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Hello Sweet Baby Boy

10 January, 2017 - Cards, Collections, Nyhavn, Vintage Baby, Vintage Romance, Vintage Summer Basics

Goodmorning Maja friends,

Today I am here with you all to show you a card I made with the lovely “Vintage Baby”collection! I am getting more and more addicted to that collection because of the soft colors and that you have both blue & pink sheets in it. For today it’s a baby boy card with handmade flowers and a rattle shaker with metal pieces in it {also some beads and glass glitter}

I cut out different pieces of the blue & darker brown papers and placed them on top of each other to get more dimension, underneath the last layer I added some cheese cloth and a paper doily that I cut in half. The card is all made out of dies from a manufacturer I design for. Sorry for the different shades in the pictures but we have some bad weather and my camera is acting up!

What is great about using dies is that you can make your own flowers and you don’t have to worry about the colors not fitting well on your work. I always had a problem finding the perfect blue shade color for my work and now that problem is being solved by making my own flowers. Maja Design papers really allows you to make beautiful paper flowers from their collections because of the high quality & thickness of the papers.

Actually I used three other Maja Design collections here too, the blue flowers are made with “Nyhavn”collection! The flower with the beads in the center is made with the “Vintage Romance” collection and the feathers & leaves are from the “Vintage Summer Basics” collection and they all go so well together don’t you think so too??

Maja Design papers used: Vintage Summer Basics: 1905 bs, Nyhavn: Old Townhouses bs, Vintage Romance: Marriage proposal bs, Vintage Baby: It’s a boy bs, Adorable bs, Special Delivery bs & Die cuts bs

Thank you so much for being here with us today and have a wonderful week!

Love

Lovely Cards

Posted by Amy Voorthuis

24 September, 2016 - Life in the Country, Summertime, Vintage Autumn Basics, Vintage Romance, Vintage Spring Basics

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Hi lovely friends,

Today I would like to share some cards with you using different Maja Design collections. I have to say I am totally hooked on using Maja Design papers so for every project I make I always think which of their collections will fit my theme…..all the cards I will show you today where made for my DT work at Cheery Lynn Designs {a die manufacturer}! But using my precious Maja Design papers……

Sweet Love:

For this shaker card I used the pretty “Vintage Romance” collection and just plain creme card stock and a bunch of dies. I really love the dimension of the flowers that’s what the papers do because of the high quality they are.

Just Because:

This card is made with two collections that fit so well together like all the other collections too btw hihi 😉 and all made out of leftover papers can you guess which ones?

Birthday Wishes:

For my third card I used the amazing “Vintage Autumn Basics” collection and for the centers of my flowers I used micro beads which I think worked out really pretty. The background sheet with the blue flowers is one of my favorite papers from this collection.

You are Awesome:

This is card is one of my favorites ever made and that is probably because it’s purple using the “Vintage Spring Basics” collection helps too and I the use of my favorite dies…..The you are awesome phrase is great too!

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today and for leaving such nice comments every single time we really do appreciate them. I want to wish you a wonderful sunny & creative weekend and I will be here again tomorrow with a layout to share

Love

Picture Perfect

Posted by Amy Voorthuis

2 September, 2016 - Layouts, Nyhavn, Sommartider, Vintage Spring Basics

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Goodmorning lovelies,

Today I am filling in for the lovely Elena Olinevich {and she will have my day next week} with a layout I made out of three different collections. I used a picture of my men that I took on our vacation in Turkey. Also on this layout I used a bunch of Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I treated all differently I painted, embossed & stamped them. The collection I used are “Vintage Spring Basics”, “Nyhavn” and “Sommartider”……..every flower except the black ones are hand made with lovely dies.

For the first time ever I used straws on my layout……I totally love it! I did see it a lot on scrapbook pages that I had to try it too. I love this color palette especially because purple is my favorite color to scrap. All the chipboard pieces are first gessod and later on painted with Dusty Attic acrylic paint and the circles with the text in them are embossed with Lindy’s Stamp Gang powder. On the frame I added some text stamp on the end.

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I enjoy using all the metal pieces there are in this hobby but I have to say I am running out of them and they are not for sale anymore here in The Netherlands it is sad that they are not here forever lol……I so love this picture of my handsome men I am the luckiest woman on this planet.

I did some mixed media on the background too I can’t imagine to not use spray or paste on my work anymore they so give your layout the wow factor hihihihi…..

Maja Design papers used: Sitting at the dock {Nyhavn}, Badlakan {Sommartider}, 8th of April, 9th of April, 10th of April, 11th of April & 7th of April {Vintage Spring Basics}.

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Happy Summertime Smile!

Posted by Amy Voorthuis

26 August, 2016 - Layouts, Nyhavn, Summertime, Vintage Romance, Walking in the Forest

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Goodmorning lovelies,

Oh boy is it stinking hot here in The Netherlands with temperatures above 30 degrees feels like Turkey all over again! God is good 😉 We had a great time on our vacation destination but it is also really nice to come home. I have to admit I am very lazy the last couple of days my head wants to scrap but my hart is not letting my head to do so…..So for today I have a simple layout for you all it’s a 8×8 inch one I love making those because they take lass space in my scrap room.

Since my printer is acting up I had to use another picture for this layout. Don’t you just love the new Summertime collection as much as I do. As you see on this layout I hand made my own flowers again. I will also show you a layout that I made for my other design team I am on using as much handmade flowers as I could on a 8×8 layout. Hopefully you will enjoy my work.

The picture was take back in 2010 and he was writing his name in the sand. I really love the bikes in this collection so I did not cover it up with flowers. To finish my flowers clusters I used some real sea shells.

Maja Design papers used: {by the sea} Is my favorite, Is my favourite bs, Having fun bs, Wind in my hair bs.

Now I would like to show you two other layouts that I made with a couple of other gorgeous Maja Design collections! The pretty “Vintage Romance”and mixture off two collections for my other layout! The first layout was made for Cheery Lynn Designs and the other one for The Dusty Attic 😉

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today I hope you have enjoyed my work…..and I will see you in two weeks with another project. Have a marvelous weekend everyone.

Hugs

A birthday card

Posted by Camilla Støen Bakke

24 August, 2016 - Cards, Vintage Romance, Vintage Spring Basics

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Hello beautiful Maja fans! I am back with a birthday card to a dear friend of mine. For this card I have used the lovely Vintage Romance collection.

I just love the flowery papers, and I can’t have enough of them:) The tags, balloons, tassels, flowers and pennants are all made with DooHickey dies from Magnolia (box vol 5).

The cute butterflies are cut out from a sheet from the Vintage Spring Basics collection. I cut them out, ink the sides with Distress Ink pad, Walnut Stain, and add some Stickles Star Dust onto the edges of the wings.

Under the homemade flowers I have put some sissal grass. And behind the image I have put some cheese cloth, a corrugated paper (painted with gesso) and a frame made with a Oval Spellbinder die.

I just love the tassels, so had to add some on this card aswell 😉

I have added some Stickles Star Dust to the balloons aswell. And on the letters I have added some Crackle paint. On the flowers and here and there on the flowers I have painted with white Gesso. The shape of the card is made with a GoKreate die. And I have sewed the edges with my sewing machine. The leaves are from Magnolia. Laces and doilies from LLC.

Here you can see the card from the side. I always sew the pattern papers on to bazzill Vanilla. The card is Bazzill Craft. The postmarks are made with stamps from Stempelglede. I have coloured the image with Distress Ink, re-inkers and Markers.

Here is the list of the papser used:

: Walk with me

: Passion

: Love poetry

: 6th of May

Thanks a lot for visiting the Maja Blog!

Hugs,