{Awesome Cool Kid} JustNick Studio Design Team

 Hello friends...so glad you are visiting today!  This week, the JustNick Design Team is sharing projects where we use cut files as stencils.
My project I shared on the JustNick Studio blog yesterday is a fun boy layout!

To see how I created the stencil background, the cut files I used, and details, head over to the JustNick Studio blog.  :)
Have a great weekend!
Majken

{You Are Cute} JustNick Studio Design Team

Hello lovelies!  I'm glad you are here today.  I'm sharing a sweet layout where I created a fun title using two different cut files.  Take a look!

 

To see the cut files I used and more details, visit the JustNick Studio blog.

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you are staying safe and well.  xoxo

Majken

Love You | JustNick Studio Design Team Project

Hello crafty friends!  If you missed the JustNick Studio blog or Instagram feed lately, go check it out.  Yesterday, I shared a new scrapbook layout.  It's colorful and sweet, using the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happiness collection full of happy colors!

I started with a fun mixed media background and used two cut files to create this.  For details and close-ups, visit the JustNick Studio blog!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your February.  (with chocolate of course!)

Majken

Cherish | JustNick Studio Design Team

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you are having a wonderful month.

The beginning of February the JustNick Studio design team shared love and hearts layouts with you.

My layout, Cherish, kicked off the theme.  

You can see details and close-ups at the JustNick Studio blog.  Don't forget to look through the other heart and love projects too!

Enjoy your month and hopefully some chocolate as well.  :)

Majken
 

Happy Beautiful Smile | JustNick Studios Design Team & Process Video

It was a labor of love, y'all.  I figured out (clumsily) how to create and edit my process video using only my iPhone and iMovie.  It wasn't fast or easy, but I did it!  And I'm proud to share it here - I'd LOVE for you to subscribe to my channel, too.  :)  Let me know what you think in the comments!

I shared this layout on the JustNick Studios blog on Wednesday and had hoped to have the video done, but....life!  But do check the blog post for tips and close ups.

Here is the full layout using two JustNick cut files and Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happiness.  The colors are so happy and the Blossom cut files are gorgeous!

Process video:
 

Thanks so much for visiting today.  Make it a crafty day!

Majken

XOXO Love | JustNick Design Team

Hi everyone!  Welcome to the month of love.  I have several love-themed layouts I'm going to share with you, and my first one is not your typical pink or red love layout.  :)  Check it out below, then hop over to the JustNick blog to see which cut files you can go grab, a fun technique, as well as close ups for detail.

Wasn't my Little Man adorable with his copper hair?  I paired these two new fun cut files with the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Boys Rule collection.  The colors are amazing, and fabulous boy layouts and more can be created with it.

Have a great week!

Majken


 

Sweetheart Layout | JustNick Studios Design Team

Hello hello and welcome to my blog.  I hope you had a wonderful holiday full of family, friends, and crafting!

Today I'm sharing a layout I created for JustNick Studios using her Floral Ring 3 cut file with a Cocoa Vanilla Studio collection.  Take a look.

I have some close ups - head over to the JustNick Studio blog for more detail.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend!

Majken

You Are So Beautiful to Me for JustNick

Today I'm up on the JustNick blog sharing a soft and pretty layout with a photo of my grandmother when she was a baby in 1921.  She was precious!  She passed away in 2012, and I think of her daily.  I can't express how much I miss her.  She's the subject of my very first published layout as well, and I just realized I used Cocoa Vanilla Studio products for that layout, too.  Serendipity!

I show some close ups of this sweet layout on the JustNick blog, so please go over to take a peek and check out those gorgeous cut files I used!

Thank you so much for stopping by my little part of the blogosphere!

Majken

{All of Me Loves All of You} Using JustNick Cut Files for Stitching - Tutorial

Hi crafty peeps!  If you have a large project you want to hand stitch, but want to skip the tedious process of poking the holes, then I have just the tutorial for you.  Take a look:

I used the gorgeous Cocoa Vanilla Studio Wild at Heart collection along with the All of Me Loves All of You JustNick Studio cut file.

To see how to create a hand-stitched project from a cut file (along with a couple of close-ups), head over to my post on the JustNick Studio blog today! 

It's hard to believe those babies are now 16 and almost 10!  Thank you so much for stopping by.  Have a super week!

Majken

Little Moments Layout

Hello friends!  Are you excited about the Summer issue of SCT Magazine coming out tomorrow?  It's their 50th issue, and I know they will celebrate in style.  I have a layout in this coming issue, so before the issue comes out, I wanted to share the sweetest spring layout that was in the Spring issue.

Here is my daughter helping water our flowers.  <3

I adore these photos, but I love them even more with all the beautiful Cocoa Vanilla Studio goodness surrounding them!  I also used a bunch of flower cut files from Just Nick Studios (plus some fun fussycut flowers).  The watering can is an Echo Park cut file that I did some hand stitching around.  So fun!

Don't forget to check out the SCT Magazine site tomorrow at 10am CT for the 50th issue release!

Have a great weekend!

Majken

{Little Moments} Published in Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine

You guys!  If you haven't yet had a chance to view the Spring 2018 issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine either in print or online, don't delay...it's stunning!  They pack so much goodness into each issue - and this one is no different.

I'm honored to have a layout published highlighting my daughter helping water our plants nearly 14 years ago.  <3  I used mostly Cocoa Vanilla Studio Bohemian Dream...the colors are sooo pretty...plus cut files from Echo Park and Just Nick Studio.

Happy spring!!

Majken

"Lovely" - Published in the Summer 2017 Issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine!

Hello scrappy friends!  Well, it's certainly been an interesting 4+ months living through a horrific flood from Hurricane Harvey.  I've missed you guys, and I hope I can hop back on the papercrafting saddle more consistently now.  Our home is still not finished, but we are making progress.  All in due time, and we appreciate everyone's prayers and thoughts.  <3

I wanted to share my very favorite layout that was published this past June in the Summer Issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine.  I was truly beyond excited about it!  

I wanted to create a layout with my grandmother as the star.  She was the most beautiful ballerina, and she ended up owning and running her own dance studio that I practically grew up in.  I paired a black and white photo of her with the *stunning* Cocoa Vanilla Studio collection Wild at Heart.

The cut file is from Cocoa Vanilla Studio Colour Me Happy collection, and I also fussycut a lot of flowers to add in.  In addition to paper, enamel dots, and flowers from CVS, I used Thickers from American Crafts, a bow and gold heart from Crate Paper, and vellum and a fringed paper strip reminiscent of a ballerina's tutu.  Here are a few close ups.  

I hope you all have a wonderful New Year's Eve...here's to a grand 2018!

Chocolate hugs,
Majken

Rad! - Creative Scrappers June sketch

Hello scrappy friends!  Today I wanted to share a layout I created for the Creative Scrappers design team June sketch.  It's so much fun to create from sketches, and it's extra fun to see how people change up the sketch in different ways.

Here's my layout!  I used the fabulous You Rock collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio.

Here are some close-ups - I created the title using The Cut Shoppe Open Letters:

Please share your layouts on Instagram and tag @CreativeScrappers with the hashtag #CSSketch307 and #CreatingWithSketches!  And link up your take on the main sketch 307 by June 30th on the Creative Scrappers blog.

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram too! 

Have a super weekend full of crafty time,

Majken

{Every Summer Has a Story} - Creative Scrappers Sketch 299 Reveal

Happy October, y'all!  Today I'm sharing a fun multi-photo layout for Creative Scrappers sketch 299 reveal.  I had so much fun creating this layout - all the goodies from Cocoa Vanilla Studio (including the star cut file!).  This gave me the chance to scrap some more photos from our trip to Banff in June.  Here's the full layout.

 The blue and green paper goes so well with my photos, and I opted to include some of the orange papers for just a bit of contrast.  I used some Distress Ink to watercolor some of the stars in the paper and created a strip for the right of the photo area as well as for part of my title.

 I cut out and distressed the colored papers, then sewed along the edges of each.  I used some Color Shine sprays to drop some ink splatters as well - I had to custom blend a few different inks to get the right orange color!  For the stars, I cut several sizes of the Cocoa Vanilla Studio star and then sewed each one.

I had some accents from Evalicious that matched as well - some arrows, stars, and a phrase.

For the title, I downloaded the Every Summer has a Story cut file from Just Nick Studio.  I cut it out twice - once using white textured cardstock and a second time using the stars paper.  Then I trimmed the stars paper for the words I wanted, watercolored, and glued on top of the white title.  I popped up the whole title with 3D tape.

Finally I added journal strips with gray text.

Here's the sketch:

Head over the Creative Scrappers blog to see the other designers' layouts, and definitely create your own layout with the sketch to link up during October.

Have a great week!!

Majken