Male Birthday card

Here's a card with a bit of a difference today - a birthday card for my friends husband.  This shows how versatile the gorgeous Maja Designs paper collections really are.  At first glance they look all sweet and florally but they really cater for all interests.

 

I've used papers from both the 'Vintage Autumn Basics' and 'Life by the Sea' collections, which I've distressed, embossed and layered on my manila card along with some burlap & string.

 

I've used the colours and am entering this in the Maja moodboard which features colours from their latest collection 'Summer Crush' which is so fresh and beachy feeling (can't wait to get my hands on some).

 



Fish the Family Dish

Todays layout has been a real joy to create, especially after pushing the boundaries so far out for my last layout.  Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed that challenge, but its also nice to ease back into familiar territory again.  Here I have created a layout using the Maja moodboard, which in itself was quite a challenge to create this 12 x 12 page out of only a 6 x 6 pad.

 

Luckily the colours choosen here match my one and only 6 x 6 pad perfectly .  I decided to create a 'patchwork quilt' for my background by using 4 pages which were cut into 3" squares.

  

I've used the 'Vintage Autumn basics' collection, where I've distressed all 16 squares before arranging on my page.  I stitched around 4 squares only, just randomly placed around the page, also stitching around my photo.

 

 

 

I've used lots of Dusty Attic chipboard which were mostly painted, I glued micro beads to create the reed flower heads.  The anchor was crackled under the paint and looks very aged now. The Imagine if sea egg has been finished with Perfect Pearls, so its really shimmers. The little starfish are actually real starfish which I've just painted. 

 

 

 

 

I enjoyed making this male page and really loved achieving a page with no flowers.  

Its been a pleasure working with these gorgeous Maja papers as they are so versatile, they can be used from soft 'baby' projects right thru to grungy 'male' creations.

Working with Maja

I am really excited to finally have some Maja Design papers to work with.  Being here in Ne Zealand the supply is extremely limited, but I've managed to get my hands on a couple of 6 x 6 pads from Crafty Notionz .  So for my first 'play' with these I decided to join in on the May Maja Mood board.

 

As I had the 6 x 6 pads I decided to try out a couple of cards using the 'Life by the SEA' and 'Vintage Autumn Basics collections.  These papers are simply GORGEOUS.



 

This pink/green card is using papers from the Vintage Autumn Basics collection, featuring Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms in contrasting colours, while the blue/tan card features the Life by the Sea papers using products from SpiegelMom Scrap 





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