2017 November : MajaDesign

Home decor – Winterwonderland

25 November, 2017 - Joyous Winterdays

Welcome!

Today an ‘Out off the page’ project in vintage style, it’s a triptych with wintry feeling.

As I saw the wonderful new collection papers ‘Joyous winterdays’ I was inspired to create a new home decor project for christmas as little gift for a good friend.

used Maja Design papers

other used materials

modelling clay white, Snow tex (DecoArt), Silikon mould ‘Icecycle’, Distress ink ‘Walnut stain’, clear stamp ‘Crackle’, chipboards (Scrap FX), cutting dies, Resin treasure window

How I made this

I choose background paper ‘Frost’ and cut out all three MDF pieces
then I glued the paper with Decoupage Glue (DecoArt) on it
I connected the three pieces and used the paper distresser tool for the edges, it gives an beautiful altered effect
then i chose two motives from this new amazing Christmas/ Wintercollection and cut out – the sweet snowmen and little boy

icecycles were made with white modeling clay and a mould
to complete the background, I added Distress Ink ‘Walnut stain’ with a little bit water for some running effects, it will give you a worned altered look
I used the ‘Blizzard’ paper, textured paper (leftovers from a wallpaper) and a craft paper for cutting dies – trees, lantern, winter leaves and snowflakes
glued all also embellishments with a transparent adhesive medium
create the snow effect with Snow tex (DecoArt)

some close up’s

This project was so much fun to create and I love the scene that you can build up, using all the beautiful background papers from Maja Design.

And if you wonder why the little boy is suddenly blue now, even though he is on the original green, it was very cold in the snow 😉 … ?

yes, you can change the color of these papers later, for example with alcohol markers 🙂

Many thanks for your visit!

Enjoy your weekend!

Winter Wonderland Cards

Posted by Elena Olinevich

24 November, 2017 - Cards, Home for the Holidays

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Hello, The winter Season is right behind the corner, I feel. So it’s time to create the snow inspired cards

Though I don’t like the winter season at all, I like creating the cards this time of the year. I used the Home for The Holdays collection. It reminds me about the heavily snow times we have when I as a child. Now the climate has changed.

I’ve added the die cut ornaments and the chipboard frame

I also added the crochet snowflakes and it really came out cozy and warm

Products used:

: White Christmas

: White Christmas bs

: Friends bs

Spellbinders Ornaments Dies, Crochet snowflakes

Snowman card

Posted by Evgenia Petzer

23 November, 2017 - Cards, Joyous Winterdays

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Hello dear friends, Evgenia Petzer with you today. I have another card in soft neutral christmas tones that I love. Of course it features the new line Joyous Winterdays.

the flowers are from WOC, Russian dies and some polish chipboard.

and some close ups:

I have used lots of layers, little bits and pieces that I love to include in my cards. using the die cuts gives you wonderful layering quite easy,the snowman is fussy cut from die cut sheet and I have added some kraft underneath it, as well as made some die cutting from the kraft cardstock.Joyous Winterdays collection is just so pretty:

Have a lovely day,

Away In A Manger

Posted by Maja Nowak

22 November, 2017 - Cards, Joyous Winterdays

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

With Christmas coming closer and closer, I think it’s a good moment to start some serious Christmas cardmaking 😉 For my today’s post I created two cards, using the latest Joyous Winterdays collection and the traditional holiday red and green palette:

Both my cards feature a manger scene chipboard pieces. In the first card I chose darker red and green flourish patterns layered upon light paper for contrast:

I covered the chipboard piece with crackle accents and decorated it with die-cut leaves and snowflakes, a petaloo flower, tiny pom-poms and crystals and an acrylic angel button:

In the other card I created a shadowbox frame for the chipboard piece, but as the card is to be mailed, I kept it just barely raised:

I covered the chipboard manger with glitter and decorated with a mulberry flower, large crystal that looks like frozen ice, and some die cuts:

I really love how easy it is to get a vintage, shabby look for your projects with Maja papers! Just perfect for traditional Christmas cards 🙂

And here’s what I used to make my cards:

Maja Design papers:

: Beautiful pine

: Outdoors

: Christmas time

Other: dies: Magnolia, Impression Obsession, Sizzix, Joy!; holly punch: Woodware; flowers: Petaloo, Wild Orchid Crafts; chipboard: Wycinanka; glitter: Ranger; pom-poms, button: my stash.

I do hope you find some inspiration for your Christmas cards 🙂

See you soon!

“Summer” by Tina Ollett

Posted by Tina Ollett

21 November, 2017 - Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics

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Welcome and a very big hello !

Tina O with you here today. It has been a couple of months since I was last here and I am so very happy to be back on board creating again for Maja Designs. I have been away recuperating from shoulder surgery but I am very happy and so glad to be back at my table again creating.

Today I have something beachy for you. Here in Australia Summer is a very special time for our family. Lots of trips to the beach and just getting out and enjoying the beautiful sunshine and our gorgeous beaches. The photo I have used today is of my youngest who just loooooooves the beach. And every chance she gets she will be found digging away in the sand, or mud digging holes or just building sandcastles. I adore this photo of her from back in 2012 at a holiday gettaway in Forster, New South Wales. Again she is digging away and very much caught up in the moment !

: No. XXI bs

: No XXI

: XXIII bs

Since the togs she was wearing are a navy blue I decided to keep with these colours and add some neutral tones and have kept it very earthy. I have only used a little media being distress inks and gesso along with Rust Paste.

My starting point was tearing up my sheet of Vintage Autumn Basics and layering it using both sides along with some Dusty Attic corrugated board. These pieces were laid over the top of Vintage Autumn Basics and then primed with some clear gesso. I did some drying brushing with white gesso to give that whitewashed beachy look and also did some splatterings of white.

I have used some new Dusty Attic release beach chipboards, lots of 49andMarket Floral Mixology and Garden Seeds flowers along with some seashells to help with my embellishing of the page.

The chipboards were dressed in gesso and I randomly applied rust paste let it dry for a few moments and rubbed the rust paste until the colour bleed into the gesso.

Well that is all from me today, I do hope I have inspired you in some way big or small to create something this week for yourself! Enjoy the time you create and happy scrapping.