Maya Road Design Team

Wreath Inspirations

Hi Roadies, Angella here with more inspiration with our wreath fun!

My inspiration just had to be  Easter, love Easter ! not just for the chocolate and easter buns but for the true meaning ...  chocolate is that added bonus ..

Easter is Autumn here, still quiet warm but the turning of the season! beautiful time of the year.

 

I choose to use the Organza roses ribbon, the colour was a beautiful strong colour so I sprayed the trim with spray gesso just to shabby it down ... loved how the trim turned out!

then I made my flower cluster with a bouquet of Trinket blossoms

I never really thought about it much till I was going through all the beautiful Maya Road blossom
to form my cluster, I wonder how many there is ?

I hope you enjoyed my inspiration and pondering Roadies...

have a wonderful safe holiday

till next time, have a great day

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 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!

the joy of winter

Hello, Roadies! Leah popping in today with a bit of inspiration for your holiday decorating! I love combining lots of neutrals with just a splash of color to catch the eye. 

This simple cream colored yarn wrapped wreath was a perfect backdrop to nestle these Maya Road goodies together.

To create the wreath decor, I started by turning a few simple leaf diecuts from corrugated cardboard into "feathers". The White Out Maya Mist worked beautifully on the leaves to lighten them up a bit.

A touch of aqua paint was added to the wooden vintage bird, and grouped together with the twig, velvet resin blossom, velvet point blossoms, red ruffle blossom, and vintage trinket. The leaf green velvet ribbon was a perfect finish. {I made the clay heart myself.}

I hope my wreath has inspired you to make something beautiful for the holidays today!

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

Need a hostess idea? Don't worry...

Hey there, Ania here with a little idea to share with you today!

I love bringing hostess gifts, and what better these days (upcoming Christmas and snow and winter and cold and all..well..for those of you lucky enough to experience the changing climates of the year..or whatever you'd call it) but to decorate boxes with extra long matches?

It's a superb way to use the scraps you have lying around, or, as I did here, using 6x6" paperpads. And - just pull together bits and pieces of Maya Road embellishments to adorn the front of the match boxes...just remember to make sure to keep one side somewhat flat-ish. Or not. *smile*

The vintage wooden spools was cut in two (just use a small and sharp pair of scissors) then decorated with scraps of paper or fabric (here: scraps from the ribbon small organza roses in olive). I also framed in the wooden vintage mini butterflies (love these!) with a frame from the scallop frames chipboard set, colored with dragon fruit pink mist (my fave color I tell ya!) and finally glitterified.

I'll admit to not really knowing what to do with the scroll corners chipboard set...but adorned with a large vintage lace mums in apple..which looks pretty christmassy..yeah..that works, doesn't? Love the sunflower yellow mist here by the way - the color is so intense and vibrant!

And sure thing, butterflies aren't really Christmassy, but if you add red glitter on it can be, don't you think? Notice the decoration on the spine by the way...

Did you know that Maya Road has ubercool snowflake-chipboards? I like layering them, to create unique snowflakes..

Not to forget the Christmas Words Mini set...really, if in doubt...add glitter!

Now, don't forget the spines either...ribbon, trinkets, bits and pieces..or just plain paper. Anyhing works :)

Create a few of these so that you have a reserve in case of an unexpected invite.. where a little gift of gratitude would be handy...I also like to create some of these, uhm, how to put it...more modern...with like, trendy, hipster papers... or wintery..so it's not just limited to Christmas, but to this time of the year where lighting a few extra lights or a fire might be more common than othertimes...

They're also nice as small gifts to coworkers, or like extra, personal gifts for family members for Christmas....or to keep yourself...*smile*

In the meadow we can build a snowman...

Hello Roadies!  Are you ready for winter?  If you live somewhere that gets snow it doesn't officially feel like winter without it.   Winter and snowmen seem to go hand in hand and I always like to make snowmen of the artificial kind for my crafting projects. 

This snowman (or rather, snowgirl) isn't in a meadow, but in a white distressed lantern.  I have a bunch of lanterns around since we used them for my son's wedding last fall so I like to try and use them for different things besides candles.

She is all decked out for some snowy celebrating in her Maya Road goodies.  Notice her fancy pearl necklace made from the new Pearl Trim.  She also wears alterable Wood Buttons and Trinket Pins galore.


Her hat is embellished also with the TuTu Tulle that is held in place with a Vintage Lustrous Button jewel.

Did you notice the bottle brush tree behind her?  It's also decorated with Maya Road pretties like the Vintage Rhinestone Trim, a Velvet Point Blossom in Cream, more Trinket Pins and a Wood Snowflake.  The base of the tree is a large Vintage Wood sewing Spool that is wrapped with floss and shining at the tip top is a Crystal Star Pin.

Also inside the snowy scene is a large painted Chipboard Snowflake and some of the Raspberry Beads strung on some wire.  Don't they just look perfect for a winter day?


I can't forget to mention the always "perfect for any project"... Maya Road's Chipboard Mini Banner pieces that I wired to the top of the lantern along with a Vintage Wood Snowflake.



Thanks so much for stopping by to see my wintery snowgirl in her new home for the season.  I must say that after "building" something inside of a small space that I greatly admire those people that have built ships in a bottle ;-)   I hope that you're inspired to use something in a different way and that you'll look to Maya Road for all of the  beautiful embellishments.