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Scrapping in a Masculine Style {Vintage Autumn Basics}

9 October, 2013 - Collections, Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics

Hi everyone, it’s me, Gabrielle here with you today! As most of you know by now, I have two daughters and no sons so most of my scrapping is done in a more feminine style. But I do have a bunch of handsome nephews and my dear husband that I occasionally get to scrap, so I was so thrilled to see that the new ‘ Vintage Autumn Basics’ collection has a big variety of both masculine and feminine paper designs.

I recently recieved this beautiful collection and while normally I automatically reach for the more feminine papers, this time around I wanted to scrap in a more masculine style. I had this photo of my dear husband Steve and my cutie-pie nephew Jared at a retirement party for Steve’s older brother. The title on the page ‘Tempus Fugit’ (Latin for ‘Time Flies’) was just perfect for this photo! It seems like yesterday that we were baby sitting my young nephews when Steve’s brother and his wife would go on trips, and now my BIL is passing down the reigns of his company to my nephews! Time really does fly! (the little girls you sometimes see me scrapping are Jared’s little girls!).

For this page I went with the ‘time’ theme and used lots of the clock images in this collection, as well as layering a number of the patterned papers. I started out by fussy cutting out a bunch of the clock designs.

Here I used one of the clock chipboard designs from Dusty Attic, but I cut and pasted one of the clocks from the Vintage Autumn Basics papers to the face of the clock. I dressed the chipboard up a bit by using a bronze metalic paint and adding some dots and details (I used Scribbles Bronze paint….from Michaels). The zipper is also a chipboard design from Dusty Attic (I wanted to try and stick to masculine style embellishments for the majority of the the decorations.

I had this cute metal stopwatch embellishment that I found at Michaels, I didn’t love the clock design they had used on this embellishment, so again I cut out one of the clock designs from the Maja paper, tinted the edges lightly with blue chalk ink and pasted it on the clock. The chipboard gears are Dusty Attic, as are the roses…the larger blue flowers are from Petaloo (Darjeeling collection….I think the are are really good match to the Maja collection).

I always like to use scraps of burlap for masculine layouts, I think it adds that nice textural element to the page that lace usually adds to my more feminine pages. Another nice masculine element to use is corrugated cardboard, metal, buttons and chipboard elements. Here is a list of the Maja goodies I used on this page….

Supplies: Maja Design “Vintage Autumn Basics collection” ~ (No. XIX, No. XIII-bs, No. XVI)

I hope you enjoyed my masculine style page today, and hope you will give this beautiful new collection a try whether you scrap in the masculine or feminine style! xo

Vintage Autumn Basics lay-out & card

Posted by Romy Veul

7 October, 2013 - Cards, Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics

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Maja Design never ceases to amaze me with their gorgeous papers, but the “Vintage Autumn Basics” collection really knocks it out off the park in my opinion. I just love everything about this collection: the romantic colours, the timeless designs and, most of all, the fact that this collection has both a masculine and a feminine side. Today I will show you a lay-out and a card that I made with this beautiful collection. For my lay-out I focused on the masculine papers, whereas I choose the more romantic and feminine papers for my card.

My brothers really don’t like it to get their photo taken, but sometimes I succeed in sneakily taking one. I just loved how this photo of the two of them turned out and couldn’t resist scrapping it with these blue and boyish papers.

Supplies: Maja Design: patterned papers (Vintage Autumn Basics: No. XI, No. XIII, No. XIV-bs, No. XVI, No. XVII, No. XVIII-bs, No. XIX, No. XIII-bs, Heritage); Prima Marketing: Resin Birds, Small Typo Bulbs, Junkyard Findings Trinkets; Bo Bunny: doily; Rayher: pearls; Martha Stewart: border punch Cherish; EK Success: border punch; Tim Holtz: Distress Ink ‘Walnut Stain’; Other: twine.

I did quite a lot of fussy cutting on this lay-out. I usually like to embellish my lay-outs with flowers and seam binding, but decided to use fussy cuts instead of them on this lay-out. The clocks are cut out from the No. XVI sheet, the hot-air balloons are cut out from the No. XIII sheet and the title is cut out from the background sheet: ‘No XIX’. I attached the clocks and hot-air balloons with foamtape, so they would stand out a bit more.

I also have a card to share that I made with the more feminine papers from this collection. My boyfriend and I got to celebrate our very first ‘anniversary’ last week. We have been together for only one month and although this is nothing compared to a 30th wedding anniversary or so, I couldn’t resist making him a card to celebrate this. The romantic papers from the ‘Vintage Autumn Basics’ papers were simply perfect for making a card with a love theme to it.

Supplies: Maja Design: patterned papers (Vintage Autumn Basics: No III-bs, No. V, No. X, No. XVI, No. XVIII-bs); Prima Marketing: resin heart, alphabet stickers; Tim Holtz: Postage Stamp frame die, distress ink ‘Walnut Stain’; Spellbinders: Lacey Circles dies, Scalloped Heart dies; Martha Stewart: Doily Lace border punch; Queen & Co: pearls.

Thank you for your visit to the Maja Design blog today! I hope you enjoyed my post.

A Wedding with Vintage Autumn Basics

Posted by Jennifer Snyder

6 October, 2013 - Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics

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Hello and Happy Sunday. I hope you are able to relax a little today. Jennifer Snyder here to show you a piece I created using the new collection, Vintage Autumn Basics.

This is a layout using the wonderful Vintage Autumn Basics. This is a photo from my friend’s wedding. She wanted me to scrap for her but I had to wait for the perfect papers to cross my desk before I could scrap it. You know how that goes.

When the Vintage Autumn Basics collection arrived, I let her thumb through the collection and pick the papers she liked best. Hard choice for sure.

The most wonderful part of this collection is that it can be used for any type of layout you want to create – so very versatile.

I found a jewelry piece that reminded me of the necklace she wore on her wedding day to use as the center of my cluster. I also added some masking on this piece using a stencil and super heavy gesso.

The Maja Design papers have the most wonderful paper strips on the bottom of each page. Have you ever noticed? I used the strip of the bottom of Vintage Autumn Basics XXIII BAS646. It says “A time forever etched in our hearts and memories. ” Perfect for a wedding layout.

Thanks so much for sharing your Sunday with Maja Design.

Supplies: Vintage Autumn Basics XXIII BAS646,Vintage Autumn Basics XXI BAS644, McGill Pine punch PN920861, Martha Stewart Large Wild Flowers Punch, Prima Flowers 529567, Prima Stencil 569419, Super Heavy Gesso, Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel, Stampendous Clear Embossing Gloss, Prima Soprano E flowers 561659, Floral berries, Jewelry, lace and trim

Eden – Vintage Autumn Basics

Posted by Nancy Hanttula

4 October, 2013 - Layouts, Vintage Autumn Basics

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Hello Maja Design fans & friends! Nancy Hanttula here, and I am back again to share a layout I created with the gorgeous new Vintage Autumn Basics collection.

This is my dear friend’s precious baby girl, Eden. I knew when I saw the Vintage Autumn Basics gorgeous paper collection that they would be perfect to scrap some of my friend’s treasured photos.

Using a very small amount of hot glue, I shaped the pretty pink pearl strand into a looped border to add a dainty feminine touch.

Tip: The key to using hot glue is that when you are finished with the project, use your heat tool to go over the entire piece. This will melt all of the stray hot glue strands you may not even be able to see, into the project, leaving you with a flawless finish.

And because I am always looking at different ways to use my vast collection of crafting tools, I love using my punches to create leaves for flowers.

Above you can see an example of how I used my Morrocan border punch from EK Success to create my leaves. I simply punched out a border along the entire edge of Vintage Autumn Basics paper No. V, and cut each individual shape out to create my leaves.

The specific Vintage Autumn Basics papers used for this layout include: No. VI, No. II, & No. V. Other “ingredients” used here: K. Co. cardstock stickers, Disney pink lace border stickers, Prima & Petaloo flowers, Ad Tech hot glue gun and glue, feather from Queen & Co., white adhesive pearl dots from Melissa Frances, pink pearl strand from my stash, Tombow permanent adhesive, & the Morrocan border punch from EK Success.

Thanks for looking! Be sure and stay tuned as I am sure you will be seeing a lot of gorgeous & inspirational projects from all of the spectacular designers here at Maja Design using the new Vintage Autumn Basics collection for some time to come!

A glimpse of Vintage Autumn Basics and a giveaway

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Posted by Jenny Grotherus

25 August, 2013 - Giveaway, News, Vintage Autumn Basics

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The large grandfather’s clock in the library has just chimed six o’clock. The deep sound has started to fade away while the Autumn darkness spreads its wings. Some heritage photos lie on the heavy library table together with grandmother’s old books and grandfather’s music papers. Memories of a time gone by.

The window ledge is covered by frost. The first snowflakes of the season find their way to the ground as the children play outside. They raise their heads towards the sky and welcome them with joy. The summer has passed us for this time.

The quiet, peaceful Autumn is a time to reflect and capture your memories. Sit by the window and see how nature is slowly going to sleep, all while you are scrapping your best memories from the past.

Vintage Autumn Basics is the third ‘Basics Collection’ in the series. The colours reflect this twilight time of year, but are still mixable with the other Basics collections. These papers have been designed to enhance your family’s treasured memories and strong heritage, but with a reminder to live in the present.

We will start shipping during the second week of September, so make sure not to miss them when they reach a store near you. Please check our store finder to find a retailer in your area.

But… No previews without a giveaway. We will draw three happy winners that will win the new collection in 6×6 or 12×12. All you have to do is…

Write a comment on this posting telling us why you should be one of the winners
Become a follower of this blog
Like us on Facebook or start following us on Twitter
Spread the word about the giveaway on your own blog, forums, Facebook etc.

Remember that we’ve changed the number of winners in the past before if there are a lot of entries. We will announce the happy winners September 24th.