Hello, dear Maja Fans! I hope you’re enjoying beautiful spring weather at your places 🙂

I don’t know about you, but my creations very often take their origins in small things or elements that pull the creativity trigger 😉 And so was the case with one tiny object I spotted in my local craft store and suddenly felt the urge to finally finish the project I’ve been realising for the last five years (yeah, I’m THAT slow!). I planned to make a home for each season of the year and was only missing the spring one – but no more, here it is:

I used a Stamps Away cardstock base and the Ska Vi Ta En Fika? papers to decorate it. The base was not very precise, to tell the truth, but as I wanted a shabby chic style cabin, it was even better so. So, ready for a little trip around (and a lot of photos? 🙂 )

Let’s begin from the front. I used the fabulous Blommor på bordet paper for the wall and added some “bricks” on 3D dots for dimension. I attached a Tim Holtz hitch fastener for the knob and hung the metal charm keys on it:

I punched some twigs and put them into a paper flowerpot, together with yellow mini roses. A resin bird is curiously looking at them 😉

The side walls are covered with the Ingefärsparon – bs paper – love the plaid! I also stamped some crackles on for a more distessed look. You can also see a “trimmed box” that I made using two styrofoam balls and deep green Flowersoft 🙂

The other side wall features some “wild vine” climbing around the widnow – I used a Marianne Design die to make it:

What do you most associate with spring? Of course, gardening! Planting and sowing, digging and watering 🙂 And here’s my mini gardening plot in the backyard:

I put an inviting sign on the wall…

…”planted” some veggies:

…working hard with my gardening tools – aren’t they the cutest? And that mini watering can was the final impulse I told you about at the beginning of this post 🙂

Let’s not forget the roof – I made “tiles” with a border punch and strips of various papers, layering them with some guipure ribbons, cheesecloth and buttons:

And here’s the nest of the bird perching on the front window sill 🙂

Want to take a peek inside? (quite difficult, as the house is rather small 😉 ):

And so, the spring can settle for good in this little house 🙂 And here’s the whole collection – the Home for Autumn is also Maja Design and you can see it in greater detail here.

Supplies:

Maja Design papers: Ska Vi Ta En Fika? – Ingefärsparon – bs, Blommor på bordet, Favoriter -bs, Cheesecake, Cheesecake-bs, Marzipanbakkelse, Havrerutor; Gammaldags Jul – Vackra packet -bs; Summer Vintage Basics – 1946

Other: house base – Stamps Away; stamps – Lemonade, Making Memories, Kaisercraft; resin elements – Prima, Melissa Frances; punches – Martha Stewart, Fiskars; hitch fastener – Tim Holtz; dies – Marianne Design, Memory Box, Sizzix; bird’s nest, garden sink – Prima; Flowersoft; gardening tools, mini roses, buttons, guipure, keys charm – from my stash.

 

And that would be all for today – thank you for visiting the Maja blog today, drop in tomorrow as well 🙂