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12 April, 2016 - Coffee In The Arbour, Layouts

Hi, today I have my newest Maja Design layout to share using the Coffee in the Arbour collection.
I love these yellow and maroon colours together, this is a very pretty collection.

I used the Raspberry Lemonade paper as my background, first I cut a square out of the middle to back my photo on. Next I cut the sides off the Homemade Lemoncurd paper, I layered the cut pieces under the edges to give more interest.

I added a little colour to my background with some dark pink and yellow splashes, then a Gelato through a grid stencil and modeling paste with a bubble stencil.

I covered my chipboard in white gesso and them went around the edges with a Gelato

I layered some paper under my photo, as well as some lace and doilies. I cut two tag shapes from the Delicious Moments paper to also tuck under my photo.

Finally I layered on a generous amount of flowers, chipboard and pearls.

Coffee in the Arbour Collection Papers: Homemade Lemoncurd (both sides), Raspberry Lemonade – bs, Raspberry Jam Cookies, Delicious Moments

Thanks for stopping by.

Cherish

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29 March, 2016 - Layouts, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hi everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. I definitely enjoyed my long weekend filled with lots of crafting and relaxing.

Today I have a new layout to share with you using the gorgeous pastel colours in the Vintage Spring Basics and Vintage Summer Basics collections

On this layout I have used the papers: 9th of April from the Vintage Spring Basics Collection, plus 1904 1934, and 1924 from the Vintage Summer Basics Collection. I cut the paper into strips and used all four pieces as my background then I used the left over pieces to layer under my photo.

On my background I used Gelato’s in Snow Cone, Fig and Strawberry through a stencil, and then I used a word stencil with modeling paste. Next I used a brick stamp with embossing ink and teal embossing powder. I also used this same embossing powder on the Mesh chipboard which I tucked in behind my layers, then a pale purple embossing powder on the chipboard word Cherish.

I embellished my layout with lace, resin, gems and of course loads of flowers.

Maja Design Papers Used:

Vintage Spring Basics Collection:9th of April

Vintage Summer Basics Collection: 1904 1934, and 1924

Vintage Summer Basics Cards

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15 March, 2016 - Cards, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hi, today I have some cards to share. I had some pieces of the Vintage Summer Basics paper left over from a previous project so I decided that they were perfect to be made into cards.

These papers are so pretty that I didn’t do anything to them, I just embellished them with some flowers, doilies, lace, ribbon, pearls and chipboard.

I hope this inspires you keep your paper scraps and create some cards

I used the Vintage Summer Basic Papers 1908, 1910, 1922 and 1925

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Vintage Summer Basics Jewellery Box

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1 March, 2016 - Altered Items, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hi everyone. Today I have an off the page project for you.

I brought a Tim Holtz Mini Configuration Book a while ago to make it into a Jewellery Box for my Daughter. She loves pink and the Vintage Summer Basics collection has the most gorgeous pink papers which I decided were prefect for this box.

I used the Vintage Summer Basic Papers 1908, 1910, 1922 and 1925. I started by putting a layer of gesso over the whole thing and then I cut the paper to fit the cover, sides and inside of the book.

I layered lots of pretty embellishments on the cover, some of these are my Daughters favourites from my stash – e.g. the little birds nest and mini birds.

Once the papers were glued on I went over all the edges with distress ink in Vintage Photo

Then I added some lace and pearls to the spine, and to finish off I added pearls to the cover.

On the Inside I covered the larger surfaces with paper, then I took the foam out of some old jewellery boxes to fit inside the smallest squares

I used the Vintage Summer Basic Papers 1908, 1910, 1922 and 1925

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Dazzling

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16 February, 2016 - Home for the Holidays, Layouts

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Hi everyone, today I have a layout to share with you. For this layout I used the Home For The Holidays collection. Even though this is a Christmas collection the papers are very versatile and can be used on any layout. I love the brown tones in this collection.

My background paper is Together, I started by priming the paper with clear gesso before I added light modeling paste through three different stencils. Most of this was covered up but just enough peaks out from underneath.

I added colour with mists in brown, peach and deep red, then a put on some random stamping to add another layer of depth to my layout.

I made a photo mat for my photo with layers of paper in Traditions and Christmas Chorus. I lightly distressed the edges and layered in a couple of doilies.