2018 January : MajaDesign

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16 January, 2018 - Layouts, Nyhavn, Vintage Summer Basics

Hello Maja fans!

I wish you all a very happy New Year full of health, love and hapiness. Mary with you today to share my inspiration for January.

When I found that beautiful photo on Pinterest, I wanted to scrap it and finally I made a soft wintery layout in grey and teal colors, with lots of flowers, laces and chipboards. But, before I continue more I want to give all the proper credits to the ”unknown” photographer.

I combined two paper collections, the ”Nyhavn” and the ”Vintage Summer Basics”. I choose the ”Sitting at the Dock” paper from the ”Nyhavn” collection for my background paper. Then, I added some layers with the ”Eating Out” paper from the same collection and the ”1934” from the ”Vintage Summer Basics”.

First, I gave my background a coat of clear gesso. When it was dried, I added some texture with snowflake paste and a stencil and then I used graphite paste with a second stencil to give more contrast on my page. I also made some stamping here and there. I continued by coloring my page with the sparks ”Mermaid Sparkle” acrylic paint.

I painted the flourish chipboards with the metallique ”Silver Spoon” acrylic paint and the chipboard title with the sparks ”Mermaid Sparkle” acrylic paint. Then, I gently rubbed them with the ”Vintage Gold” wax. The chipboards I used, are from Dusty Attic.

When everything was glued down, I added some art stones and glitter. I also made some splatters with white gesso diluted with some water.

Papers used:

: Sitting at the Dock

: Eating Οut bs

: 1934 bs

That’s all for today, my friends!

Thank you for stopping by!

Justine

Posted by Pascale B

15 January, 2018 - Layouts

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Hello Sweeties

I wish you all a happy new year 2018 full of happiness, joy, and creativity. Maja Design has this new collection Celebration create especially for their 10th anniversary. When I saw the collection, I thought immediately about this photo of my paternal grandmother taken in the twenties!

I used two stamps with two inks to add the first design. One little anecdote, one of the stamps I used is, in fact, an extract of her parents’marriage certificate. Next, I primed the background with clear gesso.

When the gesso was dry, I added a design with a stencil and two pastes: Graphite and Brown Rust.

While the pastes were drying, I die cut some leaves in a watercolor paper. I colored them with different inks as well as flowers.

Next, I cut a few papers to add under the photo and before gluing all the embellishments I colored the background with different inks.

To finished the layout, I added some mica flakes and glitter.

Maja Design papers:

Celebration
Welcome	Entertainement	6×6 Pad

Winners of our Giveaway

Posted by Carita Ruckman

15 January, 2018 - Celebration

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Hi sweeties!

It’s time to pick a winner for our giveaway. Or, wait – let us pick two..! We are in a nice Birthday mood today. 😉

Let us congratulate Beverly Jordan and Danielle..!
You will both win a whole set of our brand new collection Celebration (release this week!) including the matching Monochromes papers. Please contact us at camilla@majadesign.nu so we can get your addresses. ♥

Thanks for stopping by..!

In the Pink – Layout by Kavitha

Posted by Kavi Tha

14 January, 2018 - Layouts, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello dear Maja fans,

This is Kavitha here with my first post, I am so happy and honored to be a part of this wonderful team.

I made a soft and girly layout with Vintage summer basics. I stenciled some floral design with modelling paste on to the background.For layering I added some papers from Vintage summer basics and Vintage spring basics collection.

I added lots of laces for the soft and feminine look.Behind the photo i added some chipboard pieces which i painted with white gesso and heat embossed with embossing powders

I finished it off with some Prima flowers,chipboard butterflies and white splatters.

Maja papers used: 1933 bs , 1911 , 4th of May , 7th of may

Happy crafting ,

“Love” by Tina Ollett

Posted by Tina Ollett

13 January, 2018 - Collections, Layouts, Walking in the Forest

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Welcome and a very happy New Year to you. Tina with you today to share my project for January.

This layout was inspired by the Dusty Attic Moodboard for the month. I saw it and immediately thought Maja and stylish elegance. And what better way to display all of these than with a wedding photo. A very special photo of my little family from quite a few years ago. But this photo I feel captures all that our day was…..pure happiness and love.

I hope you enjoy this!

“Love”

Every now and then I come across a patterned paper that really projects gorgeousness in itself. And this piece I selected from the Walking in the forest collection is one of those that I am talking of. It was really all I needed to create this project with …….and em

Flannel Shirt bs

This piece which I find just gorgeous with the suttle foliage at the side I find really elegant. My background was stencilled with some hearts and accentuated using paints and texture paste. I also added a very small amount of stamping.

You can see above the minty colour paint I used to help the photo pop from the page.

I did some layering of chipboards to create a base for my photo to sit upon. I then clustered flowers and lace leaves around this to bring the photo to attention.