Maya Road Design Team

Paper Princess

Every princess needs a crown... and whether you believe in fariytales or not, every little girl is a princess to somebody. 

My project today is a sweet little girl's crown.  I've made a few of these in different colors for birthday girls before and I always use pretty Maya Road embellishments to fancy them up so that the little princess feels extra special.  I'm fairly sure that if I were a princess, I would want a whimsical paper crown just like this!

One of my favorite things on this crown are the Kraft Layerable Flowers.  I have to tell you that I was so afraid of those  when I first saw them and this is actually my first time using them on a project.  Now I don't know why, because I want to make more of those fun and spikey flowers!  I loved painting and glittering them up.  I just painted the front side so that the paint didn't clog up the slits that are cut in them.  After the paint was dry I formed them into the flowers and once they were shaped the way I wanted them, I added the glitter and the centers.  I think that the Velvet Resin Blossoms look so cute in the centers.

The pink organza flowers were made using the Carnation colored Afternoon Tea Trim.  To make the flower, cut one of the flowers from the trim then use a needle and thread to make a loose running stitch around the outside edges of the flower then pull the thread tightly so that flower become smaller and more bulky.  Make sure to bring the gathered edge to the backside of the flower.

When I use the Trinket Pins on my crowns, I use a wire cutter to cut the sharp end of the pin off.  I usually cut the pin off to about half its length.  Then I use hot glue to completely cover the cut end of the pin when I insert it behind the flower.  I don't want the pin to poke through the crown and hurt the child so I take some extra precautions to make it safe.  The hot glue encasing the end should work.

When I start decorating the crowns I always start in the center of the front with a Chipboard Scallop Frame.  They are such an awesome base for the childs intial of her name or the number of the birthday year.  The Scalloped Frames have always been a staple for me when I create, whether I am making a scrapbook layout or another type of paper project.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I was glad to share my project tips with you and hope that you all have a princess in your lives to make one for someday!



Other Maya Road items used in this project:
Ruffle Blossoms- Cream (sprayed purple)
Amethyst Purple Maya Mist
Velvet Pleat Flower- yellow
Antique Metal Butterfly
Natural Wood Button
Vintage Paper Posies (sprayed purple)
Velvet Point Blossoms- cream
Tulle Pleat Trim- milk
Mini Ruffle Trim- cream
Lustrous Button Jewel

No Ordinary Moments Gift

Hello!  Today I made a a fun little gift box using a page from the Maya Road "Home Sweet Home" Mixed Media Album.  I loved that album from the minute I saw it and I knew that there were many more possiblilities than just an album.

I cut chipboard to add to the back of the chipboard house shape from the album set to form the box and the bottom then adhered old book pages and patterned paper to the all sides of the house box.  I used 25 gauge wire for the handle and one of the large Vintage Spools.  The spool is wrapped in yellow Vintage Measuring Tape Trim.  I lightly sanded the tape trim to give it a time worn look and to soften the color to match the soft colors in the rest of my project.

The little pom poms were made from the Twine Cording in "Shine Gold".  Can you see the little slivers of sparkle in the poms?  I love that.  I also used some of the new "Champagne" Vintage Butterfly Trinket Pins that I stuffed into that bouquet of the Vintage Paper Posies.

My thoughts on gifting this box is that it would make a great gift for a crafter or scrapbooker.  They can use some of the things in their projects like the bouquet of mini posies, the pom poms, or even the metal heart tin.  You could also make the house box for somebody special on May Day and fill it with a few sweet treats.

I filled the inside of the box with some shredded brown paper bag then added a 4 1/2" pinwheel to serve as a backdrop for all of the other things.  The pinwheel is topped with a chipboard Scallop Frame and a Velvet Pleats flower.  The metal Heart Tart is painted, distressed and the center is filled with patterned paper, an old family photo, and some buttons and the Pearl Chain Trim.

The little pink eggs were stamped with the words from the Art Journaling Clear Stamp Set.  The Antique Room Key was glittered up and hung along with the pom poms on the handle.  Metals are so fun!

The house front was decorated with a chipboard "Doorways" piece that was painted, distressed and glittered.  Some Ruffle Egde trim and big ric rac trim were used along the roof then I piled on the wood alterable buttons.  Have you seen the new wood Shaped Buttons?  Those are so cute! Included are hearts, flowers and stars.

I also used Vintage Paper Roses, more Pearl Chain trim, a Ruffle Blossom flower, a Velvet Resin Blossom and of course more Trinket Pins.  I'm in love with the new Vintage Pale Pink Pearl pin.... love, love, love!!  Maya Road knows how to make me all giddy inside :-)

See !!  So perfect... so vintagey perfect.

One last thing to mention is the Mini Organze Roses trim along the bottom of the house...  so soft and pretty for just about everything.  So, then that's it!  If you have a chance and want to make something unique,  get yourself some of the  so, so awesome Chipboard Albums from Maya Road.  You'll find they have some secret power to inspire you to be extra creative.  Go ahead I dare you to give it a try... you won't be disappointed :-)

Thanks for stopping by.  Best wishes for a super happy day ahead!

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!

Omg srlsly?

Ania here, wanting to share a few thoughts behind some of my CHA creations with you :)

You know what makes a confirmation speech good?
When you surprise, embarass (only ever so slightly, not outright, and not in a mean way!) and make the confirmantee (is that a word? ahwell!) happy and feel loved - all in the course of a speech that doesn't make you fall asleep. My sister is pretty good at these speeches, and I loved documenting every aspect of the reactions of my niece..

Things worth noticing: LOve the exclamation stamp (which I embossed with red-orange embossing powder), the transparent camera (seriously, need lots of these!) and the embossed bubble speech stamps which interacts with the photos. Oh, and the ILY chipboard (it spells out the letters I, L and Y at once in the American Sign Language alphabet, and stands for I love you...but I'm sure everybody knows that :) ).

Now, I'll freely admit shaped chipboard albums terrifies me a teeny little bit. I'm just not really a themey scrapper, sort of, so these typically challenges me. Nevertheless, I turned this house mini book into a custom chocolate box - perfect little house warming gift mayhaps? Maya Road sure have a number of embellishments which will fit the theme perfectly, like the various key shapes and the kraft houses (there's house stamps and chipboard houses too).

Here's the inside - I believe Kinder chocolate is one of my fave chocolates! I just made a custom box formed around the bars sort of.

Love how the cream burlap trims looks here, binding the lid and box together.

Another idea for a house warming gift is to decorate the cover of the chipboard house..

And attach a towel to the back, as a mini gift.

Right! That's it for now :)

If you fancy seeing more of my CHA creations for Maya Road, feel free to drop by my blog :)

You Hold My Heart

Thanks for visiting the Maya Road Design Team blog today!  I have a layout to share of my sweet baby boy, grandchild.  If you have a grandchild you know how they are the most amazing little things and can wrap your heart right around their finger.  If you don't, well just wait and see because someday you will be in awe of their every move.  Maybe it is because they don't live with us and we have to part so often, but they sure do steal your heart and many of the happy thoughts in a day.  This layout was a perfect way to express my thoughts of him.



One of my assignments for CHA was to focus on chipboard, which is so easy because Maya Road has the best ever chipboard sets.  On my layout I used the Love Mini Chipboard Set, Scallop Frames Chipboard Set, a couple of the Chipboard Tags, The William Mini Chipbaord, and the letter "R" from the "Lisa" uppercase set for Riley's name.

 As you can see I covered some of the chipboard pieces with patterned paper and others were painted or glittered.  On one of the 2 hearts near the bottom of the layout I covered it with patterned paper then added some Distress Crackle medium and stitched it up the center.  On the other one I added some micro beads to the crackle medium and a small puffy heart. 

When I use paint on chipboard I like to distress it up with a little sandpaper.  It just takes a light rub to expose some of the chipboard below the paint surface.  Then you can leave it just like that or you can add a coating of Mod Podge or other sealer for a glossy finish.

I love those chipboard tags and how they come with that little reinforcement circle...works great tied off with the Twine Cording.  Here I used the new color of " Blueberry", which you can see on the Maya Road Company Blog post HERE.

I also used Linen Burlap Trim, Wood Alterable Buttons, a Vintage Music Box Key, Border Scroll Rub ons, Vintage Wallpaper Clear Stamp, several Trinket Pins and a cute Vintage Cherries Finding.  Isn't Maya Road amazing?!?!  Perfect embellishments to go along with my perfect baby boys photo.  Don't forget that you can see all of the new product from CHA winter at the Maya Road Company Blog or download the new catalog HERE.

Have a wonderful 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 3

 Hello Roadies!  Are you enjoying this swap week with Maya Road & Tombow?  Today you get two pieces of inspiration from Anne Jo & Me (Ronda).  Let's take a look at Ania's layout which is simply stunning.  She explains all the nooks & crannies of this colorful layout. 

When my niece got confirmated this fall, I (Ania) helped doing my sister's hair. While I totally forgot to snap a photo of it myself, my step-father snapped not only a photo of the result, but also a few of me in action. Whee! So even if I don't like having my photo taken, I don't mind that awfully much when I'm actually doing something I want to remember....sort of!

I love the die cut kraft butterflies! First I stamped it with houndstooth clearstamp and the pure white pigment ink, changed my mind and went over the whole die cut with the deep rose pigment inkpad...which is the reason why the pink color seem so alive since there's lighter patches in between where it's layered over the white ink..

As for adhering patterned paper to the chipboard I found the tombow mono vellum adhesive to be perfect for this purpose...it does not make the Maya Road chipboard come easily off when rolling (not in my experience), and is yet strong enough to make the paper really stick.

I even used it on the portrait chipboard (which was gessoed then sprayed with Sunflower Yellow mist)...let it dry, added vellum adhesive all over then sprinkled iridescent glitter all over..tapped off the excess and the glitter stayed on, leaving a fine, even layer of sparkle.

 
 I (Ronda) really wanted to use the tombow dual brush pens so I decided to make a tag.  I first applied a layer of gesso on the background and then applied a light coat of diluted turquoise maya mist.  Next I layered on some colors using tombow dual brush pens.   I used process yellow, sap green, and cyan building up layers, blending the colors by using both the colorless blender pen and some water & a paintbrush.  I love that these pens blend so easily.  I also sprinkled some White Out Mist on the background to create drops of snow. 

Once I had my background completed, I added some stamped images using the new vintage 2013 stamp.  I colored the snowflake chipboard pieces with purple pen.  I went back over the pieces with the colorless blending pen to lighten some of the areas.  Next I sprayed the pieces with iridescent pearl mist.  I stamped the "Let it Snow" with the Just my Type Stamp set. 

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!

A chocolatey ombre-surprise...

Hi everybody!

Ania here, late to the party as usual!
I'm talking about the ombre-party...you know, I'm one of those sitting on the fence not being sure whether this new it thing really is tha bomb or not, until I'm brainwashed enough to say yay...at which point others start to say nay.....?

Nevertheless :)

I love things that's white. It means it's just waiting to get customized...like the small organza roses ribbon in white..

All you need is a bottle of maya mist (I chose popsicle blue, love that blue hue!), spitz it in a small jar of water and dip your brush into the water. Paint the ribbons, using lots of blue in the beginning then just keep brushing the last pigment of color onto the ribbon as the brush dries up...

Then, using a heart shaped piece of chipboard (I repurposed a piece from an old memory game box), layer down your ribbons and cut into pieces, making sure to place the ribbons from light to dark.

Dress up a box of chocolate, stamp it with ornate vintage butterflies stamps and bright orange pigment ink pad and place your heart on it.

Ofcourse you should adorn your heart with little bits and trinkets, like prettified trinket pins (tip: purchase real cheap pearl necklaces so you can use the pearls for this..add a little liquid adhesive to the pin to secure the additional pearls)..run a glue tape runner all over the chipboard piece and add Maya Road gold glitter...

Not to mention - the twine cording might be thicker than regular twine, making it difficult to use it with buttons..well, if you don't have that handy little thing for sewing (I have no idea what it's called) - you can just use regular sewing threads to help you...Position the sewing thread and twine as shown.

Thread the sewing thread ends through the holes like that..

And pull the twine through. Easy peasy (and I know it's like duh, everybody knows that trick. Sure. I did too, long long time ago... but didn't think of using it with the twine cordings until like. Uh. The time I made this one. Haha. So there might be someone out there like me, not really ...uh...thinking...cough...)

Oh, and when adhering papers to boxes? Be more careful than I am. I had to cover the edge w/ruffled edge trim because I was too careless. Cough. Worked swell here, though!

If your chocolate box is openable...don't forget to decorate the insides too :) Love the kraft snowflake!

Other Maya Road products used not mentioned: Mini kraft tags, jonathan chipboard letters, antique butterflies :)

Thanks for letting me share! :)

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!