. She is a totally amazing artist and we will really miss her wonderful creations. Her way to alter different projects is just magical.

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Here is some wonderful project she has done for us:

 

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A huge thanks to you, Silje, for all your hard work and devotion to MajaDesign.

We’ll see you out there..! ♥

 

 

 

Tomorrow we will reveal the new Creative Team for 2017 – don’t miss that..!

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Hugs,

Camilla

Home for the Holidays Collage

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Posted by Evgenia Petzer

17 December, 2016 - , ,

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Hello dear friends! Its Evgenia Petzer with you today, I have prepared the wall hanging collage using the lovely Home for the Holidays collection.

Lets have a look? The size is A4, lots of layers, chipboard, lace…home_for_the_holidays_petzerlots of close ups:

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for the glitter effects I have used these mediums:

I love how this adhesive spray works – you just spray on the place that you need and sprinkle over with the glitter or other stuff that you need.

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My favourite christmas collection by Maja Design is definitely Home for the Holidays, so I am still playing with it:

Have a nice weekend,