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Winner of the July Mood Board… and Christmas In July

30 July, 2013 - Gammaldags Jul, It’s Christmas time, Life by the Sea, Life in the Country, Mood boards, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics, Vintage Winter

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I hope you all have had a great summer. I have just started working again after a couple of weeks of vacation. I was blown away when I saw all the wonderful creations for the Christmas In July and Mood Board challenge. So today it’s time to draw a winner of each. It has not been easy this time. But let’s start with a reminder of what this months Mood Board looked like… Mood-Board-July I’m so happy that so many crafters around the world found inspiration in this very Swedish Mood Board. It’s a true celebration to the life we live here on the west coast.

And the winner of the July Mood Board is… Svetlana_Austin_SouthAfrica Svetlana Austin from South Africa! The Walking In The Forest collection will be sent to you as requested.

And here are our contributions for the Christmas In July challenge where one lucky winner will receive all Maja Christmas collections we have in stock.

And the winner is… RoseMarie_Thorsell_Sweden Rose Marie Thorsell from Sweden! You will be receiving the following collections in your mailbox…

Big congrats to both our winners!

Our next Mood Board is based on the new limited Sofiero collection. It’s a very romantic Mood Board with lace, flowers and everything you need for that very special summer memory…So don’t forget to stop by next Tuesday! Jenny

Christmas In July Challenge!

Posted by Jenny Grotherus

9 July, 2013 - Altered Items, Cards, Gammaldags Jul, It’s Christmas time, Layouts, News, Vintage Winter

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The sun is shining, the kids are running around the lawn throwing water at each other. The heat is massive and suddenly those dark days of autumn doesn’t feel that bad. So what could possibly be better then dig out your Maja Christmas papers and join our Christmas challenge. Create some Christmas cards, scrap those photos from last Christmas or create some decorations. We welcome them all, just as long as they have been created with any Maja Design Christmas collection and are created with a Christmas theme.

The price for this giveaway is a bit special… One lucky winner will win all four Christmas collections we have in stock.After your creation is done, take a photo and send it to moodboard@majadesign.nu without any watermarks (size 600×600). Include your full name, address and phone number in the e-mail. We need your creation July 28th at the latest. The winner will be published July 30th.

We will only publish creations that fullfill the requirements!

And here’s some inspiration from our beloved Creative Team… Andrea_Ewen Andrea Ewen Camilla_Ekman Camilla Ekman Elena_Olinevich Elena Olinevich Ivana_Camdzic Ivana Camdzic ict1 ict2 ict3 Jenny_Grotherus Jenny_Grotherus2 Jenny Grotherus Romy_Veul Romy Veul Jenny

Using Christmas papers on a non-Christmas lay-out

Posted by Romy Veul

1 July, 2013 - Gammaldags Jul, It’s Christmas time, Layouts

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Hi Maja Fans! I hope you are having a wonderful Monday. To start off the week I have a lay-out to share that I made using two Maja Design Christmas collections. I really love the colours in the Gammaldags Jul and It’s Christmas Time collections and figured: why not use these beautiful papers on a summer lay-out?

Some of the papers from these collections have Christmas images on them, but some of them have a more neutral look. I choose some neutral white, brown and red papers to match the red T-shirt that I am wearing on the photo.

From the Gammaldags Jul collection I used the following papers: Julbak, Marknad-bs, Karamellstrut-bs.

From the It’s Christmas Time collection I have used these papers : Preparations-bs, Christmas Shopping (front and backside), Garlands-bs, Peaceful-bs.

My die-cutting machine made it pretty easy to create this lay-out. I used my dies to create four doilies in different sizes and positioned them from the left below to the right upper corner of my lay-out. In the middle of my lay-out I added a doily, on top of which I layered several pieces of paper and a fussy cut grid pattern.

I only very rarely use twine on my lay-outs, but on this lay-out it seemed to be the perfect finishing touch. I tied a bow around a metal key and placed it in the hands of a resin angel. A tiny brad was used on top of the bow.
Supplies:
Maja Design: patterned papers (Gammaldags Jul collection: Julbak, Marknad-bs, Karamellstrut-bs; It’s Christmas Time collection: Preparations-bs, Christmas Shopping (front and backside), Garlands-bs, Peaceful-bs); Prima Marketing: flowers, resin angel, mechanicals brads, alphabet stickers; Bo Bunny: doily; Graphic 45: metal key; Martha Stewart: border punches; Cheery Lynn: doily die; Spellbinders: small doily dies; Memory Box: star dies; Tim Holtz: edge distresser, distress ink; Other: twine.

Thank you so much for your visit and have a great week!

Spring and Valentine’s Day Inspiration

Posted by Elena Olinevich

15 February, 2013 - Altered Items, Cards, Gammaldags Jul

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I am sure that all of you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day, though it was just yesterday, I wold like to bring you some more Spring Inspiration today, however on Valentine’s theme.

I’ve made a home decoration project with my daughter. I love my hobby because it is such a pleasure that you can create something alongside with your children. So please meet or Valentine’s Wreath:

I asked my daughter to help me to cut out the hearts from Crea Diem collections. So she has chosen Sann vänskap and Av hela mitt hjärta papers, so she is quite moderate in colors.

Though it was not very easy for her to cut them precisely, she has made a great job. But I wanted to add some shabby look to them, so I distressed the edges

then I took 3 of the hearts and stitched them in the center. I left long threads and hang them on the wreath, that we made of the tree’s branches.

we had one extra heart left, so we decided to tie 2 hearts together

Quite a simple project but I am sure it will decorate our house during the coming spring months too

And one more card, made for Valentine’s Day too, using Gammaldags Jul Collection

yes, you are right I used some Christmas papers fro this card, it is Pyntat och fint

I added some stamping, fabric, embellishments and Gesso drips

Have a good week end and spend it with your beloved ones

Treasure Your Memories

Posted by Elena Olinevich

1 February, 2013 - Fröjdefull jul, Gammaldags Jul, Layouts, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello! Elena is here with you and today I want to share with you a Summer layout, inspired by amazing summer photos and no doubt, I used Vintage Summer Basics Collection

Surely this is the most beautiful paper collection I’ve ever seen, however I decided to play with some paints and added some accents on this 1905 paper sheet.

I have teared some papers for my photo padding (1936, 1920, 1910) and made some random stitching of the title cut from the patterned papers

and I added some script stamping and flowers to embellish my Layout

and I can not resist using lace there as it reminds me about feminine accent that should definitely be there.

and one more Layout I want to share with you today was made for 2Crafty Chipboard blog, but as it is filled with many Christmas papers I decided to show it too

I wanted to make something different from traditional cutting and gluing the papers, so I stitched, stamped and painted as usual I do while creating something. I used Fröjdefull Jul ( Julklappar) and Gammaldags Jul collections ( Goder afton, Pyntat och fint)

I made some tearing of the stripes

and some fussy cutting from Ringdans paper

Thank you for watching me today and have a good day.

Products used : Maja Design Papers : Fröjdefull Jul ( Julklappar, Ringdance)) and Gammaldags Jul collections ( Goder afton, Pyntat och fint); 2Crafty Chipboard, Flourish With a Bling – Flourish and pearls, 3rd Eye Stamp Elena-sign