Maya Road Design Team

Maya Road and Bella Boulevard Blog Swap Day 2!

Hi Roadies!

We're on our second day of sharing projects the Maya Road DTs have created featuring Maya Road and Bella Boulevard! Welcome and thank you for joining us! Remember that to celebrate the collaboration with Bella Boulevard this week, we have chances for you to win a Maya Road prize package. We will tell you more at the end of this post!

Today we are sharing these amazing layouts by DTs Dina Wakley and Ronda Palazzari!

 

Dina Wakley

Maya Road Products: Mini Tag Canvas Pieces, Calendar Sheer, Black Sheer Lowercase Alphabet, Atlanta White, Maya Mist (Lemon Metallic, Fig Magenta). Bella Boulevard Products: [Sophisticates] Apricot Sprinkles Paper. [Family Dynamix] Roots Paper.

 

Ronda Palazzari

Maya Road Products: Maya Mist (Blue Agave), Butterfly Mini Chipboards, Love Notes Chipboard, Mini Canvas Tag, Gingham Point Blossoms (Green), Kraft Window Envelopes. Bella Boulevard Products: [Hello Beautiful] Just Because Paper. [Family Dynamix] Tight-Knit, The Littlest Things, Roots Papers. [Sophisticates] Quattrofina Salt Water & Pacific Papers.  

 

We hope you've enjoyed today's creative sharing! Read on below for your chance to win a pack of Maya Road goodies! Take note of how you can win a prize package from Bella Boulevard too!

1. Leave us a comment here on this post.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on  your Wall.
3. Become a Bella Boulevard friend on Facebook and tell them Maya Road sent ya!
4. Hop on to the Bella Boulevard Blog to check out more inspirational projects - they're giving away a prize package too!

 

We will be back Friday for the finale of our collaborative week with Bella Boulevard! See you then!

Maya Road and Bella Boulevard Blog Swap Day 1!

Hi Roadies!

Today we're excited to annouce our week of collaborative projects featuring Maya Road and Bella Boulevard! We loved pairing Maya Road with gorgeous goodies from Bella Boulevard  - the Maya Road Design Team were excited for this feature Blog Swap week. We hope you'll join in the fun along with us! 

To celebrate the collaboration this week, we have chances for you to win a Maya Road prize package. We will tell you more at the end of this post!

So today, we're starting off the showcase with these adorable projects created by DTs Jennifer Beason and Caroline Lau!

 

Jennifer Beason

 
Maya Road Products: 4x8 Binder Album with Kraft Envelopes, Apple Coaster Album, Kraft Library Cards w/ Envelopes, Ledger Stamp Sheet, Wood Bingo Numbers, Wood Bingo Mofits, Trinket Pins - Stars (White and Yellow), Noah Mini Alphabet Acrylic Set, Ledger Transparencies, Alterable Wood Buttons, Philadephia Chipboard Numbers, Jonathan Mini Chipboard Numbers, SuperNova Chipboard Set, Kraft Envelopes (Decorative). Bella Boulevard Products: [Family Dynamix] Alpha + Bits Stickers, Just Write Stickers, The Littlest Things Paper, Quadrants Papers. [Hello Beautiful] Borders N Blocks, Skys The Limit, Just Because..., Blue Without You, Cute Cuts Papers. [Sunny Happy Skies] Alpha + Bits Stickers, Magic In The Sky Paper.

 

Caroline Lau

Maya Road Products: ATC Shadow Box, Orange Organza Trim, Wooden Bingo Motifs, Home Tweet Home Album, Zipper Trim, Paper Posies, Kraft Jotters, Butterfly Set, Kraft Envelopes Square. Bella Boulevard Products: [Family Dynamix] The Littlest Things, Tight Knit Papers. [Sprinkles and Lace] Apricot, Chlorine, Banana Papers.  .  

 

We hope you've enjoyed today's creative sharing! Read on below for your chance to win a pack of Maya Road goodies! Take note of how you can win a prize package from Bella Boulevard too!

1. Leave us a comment here on this post.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on  your Wall. 
3. Hop on to the Bella Boulevard Blog to check out more inspirational projects - they're giving away a prize package too!

 

We will be back Wednesday for more Maya Road + Bella Boulevard creative fun! See you then!

Quick and Easy Album!

Hi Roadies!  I'm busy getting all my projects done for the upcoming CHA. I'm working with tons of amazing new goodies, that I know you are going to love! Of course, I can't share any of them today, so Instead I have a quick and simple album to share.

The grid on the front and the square on the back of the album were both lightly drawn in pencil first and then stitched using a sewing machine.  Then loads of chipboard pieces from the Mixed Shapes Chipboard Set and the Mixed Scalloped Chipboard Set were used to embellish the front, back and side of the album.

 

As you can see the album was left natural throughout with all the color coming from the photos, embellies and stitching.

All my journing is tucked away in this little canvas pocket (the album comes with 2 of them).

Inside the album the photos are the main focus, I  just added a few descriptive words thoughout, small amounts of patterned paper and stitching on the edge of each page.



Maya Road Supplies:

Square Canvas Binder Album

William Mini Chipboard Alphabet

Mixed Shapes Chipboard Set

Mixed Scalloped Chipboard Set

Alterable Canvas  Flowers

Satin Pleat Ribbon

Heart Trinket Pins

Love Mini Chipboard Set

Jonathan Alphabet Chipboard Set

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

Mini Scallop Card

• Mini Scallop Chipboard Set
• Antique Gem Trinket Pins
• Cream Medallion Flower

I love being inspired by so many different things in this wonderful world. I love the trend in home decor right now is to group multiple frames together on a wall.  When i saw these mini scallop Chipboard set, this card came to mind mimicing that same trend.  I must also confess that i love the grey, yellow, & blue color combination.   I started by painting the mini scallops with white paint.  Next i glued scraps of patterned paper to the backside of each frame and adhered them to the charcoal cardstock.  I left an opening for the  flower & trinket pins.  My sentiment is on the inside of the card, letting the outside be the show stopper. 

These scallop pieces are great accents to add into any project, cards, layouts, art journal pages, alter items, etc.  Thanks for stopping by!

Ronda

All the details to make this Shadow Box

Caroline showed you all this project I was teaching here in Australia so I thought it would be great to share all the instructions for you.

Products Used

1. Maya Road - Chipboard - Boxes - Trinket Shadow Box - 1
2.  Maya Road Tags Mini Chipboard Set - 2 each
3. Maya Road Trees Mini Chipboard Set - 1 each
4. Maya Road - Butterflies Mini Chipboard Set - 1 each
5. Maya Road - Chipboard - Mini Sets – Crowns - 1 each
6. Maya Road - Chipboard - Mini Sets - Antique keys - 1 each
7. Maya Road - Wood - Mini Spools  - 1 each
8. Maya Road - Trinket Pins - Crystals - 3 each
9. Maya Road Crochet Trim - Ecru - - ½ yard each
10. Maya Road - Cherry Red Glitter
11. Maya Road - Licorice Black Glitter
12. Maya Road - Maya Mist Licorice Metallic Mist
13. Papers are Graphic 45
14. punch is Martha Stewart
15. EK Success Scallop punch
16. small amount of felt
17. Tim Holtz Rosette Die
18. qty small buttons
19. qty of bling
20. Crackle Accent

The first step is to take out and unwarp and remove al the squares of chipboard. Once done take the shadow box and spray with Maya Mists, ensure you do the insides of the shadow box. You don’t need to do the back. Set aside and allow to dry.

 

 

Now to complete the inserts.

Insert 1

1. To complete the first insert cover the base with black graphic 45 paper.
2. Spray your key with mist and apply crackle accent
3. Then take the 2 tags and cover with cream cardstock
4. Apply a ½ in piece of black cardstock to the base of each tag, see picture
5. Trim and sand edges, add some cream rim to the join of the cardstock
6. Add tags to the centre of the insert
7. Add the key
8. Finish by adding diamantes and the 3 punched butterflies

Insert 2

1. Take the crown and cover with glossy accent and then apply red glitter (set aside to dry)
2. cover the 2^nd insert with the red stripe paper
3. Use the EK Success punch to punch out a cream  flourish and attach to the cream cardstock
4. Punch out a red and cream cardstock and attach
5. Finish by using the circle scallop to punch the cream and red clock paper.
6. Once dry apply the crown and diamantes

Insert 3

1. Cover the base of the insert with the green floral paper
2. Apply glossy accent to the die cut butterfly and apply the black glitter
3. Cover the lower ½ inch with cream cardstock and then cover the join with the cream trim
4. Tie a small piece of cream tulle around the insert and knot on the right side
5. Cover the whole butterfly with cream cardstock
6. Stamp small tag with xoxox stamp and use the safety pin to attach
7. Once dry apply the 2 butterflies together and mount with mounting foam
8. Stamp the love word on the cream cardstock then insert

 

Insert 4

1. Cover insert with the red and cream paper
2. Use the tree branch and spray with the black mist and apply the crackle accent
3. Use some red cardstock and the Tim Holtz rosette die and cut the die with the bigshot
4. Join the ends together then attach to the insert
5. Cover the tree with the green paper
6. Add the tree and the branch and then add diamantes

Insert 5

Add a photo of choice

 

Insert 6

1. Cover with the black diamond pattern paper
2. Use some red cardstock and the Tim Holtz rosette die
3. Use some black cardstock and the Tim Holtz rosette die and cut the die with the bigshot
4. Adhere the ends once folded and then attach to insert
5. Use felt to make mini banners and attach
6. Use the black twine to the top
7. Punch 3 butterflies and add to the rosette and edge of shadow box

 

Insert 7

1. Cover the insert with the cherry paper and then add cream flourish shape
2. Add small photo
3. Use some of the small pieces of felt to wrap around in a circle to create a small flower
4. Add the die cut leaves as well
5. Finish with several diamantes

Insert 8

1. Cover the insert with the green patterned paper
2. Cut a piece of cream cardstock 2 in high x 1 ¼ inch wide
3. Now use the scallop sentiment punch to cut 9 4cm strips of cream cardstock.
4. Use these to build layers on the cream strip of cardstock (staggering the scallops)
5. Once completely covered trim edges and round corners with corner edger
6. Put some double sided tape on the cotton  reel and wrap with  black thread
7. Use pliers to trim the pins and add to cotton reel.
8. Attach scallop piece to page then using strong adhesive to attach the reel to the  cream strip
9. Trim down the quote and attach sideways.

Insert 9

1. Add a photo of choice and add some diamantes

 

 

 

To create the mini roof trace the template from chipboard and cover with cream cardstock and add 2 buttons.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for l.ookming everyone

Sarah Moore

Tutorial Tuesday - Fun With Zipper Trim!

Roadies, we are starting a new feature where we feature YOU our customers a couple of Tuesdays a month with a tutorial! Today we have one from Sonia O'Doneghue showing you how to create some fabulous zipper trim flowers with some chipboard, Maya Road Zipper Trim, a hot glue gun and some elbow grease.  

When we first saw this ruffly zipper trim flower from Sonia, we knew it would be perfect for Tutorial Tuesday.

Here is what you will need: 

1. Maya Road Foundations Chipboard (round ~1.5" piece)

2. Two and a half feet of zipper trim  - black (a tip from Sonia, if it isn't all one continuous piece you can use various different pieces or try different colors for a different effect)

3. Hot glue gun and glue

And check out the step by step instructions here:

Step 1. Gather your supplies.

Step 2. Start the rose by gluing the zipper straight across the edge of the chipboard.  

Step 3. Apply a dot of hot glue (see indicator) and pinch the zipper back.  This will cause the zipper to curve.  Do not be afraid to be aggressive with your zipper (in fact, you have to be sometimes)

Step 4. Continue to do this in sections until you have gone all the way around the outer edge of the chipboard.  With this piece of 1.5” chipboard,you can wrap it around about 5x in 5 sections.

Step 5. Now it’s time to start working your way inward.  Again, don’t fear the zipper – you will have to be a bit aggressive.  Also, be a bit more liberal with the glue as you move inward because your space is getting tighter and you want your flower to hold.  Once I get to row two, apply the hot glue directly to the chipboard.  

Step 6. Since you are working with excess hot glue and you need to move quickly, use a pencil or a stick or some other tool that you can apply pressure with.  This will push the glue into the fibers of the zipper and hold it in place.

Step 7. Continue to work your way to the center as seen in the photo.

Step 8. Once you get to the very end, trim the excess zipper if still very long.  Make sure you leave enough zipper to finish the flower  Apply hot glue to the center of the flower and then tuck the end of exposed zipper as seen here to the center of your flower.

Step 9. Apply to craft project and admire!

Join us again soon for Tutorial Tuesday and if you have a tutorial yourself, submit it to us!

Art Journaling with Maya Road

For the last few months, I've been keeping an art journal that  I write into throughout the week. I create my background page in the beginning of the week and then add stamping, journaling, bits and pieces all week long. The two-page spread is complete at the end of each week. (You can find all my pages here.)

Here's the one I made last week before I put anything on it:

It uses all Maya Road products. The first thing I did was to lay down my butterflies:

Then I sprayed the page with Mulberry Red Mist and a little Butternut Squash Orange mist. Since my book has watercolor paper, I used a baby wipe to spread the mist all around so it looks like paint and not mist.  Then I added white paint to the edges so it gave definition and made the page a little less dark.

Then I used my butterflies to trace around ledger paper and cut three of them out and adhered to my page. I wrote "free to be me" across all three butterflies.

I then added three different trims to each edge: Satin Pleat Edging in Brown, Small Daisy Vintage Lace and Organza Roses in Pink.

On Day one, I just stamped the date and then added a few more stamps and a little watercolor. Here's how it looked after day one:

 The stamps I used are: Measure Twice, Just My Type, and Blue Ribbon Sentiments.

For the next two days, I just did more of the same. I added a small photo of my kids' hugging their dad that I took on Tuesday.  A few more stamps, some watercolors and the left page is finished.

The next day I wanted to use the typewriter but what I didn't realize was that the white paint I have on the bottom has something on it which makes the ink resist a bit so the image didn't come out the way I liked, so I cut out some hearts 

from music paper, colored them with watercolors and covered up the part I didn't like. Here's the end of Thursday:

For the next three days, I did more of the same (but avoided stamping on the bottom.) I added one more photo of my younger son watching the older one as he watercolors. Here's what the page looked like at the end of the week.

 

And here's the full spread:

Pretty simple but a nice way to have a quick look at my week and use some of my favorite Maya Road products. During weeks when I went out more, I've adhered movie stubs, shopping receipts, etc to these pages, too. It's a perfect way to combine a little art, some journaling, and some memory keeping into your day. Most of the time, that day's entry only took me 15 minutes but the end result is always wonderful and deeply satisfying.

Thank you for letting me share and I hope you give it a try, too!

Maya Road Design Team Feature Week Finale!

Hi everyone!

Thank you so much for joining us this week while we share with you the creative works from the Maya Road Design Team showcasing their favorite Maya Road products! Today is the final day of our Feature week  and we're excited to close the week with the inspiring works of DTs Caroline and Ronda.

Remember today is the final chance to put your name in to win a Maya Road prize package so check out the ways you can at the end of this post!

Let's get today's creative sharing started! 

 

Caroline Lau 

Maya Road Products: Alterable Wood Button.

Caroline's favorite Maya Road product is the Alterable Wood Button. Here she shares why! Caroline says: "I love the wooden buttons because they are so versatile. You can leave the raw, paint them, mist them. And besides paper crafting they are perfect even on clothing! I used some to repurpose a tank top that my little girl had dirtied and it was the perfect touch." 

 

Ronda Palazzari

 
Maya Road Products: Maya Mists (Blue Hydrangea, Sunflower, Dark Cornflower, Avocado, Charcoal, Plum Metallic), Wellies Boots Chipboard, Small Organza Rose Ribbon White.

Ronda's favorite Maya Road products are the Maya Mists! Ronda says: "I love so many Maya Road products but if you asked me to choose just one, it’s the mists.  So many colors, so many possibilities.  For this canvas, I used gesso and mists to create the background.  The mists on the gesso create such a beautiful, rich color.  The Wellies boots are my favorite new chipboard.  So so cute.  I painted them with gesso & mists as well.  I spritz the white organza trim with some dk cornflower mist to match the heels of the boots. " 

 

So we hope you've enjoyed this week and especially today's creations from your Maya Road Design Team! Read on for your chance to win a prize package consisting of 5 Maya Mists from the latest Early Summer Release.

1. Leave us a comment here on this post - let us know YOUR favorite Maya Road product.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on  your Wall.

 

We will be back next week to announce our lucky winner! Have a creative week!

 

Maya Road Design Team Feature Day 2!

Hi everyone!

We are back to share with you more creative works from the Maya Road Design Team using their favorite Maya Road products! Today we showcase the works of our hot-from-the-oven newest Designers - Angella, Anne Jo and Melissa! We announced them into the Team today here and we are excited to have them. After looking at their work below, you will love them as much as we do!

To celebrate this week's Design Team & Favorite Products Feature, we will be giving away a Maya Road prize package consisting of one (or five) of our favorite Maya Road products - we know it must be one of yours too! Check out the details at the end of this post.

Let's get today's creative sharing started! 

 

Angella Peardon

 
 
Maya Road Products: Scroll frame Artistic Chipboard Book, Sew Cute Mini Chipboard, Jonathon Mini Alphabet Chipboard, Butterflies Mini Chipboard, Medallion Blossom.

Angella's favorite Maya Road product are our Chipboards. Angella says: "Love the Scroll Frame and sew cute mini chipboard as it fits so well into my style of creating, that shabby vintage feel,  and the maya mist is quick and easy with all over coverage." She gives a tip to layer your altered chipboard with pattern papers to give dimension for that WOW factor, as well as to give interest to your project.

 

Anne Jo Lexander

  
Maya Road Products: Heart Chipboard Coaster Book, Birds of a Feather Chipboard, Trinket Pins (Vintage Black Pearl, Leaf), Trinket Beads (Hearts, Butterflies), Felt Beaded Blossoms (Light Pink and Dark Pink), Velvet Pleats Blossoms.

Anne Jo's favorite Maya Road products are also Maya Road Chipboards! She says: "It's hard for me to pick any favorites, so I'd have to say "chipboards" in general. Love how you can dress the MR chipboards to suit your needs with any kind of material - paint, mist, glitter, patterned paper, rubons....this birds of a feather chipboard-set is one of my good old favorites...especially perfect for dressing up cards methinks!"

 

Melissa Sauls

 
 
Maya Road Products: Mini Chipboard Cameos Set, Kraft Scroll Frame Journaling Tags, Trinket Beads – Hanging Chandelier, Tiny Banner Singleton Stamp, Ecru Crochet Trim.  

Melissa's favorite Maya Road products are the Cameos Chipboard Set (there's that Chipboard again!). She says: "Cameos are all the rage right now and I just love the different ways you can dress up and pair up all the of the cameos with their different accessories!  The possibilities are just endless on how they can be altered…colored, misted, glittered, covered in pretty paper, aged, cracked glass, and even made into a pretty jewelry piece!"

 

We hope you've enjoyed today's creative sharing from our new Maya Road DTs! Read on for your chance to win a prize package consisting of 5 Maya Mists from the latest Early Summer Release - yes you read right!

1. Leave us a comment here on this post - let us know YOUR favorite Maya Road product.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on  your Wall.

 

We will be back Friday for the final Maya Road Design Team Feature! See you then!

 

Maya Road Design Team Feature Day 1

Hi everyone!

Today we begin a week of creative sharing featuring projects showcasing the Maya Road Design Team's favorite Maya Road products! The Design Team had a hard time narrowing their favorite Maya Road product, as we're sure you would too! We know you will be blown over by the creativity of your favorite DTs this week.

To make this week even sweeter, there is a Maya Road prize package consisting of one (or five) of our favorite Maya Road products - we know it must be one of yours too! We will tell you more at the end of this post.

Let's get the fun going with creative works from DTs Andrea, Jen and Lia today!

 

Andrea Wiebe

Maya Road Products: Frayed Edge Canvas Triangle Banner Album, Caroline Mini Alphabet Chipboard Set, Wood Mini Spools, Tiny Banner Singleton Stamp, Cloud White Zipper Trim, Trinket Pins - Flowers - Green, Pink, and Antique Gem, Trinkets Buttons, Green Resin Blossoms, Wood Bingo Calendar Numbers, Velvet Pleat Blossoms, Gingham Fabric Blossoms, Kraft Shipping Tags, Pink Satin Pleat Ribbon, Trinket Beads, How's The Weather Mini Chipboard Set, Mega Bottle Cap, Maya Mists (Cherry, Lemon, Avocado, Hyndrangea, Seafoam, and Grape), Vintage Alterable Trinkets.

Andrea's favorite Maya Road product are our quality Canvases. She loves adding a layer of Maya Mist to her canvas projects and her tip is to mist a day before to ensure that your canvas projects are completely dry before you start creating. Andrea says: "I adore Maya Road Canvas!  When you start with a fabric canvas background your creativity is unleashed!  By adding an endless amount of different mediums (paper, embroidery floss, wood, resin, buttons) to your canvas you can create a very unique piece.  I love to work with each section of the banner separately...as its own work of art;  this helps the project take on "a life of its own."

 

Jen Chesnick

Maya Road Products: Butterfly Chipboard Set, Yellow Satin Pleat Ribbon, Iridescent Glitter, Heart Trinket Pins.

Jen's favorite Maya Road products are the Satin Pleat Ribbons and Butterfly Chipboard Set from our Early Summer Release.  She says: "The pleat trims are so pretty and can be used so many different ways.  My favorite way lately is to make my own ruffle flowers.  They add such a sweet touch to any project.  The chipboard butterflies are so so so very adorable aren't they? They are large and can be layered with the cut out pieces to create such a unique look."

 

Lia Abdullah

Maya Road Products: Pennant Chipboard Album, Die Cut Kraft Doilie, Trinket Pins (Vintage Pearl, Antique Gem, Crystal Star), Glitter (Sea Green, Licorice Black, Cherry Red), Antique Button Jewels, Small Vintage Alterable Trinkets, Gingham Fabric Blossoms.  

Lia's favorite Maya Road products are the Glitters and Trinkets. She says: "Maya Road glitters give the most gorgeous shine and I love using them on Maya Road chipboards! Your project looks instantly elegant and eye-catching with little fuss. Remember to give your chipboards a layer of Maya Mist in a coordinating color so that no grey background can be seen after the glitter sets. Push Maya Road Trinket Pins through your favorite Maya Road blossom or a bow, along with a Trinket Button Jewel and Crystal Trinkets and you've got yourself a customised embellishment cluster."

 

We hope you've enjoyed today's creative sharing from our Maya Road DTs! Read on for your chance to win a prize package consisting of 5 Maya Mists from the latest Early Summer Release - yes you read right!

1. Leave us a comment here on this post - let us know YOUR favorite Maya Road product.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on  your Wall.

 

We will be back Wednesday for more creative fun from three more Maya Road DTs! See you then!