Elena Olinevich : MajaDesign

Gifts for newborns

9 September, 2016 - Mini albums, Vintage Baby

Hello Maja Friends,

so many newborns are coming these days. So I decided to make baby books for their mothers, so that they could keep the records on how their babies grow. Unfortunately theu grow so rapidly and fast that you think you will remember this special newborn’s smell or their tender fingers for years, however the time passes and oopps, you can not remember how it was.

What can be better for a crafter when you are asked to create such kind of projects. I still adore sewing teh covers, so I combine papers and fabric in one.

It’s not easy to make something for the boy tender and sweet , and with no flowers and lace at teh same time, however I am searching for the new ways

Some die cut negatives and hot air ballons – and yes, it still looks boyish

Thus I tried this way for the baby girl book too and it seems it still looks cute

Hope it’s a pleasure for your to craete for the little ones too, as Vintage Baby collection is really sweet.

Products used:

: It’s a girl

: It’s a boy

: Journaling cards pink

: Journaling cards blue

Moments by the Sea – and a Video Tutorial

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19 August, 2016 - Layouts, Summertime, Tutorials

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Hello Maja Friends,

I’ve got a short vacation , and we spent a few days by the sea. I am so happy I had a chance to watch it and to breathe it.

So I decided to make a layout using the just taken shots, moreover I made a step by step tutorial.

I chose the papers from the new collection Summertime. Before that I tried only those with the strawberries and roses, time for strawberries left, so it’s time to try something nautical.

You can not believe me, but I am so in love with everything nautical – all those tarts, anchors, sailboats, and this time the images of the kids let me enjoy the process of papercrafting.

I added some flowers and…

made some coloring, you can check it in my video.

However, I don’t know how, but while filming I deleted some clips, so I hope you forgive me that, I only missed the process of priming the background, misting it and adding the texture with the modeling paste and the stencil.

However, I ‘ve prepered some fun tips for you, so please enjoy it.

: Glittering water bs

: Watch the boats

: Watch the boats bs

: Having fun

: Having fun bs

: By the sea – Diecuts

: Playing at the beach

: Playing at the beach bs

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Soft Fabric Photo Frames

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5 August, 2016 - Altered Items, Mini albums, Vintage Baby

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Hello everyone. I have noticed I started making more baby projects. It seems that my kids grow so fast that I want to stop the time and catch those moments of tiny toes , soft fingertips and so on.

However I have never sewn so many as I do at the moments. I guess some changes are coming.

Today I’ve come to share 2 Photo Frames I made using Vintage Baby Collection. But they are not ordinary.

They are like accordion and you can put up to 4 pictures inside.

I made the soft fabric cover for them

and addedsome simple embellishments inside

flat and simple, so that it can be easily closed and opened

some die cuts and the twine

I also made the same feame for the beby girl, using the same sketch

and thin chipboard pieces

I didn’t want to add flowers as the emebllishments, I wanted to keep its simplicity

I think it’s a good idea to combine sewing and papercrafting, it makes the projects to be unordinary.

The size of the pages is approximately 6*4,5 inches ( 15*12 cm), so you can easily use 6*6 paper pad for this kind of frames.

Products used:

Vintage Baby Collection – 6 x6 paper pad, Spellbinders Dies, Carta Bella Dies.

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Sweet Summertime Mini Album

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22 July, 2016 - Mini albums, Summertime

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Hello Maja Friends,

do you enjoy your Summertime?

I do. I had a great vacation and now I am happy to start crafting again.

and for my today’s post I made a very simple but cute mini album, inspired by strawberries, fields, wild herbs and other advantages of the summertime.

I used the new released Summertime collection and I am in love with it ( as well as with the rest of the collections too).

This time I tried to use only red and green papers, though the collection has wonderful blue ones. I kept them for the future sea inspired projects.

I used minimum of the embellishments, as I wanted to showcase how beautiful the papers are

I have only a few of die cuts

I really liked all those images of bicycles and smiling girls with a rope

Roducts used:

: Is always the best

: Is always the best bs

: Smell the roses

: Smell the roses bs

: Flowers everywhere

: Let’s go for a ride

: Let’s go for a ride bs

: In the garden – Diecuts

: In the garden – Diecuts bs

: Garden bouquet

: Garden bouquet bs

: Light scarlet

: Light scarlet bs

: Taste the strawberries

: Taste the strawberries bs

: Greenery

Baby Girl Memories Keepsake Album

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8 July, 2016 - Mini albums, Vintage Spring Basics

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Hello Maja Fans,

Recently, I have noticed that I started making more projects for babies and kids. It’s such a pleasure to think about all those tiny noses, fingers.

However I like doing them not obviously baby, I like to making them soft, delicate and floral.

This time I created an album for a newborn girl. You will be surprised but I didn’t use Baby Vintage collection, though it is a perfect one for such kind of projects, I took Vintage Spring Basics.
I have already done it several times before and I still think it is so beautiful to use it for the babies.