Some Monochrome Cards

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

I am happy to come back to you very so very soon and share some more cards with you. I do the cards quite rarely but when I started creating them I can not stop myself just to one card.

I have already started celebrating the Summer and the best companion for me was a Vintage Summer Basics 6×6 paper Pad. It’s quite easy to use it for your cards. June is my country is a very rainy month usually, so I thought of something pale blue and wanted to maintain its’ color tones in my card too.

and one more simple card I made using the same 6×6 Paper Pad. I just cut 4 rectangles from one sheet of paper, turned 2 of them backside, added some flowers, and here you are ready with a quick and pretty card:

Have a fabulous week.

Supplies used: Maja Design papers – Vintage Summer Basics 6×6 paper Pad:

1935, 1936, 1943, 1944;

Vilda Stamps, Manor House Creations flowers and Flourish With a Bling Pearls, ribbon.

A Card with A Photo

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

Good Day to everyone! Today I want to share with you a Card I made for my son who has just turned 12 months 2 days ago. It was quite challenging for me to create a Boyish card since I didn’t want it to be a Baby one. So I found the way to do it in my style, I just added his photo to my card.

I used Life In the Country Collection, as it is so versatile , and you can find there some papers that can be definitely called masculine, but at the same time they are so soft that are so perfect for Baby projects as well.

I made some cutting as well as tearing the paper. And as you know this month’s Mood Board is based on this collection, so I had some leftovers from the previous project for Mood Board Inspiration, that is why I added some of them there too.

I hope I have inspired you to use your paper scraps and small photos and incorporate them into Birthday or Any others Special Day cards

Supply List: Maja Design Papers- Life In the Country Collection: Summer Poem, Grow Strawberries, Summer Fields, Close To The lake, Peace and Quiet; 2Crafty Chipboard, Prima Stamp, Just Right paperCraft Stamp

Every Day is a Gift

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

Good day to everyone. Elena is here and I am ready to share with you my new Layout inspired by a very beautiful photo of my friend.I used the Vintage Spring Basics Collection and played with mauve shades and pale pink.

And surely I added many layers as I wanted to showcase many awesome paper scraps. I just adore the strips and the dots. The butterfly theme is not one of my favorite, but this time I made some fussy cutting and decorated my background and embellishments with butterflies as well.These butterflies are so cute though they remind me the pictures taken from the encyclopedia

And these spring pictures, aren’t they worth of being featured too?

I am sure you won’t miss a chance to make fussy cutting and some layers too using this fresh and beautiful collection

Supply List: Maja Design – Vintage Summer Basics: 3rd of May, 4th of May, 5th of May, 7th of April; Manor House Creations Flowers; 2Crafty Chipboard, Vilda Stamps, Prima Pearls, Ranger Gesso.

Precious Moments and Tutorial

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

Hello Maja Friends. Elena has come back and today I want to share a Layout made with New Vintage Spring Basics Collection and a little tutorial on how to create the layers and use some of your leftovers.

To start with you need to tear a wide strip of paper

Make some cutting on the paper and distress them on the edges

Place this paper piece on the patterned paper. You can add more distressing to the edges if you wish. Glue it to the background just in the middle. It allows you to add some embellishments under the strip during your next steps.

For the next step I took some leftovers from the previous projects and started making a padding for my photo. I am a savvy scrapper so I keep almost all of them. This time I used some pieces left from the roses I made using Spellbinders dies.

I like that some petals silhouette are still visible and thought that it is a great idea to make a framing on the photo with them.

Cut some of the parts of paper and place them over and there under the photo. Put some pieces into the torn area as well.

I added some leaves and a flowers just to see where the main embellishments would be. and then I started applying some gesso with a sponge, to soften the look of my background.

Then I misted these gessoed areas and added some stamping. Placed some embellishments and here you are ready with multi layered project:

here you can see how I added the chipboard between the background and patterned paper:

I put 2Crafty chipboard and flowers into the torn aperture:

a flowers made from the paper:

and the layers:

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and will use some of your leftovers too.

Supplies: Maja Design , Vintage Spring Basics Collection : 7th of May, 3rd of March, 7th of April, 4th of March; Spellbinders Dies; 2Crafty Chipboard; Vilda Stamps; Clear Scraps Acrylic Sheet; Lindy’s Stanp Gang Mists; Gesso

Shabby inspiration

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

Today I want to share some cards. Usually I make only Layouts, because I like to work on a 12×12 space. That is why creating cards is a challenge for me. But it doesn’t work for Maja papers. They can be easily combined in layering on the cards, that when I need a card, I know for sure that it won’t be so difficult with Maja collections.

This time I decided to combine the papers from 6×6 pad and from 12×12

I used the 6×6 1933 sheet for the background of my card, and added some layers with 1934 sheet of 12×12 from Vintage Summer Basics Collection

And you have already known that I am a mixed media girl, so I added some paint and gesso

And one more card on acrylic Butterfly sheet

I used Vintage Summer Basics Collection, and made some fussy cutting too

I made some stamping and decorated it with doily for the sentiment

So now you can see that it is quite easy to do shabby cards, all you can need is to add some embellishments or even any mediums if you like them as much as I do.

Products used: Vintage Summer Basics Collection: 1933, 1934, 1935;

Flowers: Prima, Manor House Creations; Resin Embellishment: Prima; Stamp: Kaisercraft, Prima; Acrylic Butterfly Card: Clear Scraps;

Colorful Spring

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

Good day to everyone. Elena is here with you and today I want to share a simple Layout. It is so hard to struggle with so long winter weather, that I decided to add some warm colors to my art.

Yes, while other girls are playing with new spring collection, I wanted the summer to happen at the current moment. That is why I used Vintage Summer Basics collection for my work.

I added some paper strips and some bright color combo using my acrylic paints and mists.

Also I added some paper tearing, fussy cutting and layering.

and decorated it with some shabby embellishments

and applied some Gesso using a sponge.

I hope you are enjoying your long week end

Happy Easter to everyone.

Products used:

Maja Design Papers: Vintage Summer Basics: 1921, 1924, 1908, 1911; Chipboard: 2Crafty; Embellishments: Prima flowers and resins; Lindy’s Stamp Gang mists, Tattered Angels mists.

Vintage Summer Mini Album

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

While the winter doesn’t want to leave my place, I’m looking through the papers and searching for those that coordinate well with some of the photos taken past summer.

Guess what collection I mean? Yes, quite right, Vintage Summer Basics

I used acrylic Brag Bag to create mini album, and you know it is quite ease to prepare the background using your papers and then just add details using your leftovers.

For the cover I cut scalloped border and cut a frame using my Big Shot machine

and after that I started playing with the photos and the papers,

Enjoy the watching

I’ve made some tags too, and what I like about the acrylic is that you can still see the back side papers as well

Some stamping and left overs again:

The reverse side of the tag

and some of the pieces where so cute, that I decided just add them as a tassel

some changes

Just love this serious face

and finally the back side of the cover

I hope you have enjoyed watching the photos of my Mini Album Brag Bag and you will find your way of using your Maja paper leftovers, as you see they are quite good for such projects

Products used:

Maja Design Vintage Summer Basic Collection: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924; Clear Scraps: Flower Brag Bag, butterfly embellishment and tags; Prima flowers and embellishments.

Spring Has Come

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

Hello everyone! I am so happy to announce that winter has gone. Though it is just on calendar , I have been waiting so long for the sun, for fresh colors, for bird songs, that I decided to celebrate and made something that let me feel the spring better.

I have made this Key Holder that I’m going to use in my house. I bought this box several years ago, when I liked to make some decoupage projects. By now I am paper addicted, so it was a good chance to decorate it with beautiful papers and embellishments.

I used Äntligen collection, and as I wanted to add some shabby cozy look I used Naturen Doftar paper. I love these polka dots, they remind me some Province style

Anyway this sheet has some cute swirls that add vintage mood to it, so I just dabbed it slightly with gesso and it coordinates well with white edges of the box.

Gesso works so well with it, as the paper has already been distressed while designed. Moreover I used some left overs there too and you never guess where they are, I covered those borders with gesso too.

Also it was a challenge to place the paper over the door handle, but it is hidden under the paint. Also I covered the inner part of the box with paper strips too.

Hope I have inspired you to make some Easter or Spring Decorations for your house.

Thanks for watching me today.

Products used: Maja Design: Äntligen Collection ( Naturen doftar), Manor House Creations flowers, Prima Resin Embellishments, Tim Holtz Bulb

Spring and Valentine’s Day Inspiration

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

I am sure that all of you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day, though it was just yesterday, I wold like to bring you some more Spring Inspiration today, however on Valentine’s theme.

I’ve made a home decoration project with my daughter. I love my hobby because it is such a pleasure that you can create something alongside with your children. So please meet or Valentine’s Wreath:

I asked my daughter to help me to cut out the hearts from Crea Diem collections. So she has chosen Sann vänskap and Av hela mitt hjärta papers, so she is quite moderate in colors.

Though it was not very easy for her to cut them precisely, she has made a great job. But I wanted to add some shabby look to them, so I distressed the edges

then I took 3 of the hearts and stitched them in the center. I left long threads and hang them on the wreath, that we made of the tree’s branches.

we had one extra heart left, so we decided to tie 2 hearts together

Quite a simple project but I am sure it will decorate our house during the coming spring months too

And one more card, made for Valentine’s Day too, using Gammaldags Jul Collection

yes, you are right I used some Christmas papers fro this card, it is Pyntat och fint

I added some stamping, fabric, embellishments and Gesso drips

Have a good week end and spend it with your beloved ones

Treasure Your Memories

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Elena Olinevich

Hello! Elena is here with you and today I want to share with you a Summer layout, inspired by amazing summer photos and no doubt, I used Vintage Summer Basics Collection

Surely this is the most beautiful paper collection I’ve ever seen, however I decided to play with some paints and added some accents on this 1905 paper sheet.

I have teared some papers for my photo padding (1936, 1920, 1910) and made some random stitching of the title cut from the patterned papers

and I added some script stamping and flowers to embellish my Layout

and I can not resist using lace there as it reminds me about feminine accent that should definitely be there.

and one more Layout I want to share with you today was made for 2Crafty Chipboard blog, but as it is filled with many Christmas papers I decided to show it too

I wanted to make something different from traditional cutting and gluing the papers, so I stitched, stamped and painted as usual I do while creating something. I used Fröjdefull Jul ( Julklappar) and Gammaldags Jul collections ( Goder afton, Pyntat och fint)

I made some tearing of the stripes

and some fussy cutting from Ringdans paper

Thank you for watching me today and have a good day.

Products used : Maja Design Papers : Fröjdefull Jul ( Julklappar, Ringdance)) and Gammaldags Jul collections ( Goder afton, Pyntat och fint); 2Crafty Chipboard, Flourish With a Bling – Flourish and pearls, 3rd Eye Stamp Elena-sign

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