Maya Road Design Team

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 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!

 

Framed Magnets

1.  Trace around an Ornate Tag onto cardstock and cut out.  Set aside.

2.  Mist Ornate Tag with Blue Hawaiian Maya Mist and mist a sunshine from the How's the Weather Mini Chipboard Set using Butternut Squash Orange Maya Mist.  Allow to dry.  Once dry apply a layer of Glossy Accents on frame and attach a button from the Trinkets Sunshine Button set on the sunshine centre.

3. Stamp "when skies are grey" onto cardstock from step 1.

4. Attach stamped cardstock onto the Ornage Tag.  Attach sunshine.

5. Add a magnet to the back.

These also make a great addition to a greeting card!

Maya Road products used...

Maya Mist in Dragon Fruit Pink

Glitter in Sea Green

Chipboard Heart from Love Mini Chipboard Set

Happy Stamp from the Stamp Set

Antiquated Collection Sampler

One thing I love stumbling upon while shopping in thrift stores, antique malls or flea markets are  vintage samplers. I love all that I find as each one is so unique. Well with all those samplers in mind, I created this piece. A project like this is a great way to use up all the extra baubles you might already have on hand in your scraproom. 

Another fun project to create using extra embellishments you might have stored away is this, what I call, junk style bracelet. All you need is a bracelet with bezels and some E6000 to attach the embellishments. I wore this one at CHA-W and it was pretty popular. 

So pull out all the extra Maya Road embellishments you have one, two or three pieces of and think about creating a sampler or bracelet. Both are super fun to make.

Hugs!
Lisa M. Pace 

Something Made for the Heart

Hey there Roadies!  I hope you have been enjoying all of the yummy Maya Road peeks over on the Maya Road Company blog for what is being released RIGHT NOW over at CHA in California.  There is a prize pack up for grabs, so you will definitely want to check it out, you will not be disappointed!

In the mean time, I have a lovely little Valentine Tag book to share with you. :)

This tag book is a new item called the Shipping Tag Chipboard Coaster, so be sure to keep an eye out for it!  I made sure to pack it full with my favorite Maya Road embellishments and plenty of words of love, perfect for Valentine's just a couple of short weeks away!

This tag set was so full, it could barely lay flat...well, it just wouldn't lay flat at all actually!  Don't you love little mini albums that are soo full that they can't close?  It's my absolute favorite!

Sooo many Maya Road products used here...I will try and list them all for you, but if you happen to be at CHA, hopefully you can see this little number in person because it is there!!

Shipping Tag Chipboard Coaster (new!)

Love Words Mini Chipboard Set

Home Tweet Home Mini Chipboard Set

Butterflies Mini Chipboard Set

Foundation Chipboard

Portrait Mini Chipboard

Cherry Red Glitter

Iridescent Glitter

Trinket Pins Hearts

Trinket Pins Vintage Round Pearl

Ruffle Crochet Trim

Ruffle Edge Trim Mauve

Zipper Trim Ruby

Vintage Satin and Lace Ribbon Pink

Small Organza Roses Ribbon Pink

Small Organza Roses Ribbon Red

Gingham Point Blossoms Pink

Ruffle Blossoms Cream and Mauve

Mini Kraft Jotter Tags

Kraft Journaling Tags Decorative

Kraft Scroll Frame Journaling Tags

Microfelt Birds Neutral Set

 

Hope you <3 it! :)

 

Melissa Sauls

Standing mini canvas project

I am so love the look of the thick canvas projects popping up in scrapbooking land! With some amazing Maya Road products and a day to play this is what I came up with!

For this project I used a small canvas (4x4). First I applied my tissue papers with a decoupage medium. Then I started adding some Maya Road goodness! I inked, applied, and sealed my kraft clock and tickets with the decoupage medium. Once dry I added my rubons. I stamped my word from the Maya Road "Just My Type" stamp set onto kraft paper, punched them out with a circle punch, and then adhered them and sealed them with decoupage medium. To jazz up some pins I dipped my star pins into glue and then sprinkled them with Maya Road glitter. With the Ledger stamp I simply stamped randomly on the canvas.

Next, I inked my wooden ruler and organza trim, wooden snowflake, and wooden spools. Then I stamped onto two pieces of canvas fabric with the Maya Road "Measure Twice" stamp set and wrapped those around my spools.

Next, I adhered my distressed looking Organza trim to three sides of my canvas and then added my embellishments to the front of my canvas. Lastly, I glued the two canvas stamped spools to the underside of my canvas for a stand. I love how it turned out and am ready to make some more for Christmas presents!

I hope this post will inspire you to make your own canvas using some of the incredible products from Maya Road! Happy Creating! Shelley

 

Supply list: Small canvas block, tissue paper, decoupage sealer, ink.

Maya Road:

Kraft clocks: K1839

Wooden ruler: WD1827

Rub ons: RUB627

Star Pins: TK1410

Black glitter: G1555

Kraft tickets: K1461

Wooden snowflakes: WD1867

Ledger stamp: SMP1436

Measure Once stamp: SMP1719

Wooden spools: WD1835

Just My Type stamps: SMP1858

Peach Organza trim: OR1950

It's a "Pear" of an album...

Hi, Dina here...sharing a fun little album I made. The Pear Chipboard Coaster is so adorable...how you can you not fall in love with it? I painted the pages with acrylic paint, and then used the "Just Be" stamp set to make the album a positive message for my 3 boys.

Products used:

• Pear Chipboard Coaster Album
• Just Be Stamp Set
• Iridescent Glitter
• Kraft Journaling Tags

Destination Disney

Happy Monday Roadies! Jen here with a easy and complete album for your beloved Disney photos.  Disney is HUGE and very popular among Local Scrap stores, so I thought I would create a Disney album for my friend Lesley and her families trip to Disney World.

I used the 8x8 binder with page protectors and went ahead and printed 20 8x8 full page photos for the inside.  Not all albums IMO need to have paper scrapbook pages.  This is like a jumbo photo album. 

I used the Super Nova chipboard set to create my own Mickey and covered the pieces with black cardstock.

I covered the New York alphabet with Maya Road glitter in black for my title and added that cute bow tie brad for good measure.  

More Supplies Used:

Star Trinket Pins

Sand Metallic Mist

Have a good week!

Jen

Altered Heart Keepsake Box

Did you know Maya Road's Heart Keepsake Box makes an awesome shadow box? All you need to do is carefully cut and remove the center sheer heart from the lid. Now the lid makes a pefect window for a shadow box. You can do the very same thing using the Maya Road Flower Keepsake Box as well. Keepsake boxes can be altered for any special occassion, celebration or holiday and are the perfect size to display on a shelf or end table. 

This past weekend 75 creative ladies created this shadow box at Artistic Journey. I had such a blast helping them recreate this project. It was fun seeing how each one was the same yet different. Everyone made their shadow box their own, which I love.

Hope to see you all again, next year... hint, hint Caroline and Carolyn.

Maya Road Supplies Used: Heart Keepsake Box, Brown Resin Blossoms, Blossoms II Chipboard Set, Mini Butterflies Chipboard Set, Single Ruffle Crochet Trim, Vintage Wood Spools, Just My Type Clear Stamp Set, Butterfly Chipboard Set, Home Tweet Home Mini Chipboard Set, Regal Gold Maya Glitter, Gold 1" Ink Pad

Additional Supplies Used: Patterned Paper, Ink, Glitter Glue, Liquid Adhesive, Fabri Adhesive, 2MM Self Adhesive Pearls

Hugs!
Lisa M. Pace 

Catch A Rainbow

Hi Roadies! :) Today I'm back to share another project with you!  This one is a nice gift idea for someone who's feeling down and needs a little "pick me up".   I used pages from the "Wellies" album to create this treat holder. The boots are hollow all the way down so they can be filled with small candies such as Skittles, Kisses, M & M's etc.

• To make a box shape out of your chipboard pages, place one page down,  then apply some spacers. I used about 8 of the new Vintage spools as my spacers on this project, which are about 1.25" tall.  NOTE:  Use a tiny amount of glue and something that is not permanant, as you will be removing the spacers once the project is dry.
• Place another page on top of the spacers and line them up evenly with the bottom page. Kind of like a sandwich!
• Use thin cardboard strips (a recycled cereal box, works great for this) to seal up the sides of your box. Remembering to leave the top of the boots open.  Rubber bands or string can help hold the cardboard strips in place, until they are dry.
• When the strips are dry, trim away any excess cardboard and sand.
• Carefully remove the spacers.

Sorry I don't have pictures of the actual project getting put together.  But, hopefully you can get the idea from the sample below.

The banner or "rainbow" was made out of pages from the Mixed Half Circle Banner Album.  It was then attached to dowels, so it could easily stand in the boots.

Zipper trim was folded around the edge of each boot and then small loops (handles) were added to the front.

Mini chipboard pieces, from the How's The Weather and When Skies are Grey sets were used to embellish the front of the boots. 

I also used Trinket Beads for the raindrops and the "When Skies Are Grey" text is from the new Rainy Day Stamp Set.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jennifer

 

Maya Road Supplies:

Wellies Boot Album
When Skies Are Grey - Chipboard Mini Set
Zipper Trim (Earl Grey and Sea Blue)
How's The Weather Mini CB Set
Mini CB Butterfly Set
Maya Glitter (cherry red, iridescent and sea green)
Mixed Half Circle CB Banner Album (the rainbow)
Leaf Trinket Pins (teal and green)
Felt Pearl Blossoms
Felt Beaded Blossoms
Hanging Chandelier Beads