All Of My Smiles

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Posted by Andrea Ewen

27 March, 2014 - , ,

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Morning Maja friends! It’s Andrea here with you today…and I’ve made a vintage card with one of my very favorite Maja collections…Ska vi ta en fika. I have to say that before I was introduced to this collection, I was not very much a fan of purple. I rarely used it on my cards…though a long stretch of hallway in my house is painted a dark shade of purple…yet I still don’t consider myself a fan…but…Maja has changed my attitude about it! When I reach for a collection to create with, my first inclination is to pick this series…and I usually have to tell myself…”Self? Pick another one, you just used that on the last two cards!” {grin}. So here’s a purply card to start off your day: SmilesM This second card features the Vintage Autumn Basics collection…I added some fancy die cuts, Platinum Stickles on the perimeter and some Zva Creative pearl flourishes:

LoveYaTagMajaBoth cards feature my love of neutrals and a smidge of color. Just the way I like it. Have a great day and thanks for spending part of it with me! Andrea-sign

 

Hugs and Smiles…and Lots of Cards!

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Posted by Andrea Ewen

13 March, 2014 - , , , ,

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Morning Maja friends! It’s Andrea here with you today, bringing you some cards I’ve made over the past 2 weeks. I had another chance to get away for a girls’ weekend…and I was very productive! Usually I chat the weekend away and have nothing to show for it, but this time was different! This first card features Maja Design’s Vintage Autumn Basics collection:

CSC182mThis next card uses the Crea Diem papers:

VerveMarchInspirationHop2014M Here’s another with Vintage Autumn Basics along with Verve stamps and Zva Creative pearls:

Mojo335m This card is from last week’s Mojo Monday sketch and I used the Vintage Spring Basics paper to create the fade at the bottom of the card:

MojoMonday334mThis next card is a CASE of a card Jenny sent to me featuring the lovely Vintage Summer Basics series:

Smile And lastly, a whimsical card spotlighting Crea Diem:

BelieveThanks for spending part of your day with me today…hope you’ve enjoyed the many different collections I’ve featured here today!

Andrea-sign

 

Where There Is Love…

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Posted by Andrea Ewen

27 February, 2014 - , ,

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…you’ll find me with my Maja Design papers! Morning Maja lovelies! It’s Andrea here with you today…I’ve got some lovely vintage cards to show you…featuring some pearls, lace and vintage goodness all wrapped up with some gorgeous Maja papers! VerveMoreThanLoveMThe cards above and below were both made with the Ska vi ta en fika collection. I wanted to keep the top card monochromatic using purples and just a dash of neutrals to break up the lines. The pearls helped with that, also. On the card just below, I wanted just the accents to be in purple, so that your eye would be drawn to those effects.
FebruaryDivaDare2014m This card below was made with Vintage Spring Basics collection, because I KNOW we could all use a little Spring just about now. I added some Zva Creative flourishes, K & Co. sequined flowers and lots of liquid pearls. The whole card reminds me of wonderful Easter pastels.

BirthdayWishesMThe bow is so simple, yet so elegant. Really, it’s just a series of loops. The first band is laid down across the base of the card. Then I made two loops, one bigger than the other. The bigger one was laid down over the base ribbon and I glued the middle down. Then I did the same thing with the smaller loop. To cover the tack in the middle, I simply added a gem. So easy!

Thanks so much for spending a part of your day with me…enjoy!  Andrea-sign

Happy Valentine’s Day

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Posted by Andrea Ewen

13 February, 2014 - , , ,

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Morning Maja friends! Last week Jenny posted our monthly challenge, the Maja Design Mood Board. I don’t know about you, but Marie’s lovely choice in colors, heartfelt sentiments and sweet images really stir my creativity! I have a card today based on this challenge, using Maja’s Ska vi ta en fika collection: HappyValentinesFeb14M

I used Verve Stamps More than Love set, Pastel polka dotted ribbon, some fabric flowers I purchased in the wedding section of Michael’s and some twine. The design is based loosely on last week’s Mojo Monday sketch. FebruaryMBHere’s another card I made using the Life in the Country collection:YoureSoAmazingMaja

Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine’s Day tomorrow…I’ll be at work, but hopefully the husband will have dinner waiting for me when I get home! …Well, a girl can dream, right? 😉 Andrea-sign

The Little Things

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Posted by Andrea Ewen

30 January, 2014 - , , ,

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Morning Maja friends! It’s Andrea here with you again on this lovely Thursday. A couple of weeks ago, I had the wonderful experience of going away on a ‘scrapbooking weekend retreat’! It was fabulous…no cooking, no cleaning, no “mom-duties”…just me and my paper supplies for 72 glorious hours. Needless to say, I got quite a bit accomplished…namely these cards…

A bit of Vintage Autumn Basics

TheLittleThingsMA little Walking in the Forest

BestWishesMajaHoldOnMajaAnd finally some Life by the SeaLighthouseBirthdayMajaI had to really narrow down my supplies…limited to only what I could carry. I forgot my beloved twine, quite a few containers of flowers and my whole box of chotchkies. Which leads me to the fact that you don’t need to add a lot of embellishments to Maja Design papers…the lovely designs and perfect patterns speak wonders for themselves…

Have a wonderfully crafty day…and thanks for spending a few minutes of it with me!Andrea-sign