Vintage Summer Basics : MajaDesign

Look Me in the Eye

20 February, 2016 - Crea Diem, Home for the Holidays, Layouts, Nyhavn, Vintage Frost Basics, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello, today I am here to share with you, a LO I did using Maja Design’s Vintage Summer Basics Collection, using the pink & brown tones….

I used:1924-BS,1903,1903-BS, & from the Vintage Spring Basics I used: & 7th of April

The Chipboard used is from Dusty Attic

Shows, distressed hand stitched layers. I also did some punch work, & placed doily’s in the layers. Maja Design papers are the best quality, distressing papers, I have ever worked with!

I did some stencil work, using DA heart attack stencil, & dream weaver crackle texture..

On the feather I used clear crackle, then once the crackle dried I rubbed in some chalk to bring out the cracks. I also inked the edges using a brown ink pad…

The flowers used are Prima & IamRoses..

For the pink used on the chipboard I used shabby pink smooch. On the berries & the beads, on the feather charms,I also applied drops of glossy accents…

Here are some more close ups…

Let it Snow

From the Home for the Holidays I used: Welcome Winter, From the Vintage Frost Basics I used: 7th of December, 7th of Dec-BS, 6th of December, 5th of December & Days of Dec-BS

Beauty

From the Nyhavn Collection I used: Kings Square-BS, Sitting at the Dock, & Sitting at the Dock-BS. From the Crea Diem Collection I used: Om du vill alskas

Thank you so much for taking the time to look…..Rachelle

Spring Card Inspiration

Posted by Elena Olinevich

19 February, 2016 - Cards, Crea Diem, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello Maja Friends,

wjile it’s time when everyone is caughing and sneezing ( that is what I am doing at the moment too), I am so waiting for the Spring, that is why I am trying to approcah it by my Spring cards

Though I took Vintage Summer Basics collection I still feel the Spring feeling in it, don’t you feel the same?

and my second card with a beautiful floral background paper

I’ve added the clock and some paper scraps from Crea Diem collection

And I’ve got one more card I made within my Spring project I am hosting on my blog. I used so very springy collection – Antligen

and the other one with tulips

That’s all for today, I am off to have my hot cup of coffe.

Take care.

Elena

Products used: Antligen – Krokus, Tulpaner; Vintage Spring Basics 6 *6 paper pad, Crea Diem – Sann vänskap , Den oersättliga tiden .

Live Love Laugh

Posted by Gabrielle Pollacco

10 February, 2016 - Collections, Created Art, Layouts, Nyhavn, Ska Vi Ta En Fika?, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hi everyone! It’s Gabrielle here with you today to share a special page I made for my parents anniversary this month. They are having their 58th wedding anniversary, such a wonderful milestone. For this page I combined a number of paper collections, using 5 different papers. (Vintage Summer Basics 1922, Nyhavn-Strolling Along the Canal, Vintage Summer Basics 1923, Ska Vi ta en Fika-Pratstund, Vintage Autumn Basics-XVI).

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I began by using the Vintage Summer Basics 1922 paper as my matting/background paper. I then cut the corner and 1/4 inches off the edges of the Nyhavn paper, which I then painted with some Shimmerz paints (Black Cherry Soda Creameez and Onyx Inklingz) and stamped liberally around the photo area with some stamps that I designed for The Scrapbook Diaries. I then layered on a crocheted lace Doily from Tresors de Luxe and a chipboard frame from Dusty Attic (Swirly Frame and Laurel Leaf chippies).

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I created coordinating blossoms using the Rose Creations dies from Spellbinders, using the scraps from the Vintage Summer Basics 1922 and 1923 papers. I cut the smaller inner petals from the darker pink paper and the larger petals from the light pink paper. I also cut out a few green leaves using the Ska vi ta en Fika paper (leaf dies are from the Rose Creations set).

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I added a cluster of embellishments in the bottom right corner using a couple of Dusty Attic chippies (title and scroll). I also added some texture using a Prima flourish stencil and home-made texture paste. And as always I love to tuck in a little clock here and there from the Vintage Autumn Basics XVI paper.

I hope my parents enjoy this layout, I’m forever grateful to have them in my life and hope they will see many many more anniversaries. Thanks so much for stopping by the Maja Design blog today!

Gabrielle-sign

Maja Design – Proud New Sponsor of CSI – Colors, Stories, Inspiration

Posted by Jennifer Snyder

8 February, 2016 - Vintage Summer Basics

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Maja Design is Sponsoring CSI – Colors, Stories, Inspiration

Maja Design is very excited to be the newest sponsor for CSI – Colors, Stories, Inspiration.

What does that mean? Simple – that means YOU have a chance to win a prize from Maja Design each month when you play along at CSI – Colors, Stories, Inspiration.

What is CSI – Colors, Stories, Inspiration? CSI is a scrapbooking challenge that inspires you to try new colors schemes and to tell your stories. The Case Files provide inspiration that will get you thinking about scrapbooking in a whole new way – AND get you thinking of Maja Design in a whole new way as you try and solve the case and the challenge using all the Maja Design collections.

A new Case File opens for investigation the first, second, and fourth Friday evenings of each month at 6:00 p.m. EST. Come join the Maja Creative Team, the CSI Design Team and CSI members in a live chat every reveal night!

Case File 190

Challenge Rules

Please note that to win a prize, you need to follow the challenge guidelines and upload by the due date published.

Let’s see how Creative Team Member, Jennifer Snyder, solved Case File 190

Look Who is Hiding in the Woods? It’s Escape Kitty

Jennifer’s cat, Escape Kitty, is her lovely assistant today to solve the case.

First – Jennifer chose Vintage Summer Basics collection to help with the color palette. She used Vintage Summer Basics sheet 1903 and 1935 ( sides “A” and “B”) as her backgrounds

Next Jennifer and her kitty chose 3 elements from the evidence list to solve the case;

she added leaves
scallops in the doily dies
wood with the piece of birch bark she added

On to the testimony section of the challenge. Jennifer’s inspirational word is “companion”. Her journaling is hidden using a journal tag she created as see below. The tag read’s ” My Sweet Kitty Companion- Your favorite thing to do it to run out of the house and hide in the bushes pretending to be a “big game” hunter. Sneaky litte Kitty. “

Here are some additional close ups. This photo really shows the dimension added by using a pierce of birch wood bark. It has been adhered to the page by gluing a piece of cardboard to the back of the bark.

I think you will agree…Maja Design + CSI = Great fun and the Perfect Pair!

Don’t forget to upload your artwork to our Facebook page as well so the entire Maja Family around the world can see how you solved the case and can admire your art.

Maja Design Facebook Page is found here.

Laurene

Posted by Pascale B

7 February, 2016 - Enjoying Outdoors, Layouts, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello Sweeties

Today I’m up on Maja Design blog with a new layout. It’s a photo of one of my best friend I’ve taken during a photo shoot we had a few days ago.

As usual, I applied a layer of clear gesso to protect the background from all the media I will add later. When dry, I began to add a design with a stencil and a copper crackle paste.

While the paste was drying, I colored the flowers with a home-made spray of  Primary Element and water. I used several colors of Twinkling H2O to color the die-cut leaves. 