Maya Road Design Team

The Wallet

Hi everyone!

While I love creating layouts, I am quite reluctant to alter anything. So when Caroline set me this wallet, I wasn't sure I was up to the challenge.

I cringed for a few weeks. I avoided it for another few. And then finally just gave in.  

I sprayed the whole thing using  Butternut Squash Orange Mist, added some yellow trim below the flap and some Ruffle Blossoms and my front was done.

On the back, I used a canvas heart, some white trim, yellow satin trim, leaves, and a blossom.  I also outlined the bottom edge with brown velvet trim.

Here it is open.

And one more look.

I will admit that I think it turned out ok. However, I think I will still stick to making layouts! :)

Thank you for letting me share!

It's a "Pear" of an album...

Hi, Dina here...sharing a fun little album I made. The Pear Chipboard Coaster is so adorable...how you can you not fall in love with it? I painted the pages with acrylic paint, and then used the "Just Be" stamp set to make the album a positive message for my 3 boys.

Products used:

• Pear Chipboard Coaster Album
• Just Be Stamp Set
• Iridescent Glitter
• Kraft Journaling Tags

Things that go bump in the night!

Hello Roadies!

I don't know about you, but next week has one of my most FAVORITE holidays of the year!  In exactly 6 days from now, I will be shoveling candy into my mouth like there's no tomorrow.  Oh who am I kidding?  I pretty much started doing that the second they put the Halloween candy on the shelves! 

Anyway!  When I saw that Maya Road had come out with the most adorable set of fall-inspired chipboard, I couldn't wait to play.   Be sure to check out the Autumn Mini Chipboard set and you will see exactly what I mean!  Plenty of cute chipboard images to use...I need to get crackin' on the pumpkins!

So I made a spooooky Halloween card to celebrate, and I'll actually be giving this away as a birthday card.  Goodness!  Wouldn't you love to have your birthday near Halloween?  More candy please!

Do you use chipboard on your cards much?  I really love adding all that extra dimension...and don't be afraid to layer chipboard on chipboard, like I did here!  Here I used the cat from the Autumn Mini Chipboard over the window frame from the Windows Chipboard set.... all on top of the perfect accent piece, a Kraft Journaling Tag!  I also pulled out one of the new colors of Zipper Trim in Pumpkin Orange....perfect for my card and the fall season!  And you would think with all of these dimensions and layers, this would require a special envelope to mail, but it doesn't!  It's still a very thin card and can be mailed by regular post.  So don't forget to give your cards some Maya Road treatment!

Thanks for vising!

Melissa Sauls

Two for Thursday

I love using Maya Road to accent my layouts.  I can always find the perfect embellishment to go with my designs.  Kraft goes with everything and i admit i am addicted to the mini kraft jotter tags.  To balance this layout i used the buttons & kraft pieces to create a visual triangle.  My subtle Sunflower Mists (diluted) brings all the yellow pieces together.

Maya Road Product

• Mini Kraft Jotter Tags
• Mini Kraft Tickets
• Gingham Point Blossom
• Sunflower Mist

On this layout i used some smaller bits & pieces from Maya Road.  I love the resin blossoms & how they come in two different sizes.  The itty bitty brown resin flowers were perfect for this page.  The small daisy vintage trim is a great way to customize my banner.  I also added some Mini Scallop Chipboard set to my banner to give it some dimension.  It's amazing how those small pieces can add such a big impact to the page.

Maya Road

• Small Daisy Vintage Trim
• Mini Scallop Chipboard Set
• Resin Flowers, Brown
• Vintage Round Pearl Pins

Ronda

Tick Tack Toe

Angella here bringing you my latest project. Just for abit of fun I created this little game using a square  piece of timber, dowling and a drill, and with a little bit of imagination you have yourself a fun little game to take anywhere.

I cut my timber 6 inch by 6 inch, then I divided the block up into squares to get my centres for the holes to be drilled. then the fun part starts with decorating

Maya Road supplies used

Laundry day Mini chipboard set

William mini Chipboard Alphabet

 Button Mini Chipboard

Crown Mini chipboard set

 Trinkets Ribbon night

Satin Pleat ribbon

Wood Bingo Calender numbers

Alterable wood buttons

Wood mini spools 

 Felt pearl blossoms

 Maya mists

I hope I have inspired you

have a great day Angella xoxo

 

 

Maya Road Guest Designer - Sharon Ong

Hi Roadies!

Today we are excited to share the creative genius of our Maya Road Guest Designer, Sharon Ong! Sharon created this totally cute 'shadowbox' magnet out of a Maya Road packaging that caught our eye - talk about creative! We are sure that if you love your Maya Road, you'd have lots of Maya Road packaging lying around, and Sharon shares steps and tips on creating this gorgeous piece of art. We bet you'll be reaching out for the nearest Maya Road packaging after reading this post!

Sharon says:  I usually save the transparent portion of the Maya Road packaging to use as a paint palette.  But as part of a challenge blog project, we had to recycle packaging from scrapbooking products. I thought the Maya Road packaging would make a great mini shadowbox fridge magnet! 

 

Step 1.  CUT!
-  plastic packaging for the 'window'
-  corner of another plastic packaging for the roof
-  a piece of cardboard box for the base (I used cardboard box 'cos its lighter)
-  pieces of cardboard box for the frame

 




Step 2. DECORATE!
- put nice lumpy stuff for inside the shadowbox
- Decorate the 'window' with rub ons
- Remember to decorate the roof too

Step 3. SEAL IT UP!
- seal up your shadowbox and attach the roof all with strong liquid glue
- Use either cloth tape or washi tape or masking tape to seal up the sides

Step 4. DECORATE SOME MORE!
- Decorate the outside of the shadowbox with anything else you like. I added a misted Maya Road chipboard sentiment, Maya Road trinket pins and flowers. Even a Maya Road spool as a roof! 

Step 5. ADD A MAGNET ON THE BACK OF YOUR SHADOWBOX!
- You are done and ready to create more!

 

Now wasn't that amazing, Roadies? Thank you so much Sharon for sharing your creativity with us, we love your project! Stay tuned for more guest designer posts coming your way, we are always on the lookout to feature creative Maya Road talent! Have a creative week!

Ho Ho Ho!

Hi Roadies! I have a little confession to make.  This banner actually started out as Santa Clause, hense the title. But midway through, the project took on a "life of it's own" and ended up as this snowman.  So I ended up changing the last "Ho" to Snow!!! :)

The banner itself is pretty straight forward. But there are just a few things I'd like to mention about the construction.

• To hang the banner I used some Zipper Trim that was looped and then sewn between two  Mitten Coasters.  The mittens were then glued behind the first and last chipboard pages of the banner.
• To keep the head of the snowman from flopping over  when hung, attach some  wire or string to the back to give it some extra support.

• After covering a Snowflake Coaster  page with patterned paper, adhere half of a felt pom pom to the center. Cover six Mini Spools with patterned paper and use Vintage Pearl Trinket Pins to hold them in place in the felt ball. (A little glue was also applied to each pin and spool before inserting into the felt).
• To add some dimension to the coaster, cut six triangles, fold them in half and adhered them inbetween the spools on the coaster.

Here are a few close ups before I go.

Have a great week, Roadies!

Jennifer

Maya Road Supplies:
Mixed Half Circle CB Banner Album
Let It Snow - Stamp Set
Vintage Snowflakes
Alterable Buttons
Bingo Numbers (brown)
Winter Roses (Aquamarine)
Vintage Round Pearl Pins
Leaf Trinket Pins
Zipper Trim (Ruby Red and Lilac Pink)
Mini Scallop Set
Mini Spools
Christmas Shapes Keychain (gingerbread man)
Christmas Tree Coaster (nose)
Snowflake Coaster
Mitten Coaster
Iridescent Glitter
Vintage Pearl Pins
New York Uppercase CB Alphabet
Page from Half Circle Binder (for snowman's head)

Family Album

Maya Road Supplies:

Jeans Pocket Canvas Binder Album

Jonathan Mini Alphabet Chipboard

Flowers

Maya Mist in Antique Patina

Ruffle Crochet Trim

Zipper Trim - Ruby Red

To make my family album I first removed the pocket from a Maya Road Jeans Pocket Canvas Binder.  I then sprayed the pocket with Antique Patina and allowed to dry.  Next I handstiched some pattern paper and Ruffle Crochet Trim to the front of the Canvas Cover.  For the zipper trim on the pocket I hand stiched each layer, folding the the zipper trim over as I stiched.  To complete the album I attached the pocket, flowers, and chipboard letters.

Have a great day,

Andrea

This I promise you..

You know when you go on a holiday or something like that, and have grand plans that "this time I'll actually create a minialbum about the whole trip"? Then all the stuff you have gathered during the travel just sits in its binder, gathering dust (I may or may not have three or more travels/holidays I haven't done anything about yet..cough)? How do you make sure you actually will create and finish a travel journal?

Well, other than bringing a prepared one with you while you travel, it'll be to create the cover in advance and show it on this blog as a promise to all the readers so you just have to finish it when you get home...no?

At least that's my hope...*grin*

I took a 5 ring tab book and used the cover for this one. I think I'll use the tabs when I get back home to finish the mini, we'll see..

I then grabbed my molding paste and a number of chipboards I had lying around, including the arrows, a heart from the Love Mini Chipboard Set and a basic shape from the Road Rage Signs. Lathering the molding paste on, I adhered the chipboard upon the paste. When dry, I applied white gesso over twice.

I then grabbed a wiping cloth and the Popsicle Blue Maya Mist, sprayed some mist on the cloth then wiped it roughly over the dried coversurface.

It yields a light, pretty lovely and uneven color (love how this method really brings out the dimension in the cover - both from the chipboards and from the molding paste).

I also sprayed the mist directly on the New York Lowercase alphabets - look at the difference in color! On the raw chipboard the mist is intense and pretty dark blue with a hint of dark teal..or is this color called peacock mayhaps? Nevertheless, I love the difference in intensity & effect depending on method/surface... I outlined the letters with liquid pearl and filled it with glossy accents when done.

I've already prepared some pages - I'm thinking it'll contain both memorabilas, photos, pieces of maps and brochures and stuff, as well as my notes in advance (shown above is the printed out metro map plus notes about the places we must visit: which trains to take, what station to get off at and the opening hours etc)..with the cover finished even before we've left, I totally have an incentive to actually create and finish a whole travelling-minibook, no? Maybe if I promise to share the finished product here on the blog I actually have to do that..cough..:p

Wish me a nice trip and good luck when I get home again!

-Ania

 

 

 

Destination Disney

Happy Monday Roadies! Jen here with a easy and complete album for your beloved Disney photos.  Disney is HUGE and very popular among Local Scrap stores, so I thought I would create a Disney album for my friend Lesley and her families trip to Disney World.

I used the 8x8 binder with page protectors and went ahead and printed 20 8x8 full page photos for the inside.  Not all albums IMO need to have paper scrapbook pages.  This is like a jumbo photo album. 

I used the Super Nova chipboard set to create my own Mickey and covered the pieces with black cardstock.

I covered the New York alphabet with Maya Road glitter in black for my title and added that cute bow tie brad for good measure.  

More Supplies Used:

Star Trinket Pins

Sand Metallic Mist

Have a good week!

Jen