Maya Road Design Team

"Krafting" Things Up!

Hi Roodies,

Hope you guys had a great weekend, all rested and recharged! I thought I would kick off the week here with some "krafty" inpirations and sharing some of my layouts that I created for CHA.  

The first one here was all about those cute white kraft journaling tags, not only are these great for journaling spots but also make a fun background.  I really like the contrast between the white an kraft colors and the different variations available. Also the kraft typography numbers were the perfect addition to help me list out my journaling details.

Also used a mix of chipboard alphabets and elements and the butterfly clip is from the new release (isn't it adorable). The large letters are from the Lisa uppercase alphabet collection and the smaller ones are Danielle mini alphabet chipboard set.  The banner chipboard can be found here and stay tune for that butterfly! The mists that I used here are Antinque Paltina Metallic, Mustard Yellow Metallic and Cherry Metallic.

Also having some fun with the wooden embellishments. The wooden spool (new relase) was just the right size for the kraft butterfly die cut and can't get enough of those wooden buttons (I think I've gone through 3 packs of these already). LOL

And sharing another layout, where this time the focus was on the kraft shipping tags and layerable flowers.  Also included one of the alterable wood bingo motifs and love how these are carved out just right that you can easily (lightly) press these against an ink pad to color or paint on a little bit of mist.

And check out the new trinket pins, turquoise star (finally) and an adorable sweet pink pearl. 

Thanks everyone for stopping by and be on the look out for the new maya road goodies at your LSS or online stores!  Hope you guys have a great week ahead!

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!

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!

 

 

Put those leftover to some good use...

Hello Roodies!

Hope you guys have been enjoying all the sneaks of the latest and greatest Maya Road products.  I know I'm looking forward to getting my hands on more of those mini camera chipboards, burlap in all colors please and give me two of that adorable polaroid camera mini album (and the list goes on for quiet a long while). *wink*

But before else, I really need to make some room in my tiny scrap space... so I grabbed all the little bits and pieces that I've been holding on to to create a little something for a dear friend.  I'm not sure about you, but I can never seem to throw anything away and always end up with a container filled with random bits.  Among those are leftover pages from various mini albums that I had worked on - some chipboard pages from the chipboard 5x7 tab binder and people chipboard accordian album, which I then used to create a free style mini.

In putting together the cover, I also added a few flowers, kraft label & ticket, trinket pins and of course more chipboard shapes! Also sneaked in the new red measuring tape ribbons - love these!

Also I always like the contrast against the raw chipboard colors and therefore opted to only mist one of the chipboard; with turquoise metallic.

Then on some of the pages, I added in a mix of maya road goodies... from random chipboard pieces, bits to ribbons to kraft labels.

Hopefully this inspires you to put some of those leftover to good use!

And before signing off, here's a little sneak at one of my projects that I created for CHA using some of the new yellow burlap ribbon (love love this shade of yellow) and the fun paper twine (these are really great as there's a little bit of stiffness to them and therefore allows you to shape/control it)!

Thanks everyone for stopping by and do check back soon as we'll be sharing our CHA projects in the coming weeks. 

What's the weather today?

Hello, Roadies!

For those of you who don't know me well, I work part time as an assistant in my local elementary school, in the cafeteria and in the classroom. The younger students(mainly Kindergarten), during their morning routine, spend some time discussing the weather. Usually, a student is chosen to look outside and report to the class what they see... if its sunny, or rainy, cloudy or snowy... and the teacher would mark it on the calendar.

When I was planning out my CHA projects, I noticed that Maya Road offers quite a few different weather themed mini sets and coaster books and I thought that a weather mobile for the classroom would be fun to create. So I gathered all of my weather related items and went to work!

The little box at the top of the mobile was made using the Mixed Half Circle Chipboard Banner Album and a scrap piece of chipboard(like the kind that comes in a big pack of paper), cut into a long strip and bent and glued to the front and back pieces to hold it together.

This, gave it some stability and more space to hang the pieces from. Each part of the mobile represents a type of weather and was created using different coaster albums. I used the Mixed Half Circle Banner Album for the sun, the Wellies Boots for rain, the Scalloped Heart Album for clouds, and the Snowflake Coaster for snow.

I topped off each part of the mobile with bits and pieces from various mini chipboard sets, some fabric tape, and trims(that I will list below).  You might have noticed that each part has a Chunky Wood spool glued to it. The spools are for haning the little "today" sign from. That way it can be moved around from day to day, depending on the weather. And the whole thing hangs from a bit of the Vintage Tape Measure Trim.

I hope my project inspires the teachers and home schoolers out there to make something fun for their classroom.  Thanks for stopping by!

Chipboard Alphas- William Mini and Lisa Lowercase

Fabric Tape

Large Chipboard Snowflakes

When Skies Are Grey Mini Chipboard Set

Mixed Shapes Mini Chipboard Set

Orange Tulle Pleat Trim

Licorice Mini Gingham Trim

Licorice Candy Stripe Bow

Blackberry Twine Cording

Fabric Tape Backgrounds

Hi Roadies! Julia here with my latest Maya Road addiction, fabric tape. There are so many ways you can use it and basically its just like Washi Tape only tougher with a great woven fabric texture. Lately I've been using it to create backgrounds for my card designs and I have a couple of ideas to share with you today.

My first design is inspired by an american country style. Red, white and blue all the way.

By simply adhering strips of fabric tape to the background and then stitching them, it makes a great pattern and textured print.

The card is accented with lots of Maya Road Trims and a Star Bottlecap filled with glass glitter.

You can also arrange the tape into a very trendy chevron pattern by using two different colors of fabric tape. I created this by applying the tape on an angle to strips of cardstock before adhering it to my card base. If you look close you'll see a couple of the new Maya Road releases in the accent cluster. You're going to adore all the new Maya Road releases!

Careful measuring and a shape guillotine-style paper cutter is need to get a crisp chevron pattern.

Maya Road Products Used:

Gingham Fabric Tape

Vintage Wood Mini Ruler and Vintage Wood Tiny Ruler

Denim Frayed Edge Pleated Trim

Denim Vintage Roses

Vintage Paper Roses

Star Bottle Cap

Cinnamon Tulle Pleat Trim

Vintage Raspberry Beads

Vintage Pearl Trinket Pins

Double Berry Twine Cording

Wood Mini Clothes Pins

Cloud White Zipper Trim

Earl Grey Tulle Pleat Trim

Pale Pink Pearl Ball Trinket Pins

Vintage Sequin Blossoms

Smoke Burlap Roses

Camellia Pink Double Stitched Velvet Ribbon

Pink  Vintage Tape Measure Trim

Vintage Wood Birds

Light Pink Small Organza Roses Ribbon