Rustic Outdoors ****Maja Design*****

Hello I am here to share with a Design Team LO I did for Maja Design using the Beautiful Vintage Spring Basics Collection. I also did a step by step on how I do a LO,so its a long post & the closeups will follow the tut......

From the Vintage Spring Basics Collection I used,1st of March,7th of May,7th of May BS & 7th of April. The Scrap Fx Chipboard used on this LO is Birdbath (2009256),garden tools large (2009259),chicken wire (2011186),entrance gate (2012076),outdoor theme pack & scribble rectangle(2013045).The blooms used on this LO is from I Am Roses. Here is the photo tut,then closeups of detail will follow........

I always start off my LO with distressed cardstock,I distressed the edges & cut out the center of 7th of April,then glued it with very little glue & I never go close to the outside edge,because once I have completed my layers,& stitching,I will do more distressing.

Distressed 2nd layer using 7th of May.

Attached

I glued a distressed piece of 7th of May to 7th of May BS,then trimmed & distressed the BS.

Here are the 2 pieces attached to the LO with glue.

I then ripped 7th of May,distressed & attached to the upper right corner & lower left corner.

I attached a piece of 7th of May BS to the cardstock in this corner because I wanted to roll the corner & see Maja Design paper instead of the cardstock.

Using a paper pierce I pierced holes where I wanted to stitch.

I decided to cut out a couple holes out of 1st of March,so I did that, distressed them,glued pieces of 7th of May ,bs under the holes,then glued in pieces of chicken wire.

All ready to hand stitch.

Stitching is done, & I find that after I stitch, my LO's bend,so I glue down the LO  to cardstock with Mod Podge then weigh it down with books ,until it dries & flattens. I never throw out any out dated paper,I save it for this type of use.

Flattened out LO.

Now with my fingers I will lift,the layers & distress the layers more,so that you can really notice the layers. 

LO, after I have done my finger distressing.

I also do not throw out old chipboard,I use it for raising photo's or whatever I want to raise. This is where the photo will go. The piece of chipboard is glued down with liquid accents,& is smaller then the photo,that way I can add detail under or over the photo.

I matted the photo with 7th of May,then attached the scribble rectangle with liquid accents,then glued down the photo to the piece of chipboard using liquid accents.

As I wasn't sure what Scrap Fx chipboard I wanted to use,so  I decided to get these pieces ready, I painted them all with white picket fence crackle,& once dry I rubbed in some brown chalk & inked the edges,I wanted them to look old, to give them the vintage look.

Playing around with the chipboard pieces.

I made some cute little planters,I cut out circles out of cardstock,then painted them with white picket fence crackle,& once that dried I rubbed in brown chalk & inked the edges.I then rolled them & glued them with liquid accents,held that together with my fingers until it dried,then wrapped some string around them.

Here are some closeups details..................

I tucked in a piece of burlap under the photo,added the rake,pitch fork,watering can, then made a small flower cluster.

I found this beautiful photo on pininterest.

Top right corner I added the backside of the lable then I tore out a couple pieces from 1st of March & glued them under the photo.

Love how these planters turned out!!!!!!

The butterflies are cut out from the 6th of May sheet.

I cut out the letters for rustic off the label.

Closeup of the photo, I am so inspired by both this collection & this months Mood Board that I have decided to plant this garden in these colors to get the Vintage Shabby Chic look.

Thank you for taking the time to look & be sure to check out the Maja Design Blog for more information, or inspiration from the other Design Team Girls, on this months Mood Board, have a great week.....Rachelle