Maya Road Design Team

Tags

Hi Roadies Angella here!

today I wanted to show some tags I made a little bit back, tags are becoming very popular here in aussie land. Tags are a great way to use up all your left overs and anything does go with creating them.

Magical - I do love creating whimsical, this one I covered the tag with pattern paper, then I used some of my favorite Kraft enveopes and Kraft times fly peices . Decorate  with Vintage tape measure trim and tulle trim

Beautiful - Created using Kraft peices times fly , Mini Kraft jotters, Kraft trinket pins , Vintage tape measure trim, trinket season ribbon ,  tulle trim and linen burlap trim

So Roadies next time you have left overs hanging around create a tag for a friend or just because.

Happy Creating Roadies

have a great day

Twine for Texture

Hi everyone!

This is Karen and I am here to share a little tag with you today. If you're like me and have been hoarding twine and pins, this one will appeal to you:

 

The first thing I did for this tag was to cover the background with lots and lots of glue and lay down strips of twine. I didn't even cut the ends first and just went back and forth until the whole thing was finished. Then I cut the edges and painted all around with a bright green acrylic paint.

I then adhered my little envelope and filled it with all the pins that make me happy. For the canvas butterfly, I sprayed some Maya Mist on a baby wipe and just blotched it all over my butterfly (beautiful system for people like me who are deathly afraid of the spray itself.)

Then I grabbed two chipboard words "love" and "you" and painted them with the same acrylic green I'd used on the edges of the tag. I decided I wasn't loving the finish so I covered the whole thing with glossy accents and voila! it looked much shinier.

 

A few colorful strips of paper twine cording (one of my favorite products ever!) and my little tag was done. A lovely addition to any present!

Have you ever covered your tag with twine? If not, I definitely recommend it, it's a fast and lovely way to introduce some texture. If so, please link me up in the comments, I'd love to see them!

Hello Italy... Click Click!

Hi there Roodies!  Hope you guys had a great weekend and Piradee here to kick start the week with a mini album inspiration using some of the new products released...

First off are these super (super) cute camera and polarid frame chipboards. Seriously these are so adorable and love how there are little bits that you play around around with. 

On the cover, I used a couple of cameras that I paint with white paint and misted some of the other little bits to create a constrast.  I then layered those chipboard pieces over the misted shipping tag chipboards for more constrast; as I opted to leave mini ablum base "raw".

For my mini album I used the 5-Ring Tab Album, where I also included some kraft cardstock pages along with a few envelopes here and there; which allows me to store all those keepsakes that I collected during the trip. 

And here's some close up and full page pictures of some of the pages. Mostly on the chipboard tab pages, I went crazy with chipboard and embellishments whereas on the kraft cardstock pages, I kept these clean and simple with pictures and captions from our trip to Italy. 

On this chipboard tab page here,  I had a fun time creating a little scenary for all those wonderful sunny days that we had on our trip and also using the new butterly clip and one of the wood embellishment from the wood measure once, cut twice set.

And on these pages here, I used the awesome camera images from the new Krafty Say Cheese Camera collection ... these come in both black and white images. 

And on my last page here, I had  fun time layering all the different pieces and elements... from the new kraft DIY butterfly sticker, to the anitque ornate frame and antique filigree butterfly vintage findings.

Thanks everyone for stopping by and hope you guys have a great creative week ahead! Also don't forget to stop by the Maya Road website for the full details on all the new products being released this season HERE.

Everyday Insta Mini Album

Hello Roadies, Ronda here today to share with you one of my favorite mini albums from CHA, Say Cheese. 

I love this adorable mini album that feels like old fashioned instant cameras.  It made me think of how we capture photos today.  I have a great DSLR but these days I am often grabbing my camera phone to take quick photos of daily life.  I also use Instagram a lot for every day photos and thought this album would be perfect to document our everyday life. 

Sidenote: Did you know Maya Road has an instagram account? Click HERE to follow our feed. 

I painted the cover like the vintage instant cameras.  Love how the white acrylic paint really pops the Maya Mist stripes in rainbow order.  I used dragon fruit pink, tangerine, sunflower, leaf green, popsicle, and blueberry.  I wanted to add the little buttons so I painted an alterable wooden bingo piece with dragon fruit pink mist.  I painted a wooden spool with black acrylic paint and added it to the front as well. 

On the inside pages I used lots of stamps including the new picture perfect cameras.  The Say Cheese chipboard cameras and You've been Framed wooden pieces were the perfect accoutrements to this adorable mini album.  Of course you will always find Maya Mist all over my pages from dripping in the background to the spritzed chipboard pieces.  Here's a look at the rest of the interior pages.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. 

 

 

Make Mine a Mini

Hey Roadies! It's almost the weekend!

One of the great things about working for Maya Road (besides getting to work with all the awesome products!) is working with Caroline. She loves to give the DT assignments for CHA that push us out of our creative comfort zone. While I hate it at the time, she's always right on with the request. I think she has a crystal ball or some such.

For me, that means doing minis. And not just one mini, I got to do multiple minis for this last show. I whined and complained mightily to Ronda--aside: did you know we live just 2.4 miles from each other? I did a layout about that for the show too, I'll share that at the end of this post!

But by the time I was done, I had a couple of minis I was really proud of. I'm going to share one with you today. It's for my daughter, Annie, who will be graduating from high school this year. I put together this mini using the linen 4x6 Art Journal Album from this Winter's new releases. It uses a bunch of quotes that I felt would be good reminders for her of who she really is, once she heads off to college and I'm not around everyday to remind her.

Because I don't really go messy and painty, I needed to find a way to make this album work for me. I do stitch and stamp a lot so I took a bunch of the kraft envelopes (white polka dots, squares, and rectangles) and stitched them into the journal to use as extra pages. I stamped a lot as well using a permanent black ink (worked great on the linen!) and two of our alphabets, the new Varsity Uppercase Letters and a great standby, the Just My Type set. 

To help the viewer move through the album, I used our new Perfect Shot Arrow set. When there's an arrow, you lift the flap to read more.

I misted our Vintage Wood Mini Butterflies with our Maya Mists in Green Apple, Fig Magenta, and Lemon Metallic. I did the same to our large Natural Wood Buttons.  

I trimmed down the frayed edges of our Burlap Trim in Fuchsia and used that throughout the album as well.

 

I love how the flaps of the envelopes make cool design elements, and here, how it supports the jouranling.

I used a Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue to hold everything in place, it worked very well. I also used it as a fray check on the Burlap Trim edges.

 

The last flap encourages her to look forward with faith.

This project was a lot of fun, once I had my idea down and started executing it. I used photos from her senior photo shoot and tried to match them to the quote. I then split up the quote and with sticky notes, I place set everything. The only suggestion I wish I'd thought of was to stamp it all out, THEN add the bumpy embellishments. A few places where I stamped were tricky because I had a button or butterfly on the other side already.

I love how this turned out, I have a wonderful gift for my daughter when she heads off to college, something I hope will bring her comfort as she starts this new journey. I made an art journal work with my style. I need to stop whining to Ronda. And I need to tell Caroline how much I love mini albums. Maybe she'll stop asking me to make them... ;)

Here's the layout about how I get from my house to Ronda's.

Supplies for Directions layout:

• Avocado Green Maya Mist
• Fig Magenta Maya Mist
• Lemon Metallic Maya Mist
• Metal Vintage Trinket--Our Home
• Fabric Leaves--Medium
• Trinket Pins--Vintage Pearl Butterflies
• Burlap Trim in Fuchsia
• Burlap Trim in Smoke (NEW!!!)
• Lisa Uppercase Alphabet
• Lisa Lowercase Alphabet
• Ruffle Blossoms in Turquoise
• Wood Mini Clothes Pins
• Fabric Tape in Sun Yellow Gingham
• Tulle Pleat Trim in Slushie Blue
• Mini Tag Canvas Pieces

 

 

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 :)

I Can't Believe My Luck

Hi everyone!

I am here to share a layout with you. My family and I went hiking recently and I was lucky enough to capture a great shot of my husband and two boys. I immediately wanted to scrap it.

What I love about the Maya Road kraft envelopes is how versatile they are. They add texture and interest but because they are kraft, they don't take away any of the attention.

I like to add interest and a little color with stitching and pins. Subtle but pretty.

I'm also a big fan of creating multiple uses of products. I decided these arrow pins would be fun on the side of the layout so I separated them and glued them down.

 

What I love the most is how you can layer so many of the Maya Road products and they still don't compete with your photos. Just add texture, layers and help you draw the eye any way you want. How can you ask for more?

Thank you for letting me share a recent memory. I'd love for you to link me up to one of your latest layouts, too!

Memory box Mini Album

Hi Roadies,

Angella here from the land down under, 

Roadies today I am going to show you how I created the Memory box mini album I created for Winter 2013 CHA, I created the box using the 8 x 8 binder book .

 

But firstly the story behind the Memory box, last Oct 2012 I had my first international trip to America , for Artistic Journey at the Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie TX .  I got to meet so many new friends  and meet Lisa and Dina from the DT, and of course a catch up with  Caroline Maya Road.

I had the best time and I wanted to record my trip with a special album, and a special tribute to the ladies from the Crafty Scrapper. The ruler that forms the sides and bottom is from one of the little vintage shops in the area., thanks to Dina for introducing me to the vintage shops. I did return with very heavy luggage.

I have photographed the project in raw so you get a better view of contructing. So firstly cover your binder and pages in desired pattern paper.

 

Firstly remove 2 chipboard pages from the binder Album, cut yourself  a peice of paper 8x6 inches.

you can use any pattern paper or mulberry paper etc.  Lay you paper down on a flat surface, lay your 2 chipboard pages together -top end to top end - but leave a small gap as you want the paper to form as a  hinge. Glue paper in place .

Using a cropadile or a similar tool make 2 holes on each side of your stand, about halfway down from top.

tread twine through the holes this will  give your stand stability. adhere  the ends of the twine on one side of the  stand.

Using strong glue ahere your stand to back base of your binder

Roughly measure the twine when you are happy how you want your box to stand. tie and adhere Wooden Mini Clothes pegs in place

Now to make your box within the binder, you can use a wooden ruler as I have or strips of very thick chipboard. cut to size. 2 lenghts at 8.1/2 inches and 1 lenght at 8 1/4 inch , my ruler is 1 inch high

adhere in place with very strong glue, you can use some small nails to tack in place as well for stability.  

then you can attach some legs if you wish!

Decorate with Maya road Embellishments, to make a gorgeous show peice.

I have also used some loose pages from the 5x7 binder tab album just for some interest in the project.

Roadies I do  hope you have enjoyed my very long post! , and I would love to see what you create,

always share with us on Facebook ... as we really do love seeing what you create.

have a great day

 

Out Mini Album

Hello Roadies!  It's Ronda here today to share with you my Out mini album using the new Journal Memory Binder that is a large 7.5" x 9" and comes with 4 tabbed chipboard pages.  I used it for my One Little Word for this year.  It's a perfect album to document your year in one album. 

First I covered the outside of the album with book text.  I decide to go with Sense & Sensibility since it's one of my favorite book.  Next I added a few sprinkles of diluted turquoise mist and some vintage thread.  I layered lots of maya road embellishments on top of the white doily.  I wanted the title to stand out so I used the Lisa alphabet with a white paint base + the same diluted turquoise mist. 

I added two extra dividers to the interior of the album.  The album will document my One little word throughout the year so each divider represents two months.  I also put watercolor paper between the dividers making this my art journal one little word album.  Here's a look at the interior divider pages:

As you can see I kept the design elements pretty consistent on each interior page, just changing up some of the elements & Maya Mist colors on the background.  I used the Just my Type stamp set on each page, abbreviating the months.  I also stamped each background with the Ornate Vintage Butterflies Stamps. 

Here's my first art journal entry for January.  On the back as January closes, I will journal more about my month.  On the front, you can see I used Maya Road mists to cover the background.  I also added some stamped images & rub-ons to complete the look. 

Hope you are inspired to document your year in a different way!

love you

Hey, Roadies!

Leah popping in a little late today to share a layout with a fun sort of valentine's theme. Does anyone else out there struggle to remember/persuade/bribe their significant other for photos? If I really take the time to ask, it's not a big deal, but he definitely grew up in a "no photo" home, and he's changed over the years just for me. In fact, he now takes some really GREAT photos that I love to scrapbook. 

That still doesn't mean that I remember to snap ones of us together very often!

So for today's layout, since I wanted to journal a bit about us (found in the great little "memories" library pocket card), I decided to just include a seperate photo of each of us.  Problem solved.

And make a promise to myself to snap some new ones together soon!

The shot through the heart chipboard shapes were such a great accent for this page - and have I mentioned before how pleased I am with the way that the maya mists cover chipboard? The White Out is my fave - I've gone through almost an entire bottle. It's so perfect to accent wintery pages!

And this was my fist time fitting these fun cameos on to a project. A couple of spritzes with black ink, and they were ready to go.

Happy crafting, Roadies! And don't forget to snap a few of those photos WITH a loved one!