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Cherish Layout with Video Tutorial

30 October, 2018 - Enjoying Outdoors, Layouts

Hello Maja fans!

It’s Mary here today and I have a new layout to share made for my October inspiration. I have also prepared a VIDEO TUTORIAL so you can watch all the details.

As you may already know, I love searching on Pinterest to find photos to scrap and this time I came across with that amazing photo. I choose some papers from the gorgeous ”Enjoying Outdoors” collection that was just perfect for it. But, before I continue more I want to give all the proper credits to the ”unknown” photographer.

For my background I used the back side of the ”Spending Time” paper. To start, I gave my background a coat of clear gesso. When it was dried, I added some texture with modeling paste and a stencil.

Next I colored my page with some Lindy’s Gang sprays and made some stamping here and there.

The Dusty Attic chipboards I used were painted with several Finnabair acrylic paints.

When everything was glued down, I added some art stones and I made the final touch with some splatters with white gesso.

Paper used:

: Spending time bs

That’s all for today, my friends!

Thank you for stopping by!

A new tree house

Posted by Kerstin-Inga Peters

17 October, 2018 - Collections, Created Art, Enjoying Outdoors, Layouts, Walking in the Forest

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Hello Maja friends!

When we were hiking in the autumn forest, we discovered a new house for our dog.

Filou had to examine it closely and it seems as if it meets his requirements 😉

Back at home, he has come to love his soft dog basket and of course our sofa again,

because it’s much more comfortable as he whispered to me.

That was my inspiration for this new autumn layout in mixed media natural style.

I have combined two of our beautiful autumn collections at Maja Design ‘Enjoying Outdoors’ and ‘Walking in the forest’.

The delicately patterned green background was ideally suited

to embellish it with stamps, stencils and spray paints.

The central element is a cutout from the paper sheet ‘Maple’ in the shape of an autumn leaf,

which somehow looks like an acorn.

used paper collections

: Beautiful trees

: Maple

some details

some typical forest elements in autumn colours – a chipboard,

wooden shapes, dried tree bark and lichen

two trees made with modelling paste and silicone mould, ‘Fall foliage’ and branches with cutting dies

dried acorns shells and fern leaves also made with white modeling paste

the cutout fall leave where the edges finished with ‘Walnut Stain’ ink pad and Spray colour

Thanks for your visit!

Have a wonderful day!

My Blue Jeans

Posted by Kerstin-Inga Peters

3 October, 2018 - Collections, Denim & Friends, Walking in the Forest

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Welcome Maja friends!

Today a season inspired layout, Autumn is the best time to go on a discovery tour through the forest and to rustle in the fragrant autumn leaves.

I used the background paper ‘Birch’ from Maja Design collection ‘Walking in the forest’.

What can be better than a wonderful walk through a colourful forest

in your favourite pair of jeans?!

used papers

: Walking in the forest – Birch

: Denim & Friends Sunbleached

: Denim & Friends Wood

I was inspired to make a natural rustic style layout.

For that I also worked with papers from our Denim & Friends paper collection, with corrugated cardboard, blue color shades and suitable autumn chipboards, wooden shapes and embellishments.

some close up’s

corrugated cardboard and leftovers from ‘Wood’ as frame wood planks

autumnal embellishments with a fabric denim star as tag

Enjoy your day!

Sunflowers

Posted by Kerstin-Inga Peters

19 September, 2018 - Collections, Monochromes - Shades of Celebration

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Hello Maja friends!

The sunflowers are blooming in my garden, a wonderful flower – beautiful and useful at the same time. They radiated stronger than the sun and provide the birds with plenty of food in winter. Mostly they grow by themselves and only need a support or neighbor’s garden fence.

I was inspired to create mixed media layout with autumn feelings and so I used a lot of leaves dies, stamps and fabric textures.

The autumn colours based on spray inks in yellow, white and brown shades.

The Monochrome paper sheet ‘Old Brass’ from the Shades of Celebration collection was very suitable for it.

I’m always in love with the amazing motif papers from Maja Design,

but if you want to develop artistically completely free, the monochrome papers are perfect,

because you can hide nothing with your own personal design.

You know what I mean?!

Old Brass bs

some details

I love the natural look, not perfect but unique,

just like outside in the garden and in the great outdoors.

I hope my layout was able to get you into the fall

and inspire you to play with the wonderful papers again.

Have a beautiful time!

Kerstin

Trust Your Heart

Posted by Mary Tzalla

17 September, 2018 - Denim & Friends, Layouts

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Hello Maja fans!

It’s Mary here with you today and I have a new layout to share made for my September inspiration.

As you may already know, I love searching on Pinterest to find photos to scrap and this time I came across with that amazing photo. I choose some papers from the gorgeous ”Denim & Friends” collection that was just perfect for it. But, before I continue more I want to give all the proper credits to the ”unknown” photographer.

As my main paper I used the ”Stonewashed” and I made some layers behide my photo with the ”Paisley”, the ”Leather” and both sides of the ”Summer Shirt” papers. To start, I gave my background a coat of clear gesso. When it was dried, I added some texture with modeling paste and a stencil.

Then I used Lindy’s Gang spray to color my page and made some stamping here and there.

I heat embossed the Dusty Attic chipboards with Stampendous embossing enamels and then I randomly rubbed some wax to highlight them a little bit more.