Maya Road Design Team

Summer Fun

Hi Roadies!  It's been a fun, HOT summer so far and the kids and I are definitely loving the long lazy days!  Here is a little canvas album I made of the kids enjoying their new "slip n slide" on a particularly hot day.

This cute 4" Canvas Binder comes with 3 chipboard pages and 3 canvas ones and is a great size to work with. I painted some large and small Alterable Buttons and then layered them onto mini chipboard sun shapes, from the How's the Weather CB Set.

I kept most of the canvas on the binder in it's natural state, just adding some acrylic paint to the spine, a little patterned paper, some stickers and (my favorite) Zipper Trim for added texture.

Back view of binder

The inside of the album was kept simple. I trimmed my 4"x6" photos to fill the pages and just  added a few mini chipboard shapes, buttons and rub-ons.

For the canvas pages, I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges.  Then used markers to color around the frayed edges. "Smile" (from the Say Cheese Stamp Set) was stamped directly onto  canvas, while the journaling was printed out onto a scrap piece of canvas first, then glued onto the page.

 
I used  some of the new Kraft Notes and Envelopes in the album too,  I added the larger square one as a page and the smaller one (seen in the last photo) was adhered to the canvas page.

On the last page, I've left a spot to jot down some of the kids favorite things done over the summer.

Maya Road Supplies:
4" Canvas Binder
Kraft Notes and Envelopes
Say Cheese Clear Stamp Set
Zipper Trim (black)
How's The Weather Mini Chipboard Set
Love Mini Chipboard Set
Alterable Buttons
Caroline Mini CB Alphabet
Bingo Numbers (black)
Tiny Banner CB Bits
Super Nova Chipboard Set
Summer Keychain (large sun)

Enjoy the rest of your summer, Roadies!

Jennifer

I Carry Your Heart with Me

I rarely ever make mini albums anymore. During 2009, I loved making mini albums and made so many of them that they filled up my shelves and I decided I could not do one more minibook because I had nowhere to put them. I think I was just tired of making them. 

That was until Caroline asked me if I would create with the new canvas album. She knew canvas is my weakness. I just absolutely adore playing with it. So I relented.

I decided wanted to make this album just for fun. Not to preserve a birthday or a trip, but just to get to play with paint and texture and art. So I chose one of my favorite poems and created this album:

 

I misted the cover of the canvas album and then misted two pages of the heart canvas album and stitched them to the canvas cover. A few alphas and my cover was done.

 I covered the inside of the album with some washi tape and then sprayed all the canvas pages and stitched around them. I then wrote a line of the poem on each mini kraft tag and attached one to each of my pages.

Here are all the other pages:

For the chipboard pages, I stitched on the paper first and then glued it to the chipboard.

I tried not to think about all the details so much. Just wrote my tags, put the twine and then had fun with the rest of the page. Just put down the little bits and pieces I loved.

And, of course, it's most important to give credit where credit is due and I wanted to make sure to honor the amazing poet.

And there you go, my first mini in a long, long time. I hope you enjoyed it.

Let It Snow

With the heat we have been having here in Texas, I have been counting down the days for winter. So what is the next best thing to do when you have winter on your mind... create a snowflake card. The snowflakes are from the new "Let It Snow" clear stamp set. I stamped them onto white card stock using a "1" Metallic Blue Ink Pad". This blue is the perfect shade for any winter project. 

I then accented the card using the new "Vintage Paper Posies". I am so in love with these. You can leave them white or change their color using any of the Maya Mists or Ink Pads. You can accent the stamen using "Iridescent Glitter" too if you want a little pop of sparkle. 

Hugs!

Lisa M. Pace

Creating various looks with Mists...

Sometimes (or well, ok - oftentimes) - it's simply just fun to create, to play - without having to think about a socalled real purpose. That's why I love the 4 by 4 inch canvas, which gives me just enough place to play with without making me feel like "hmm ok, what to add now?" at any stage.

Here I decided to have a go and utilize the Mixed Shapes Mini Chipboard Set, using the rounded tiles from this set and dress them up with patterned paper. I then decided to add one chipboard-shape per tile (and a wooden button - love these so had to add one!), and just arrange them to create a minicanvas which can easily be gifted to younger children as decoration for their rooms.

For some of the chipboards, like the bird and the cup - I gessoed them first before spraying Maya Mist upon them. While the bird was sprayed with Popsicle Blue Mist from afar just once, creating the splatches and splotches you can see on the bird, the cup was thoroughly sprayed with Granny Smith Apple Green Mist then immediately had the mist removed by tapping a sheet of tissue paper/soft cloth to yield that soft, washed look.

And as you can from the wooden button, I love to create this whitewashed, random look by applying very little and almost dried out gesso/paint with my fingers randomly on the button. I almost think I prefer the buttons like this, as pretty much all my past buttons have the same look!

As for a more intense, almost satinlike look, just spray away multiple times with the mist upon a raw piece of chipboard, like on this cat (Earl Grey Mist - lovely!) or the top left star or right bottom heart (Dragon Fruit Pink Mist). Notice the difference in intensity when sprayed on raw chipboard and on gessoed (cupcake, middle)? Yes, it's the same color used - just upon different surfaces :)

Supplylist:

Chipboard - Mixed Shapes Mini Chipboard Set (the tiles and asterisk), Supernova Chipboard (star), Green Thumb Mini Set (star, top left), Autumn Mini Chipboard Set (cat), Birds w/Cages (um, bird!)

Maya Mist - Granny Smith Apple Green, Earl Grey, Dragon Fruit Pink, Popsicle Blue

Other - Alterable Wood Button

 

Thanks so much for looking!

-Ania

Alterable Canvas Valise

Hello Everyone!  Have you been browsing through the awesome catalogue?  You can download it HERE.  One of my favorite releases is the Alterable Canvas Valise.  I love that you can make these valise your own with so many Maya Road products like mists, trims, trinkets, etc.  I made two very different valise to show the versatility of this great canvas piece. 

Maya Road Products

• Alterable Canvas Valise
• Popsicle Blue Mist
• Sunflower Mist
• Country Gingham Flower
• ruffled edge trim
• satin pleaded trim
• Vintage Lace Trim
• small organza rose ribbon
• Zipper Trim

I used a paint brush & the mists to create the polka dots on the top flap.  I then uglued  various trims in white, aqua, & yellow.  The back is also decorated with various matching trims.  With two pockets, this valise is the perfect solution to hold all my accessories.

• Sunflower, Green Apple, & Orange Sherbert Mists
• White Zipper Trim.

I used a paint brush & mists on the canvas in a varigated pattern.  I simply brushed the mists on with a flat paint brush, adding layers until i achived the right shade.  I used the white zipper trim as my little flower on the snap.  Little embrodiery stitches in the bottom right corner help complete this piece. 

Ronda

Soar Butterfly Banner

Hey everyone!!  It's Melissa here and I am very, VERY excited to be making my very first post here.  Someone pinch me, OY!!  Ok, I'm pinched enough, I have much to share so let's dive right in!

Hopefully you were able to catch the sneak peek posts over on the Maya Road Company Blog because it is chock-full of amazing NEW Maya Road goodies!  There are also some pretty amazing prizes still up for grabs just by simply leaving a comment!  So did you check them out??  Well now that the sneaks have been let out of the bag, I am thrilled to be able to share with you one of the projects I created. 

This "SOAR" butterfly banner was created using the new Soar Butterfly Album, being released at the upcoming Summer CHA this week!  I love this album, especially because of the die-cut back and front pages which I was able to use as a beginning and end embellishment to my banner.  Check it out...

To achieve the distressed painted look of my chipboard, I simply added random specks of Maya Resist directly to my chipboard and allowed that to dry.  It doesn't take long at all, so I then added a coat of some pink acrylic paint on top of that.  When that dried, you simply peel up the dried Maya Resist and then you easily achieve that aged and tattered look!  This technique has been mentioned before on this blog, and I love it so much, it was worth being mentioned again. :)  A quick coat of crystal laquer on top gave it that added shine and protection!

Here I used the new Metal Bottlecap Flower as a centerpiece.  I simply put a thin coat of white acrylic paint on it and then "aged" it with some distress ink.

For my letter "O," I backed it with one of the new Canvas Butterflies as to just continue on with my butterfly theme. ;)  I can't wait to see what you creative folks out there do with these new canvas ones...I saw quite the excitement over them!

And oh my....the new Tea Garden Organza Trim...need I say more??

See any more new goodies here?  How about the Vintage Lace Daisy atop one of the Vintage Wood Doilies?  Oh! Oh!  How could I forget a piece of the new Sky Blue Small Organza Rose Ribbon...one of my new faves for sure!

Finally, I used the new Velvet Resin Flower along with one of the Raspberry Beads as an accent on my final butterfly. 

Whew! That was a lot, wasn't it? :)  Now, I only pointed out some of the NEW items being released this week, but be sure and scroll down for a full list of the Maya Road items that I used here.  Hope you enjoyed the project and are loving all the fabulous sneaks! 

Until next time....

Melissa

Supplies:

Soar Butterfly Album

Butterfly Chipboard Set

Ruffle Edge Trim Golden

Crushed Velvet Cream

Ecru Crochet Trim

Small Organza Roses Ribbon White

Small Organza Roses Ribbon Sky Blue

Alterable Vintage Lace Blooms

Felt Pearl Blossoms Off White/Brown

Gingham Fabric Blossoms Green and Pink/Blue

Velvet Resin Flower

Raspberry Beads

Satin Posies Mauve and Bright Pink

Velvet Pleats Grey and Light Pink

Velvet Point Blossoms Cream and Pink

Vintage Lace Daisy

Tea Garden Organza Trim

Canvas Butterflies

Chicago Uppercase Alphabet

Metal Bottlecap Flower

Love Words Mini Chipboard Set

Crowns Mini Chipboard Set

Alterable Wood Buttons

Wood Mini Spools

Trinket Pins Leaf

Trinket Pins Vintage Pearl

Trinket Pins Hearts Cream and Red

Vintage Alterable Trinkets Large

Vintage Wood Doilie

Kraft Mini Ticket Strip

2012 Bottle Cap Calendar

Good Friday Roadies!  Are you getting excited seeing all the cool new stuff coming out this week for CHA?  I have a fun project featuring the new 2012 kraft calendars.  It's never too early right?

I used the 4inch bottle caps for this project.  I marked and punched holes in the bottle cap, then using ribbon I tired them together.  I matched each bottle cap to that month using bright paper and mini chipboard pieces to coordinate.  

Supplies Used:

Super Mega Bottle Caps

2012 kraft calendars

Chicago Chipboard Numbers 

Snowflake Chipboard Set (Jan & Dec)

Love words Mini Set (Feb)

Green Thumb (Mar & May)

Hows the Weather (April & Jun)

What's Cookin (Jul)

Birds with Cages (Aug)

Leaves Chipboard (Sep & Oct)

Mini Trees (Nov)

Mists:   Pomegranate Pink, Antique Silver, Lemon Metallic, Lime Metallic, Cream Metallic, Sunflower Yellow, Antique Patina, Antique Bronze Metallic, Salmon Metallic, Latte Metallic, Snow White, Black

Other Supplies:  Glossy Accents, Pattern Paper, Buttons, Twine & Ribbon.  U-Cut foam & Extreme Tac adhesives. 

 

 

 

 

Another Fun way to use Zipper Trim



 

If you look at the 5 x 5 Chipboard Binder with Tab pages album above you can see that I have gone all the way around the edges with Zipper Trim - Earth Brown and on the cover I have used it another way again. This time the Zipper Trim - Lilac Purple then added some twine and cotton trim.

 

AS you can see on the close up I also  used a Ledger Transparencies - white . And cut down one of the Heart Canvas Coaster Albums.

 

Sarah Moore

Spool Bracelet and a Puffy Heart Keychain

I'm always looking for little projects for my 12 year old daughter to do during the summer and I've come up with a couple that are simple and fun!

The first is a Maya Road Wood Mini Spool Bracelet!

Supplies:

Maya Road Wood Mini Spools

Beads

Elastic Cord

1.  Cut a piece of elastic cord to you required length...I made a fist and measured the elastic around the largest section.

  

2.  Thread on the Mini Spools and beads.  When completed tie several knots.

 

 

The next is an Puffy Embroidered Key Chain using a Maya Road Canvas Heart.

Supplies:

Maya Road Heart Canvas Coaster Album

Maya Road Trinket Beads - Birds of a Feather

Pencil

Embroidery Thread and Needle

Stuffing

Small Safety Pins

Ball Chain

1.  Remove the stitching from around the canvas heart.

 

2.  Using a pencil draw out a design on the heart.

 

3.  Using a back stitch embroider your design.  Attached a few Maya Road Trinket Bird Beads with tiny safety pins.

 

4.  Begin to straight stitch around your heart and stop when you have a couple of inches left.  Fill with stuffing and stitch up the remainder of canvas heart.

 

5.  Add a ball chain and your keys!

 

Happy Summer!

Andrea

Inky Layered Stamped Tags with Maya Mist

I love to create inky, layered stamped tags...I often use them instead of cards (I just write on the back), or I put them on scrapbook pages or on art journal pages. Here's how to make a fun & quick inky tags with Maya Mist.

What you need:

• 3 manila tags
• Maya Mist. I used Lemon Metallic and my new favorite Fig Metallic
• Black ink pad, I prefer Ranger Archival in Jet Black.
• Your favorite Maya Road stamp set. I used the Portrait Stamp Sheet.
• Rubber brayer
• Sewing machine & sheet of old dictionary paper
• Your favorite stencils

First I sprayed a couple of squirts of the Lemon and Fig Maya Mist right onto my Ranger craft mat. I took my rubber brayer and ran it through the ink on the mat, then rolled it over the manila tags. The result is spontaneous and interesting! I didn't cover the whole tag with ink, just part of it. I like to leave white space.

Next I used the same colors (Lemon and Fig) and added some stenciling with to the tags. I used the same colors because I wanted a tone-on-tone look that would add visual interest but still be in the background.

I love to sew on tags, so I tore up a page from an old dictionary and stitched the pieces on with my sewing machine. I also inked the edges of the tags with black ink.

Next I added some stamping! The black ink pops against the colorful background.

Try your hand at some inky tags...it's lots of fun!

Dina