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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 3

 Hello Roadies!  Are you enjoying this swap week with Maya Road & Tombow?  Today you get two pieces of inspiration from Anne Jo & Me (Ronda).  Let's take a look at Ania's layout which is simply stunning.  She explains all the nooks & crannies of this colorful layout. 

When my niece got confirmated this fall, I (Ania) helped doing my sister's hair. While I totally forgot to snap a photo of it myself, my step-father snapped not only a photo of the result, but also a few of me in action. Whee! So even if I don't like having my photo taken, I don't mind that awfully much when I'm actually doing something I want to remember....sort of!

I love the die cut kraft butterflies! First I stamped it with houndstooth clearstamp and the pure white pigment ink, changed my mind and went over the whole die cut with the deep rose pigment inkpad...which is the reason why the pink color seem so alive since there's lighter patches in between where it's layered over the white ink..

As for adhering patterned paper to the chipboard I found the tombow mono vellum adhesive to be perfect for this purpose...it does not make the Maya Road chipboard come easily off when rolling (not in my experience), and is yet strong enough to make the paper really stick.

I even used it on the portrait chipboard (which was gessoed then sprayed with Sunflower Yellow mist)...let it dry, added vellum adhesive all over then sprinkled iridescent glitter all over..tapped off the excess and the glitter stayed on, leaving a fine, even layer of sparkle.

 
 I (Ronda) really wanted to use the tombow dual brush pens so I decided to make a tag.  I first applied a layer of gesso on the background and then applied a light coat of diluted turquoise maya mist.  Next I layered on some colors using tombow dual brush pens.   I used process yellow, sap green, and cyan building up layers, blending the colors by using both the colorless blender pen and some water & a paintbrush.  I love that these pens blend so easily.  I also sprinkled some White Out Mist on the background to create drops of snow. 

Once I had my background completed, I added some stamped images using the new vintage 2013 stamp.  I colored the snowflake chipboard pieces with purple pen.  I went back over the pieces with the colorless blending pen to lighten some of the areas.  Next I sprayed the pieces with iridescent pearl mist.  I stamped the "Let it Snow" with the Just my Type Stamp set. 

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 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 + 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!

Maya Road & Tombow Swap Week!

We are about to kick off  a great week this week pairing with Tombow.  Aren't you excited to see what the designers created?

                                    

And, to kick off our week in the best way, we will be giving this awesome Maya Road prize  to one lucky winner! 

Isn't it awesome??

In order to enter the giveaway you can do one of the following three things:

1. Head over to the Maya Road Facebook fan page and what your favorite project you've seen on the blog this month was and make sure you've hit "Like" to become a fan.
2. "Like" and leave a comment on Tombow's Facebook fan page tell them Maya Road sent you.
3. Leave one comment on this post.

Do all three to enter yourself into the drawing three times!

Winner will be posted on Sunday once our whole week of projects is over!

Be sure to come back here every day this week to see more inspiration. 

 

A chocolatey ombre-surprise...

Hi everybody!

Ania here, late to the party as usual!
I'm talking about the ombre-party...you know, I'm one of those sitting on the fence not being sure whether this new it thing really is tha bomb or not, until I'm brainwashed enough to say yay...at which point others start to say nay.....?

Nevertheless :)

I love things that's white. It means it's just waiting to get customized...like the small organza roses ribbon in white..

All you need is a bottle of maya mist (I chose popsicle blue, love that blue hue!), spitz it in a small jar of water and dip your brush into the water. Paint the ribbons, using lots of blue in the beginning then just keep brushing the last pigment of color onto the ribbon as the brush dries up...

Then, using a heart shaped piece of chipboard (I repurposed a piece from an old memory game box), layer down your ribbons and cut into pieces, making sure to place the ribbons from light to dark.

Dress up a box of chocolate, stamp it with ornate vintage butterflies stamps and bright orange pigment ink pad and place your heart on it.

Ofcourse you should adorn your heart with little bits and trinkets, like prettified trinket pins (tip: purchase real cheap pearl necklaces so you can use the pearls for this..add a little liquid adhesive to the pin to secure the additional pearls)..run a glue tape runner all over the chipboard piece and add Maya Road gold glitter...

Not to mention - the twine cording might be thicker than regular twine, making it difficult to use it with buttons..well, if you don't have that handy little thing for sewing (I have no idea what it's called) - you can just use regular sewing threads to help you...Position the sewing thread and twine as shown.

Thread the sewing thread ends through the holes like that..

And pull the twine through. Easy peasy (and I know it's like duh, everybody knows that trick. Sure. I did too, long long time ago... but didn't think of using it with the twine cordings until like. Uh. The time I made this one. Haha. So there might be someone out there like me, not really ...uh...thinking...cough...)

Oh, and when adhering papers to boxes? Be more careful than I am. I had to cover the edge w/ruffled edge trim because I was too careless. Cough. Worked swell here, though!

If your chocolate box is openable...don't forget to decorate the insides too :) Love the kraft snowflake!

Other Maya Road products used not mentioned: Mini kraft tags, jonathan chipboard letters, antique butterflies :)

Thanks for letting me share! :)

Wrapping kit, a la Maya Road

Hello Roadies! Last year, I made a multi-purpose wrapping kit for my mother-in-law's Christmas gift. I packed it full of colorful ribbon, tags for birthdays, thank yous, and all occasions. I made some fun little pom poms using a tutorial I found on Pinterest. I added tissue papers and playful tapes. It was so much fun to put together, and as I was thinking about posts for this month, I thought how easy it would be to use Maya Road products for a wrapping kit. We have so many "mini" products, it's a natural fit!

So, without further ado, I offer you a mini wrapping kit, all products will fit into a small jewelry box, and you've got enough embellishments to decorate at least three little boxes! I went with a yellow/grey/red/natural theme. It's Christmasy, but not too. I could have used our wooden or chipboard snowflakes, but after Anja's post about using butterflies for Christmas, the idea has grown on me.

I made a butterfly medallion using our vintage wooden mini butterflies, white out mist, cream metallic mist (for the medallion), tulle pleat trim in cinnamon, and iridescent glitter.  

I fancied up another vintage wooden mini butterfly with the cream metallic mist and some more glitter, then added a tie of our twine cording in tomato red.

I wrapped three of our vintage wood spools with the twine cording, fabric tape in sun yellow, and trinkets ribbon in pebble. Between 18 inces to a yard, depending on the product.

I sprayed an upper case Lisa letter with charcoal mist, added some glitter and glued it to a kraft shipping tag.

 

And I misted some tiny banner chipboard bits with the white out mist, added some more glitter, and glued them all to a piece of the twine cording. I added some sticker letters with a liquid adhesive, because glitter is, well, glitter and doesn't like to hold stickers well.

Then I decorated some boxes up with the supplies. The possibilities are endless, but this is one way you could use the kit. You'll notice I didn't use everything, so really you could do at least a couple more simple boxes. I think this would be a fun hostess gift, perfect for your crafty freinds. This one is going to my daughter so she can wrap her friends' Christmas gifts.

Other Maya Road supplies:
super star pin–gold
linen mini tag pieces
die cut kraft doily
kraft mini tag
kraft note envelope in white polka dot 
wood mini clothes pins

Go ahead and try creating your own wrapping kit! I had a blast coming up with ideas and with Maya Road, the sky is the limit on this type of project!

 

 

Peace Tag & Joy Mini Album

Hi Roadies, Ronda here today.  The holiday season is upon us and i have a few items to share with you today.  I love this season not only for the love behind it but also because I get to create so many different items using of course lots of Maya Road products.

Let's start off with this peace tag. I started off this tag by using an embossing template to create the wood grain texture.  Next I layered diluted mist in the background and then added stamp ink over top.  I stitched in dark brown thread over the background.  I layered old book paper over the background tearing & inking the edges.  I cut the measuring tape trim with scalloped scissors and layered it under some gingham fabric tape. 

To create the star, mix gesso & turquoise mist and paint the inside of the star bottle cap.  Once it's dry, add a few splatters of the same mist.  Dilute the turquoise mist and paint the wood snowflake. Add a pearl and attach it to the center of the star tin.  Wrap the tomato twine around the star bottle cap a couple times and tie a bow to secure it in place.  Glue the tin down on the tag.  Coat the Peace Chipboard with gesso and then paint it with Dragon Fruit Pink Mist. Once it is dry, use a brown ink pad to give it an aged look.  Punch tiny holes in the bottom and attach the small trinket beads using jump rings. 

Lastly I want to show you my Christmas Album I used last year.  The Scroll Edge Chipboard Binder is the perfect little album to capture all your memories.  On the outside cover I painted a layer of gesso and then avocado green mist.  I sanded the mist to give the cover a little more texture.  I then stitched a grid pattern (yes thru the chipboard) and added in bits & pieces of patterned paper and embellishments to accent the cover.  Chipboard letters make for an easy title.  I personally like Dragon Fruit Pink as my Red.  It's so bright & lively. 

The interior pages are title pages on the left and large photos on the right.  I love the scroll curve with my photos and wanted the pictures to tell most of my story.

I hope you are finding time to be creative during this season.

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!