Maja Design GIVEAWAY WINNER!!

Hello, dear friends! I hope you’re having a beautiful day. I am having the absolute best day because it’s finally time to announce the winner of the Maja Design Giveaway!

Our winner via Random Number Generator is commenter #2, Elaine H (Nattyboots)! 

I want to thank every one of you who participated in the giveaway. It is clear that each of you loves Maja Design Paper, and your kind comments are so very much appreciated! Maja Design holds a giveaway once a month, with each Creative Team Member taking a turn as hostess, so be sure to enter the June giveaway for another chance to win.

Congratulations, Elaine! Please contact me privately with your address and choice of paper collection. We are friends on Facebook so you can private message me there. I will pass the information along to Marie so she can get your beautiful papers on their way to your home.

Sending wishes for a week filled with joy, love, and crafty happiness to all!

Hugs,

You are my Favourite card AND GIVEAWAY!!

Hello and Happy Wednesday! I hope this day finds you well and having some cozy crafting time. 

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 this new card created from this beautiful collection on the Maja Design Blog. 

The second reason I'm so excited is that I'm hosting a GIVEAWAY for the next two weeks! The winner will receive an entire collection of their choice of Maja Design papers!! All you need to do to enter is be a follower on my blog and leave a comment at the bottom of this post saying what you love best about Maja Design papers. At the end of two weeks I'll choose the winner using Random Number Generator, and Maja Design will get your paper collection in the mail and speeding towards your front porch.  

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.

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 leave your comment to enter into the giveaway!

Hugs,




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. 

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Treasures of the Heart

Welcome, dear friends! I'm so excited to be here with you. I hope you're doing well today. Have you had plenty of creative time? My husband recently had an injury requiring surgery (he's recovering well now), and everything to do with that kept me out of my craft room for a couple of weeks. Needless to say I am thrilled to be back to crafting this week, and just in time for my post on the Maja Design Blog. 

I have a brand new card to share today! I'm using Vintage Autumn Basics collection again because it's one of my absolute favorites. It's full of rich colors and romantic vintage images, but can be used during any season of the year.

There are many layers to this card which I am trying to capture in the photos, though it doesn't always show up as well as I'd  like. The base layers are hand distressed, layered, and stitched together. The chipboard frame is painted with my own recipe of acrylics to blend in with the paper tones, then lightly inked over in timber brown to give it some 'age'.

The roses are handcrafted using the paper collection, as are the leaves and flourish swirl.  Even the sentiment is part of the paper collection! The clock is stamped onto a sheet from the collection cut out.

A light stippling of gesso adds a more vintage appearance.

Thank you so much for joining me on the blog today. It's been and honor and a pleasure to spend this time with you. I wish you a week filled with beauty, joy, and many crafty endeavors!

Hugs, 

Maja Design Papers Used:

Other Products Used: Natural Twine, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Dies, Flower Shaping Kit, Flourish Die, Magnolia Rose Leaf Die, Flourish Die, Tim Holtz Distress Tool, Chipboard Frame, Resin Frame, Paper Stamps from my stash, Stampin Up Clock Stamp, Staz-0n Ink in Timber Brown, Acrylic Paints, Gesso, Sewing Machine, Thread. 

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with your Maja papers so we can find you.)

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Time Passages Card

Welcome! I wish you the happiest of  hellos!! I hope you're well and enjoying a lovely spring season. Has your garden started to bloom yet? My Camellias are just finishing up, and I have roses and azaleas blooming now. Spring is the most fragrant time of the year in Charleston. The air smells so sweet and the breeze is so mild. I feel blessed to wake up to each new day. 

I'm also excited because I have the honor of presenting on the Maja Design Blog today, so I have something new to share with you! 

I love anything and everything 'time' themed. It can be art, a time travel series or movie, or a vintage clock or pocket watch. I adore it all. With this in mind I felt inspired by Maja Design's gorgeous Vintage Autumn Basics collection to create this new card. 

There is quite a bit of fussy cutting involved with this card, from the clock to the vintage lady, the pink flowers, and the sentiment. All of this fussy cutting has made me realize I  I need better lighting in my craft room or stronger glasses. :-))  

The roses are handmade. I have a tutorial for these roses here on my blog. 

Here are a few detail photos. Each embellishment is popped up with foam tape to create multiple layers. I tucked in a twine bow and some cheesecloth to finish things off. 

I have the best time playing with my Maja Design papers! I hope you do, too!! 

If you're wondering how you can have some of Maja Design's beautiful papers delivered to your doorstep you will be magically transported to our STORE FINDER by clicking on this link. If you're wondering how you can win a free collection of Maja Design papers just follow this link to your March Mood Board Challenge. Thank you so much for visiting me on the blog today! It's an honor and a pleasure to be here with you. I send wishes that you may be surrounded by all things in life that bring you peace and joy. Thank you for being my crafty family. I treasure your friendship!  

Hugs, 

Maja Design Papers Used:

Other Products Used: Natural Twine, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Dies, Flower Shaping Kit, Flourish Die, Magnolia Rose Leaf Die, Tim Holtz Distress Tool, Cheesecloth, Sewing Machine, Thread. 

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with your Maja papers so we can find you.)

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Summer Enchantment Card

Hello and welcome! How are you doing on this wonderful day? What have you been up to? Have you had plenty of creative time lately?

I've been finding a bit more time to escape to my craft room, which has resulted in this brand new summer inspired card that I'm sharing on the Maja Design blog today. It features one of my all time favorite paper collections, Vintage Summer Basics. I'm aware it's not even close to the arrival of summer, but temperatures here are still in the 70's to 80, so it really does feel like summer in my part of the world, and I promise I'm not complaining. I'm enjoying every last moment of our little reprieve from winter. 

I adore the color pink, and especially the pinks found in this collection! Each sheet of design paper is distressed, layered, and stitched to form a sturdy base. The wildflowers are handmade from the paper collection, as are rose leaves, corner frame, vintage photo, fussy cut roses, and postcard embellishments.    

A stamped sentiment adds a cheery point of interest in the upper right corner.  

Loopy twine bows add a feminine finishing touch. As you can see, you can create a fully embellished card with no other supplies except for your chosen paper collection and a little twine! 

Thank you so much for spending time with me today! If you have a moment please leave me a link to your latest project so I can stop by and send some love your way. I send wishes for a week filled with sunshine, love, and joy!
  
Hugs, 

Maja Design Papers Used: 


Other Products Used: Tim Holtz Tattered Florals dies, Flower Shaping Tools, Magnolia Rose Leaf Die, Frame Die, Stamens, Sentiment Stamp, Ink, Sewing Machine, Thread. 

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with your Maja papers so we can find you.)

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Maja Design March Mood Board Challenge!

Hello to all of my crafty friends! Are you ready for a little fun competition, and to possibly win and entire Maja Design Paper Collection of your choice? If you are then your timing is perfect, because today is the beginning of the March Maja Design Mood Board Challenge! 

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 are using mood boards for our challenges. We truly believe in creativity and art at Maja Design. You are free to interpret the mood boards 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. Feel free to use any Maja papers you’d like as long as they follow the color scheme.

We will pick a winner and present it on the Maja Design blog on December 26th.

Have in mind that these challenges are a really great way for us to discover new talents and maybe some future Creative Team members…

How to participate?

♥ Create anything you’ll like – a layout, a card, something altered or maybe a canvas, take a nice picture of it and send it to moodboard@majadesign.nu. 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. 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.

♥ 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 picture of the mood board.

♥ Feel free to combine your entry with other challenges.

♥ The winner will be revealed the last Monday each month, at the Maja blog. The winner will be sent one collection by their choice, and also a digital Winner’s Badge to use and brag with. 

I chose the Vintage Spring Basics paper collection to bring my mood board inspiration to life. 

This month's mood board is so pretty and perfect for the spring season. I hope you'll post your project to the Mood Board Challenge, because I can't wait to see your beautiful project! I send wishes for happiness and lots of crafty inspiration!

Hugs, 

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Spring Tea Room!

Hello, my sweet crafty friends! How are you doing today? We've had temperatures between 70-80 degrees in my corner of the world. Our Camellia's are in full bloom and spring is in the air, at least for the moment. It really has me feeling like springtime has arrived, and hence the inspiration for this card I'm sharing on the Maja Design Blog today, the spring tea room!

The spring tea room is a unique tradition of the southern United States. Each spring local churches host a daily tea for a week or two. They come complete with lovely music, the most delectable homemade luncheon choices, scrumptious desserts, and of course, tea! Each lady is escorted to their table by a formally clad southern gentleman. It's all very genteel, and after enjoying your dining experience you can shop from a vast variety of handmade items and goodies in the tea room shop. If you're ever visiting this region you should definitely plan to attend a church tea room.

Maja Design's beautiful 'Coffee in the Arbour' paper collection is the absolute perfect paper collection to bring this card to life.

There are several stitched base layers and much dimension throughout, though it is difficult to capture it on camera.

The blooms are handmade from the paper collection and sit atop a chipboard frame featuring flowers and flourishes. A dusting of gesso tones down some of the brighter color. It's a little trick you can use when you want to achieve a more muted look.

The tea embellishments are fussy cut from the paper collection.

Below is a peek at the interior of the card.

Thank you so much for joining me today! It's such an honor and pleasure to be here with you. Please let me know how you've been and what you've been up to. If you have a link to your current project I would love it if you'd leave it for me. I hope your week is filled with joy and many cozy crafty hours!

Hugs,

Maja Design Papers Used: 

Other Products Used: Chipboard Frame, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Dies, Flower Shaping Tools, Flower Stamens, Gesso Twine, Sewing Machine, Thread.

Did you know Maja Design is on Social Media?

Pinterest: Did you know that Maja Design has a Pinterest Page? You can find it right here.

Facebook: You can follow us on Facebook right here and of course "LIKE" us.

Instagram: Maja also has an Instagram account – majadesigninsweden.

(Use the hashtag #majadesigninsweden or the tag @majadesigninsweden

with your Maja papers so we can find you.)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MajaDesignChannel