Maya Road Design Team

Maya Road and Fiskars swap, Day 4

Hello and welcome!  It's so nice of you to stop in to see another project combining Maya Road and Fiskars. It is a great combination.

I decided to make a layout with a photo of the beautiful blooms on the snowball bush that is in my backyard.  It is one of my favorite signs of spring.

The little banner near the bottom of the page was made using the Fiskar's Square-A-Licious Punch.  I just folded the punched pieces over some of the Maya Road Twine Cording.  I think that the banners are so sweet.  They also include a Vintage Wood Spool, chipboard Mixed Blossoms, a Scalloped Frame, Love Pennant Banner pieces, and a Velvet Resin Blossom.

I also used a Fiskars Notebook Border Punch, which is used on the patterned paper that is behind the photo.  You can do so many things with punches and of course Maya Road products.

Other Maya road items used: Vintage Kraft Envelope, Cream Ruffle Blossom, Sentiments Black Rub Ons, Gingham Fabric Tape, Trinket Pins, Grey Velvet Pleat, Vintage Edge Mum.

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

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When You Swim, You Shine

Hi everyone,

This is Karen and I am back to share another layout with you. Ordinarily, my husband is the one who takes my older son to swim class but on the rare occasions when I go, I make a point to bring my camera. I loved capturing this particular moment where he's wearing his goggles and his teeth are half fallen out, half-missing. These are the moments I will never have again and so, my favorite moments to scrap. 

I'm a big fan of the pins and just putting a whole bunch of them together. I like stitching through them and layering them. Great way to add just a tiny pop of color.

 

I also love adding stuff to the edges of my layouts. A whole bunch of tiny pops of color.

Since I had a theme of strips of ribbon and pins, I added some to the bottom of the layout, too. Just to make sure the whole piece felt unified.

And here's one final look at the middle section with all the cute ribbons.

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

make it monochrome

Hey, Roadies! Leah checking in with a layout post today - I thought it would be fun with Valentine's this week to share a layout that I created featuring a photo from my parents' wedding!

One of the current trends that I have fallen in love with is monochromatics. I love color any {and every} day of the week, but there's something a bit timeless about a project or layouit created with this look. 

The whole metalic thing is sort of growing on me as well - as long as it's used subtely! For this page, I combined linen, raw chipboard, untouched wooden pieces, and kraft tags on a white background to let them shine just as they are. 

I finished by layering flowers in cream, gray, and white near my photo to draw the most attention there. Loops of gold twine, trinket pins, and the metal accent frame were a great way to pull in a subtle hints of  metalics.

I hope I've given you a few ideas on how to apply this beautiful and subtle trend to your scrapbook pages and projects! Have a lovely, creative Friday!

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!

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!

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!

 

 

Complex Simplicity

Hello,  I am glad that you stopped by today!   I made a layout that features a photo of my sister.  She means so much to me... I am so grateful for her and the memories that we make together.  This photograph of her just says so much about her and I wanted to make a layout that would represent her personality and style also.



I know that I put way too much time  into the layouts that I make... I think forever on what the subject should be and I tend to stare, stare, stare at the photos.  It becomes quite the complex situation ;-)  You know how they say "A picture is worth a thousand words"?  I guess that I hope to capture a few of the perfect words and that is always so hard for me. 

I could have said so many different things about my sister... about her talents, her life, her loves.  So whether I choose my own words or the words of a poet, I  must write something.  Hours later (yes, I said hours!)  I thankfully complete my layouts.  The one final thing that makes a part of my creation process easy is using Maya Road products. 



I love the Burlap Rose and Linen Burlap Trim for this layout.  It fits perfectly with my sister, her horses and her lifestyle.  The Mixed Blossom Mini Chipboard set and the Jonathan Chipboard Alphabet that I painted up are so simple and easy to use. 

To me, nothing is ever complete without a Trinket Pin or two... or three!  I also like to use the Alterable Wood Buttons.  Painting them and distressing with sandpaper and ink, or sprinkling on a touch of glitter adds a nice touch and some pops of color throughout the page. 

So for someone who creates as slowly as I do, a complex process can be toned down a bit by using the  right product.  Thank goodness for the many Maya Road items that add simplicity to my projects! 

Have a wonderful day,

Other Maya Road product used:
Chipboard Scallop Frames
Tutu Tulle Trim
Vintage Raspberry Bead
Fabric Leaves
Scroll Rub Ons- white
Simgleton Stamp Strip

Maya Road + Tombow Week Day 2

Hello Roadies!

Emily on deck again this fine day with a layout that just makes me happy. It's not my style at all, but it was really fun to just play with the Tombow and Maya Road products and create. I went a little crazy with the products, mixing things I normally wouldn't think went together, but since my layout was about an Ugly Sweater party, I felt I had license to go a little tacky myself.

I was sent the Dual Brush Pens, Mono Vellum Adhesive, and the Stamp Runner Permanent Adhesive  from the Tombow swap we did this week. Here was my thought process:

1. Use the Dual Brush Pens and try to blend them.

I don't normally use artsy products like markers on my pages, so I knew I had to start with the hardest thing first. I wanted to try the blender pen that's included in the set, so I stamped the entire background of my cardstock with the smaller stamp from the Vintage Wallpaper Set, using a waterproof ink so it wouldn't blend with the pens too. I wasn't too exact, I think it adds to the charm.

Next, I colored in random  parts of the stamp and used the blender pen to bleed the colors into the surrounding areas. I loved how it makes it look like an old stained glass window. 

2. Use the Mono Vellum Adhesive. 

This required vellum. I knew I had at least a couple of sheets of it. Finding it would be easy since I'd just cleaned and organized my studio. But alas, try as I might, I could find no vellum. In desperation, I pulled out my white cardstock and at the bottom of the filebox, there was one crumpled up sheet. It's all I had. So I made it work.

Inspired by a tutorial on ILS about putting together a layout, I started designing my layout by folding my crumpled up vellum in half, then in half again. I stapled it together in the center, then cut the folded edges so I four pieces of vellum. I went for messy because of how the vellum was already wrinkled up. I punched snowflakes from one layer of the vellum and attached them randomly to my background.

I was so impressed that the Mono Vellum Adhesive actually didn't show. I've bought vellum adhesive before and you could always see the adhesive, no matter how the company said you couldn't. But this product by Tombow is amazing! It actually works. You can't see the adhesive. Love that.

3. Add some playful Maya Road products. 

Of course, this was easy. The topic I scrapped was an Ugly Sweater party that my daughter and her friend had been invited to last winter. Ugly sweaters, night time, and winter don't make for great photos, so I just decided to be playful and mix colors and textures, not worrying about matching the colors in the photo. I blinged up both the Large Chipboard  and Vintage Wooden snowflake with some metallic and glittery embossing powders. Add a couple of the Vintage Pearl Trinket Pins in green, and another snowflake punched of patterned paper, and I had a playful little cluster. 

4. Use the Stamp Runner.

Totally cool product. You can use it like a regular adhesive runner, or you can just stamp a square of adhesive right where you need it. And it works really well with different types of product. The Maya Road Vintage Tape Measure Trim in Yellow was no problem at all for the Stamp Runner. A stamp of adhesive and the tape was attached to the vellum. Running a strip of the same adhesive to the background held my very soft and fluffy Soft Vintage Scallop Lace Trim in Cream perfectly. This trim always reminds me of an angora sweater, fitting nicely with my theme, don't you think?

5. Finish with a bit more tacky.

Not saying the finishing touches are tacky, but I don't often mix glitter glass (OK, I rarely even use glitter, but have felt a need lately to buy it and use it. It's kind of addicting!) with Twine Cording in Tomato, but I think I really works here. At least it was fun for me :) I added my title, journaling and some white die cut leaves and I was done. 

It was so much fun to let the product dictate the process, I loved how freeing it was to just play.

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 and Jillibean Craft Swap - Final day

Hello everybody!

If you're like me, you've had your jaw open for so long now - ever since the Maya Road and Jillibean swap's been going on. I mean, dang, aren't the girls I work with so, so talented!? It's almost so I'm embarassed to come with my final contribution - cough! Bear with me please! :)

I decided to go with a layout - of my girl and her cousin poking their tongues at me. I'm innocent, I just wanted to snap a photo or two of them!

I got to work with the fabulous Winter Tortellini & Spinach Soup collection - I love Christmas papers that aren't too Christmassy in the colors & patterns! (I love more typical Christmassy papers too, I just really, really appreciate that you don't really have to stick with these only, broading your options for what to use the papers for). And I just gotta yell LOOK - aren't the new yellow Super Star Pins in gold majestic?? Love the blank crystal ones, love that it comes in yellow now too!

 

And oh yes I know. The photo is....purple-ish. Sigh. Didn't have much yellow ink left, but thought I'd be fine printing out just one more sheet of photos....but alas..half the photos came out missing (lot of) yellow ink, while half of the sheet looked just fine. Ahwell. Think of it as a super-fancy-schmancy photofilter ;)

Nevetheless..love tucking bits and pieces of die cuts, stickers, chipboard and transparencies in between the layers..like the snowflake chipboard..the small ticket transparency in black...adds small but nice details to the overall look...and ofc...more trinket pins! Oh and note the embossed white butterflies around the page...lovelovelove the ornate vintage butterfly stamps...one of the few stamps I actually find myself using over and over again :)

I recently got two new mists...one being the buttermilk cream mist...may I just say...hello new favorite mist!! So creamy and milky and mellow and just perfect!! Here it is in combination with sunflower yellow and dragonfruit pink - my two other faves - I've been wanting something that could subdue the more stronger colors of the mentioned mists....I've found it....love..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So. I hope you enjoyed this layout..after all the amazing creations from the other girls.....at least I enjoyed working with the lovely Jillibean soup papers & bits and pieces of my favorite Maya embellishments (hi, girl wabbit! Lovesit!) :)

 

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. Best of luck!

Until next time,