Maya Road Design Team

Christmas Wonder

Hey, Roadies!

This is Leah popping in with a few new Christmas memories from this year!

The ornate chipboard tags are fast becoming one of my favorite things to use on projects and layouts. I used them here to frame my photos! I simply prointed the photos, applied a liquid adhesive to the back, and laid them onto the photos. Then, I trimmed around with a precision point scissors, and finished! They add beautiful character to the page. 

The layout wouldn't be complete without the vintage lace mums, super star pin, vintage pearl trinket pin, twine, and fun kraft elements.

The summer sun yellow maya mist adds a fun finishing touch along with some tiny stamps from the you've been framed stamp set!

I hope you've had a few minutes to craft, create, or scrapbook during this holiday season!

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays Roadies, Angella here!

It's that magical time of the year, and I do love Christmas time! but true to my word I have stuck to a more handmade christmas this year. I avoided alot of the commerical hype and didn't purchase one decoration... not even Christmas wrapping - all the presents are wrapped in butchers paper, burlap twine and holly. ( I surprise myself)

here is a couple of decorations I made for the holiday season, some very quick and simple :

4 Qty vintage memory boxes  , lisa Uppercase Alphabets, and Maya Road ink pads

I sprayed the boxes first with white paint, gave a light  sand;

I ink the letters,  then adhere  the letters onto the boxes ... ( make any word ; peace, joy or merry christmas)

Perfect as  a table decorations or gift giving! you can

Stack them

 

 

Fill them for gift giving

stunning as a table centrepeice

then I made using the same technique using the Vintage Chunky Wood spools

this little cute reindeer I covered in the twine cording

So sometimes roadies it don't take much to create with love, the simplest things in life are often the best. I think this could be the start of a new christmas tradition for me..

Wishing you all a Very blessed Safe Happy Holiday! and I look forward to creating with  you in 2013..

Merry Christmas Everyone:

It's time to trim the tree!

Hello Roadies! Mandy Kay here, to show you a couple quick ornaments, I created for teacher/co-worker gifts.

For the first ornament, I started with some Blackberry Twine, a doilie, a Natural Button, a chipboard heart from the Tiny Banner set, Bubblegum Metallic Mist, and a Large Chipboard Snowflake.

I embossed the snowflake with silver glitter embossing powder, sprayed the heart with Bubblegum Metallic Mist, layered the button, doily, and heart on top, and tied it all off with some twine.

 

And for the next ornament, I used a page from the Canvas Star Coaster Album, a Denim Rose, Cream Flower pins, Cream Organza Rose Ribbon, a Linen Tag, Blue Slushie Twine, and the alphas from the Just My Type stamp set.

Did you see that I embossed the canvas? I didn't know you could (safely) emboss the fabric until I tried it on this project. Cool huh? **I had the most success with the "Glitter" powder. I tried just a plain white powder on another piece of fabric and it didn't really do as well as the glittered.

These were so quick and easy to make, I plan to make them in bulk for gift giving. They would even look pretty as a gift topper. 

I hope I've inspired you to handmake some gifts this holiday season.

Thanks for stopping by!

Maya Road + Tombow Swap Day 5

Hello Roadies,

 Angella here bringing you day 5 of our Tombow  and Maya Road swap . I chose to create a Christmas layout and Card, I had so much fun playing with the Tombow dual brush pens.

 

 

I used the red coloured pen to colour the Decorative Scrolls Chipboard,  then I applied glossy accents for that Christmas red look, I used the pens again for the Our town stamps   instead of ink

I also used  the  Maya Road kraft  and Vintage lace trim for my layout, I do love the Kraft, red and white colours  together

 

for my Christmas card I have used the Around the World stamp set  ( great for those international christmas cards)   the Dual Brush pens  and instead of ink: I applied the pens to the stamp, the pens are easy to apply to the stamps just run the brush tips over the image and stamp away. The Stamp Runner Permanent adhesive was just perfect for both projects.

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

Don't forget to check out what the other design team members created ... just scroll down below!

have a great day

 

 

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!

Wrapping kit, a la Maya Road

Hello Roadies! Last year, I made a multi-purpose wrapping kit for my mother-in-law's Christmas gift. I packed it full of colorful ribbon, tags for birthdays, thank yous, and all occasions. I made some fun little pom poms using a tutorial I found on Pinterest. I added tissue papers and playful tapes. It was so much fun to put together, and as I was thinking about posts for this month, I thought how easy it would be to use Maya Road products for a wrapping kit. We have so many "mini" products, it's a natural fit!

So, without further ado, I offer you a mini wrapping kit, all products will fit into a small jewelry box, and you've got enough embellishments to decorate at least three little boxes! I went with a yellow/grey/red/natural theme. It's Christmasy, but not too. I could have used our wooden or chipboard snowflakes, but after Anja's post about using butterflies for Christmas, the idea has grown on me.

I made a butterfly medallion using our vintage wooden mini butterflies, white out mist, cream metallic mist (for the medallion), tulle pleat trim in cinnamon, and iridescent glitter.  

I fancied up another vintage wooden mini butterfly with the cream metallic mist and some more glitter, then added a tie of our twine cording in tomato red.

I wrapped three of our vintage wood spools with the twine cording, fabric tape in sun yellow, and trinkets ribbon in pebble. Between 18 inces to a yard, depending on the product.

I sprayed an upper case Lisa letter with charcoal mist, added some glitter and glued it to a kraft shipping tag.

 

And I misted some tiny banner chipboard bits with the white out mist, added some more glitter, and glued them all to a piece of the twine cording. I added some sticker letters with a liquid adhesive, because glitter is, well, glitter and doesn't like to hold stickers well.

Then I decorated some boxes up with the supplies. The possibilities are endless, but this is one way you could use the kit. You'll notice I didn't use everything, so really you could do at least a couple more simple boxes. I think this would be a fun hostess gift, perfect for your crafty freinds. This one is going to my daughter so she can wrap her friends' Christmas gifts.

Other Maya Road supplies:
super star pin–gold
linen mini tag pieces
die cut kraft doily
kraft mini tag
kraft note envelope in white polka dot 
wood mini clothes pins

Go ahead and try creating your own wrapping kit! I had a blast coming up with ideas and with Maya Road, the sky is the limit on this type of project!

 

 

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.

Canvas Christmas Mini

Hello Roadies, Mandy here and I can't wait to share my canvas Christmas mini album with you!

I've had this 5x5 canvas albm stashed away in my drawer for "just the right project" and a stack of *ahem* last year's Christmas photos(via Instagram and PostalPix) and I knew they would be a perfect match. And guess what? I was right! My 4x4" photos fit perfectly on the pages, leaving just enough room to tuck in some diecuts, a bit of patterned paper, and even a transparent snowflake or two!

I started off my album by spraying the cover with  Red Pepper and Sea Green Mists. I then, sprayed a few Mini Triangle Banner Canvas with the Sea Green and Avocado Metallic Mists, layered them with some Star Trinket pins, and a spoon and fork from the What's Cookin' mini chipboard set to make some Christmas trees. A Licorice Ginham bow, A Wood Bingo Number, and some Tomato Red Twine were used to top off the trees.

For the inside, I layered my photos up with Kraft Doilies, Scroll Frame Journaling Tags,  Mini Kraft Jotter Tags, Spool Sentiment Stamps, and I threw in a chipboard house or two, covered with some Fabric Tape, a few Star Trinket Pins, a Red Polka dot Kraft Envelope, a White Polka Dot Kraft Tag(for some journaling), and  little bit of Vintage Tape. Oh! and I couldn't forget one of my very favorite Maya Road products... the Our Home Vintage Metal Trinket!

Here is a peek at a few of the inside pages...

I hope my little canvas Christmas album has inspired some of you to get those Christmas photos scrapped, whether they are this year's or last...

Thanks for stopping, by Roadies!

31 days till Christmas

Hi Roadies, I know only 31 days till Christmas!

It is sneaking up on us fast .... way too fast, but i must confess I do love that magical time of the year.

And I do love a handmade christmas especially with Maya Road trimmings, Today I am going to show you my   christmas wreathe I have made and it is really easy to do!

 

All you have to do;  to create  your very  own wreathe;  is grab yourself  a foam ring; then tear strips of calico fabric;  wrap around the foam ring till fully covered. Then of course all the trimmings :

 Vintage edge mums

Vintage kraft flags

Christmas Words Mini Chipboard

Decorative Scrolls Chipboard sets

Doorway Chipboard Set

Vintage Raspberry Beads

Vintage Pearl Pins

Vintage Pearl Butterfly Pins

Alterable buttons

Canvas Pendant Banner Album

Roadies i do hope i have inspired you for a handmade Christmas, As I am off to make another for my dear favorite Aunt who dearly would like one for her door!

Have a great day Roadies, and some a Happy thanksgiving