Magic Moments for Maja Design

Welcome scrappy fans!

It's Maja time and I want to share with you a new winter layout.

Winter is around the corner, fields and meadows are frozen, nature lies down to rest. The best time for creating or?! :-) I have created a very magical mixed media layout.

 I used the amazing Maja Design 'Joyous Winterday' collection - Sparkle + Blizzard

and some stamps (border, stars, saying), corrugated cardboard, cutting dies (deers, trees, stars, snowflakes, Holiday greens - Sizzix), chipboards - Scrap FX, pinecones, feather and flowers. 

 

I  start my backgrounds with a thin clear gesso layer to be able to create a nice watercolour effect on my paper. The picture is always my eye -catching focal point.

some close up's

I love to work with corrugated cardstock for a nature feeling and I'm always a big fan

 of cutting dies

so many possibilities, not only for cards, it's also a wonderful addition for layouts or out off the page projects. The very good quality of Maja papers is perfect for that technique.

a piece of fell gift ribbon for a cozy feeling, some deers with cutting die and a leftover from a structure wallpaper

all Maja papers are printed on both sides, that's very useful, so you can make special effects, the lower star  looks like patchwork

Many thanks for your visit!

Have a nice weekend!

 xo Kerstin xo

Magical Times

Hello my friends!

Today a new inspiration layout for Scrap FX.

It's a special time when the first frost settles on leaves, it looks like a magical nature land, bizarre crystals everywhere. That was my inspiration for this mixed media project.

used Scrap FX materials

Cresent frame

Frosty Fun

Fairytales theme Pack

and as background paper

Wishing you Peace and Joy - A gift for You Collection from Maja Designs

 some close up's

I used a metallic acrylic paint 'Oyster Pearl' as basic for this wonderful dreamy 

half moon frame and added

some texture with little transparent pearls and decosand

wordlet 'Frosty fun' was made with white embossing powder ' Soft fallen snow' in the upper part and 'Turquise Shimmer' in the lower part

and I must say I'm a big fan from the combination of stamps, cutting dies, distress inks and not to forget because it's beginning to look like christmas :-)
 some sparkle embellishments

Many thanks for your visit!

Have a wonderful day!

xo Kerstin xo

Inspiration for Maja Design

Welcome!

 Happy News - I'm a new family member at Maja Design and I'm so thankful for this great opportunity. I’m in love with  the delicate shades of colours and motifs on the background papers, they are always perfectly harmonised and very suitable for a lot of project ideas.

 And now my first inspiration for our November Moodboard, two christmas tags in vintage style.

 

 I was inspired from the classic christmas colours red, green and white and used the new Maja Design Christmas Collection 'Joyous Winterdays' 6 x6 . How you will see I'm also a big fan from cutting dies

and I must say the quality of Maja papers are very good and perfect for punching.

 

 some close up's

 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. Be inspired by the colors, poems, words and photos. Use it as inspiration!

Feel free to use any Maja papers as you’d like as long as they follow the colour scheme.

More beautiful inspirations can you find
here

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Happy Halloween

Welcome my friends!

:-) OMG this place is haunted!!! :-)

 

 

 

I'm not the biggest fan from Halloween, but I love it to tell stories with magic feelings,  more mysterious and imaginative all the better.

because that's my relax zone

and believe me

that has nothing to do with wizardry :-)

Best wishes from Kerstin xoxo

In the dark forest

Welcome!

Halloween time :-)

A dark forest but somewhere deep inside seems a magical light.

some close up's

 

and then everything disappeared again in the mist ;-)

 

 Have fun and a very creative relaxing time my friends

But don't forget to switch the light on ;-)

LG Kerstin

Trick or Treat for CCB

Hello!

Heute gibt es wieder eine neue Upcycling Idee zu sehen. Verwendet wurde ein kleiner Metalleimer, der ursprünglich als Aussaat- und Pflanzgefäß diente. 

  Zunächst wurde mit der Glimmer Glam 'Rustic' und schwarzer Acrylfarbe von Tattered Angels gearbeitet, mit ein wenig Wasser bringt man sie wild zum (Ver)laufen ;-)

 Im unteren Bereich wurde außerdem noch schwarz gefärbte Texture Paste eingesetzt.

 Wenn alles gut durchgetrocknet ist, kann man mit der Deko anfangen.

 

Ich habe aus schwarzen Karton ein Spinnennetz und einige Weinblätter ausgestanzt 

und zusammen mit ein paar Fledermäusen aufgeklebt.

  3D Highlight sind die Flaschen von

 7 gypsies Findings - Found glass bottles (Architextures Collection)

mehr Ideen mit Canvas Corp Brands Produkten könnt ihr hier entdecken

Frilly and Funkie Challenge - Trick or Treat
unusual technique - I worked with a glimmer glam paint on metal without a basic medium,
now you can see extending effects

In dem Eimer kann man sehr gut Süßes verstecken,

 da er immer sehr aufmerksam beobachtet wird :-)

Habt einen schönen Tag!

Kerstin

Scrap FX - Halloween Time

Welcome!
 

I'm back with a magical fantasy inspired layout.

Autumn is a wonderful season, it gets darker and more mysterious 

with shadows lurking around and the fog appearing like fantasy creatures of all kinds.

Halloween is knocking on your door

and so it's time for new ideas for some

  mystical and magical layouts.

Scrap FX used products

I was in love with this amazing black silhouette tree, absolutely perfect

for a lot of Halloween projects too.

 Winter tree

 

Haunted house

Spider web stamp

some details

Maja Design October Moodboard

I was inspired from the Autumn theme and colour shades of brown

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin