2017 October : MajaDesign

Floral Cards by Padoriaa

19 October, 2017 - Cards, Vintage Summer Basics

Hello our blog fans. Today I would like to present two cards. One is for the Wedding and the other for a Birthday. Floral, pastel colours with quite few layers. Take a look, please :

To create these cards I have used the Vintage Summer Basics Collection. It is really universal collection.

I don’t know why but I stop to use paper flowers recently.It will change … I’m pretty sure but for now I will enjoy the simplicity of my projects 🙂

Hope you like my project. If you are wondering about used materials here is the list : chipboard – Scrapiniec, digital graphic – Digital Paper and the paper : Maja Design

Some winter inspiration!

Posted by Camilla Støen Bakke

18 October, 2017 - Altered Items, I Wish

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Here is a paper bag I have decorated with gorgeous papers from the collection I wish.

Only days ago I came back from a holiday in beautiful Croatia! I stayed in a beautiful small village called Cavtat, just outside the city Dubrovnik. I was told that the people in Dubrovnik first settled down in Cavtat, before they had to escape and settled down in Dubrovnik. I guess thats why they built that fantastic city wall -to keep the enemies away. In Croatia it was still Summer, and blue sky every day! Inspite of that I manage to get the flu and sinusitis. Luckily this happened the day before we went home, so I really enjoyed my time there.

But because of all this, I had no new card to show you. This paper bag was published in the magazine Ett Trykk last February. But I have saved it for the blogs when it was time to show some winter/Christmassy inspirations. I have made it to show my style of crafting.

The image from Magnolia is coloured with Distress Ink, re-inkers.

I have decorated with different types of flowers, cheese cloth, wycinanka, die cuts and pearls.

I have added some Frantage around the image, which is matching the colours of the papers perfectly. The edges are sewed with my sewing machine.

Thank you so much for visiting the Maja Design blog today!

With love,

Autumn’s Bounty

Posted by Nancy Dynes

17 October, 2017 - Cards, Walking in the Forest

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Hello, dear friends! Welcome to the Maja Design Blog. It’s Nancy here, with a new card to share. I may have mentioned previously that I love autumn. I can barely wait for that hint of chill in the air and nature’s lavish display of rich colors. This is when I spend my days with Maja Design’s breathtaking Walking in the Forest paper collection. I find that this collection truly embraces the inspiring hues of the season, which is what I’m aiming for with today’s card.

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Each design paper is carefully distressed, layered, and stitched. The sentiment stamp has been on my desk just waiting for fall to arrive!

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A die cut wreath forms an anchor for the plethora of leaves, berries, and flowers as they tumble down the front of the card.

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A twine bow is tucked in along with the florals.

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Thank you so much for visiting us at the Maja Design Blog! Don’t forget to check out the October Mood Board Challenge while you’re here. There’s still plenty of time to enter your project. I send wishes for many cozy hours in your craft space!

Hugs, Nancy-sign

Time for Snowmen and Christmas

Posted by Jennifer Snyder

16 October, 2017 - A Gift for You, Vintage Winter

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Hello Maja Design friends. Jennifer Snyder here to share a Christmas card I made by combining two Maja Design holiday collections: Maja Design – A Gift For You and Maja Design – Vintage Winter .

I love that the collections can often be used together. That’s part of the magic of Maja Design. It’s always fun when you can make the most of the products and paper you purchase. That’s the added value of Maja Design collections. While some of the papers in the Holiday/Christmas collections certainly have images that are “themed ” for the holidays, the B sides of the papers offer prints that can be used for any occasion.

The papers I used are shown in the image above and are as follows:

Maja Design A Gift for You – paper collection – Made by Me paper GIF-699

Maja Design – Vintage Winter collection – December paper

Maja Design – Vintage Winter collection – Season’s Greetings ( B side) VIN-482

My darling snowman die is from Memory Box dies. I think it’s adorable. Accented with some Flowers, pine branches and he’s all set for the Holidays.

And one last close up from a different angle so you can see the dimension of my card.

Thank you for choosing to spend your time at the Maja Design blog. We treasure that.

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Maja Design A Gift for You – paper collection – Made by Me paper GIF-699
Maja Design – Vintage Winter collection – Season’s Greetings ( B side) VIN-482
Maja Design – Vintage Winter collection – December paper

Precious Love

Posted by Mary Tzalla

15 October, 2017 - Denim & Friends, Layouts

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Hello my dear friends!!!

It’s Mary here with you today and I have a new layout to share with you.

When I found on Pinterest that gorgeous photo I new that I had to scrap it. So, I choose papers from the ”Denim & Friends” collection and combined them with some beautiful flowers and a few metal embellishments. But, before I continue more I want to give all the proper credits to the ”unknown” photographer.

For my background, I used the ”Fashion” paper and made a layer behide my photo with the ”Sunbleached” paper.

First, I gave my background a coat of clear gesso. When it was dried I added some texture with modeling paste and a stencil. Then, I heat embossed the pattern with the ”Cosmic Blue Violet” Lindy’s Stamp Gang embossing powder. I continued by coloring my page with Lindy’s sprays ”Dark Chocolate Truffle” and ”Whale Watch Blue”.