Loving Life with {Maja Design}

Hi everyone! Gabrielle here with you today to share with you my latest Maja Design project. Yep! I'm one of those scrappers that often forgets to scrap about myself. I have a big family and have lots to scrap about so I don't often think to do a page about me. The photo in this layout is one that one of my daughters took of me when we were on a walk together.

I used mainly papers I still had in my stash from the Limited Editing Sofiero collection. I chose colors in the pinks and taupes with just a hint of green.

I really hate to waste any of my Maja Scraps so I save anything bigger than a couple of inches for upcoming projects. I had this piece of 'Enjoy the Frangrance' paper left over from another layout I made and decided to keep the angle cut the way it was. I just lightly moistened the paper and gave it some folds along the diagonal edge. When it dries, it gets quite firm and holds it's shape well.

I added some lacy die cut pieces from Memory box along the cut edges of the paper (Norwich Corner, Quinn Flourish) and tucked them between the papers (die cuts were courtesy of my friend Janene at The Scrapbook Diaries...Thanks Janene!!!). Texture was added with some homemade texture paste and a Crafter's Workshop Stencil (Gothic Romance). The soft pink in that I used behind the photo is a chalk ink by Ingvild Bolme called Sweet Pea.

The blooms were handmade from some pink scraps of Maja papers I had in my stash, I used a pale pink paper from Vintage Summer collection, deeper pinks from Crea Diem and a deep rose from Vintage Summer. To make the blooms I simply used a scissor to cut a wavey edge circle (in different sizes). Then I cut a wavey spiral into each circle and rolled them up (working from the outside - in) to make the roses. Then just glued down the spiral design to the center part of the circle. I added a pearl bead to each center.

Maja Design Products: Sofiero (Enjoying the Fragrance-bs, Princess Margareta's Garden-bs, The Elegant Winehouse), Vintage Summer Basics (1923, 1922-bs), Crea Diem (Fylld av kärlek), Vintage Autumn Basics (III-bs, XVI), Vintage Spring (6th of May).

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. For those of you looking for Maja Design Products, you can use the 'Store Finder' at the Maja Design Website, or for quick reference for those of you in the USA and Canada, 2 excellent resources for Maja Design Papers are The Scrapbook Diaries and Moments of Tranquility. xo