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2 October, 2015 - Cards, Summer Crush

Hello everyone! It’s Spring in Australia and I’m enjoying my school holidays. It’s amazing how some time off work can really do wonders for the mind and body! I’ve been busy around the house and in my garden…weeding..cleaning..resting in between. I love gardens and flowers and my card is inspired by the beautiful flowers that I long to see in the spring.

I love shaped cards and sometimes struggle to get the folds to match up correctly. I recently purchased a Spellbinders pop up die set which includes a die to create a centre step card. It is so easy! To decorate the card, I have used papers from the Summer Crush Collection. I used the First Date and He Gives Her Flowers.

To embellish my card, I used this adorable resin from Prima. I also used some scraps to die cut butterflies to add to the side panels of the card. Everything was inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

The focal image is a stamp set from JustRite Stampers. I used Distress inks and a Dove blender pen to colour it in. The image was stamped onto watercolour paper. To age it, I inked the edge with vintage photo.

To finish my card, I used a variety of flowers and die cut leaves as well as teardrop spray.

Supplies:

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I hope that you’ll give this type of card a try!

Hugs,

Altered Clipboard

Posted by Irene Tan

28 September, 2015 - Altered Items, Summer Crush

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Hello Maja Design fans! Have you got a chance to play with the new “Summer Crush” collection by Maja Design? I’ve recently played with this collection and I’m in love with the sweet colors. Today’s project is another project which I’ve created using this collection.

I’ve altered an mdf clipboard using the gorgeous papers. I’ve first covered the whole board with the pattern paper and slowly build layers on top of it using pattern papers, inks, stamps and stencils.

Here are some close-ups.

To create a softer look to it, I’ve added some flowers, picks and lace. I’ve chosen flowers with white base and later, lightly misted it with paint to give it a hint of color. On the lower right of the clipboard, I’ve also altered a huge paper clip with the pattern paper and twine. This huge paper clip can be used with the clipboard.

Hope you all like today’s project! See you all again soon!

Supplies: Maja Design Pattern Papers: Long Summer Nights – Summer Crush, Snapshots – Summer Crush, He Picks Her Up – Summer Crush; Others: Petaloo flowers, butterflies and lace, Art Anthology inks and liquid pearls, Clear Scraps mirror embellishment and stencils, Vilda Stamps stamps, ribbons, Beacon and other adhesives.

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Rose card from Summer Crush

Posted by Evgenia Petzer

24 September, 2015 - Cards, Summer Crush

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Hello dear friends! Its Evgenia Petzer with you this morning and I have prepared one really air filled card, that is soft and romantic and is in my favorite style and scrapping colors (the mix of blue and pin in any shads is my all time fav).

Gorgeous roses from the Summer crush collection are the main focal point of this card.some close ups:

I love to curl up the papers with my finger tips for more visual dimension that this simple technique adds.

Lots of layering with different type of lace, topped up with pearls and buttons.I have played with the recent Summer crush collection:

Have a lovely day and also teh weeknd is not far away, hope all of us will manage to find more scrapping time in it:)

Retro Style cards with Summer Crush!

Posted by Gabrielle Pollacco

23 September, 2015 - Cards, Collections, Created Art, Summer Crush

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Hello Maja fans! Gabrielle here with you today to share a couple of cards I made using the adorable summer collection ‘Summer Crush’! I just love the ‘Snapshots’ paper, so many fun little vignettes to serve as centerpieces to a cute retro style card!

Maja Design paper is just made for layering. I start by choosing a favorite patterned paper like the polka-dot ‘Flirty’ paper. I distress the edges with a Tim Holtz Edge Distressor, then just start layering on more and more patterned papers. Tuck in a little burlap, some floral embellishments and a little wood-cut trellis (Scrapiniec), and you’re done!

For my second card I again used the polka-dot pattern, this time in the blue and used the cute l’il blue guitar picture as my center piece. Perfect for a fun little card to cheer up a friend! Again, I just did lots of layering and tucked in a little burlap, embellished with a butterfly and added a little twine. In a short amount of time I had 2 fun cards ready to go!

Maja Design products used in these projects: Summer Crush 6×6 paper pad, Summer Crush 12×12 paper (Flirty, He Gives Her flowers, Snapshots, Long Summer Nights, Falling In Love-bs)

Thanks so much for stopping by the Maja Design Blog today, hope you all get a chance to play this week and get creative with Maja Design’s Summer Crush collection! xo

Back to the 50s

Posted by Heidi Augustson

16 September, 2015 - Cards, Life by the Sea, Summer Crush

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Good morning Maya fans! It’s Heidi here with you today from a rainy and clouded Norway. We can no longer deny it, autumn is here.

Do you like the 50s? Today I have made a card inspired by that period.

This is a pocket card that I have made with several panels I have cut with dies and put together layer by layer.

Inside the pocket you find this yellow card where you can write a greeting. I have used the papers “Life jacket” from Life by the Sea and “Long summer nights” from Summer Crush.

I wish you all a lovely day!