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22 May, 2019 - Cards, Denim & Girls, Giveaway, Monochromes - Shades of Denim

Hello and Happy Wednesday! Welcome to the Maja Design Blog! I hope this day finds you well and enjoying some cozy crafty time. It’s Nancy with you today.

I’m super excited for two reasons. The first is that I just received Maja Design’s brand new paper collection, Denim & Girls! From the moment I laid eyes upon it I knew it was an instant favorite, and I’m thrilled to be sharing a new card created from this beautiful collection.

The second reason I’m so excited is that I’m hosting a GIVEAWAY on my blog for the next two weeks! The winner will receive an entire collection of their choice of Maja Design papers!! You can find instructions for entering on my blog at mytatteredtreasures.blogspot.com.

This is actually going to be my granddaughter’s birthday card. In our family we have what we call ‘the circle of favorites’ which includes every one of us. When the grandchildren come to visit the first thing I hear as the door opens is, “your favorites are here!”, and I run to them with hugs and kisses saying, “my favorites are here!” Needless to say, the sentiment ‘favourite’ that I found in the paper collection is ideal for Savannah’s card.

The flowers are handcrafted using Monochromes Shades of Denim for a perfectly coordinated embellishment.

Below is a little peek at the inside of the card.

The tiny paper flowers are fussy cut from the collection. The finishing touch is a twine bow adding the frilly finish I love.

Maja Design Papers Used:

Other Products Used: Natural Twine, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Dies, Flower Shaping Kit, Flower Stamens, Tim Holtz Distress Tool, Sewing Machine, Thread.

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today! It’s such an honor to be here with you. I wish everyone a week filled with sunshine and happy moments! Don’t forget to stop by my blog to enter into the giveaway!

Hugs,

* GIVEAWAY WINNER *

Posted by Marie

15 May, 2019 - Giveaway, Winner

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Hi there! It’s time to announce the winner of the Giveaway from the 1st of May.

Thank you so much for all your sweet and encouraging comments, they truly warmed our hearts ♥ And also a huge thank you for all the great ideas for new Mood Board themes! It has been so inspiring to hear your thoughts and I’ve got so many new ideas to try out. Thank you ♥♥

With such a wonderful response and engagement we decided to award two randomly chosen comments to win the whole new collection “Denim & Girls” together with some coordinating sheets from the “Monochromes – Shades of Denim” line

And the two lucky winners are…

Monica Van Dorp

Monica Van Dorp says:

1 May, 2019 at 22:35

Wauw, what a great giveaway ??
I have the gentlemen denim line and used it often. I’am a great fan of Maja Design. Unfortunately is it not easy to buy in the region where I live.

What I would like to see is:
A line in vintage dogs and cats.
A new beach/maritime line.
Something with High Tea, because I love that theme and I prefer this one in vintage colours.
What I also like is something in 18 or 19 century, for example gardenparty or a visit at the beach.
With love Monica

and…

Tina Dukes

Tina Dukes says:

2 May, 2019 at 02:01

I absolutely love “Denim and Girls”. All your designs are always gorgeous. The new orange colors are nice. Would love to see you do a theme of sunset orange, grey, dusty orange, and nice beige. Bet whatever you do will be stunning.

Congratulations to Monica and Tina!!! A little box of papers will soon turn up at your place 🙂

(please send your addresses to: marie@majadesign.nu, thank you)

Love,

* GIVEAWAY *

Posted by Marie

1 May, 2019 - Denim & Girls, Giveaway

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Hello MajaDesign fans!

Due to the release of our new line we did not manage to get the Mood board challenge out there today. But no sorrow! Instead we are gonna have a givweaway!! We want to offer you a chance to get your hands on the brand new collection “Denim & Girls”, including the 24 double sided patterned papers plus the 3 new sheets of Monochromes – Shades of Denim.

You only need to leave a comment to this post answering this question;

What theme would you like to see on a future Mood Board?

And then please share this post on Facebook and/or Instagram.

We will reveal the winner here at the blog on the 11th of May.

Good Luck!

Winner of the April Mood board

Posted by Marie

28 April, 2019 - Mood boards, Winner

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Hi there!

Happy to have you here today. April is coming to an end and it is time to reveal the winner of the April Mood board. We got a lot of appreciation for this board. Many of you have expressed that you found it insprational and fun to work with. Thank you for sharing that with us, it means a lot ♥
Let’s get a reminder of what this mood board was all about:

And here are the stunning entries:

Agnieszka Głąb, Poland

Aileen Lien, Norge

Caroline van Sluis, The Netherlands

Ilonka Linssen, The Netherlands

Cristina Graça, Portugal

Ilonka Linssen, The Netherlands

Jane Mi, China

KareenDion, Canada

Laura Corkill, USA

Madonova Irina, Russia

Marjut Laine, Finland

Marlies van Es, The Netherlands

Marzena Ziuziakowska, Poland

Nicole Lacoste, Canada

Reetta Heimonen, Finland

Silvia Murillo, Spain

Tove Tangvald Ryd, Norway

Thank you to all the participants! You have all done a great job with this challenge. As hard as it is there can only be one winner… And the one who we found captured both color scheme and the “mood” of the board perfectly, in very hard competition, is…

“if I cannot fly, let me sing”…

Cristina Graça from Portugal!!!

Cristina Graça

Congratulations Cristina! Your choice of collection will soon turn up at your place.

Next week will be an exciting one here at MajaDesign. There will be both a new collection and a new Mood board challenge. Don’t miss out!

April Mood board

Posted by Marie

1 April, 2019 - Challenge, Mood boards

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Hello dear MajaDesign friends!

Happy April! A new month means it’s time for a new challenge.
This mood board really appeals to me. The words “Have stories to tell not things to show” feels important these days when social media channels may drag you into to much comparison and show off. To live “In Real Life” is a skill worth practice, don’t you think? I also love the colors. From bluish turquise to greens, the warmth of the worn wood and the coffee-brown. And who wouldn’t wanna spend some time with a good friend drinking that delicious coffee…
How do you interpret this mood board? What does it tell you? Join in and show us.

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 truly believe in creativity and art at Maja Design and you are free to interpret the Mood board 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. You can use all of the colors, or only one of them – that’s up to you.

How to participate?

♥ Create anything you like – a layout, a card, something altered or maybe a canvas. Use MajaDesign papers primarily!

♥ Take a nice picture of it and send it to moodboard@majadesign.nu. 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.

♥ 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, thank you.

♥ 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 on the 28th, at the MajaDesign blog. The winner will be sent one collection by their choice*, and also a digital Winner’s Badge to use and brag with.

*Note that we have run out of a few sheets of som of our collections (e.g. the Sofiero collection) We will contact you if this applies to your chosen collection.

We need your entry by the 24th of April at the latest.

Some inspiration from our fabolous Creative Team:

Made by Camilla Støen Bakke

Made by Elena Olinevich

Made by Padoriaa

Made by Kerstin Inga Peters

Made by Maja Nowak

Made by Tina Ollett

Make sure to make room for some quality crafting time this month♥ And if you decide to join in, don’t miss the deadline, 24th of April. We would love to see your interpretation!

Wish you all a superb week.