Jelissa Mei : MajaDesign

Thank You card

17 September, 2015 - Cards, Collections, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Spring Basics

Hello Maja fans!

I’m excited to be up on the blog today to share a card I made using Maja Design’s Autumn Basics collection. Some of you may know, our baby girl arrived last Tuesday morning and we’ve received lots of well wishes for her, as well as gifts all the way from Sweden, Malaysia and even Australia! This Thank You card is meant for one of my fantastic scrappy pals who sent her love all the way across the sea.

I’ve layered papers from the Autumn Vintage Basics collection seeing how the weather is cooling down these days in Singapore – a good thing for me as I’m now on a diet that makes me perspire endlessly. It’s part of my Chinese culture to make sure that mothers who have just delivered get the best nutrition to help their bodies recover from childbirth.

I’ve kept my background simple because I want the designs on the papers to show. Some splattering of paint and watering it for a water-color effect (this is so trending now!), and fine stenciled designs just to keep the composition in place. I’ve also added twine to my flowers for a more rustic autumn look.

Some fussy cutting over here which helped me to relax after a hectic morning of bathing baby, having my breakfast and catching up with some housework. To make the fussy cut flowers stand out, I popped the image up with 3D foam dots and dabbed Sticklers for a bit of glittery goodness.

Hope you like what I have shared with you today. Do drop by the blog again for more inspiration from the design team!

Maja Design papers used:

No. IV, No. X

1st May

Other supplies:

Chipboard: Blue Fern Studios
Mediums: 13@rts, Colorarte, Rangers
Flowers: Prima Marketing Inc

The Sweetest Thing

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3 September, 2015 - Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello friends!

Today I’m up on the Maja Design blog to share with you a layout I created using the gorgeous papers from the Vintage Basics collections.

Since the keyword is “vintage”, I dug out this old wedding photo of my parents. Photos from their generation generally have an orange/reddish tinge so I used a sheet from Vintage Summer for my background to match the color. But I also liked the romantic roses and memory-keeping theme from Autumn so that was how I came to mix the two collections together. Surprisingly, the lilac and peach blended beautifully. It also helped that I had bits of green as a bridging color to tie the two together.

Some close-ups:

Lots of paper layers here whose color scheme I had borrowed for the background. I had used vertical stripes to emphasize the visual line of the layers, and floral patterns for the backing for the photo to break the monotony of lines.

My balancing cluster which I had some fussy and die cut layering, as well as clock hands chipboards, keeping in with the theme of love being timeless.

My floral cluster and title with die-cut leaves sneaked in.

Another floral cluster resting on my paper layers. You can see some of the background stamping peeking through. I like to add just enough color to make my background outstanding, but yet subtle enough not to over-power the beautiful designs on the paper. I also choose my stamps to complement either the script on the paper or to emphasize the theme (floral, shapes etc).

And that’s all I have for today. Thank you for dropping by!

Maja Design papers used:

1912, 1943

no. II, no. V, no. XVI

Other supplies:

Mediums: 13@rts (paints, mists)
Chipboards: Blue Fern Studios
Embellishments and stamps: Prima Marketing Inc

Memories

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20 August, 2015 - Nyhavn

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Hello Maja fans!

I’m back in today to share a project I made with the limited edition Nyhavn collection. This time, it’s using one of the many IKEA frames I have around the house and turning it into a display piece in my living room.

Here is the project:

Although I’ve not been to Nyhavn before, looking at the papers remind me of the seaside places we visited in Perth. One of these was the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse located right at the southern tip of Western Australia and it’s where the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean meets. We didn’t see a lot of boats on our way in, but the place is just as rich in history and we spent some time looking out for migrating whales.

The frame was originally black but I coated it with white gesso and that gave a beautiful rustic finish which added to the seaside feel. To create my layers, I used strips of papers from the Nyhavn collection and selected them to match the colors in my photo. I left these layers untouched by mediums as I wanted the designs and colors to show.

A little detail which unfortunately I didn’t capture very well in this photo. The grey world map is a bonus sheet found in the collection pack and I deliberately cut out a piece with the map of Australia and tucked it behind the coral chipboard. The different chipboards I used were colored to match the other paper layers.

Some background work I did – creating resist with embossing powder and painting with water colors over. I left some of the more intricate details on the Maja Design background paper untouched.

Parts of my floral clusters. I tucked in a few shells which we had collected from another beach in Perth. One thing I realised is that we use so many products to embellish our projects that we forget the most basic and meaningful of embellishments are those that we collect on our trips and from our life events. Just as scrapbooking is about collecting memories, keeping these memorabilia is also a huge part of remembrance.

That’s all I have for today. Thanks for dropping by!

Maja Design papers used:

Heritage Harbor, Old Townhouses, A dockside in bloom, The sunny side, Romantic Lunch

Other supplies:

Mediums: 13@rts, Rangers, Liquitex
Chipboards: Blue Fern Studios
Flowers and resins: Prima Marketing Inc

Memories

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6 August, 2015 - Layouts, Nyhavn

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Hi Maja fans!

Today I’m up on the Maja Design blog and I have for you a layout created with the limited edition Nyhavn collection. We’ve seen a lot of the new Summer Crush last month so I thought I would like to feature a slightly older collection but just as perfect for your summertime adventures.

I really love the color palette in this collection – it’s warm and comforting, yet fun and outdoorsy at the same time. So I chose this photo of Hubby and Eldest playing on the tyre swing, the two of them spending some precious time together. Later I realised, even the colors from the photo match the papers too.

More details in the close-ups:

My floral cluster on top of my paper layers. You can see lots of background work – stenciling, painting with Ayeeda matt paints, splattering, stamping and heat embossing to create resist. My chipboard was also colored very lightly with gelato so that it blends nicely into the embellishments, allowing the colors from the background and papers to stand out.

Another mini cluster where you can see the gorgeous designs on the Nyhavn papers. I’ve also layered the info strips and used those as subtitles. The sentiments were just perfect for the moment I have captured.

My balancing cluster. The leaves were die cut and tucked under the flowers and all to create a nice little bouquet.

Maja Design papers used:

Strolling along the canal, Romantic lunch, The sunny side, A dockside in bloom, Old townhouses, Heritage harbour

Other supplies:

Paints and mists: 13@rts
Chipboards: Blue Fern Studios
Stencil and embellishments: Prima Marketing Inc

That’s all I have for today. Thanks for dropping by!

A Perfect Day

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23 July, 2015 - Layouts, Summer Crush

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Hello friends!

Have you ever fallen in love with a collection of papers so much that you just cannot keep your hands off of it? Well, I am looking at the new Summer Crush collection from Maja Design and there is this mad impulse to make loads and loads of stuff from it. I guess that’s why it’s so aptly named “Summer Crush”!

This is my third project featuring these papers and I’m focusing on the pink this round after working with the teals in the previous post. It’s remarkable how easy these two colors are to work with, either together or on their own. Here is my layout, a rare one of me and the boys at the park since I’m always the person behind the camera. It’s not often I play rough with them, especially since I’m pregnant now but you can tell that we were having a lot of fun here! More like they were having a lot of fun tickling and climbing over me….It is a pleasant reminder that it’s not a must to capture the moment, but more important to live in it. But make sure your camera settings are right so that the husband can do the capturing instead.

Now in the collection, one of the sheets actually came exactly like the background you see here. However it was too flat for my liking so I trimmed out the centre teal portion and mounted it onto another sheet with the pink checkered design. This way, I can distress the edges of my teal paper and make it more dimensional and outstanding. I would have done some stitching as well along the edges if I wasn’t such a klutz with the sewing machine. Once again, my background mixed media work was kept close and tight to the main cluster so that it doesn’t cover up the gorgeous images Marie has drawn over the page.

If you look closely, almost everything on this page is a square of some kind. The papers I used for layering are all squares of different sizes, my chipboard frame is square, my two main sheets of patterned paper are squares, the stamped design is square… and I even found two square buttons in my stash! Now what’s up with the squares you say? I really have no idea other than it’s fun!

Some close-ups:

I just cannot get enough of those straws! In my previous post I demonstrated how to make these cute little babies and this round I’ve used the hearts and chevrons to complement the whole mood of the layout.

Layering the patterned papers and also a die cut doily to create some additional detail in my floral cluster.

The info strip which I used as a subtitle. My background work comprises of simple stenciling, painting and creating texture with distress glitter and sand grit.

That’s all I have for today. Hope you like what I have shared!

Maja Design papers used:

He picks her up, Sweetheart, Falling in love, Butterflies, Off to meet him

Other supplies:

Mediums: 13@rts, Rangers
Flowers and doily die: Prima Marketing Inc
Chipboard: Blue Fern Studios
Stamps: Kaisercraft