Maya Road Design Team

How To: Be Tag

I love the warm colors of this Be tag.  The pop of blue against the fiery colors suggests both my easy going but passionate personality.   Maya Road Mists make it easy to bring colors to life.  Their embellishments are so much fun to add in layers.   Here's a quick look at how to create this tag.

1. Cover tag with book paper and seal it with matte medium.
2. Add drops of Maya Mists.  Here I used Dragon Fruit Pink, Pomegranate Pink, and Sunflower Yellow.  Using short blasts of compressed air, move the mists around the tag. Let it dry.
3. Add drops of White Out Maya Mist to the background and spray kraft butterfly with same mist.
4. Layer kraft butterfly on the kraft doily.  Add blue ruffle blossom flower and trinket heart stick pins to the butterfly.
5. Using scallop scissors, cut the vintage measuring tape trim & add to the bottom of the tag.
6. Wrap vintage hotel key with floss and add to the tag near bottom.
7. Spray "be" chipboard letters with espresso brown Maya Mist and adhere to tag.  Tie gingham brown bow to the top to finish the tag. 

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

 

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! :)

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Hello Roadies, Mandy Kay Starner here with my very first post!

We all know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. You really can't miss the pink merchandise everywhere you go. I'm not saying its a bad thing, I believe its very important to have regular exams and sometimes we all need a little push to take care of those things we tend to procrastinate on. So why not send a reminder (or an encouraging note) to a friend or loved one? I have just the card for this very situation!

I started with a Fancy Bird Coaster book, removed two birds from it and layered them facing each other and glued them with a good liquid glue, like so...

They look just like a bra, no? Then, I cut off the tails and adhered some black zipper trim around the edges. *I recommend inking or misting your chipboard a matching color so it will hide any edges or chipboard peeking through your trim.

I then, filled in the center of the "bra" with some black Organza Primrose Trim. I added a pink ribbon made from 1/4" Camellia Pink Double Stitched Velvet Trim...

And then, I attached my bra to a card base made of flesh colored cardstock, trimmed it to the shape of a woman's chest, and added straps using some Coal Black Gngham Fabric Tape and 1/4" Camellia Pink Double Stitched Velvet. I topped it all off with a Crystal Trinket Pin, a Vintage Paper Posie, and a Black Pearl Vintage Trinket Pin.

I added a little necklace with some rhinestones, but you could use that space to stamp or print an encouraging message.

I hope you've enjoyed my project and maybe, just maybe it has encouraged you to 1. love your boobs (get them checked ladies!) and 2. look at your supplies a bit differently. :)

 Thanks for stopping by!

Wonder Tag Step by Step

Hello Roadies, Ronda here with a step by step for you.  This "Wonder" tag makes me happy.  The colors are so me along with all the layers.  There is a little bit of everything on this tag, vintage items, old well loved products, and gorgeous new pieces.  Here's a quick look at how I put it together.

1. Emboss tag with embossing folder.
2. Add a thin layer of gesso and then paint with Maya Mists.  Here I used Sunflower Yellow and Buttermilk Cream. 
3. Add bits fo torn text using gel medium or other adhesive
4. Sprinkle background with bits of Maya Mists.  I used Dragon Fruit Pink.
5. Stamp edges with Fontly Yours Maya Road stamp & add ticket strip towards the bottom of the tag. 
6. Cut out butterfly image & cut word from fabric tape. Add both to the upper left of the tag
7. Add bits of beeswax around the edges of the tag
8. Glue vintage thread to the background using gel medium
9. Paint wooden bird with Maya Mists then add paper flowers and seal will coats of beeswax.  I used diluted Turquoise Metallic and then regular Turquoise Metallic for the belly of the bird.
10. Adhere bird to tag using pop up adhesive above the wooden twig
11. Add some gingham point flowers and antique alterable scallop trim. For that little pop of red, add in a small strip of the gingham fabric tap cut at an angle.  
12. Finish the tag by adding some blackberry twine cording in a cute bow at the top.  I also like to knot my cording at the ends. 

Maya Road Supplies:

• Sunflower Mist
• Buttermilk Cream Mist
• Dragon Fruit Pink Mist
• Turquoise Metallic
• Gingham Point Flowers
• Vintage Wood Bird
• Wood Twig
• Antique Alterable Scallop Trim
• Blackberry Twine Cording
• Red Gingham Fabric Tape
• Kraft Large Ticket
• Font-ly Yours Stamp

 

Fly Canvas

Hello Roadies, Ronda here to share with you an awesome canvas created by Andrea Walford of the Paper Crafter's Library.  Andrea explains how she created this masterpiece.

Here's a look at how Andrea created it in her words. 

I embedded the Jonathan Alphabet letters in modelling paste on a 6" x 6" canvas - using random letters, except for the title {fly} which I positioned in the bottom left corner.  I then covered the letters in about 6 layers of gesso.  I painted the canvas with watered down Maya Mists using a paint brush (rather than misting as you get more control), and then stamped a couple of texture stamps in black. I stamped the butterflies onto an acetate transparency and then cut them out and stuck them to the canvas with a clear drying glue. I outlined the word {fly} to make it stand out. The words were typed on the computer and collaged onto the canvas.

So very beautiful.  I love the colors with the pops of black on the background.  It really shows how versatile Maya Mist can be on all your mixed media projects.  Thank you Andrea so much for sharing this stunning canvas with us.  Make sure you check out the Paper Crafter's Library for tons of techniques and tutorials.

- Jonathan Alphabet

- Vintage Ornate Butterflies Stamp Set

- Lemon Metallic Maya Mist

- Sunburst Orange Maya Mist

- Cotton Candy Metallic Maya Mist

You are Special Tag

Hello Roadies, Ronda here today sharing with you a tag created using the new summer release butterfly mask set and You Are singleton stamp set.  This sweet simple tag is the perfect addition to any gift. 

Here's a quick step by step to create this tag.

1. Paint tag with white paint or gesso
2. add bits of torn old book paper in random areas
3. add clock rub-ons in random areas
4. lay down solid butterfly mask shapes
5. spray with Maya Road Spray inks
6. lay down matching open butterflyshapes on top of orginal areas
7. using a paint brush, brush on spray ink into the open areas
8. out the open butterfly shapes with black pen
9. stamp butterfly images in black in random areas
10. stamp sentiment on patterned paper and ink edges
11. add 3-d adhesive to sentiment and place on tag
12. outline tag with black oil pastel
13. tie a bow in black twine cording to the top of the tag

Maya Road Supplies: You are Singleton Stamp, Butterfly Mask Set, Pomegranate Pink Mist, Sunflower Mist, Turquoise Metallic Mist, Lime Metallic Mist,  Blackberry Twine Cording, Clocks White Rub-ons, Ornate Vintage Butterflies Stamps.

Make a Windowbox Card with Designer Julia Stainton's New Video Tutorial

Roadies,

Check out this latest Video Tutorial from DT member Julia Stainton on how to make a beautiful windowbox card using some fun Maya Road products:

For all the details on making this beautiful card for yourself, check out Julia's Video Tutorial!

 

Maya Road Guest Designer: Nathalie Kalbach

Hello Roadies!  We have a special treat for you.   Nathalie Kalbach is our very special guest designer today.   Nat took our Maya Road products and put her very artistic spin on them.  We are sharing her mini album, art bag, and  stellar "Every Wall"  canvas.  She even graciously put together a video tutorial detailing her unique canvas.  Let's take a closer look at all her beautiful creations.

Nat's beautiful Road Trip Mini album use a mix of the  Maya Road Canvas Flag Banner and the Maya Road Chipboard Flag Banner Album as its base.  A variety of Maya Mist adorn the pages of this mini album.  A great feature of the Maya Road Canvas albums is that the canvas doesn't bleed.  You can spray lots of mist on one side and the other side will remain blank until you are ready to alter it. 

Using a stencil and Maya Mists she created both negative and positive images on her pages.  She adorned her photos with a varitey of chipboard images and words from the Hand & Heart chipboard set. 

Here are some close up details of her wonderful pages. 

Nat's created an awesome art bag using the Maya Road Alterable Canvas Messenger Bag.  She added a page from the Canvas Flag Mini album to create her pocket.  She used lots of Maya Road Mists to get the bold colorful front of her tote.  The Deborah Chipboard was her stencil for the word "Art bag."  We love how Nat made the perfect art travel bag. 

We love this  very clever 12 x 12 canvas using lots of Chipboard Doorways, Maya Mists, and Gesso.  Nat generously created a video sharing how she made this awesome artistic piece.  Go to our Maya Road You Tube Channel to see her great video. 

Thank you Nathalie for sharing your awesome artistic creations with us today.  A big thank you for the awesome video and insights into your creative process.  Roadies make sure you check out Nathalie's website to see more of her beautiful creations. 

Maya Road + Paper Crafter's Library Blog Swap Day 4

Hi Lisa Pace here.. today, I want to share an inspirational canvas I created for my daughter, Ansley. She graduates High School in a few days and thought this would be a fun piece for her to have filled with lots of inspirational words. 

Once I attached the book pages to the canvas I decided to give the background a slight conservatory feel and used the ornate vintage butterflies stamp set to create the background. Once stamped using markers I colored in each of the butterflies then carefully accented each one with diamond stickles. While the diamond stickles was drying I painted a scallop edge all around the canvas and the Jonathan alpha chipboard letters “fly”. After the paint and stickles dried I completely covered the entire top of the canvas using clear rock candy crackle paint and set it aside to dry.

While the crackle paint was drying I arranged the mini kraft tags as I wanted them to appear on the canvas then decided on which word stickers (always, dream, love, smile, grow, adore, &) to use for each tag. I then inked and distressed the edges of each tag and using a black pen outlined each word sticker. Once I had the mini kraft tags arranged as I liked I applied watercolor to three canvas triangle banner pieces. Once these dried I attached a Jonathan alpha chipboard piece to each banner to spell out “fly”. I then attached the canvas triangle banner pieces to the turquoise twine cording, tied a bow and attached each end of the turquoise twine cording to a love hanger. 

Once everything was completely dry I attached the kraft mini tags, the vintage mum – apple, a bow created from coffee brown mini gingham trim, the love hanger mini “fly” banner and turquoise and yellow ruffle flowers as shown. To accent the edge of the canvas I attached leaf zipper trim all along the outer edge. 

Maya Road Products Used – Love Hangers, Mini Triangle Canvas Banner, Mini Kraft Tags, Turquoise Twine Cording, Coffee Brown Mini Gingham Trim, Leaf Zipper Trim, Turquoise and Yellow Ruffle Flowers, Jonathan Alpha Chipboard, Ornate Vintage Butterflies Stamp, Vintage Lace Mums - Apple 

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