Maya Road Design Team

~ Heaven Sent Sign ~

Do you have a new baby joining the family or a friend with one on the way?  My cousin and his wife are expecting a baby girl in May, so I thought I would make a sign for her room.  You can use this in place of a "card" as I intend to do.  I think it is a nice alternative to a card and it can be displayed.  I couldn't decide on just 1 or 2 background papers, so I decided to make small squares, like a quilt and then I was able to add 4 patterned papers.  You can use as many as you want.  You can even just use an assortment of different scraps.  To keep things mixed up, I used 4 different types of chipboard alpha too.  This works well if you don't have a full set of one alpha available. 

Supplies:

1.  Maya Road 8x8 Binder Book- 1 page

2.  Maya Road Signature Ribbon

3.  Maya Road Wings Chipboard Keychain

4.  Maya Road Large Chipboard Alpha, "New York- Uppercase", "New York- Lowercase", "Chicago- Uppercase", "Chicago- Lowercase"

5.  Maya Mist

6.  Maya Road Scrolls II Chipboard Set

7.  Maya Road Scallop Frames Chipboard Set

8.  Maya Road Trinkets Jewel Ribbon Blossoms, Velvet Pleat Blossoms, Felt Beaded Blossoms

9.  Maya Road Trinkets Jewel Flowers

10.  Patterned paper and coordinating cardstock

11.  Ink

12.  Adhesive

13.  Sparkle glaze

14.  Glossy Accents by Ranger

15.  Glitter

16.  Leaves

17.  Stickles by Ranger

Directions:

1.  Spray both sides of the chipboard page with Maya Mist.  Let dry or dry with a heat tool.  Coverage does not need to be perfectly even on the front side since it will be mostly covered with paper. 

 

2.  Cut 16 squares of patterned paper in size 1 1/2x 1 1/2.  Mount those to 16 squares of coordinating cardstock in size 1 3/4x 1 3/4.

3.  Adhere them to chipboard page evenly, taking care that the holes in the page are at the top.  Punch out 2 of the holes through the patterned paper (to be able to add ribbon to hang).

 

4.  Ink and glitter "Heaven" and set aside to dry.

5.  Ink and cover "Sent" with Glossy Accents and set aside to dry.

6.  Ink your angel wings and paint with sparkle glaze and set aside to dry.

7.  Ink your chipboard scroll and cover with 1st color of Stickles.  Set aside to dry.  Once dry add accent color of stickles to scroll. 

8.  For the added initial keychain- ink round chipboard scallop frame on the front and back.  Ink your initial (baby's 1st initial if known, if not then use last name initial).  Cover initial with Stickles and set aside to dry.  Once dry add 3 jewel flowers to initial.

9.  Adhere chipboard title, angel wings and scroll to sign.

 

10.  Adhere  Maya Road blossoms and leaves, ribbon tied in a bow and jewels to sign. 

11.  Attach ribbon through holes in top of sign to hang. 

12.  Attach initial keychain. 

 

 

13.  Give as a gift to that special new arrival. 

Debbie Harmer :)

 

One flower... 4 fun ways

I love the versatility of our chipboard products.They can be painted, papered, inked & stamped, misted & embossed.

I thought it would be fun to take the same flower and show how to easy it is to give it 4 completely different looks.

Here's the Maya Road supplies you'll need:

Blossoms 2 #C003

Turquoise Metallic Maya Mist #MST1156

Jewel Flower #TK984

Jewel Pin # TK022

Brown felt beaded blossom #TK980

Trinkets Buttons #TK753

Velvet stitched blossom #TK1121

Sealed with a kiss stamp #AS002

Metric Ruler Stamp #SMP944

Other supplies:

Ranger's Jet black archival ink, distress inks in vintage photo and broken china and a blending tool.

background stamps

embossing folder

adhesive

patterned paper scraps

EMBOSSED flower...

1. Insert the flowers into the embossing folder. Using the blending tool, completely ink the flowers with broken china & then lightly ink them with vintage photo.

MAYA MIST flower...

1. Mist all 3 flowers with turquoise. Allow to dry, then using archival ink, stamp the largest flower with sealed with a kiss. Stamp the medium size with the metric ruler stamp and the smallest with a background stamp.

2. Insert the jewel pin into the jewel blossom, then trim off the excess pin.

 

PAPERED flower...

1. Trace the flowers onto the back of the patterned paper scraps. Cut out & adhere to the flowers. Sand the edges to distress. Lightly ink with a coordinating distress ink.

INKED STAMPED flower...

1. Ink 2 large flowers with vintage photo, then stamp with coordinating background stamps. Ink the medium flower with broken china, then stamp, again with black and a coordinating stamp.

Assemble the flowers as shown, and add a scrap of chipboard between each layer to add dimension.

Now you have 4 custom embellishments which are perfect for cards, layouts or home decor items.

Enjoy!

wendy

"Gearing UP" For a Terrific Altered Album

At Maya Road we just LOVE it when people use our products and share what they've made, especially when they are as enthusiastic as Kathleen Taylor.  She sent this project a couple of weeks ago and we just HAD to ask her permission to share it with you.  Thanks Kathleen for allowing us to show off your work!

Kathleen says she'd been "geared up" about using the Maya Road Gear Coaster Album since the moment she saw it. She just knew it would be perfect in documenting Quinn's first year.
 
Once she started the album, she couldn't stop. Kathleen was shocked because she usually tends to over think mini albums (don't we all?). But not this one. It was so easy to use and the completed pages just flew off her scrapbook table. It is definitely an album she will treasure forever!

Kathleen shared these tips with us...

Cover:
 
Paint each gear a separate color and inked the edges with VersaMagic multi-surface Chalk ink (Turquoise Gem).  Then cut a piece of patterned paper for the center of gear and randomly layered the gears on top of each other.
  

Inside pages:
 
To recreate the paint effect, first paint the chipboard with a bright color, then go over the edges with white acrylic paint and a dry paint dabber tip to add a distressed look.
 
Also punch 2 random holes in each page to give the page a little more character. Be sure that these holes were never duplicated the same way on the following pages.

           

Kathleen, we are so glad you shared this album with us!  I'm sure that we'll have plenty of people stop by that are glad you shared it as well.  You did a MARVELOUS job! 

Aubrey

Family Vacation Calendar Page

For an upcoming trip to Disneyland, I made a March calendar page using lots of Maya Road goodies. Skylar doesn't know yet that he will be in Disneyland in 2 days so it will be a huge surprise for him. This layout is pretty much all chipboard pieces and sheers. I used green Maya Road mist for the word "March" and chipboard man, yellow paint for the bird, and the rest are directly from Brilliance ink stamp pads. Once the color is applied to the chipboard the fun begins by playing with stamps to add a little interest to the piece.

Products Used:
Urban Lily Calendar Page
New York Uppercase Alphabet
Bird Chipboard Set
Bracket Chipboard Set
People Keychain Set
Black & White Sheer Tickets
Sheer Scallop Cards
Boy Rubons
Jonathan Alphabet Rubons
Clock Stamp Set

 
 
Have a great day!
Sandy

Treat Yourself to Some Coffee!

And to let the people around you know that you're on a 'coffee break', hang up this sign!

Anybody who knows me know that I love my dose of caffeine so I was ecstatic when Maya Road created the Coffee Cup Coaster album - perfect for my coffee-related projects! Here is one for you to make for yourself!

 

Supplies
Maya Road Scallop Ring Book
Maya Road Coffee Cup Coaster
Maya Road Scroll Chipboard
Maya Road Trinkets Textured Knit Blossoms
Maya Road Jonathan Chipboard Alphabet Set
Maya Road Jonathan Mini Alphabet Chipboard Set

Patterned paper
White pom-poms
Inks and white paint
Glitter
Clear dimensional lacquer

 

Instructions

Step 1: Ink Jonathan and Jonathan Mini chipboard alphabets, and a piece of trimmed Scroll Chipboard. Set aside to dry.

Step 2: When dry, generously cover the inked Jonathan Mini alphabets with clear dimensional lacquer. Set aside to dry.

Step 3: Apply a fair amount of liquid glue over inked Jonathan alphabets. Sprinkle glitter over glued alphabets, shake off excess glitter and leave aside to dry and set.

Step 4: Cover a page from the Coffee Cup Coaster book with patterned paper. Ink edges.

Step 5: Adhere white pompoms near 'rim' of coffee cup to create faux marshmallows. Adhere beads for faux chocolate sprinkles. :) Embellish coffee cup further with patterned paper cut-outs and Textured Knit Blossoms.

Step 6: Paint sides of one page from the Scallop Ring Book with white paint. Ink edges with your favorite ink color.

Step 7: Cut a piece of patterned paper to fit into centre of painted scallop page. Distress edges of paper. Adhere to scallop page.

Step 8: Assemble the different prepared elements as shown.

Step 9: Tie a ribbon through the pre-made holes at top of the scallop page.

Step 10: Hang the sign up as and when required. :)

I hope you'll have fun making this project, just remember to pour yourself a favorite beverage before you begin creating!

Toodles!
Lia

All Things Mini

Hi everyone, sarah here. Today I am playing with some of the super cute mini chipboards that came out at CHAW 09. I had a selection of photos of my nephew Reilly, but some of them were blurry. I decided that printed smaller they would not be so bad. I think mini albums are a great way to use those slightly blurry shots. These pictures were all taken by my brother Gavin. (thanks)

 

Play

1. Journal Scroll Coaster Album
2. Gears Mini Chipboard
3. Tree Mini Chipboard Set
4. Jonathan Mini Chipboard Set
5. Tags Keychain Set
6. Borders Chipboard Sheet
7. Brackets Chipboard Set
8. Noah Alphabet Rubons
9. Postage Stamps-Black Rubons
10. Microchips Brights-Scallop
11. Microchips Bright-Arrows
12. Patterned Papers (I used Cosmo Cricket)
13. Black Ink
14. DMC Thread
15. Waxy Thread
16. Distress Crackle Paint
17. Glossy Accent
18. Blue Ink

Use distress paint, paper and ink to various size and shape gears, allow to dry. Select the words you want to use and ink them black, once dry apply glossy accent.

Cover the title page with patterned paper.I then used the papers to create layers on my title page, then layered the gears on top. Outline the papers and gears with pen then apply a small amount of glossy accent over the pen lines. Once dry add the title.

 

For something different on the next page I cut my photo to the shape of the album then added a small piece of patterned paper to one corner then used waxy thread to stitch it together. See picture below

Once you have stitched the page adhere to the album, trim sand and use pen to outline the page. Then cover 2 hearts with paper and attach as well to the lower left corner.

On the next page I cover the page with paper and added 2 smaller layers of paper and a circle. I then added more mini gears to the page. I assembled the layers together first then stitched the layers together before attaching to the page.

I then added Reilly as the title.

The next page is simply a photo with brackets which I covered with paper and the word wet. This was inked and covered with glossy accent.

Next

   

the next page is covered with paper, a scrap piece punched with a scallop punch on the left side. I used a small piece of border chipboard sheet inked blue at the top of the scrap. I then covered 2 Tag Keychain tags with small photos and layered them onto the page.

The next page is simply adding a photo and using brackets painted with crackle paint.

 

Cover the next page with paper, use scraps to create layers. Paint mini trees and apply glossy accent. Cover trunks and bird with paper and trim. layer the trees onto the page and then attach the bird.

 

Next page is a photo and word. This is one of the badly blurry photos I was given but still used.

 

The next page has another blurry phoo which I made even smaller so it wasn't as noticeable. I used paper as the base then layered on some scraps, also used the scallop punch. I inked a microchip arrow black and applied glossy accent. I also covered a microchip scallop shape with paper and added a postage stamp rubon.

 

On the next page I cut paper to size, then cut a circle from the patterned paper and stitched it onto the page using backstitch and DMC thread. I then attached it to the page, added rubons and the mini letters.

And finally I saved my favourite picture till last, Reilly crawling up the slide with mud smeared around!! What a great adventure for a little boy!! Waving big hellos to you in Port Moresby Reilly. I simply added a picture. I also covered the back page with paper as well.

Hope you enjoyed this little project. A huge thanks To Caroline and Deb for creating these FANTASTIC new mini chipboards.

Sarah

Flowers!

Supplies:

Maya Road Chipboard Flowers
Maya Road Buttons
Maya Road Maya Mist
Maya Road Velvet Blossom
Maya Road Velvet Ribbon

Ranger Glossy Accents

Florist Wire
Florist Tape

Push Pin

Pliers

Instructions:

1.  Pre-poke your Maya Road Chipboard flowers and Velvet Blossoms, using your button as a guide.

2.  Spray the front and back of your Chipboard Flowers with Maya Mist.

3.  Apply a layer of Glossy Accents; making sure not to plug your pre-poked holes.  Set aside to dry.

 

4.  Fold your florist wire in half.  Insert your button and then your velvet blossom onto the wire.

5.  Once your Chipboard Flower is dry insert your button/blossom wire through your pre-poked holes on your chipboard.  Twist wire at the back.

6.  Wrap wire with florist tape.  Tie ribbon on your stem to represent the leaves!

 

Enjoy!
Love,