time to fly *Maja Design*

It's been a long time since a made a canvas/layout.

Made this one for my youngest daughter, Yiscka

with the beautiful Crea Diem collection from Maja design.

The closer the date of Yiscka's leaving to the States, the more sentimental I become!! :)

She had to take some photo's for all the legal documents, not her usually sunny self and she really hates this one, but he.....thought it was a beautiful photo anyway and had to be scrapped!

(note: she forgave me for using it! LOL)

-Time to fly-

Go where you need to.

Explore the world.

Live your life but always

remember your way home.

I started this layout with layering some cut out strips from the Crea Diem collection.

Created the background with modeling paste and a clock template.

Used the fushia color from Shimmerz paints and some black acrylic paint.

The gorgeous butterfly is from Scrap-Unlimited and got two coats of gesso before randomly painted with the fushia. Added some pearls on the butterfly.

Lovely -home- resin from Prima.

Ab imo pectore = with all my heart / uit de grond van mijn hart 

A piece of the bottom strip.

I wanted to add some extra color for more contrast and choose some lime colored touches in the flowers and pearls. The chipboard frame is from Dusty Attic and the painted twigs are from 13Arts.

Some extra touches with gesso.

I used the following papers:

Ord flyger bort

Den oersattliga tiden

Fylld av karlek (+bottom strip)

Enjoy your day! 

Ingrid xxx

let's have some tea! *Shimmerz*

I'm a great tea-lover so today I have this teapot to share with you.

No plan, just playing with all those gorgeous Shimmerz colors! :)

The teapot got two coats of gesso first.

I randomly applied the paints and watered them to let them run.

I used these colors:

Shimmerz: Bubble gum

Shimmerz: Sugar Plum

Shimmerz: Pink

Shimmerz: Magenta

Shimmerz: Marigold

When the paint is still a bit wet, I applied some gesso.

Took a tooth-pick and made these fun shapes.

Really love this effect!

The small mini roses were also painted with the Shimmerz.

Another close-up of the paints and gesso.

Love the way the gesso makes little cracks!

This could easily be an awesome background for any project, don't you think!

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx

baby carriage *Maja design*

Today I proudly present Maja Designs new baby: the "Gift for you" collection.

What better way to show this new 'baby' by altering this carriage!!!

Took me quite some time and lots of work but I'm very pleased how it turned out!

Lot of my work already found a new home but my girls insisted that I kept this one! :)

At first I started to paint the carriage as the original color was an ugly brown color.

Took me quite some layers of gesso to lighten it. 

Can't live without gesso! LOL

Added some turquoise touches so it matches my living room.

The base of the carriage was made using the 'wrapped in old newspaper' sheet.

Made the blanket with the 'from someone special' and 'wrapped in old newspaper' sheet.

The edges of the carriage is the border strip from the ' handwritten Post Card' sheet.

The paper blanket with lace and a piece of a flower trim.

Added a small bear charm, isn't he cute?!!

Painted the metal pieces of the carriage with some metal paint.

The front side.

Punched some flowers from the 'wrapped in old newspaper' sheet.

Distressed the edges and glued them on both sides.

A lovely bow of turquoise ribbon on the back.

Took me some time to make the top of the carriage.

Cut out some small strips of the 'hope to see you soon' sheet and distressed all the edges.

Some inking on the sides to get an older look. 

Added some beautiful lace on the small strips.

A lovely flower accent on the top.

The wheels were also painted with the metal paint.

Although this is a Chrismas collection, these papers can be used for non-traditional projects as well!!

Papers used:

Hope to see you soon

Wrapped in old newspaper

Handwritten Post Card

From someone special

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx

cake and card *Shimmerz*

There is always something to celebrate!

Today I would like to share this cake and card.

Made these cakes before but I can't help myself, they are so much fun to make!

For these projects I used the following paints:

Coloringz: Mama sings the blues

Spritz: Treasured Hymn

Vibez: Jen b blue

Shimmerz: Butter cream

Shimmerz: Tickle me turquoise

Shimmerz: Antique lace

This chipboard cake got 2 coats of gesso before adding the paints.

The horizontal sides got a coat of Glass beads paste from Liquitex.

String of pearls around the circles.

Some prima flowers I had in my stash for a long time.

The Glass Beads paste with a touch of gesso.

The two big flowers and the mini roses were painted with the Shimmerz paints.

Applied the paints and let them run by adding some water.

And here is my card:

Created the background with the same Glass Beads paste.

The chipboard butterfly, from Scrap-Unlimited, got two coats of gesso.

Close-up of the lovely texture.

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx

wall hanging HOME *Maja Design*

This wall hanging has already found a new home!

Made this one for a dear friend of mine.

I used the Vintage Summer Basics collection.

I started this project with a blue background and distressed the edges.

Layered some strips of patterned paper and made some texture with modeling paste.

Some modeling paste using a template from the Crafter Workshop and paint splatters.

Made the circles by using a bottle cap and some paint.

A lovely metal bird cage.

A flower arrangement with handmade thread flowers and painted flowers and mini roses. 

This gorgeous metal butterfly was found at a home decor store.

It was part of a long string with different sizes of butterflies and leaves.

The little metal butterfly comes from my stash.

This metal leave was a part of the string also.

The letters are from Imaginarium Design and got a layer of puffy paint.

1923, 1933 and 1934

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx