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Some updates in our Creative Team

29 August, 2016 - News

Hi Maja fans..!

Today I have some news to share to you all. Exciting, huh..? 🙂

We actually have a new artist in the team.
Let me present – Mary Catt, from Greece.
The most of you probably recognize her from before, as she has done a couple of guest spots for us earlier. And now she’s with us full time, isn’t that just awesome? ♥

Mary-Catt

We let her introduce herself;

Hello there!

My name is Mary and I live in Greece with my husband and our three children. I met scrapbooking two years ago and since then I became an obsessed scraper.

I love creating layouts but I also design tags, cards, mini albums, canvases and altered items as well. I like to test my creative ability and always try to improve my skills.

My style is mixed media, with a little vintage and some shabby chic touches. I find lots of my inspiration in everyday life and when I scrap I feel so happy that I totally forget everything around me.

I’m so honored to be on some wonderful design teams and being a member on Maja Design team is like a dream to me!

If you want you can see more of my work here:

http://maryscraftymoments.blogspot.gr/

A huge, warm welcome to Mary..! ♥ We are so excited to see your art on the Maja blog.
You’ll see her first blogpost on Sunday the 4th of September.

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So.. This also means that someone is leaving. Unfortunately Bec must step down from her place on the team.

Bec-Genet

During the year we have been amazed by her wonderful work and her devotion.
This is some of her masterpieces:

Thanks, from the bottom of our hearts, for all you’ve done, Bec..! Hope to see you soon. ♥

This was all for today.
Take care out there.

Camilla

Mood Board August

Posted by Carita Ruckman

22 August, 2016 - Mood boards

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Dear Maja friends,

“Better late than never” – right..? 😉

We have had some time off from the office, enjoying the Swedish summertime. This has made the mood board a bit delayed, but no worries – you will have plenty of time creating your share to the challenge.

I also want to share a little secret with you.. You see the little girl in the photo below..? That’s actually my beloved niece. Isn’t she just adorable? ♥

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This is how we use the mood boards:

Definition mood board – n

[a board used by designers on which samples of various colours and textures are mounted to help in deciding which elements complement each other]

We are using mood boards for our challenges. We truly believe in creativity and art at Maja Design. You are free to interpret the mood boards in any way you’d like. They are supposed to set you in an inspirational mood without too much controlling. We would like you to be inspired by the poems, words and photos. They are not given rules, they are just there as inspiration. However – we highly recommend you to follow the theme.. Feel free to use any Maja papers you’d like as long as they follow the colour scheme.

We will pick a winner and present it here on the blog September 26th.

Have in mind that these challenges are a really great way for us to discover new talents and maybe some future Creative Team members…

How to participate?

♥ Create anything you’ll like – a layout, a card, something altered or maybe a canvas. Use Maja papers primarily! Take a nice picture of it and send it to moodboard@majadesign.nu. We also need to know your full name, address and a phone number. Please specify what collection you would like to win, if you are the lucky one. We will also want to know if you would like it in the size 12*12 or 6*6. Please send us the pictures in the size of 800 pixels on the width. We would be so grateful if you also could change the file name of the photo to your first and last name including your country.

♥ Feel free to send us more than one picture, from different angles or some close-ups – or why not more than one project?

♥ Publish the project/s on your blog (or/and any social media, e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest) with a link to our site. Please also add the image of the mood board.

♥ Feel free to combine your entry with other challenges.

♥ The winner will be revealed the last Monday each month, at the Maja blog. The winner will be sent one collection by their choice, and also a digital Winner’s Badge to use and brag with.

We need your creation September 22nd at the latest.

Thank you & Good luck!

And here is some inspiration from our talented team:

Rachelle

Pascale

Maja

Evgenia

Elena

Camilla

Bec

Rachelle

Special Guest – Mary Catt

Mary-Catt

Our special Guest for this month’s mood board – Mary Catt.

I’m really looking forward to see your creations. I wish you good luck..! ♥

Camilla

Special Memories

Posted by Amy Voorthuis

31 July, 2016 - Giveaway, Layouts, Tutorials, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Baby

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Goodmorning everyone,

So glad I am here with you on the last day of the month! Are you all enjoying your summer vacation? Today I have a little treat for you. I made a video tutorial my first {so be gentle with me} with a little help of my husband because I don’t know the program we use for video for editing that good well not jet anyways. For this layout I used the always gorgeous “Vintage Autumn Basics” collection plus one of the blue sheets from the “Vintage Baby” collection this time I went for the blues, green & cream papers. I also added some Dusty Attic chipboard pieces on my work with some handmade {dies by Cheery Lynn Designs}, petaloo & dusty attic flowers. It’s so much fun to use all products from the three design teams I am in……it feels like a true blessing.

The blue and green flowers are the ones that I made myself as you will see in the video. The picture is of my little family well without me lol. I was planning on using the background sheet with the blue flowers on it for ages but I always took out the pink tones in this paper collection because I always have trouble finding the correct blue toned flowers, but this time it worked out very well because I made my own flowers.

Here is my tutorial:

Hope you liked my video and I think I am hooked now but I still have to figure out a lot on how to make it better because on this video you don’t see things because I am working out of the screen sometimes.

As you see here I used some different stencils one with the flowers and one with the text! I really enjoy using mixed media on my layouts. I also stamped randomly on my papers and used many different Lindy’s sprays. For the coloring of my chipboard I used the dusty attic acrylic paints. Don’t you just love the tabs? They add so much to your layout.

On the arrow with feathers underneath my picture I used some treat and some metal gems to make it prettier. I painted that particular pieces with some dusty attic acrylic paint but also with the rust paste set by Finnabair oh boy how I love that stuff. To make my layout complete added some clocks from the same collection I used here.

Maja Design papers used: From the Vintage Autumn Basics collection: no.XXII, no.XXI BS, no.XXII BS, no.VII BS, no.XVI, no.XIX BS, no.XXIII BS and from the Vintage Baby collection: Special Delivery bs.

Thanks for being here with us today and I hope you will visit my blog later today since it’s the last day to enter ==> “HERE” <== for your chance at winning the gorgeous “Summertime” collection…..have a lovely week everyone!

Hugs

Guest Designer Malin Ellegaard

Posted by Carita Ruckman

9 July, 2016 - Cards, Guest Designers, Summer Crush

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Hi!
It is so nice to be here again.

Malin-Ellegaard
Today I have two cards to share with you. The first one is a little 10x10cm card that I actually made from my left over papers. I CAN NOT throw ANY of the gorgeous papers away so even the smallest leftovers from when I have made other cards will be used for example 10×10 cards.
There are always something you can do with the smallest pieces you get over!

For this card I have been using leftovers from the collection “Summer Crush” and from my smallest pieces I actually punched out some small leaves that I used on the card. Love it!

The small blue butterflies is also from a small peace of paper since I really wanted the same colour as it is in the bike on the picture I have been using.

The white butterfly is from another paper from the “Coffee in the Arbour” collection. I really really like when they have this kind of paper that I can cut out from and they also have several collections with butterfly paper that you can use this way!
To have this little vintage look I have used a little lace, doilys, gesso and so on and I really hope you like it.

This card will be sent to a very very nice girl I meet on the internet! 😉

This second card is a 15x15cm card, this is the ones I usually do.

I have been using paper from the “Coffee in the Arbour” collection and I really like the color in it. I love that there are also a paper with picture to use on my card if I don´t always want to colour stamps and so on.

A little card just to invite someone for a Swedish ” fika”. We love it here in Sweden. 😉

Hope you will get some inspiration from it and I hope you all have a wounderful summer!
THANKS for having me as a guest again.
Hugs

Malin-sign

Winner of the Giveaway and a little good bye…

Posted by Carita Ruckman

4 July, 2016 - Giveaway, News

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Dear Maja fans out there,

Happy to see you here today..! Are you curious if you might be the lucky one who has won the new collection “Summertime”?

Summertime-K

The winner is…

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Pia / Piabau..!

Congrats to you!
We will contact you to get your address, so you can recieve these fabulous new papers quickly..!

♥

I also have some updates for you, regarding our Creative Team.
Our fabulous Di Garling are stepping down from the team. And we want to take the opportunity to say THANKS to her, and show our great appreciation for all her wonderful work.

Di-Garling

Today.. Amazing Beauty A Moment Captured..-001

A huge thanks, Di..! See you around! ♥

Now, the Maja Office will have a little summer break, and we will be back again in August.
So the new mood board challenge will be announced in the beginning of August – hope to see you then..!

Hugs!

Camilla