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Shabby paper bag ♥

22 September, 2013 - Cards, Sofiero

Hi there! I am back with a paper bag that I have decorated. I have used the Sofiero papers – Royal Summer Recidence and Princess Margareta’s Garden. They match perfect together. Like all the papers from the beautiful collection. The paper edges are inked with Distress Ink pad – Walnut Stain, and I have sewed them together with the bazzill (Vanilla) with my sewing machine. The paper bag is painted with White Gesso. I have added Stickles-Star Dust, Liuid Pearls and Crackle Accents on to the image.

The image is from Magnolia, and is called On the Road Tilda. The small birds are also stamps from Magnolia and are called Little Summer Birds. I have coloured them with Distress Ink, re-inkers and Markers.

I have used flowers from I am Roses, WOC and Prima. The flower berries are from Kort & Godt. The bark heart is from Prima. The metal corner is from WOC, and I have painted it with White Gesso. On the edges of the image I have added some Frantage – Shabby White.

Under you can see the bag from the side. The border punch is from Martha Stewart.

I have used fabrics together with the gorgeous papers, like laces, seem binding ribbons and cheese cloth.

Thank you so much for visiting the Maja Design blog today. Be sure to be back each day for beautiful creations by my team mates! Hugs xx

Heaven Sent

Posted by Camilla Ekman

15 September, 2013 - Layouts, Sofiero

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Hi all! I have been working on a new Sofiero project to share with you. In my layout I have used four of the different patterns and they are perfect to mix.

Here you can see the different papers close up. I have used two different border punches. And I have inked the edges of the papers using a pink ink.

Then I added some flowers and some different chipboards from Blue Fern Studios to finish my project.

The chipboards are painted with white gesso.

And here you see the layout from another angle.

Products used: Maja Design Sofiero collection (Royal Summer Residence, Princess Margareta’s Garden and A Romantic Picnic in the Park), chipboards (Blue Fern Studios), flowers, leaves, vine, envelope, border punches, pink ink

Forever -and- Always

Posted by Andrea Ewen

12 September, 2013 - Cards, Crea Diem, Sofiero, Vintage Summer Basics, Walking in the Forest

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Hello Maja friends! It’s a beautiful day here in New Jersey…we’re in the midst of a heat wave right now! The kids are back in school, the temps drop into the 50’s and night but during the day it’s supposed to get up to almost 90! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for a little Fall type weather to come my way! In response to our last little grasp of summer, I pulled out my Maja Design’s Sofiero collection to come up with this card here:This card features the Crea Diem collection:

Moving more towards Autumn colors, but still in Summer mode…Vintage Summer Basics:

And finally, in all it’s glory…the Walking in the Forest line:

Thanks for joining me on this fine day, I hope that you leave inspired!

Whimsical Trinket Box

Posted by Gabrielle Pollacco

11 September, 2013 - Altered Items, Collections, Sofiero, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hi everyone, it’s me, Gabrielle here with you today to share with you another whimsical trinket box! I’ve had these cute little 3D Birdhouse chippies in my stash for some time now and have finally had an opportunity to use them! If you are like me, you always need lots of trinket boxes to house your scrapping stash and photos. Personally, I think if you are going to have boxes sitting around you may as well make them look pretty right?

These little birdhouses where so easy to put together I just traced out the pieces on some pretty patterned paper (I used Maja Design papers from the Sofiero collection, and some from the Vintage Spring and Summer Basics colleciton). Once I had my patterned papers glued to the panels and just glued each of the houses together. Then the fun stuff started….dressing up the little houses with tiny picket fences, grasses, scrolls, key holes, branches, birdies, topiaries, vines, bricks and blooms.

And since it’s a box, you dont’t want to forget the back since it can be seen from all angles! Here I used the ‘Elegant Flourish Small’ chippie from Dusty Attic and a cameo to pretty up the back of the box. I also added extra blooms, grasses and picket fences to the backs of the houses.

Maja Design Supplies: Patterned Paper: Sofiero Collection (Strolling Down the Rose Path, Enjoying the Fragrance,Exuberance of flowers in bloom-bs, Enjoying the Frangrance-bs, The Elegant Winehouse), Vintage Summer Basics (1905, 1934-bs), Vintage Spring Basics (6th of May).

I hope you enjoyed my project today, Maja Design papers work as beautifully on ‘off the page’ projects as they do for scrapbook layouts! Give it a try! xo

A bottle message came floating…

Posted by Jenny Grotherus

10 September, 2013 - Bottle Messages, Sofiero

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The leaves are slowly falling to the ground… The kids are laughing and chase them while they jump in every pool of water they can find. Suddenly they stop. Something unfamiliar draws their attention. A little bottle message comes floating and they run to grab it… It’s from Willea, Helena Johansson, and look what she has created for us…

Please stop by Willea’s blog to see more of her wonderful creations, it is well worth the visit.

Posting something online is like sending out a bottle message. The posting drifts away on the waves of the blue sea, living it’s life of it’s own. You never know who will pick it up and what that could result in.

From time to time I’m looking for just that. Bottle messages. Postings that drifts on the sea of internet, just waiting to be picked up and become praised.

This time Willea was highlighted, you could be next. I will send out the new Vintage Autumn Basics collection to her as encouragement. As soon as it has left the printery… Jenny