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9 July, 2014 - Layouts, Walking in the Forest

Hello,today I am here to share with you a couple LO’s I did. This is the first one using the Beautiful Coffee in the Arbour Collection….

I used:white daisies,white daisies-BS,blueberry cupcake & lemon meringue pie-BS

The chipboard used is from Dusty Attic

The butterflies are from LittleScrapShop

Here are some closeups of detail….

I just love this photo of little Cass,she is so adorable……

I did my usual,distressed, hand stitched layers. I also did some punch work,tearing & stencil work….

I made the daisy’s,using coffee filters, a MFT die cut. I used DA dots for the centers,painted them yellow,then applied glossey accents & micro beeds…

This is where I did the stencil work using the crafters workshop stencil “Art is” (6×6).I used Viva champain modelling cream. On the alpha I used picket fence crackle,once the crackle dried I rubbed in brown chalk & inked the edges…..

I dipped the leaves in water,then separated the chipboard,I then used a heat gun to dry the leaves,it helps to make them curl up. My next step was to paint the leaves,using green paint & once the paint dried I applied a coat of rock candy crackle. Once the crackle dried I rubbed in some white paint,using my finger (this brings out the cracks & tones down the green)….

A close up of the butterfly….

Here is my next LO using the Walking in the forest Collection…

I used: When leaves are falling,when leaves are falling-BS,mountain ash-BS,die cut letters-BS & a BS of a label

The chipboard used is from Dusty Attic

Here are some closeups of detail…..

I stained all the chipboard with walnut stain,on the buds I used chestnut liquid pearls….

I painted the leaves with TH distress paint,& once that dried I applied a thick coat of crackle. I let the crackle dry then applied lime twist TA & once that dried I rubbed in some rust chalk….

Shows distressed layers that I had inked the edges with walnut stain. I also did some stencil work,using a Kaiser craft stencil & Viva modeling cream. Once the cream dried I rubbed in some chalk….

The flowers are from Prima & BoBunny…

Burlap used in my layers…

I used micro beads on the heads of the grass….

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

Rustic and Warm – CELEBRATION CARD and a TAG

Posted by Heather Jacob

8 July, 2014 - Cards, Collections, Vintage Autumn Basics, Walking in the Forest

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Hi there everyone, thanks for popping by Maja design blog , we absolutely love having you here . Today I am sharing TWO Projects with you …. A Tag and a richly colored Easel Card, created with the Walking in the Forest Collection and the Vintage Autumn basics Collection. We are having our winter season here in Australia and I wanted to create something warm and bright . I have chosen a combination of Denim blue and Deep Burnt Orange, with touches of rust. I stacked my elements combining Maja Design papers with diecut leaves, and various other diecut shapes, together with some chipboard twigs . I kept with the warm rusty theme and colored my chipboard in Rusty ink . I feel the orange and blue are a Perfect marriage . These blues flowed together beautifully and I added some metal buttons each side of my cluster . The inside of my card is stamped with the word celebrate with a rusty inked swirly chipboard piece to hold the easel in place .

I also want to share another project with you …. Recently some friends of ours had a HOUSE WARMING party…. and I created this Tag to attach with our gift ….again I used Walking in the Forest Collection.

The base of my tag is made from Chipboard, to create a strong foundation. I covered it in ‘Jeans’ – and proceeded to stack various diecut pieces, using various papers from the Walking in the Forest Collection. I love the rich colors of this Collection and the deep blue embraces the Rusty toned chipboard perfectly, creating a warm toasty energy in this cold wintery weather . I decided to add a circle with their house number 28, to make it personal to them.

Maja Design materials used Walking in the Forest -Jeans, Cozy Scarf , Seasons Last Birdsong – Vintage Autumn Basics – No XX111, plus bs . Thanks so much for popping over here at Maja Design Blog and thanks for looking at my creations . I hope I have inspired you in some way …. bye for now until next time, big big hugz to each of you x

Fly with Vintage Summer Basics

Posted by Nadia Cannizzo

15 June, 2014 - Layouts, Vintage Summer Basics, Walking in the Forest

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Hello everyone! How are you all going? I hope this post finds you well 🙂

This is my second layout for Maja Design for June. Once again, I used the neutrals from one of their collections Vintage Summer Basics.

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“Fly”

I love this colour combination because I feel that it makes the picture stand out. Especially when the picture is bright like that.

I used some modelling paste and stencils in the background and coloured the page with 13arts Yellow Amber mist. In some areas I watered it down so it looks lighter.

The base paper is “1915” from the Vintage Summer Basics collection and I also used some scraps from a piece of “Mountain Ash” from the Walking In The Forest collection.

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics “1915” and Walking In The Forest “Mountain Ash”

Senior Picture – Walking in the Forest

Posted by Nancy Hanttula

13 June, 2014 - Layouts, Tutorials, Walking in the Forest

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Hello Maja Design fans and friends, it is Nancy Hanttula here. Today, I am sharing another layout that I created for my friend to give as a graduation gift.

I used the gorgeous Walking in the Forest paper collection.

I tried very hard to consciously take photos of every step of my process creating this layout so that I could share it with all of you. I will have to admit though, apparently I become a bit impatient from step to step and don’t always take the time to assure my photos are properly in focus….so I hope you excuse me…you may see just a few blurs along the way.

#1 – I knew that I wanted to use at least 2 different patterns on the background (Knitted Sweather & Bjork-Birch). When I do this, I don’t like to waste any of the paper by layering too much paper that just gets hidden and therefore, “wasted.” So I usually just use a piece of solid cardstock and glue the papers onto the cardstock as shown in the following photo.

Then I just layer the final piece over the final gap in the cardstock.

#2 Next I used a Martha Stewart circle punch on the 6 inch setting to punch out a circle out of the paper Frisk Luft – Fresh Air.

My plan wasn’t to use it in this exact form but to cut out the center and use it as a frame. I sketched a basic circle with a pencil and then cut it out with my X-acto knife.

And then I set it aside.

#3 Next, I took several of my mists and Tim Holtz Distress stains and went to town on the background. – specific supplies used: Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels (Candy Corn); Lindy’s Stampgang: Yellow Rose of Texas, Burnt Umber, Ponderosa Pine Olive; Tim Holtz Distress Stains: Wild Honey, and Gathered Twigs.

#4 Then using FolkArt acrylic paint in Warm White…

.I painted the edge of a corrugated piece of cardboard to use to paint a frame around the actual photo. I also used the foam brush and the same paint to paint a rough frame around the entire layout.

#5 Using the left-over paint, I painted onto a Prima acrylic chevron patterned stamp (#980078) and added stamped details throughout the page.

#6 Next, I cut some film negatives, that a friend had given me to use as embellishments, in half.

I tucked them under the paper layers and adhered them with glue.

#7 Then I cut out some die cut embellishments from the Klippark and inked them with Prima/Ingvild’s chalk ink, Dark Bark.

I added some staples and some extra details to further embellish the pieces.

#8 Now it was time to put down the photo, add the circle frame, & add a butterfly I purchased at Michael’s craft store.

#9 I added some Tim Holtz Distress Stickles in Vintage Photo to add some extra dimension to the circle frame.

#10 I also added some Tim Holtz Remnant Rub-ons and the title using Prima wood alphas.

#11 I decided that I needed to add some brown painted chevron stamping using the same Prima stamp in various spots for some contrast. I used FolkArt paint in the color Coffee Bean.

#12 The last details added to this layout were some small areas of sewing machine stitching.

And all those little and big details make up the entire page. 🙂

I hope you enjoyed this walk-through into the process of how I created this layout. And I hope that perhaps it has inspired you to create something amazing today!

Have a wonderful weekend! and be sure and stop by tomorrow as I take you on a tour through my very own personal creative space.

A layout with Walking In The Forest

Posted by Nadia Cannizzo

1 June, 2014 - Layouts, Walking in the Forest

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Good morning! I hope all is well with you 🙂

I decided to use a bit of a different colour combination for my projects for Maja Design this month! I think I love thei light colours of their collections so much that I thought I was using them A LOT! LOL!

So I tried some new colours. This is the result using Walking In The Forest, an awesome collection!

After prepping the page with clear gesso etc, I started by applied some BLACK Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste and a Crafters Workshop stencil. When that dried up I added some stamping and some colour.

I then layered my papers, embellishments etc before finishing with my photo and some black splatters with black Ink.

Here are some close ups..

Paper: Maja Design “Walking In The Forest” – Die Cut Letters , Flannel Shirt