Maya Road Design Team

Tea Time!

Hi Roadies! I'm back to share a project I made with one of my favorite Maya Road albums.  I guess growing up in England has something to do with my love for tea and teapots. Whatever the reason, I was super excited when Maya Road released their  Tea Pot Chipboard Album.

Here's the album in it raw form. One of the things I like about it is that you have the basic teapot shape and then cute little spoons, teacups and teabags cutouts on the back  and front pages. Perfect for embellishing pages in your album.

But don't just think albums - The possibilities are endless!  Here's an example of a project I did a while ago.  A teapot gift box / pin cushion.

And here's another project, a teapot clock  or  a "clockpot" as my little girl likes to call it. When I first created this for CHA, I wasn't completely happy with it.  So when I got it back last month, I made a few minor changes. Here it is completed.

To get the thickness of the teapot, I glued 4 pages together for the back and 4 pages for the front.  Then mini spools were used as spacers. Here's an example  of what I mean using a T-Shirt Coaster Book.

I then used some cardboard (from a cereal packet) and glued it around the edges, before it was covered in patterned paper and other fun embellishments.

The roof was also made out of some cardboard which was then attached to the Vintage Wood Rulers.

Thick strips of chipboard (from a leftover album page) were adhered around the lower edge of the teapot to give it some dimension. Then a page from Mixed Scalloped Triangle Banner Album was glued to the back.

I used a piercing tool to poke two holes into the bottom of the clock. Then applied glue to about an inch of chain before inserting into the hole. Small metal hoops and wire were used to connect the beads, spools and chain together.

Jennifer

 

SUPPLIES: Tea Pot Chipboard Album, Wood Vintage Mini Rulers, Wavy Layerable Banners,
Vintage Paper Posies, Birds With Cages Mini CB Set, Time Flies Kraft Clocks, Maya Mist (Granny Smith Apple Green, Cream Metallic and Buttermilk Cream), Wood Vintage Doilies, Mini Scalloped Chipboard Set, Resin Blossom (brown), Mini Doilie CB Flower Set, Vintage Spools, Vintage Trinket Beads, Vintage Crochet Trim (Zig-Zag), Mixed Scallop Triangle Banner, Love Mini Chipboard Set.

Christmas Mitten Gift Sack

Hello everyone!  Now that Thanksgiving is officially behind us, it's really the time to start thinking Christmas!  I always love creating cute Christmas gifts for teachers, and I think that I've already come up with that special something!  I am beyond thrilled, let me tell you. :)

I first started dabbling with the Clear Acrylic Mitten Coaster Book and I thought I would do the traditional mini-album project.  Well, the creative juices started flowing (and that's a rarity so I have to take full advantage) and I pulled out some fabric to see what I could do.  Well, I didn't have any kind of holiday-themed fabric so I grabbed the next best thing....BURLAP!

Can you see where I am going here? :)  I simply took one of the pages from the acrylic album and cut two pieces from the burlap and quickly sewed them together...no special stitch, just a straight stitch all along the edges (minus the top!) 

I was so excited that it makes the PERFECT sized little mitten gift bag!   That is a full-sized candy cane tucked in there, and, of course, I used my favorite Maya Road products to embellish with!

One of the pieces of the Snowflake Chipboard Set fit perfectly atop my mitten for decoration. 

Also, the Ruffle Crochet Trim - Double was a perfect match for the cuff of the mitten.  I swear, it's little discoveries like these that make me just giddy!  I glued some Small Organza Roses Ribbon - Olive right along the middle of the trim

And finally I added a Vintage Alterable Trinket - Large, along with some of my favorite trinket pins, Hearts, Vintage Black Pearl, and Vintage Round Pearl.

Easy Peasy friends I promise!!!  I hope you got some great ideas from this.  I know I just love it when I can think outside the box.  :)

Melissa Sauls

Wrap Bracelet

I'm sure you all have seen the popular wrap bracelets in stores. I know I've seen them all over. And let me tell ya they are super easy to recreate so I thought I would show you how to make one using all the Maya Road Trinket Buttons. 

Supplies Needed: 3 yrds. Waxed Linen, 2 - Beads, 30 Buttons (wraps around wrist 3 times)

Tools Needed: Scissors

Instructions:

• Using your scissors cut three yards of waxed linen (I've found colors in black, brown and ecru)
• Fold the waxed linen in half and create a loop just large enough for your closure button to go in and out, then make a knot to secure the loop.

• Thread one button onto the thread using ONE STRAND of the waxed linen. Create a knot to secure the button in place.

• Next, thread the second button using the piece of waxed linen you did not use when threading the first button, tie a knot to secure the button and repeat this process until you have all the buttons on the waxed linen.

• Once you are finished threading the beads tie a knot to secure the last button.
• Now thread a bead on the end of each waxed linen strand and secure each bead with a knot at the base of the bead.

And here is how it looks when worn. This photo was taken of Caroline by Ronda Palazzari when we were all at ScrapFest. I brough mini kits for Caroline, Ronda and Emily so they could make and wear their own. Our bracelets were a huge hit by all who saw them.

I hope you give them a try. They are fun and very addicting to create. 

Hugs,
Lisa M. Pace 

 

 

Reclaiming My Time Giveaway Recipient

The recipient is: Miriam Prantner (Miriam please email me with your BPC login. You can reach me at karen AT karenika DOT com.)

Thank you so much to everyone, I hope I see you in class. And Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States. 

 

Are YOU a Maya Road and Lily Bee Designs Blog Swap Week Winner?

Hi Roadies

Thank you for joining us for our blog swap week with Lily Bee Designs, we hope you had a very inspirational week!

We randomly picked a lucky winner of a Maya Road prize package in celebration of our blog swap week. Look below to see if you are her!

Congratulations Jan Garber! Please contact us on this form to claim your prize!

Roadies, look out for more blog swap weeks Maya Road will be having with your favorite manufacturers. Till then, if you'd like to revisit the Maya Road + Lily Bee Designs blogposts, check them out here: Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3.

Starting to look a bit like christmas.

Hi Everyone,

I just love this time of year, when we get to deck the halls, trim the tree, and enjoy all the festive season.

And this year I thought I would make more of my own decorations for the tree, I just love putting a more personalised look and feel to the tree.

Stocking and ball

All you need is : Organza tea Garden ribbon (for the stocking I sprayed the ribbon with  Pomegranate Maya Mist )
 Wellies boots chipboard, Trinket Ribbon Night , A foam ball, pearls, and strong glue.

Vintage Bottle caps decorations

Jumbo Bottle caps , some vintage images, Ecru Crochet trim,  and Dimensional Magic.

when the dimensional magic has dried, pop into the freezer for a while then gently bend the cap

to give that old age vintage look... Don't worry about getting it perfect, imperfections add to look.

And just a little tip; your cropadile works perfectly to punch a hole through your bottle caps.

I hope I have inspired you to create some Maya Road decorations this year...

Ho Ho Ho...... I am getting excited

Angella

 

 

A Giveaway

Hi everyone! 

Today I wanted to offer a Maya Roadie one spot in my upcoming Big Picture Classes workshop called Reclaiming My Time.

“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”

If you ask me, time is the great equalizer. Yes some of us get to live longer than others and the very few (lucky) don’t have to work at all. But, for the rest of us, we each get 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. That’s 1,440 minutes every single day. Let’s say you sleep a generous 8 hours a day; that still leaves you with 960 precious minutes every day. How you spend those minutes adds up to how you spend your days. And those add up to how you spend your months. And the months, to years. And how you spend your years is how you spend your life. The one life that you get to have.

So, wouldn’t you want to spend those 960 minutes doing the things you most love doing? The things that give you the most joy, love, growth, prosperity, and happiness?

Well, that’s what this workshop is about. It’s about taking the time to figure out what we do with our time and see how well it aligns with what we would like to do with our life. Or at least with 2010. (Because, remember, how you spend your year is how you spend your life.) 

This workshop is 4-weeks long but it's spread over December and January. To give you room to observe the holidays but still allow you to start the new year with greater awareness and tangbile ways to spend your minutes more meaningfully. The workshop will also stay open for all of 2012 with monthly check-ins with me to ensure that you're staying on the path you've created for yourself.

“Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That is what's real.”

Today's giveaway is for one seat in my class. If you would like to be considered for the giveaway, please leave a comment below telling us about one thing you wish you had time to do.

Comments will remain open through Wednesday evening. One lucky number will be drawn at random and posted on Thursday. If you've already signed up for the class, you will receive a refunm so you can leave a comment. Just so you know, it is your responsibility to check back and to claim your lucky number by midnight on Saturday! Good luck everyone! 

 

Maya Road and Lily Bee Designs Blog Swap Week Finale!

Hi Roadies!

We hope you are enjoying your weekend so far! Today is the finale of our blog swap week with Lily Bee Designs, and we wanted to thank you for hanging out with us this week! We hope you've been inspired to create from the creative works of the Maya Road Design team. 

Remember that there are chances for you to win a Maya Road prize package as we celebrate our blog swap week with Lily Bee Designs, so stay tuned to the end of this post to find out how.   

We end our blog swap week with this adorable album by DT Caroline Lau.

 

Caroline Lau

Maya Road products: 5 " x 5" Binder with tabbed pages, Grey Velvet Pleat Bands, Alterable Wooden Buttons, Paper Posies, Vintage Pearl Pins, Raspberry Beads, Wooden Doilies, Beaded Centers, Kraft Notes/Envelopes, Star Canvas Album. Lily Bee products: Linens paper, Dreamy paper, Smitten paper, Slushie paper, Crush paper.

 

We hope you've enjoyed today's creative sharing! Read on below for your chance to win a pack of Maya Road goodies!

1. Leave us a comment here on this post.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on your Wall.
3. Also remember to drop by Lily Bee Design's Blog for more inspiration - they're giving away prizes too! and leave them some love on the Lily Bee Design Facebook Page (tell them Maya Road sent ya). 

We will be back on Tuesday to post the winner of that prize package! Good luck!

 

Maya Road and Lily Bee Designs Blog Swap Day 2!

Hi Roadies!

How is your Hump Day coming along? Let's get through the mid-week with more projects featuring Maya Road and Lily Bee Designs! We always love collaborating with other manufacturers as Maya Road products works SO well with any and every style of products out there, and we love showing you how they do!

Remember that you get rewarded for joining us this week, as a lucky will get to win a Maya Road prize package at the end of the week.  

So on to more inspirational projects by DTs Angella Peardon and Lia Abdullah - aren't these projects so adorable?

 

Angella Peardon

Maya Road products: Mixed Half Circle Chipboard Banner Book, Wellies Chipboard Book, ATC Shadow Box, Frayed Edged Canvas Triangle Banner Book, Wood Bingo Calendar Numbers, Let It Snowflakes White Kraft, Maya Mists, Candy Stripes Blossoms, Wood Mini Spools, Trinket Buttons, Trinket Ribbon - Poppy, Motifs Chipboard, Trinket Pins - Stars White, Windows Chipboard. Lily Bee products: Mistletoe paper, Merry and Bright paper, Garland paper, Egg Nog paper.

 

Lia Abdullah

Maya Road products: Wood Vintage Doilies, Home Tweet Home Mini Chipboard, When Skies Are Grey Mini Chipboard, Wavy Layerable Banner Mini Chipboard, Bethany Alphabet Mini Chipboard, Blossoms (Turquoise Ruffle, Light Pink Velvet Pleated), Leaves, Trinket Pins (Crystal Star, Vintage Pearl), Antique Button Jewel, Sea Green Glitter, Pearl Center Vintage Finding, Trims (Double Stitched Velvet, Rose Organza Tea Garden, Single Ruffle Crochet), Vintage Metal Heart Tart Tin. Lily Bee products: Memorandum Payday paper, Harvest Market Hayride paper, Alphabet stickers.

 

We hope you've enjoyed today's creative sharing! Read on below for your chance to win a pack of Maya Road goodies at the end of this week!

1. Leave us a comment here on this post.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on your Wall.
3. Also remember to drop by Lily Bee Design's Blog for more inspiration - they're giving away prizes too! and leave them some love on the Lily Bee Design Facebook Page (tell them Maya Road sent ya). 

We will be back Friday for our Maya Road + Lily Bee Design Blog Hop finale! See you then!

Maya Road and Lily Bee Designs Blog Swap Day 1!

Hi Roadies!

Today we're excited to annouce our week of collaborative projects featuring Maya Road and Lily Bee Designs! The Maya Road design team *HEARTS* Lily Bee, and we are excited to share with you inspirational projects created with our stash of Lily Bee and Maya Road goodies, of course!

We hope you'll join us in this week of inspirational fun using both products, as we celebrate with chances for you to win a Maya Road prize package at the end of this week. Stay tuned to see how you could be that lucky winner! 

So today, we're starting off the showcase with these adorable projects created by DTs Ania Lexander and Shelley Haganman! These talented ladies show you how well Lily Bee goes with Maya Road on both album and layout. Check them out!

 

Ania Lexander

Maya Road products: Microfelt birds - brights, Ledger transparencies - black, Snowflake transparencies - white, Kraft doilies, Jonathan mini chipboard letters, Trinket pins (Crystal Star, Crystals), Blossoms (Alterable Vintage Lace flowers, Light Pink and Dark Pink Felt beaded, Golden Yellow and Turquoise Ruffle Blossoms), Small Organiza Roses ribbon - pink, Sky Blue Zipper Trim, Butterfly chipboard set. Lily Bee products: Stationery Tangerine paper, Stationery Slushie paper, Head over Heels Dreamy paper.

Shelley Haganman

Maya Road products: Pages from 5x6 Binder Album, Flower Bottlecap, White Clock Rubons, White Zipper Trim, Green Candy Stripe Ribbon. Lily Bee products: Stationery Oatmeal paper, Harvest Blue paper and Pumpkin Seeds paper, Alpha Stickers, Banner Stickers.

 

We hope you've enjoyed today's creative sharing! Read on below for your chance to win a pack of Maya Road goodies at the end of this week!

1. Leave us a comment here on this post.
2. Become our friend on Facebook and share this post on your Wall.
3. Also remember to drop by Lily Bee Design's Blog for more inspiration - they're giving away prizes too! and leave them some love on the Lily Bee Design Facebook Page (tell them Maya Road sent ya). 

We will be back Wednesday for more Maya Road + Lily Bee Design creative fun! See you then!