Maya Road Design Team

The Box Previously Known As A Perfume Box

Hello there Roadies!

Ania here with yet another box for ya (it's no secret that I love boxes...).
I'm not sure what it is, but when I get my hands on a sturdy, nicely sized cardboard box, like a perfume-box, it just feels wrong to throw it away (even though it'd go to the recycle/paper bin).

Take this box, previously holding  3.4 oz of lovely Eau De Parfum (She Wood..one of my faves along with Flowerbomb...but I digress).... I figured I'd put this box to good 2nd use, finding some matching patterned paper for the solid pink-peachy color of the cardboard, and a few Maya Road-embellishments to go...

Like creating a small but effective cluster next to a big heart covering almost the whole box. And oh, you can never go wrong with heart shaped linen! In this case a little bit of color was added by spraying some Maya Mist (dragonfruit pink & sunflower yellow washed out w/buttermilk cream).

The cluster started with a tucked in kraft snowflake behind the new Afternoon Tea blossoms in carnation... which in turn was embellished with a scrap of Scallop Chiffon & Tulle Trim and Antique Jeweled Pearl Pendant and a piece of celery green Twine Cording.

On the other side: The lucky number seven (which's this years big birthday number) labeled with the help of some trim adorning a bottle cap and a starburst of different slices of patterned papers...

You see...the kids keep coming home with messages like: "oh by the way, I think I'm attending a birthdayparty in....20 minutes". It happens more often than I like (sigh), which's why I have a bag full of backup-pressies (well ok, only 2 left atm) and well, I also try to keep the handmade cards stocked up so all I need to do is either to add the correct number or the kids name onto the card...

This box will go to the backup-bag, it's like a card and a pressie in one...I just need to figure out what items to fit inside this box :)

One last Ode to Winter...

I know... we are all tired of it.  Most of us have had more than enough of the snow and cold and are ready for Spring!  (I think that I just heard today that there are only 20 more days until Spring... yay!!)   I'm ready to do the countdown, but that doesn't mean that I don't love creating with the photos and colors of winter.  I mean, who doesn't love a wintery stamped image or a glittery white wood snowflake?  Maya Road has the best things to use for all of your winter layouts, mini albums and projects.

I made this using the Landscape Binder with tabbed pages album.  Such a sweet little book that you can stuff full of Maya Road embellishments.


On the front I made a snowman using the Alterable Wood Buttons that I painted white and topped off with some clear crackle medium and glitter. The houses are from the Welcome Home Chipboard set and of course there plenty of the Vintage Wood Snowflakes both here and throughout the album.



On each of the pages I used words from the Art Journaling Words Clear Stamp set. 

I love the Sea Blue Zipper Trim with the snowflakes, the reds and the glitter so I also added the color to some of the chipboard pieces like the Hexagons.  The Let It Snow stamps were made using white embossing enamel.



The Red Velvet Pleats add a nice pop of color to the pages as does the Gingham Trims in apple Red and Licorice black.

As always I use lots of Trinket Pins and a Vintage Wood Spool or two. 

Thanks for stopping by and I promise that my next project will have nothing to do with winter... think butterflies and flowers! ;-)  Have a great day!

Charm and Elegance...

Hello,  I'm glad that you stopped by!  I have a fun little project to share today that can recreated by anyone using a few Maya Road goodies and a couple of  basic craft supplies.

I love topiaries... love them.   Did you know that topiaries have been  a symbol of "Charm and Elegance" for centuries?  There are so many different varieties now-- from the real or living evergreens to artificial ones.  You can find them everywhere as they have been very trendy for a good while now.  I guess those ancient Romans really knew how to decorate if we are still using some of their creative ideas today!

Here is one of my versions of a topiary.....


I made this charming little topiary with some of my very favorite Maya Road supplies.  I love that it's pink instead of the traditional green color, as it will be uplifting decor for anyone that is feeling a need for Spring.  I know that late winter in Minnesota can  bring on the "cabin fever" and makes me yearn for some pretty spring colors.


To make this I used a 3.5" Styrofoam ball for the topiary shape and the  wood pedestal base is an antique spinning spool and a metal Flower Bottle Cap.   The Styrofoam ball is covered  with Maya Road's Small Organza Roses Trim in Light Pink.  I did not prep the ball with anything-- I just hot glued the trim to the ball and made a flat spot about 1" in circumference that would be the "bottom" of the topiary ball when adhered to the base.  I tried to make sure that the outer edges of the trim (the netting that runs along either side of the roses) was not tucked under so that it helped to hide the white of the ball.

Once the entire ball was covered with the trim I wrapped some of the new Paper Twine Cording in the "Earth" color around the ball.  To me it brings in the look of nature and reminds me of a vine that has wrapped itself around the topiary.  It is glued in place in a few spots with some Vintage Paper Roses and a cluster of  flowers and Trinket Pins. 


Trinket Pins include the Hot Pink Flowers, Vintage Round Pearl (that has a Vintage Raspberry Bead slid onto it), Vintage Leaf Pin in Cream, and the new Pale Pink Pearl Balls.  The cluster of flowers includes a pink Country Gingham Posie, a Vintage Lace Silver Fox Mum, and some of the Organza Mum Trim in Forest green.

Once the ball was decorated I adhered some natural green moss that you can find in the floral section of any craft supply store,  to the bottom of the metal Flower Bottle Cap.   To prepare the Bottle Cap, I pushed the flower petals inward so that when it was turned upside down it looked like scalloped trim.  It was then painted white  and when dry I lightly sanded it to give it a distressed look.

I think that Maya Road products made this  project both charming and elegant... just as a topiary should be.  Thanks so much for visiting!

 

Bottle Cap Mini

Hey Roadies! Mandy Kay Starner here, to share one of my CHA Winter projects with you.

One of my favorite Maya Road products is the bottle caps. I have quite a stash, especially of the Jumbo caps; I love to use them for all different kinds of projects. For one, they make fantastic mini book covers.

For this mini, I started off by spray painting the outsides of my bottle caps black. I die-cut several 3 1/2" circles to cover the caps, and to use for the interior pages. (I adhered two circles back to back to make stronger pages.) And to mix it up a bit, I threw a page from one of the Canvas Star Coaster Albums in there.

To embellish my pages, I used my favorite stamps, kraft doilies and tickets, trinket pins, tulle and zipper trims. Do you see the new Varsity Letter stamps? LOVE.THEM.

That fuschia colored metal flower is one of my absolute favorite products from the Winter release. Can you spy it in the cluster below? They are so much fun and I can't wait to get my hands on more of them. For me, they are the perfect size for clustering.

And I am certain that I will be NEEDING quite a bit of yardage of that new Vintage Tape Measure Trim.

And If you have been wondering how to get those adorable little houses adhered to you projects, a few little staples seem to do the trick.

Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road Design Team Blog, I hope you've enjoyed my project.

Supplies used:

Jumbo Vintage Metal Bottle Caps

Canvas Star Coaster Album

Star Shaped Metal Bottle Cap

Shot Through The Heart Chipboard Set

Kraft Doilies

Transparent Cameras

Blackberry Twine

Tutu Tulle

Crystal Stars Trinket Pins

Flower Pins

Licorice Tulle Pleat Trim

Ocean Turquoise Double Stitch Velvet Ribbon

Just my type Stamps

Vintage Camera Singleton Stamp

Varsity Uppercase Stamps

Large Kraft Ticket Strips

Kraft Scroll Frame Labels

Love Words Mini Chipboard Set

Kraft Butterflies

Black Zipper Trim

Sea Blue Zipper Trim

Vintage Tape Measure Trim

White Small Organza Rose Trim

 

Our Home Metal

 

 

Fabric Tape Backgrounds

Hi Roadies! Julia here with my latest Maya Road addiction, fabric tape. There are so many ways you can use it and basically its just like Washi Tape only tougher with a great woven fabric texture. Lately I've been using it to create backgrounds for my card designs and I have a couple of ideas to share with you today.

My first design is inspired by an american country style. Red, white and blue all the way.

By simply adhering strips of fabric tape to the background and then stitching them, it makes a great pattern and textured print.

The card is accented with lots of Maya Road Trims and a Star Bottlecap filled with glass glitter.

You can also arrange the tape into a very trendy chevron pattern by using two different colors of fabric tape. I created this by applying the tape on an angle to strips of cardstock before adhering it to my card base. If you look close you'll see a couple of the new Maya Road releases in the accent cluster. You're going to adore all the new Maya Road releases!

Careful measuring and a shape guillotine-style paper cutter is need to get a crisp chevron pattern.

Maya Road Products Used:

Gingham Fabric Tape

Vintage Wood Mini Ruler and Vintage Wood Tiny Ruler

Denim Frayed Edge Pleated Trim

Denim Vintage Roses

Vintage Paper Roses

Star Bottle Cap

Cinnamon Tulle Pleat Trim

Vintage Raspberry Beads

Vintage Pearl Trinket Pins

Double Berry Twine Cording

Wood Mini Clothes Pins

Cloud White Zipper Trim

Earl Grey Tulle Pleat Trim

Pale Pink Pearl Ball Trinket Pins

Vintage Sequin Blossoms

Smoke Burlap Roses

Camellia Pink Double Stitched Velvet Ribbon

Pink  Vintage Tape Measure Trim

Vintage Wood Birds

Light Pink Small Organza Roses Ribbon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maya Road + Tombow Week Day 4

Hi Roadies! It's Julia back with another Maya Road and Tombow Swap project. I've been busy counting down the days until Christmas so this little wall hanging incorporates that in a fun way.

To create this project, I started off with a page from a Maya Road chipboard album. I don't know about you but sometimes I go a little crazy with my mini albums and have to take one out to make them fit. This is a great way to use them up.

The chipboard is easy to cover up with some holiday patterned paper and some Tombow Multi Liquid Glue. I've also adhered some leaf green zipper trim and Cinnamon Tulle Pleat Trim around the back with the super strong Power Tabs.

One of my favorite parts of the design is the glittered Star Bottle Cap. The inside of the bottle cap was filled with Mono Multi and then sprinkled with glass glitter. It's also trimmed with Red and Green Velvet Point Blossoms and trimmed with Seafoam Blue Tu-Tu Tulle.

To hang up the mini wall hanging, I've threaded a couple feet of Apple Red Mini Gingham Trim through the holes at the top of the chipboard page/base. To make it a little more festive, I've threaded on Vintage Chunky Wood Spools that have been altered with glitter and Barn Red Gingham Fabric Tape.

What's Christmas without a wreath on the door? A door from the Doorways Chipboard Set has been misted with White Out Mist and is a sweet place ot hang a little wreath made from Maya Road embellishments. A Natural Wood Button is colored green and trimmed with  Red Ruffle Edge Trim. For paper layers and light embellishments I used the new Stamp Runner Permanent Adhesive and found it really great for adding adhesive exactly where I wanted it.

I love how this project is great for counting down until Christmas. I've combined the Wood Bingo Calendar Numbers with the new Tombow Fastener Tabs. Each day the bingo number can be changed for the countdown.

 

To finish up, a sweet tag from the Canvas Shipping Tag Set is stamped with the Our Town Stamp Strip. The festive sentiment is from the Christmas Words Mini Chipboard Set and is misted with Cherry Metallic Mist before being coated with Mono Multi Adhesive and glitter.

Additional Maya Road Supplies: Let it Snowflakes White, Pink Lemonade Twine Cording, Crystal Star Trinket Pins, Hot Pink Heart Trinket Pins

 

Thanks for joining us today for our blog swap! Don't forget that you still have a chance to win our giveaway! Make sure to go read the details on this post.

Maya Road + Tombow Week Day 1

Welcome to day 1 of our Maya Road/Tombow swap!  I had so much fun creating my projects for you today.  Since the holidays are upon us I chose to create a couple of Christmas ornaments and began with the Maya Road Chipboard Snowflake Coasters.  I love their size and knew they'd provide a great base to pile on some fun, bulky embellishments.  This first ornament was coated in Bubblegum Metallic Mist and then covered in mica flakes.

I painted the second layer of the ornament with off-white acrylic paint, ruffed up the edges a bit to add distressing and then ran it through my sewing machine.  I then finished it off with Iridescent Maya Glitter and adhered it to the base using Tombow Power Adhesive Tabs.  A Mega Bottle Cap came next and I filled it with Mini White Organza Roses Trim and attached two Vintage Wood Snowflakes that I had painted and distressed with ink.

I adhered Maya Road Pearl Cream Vintage Leaf Trinket Pins in between the chipboard layers and finished with vintage buttons and a layer of Cream Soft Vintage Scallop Lace Trim adhered to the backside of the ornament using the Tombow Permanent Adhesive Stamp Runner.   

My second ornament began with another Chipboard Snowflake Coaster painted with off-white acrylic paint.  I then used my Tombow Jelly Bean Dual Brush Pen to draw pink polka-dots randomly on the coaster.  I then ran it through my sewing machine, sanded the edges and coated it with mica flakes.

I used another Tombow pen from the Jelly Bean collection and tried a new to me technique, that of drawing directly onto the a bare Mini Scallop Chipboard frame and covering it in this color.  I then coated it with a layer of Iridescent Maya Glitter and just love how it turned out.  I'll be trying this again for sure.

I used the Tombow Permanent Adhesive Stamp Runner and adhered a strip of Seafoam Blue Tu-Tu Tulle to the backside of the scallop frame.  I adhered this layer to the base and started piling on my favorite things such as a Cream Velvet Pleat Blossom, a Chipboard Snowflake, a Skinny Wood Spool, a Vintage Button Stick Pin, gingham ribbon, and buttons.

This was such a fun swap to participate in.  I discovered some amazing new adhesives that have now become favorites and that pair so perfectly with my favorite Maya Road supplies.

Thanks for joining us today for our blog swap! Don't forget that you still have a chance to win our giveaway! Make sure to go read the details on this post. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Peace Tag & Joy Mini Album

Hi Roadies, Ronda here today.  The holiday season is upon us and i have a few items to share with you today.  I love this season not only for the love behind it but also because I get to create so many different items using of course lots of Maya Road products.

Let's start off with this peace tag. I started off this tag by using an embossing template to create the wood grain texture.  Next I layered diluted mist in the background and then added stamp ink over top.  I stitched in dark brown thread over the background.  I layered old book paper over the background tearing & inking the edges.  I cut the measuring tape trim with scalloped scissors and layered it under some gingham fabric tape. 

To create the star, mix gesso & turquoise mist and paint the inside of the star bottle cap.  Once it's dry, add a few splatters of the same mist.  Dilute the turquoise mist and paint the wood snowflake. Add a pearl and attach it to the center of the star tin.  Wrap the tomato twine around the star bottle cap a couple times and tie a bow to secure it in place.  Glue the tin down on the tag.  Coat the Peace Chipboard with gesso and then paint it with Dragon Fruit Pink Mist. Once it is dry, use a brown ink pad to give it an aged look.  Punch tiny holes in the bottom and attach the small trinket beads using jump rings. 

Lastly I want to show you my Christmas Album I used last year.  The Scroll Edge Chipboard Binder is the perfect little album to capture all your memories.  On the outside cover I painted a layer of gesso and then avocado green mist.  I sanded the mist to give the cover a little more texture.  I then stitched a grid pattern (yes thru the chipboard) and added in bits & pieces of patterned paper and embellishments to accent the cover.  Chipboard letters make for an easy title.  I personally like Dragon Fruit Pink as my Red.  It's so bright & lively. 

The interior pages are title pages on the left and large photos on the right.  I love the scroll curve with my photos and wanted the pictures to tell most of my story.

I hope you are finding time to be creative during this season.

Is it or isn't it ?

Hi Roadies Angella here !

Just because it is a  Album !  And  the packet said so !  it dosn't have to be  ! So I say  jump out of the box and create something a little bit different.

The project i just taught at Artistic Journey is the perfect example

Soar butterfly chipboard Album

I like to do alot of 3D projects and see how I can change things up a bit, I do love the challenge !

Products I have used : Zipper trim , Brown felt posies, Fabric leaves, Vintage tiny rulers, Wood bingo, Vintage tape measure, Alterable wood buttons , Kraft flag buttons Scrolls Mini Chipboard, Scallop frame set, Mini Chipboard love set, Twine, Trinket Alterable trinkets, Spools, Vintage rabbits,Satin Pleat edging, Heart tart tin , Ink, Mists, Canvas button , Kraft tickets white, Tu-Tu tulle vintage , You are singleton stamp

and of course the pages and back view

So roadies I hope I have inspired you to look at Chipboard Albums in a different way !

A great coffee table piece or christmas gift for giving ! love to see what you create !

Have a great day

Two Techniques. One layout.

Happy Friday Roadies! Emily on board today to share a couple of techniques I used on this layout I did for CHA last month in Chicago.

Misting isn’t one of the techniques I'd say I do often, but looking at my layouts, I see I do use mists quite a bit to color the Maya Road chipboards and change the color of trims. I’ve also made my own backgrounds a few times. But today’s post looks at using two or more mists to make a new color entirely.

I made this layout about my son’s haircut and how it brought him a lot of attention from his “gal pals,” as he likes to call them. I used a green and navy blue houndstooth paper as the background and wanted to match the chipboard alpha to the paper. I didn’t have a navy blue mist, but I thought I might be able to make one. I was right.

When blending mists to make a new color, I always like to start with the lighter color first, so I sprayed the letters with Blue Popsicle, let them dry, then lightly sprayed them with Charcoal. A word of caution: If you’re not sure that the colors are going to work to get your desired effect, it’s a good idea to test combinations on a spare piece of chipboard. I use Qs a lot for this purpose. 

I didn’t need to do it for this project, but you can quickly wipe off some of final layer before it dries to blend the two and make the top layer lighter.  Notice how my letters are a little speckled? From a distance you can't tell, it looks navy blue, just like I wanted.

Another technique I used was embossing. I used it three different places, first on the Alterable Bingo Motif (new this Summer CHA) at the top of the page. I inked the raised surface of the bingo marker with embossing ink and covered it with the powder, dusted off any stray pieces that were in the recessed part of the marker and heat embossed it.

The Exclamation Mark stamp (new this Summer CHA) followed a similar technique, only this time on paper.

Finally, the Star Bottle Cap required a little more embossing ink, but I was pleasantly surprised that the technique worked so well on metal. It will chip off if you handle it too much, but put your scrapbook page in a protector and it will last for a long while!

Thanks for joining me today! Now go and conjure up some fun Maya Mist combinations to make your own custom colors, and try embossing different Maya Road products to see how they hold up. You never know unless you try!

Other products used:

1. Mini Gingham Trim in Apple Red
2. Avocado Maya Mist
3. Pomegranate Pink Maya Mist
4. Lisa alphabet--lowercase
5. Canvas Shipping tag
6. Wavy Layerable Banner Mini Set
7. Twine Cording in Tomato Red