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Valentine For My Sweet Girlfriend

31 January, 2016 - Altered Items, Vintage Summer Basics

Hello Everyone <3

Today it is me, Silje Kristin that will inspire you with a little something that you can do for a special girlfriend on Valentines Day <3

These days I am in constant happiness, which appears on my ideas that I have on future projects. I have found me a man who is absolutely fantastic in all areas, he brings out the best in me, also on the crafting front. Therefore, I really look forward to Valentines Day, which is in two weeks, then I whant to show you my project made for him, with a very special gift <3 But today, I want to show you a more feminine gift in a form of a box <3

You see I have a friend who has bean very kind to me in the last few weeks and I really want to surprise her with something I have made. So when I came to think that abute two weeks it is Valentines Day, then I got the idea that I whant to make her a box, that I can put a surprise in it <3

This is a very basic box, made of wood, which I have decorated with beautiful paper from Maja Design, Vintage summer Basics. The reason that the box are in pink sheets, is because my friend is very fond of pink <3

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Bottom and the lid are inked with two types of Distress Ink. One is the Ground Espresso and the other is Tattered Rose. On the bottom, I’ve used both colors.

On the box I have used one pink ribbon, the same ribbon are on the bottom and the lid. I have made myself a large bow in the same ribbon on the top of the lid.

In between the large bow, I have placed flowers in different sizes. The flowers are in white and pink color, which fits very nicely into the sheets I have used. The flowers are from Gode Minner and Wild Orchids.

I have also used a string with white pearls over the flowers three places, I did this becuse I whant to add something extra.

If you open the lid, you can easily put down a surprise, as until now is a secret 😉

I hope you was inspired to make something for a frien who deserves something extra on Valentines Day, like my friend do <3

Whay not create a box, with some homemade biscuits in it <3

I wish you all a great Sunday <3

SiljeKristin-sign

Everlasting Love

Posted by Amy Voorthuis

29 January, 2016 - Collections, Layouts, Vintage Summer Basics

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Goodmorning lovelies,

I just can’t get enough of the beautiful Maja Design papers! I use them on almost every project I make, also for the other designs teams I am on. All the different collections are so versatile and you can use them together which also looks amazing. For this layout I used the “Vintage Summer Basics” it’s a collection I use less then all the others and I can’t say why……but oh wow it’s lovely 😉 and after today I bet that will be a lot more. Lately I am making a bunch of cards too and those you will see in this post too.

Don’t you just love the romantic feel these papers have. The picture I used is one of our wedding day back in 2012….oh my that’s almost four years. He is the love of my life and even though we fight sometimes {which I think is very normal in every relationship} he is my soulmate and we have a “Everlasting Love”! I am so happy we found each other <3

I totally went all feminine on this layout don’t you just love these chippies. I feel so honored to design for another chipboard manufacturer then I have been doing for the last three years. Creative Embellishments has so many gorgeous chipboard pieces which you will see on my projects for the upcoming six months.

Maja Design papers used: 1910,1922 & 1905

Today I would also like to show you some cards I made for different design teams these cards I made for Cheery Lynn Designs using the oh so lovely “Vintage Baby” collection! For a baby girl & baby boy these cards are so easy to make and tons of fun too.

Maja Design papers used: Die cuts, Die cuts-bs, Welcome little one, Our little miracle, Special delivery, Cherish, Cherish-bs & Newborn-bs

I also made these wintery cards for Creative Embellishments! As most of you may already know I am not such a card maker but I totally get the hang of it at the moment! It’s kinda having the flue it comes and it goes lol. Somehow I always make two of them and for these I all went by the winter theme which I love because I can used my glitter snow 😉

Maja Design papers used: Crispy air, Season’s greetings, Lovely winter day-bs, Sparkling snow-bs, Send a postcard-bs & December-bs

The last piece I will show you today is a layout I also made for the design team above using my favorite collection of Maja Design named “Walking in the Forest” mmmm well who could ever have just one favorite by Maja well I can’t I just love them all! If you could just pick one which would it be???

Maja Design papers used: Jeans, Fresh air-bs, Flannel shirt, Flannel shirt-bs & Last flower-bs

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today I always love your comments here on the blog. Have a wonderful week with lots of creativity, sun and happiness xox

Love

Delicate Beauty

Posted by Rachelle Sigurdson

23 January, 2016 - Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello, today I am here to share with you a LO I did combining the Beautiful Vintage Summer & Vintage Spring Collections….

I used: 1932-BS,1899, &1926-BS

I used: 2nd of May-BS & 10th of March

The Dusty Attic Chipboard used: Ivy Flourish, Ivy Corners, Federation Frame Set, Vine Frame /1, Wildflower/3,Word Pack /2

Here are some closeups…

I used clear crackle on the frame. This photo also shows distressed, hand stitched layers, using the Maja papers,lace &a doily….

I used white crackle on the Ivy & wild flowers.

The flowers used are from Iamroses…

This is a Lo I did using the Vintage Autumn Basics Collection…

I used: No.I, No.II, No.II-BS, & a BS of a label

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

Memories By Di Garling

Posted by Di Garling

21 January, 2016 - Layouts, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hi there paper friends. Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I have a layout to share with you where I have used both the “Vintage Spring & Summer Basics” paper collections. I have to say I am really enjoying working with the Maja Design paper collections because they all mix & match so brilliantly together. Makes our job as scrapbookers so easy !!!

I have cut this word “Memories” from the Vintage Summer Basics “Memories” paper to use as my title. This particular paper has all sorts of great tags, words, postcards & all manner of ephemera that are perfect for cutting out to use as embellishments etc.

I have also cut some tags & labels out of that same paper & I have used them to create some great layers both at the top & sides of my photo. In the above photo you can also see the gorgeous “1926” paper as well as the reverse side of “Memories” papers, both from the Vintage Summer Basics collections. These two papers compliment each other beautifully.

For my background I have used the “1st of April” paper which is from the Vintage Spring Basics collection. I just love that little bird in the top right corner too. I adore the subtle details of this paper. Perfect background choice. All of the chipboard I have used, including this gorgeous screen are from 2Crafty Chipboard.

Here you can see a close up of the detail I have added in the corner of my layout. On the background, if you look closely, you will see I have added some gauze which I adhered with a gel medium before stencilling over the top of it to create some wonderful texture. I have also added some Olive Vine Glimmermist for added colour as well as a little background stamping.

Well thats all from me today, I will see you back here again in a few weeks with another project. Until then.

Home For the Family

Posted by Maja Nowak

6 January, 2016 - Altered Items, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hello Maja Fans, welcome to the blog today 🙂

I’m so happy you are here for my first post this year! Today I’d like to share an off-the-page project I have created using the Vintage Summer Basics collection.

I mean, I love winter when there’s around -5°C and glimmering snow on the ground, but not when it’s -15°C, no snow and a strong wind. And as we’re having exactly that kind of weather right now in Poland, I miss the summer very much! And so I took out summery papers and enjoyed beautiful colours and designs 🙂 And here’s what I came up with:

It’s a double-sided home decor item. I used a ready-made house-shaped MDF piece and coevered it with Maja papers. One side features our family photo taken last summer 🙂

I matted the photo with various images and journaling tags I cut out from the Minnen sheet. I mounted them on 3D dots for more dimension, and added a chipboard title:

I added a leafy twig and flowers to the left. I also used a keyhole plate and little bird nest as embellishments.

On the other side I put the chipboard journaling: a Bible quotation that says: “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” It’s a blessing for my family, to remind us that love and care from God is all we need:

For the backkground I used die-cut doilies and a flower cluster that I arranged below the beautiful ornate metal cross:

I decorated the “roof” of the house with two angel figurines, a couple of roses and pieces of guipure lace. Then I smeared white crackle paste here and there for a more shabby look.

Supplies:

Maja Design papers: Vintage Summer Basics: Minnen, 1926 bs, 1933, 1935 bs, 1903 bs. Other: flowers, twig, nest, angels, crackle past, dies: Prima; chipboard: Scrapiniec, Snip Art; keyhole plate: Tim Holtz; guipure lace: my stash.

I wish you all the best for the new year – and see you soon!