2017 December : MajaDesign

Winner of December’s mood board

25 December, 2017 - Mood boards

Hi and warm welcome to the blog today..!

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas Eve yesterday, with your beloved ones.
It’s time to pick a winner for the last mood board challenge this year..!
And I must say – you just keep outdo yourself – every single month..! This time I was totally amazed by your wonderful creations. ♥ Thank you, thank you, thank you – for making my day..! ♥

A little reminder of the mood board:

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And let me present all the fantastic entries;

Anna Fraone, Italia

Daria Burmistrova, Russia

Faiza Boucham, France

Jacqueline vd Boor Netherlands

Jacqueline vd Boor, Netherlands

Karita Vainio – Finland

Kristina Roest, Norway

Kristina Røst, Norway

Larisa Makeeva, Russia

Malin Jacobson, Sweden

Marjut Laine – Finland

Natalie Grantham, United Kingdom

Olesya Erankevich, Russia

Patrice Imbert, France

Pernilla Rosenlund, Sweden

Ramona Schmitt, Germany

Randi Thorsen, Norway

Sanne Hein Nielsen, Denmark

Tetiana Arkhipova, Ukraine

Tineke van der Linden, the Netherlands

Libeeti Frenkel – Israel

A huge applause for all of you..! I would really like to pick you all as winners, but I’m not allowed to, unfortunately.. 😉
The winner is…

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Patrice Imbert from France..!

Patrice Imbert, France

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Your entry is absolutely amazing..! We totally love it. Thank you for sending it to us. A whole collection of your choice is on the way over to you. ♥

Thanks for today, I’ll see you soon.

Hugs!

Camilla

A Christmas Card

Posted by Mary Tzalla

24 December, 2017 - Cards, Joyous Winterdays

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Hello Maja Fans!

It’s Christmas eve my dear friends and I’ve already wrapped all of my presents. I’ve made several cards to accompany them and I though I should share one of them with you.

I choose to use the ”Playful” paper from the ”Joyous Winterdays” collection.

I made a few layers from the same paper using both sides of it to give dimension to my card.

Paper used:

: Playful

: Playful bs

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Merry Christmas

Posted by Kerstin-Inga Peters

23 December, 2017 - A Gift for You, Altered Items, Cards, Collections, Created Art, It’s Christmas time, Joyous Winterdays

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Welcome Maja friends!

I love fireplaces especially on christmas time, it’s a wonderful tradition to hang up socks for every family member. Unfortunately I haven’t a fireplace and so I decided to make this in a small format.

I used papers from various christmas/ winter collections from Maja Design

Want to see how they are made? Here I have some photos from the making.

Steps and tips

As basic an old black wooden frame and the ‘Gnistra’ paper sheet as wonderful neutral background

added with some torned pieces from old music paper, inked with Distress walnut stain

the highlight was the fireplace.

I saw some months ago an idea on Pinterest where a simple plastic frame was used,

I was impressed and went in search for the right frame.

I found this in a One Euro Store, the frame was square

and so I just had to remove the bottom part

really simple, but a cool effect!

some close up’s

some dies with Maja papers – Hanging socks, Holiday leaves

a Santa portrait from ‘Emphera’ Joyous winterdays, as picture in a shabby chic metal frame

christmas wishes from Die cut sheet – A gift for you

I hope you like this christmas inspiration!

If you want more inspirations with Maja Papers

than have a look on my blog 🙂

My best wishes for you and your families!

Masculine Christmas Cards

Posted by Elena Olinevich

22 December, 2017 - Cards, Joyous Winterdays

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Hello Maja Fans,

Christmas is right behind the corner and I guess some of you may still need a few cards to make for their friends.

Today I am going to share a bunch of cards that can be given to men

Well sometimes it is so tricky to create the card with no flowers, lace and bows. However everyone can manage with it, indeed.

I started with creating my background for the cards using the paper from the 6×6 paper pad of Joyous Winterday, and then added the strip at the bottom, I stitched 2 of them together

I also added the striped ribbon, it adds the accent and looks like an eye catching detail

and of course I used the images of St.Nicholas

I added a few paper layers around the image, that I die cut.

When you create a masculine card you mostly choose the simple shapes for your dies, but actually you can add some intricate detail too.

and even crochet snowflake can look good for such cards

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Supplies used:

6×6 paper pad, May Arts Ribbon, 2Crafty Chipboard Snowflake

Happy moments

Posted by Pascale B

21 December, 2017 - Joyous Winterdays, Layouts

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Hello Sweeties

Today I’m up on Maja Design blog with a layout featuring the Joyous Winterdays collection. The weather is a little bit crazy nowadays, cold, windy, … So I was thinking that perhaps a hot chocolate will be a great idea, what do you think?

I began to add some random stamping. Next, I primed the background with clear gesso. I find that the stamp images are crispier that way.

Next step, I added a design with a stencil and Platinum crackle paste. I love the pearl effect of this paste.

While the crackle was drying, I painted the chipboards with different inks and Magical. When the title was dry I embossed it with a clear embossing powder.