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A Happy Christmas and a 2013 Recap

19 December, 2013 - Cards, It’s Christmas time, Ska Vi Ta En Fika?, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Frost Basics, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics, Walking in the Forest

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Morning Maja friends! It’s Andrea here with you today…bringing you some Maja holiday goodness in the form of some cards…a few of which I made over the last 2 weeks and then a little recap of my favorite Maja Design themed card over this past year. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been with the team almost a year now and I can tell you that I absolutely adore Marie’s designs and the lovely, quality paper that she puts into every set. Her papers are definitely my ‘go-to’ papers…I will never tire of their delicate, vintage style! So without further chitchat…here are a couple new ones: I used the Vintage Frost Basics for my ‘Happy Christmas’ card. This card below is from the same line:

Vintage Summer Basics is the theme for this card above.

And here are some of my favorites:This one features the Vintage Summer Basics collection. I used Walking in the Forest for the above card. One of my favorites, Ska vi ta en fika. This one uses the Vintage Autumn Basics papers. Vintage Spring Basics on this one. And for this holiday season, It’s Christmas time.

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a super New Year! Thanks so much for tuning in and spending just a little bit of your day with me!

Love Beyond Measure

Posted by Gabrielle Pollacco

20 November, 2013 - Collections, Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Spring Basics, Walking in the Forest

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Hi everyone, it’s Gabrielle here with you today to share another project! I just love this photo of my sweet niece Alicja with her puppy Dahlia, taken a few years back. My niece is now grown up and recently got married and her pup Dahlia is getting up there in years, but I’m always struck by the way she still cares for her first pet.

Dahlia (the puppy) is wearing this cute li’l plaid coat in this photo and it immediately brought to mind the lovely patterned paper in the ‘Walking in the Forest’ collection called ‘Flannel Shirt’, so I absolutely had to use it on this page! I used the backside of this patterned paper as the base of my layout and the patterned front side to accent my layout.

I did loads of fussy cutting for this page which included clocks cut from one of my favourite papers from the ‘Vintage Autumn Basics’ collection (XVI), cutting blooms from the ‘Vintage Autumn Basics’ (XXII) and butterflies from ‘Vintage Spring Basics’ (6th of May). I applied most of the fussy cut pieces with foam pop dots to give a more 3D effect. Here are a few more close-ups of the page details….

I used Vintage Autumn Basics (XIV) blue striped paper to matt my photo and I distressed the edges using the Tim Holtz edge distressor tool.

I did a little bit of misting with Lindy’s Stamp Gang mists and stamping with a Bo Bunny background stamp.

Maja Design supplies: Walking in the Forest (Flannel Shirt, Flannel Shirt-bs), Vintage Autumn Basics (XVI, XXII, XXII-bs, XIV), Vintage Spring Basics (6th of May)

Thanks for stopping by the Maja Design blog today and having a peek at my project! xo

Together We are Family

Posted by Elena Olinevich

8 November, 2013 - Cards, Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics, Walking in the Forest

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Hello Maja Friends. Elena is blogging with you today.

I have a Layout I made for my Family Memories album

I love that photo of me and my husband while we were waiting for our baby boy. I suppose i have already scrapped it once, but I couldn’t resist to create a page again with new Vintage Autumn Basics collection. I choose a dark background and added some splashes of white and light blue

I made some fussy cutting as well as some torn paper layers, just a bit of mixed media work on the background as the paper design is so gorgeous that I didn’t want to hide it.

I randomly sprinkled micro beads and added some flowers and chipboard title.

Some paper scraps over and there and here yo go with a special page for your sweet memories.

Hope you have liked my Layout .

Products used:

Maja Design Papers – Vintage Autumn Basics: No. XVII, no. XII, No. XVI, No. XIV, No. X.

Flowers – Manor House creations, Chipboard – 2Crafty, Paints, mists – Shimmerz, Stamp – Prima, microbeads.

and as Autumn is flying away too fast, I decided to show you a card that I made for Manor House Creations blog, just for last Autumnal inspiration

This year the Fall was so beautiful in my country and it’s still warm outside that is so unusual for this time of the year, so I really enjoyed making Fall cards too.

I used Walking in the Forest Collection, and mostly some scraps left from the previous projects, Prima wooden embellishments, Faber – Castell gelato

Products used: Papers- Cozy Scarf, Knitted sweater, 2Crafty chipboard, Manor House Creations flowers

Night Owl – Walking in the Forest

Posted by Nancy Hanttula

1 November, 2013 - Layouts, Tutorials, Walking in the Forest

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Hello Maja fans & friends! Nancy Hanttula here, back again to share a mixed-media project I created with the gorgeous Walking in the Forest paper collection. I love the Fall and I love owls. The Walking in the Forest collection is rich with the gorgeous tones of a beautiful Fall day. I knew this paper was going to be perfect to create an owl inspired project. I started by choosing my background paper…and because I wanted to create a night-time sky, I chose the dark blue paper aptly named, Jeans. Next, I chose a lighter colored paper (Autumn poem) for my actual tree so that it would provide a nice contrast to the dark background. I roughly sketched out my tree onto the Autumn poem paper ….. …and then cut it out. Then, I stamped onto the tree trunk and limbs and inked the edges to add dimension. I punched out several leaf shapes from the beautiful papers, using a variety of prints. (papers used for the leaves included: Autumn in the Air, Autumn poem, Teal Socks, Cozy Scarf, & Mountain Ash) I sketched out my basic owl onto white cardstock. After sketching out the owl, I cut it out so that I could use it as my pattern. I then pieced my owl together and positioned it on the lower tree branch. To create my owl’s eyes, I used my McGill starburst punch. I wanted to add some extra texture and dimension to my owl, so I drew a border onto the edges of the owl using a pencil. I then pierced holes along the pencil line.

Then, I erased the pencil line and hand-stitched details onto my owl.

I also added some stitched details to the wing.

I wanted to add some “patchwork” type details to the piece as well.

Above, I pierced my border holes. Below, is the stitched-on “patches.”

And there you have the basic construct of this project.

Walking in the Forest paper used for this project included: Jeans, Autumn poem, Flannel Shirt (words), Fresh Air, Knitted Sweater, Autumn in the Air, Cozy Scarf, Teal Socks, Mountain Ash, & Die Cut Sheet.

Other supplies used for this project included: Ink: CTMH, Staz-On, & Ranger; Stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop, & Crate Paper; acrylic stamps from CTMH, Kaisercraft, Stampendous, & Prima; black pearl dots from Prima; punches from Martha Stewart, EK Success, & McGill.

Thanks for looking! and I hope this has inspired you to create something today!

Across the Map

Posted by Andrea Ewen

24 October, 2013 - Cards, Collections, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics, Walking in the Forest

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Hello Maja friends! It’s Andrea posting today, I’ve got some cards to show you…all across the board as far as colors and paper collections…starting with my first card featuring Vintage Summer Basics:

This card is very thick…I’m often asked how I mail my cards…well, simply, they have to be put into a small box. A card like this would never fit into an envelope and frankly, if someone were to manage to jam it into one, the recipient would find a jumble of paper upon opening it. I used many layers, a rosette, a glittered die cut and lots of liquid pearls on the above card. This next card was made using Walking in the Forest collection:

I added some Fall leaves paired with a pretty blue flower (also extremely thick) and lots of distressing. I cut the hearts out with a die cut using Jeans paper and to lighten the tone a bit, I dipped my finger into some white craft ink and softly dabbed some of the white into the centers. It gave a perfect ‘worn’ look…just like a comfy pair of denim jeans! Now onto some shabby elegance…this next card is using Vintage Spring Basics:

The Spellbinders die cut I used as the sentiment panel was way too long, so I cut it across the middle and reattached the ends…careful to line them up. Since it ended up having a seam in the middle, I simply added a panel of 4th of April to cover it up and stamp my sentiment. I added some violets to coincide with the 10th of April background paper (though I think they are pansies printed on the paper…at least the colors coordinated!). The decorative border was made with a Martha Stewart corner punch that I lined up on a strip of white paper and adorned with pearls. Lastly is a tag that I made with Maja Design’s newest release, Vintage Autumn Basics:

I cut a panel of No. XXII paper to 3″ X 6″ and matched up the flowers, lace, pearls and ribbons. I think this line of paper is one of my favorites…(hmm…it’s a close race with all the others {grin}…) The bow at the top is made with silk ribbon…it’s so nice to work with because it is so pliable.

Thanks for spending some time with me today…hope you’re feeling inspired!