Denim With Grace - Maja Design and Spellbinders APG for May19

Denim Made for Girls

Today I am introducing two products that are new and are a perfect fit (like your favorite jeans) - full of feminine beauty and grace...Maja Design's new Denim & Girls paper collection and Spellbinders APG Die for May.

APG-Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month - Spellbinders monthly die club, features the gorgeous graceful dies designed by Becca Feeken.   

Here is the image of the APG die set for the Month of May. It's a nested set to provide a variety of design options.  
I used the largest intricately designed die as a background mat and the smaller inside dies as the card.  

These dies are only available through the club and are limited to the month of May, so hurry before they are sold out.

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month 

from: Spellbinders / FSJ

  

 Here are the papers I chose from Denim & Girls collection by Maja Design:

Tough But Sweet

Embroidered Jeans

And a solid from the Monochrome -Shades of Denim collection - Vintage Pink

Maja Design from Sweden - 12x12 Paper Collections 

The colors and images on the new Maja Design collection are delicate, fun and still a bit sporty.  

OK - how can they be both delicate and sporty?  Because...polka dots and stripes, dare I say more?  haaaaa.  Who doesn't love a great sporty polka dot pattern!

Don't be fooled by the name of the collection, Denim & Girls.  The collection also offers an array of blues, stripes, checker patterns that can be used for more masculine projects as well.  

Time to seriously consider Spellbinders Clubs if you aren't already a member.  You can find information on the various club selections  and inspiration gallery here.  

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Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month Membership -

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month  from: Spellbinders / FSJ

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Maja Design  -Denim & Girls Paper Collections

                     
                   Tool 'n One - $14.99
            from: Spellbinders / FSJ

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The Denim Blues- with Maja Design Papers and Spellbinders Dies

I've got the Blues...
( keep on reading for a chance to win the new paper collection from Maja Design Denim & Friends paper collection) 

I'm in a blue mood.  

Yep, I've got the denim blues.  In this case, the blues are great to have especially when they involve the newest paper collection from Maja Design and the newest die release from Spellbinders.  It's enough to chase the blues away from anyone, but in this case I'm loving my blue mood.  

Can I talk about my blue mood?  

It's caused by a new collection from  Maja Design called, Denim & Friends and the coordinating set of solids called Maja Design - Monochrome Collection  Shades of Denim & Friends .   Gorgeous rich blue color ranges guaranteed to make anyone smile.  

( keep on reading for a chance to win the new paper collection from Maja Design Denim & Friends paper collection) 

 

 The next big smile maker comes from pairing pretty papers with fabulous dies. 

This gorgeous paper collection has been accentuated by using some dies from Spellbinders, shown below.  Two  products that need to be at the top of your "must haves" list.

Spellbinders Nestabilities Iron Romance Die

Spellbinders Die D-Lites Iron Romance Accents Dies 

I wanted a graceful delicate card for an upcoming wedding.  The color palette for this wedding is  teal/seafoam so I picked out the perfectly matched papers and went to work creating from my heart.  

These are the paper choices:

Maja Design Denim & Friends - Blue Jeans

 Maja Design Denim & Friends -Jeans & T-Shirt 

Maja Design Denim & Friends - Summer Shirt

Maja Design Monochrome Shades of Denim - Light Blue (B side)

A little bit about the beautiful flower embellishments I selected.  

These are paper flowers from Petaloo by Floracraft - the  Petaloo Flowers - Penny Lane Collection Forget - Me- Nots in Teal.  

You can shop for Petaloo flowers here and here.  

I absolutely love the color combinations in this collection.   The next few photos are close ups and you can see how gorgeous the paper is.  

Win a Denim & Friends Paper Collection

Would you like to win a set of your very own Denim & Friends paper from Maja Design?  All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog page.  This raffle is open for the month of August and I'll pick a winner on Sept 1st.  

You can earn additional chances to win by: 

 - comment as often as you wish for more chances to win

-share my blog post to your FaceBook page

- visit my Facebook page and leave a comment.

Thanks for your time today.  I value your visit. 

 You can shop for Maja Design products here and you can  find the collection here. 

You can shop for all your Spellbinders dies here.   They have amazing sales and frequently have BOGO (buy one -get one)sales too!  

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Products Used:

Maja Design paper - Denim & Friends collection 12x12

Maja Design called, Denim & Friends Jeans & T-Shirt, Blue Jeans, Summer Shirt

Maja Design - Monochrome Collection  Shades of Denim & Friends 12x12 (Light Blue)

Spellbinders Nestabilities Iron Romance Die S5-285
Spellbinders Die D-Lites Iron Romance Accents Dies S3-253
Petaloo Flowers - Penny Lane Collection Forget - Me- Nots in Teal
Shop for Petaloo Flowers here and here

DIY Denim Pocket Card with Easy Instructions

Coolest DIY Denim Ever Created with Spellbinders and Maja Design

Denim is in.  It's trendy, it's chic and now it's available in the form of beautiful papers by Maja Design.  It also looks darn adorable with die cuts from Spellbinders.  

I created an adorable pocket card to fit a tag or gift card with my two featured products from Spellbinders and Maja Design. 

If you scroll down the page, I have DIY instructions to show you how I crafted the pocket. 

I created my card with new scrumptious papers from Maja Design called, Denim & Friends and the coordinating set of solids called Maja Design - Monochrome Collection  Shades of Denim & Friends  .  This collection has something for everyone; masculine, feminine, playful, fun.  PLUS their new solid monochrome collection designed to accompany the Denim & Friends collection perfectly.

The monochrome papers do not have patterns but they have added richness in the design making them unlike solid cardstock.  

Introducing

These are the papers I used from the collection: 

(Stonewashed, Summershirt, Jeans & Tie, Paisley)

My DIY card is a sweet play on the denim theme - a pocket card with a frilly twist because jeans look great with lace.  Perfect for a gift card or tag.  Plus some DIY tips to show you how I made my easy pocket card. 

The pocket was made using this die from Spellbinders: (little side note:  I adore this die set and tend to grab this for many of my cards because of the classically clean lines and versatile shapes)

 Spellbinders Card Creator Dies A2 Divine Eloquence S5-218

I  opted for crafting a coordinating tag for the card because I am obsessed with the "medallion" die that comes with the set. 

Here is a close up of the card with the tag tucked into the pocket.  

DIY Steps to Make a Pocket Card

Step 1.   Using the Spellbinders Card Creator Dies -A2 Divine Eloquence , cut the border frame.  Next add doodled stitches using a black fine tip pen. 

Step 2.  I used a die from Spellbinders (Spellbinders Card Creator Dies A2 Divine Eloquence)  and cut about 1/3 of the way down the die to create the base of my pocket.  

Step 3. After cutting the die to size, I backed the die cut with a piece of a piece of white cardstock for extra support and trimmed the white cardstock, leaving a small white edge around the die shape. 

The cardstock also helped accentuate the beautiful details of the delicate die and make them pop a bit more on the pocket.  I made sure the white cardstock was a bit longer at the top as well so I could add some embellishments as shown below in Step 4.

Step 4.  After backing with white cardstock in Step 3, I decorated the pocket by adding more doodled stitching, some lace trim and coordinating patterned paper from the new  Denim & Friends 12x12 collection.  

Step 5.   Making the Tag - I made a quick double sided tag using Spellbinders Card Creator Dies A2 Divine Eloquence .  

a.   Cut 2 dies.  

b.  Back both the die cuts with white cardstock.

c.  Glue some thin ribbon to the white side of one die (to use as a pull tab)

d.  Glue the dies together

e. Trim the cardstock to fit ( I left a thin white edge). 

Note:  I did add a piece of thin ribbon between the two dies before gluing the two died together.  By adding the ribbon before gluing, it helps make the tag look clean and polished.  

Step 6.   I wanted to pop the pocket off the page a bit with some foam tape so make the tag or a gift card tuck easily into the pocket.

  

In order to make sure my tag fit into the pocket, I flipped the pocket over and used the tag/die as a template to determine where I needed to place the foam so that the tag doesn't fall deep into the pocket.

Here is a photo of the finished piece.

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Shopping Details

The new Maja Design paper collection is shipping NOW! You can buy the papers from your favorite stores located in the Store Finder link here.  

You can shop for all the gorgeous "must have" Spellbinders dies right here.  Shop for Spellbinders 

Products Used:

Maja Design paper - Denim & Friends collection 12x12

Maja Design called, Denim & Friends (Stonewashed, Summershirt, Jeans & Tie, Paisley)

 Maja Design - Monochrome Collection  Shades of Denim & Friends 12x12 (Light Blue, Dark Blue)

Spellbinders Card Creator Dies A2 Divine Eloquence S5-218

White cardstock

Gingham ribbon

thin black pen

lace 

blue gems

Beautiful Denim - Cards with Maja Design and Spellbinders

Denim Never Looked So Good

I'm here to share a card made using some new paper collections by Maja Design and  dies by Spellbinders. I'll just call them the "amazing duo" - a truly amazing pairing of new products by my  2 favorite companies that will most likely be your new "must haves".

What's new?  

The new  paper collection by  Maja Design called, Denim & Friends and the coordinating set of solids called Maja Design - Monochrome Collection  Shades of Denim & Friends .  This collection has something for everyone; masculine, feminine, playful, fun.  PLUS their new solid monochrome collection designed to accompany the Denim & Friends collection perfectly.

 

I decided to play it fun and flirty with this card by adding a newly released delicate die from Spellbinders.  Aren't the  delicate edges on the die spectacular?  

Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Label Decorative Elements #33 

Plus some gorgeous flowers by Floracraft Petaloo.  

 The flowers help make the blue tones in the collection pop.  

These are the papers I am using from the Denim & Friends collection: 

"Floral" both sides of the paper  and "Summer Shirt"

I used Mono-Denim Blue from the Monochromatic collection - Shades of Denim.

 Just a gorgeous paper collection.  Just a gorgeous die. 

Thanks for stopping.  

Maja's new collection is shipping NOW! You can buy the papers from your favorite stores located in the Store Finder link here.

Spellbinders new dies are ready to be shipped to your door.  Click the link to shop for Spellbinders .   ( More new arrivals coming soon for the upcoming holidays)

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Products Used:

Maja Design paper - Denim & Friends collection 12x12

Maja Design called, Denim & Friends ("Floral" both A/B sides and 

"Summer Shirt")

 Maja Design - Monochrome Collection  Shades of Denim & Friends  (920 Mono- Denim Blue)

Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Label Decorative Elements #33 - S5-298

Petaloo Flowers  - Botanica Blossoms