Maya Road Design Team

time for Stars

Hi Roadies Angella here!, I am usually not one for creating cards, but I couldn't resist creating this cute card with the Star Bottle cap from the early Summer release.

 

Just perfect for the 4th July Holiday.  

Other yummie Maya Road products used to make that perfect card ; Vintage Wood Mini Ruler,

Twine cording - Slushie Blue also from  the Summer release,    Wood Bingo Mofit, and Kraft Journaling Tags

So Roadies; from me to you happy 4th July Holiday

Oh My Stars!

Hey there Roadies!  Since July is just right around the corner, and we, here in the US, like to celebrate our Independence Day with lots of stars and stripes, I thought it would be fun to take advantage of the various stars and fun embellishments Maya Road has to offer and make a project!  Check it out...

Oh my, this is some serious "starry" goodness, am I right?!  I used TONS of Maya Road here on my simple card! I started by painting the negative star chipboard from Motifs Chipboard a light blue color, and while I let that dry, I covered one of the banners from Wavy Layerable Chipboard Banner with some patterned paper.  I then colored a couple of star bingo pieces from Wood Bingo Motifs with colors to match my project (more stars!!) and found fun star trinkets to add with the Trinket Pins - Crystal Star and White and Yellow Trinket stars. 

I then snagged a Kraft Large Ticket Strip in White and stamped "happy" from the Art Journaling Words Stamp set.  This stamp set is a MUST!!  Every word that you could possibly use, and additional single letters if needed!!  Like the "t" and "h" that I stamped to form my "4th."

Finally, I grabbed some of the Ruby Red Zipper Trim to make cute little tails at the bottom of my card.  Oh, but that wasn't all the trim that I used!  I cut a piece of trim from Apple Mums Vintage Lace Trim behind my "happy" ticket, and some Ecru Crochet Trim stripped along the bottom.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy!  See how easy Maya Road can help you out with your seasonal and holiday projects?!  Happy 4th Roadies!!

From tags to card

Hi!

Ania here with a couple cards for you! Seen the lovely new early release-stuff?

I must say...the hexagon chipboard is fast becoming one of the favorites from that release...along with the lovely doublestitched velvet ribbons, and the vintage cherry embellishment...hmmm!

Nevertheless.

I made this tag for the release:

Love the color yellow!

See the "smile" stamp in the middle of the hexagon? Yep. Another fave stamp set from this release.

In short: This release is simply fabulous! :D

Right. Tags are cute and nice and all that, and best of all: You can mount them on a card base whenever you feel like it, like here:

Voila. A card ready to be sent!

Here's another card made for this release, using the new stamp set "You've been framed" - the same as the one with the smile in the previous tag/card. Love!

Perfect to frame in the smaller embellishments, like this Love mini chipboard set :)

Find any favorites from this release? :)

Bees Wax + Maya Road = Love

Hi, Lisa Pace here showing you a fun altered 5" x 7" canvas I created using the new Maya Road Hexagon Chipboard Set covered with Bees Wax and accented with vintage ledger paper, sheet music, doilies, a Maya Road Wooden Bingo Motif, Maya Road Iridescent Glitter and other fun embellishments.

If you've not tried bees wax and have been thinking about it you really need to get started. I love this medium and mixing bees wax with all the fabulous Maya Road products makes creating super easy. 

Hugs,

 

Sweet Stamped Sentiments

Hi Roadies! It's Julia back again with some more stamping. Stamping is one of my favorite go-to techniques as I love all the possibilities. You know a great stamp set when it has many, many possibilities.

I love stamping beautiful images but stamping a sentiment that you create from alphabet stamps is a wonderful way to personalize your message. Say what you mean, and mean what you say.

Today I have two cards to share that both feature stamped sentiments created from the Maya Road Love Banner Stamp Sheet. It's so simple to say exactly what you want to.

This first card uses a canvas album page as a surface to ink and stamp. It's misted with Maya Mist and the pattern is created with a dot template and the Maya Road Die Cut Kraft Doilies as masks.

I've also stamped one of the images from the Ornate Vintage Butterflies Stamp Set and accented the design with a Burlap Linen Rose, Vintage Pearl Butterfly Trinket Pins and Vintage Paper Roses.

This second card creates the sentiment using the same stamp set and also incorporates the Around the World Stamp Sheet. Once again I've stamped on canvas as I love the texture it adds.

The Maya Road Vintage Sequin Blossoms are absolutely stunning and are a perfect accent for your special projects.

With an alphabet stamp set, you'll never be short on words.

Happy stamping!

Make a Windowbox Card with Designer Julia Stainton's New Video Tutorial

Roadies,

Check out this latest Video Tutorial from DT member Julia Stainton on how to make a beautiful windowbox card using some fun Maya Road products:

For all the details on making this beautiful card for yourself, check out Julia's Video Tutorial!

 

Hexagon Love

Hello Roadies! One of my surprise loves from the Early Spring release is the Hexagons Chipboard Set. I tend to resist most of the trends, but when I started playing with these chipboard pieces, I was swayed mightily. Little bits of graphic joy all bundled together. What's not to love?

Five different sizes and two different varieties, a solid and a removable center, there is so much one can do! I tried numerous techniques on this card, I misted the chipboard with Avocado, Fig Magenta, Mustard Yellow, and Charcoal.

I cut out a reverse mask so I could stamp with the Houndstooth Singleton Stamp set and then used it for misting as well.

I framed one of the shapes with some Earl Grey zipper trim I'd cut down and snipped to fold nicely at the corners.

I also misted one of the Vintage Wooden Butterflies with Charcoal, then I covered it and a hexagon with some of the Iridescent Glitter.

 I covered the large hexagon with some fabric paper and topped it off with the butterfly and a Vintage Leaf Pin in Pearl Cream. So pretty. I finished the card off with a strip of Trinket Ribbon in Pebble, it's a fabulous grey!

See how many things you can do with one chipboard set? And I didn't even emboss them! But that works great too, I just did it for one of my upcoming CHA projects. :)

And the coolest thing? If you stagger them just right, you can use various sizes together seemlessly like I did. What a fun look!

 

Butterfly Kisses Layout

Hello Roadies! Ronda here with you today! Have you seen then new Early Summer Releases?  Color this Mister happy when I spotted the new butterfly masks!   A perfect combination for the vibrant Maya mists.  On the layout I am sharing with you today, i used both sets of these masks.

Totally love that the butterfly mask set has both open and closed butterflies offering a variety ways to use them.  The Soar butterfly Mask is such a great size to use with any layout or the Soar Butterfly chipboard album.

To create this layout, i used both sets on the background.  The larger Soar Mask was placed at the top left while i used two smaller butterflies at the bottom right.  I used diluted sunflower and turquoise mists on the background.  To see how to dilute your Maya Mists, check out this video on the Maya Road You Tube Channel.  The dark splatters across the page are charcoal mists. 

To accent the big soar butterfly, i added in a few other butterflies like the wooden one or the two stamped ornate vintage butterflies. 

The ruffled flowers were a perfect match for the mists as is the new slushie blue twine cording.  I love it when a layout falls together and this was definitely one of them.  That butterfly masks sparked a story and inspired the whole creation.  What will they inspire you to create?

 

Maya Road Guest Designer: Nathalie Kalbach

Hello Roadies!  We have a special treat for you.   Nathalie Kalbach is our very special guest designer today.   Nat took our Maya Road products and put her very artistic spin on them.  We are sharing her mini album, art bag, and  stellar "Every Wall"  canvas.  She even graciously put together a video tutorial detailing her unique canvas.  Let's take a closer look at all her beautiful creations.

Nat's beautiful Road Trip Mini album use a mix of the  Maya Road Canvas Flag Banner and the Maya Road Chipboard Flag Banner Album as its base.  A variety of Maya Mist adorn the pages of this mini album.  A great feature of the Maya Road Canvas albums is that the canvas doesn't bleed.  You can spray lots of mist on one side and the other side will remain blank until you are ready to alter it. 

Using a stencil and Maya Mists she created both negative and positive images on her pages.  She adorned her photos with a varitey of chipboard images and words from the Hand & Heart chipboard set. 

Here are some close up details of her wonderful pages. 

Nat's created an awesome art bag using the Maya Road Alterable Canvas Messenger Bag.  She added a page from the Canvas Flag Mini album to create her pocket.  She used lots of Maya Road Mists to get the bold colorful front of her tote.  The Deborah Chipboard was her stencil for the word "Art bag."  We love how Nat made the perfect art travel bag. 

We love this  very clever 12 x 12 canvas using lots of Chipboard Doorways, Maya Mists, and Gesso.  Nat generously created a video sharing how she made this awesome artistic piece.  Go to our Maya Road You Tube Channel to see her great video. 

Thank you Nathalie for sharing your awesome artistic creations with us today.  A big thank you for the awesome video and insights into your creative process.  Roadies make sure you check out Nathalie's website to see more of her beautiful creations. 

It Gets so Much Better

Hi everyone!

At the beginning of 2011, I wanted to learn how to Art Journal. So I spent all of that year creating as many art journal pages as I could. Somewhere along the line, I fell in love with it and did it again and again and I haven't stopped. 

This year, I wanted to challenge myself and try something new, so I created a project that I call Journey into Collage. I bought a Moleskine Sketch notebook and, once a week, I try to create a page that involves some kind of collage. Some weeks are more collage-y than others but I keep trying and experimenting. 

A few weeks ago, I wanted to experiment with a new Maya Road stamp and some chipboard alphas that had just come in the mail and here's what I ended up with:

I love how loud and happy the colors are and how well they contrast with the black and white photos. 

and I love all the little bits and pieces of embellishments that allow me to create layers and color.

and, of course, the super-awesome stamp that started it all.

and here's a sideways look so you can see all the layers and the depth and texture they create:

So there you go. I am not sure this qualifies as a collage. I don't really know what qualifies as a collage. But I know that it was really fun to create. You can see my other Journey into Collage pages here. And, this week, try something new. You never know, you might end up loving it and discovering a brand new way to create art!

Thank you for letting me share,