2017 March : MajaDesign

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31 March, 2017 - Cards, Sommartider

Hello Maja Friends, Elena is here today.

I’ve got a couple of cards to share with you today. Something different this time

I enjoy making cards with in blue tones. But I have already used so many times Vintage Basics collection, so that I decided to try something new.

Maja Design has so many awesome collections, but I have to cinfess that I have never crafted with the Sommartider collection

It’s quite an old one, however I thought it’s great for summer – beach -vacations ptojects, but now I see it can be used almost for any kind .

I took those papers, that have a beautiful vintage floral background and created a couple of cards, just changing the papers for any other layer.

It’s great to mix them together and I like the result it has brought.

I also tried to find the new flowers composition. Sometimes the sqaure shape makes it challenging for me.

I also changes the center of the cards – the ovel and teh circle, and it makes a difference too.

So try the new directions for you projects, especially if talking about the cardmaking. You will be amazed by the look.

Suuplies used:

Sommartider collection :

: Strandklänning

: Strandklänning bs

: Lata dagar bs

: Av hela mitt hjärta

Spellbinders Dies, Prima Marketing Flowers.

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Orchid Beauty

Posted by Pascale B

30 March, 2017 - Enjoying Outdoors, I Wish, Layouts

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Hello Sweeties,

Today, I’m up on Maja Design blog with a new mixed media layout featuring both the “Enjoying Outdoors” and the “I Wish” collections.

Photo: Comfreak

As usual, I primed the background with clear gesso. While it was drying, I prepared a paste with 3D Gloss Gel and the Rust and the Gold Opal Magic Mica Powders. I added a first design with this homemade paste and a stencil.

I prepared a second paste with the Rusty Red Art Alchemy and the Texture Powder: the result is a matte paste. I used a second stencil to add another design and let dry everything.

I painted the orchids with the Rusty Red paint and added more gold to them with the Gold Opal Magic. I die-cut some branches in a watercolor paper.

I colored the background with Moonshadow spray ink and Magicals to match the colors of the photo. I added also some random stamping.

I cut some papers from the I Wish collection to match and add under the photo. I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

Maja Design papers:


Enjoying Outdoors Having tea in the sun	I Wish Santa will remember me bs	I Wish we will have a tree bs

I Wish you a Happy Holiday bs	I Wish for peace and joy bs

Birthday Cards

Posted by Maja Nowak

29 March, 2017 - Cards, Sofiero, Vintage Romance

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Good morning, Maja Fans, welcome to the blog today 🙂

I’m often asked to make some cards to order – and today I have two birthday cards to share. The first one is for a man who loves jazz:

I used my all-time favourite Vintage Romance collection because of the handsome guy image and for me classic jazz is those handsome guys in smart suits 😉 Although other images in the collection are rather referring to cars, I still used a car advert that I partly covered to reveal only the club name – sounds jazzy enough to me 😉

As I said, the collection doesn’t have any music motives, but I used stamps and washi tape to add some tunes and the piano keyboard, and then a chipboard saxophone to match the card theme:

I cut some tags from paper scraps and made a music record from cardstock:

And so I made this romantic collection fit into a jazz theme 🙂

The other card is a complete change of theme 🙂 It’s the first birthday card for a cute little lady:

For this one I used the refreshed Sofiero collection as I chose a soft pink and green palette. I’m so happy to be able to layer the Monochrome papers and not to cover beautiful patterns! Plus, I didn’t need to search for matching colours 🙂

I added some little flowers and stamped and die-cut the sentiment, also using the Monochrome paper:

I stamped and coloured the girl image in matching colours:

But there’s some more to the card: I included the girl’s name too and made the card into an easel form:

I really like the way the soft colours and delicate flower pattern go together with glitter and the stamp!

Here’s what I used to make them:

: Ephemera cards

: Deep love bs

: Together forever bs

: Mono Rose Fuchsia

: Mono Celery Sage

: Enjoying the fragrance

: Mono Blush Rouge

Other: stamps: Nellie Snellen, Gstamps, Lemonade; dies: Spellbinders, Crealies, Memory Box; flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts; chipboard: Anemone.

And which card do you like more? 🙂

“Love you to the moon and back” by Tina Ollett

Posted by Tina Ollett

28 March, 2017 - Collections, Layouts, Sofiero

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A big big welcome back to the home of Maja Design. Today I have for you my next Maja Design Team creation.

It was so exciting to hear that “Soferio” an old favourite was being reprinted into a new edition with an additional Die Cut Sheet and Monochromes.

Can’t wait to share with you my next creation but until then I present to you

“Love you to the moon and back”……..

As soon as I saw this first sheet of the collection called Strolling down the rose path, I instantly knew that this was where I would start. I teamed it with “Enjoying the fragrance” to create this lolly coloured layout of my gorgeous girl.

Strolling down the Rose path bs

Enjoying the fragrance bs

My starting point for this layout was to stamp and stencil with texture paste the background of Enjoying the fragrance. I have used Distress Ink Ground Espresso with a 49andMarket Stamp – Ethereal Stamp Set. The edges of the paper were also stamped and powder embossed with another 49andMarket Stamp Set called Gabi’s Line Stitch . Once this was heat set I cut a wavy pattern from around the stamped image and then backed this to Enjoying the fragrance bs.

My photo was matted using pieces from the 6 x 6 paper pack of the same papers. They are so darn cute perfect for matting this sizing of photos.

As you can see above I have also tucked in some small snippets of miscellaneous lace I found sitting on my desk.

My photo and paper matting were sat upon some Dusty Attic chipboards that I put together to make a unique heart shape frame. These chipboards were gessoed and then inked randomly with Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I also rubbed a little Liquid Pearl “Blush” over and around the edges to pick up on the pink shades from the papers.

My Dusty Attic title “Love you to the moon and back” is a very special saying that my gorgeous girl and I have used for each other for as long as I remember. So it was only fitting to use it here. This was dressed in Finnabairs Art Extravagance Texture Paste White Crackle. Once it was dried I rubbed in some of the Blush Liquid Pearls and then rubbed over the textures with a little more of the Distress Ink.

My clusters of flowers that I have used here are the newest of the 49andMarket collections.

Shimmer and Shine in both the Blush and Ivory Melange. They compliment these papers perfectly!

And one more sneak peek!

For your convenience I have made a full and complete list of the materials used for this creation below.

I hope you have enjoyed my layout today. As I said before I have another coming up using this same beautiful beautiful collection.

I can’t wait to share it with you! Until then happy scrapping.

Materials List

Sofiero New Edition – Enjoying the lovely fragrance SOF-616

Sofiero New Edition – Strolling down the Rose path SAF-615

Dusty Attic – “Love you to the moon and back” DA1190

Dusty Attic – Fancy Accent #1 – DA1623A

Dusty Attic Corner Swirl #1 DA1574

Dusty Attic Ornate Corner #DA0465

Dusty Attic- Mini Chains – DA04058

Dusty Attic – Criss Cross Stencil

Dusty Attic – Pearls DA

Miscellaneous Coloured Pearls

49andMarket – Gabrielle Pollacco – Gabi’s Ethereal Stamp Set

49andMarket Gabi’s Line Stitch Stamp Set

49andMarket – Shimmer and Shine – Blush Melange

49andMarket – Shimmer and Shine – Ivory Melange

49andMarket – Shimmer and Shine – Blush Jardin

Lace – Miscellaneous Pieces

Distress Ink Ground Espresso

Ranger Texture Paste

Finnabair – Art Extravagance – Texture Paste – White Crackle

Finnabair – Art Basics – Heay Gesso

Liquid Pearls – Blush

Versa Mark Ink

Embossing Powder – Seafoam

Winner of March’s mood board challenge

Posted by Carita Ruckman

27 March, 2017 - Mood boards

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Dear Maja fans out there,

March is coming to an end and it’s time to reveal the winner of this month’s mood board.
This month I’m totally overwhelmed by all the wonderful entries..! ♥ You are all so very, very talented and I’m so happy about the wonderful response. It was truly an inspirational mood board;

MajaDesign Mood Board March 2017

And here comes all the fantastic entries:

Angeline Decultot, France

Anna Chasovskaya, Russia

Cindy Wille, the Netherlands

Gry Veronica Andersen – Norway

Jeanette Frydenberg, Norway

JingWen Mi – China

JingWen Mi, China

Joanna Krogulec, United KIngdom

Karina Lange, Switzerland

Kerstin F. Germany

Larisa Makeeva, Russia

Lisa Nygårds, Sweden

Marjut Laine, Finland

Melina Dahl, Sweden

Olesya Erankevich, Russia

Olga Kulavskaya, Russia

Pernilla Rosenlund, Sweden

Pia Baunsgaard, Denmark

Ramona Schmitt, Germany

Randi Thorsen, Norway

Rosemarie G.Thorsell, Sweden

Tetiana Arkhipova, Ukraine

Tineke van der Linden – The Netherlands

Tineke van der Linden, The Netherlands

Vicky Pass, United Kingdom

Vija Anton, Australia

Vivi Thomsen, Denmark

Zora Bergström, Sverige

And the winner is…

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Angeline Decultot from France..!

Your layout is simply stunning and we love your way of how to interpret this mood board..!
A huge congrats to you! A whole collection of your choice is coming your way. ♥

And, from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for taking part in this challenge and for creating such wonderful things.

I’ll see you next week when we present the new mood board for April. Don’t miss that!

With love,

Camilla