My Top 10 – Maja Design 2015

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Posted by Silje Kristin Aunan

1 January, 2016 - , , , , , , , ,

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Happy New Year Everyone <3

Today I thought I would make a Top 10 list of my favorite projects made with Maja Design <3

Maja Design is my favorite when it comes to patterned paper, and to be able to create projects with these lovely sheets are indescribable. It seems that the sheets are made to my projects, because they always fit into what I make.

Therfore , I think it’s  appropriate that I make a Top 10 list of my favorite projects from 2015, made with Maja Design <3

 

The Baby Vintage Playground – 10

This is a box that I made April last year. The box is made with paper from the Collection The Vintage Baby. The airplane, the trees, small boxes and the train are made without tutorial and the idea I’ve gotten from the name of the Collection and therefore it became a playground for a girl or a boy <3

 

The Vintage Travel Boxes – 09

This set of boxes I mase to one Norwegian Magazine called Ett Trykk, This ia a Scrapbooking Magazine and I was askes to be a Guest Artist last year.

The boxes are originally tin cans that I have decorated with paper from the Collection called The Vintage Spring Basics. The ddetails I have chosen to use are metal in bronze color. The blue and the dark details are probably way I love these boxes so much.

 

The Vintage Baby Gift Boxes – 08

These boxes are one result afther one bad brakeup betwieen me and my X boyfriend afther 3 years. For me to droen myself in this wonderful hobby when I have it tough is indescribable. I close the feelings out and concentrate one one thing and that is to do what i Love the most, papercrafting. These boxes took a total of 4 days to create, a box for eatch day.

 

A Lovely Christening Present – 07

This is also a project that I designed for Ett Trykk, but it is also one project that I have put a lot of thought and love into. The baby mobile with the small planes I consider as one of the finest things that I have made and it is actually hangs in one corner in my beedrom. One of my wishes is that I’m so lucky that I can give this gift to my baby one day <3 The projects is made from paper from The Vintage Baby and Nyhavn.

 

The Frozen Playground – 06

The Frozen Playground is one project that is made with paper from the Vintage Frost Basics. There is one project that I’ve thought for a long time, I created The Baby Vintage Playground, it was time for a playground for the Kids too. This was really fun to make, only to see the toys were made and got a place on the project.

 

The Cabinet of the Treasure – 05

Last Year, in the Autumn, Maja Design come with a LOVELY collection called Enjoying Outdoors. This is one of my favorites Collections and this closet here was the first project I used these sheets on. The cabinet was originally in pink, but with the sheets and the details, I give it a new life. The cabinet was also a Christmas gift to my little sister Jeanette, so she can use it for jewelery <3

 

A True LOVE Story in a Music Box – 04

This is one project that is all abute LOVE and that is probably whay it’s on my list <3 I love this box and wat it symbolizes <3 THe idea comes from a story written by a Danish writer named H.C. Andersen and the storry called The Tin Soldier. The sheets I have used are from two different collections, Walking in the Forrest and Vintage Autumn Basics.

 

The Silver Deer – 03

The project with The Silver Deer is for me one magical project <3 It is full of glitter and snow. The entire project has a frosted fell to it and a touch of romance. The idea of this box were the basis of the latest collection by Maja Design, Home for the Holidays. The deer that are on some of the sheets I have tried to recreate by placing a silver deer on the top.

 

My Winter Wonderland – 02

My winter paradise in te woods covered with snow and glitter are one of the projects that I’m most pleased with. Sitting creating a projectbased on an idea and withoute tutorial is magical. When I made this, I used the blue paper from the Vintage Winter collection.

 

My Christmas Present for Myself – 01

But the project that I put highest on my list is the Christmas Cards I handed out before Christmas. This is one project that I appreciate very highly and I am so thankfoul that I got the pssibility to share out 86 homemade cards to the elderly in nursing homes in my homeplase Gildeskål.

 

Now you have seen and read abute my Top 10 List with Maja Design projects from 2015 <3 This was no easy list for me to make, but I’m already looking forward to the continuing with Maja Design Projects in the coming year <3

I’m so excited abute how they are going to be, for rigth now, I have no idea where my ideas can take me away to.

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December

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Posted by Rachelle Sigurdson

31 December, 2015 - , ,

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Hello, today (the last day of 2015), I am here to share with you a Winter LO, using the Home for the Holidays Collection…

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I Used:Welcome Winter,A real Fellow,Welcome Winter-BS, Happy New Year, To spend Time, Die-cuts & a BS of a label

The Chipboard used is from Dusty Attic

Here are some closeups..

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Shows distressed, hand stitched paper layers. I also used a burlap doily from Little Birdie in the layers…

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I used white & clear crackle on the chipboard, the snow texture paste, sprinkling on glitter while the snow paste was still wet…

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The larger flower is petaloo, & the brown ones are little birdie…

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The blue flower is Little Birdie…

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I also used glued some seed beads on to the chicken wire…

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This is another Winter LO I did, using Its Christmas Time Collection….

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I used: Christmas Shopping, Festive season & from the Vintage Summer Basics 1905

Thank you so much for taking the time to look, & all the Best for the Year 2016…..Rachelle

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Precious Memories

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Posted by Maja Nowak

28 December, 2015 - , ,

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Hello, dear Maja Design blog visitors 🙂

It’s Maja here to share a layout about friendship and having fun 🙂

mdpreciousThe photo was taken almost a year ago, on the New Year’s day, when my cousin’s daughters visited us and my boys, my nephew and them were having a really good time together – just as we, their mothers, were when we were at their age… And so this photo brings some good and precious memories for me too 🙂 I used papers from the latest collection, Home for the Holidays, and as the layout is to be framed, I had to go as flat as possible {sigh}. And so for the background I chose a light patterned paper and die-cut various doilies and snowflakes to create another delicate pattern 🙂

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To give it a light, frosty look, I used glitter cardstock for the snowflakes and added glitter to chipboard elements I used on my page:

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I used only flat and small flowers not to bring too much dimension on the layout. I also added a beautiful metal clock mounted on an intricate chipboard frame:

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I composed a little bit of journaling using stickers:

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I tried really hard to go flat, but there’s some dimension 😉

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I don’t want to spill the beans, but this is not the only layout I made with this photo 😉 Keep a watchful eye and you’ll see soon 😉

Supplies:

Maja Design papers: Home for the Holidays: Together, White Christmas, Welcome Winter, Friends, Snowy Days, Traditions. Vintage Frost Basics: 12th of December. Other: dies: Prima, Cheery Lynn Designs, Joy!Crafts; punches: Martha Stewart; chipboard: Scrapiniec; metal clock: the ScrapBerry’s; flowers: Prima; enamel dots: DP Craft.

see you soon!

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Joys of Christmas

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Posted by Cathy Mc Grath

25 December, 2015 - ,

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Merry Christmas everyone!  This is my final card that I will be sharing with you as a Creative Team member of Maja Design. It has been a dream come true being able to create with the wonderful collections this year and I certainly will continue to do so in the the following months. I hope that today you are enjoying the time with your family and friends and that Santa has been kind to you!

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I die cut Spellbinders Fleur de Elelgance and while the paper was still in the die, used a distress ink applicator and sponged weathered wood distress ink. I selected the sentiment from  a Kaisercraft St Nicholas clear stamp and used my MISTI stamping tool to position and stamp it onto my die cut.

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To form this cluster, I used a Cheery Lynn fanciful flourish die and used a Green Tara azalea and some Wild Orchid Crafts roses.

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To add fullness to my bows, I used two widths of rayon ribbon on my peg bow maker.

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As my card reads, I do wish you the joy of Christmas and a safe and prosperous new year. I would also like to thank Marie, Camilla and Jenny for the wonderful opportunity of being part one of the Maja girls this year. I have loved every moment.

Maja Design papers used:

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Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

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Cathy Mc Grath

Hi! I'm Cathy. I live in Sydney and am a Primary School teacher. I am passionate about teaching and love what I do. At present paper crafts are my creative outlet, which is my other passion. I am drawn to vintage, shabby chic styled crafts which I love to create. I do enjoy other crafts such as sewing, quilting, knitting and crotchet…not enough time! I am always inspired to learn and to try new techniques in both teaching and my crafts. I love Maja Design papers and enjoy creating with them.

And More Christmas Cards

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Posted by Elena Olinevich

22 December, 2015 - ,

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Hello Maja Friends. Christmas is so close and I can’t stop creating Christmas Cards.

Honestly I amde a cute mini album and wanted to share it with you today, but I was so in a hurry while sending all the gifts and cards to my friends all over the world, that I have forgotten to take a photo of it , believe me it was really cute, but I was so unattentive.

So that is why I am ready to show you more of my Christmas cards, hope that you don’t mind it.

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The new collection – Home for the Holidays is so so my winter collection,. This year we jave a lack of snow, though normally bu=y the end of December there is snow and the kids enjoying making the snowballs, today it is raining heavily and it is only +8 degree.

Anyway, I am enjoying watching the snow on Maja papers.

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and I ‘ve got one more card I made using this collection too.

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The new team is announced, I will meet you only next year. So I wish you a merry and bright Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year

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