2018 October : MajaDesign

My Little Star

24 October, 2018 - Denim & Friends

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

It’s been two months since I created anything with my all-time favourite Maja collection, Denim&Friends! 😀 And so I couldn’t wait any longer and made a layout for my today’s post:

I really love grid patterns, they give you a sense of using a piece of an actual document and at the same time provide some useful structure to plan your design 😉 As I like clear composition and straight lines, I really appreciate that feature of the background. To introduce the theme of the layout, I applied stars pattern with a stencil and texture paste. Then I matted the photo with a light sand-coloured sheet and added some hand-cut tags:

…the flower-embellishments cluster:

…with a piece cut off the signature strip:

…and finally the title arranged with sticker chipboard letters:

I included many star motives to refer to the title: stencilled, die-cut and art clay ones. I also added some starshine 😉 – the stencil paste is gold and I die-cut the stars in mirror gold cardstock.I think this gave the whole a coherent look both with motives and textures. What do you think?

And here’s what I used for the layout:

Maja Design papers:

: Gentleman bs

: Blue Jeans

: Paisley bs

: Jeans & Shirt

: Jeans & Shirt bs

Other: flowers: Prima, Wild Orchid Crafts; dies: Crea-Nest-Lies; alpha stickers: American Crafts; cabochon, charm, sequins – my stash.

And that’s all for today, thank you for visiting and come back tomorrow for more inspiration 🙂

Autumn Harvest

Posted by Nancy Dynes

22 October, 2018 - Cards, Walking in the Forest

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Hello, dear friends of the Maja Design Blog! It’s Nancy here with you. I hope you’re enjoying a beautiful day! I’m in my craft room playing with Maja Design’s ‘Walking in the Forest’ papers once again, because I’m completely in love with this season. To quote Winnie the Pooh, it’s “a time for hot chocolatey mornings, and toasting marshmallow evenings, and best of all, leaping into leaves!”

The rich, gorgeous colors in this collection are absolute perfection for creating leafy autumnal projects!

Honestly, the papers do all of the work for you, bringing the change of seasons to life on the page. I’m layering and distressing each of my layers, then stitching them together on my sewing machine. You don’t need to add stitching, but I feel like it gives it ‘that little something extra’.

The floral spray provides a focal point as it tumbles down the front of the card, drawing from the colors in the collection. Even the leaves are die cut from the collection then tucked in amongst the flowers and berries.

I’m doing a bit of rubber stamping on the exterior and interior of the card, as well as with the sentiment used to create the band encircling the bouquet.

Below you’ll find a peek of the inside with coordinating stamping. Of course, you’ll also find a bow. I always feel like my cards aren’t truly finished without one.

Maja Design Papers Used:

: When leaves are falling bs

: Flannel Shirt-BS

: The colours of fall bs

Other Products Used: Tim Holtz Leaf Dies, Magnolia Rose Leaf Die, Paper Flowers, Rubber Stamps, Archival Ink, Natural Twine, Fall Berries, Foam Adhesive, Glue Gun, Sewing Machine, Thread.

Thank you so much for spending time with us on the blog today. May this day be one of promise and joy, and may all your crafty dreams come true!

Hugs,

A tag made with love!

Posted by Camilla Støen Bakke

21 October, 2018 - Tags, Vintage Autumn Basics

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Hi everyone! I hope you all are fine. I am enjoying working with the Vintage Autumn Basics collection. The papers are just so beautiful! I will show you which ones I used at the end of the post.

But first some photos of my tag. It is not always necessary to give a whole card, sometimes a tag can be just as nice to give someone. I have used the tag die from Sizzix for the main tag.

All the other dies I have used are from Magnolia. The image is from Magnolia’s Class Trip Collection 2018. And I have coloured her in matching colours to the lovely papers.

Here comes some close ups of the details on the tag. I have used Distress ink for my colouring.

I have put some White Gesso on to the papers here and there.

Between the layers on the camera I have put som 3D foam. And some Maja papers together with the Raven Bazzill. I think it worked out nicely.

Here is the list of papers used:

: no.XII

: no.XII BS

: no.XIX

: Heritage

Thank you so much to visit the Maja Design blog today!

With love,

Christmas is Coming

Posted by Jennifer Snyder

20 October, 2018 - I Wish, Vintage Summer Basics

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Have you started getting your Christmas card list together?

I’m Jennifer Snyder here today to share my card for the holiday season featuring Maja Design papers.

I am using two Maja Design collections that may surprise you:

I Wish collection – I wish for a Holly Jolly Christmas

Vintage Summer Basics collection – 1905 ( A and B side of paper)

I love the rich dark chocolate color of the Vintage Summer Basics – 1905 sheet. I used the “B” side of the paper and found a cool little section of the paper with some white distressing on the page to look like old wood on my sled. Like an old – well used sled/toboggan.

The wood panel (A side of paper) was great for the background on the card. My idea of possibly an old barn look.