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Maya Road + Paper Crafter's Library Blog Swap Day 4

Hi Lisa Pace here.. today, I want to share an inspirational canvas I created for my daughter, Ansley. She graduates High School in a few days and thought this would be a fun piece for her to have filled with lots of inspirational words. 

Once I attached the book pages to the canvas I decided to give the background a slight conservatory feel and used the ornate vintage butterflies stamp set to create the background. Once stamped using markers I colored in each of the butterflies then carefully accented each one with diamond stickles. While the diamond stickles was drying I painted a scallop edge all around the canvas and the Jonathan alpha chipboard letters “fly”. After the paint and stickles dried I completely covered the entire top of the canvas using clear rock candy crackle paint and set it aside to dry.

While the crackle paint was drying I arranged the mini kraft tags as I wanted them to appear on the canvas then decided on which word stickers (always, dream, love, smile, grow, adore, &) to use for each tag. I then inked and distressed the edges of each tag and using a black pen outlined each word sticker. Once I had the mini kraft tags arranged as I liked I applied watercolor to three canvas triangle banner pieces. Once these dried I attached a Jonathan alpha chipboard piece to each banner to spell out “fly”. I then attached the canvas triangle banner pieces to the turquoise twine cording, tied a bow and attached each end of the turquoise twine cording to a love hanger. 

Once everything was completely dry I attached the kraft mini tags, the vintage mum – apple, a bow created from coffee brown mini gingham trim, the love hanger mini “fly” banner and turquoise and yellow ruffle flowers as shown. To accent the edge of the canvas I attached leaf zipper trim all along the outer edge. 

Maya Road Products Used – Love Hangers, Mini Triangle Canvas Banner, Mini Kraft Tags, Turquoise Twine Cording, Coffee Brown Mini Gingham Trim, Leaf Zipper Trim, Turquoise and Yellow Ruffle Flowers, Jonathan Alpha Chipboard, Ornate Vintage Butterflies Stamp, Vintage Lace Mums - Apple 

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Maya Road + Paper Crafter's Library Blog Swap Day 3

Hi Roadies, Sarah here from Sunny Townsville. I am excited to share my challenge project with you all. It was a great challenge with fantastic items!

So this is my creation  :

I used the Scallop Basic Album, which I love, as it has both chipboard pages and craft.

These are the 10 items we had to use:

the ten items you'll be getting are:

1. love hangers

2. canvas triangle banners

3. mini kraft tags

4. turquoise twine

5. coffee brown mini gingham trim

6. leaf zipper trim

7. turquoise and yellow ruffle flowers

8. jonathan alpha chipboard

9.  Ornate Vintage Butterflies stamp

10. Vintage Lace Mums - Apple

 

I used the zipper trim to create leaves, i used the same principles used in the Zipper Trim Mini Butterfly Tutorial 1 They turned out great!

 

I have a secret love of mini kraft tags.....LOVE THEM!!! I wanted to try something a little different so I thought it would look fantastic all layered over each other.

Above I have used the stamp, blossom flower and kraft tag (which I have cut to form a leaf. The stamped Butterflies also have extra ink and glossy accent.

 

And below is a collage of all the pages I created

 

Don't forget that you still have a chance to win our giveaway! Make sure 
to go read the details on this post.

 

 

 

Ship A'hoy!

Hi Roadies, Angella here from across the seas to bring you my  banner book boat !

True to style,  I just had to jump out of the box with the banner book to create this cute boat.

I - I Matey

 

It is as easy as 1. 2. 3.  Grab a Mixed Scallop triangle banner Album and wood mini skinny spools .

 

      

1. Firstly lay your pages down to form the boat shape, you can tape the peices together to make secure.

2. Glue spools down onto the base of your boat, then glue another layer of pages
on top of the spools to give the 3D effect of your project ! fill in your sides with  strips of paper or ribbon .

3. Cover with pattern paper and decorate!

See so easy, perfect for party table decoration, or leave a opening at top and fill with lollies

So next time you pick up a Maya Road banner book, take a twist and see what you can create.

Candy Stripe blossoms, Velvet pleats Medallion flowers, vintage paper posies, Mixed Scallop triangle banner Album , trinket buttons, Vintage wood ruler, Wood Die cut dollies, Wood Skinny spools, Kraft Die Cut dollies, Small organza rose ribbon, Love chipboard banner set

Ahoy Roadies !

A, B, C... is easy as 1, 2, 3

I just had to use that as the title of my post because I made a fun and colorful ABC learning Flip Book a while ago that I am sharing here today.  Was it really easy to make?  Easy as... well... you know!!  ;-)

All it took was a fun collection of Maya Road products and some simple crafting techniques and I think that it would make any little learner happy to turn the pages that are mounted on the acrylic stand.

I wanted to used different textures for the pages so that it was sort of a touch and feel book too.  Every page has a canvas button that I machine stitched on with red thread and there are also lots of chipboard pieces.  All of them were painted then either coated with crackle paint, Diamond Glaze or glitter.


There are some of the Maya Road Wood pieces added to the pages too, like the snowflakes shown above.


I think that it's fun to make something out of the ordinary with my scrap and paper crafting supplies.  I love a family album, but something like this is just as unique and interesting and it's even a bit of a challenge to create with something besides photos... and it's useful too!



Another fun texture is the zipper!  Especially since there really aren't a lot of "Z" words that I thought would be fitting in an ABC learning book... now how did you know, Maya Road?!?! :-)

I started by adding vintage alphabet pictures to the tabbed chipboard pages that I covered with patterned papers.  The tabs were stamped with the cute "Just My Type" Clear stamp set and the alphas are the" Jonathan Mini Alphabet" set.


After the basics, it was just a matter of adding all of the fun texturized elements.  There are so many choices in the Maya Road product line and I was amazed at how easy it was to find something for each letter of the alphabet! 

Here is a link to all of the Maya road products that I used:
Jonathan Mini Alphabet set
Just My Type Clear Stamp set
Canvas Button Pieces
Mini Kraft Jotter Tags- white
Kraft Large ticket strips- white
Mini Gingham Trims
Love Chipboard Banner set
Home Tweet Home Mini chipboard set
Autumn Mini Chipboard set
When Skies Are Grey Chipboard set
Zipper Trim- Bubblegum Pink
Vintage Wood Snowflakes 
Vintage Paper Posies
Motifs Chipboard 
Super Nova Chipboard 
Twine Cording- Tomato Red

Happy creating!

Mini Album Love

Hi roadies, its Sarah here from hot and sunny North Queensland and I wanted to share a mini album that I have LOVED making!! In fact I just love mini albums! I love all the Maya Road Coaster Albums as they are so easy to use and can mix and match.

This mini album features pictures from our recent trip, I got index pictures made up cause I took so many and have put them to use in this album. So of the Maya Road products I have used include; Scroll frame coaster album, Butterflies mini chipboard set, Butterfly chipboard set, Wooden spools, Trinket pins antique gem and tiny Banner chipboard bits, and the mini canvas tag pieces.

I also have a few items that you can hardly see, but I like layers so you will also find vintage doilies and kraft doilies.

A Crafty Mini Album

Hey Roadies!  It's Melissa here, and I am so excited to be sharing with you, one of the last (but not least!), projects I created for this past Winter CHA.  I wanted to create a mini-album just for me...something to represent my love of crafting in its so many different forms.  I'm sure you can relate!

Now, I love being creative artistically, just never mind the fact I'm not too terribly creative verbally, as represented by my title, "heart to craft."  Haha!  I used the 4" Canvas Binder, which was so cool, because it also came with canvas pages!  I also went crazy with my cover...grabbing different Maya Road chipboard alphabets, a cut piece from the Scallop Frames Chipboard (to make my large "C"), a selection of some Trinket Blossoms, the new Large Ric Rac, Vintage Wood Tiny Ruler, Pink Vintage Tape Measure Trim, and finally, fun Maya Road trims from the ribbon collection.

I jam packed my album with goodies, so much so, it couldn't stay closed.  Aren't those kinds of mini-albums just the best?!

But I'm sure you're ready to some of the inside, right?!

My "homemade" page on the inside cover...because everything is better homemade.  I used one of my favorite Maya Road stamp sets, Cute as a Button.  I love this stamp set! (You've seen me make a card with this one before ;))

The next page representing my trinkets nearest and dearest to me...love my ever-growing vintage stash.

And I could NOT go without including one of the new Vintage Burlap Treasure Bags here.  Just dressed it up a bit and it's ready to tuck away the savory-est of treasures. :)

And on the backside, my other love of cameos.  I swear, I fall hook, line, and sinker into any trend flung at me...but cameos have really stuck.

LOVE that new Vintage Wood Bird stamped with the new Houndstooth Singleton stamp.  It came out sooo beautifully!

And finally, a very distant hobby, but still so near to my crafting, is sewing.  Ok, I mainly do sewing on my projects, but it's still sewing!! :)

And that is it....so far. Always more room to add on.

So what would you include in your Craft album?  I bet there is much more to be included in something so near and dear to you too!  Please feel free to share your creations on the Maya Road Facebook page, I would love to see. :)

Less is more!

Hello there!

This is Ania with a card-special for you!

You see, I'll freely admit...when you're on a design team, and you get access to a lot of amazing embellishments, it's way too tempting to want to use everything on your projects...to want to add more and more....I adore the clean and simple style, but have a hard time sticking to it myself when I want to add a little variation to my style (at least that's how I myself see it).

So.

I challenged myself to just stick to three main embellishments for my cards. I like to do that - issue myself random challenges every now and then.

Here's the first card I made; as you can see there's three main components on this card: The yellow zipper trim adding a splash of color and life, the kraft journaling tag, and the oversized numbers.

Very simple, yet I daresay it's sort of striking. Oh, and it's for a male, and I always have a hard time creating masculine cards. I think the colorscheme and the zippers really does it for the card!

The next card is for a girl. Just dress up the lovely Coffee or Tea Mini Chipboard set w/a piece of cute patterned paper, add iridescent glitter to the surface, and if you have the time - seal the whole thing with glossy accent for more glossiness...add to a piece of background (here: Scallop frames chipboard set), top off with a name banner and you're all set! Again; three main components - the teapot-chipboard (made more interesting by adding glitter and glossiness), a solid yet fun background and finally, the banner with the name of the recipient across..

 

See? You don't really have to have "everything" (although that's quite nice I admit, haha) to create something nice. Hope you liked the projects, thanks for watching!

Maya Road + Authentique Paper Blog Swap Day 3!

Hi! It's Julia here with another day of Maya Road + Authentique Paper fun. Today I'm sharing a few projects I've created with the beautiful Gathering line. Its beautiful colors and nature images make it perfect for pairing up with some of my favorite Maya Road embellishments.

For this card I've color blocked the background using the beautiful Authentique Gathering papers. These prints are the scaled down mini papers from the 6x6" pad. They are the pefect size for cards. The Maya Road Rectangular Kraft Envelope makes a great place to cluster the sweet Authentique die cuts with Maya Road embellishments. Soar is the sentiment that is stamped onto the envelope using the Art Journaling Words Clear Stamp Set.

Clustered together you'll also find Canvas Button Pieces,   Cream Ruffle Blossoms, Leaf Trinket Pins, a White Time Flies Kraft Clock,  Sand Trinkets Ribbon and Orange Velvet Point Blossoms.

For my second card I decided to go with a square card design. This time the Wood Die Cut Doily makes a wonderful place to gather the details together.

I've combined the Authentique die cut accents with some Maya Road Buttons Mini Chipboard Set that look darling covered with coordinating Gathering papers. By cutting the Pumpkin Organza Mum Trim into individual flowers you get lovely floral accents. Also in this grouping are Black Large Kraft Ticket Strips, Crystal Trinket Pins, Alterable Wood Buttons and a Black Krafty Owl.

Want more inspiration? Now go and visit Authentique Paper's blog and see what they have in store for you! Don't forget that you still have a chance to win our giveaway! Make sure to go read the details on his post.

Happy Creating!

Maya Road + Authentique Paper Blog Swap Day 2!

Oy!

Ania here, to continue on the inspiring Blog Swap between Maya Road and Authentique Paper!

To my delight I saw I got to play with the Delightful collection...hm..no pun intended!

Here's what I made, using the 6x6 inch paper pad (they even made these double sided, adding solid colors to the B sides...well, solid-ish, in the way I love solid patterned papers :) ) and one of the die cut cards as well.

See the punched border? Or the chipboard-bird (from the Home Tweet Home Mini chipboard set)? Pretty, solid-ish paper :) All the sheets also got this grey polkadot-border, I liked it so decided to keep it for this layout. Gives the sheets a bit of continuity, hm?

Lots of little bits and pieces added to this cluster. Like the Daisies Vintage Lace Trim in Mauve, it's really growing on me....I wouldn't really have used it on its own, it's not really "me", but as a backing for the other flowers (here: Velvet Pleats in grey) it looks amazing methinks. Oh, and see the pearl butterfly? Cute! (One of the new things from CHA-W - looks darling alongside the Crystal trinket pins). See the "plate" the title (from the Love Words Mini Chipboard set) is adhered to?

It's made by covering the Love Chipboard Banner w/patterned paper then adhering them together upside down to a strip of scrap paper.

The Scroll Corners is covered in crackle paint, softened up w/slight dabbing of ink and backed w/Tulle Pleat Trim in Earl Grey (such a versatile color :) ) and a piece of Mums Vintage Lace Trim in Silver.

Supply list:
Chipboard: Scroll Corners chipboard set, Love Chipboard banner, Love Words Mini chipboard set, Home Tweet Home mini chipboard set, green thumb mini chipboard set
Ribbon: Mums Vintage Lace Trim (silver), Tulle Pleat Trim (Earl Grey), Daisies Vintage Lace Trim (Mauve), Ruffle Edge trim - yellow
Trinkets: Pearl Butterfly trinket pin, Crystal trinket pin, Trinket Love Hangers, Alterable Buttons, Mini tickets transparent - black, Velvet pleats (grey and yellow)
Authentique Paper: Delightful 6x6" bundle paper pad, baby girl "icons"

Made an additional card w/the things I got...using one of the die cut cards from Authentique Paper, along with some of the patterned papers.

The tag is from the Baby girl "headlines" card..I just added patterned paper over the middle where it said "Baby girl"...so the card can be used for whatever occasion.

MR Supplies used:
Tulle Pleat Trim in Earl grey, Felt beaded trinket flower (light/dark pink) and butterfly chipboard set.
Authentique Paper: Delightful 6x6 bundle paper pad, baby girl "headlines"

Thanks much for watching - and by all means, do come back tomorrow - we're not done showcasing the blog swap-projects! :)

Want more inspiration? Now go and visit Authentique Paper's blog and see what they have in store for you! And 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 + Authentique Paper Blog Swap Day 1

Hello Roadies, Lisa Pace here. Today, I'm sharing with you a card I created using the Authentique Delightful 6 x 6 Bundle Collection and Authentique Delightful Details Stickers. This sweet line goes perfectly with the Maya Road Laundry Day Mini Chipboard Set. To me there is nothing cuter than seeing childrens clothes hanging on a clothes line on a hot sunny day.

The cloud is from the How's The Weather Mini Chipboad Set. I stamped the sentiment onto the cloud using a Maya Road True Black 1" Ink Pad then applied Diamond Glaze on top, while wet I sprinkled a little bit of Maya Road Iridescent Glitter on top of the Diamond Glaze. I did the same techinque to the clothes hanging on the clothes line. This gives the clothes just the right amount of pop to separate them from the background of the card.

To create the clothes line I cut a piece of Latte Brown Twine Cording the width of my card then using a strong liquid adhesive attached the mini chipboard pieces along the Twine Cording and let them dry. I created a bow from the Twine Cording for each end of the clothes line and attached them to the card using a strong liquid adhesive.

Want more inspiration? Now go and visit Authentique Paper's blog and see what they have in store for you! And don't forget that you still have a chance to win our giveaway! Make sure to go read the details on his post.

Hugs!