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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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A, B, C... is easy as 1, 2, 3

I just had to use that as the title of my post because I made a fun and colorful ABC learning Flip Book a while ago that I am sharing here today.  Was it really easy to make?  Easy as... well... you know!!  ;-)

All it took was a fun collection of Maya Road products and some simple crafting techniques and I think that it would make any little learner happy to turn the pages that are mounted on the acrylic stand.

I wanted to used different textures for the pages so that it was sort of a touch and feel book too.  Every page has a canvas button that I machine stitched on with red thread and there are also lots of chipboard pieces.  All of them were painted then either coated with crackle paint, Diamond Glaze or glitter.


There are some of the Maya Road Wood pieces added to the pages too, like the snowflakes shown above.


I think that it's fun to make something out of the ordinary with my scrap and paper crafting supplies.  I love a family album, but something like this is just as unique and interesting and it's even a bit of a challenge to create with something besides photos... and it's useful too!



Another fun texture is the zipper!  Especially since there really aren't a lot of "Z" words that I thought would be fitting in an ABC learning book... now how did you know, Maya Road?!?! :-)

I started by adding vintage alphabet pictures to the tabbed chipboard pages that I covered with patterned papers.  The tabs were stamped with the cute "Just My Type" Clear stamp set and the alphas are the" Jonathan Mini Alphabet" set.


After the basics, it was just a matter of adding all of the fun texturized elements.  There are so many choices in the Maya Road product line and I was amazed at how easy it was to find something for each letter of the alphabet! 

Here is a link to all of the Maya road products that I used:
Jonathan Mini Alphabet set
Just My Type Clear Stamp set
Canvas Button Pieces
Mini Kraft Jotter Tags- white
Kraft Large ticket strips- white
Mini Gingham Trims
Love Chipboard Banner set
Home Tweet Home Mini chipboard set
Autumn Mini Chipboard set
When Skies Are Grey Chipboard set
Zipper Trim- Bubblegum Pink
Vintage Wood Snowflakes 
Vintage Paper Posies
Motifs Chipboard 
Super Nova Chipboard 
Twine Cording- Tomato Red

Happy creating!

The Softer Side of Maya Road

Along with all of the amazing wood & metal collections and the Trinket Pins & Chipboards that Maya Road provides to crafters and scrapbookers there is a perfectly sweet, soft side.  Some of my favorite products are the pleated, ruffled and textured Trims that come in an assortment of textiles which include tulle, velvet, satin, denim, gingham and more!  They also provide  coordinating blossoms and flowers in many shapes and sizes.

I love to create with paper and the Maya Road Trims and Flowers are great for those projects, but I also enjoy fabrics and other textiles so my project today is all about trimming up something soft and pretty.

I cut up some natural Osnaburg fabric to stitch up a hand towel, but you could use a pre-made purchased towel also.  To begin, I used a hot iron to flatten the Maya Road Frayed Edge Pleated Trims.  This just helps to make it easier to stitch onto the bottom edge of the towel.  I remember when I was in highschool that my Home Economics teacher told us, "When it comes to sewing with fabric, your iron is your friend."  She was right!  I never sew fabric without using my iron to make things nice and smooth.  Seams always match up better if you iron as you sew.



Next, pin on the trims... one at a time, working from bottom to top.  I sewed directly over the stitching that was already on the Pleated Trim.  When I added the 2nd trim color, I made sure to have the bottom edge of that trim cover the stitching on the 1st trim.  I also used a zig zag stitch at the top edge of each trim to prevent furthur raveling and fraying.  I left the bottom edge of the trim as it is because that is the charm of the Frayed Edge Pleated Trim... it's perfectly imperfect!


Next I added some ric rac trim, being sure to have the bottom edge meet the stitched line on the 3rd trim.  There is no need to sew a zig zag stitch as it will be covered with the Mini Gingham Trim.


I then made a flower embellishment using a 12" length of the Frayed Edge Pleated Trim in Faded Cherry which I coiled and layered into a circle, big enough to place one of the Vintage Denim  Roses in the center.  I tacked the trim down in a few spots, hiding the stitches inside some of the pleats and did the same to sew on the Denim Flower.





The leaves were cut from a natural color canvas fabric then misted with Green Apple Maya Mist.  I heat set the mist to the canvas with a hot iron then machine stitched the leaves to the towel near the layered flower. 


Don't forget to use those Maya Road Trims for all of your crafting projects... they are  a simple & easy addition that will add a lot of pretty! 

 
Here is a list of links to the Maya Road products used:
Green Apple Maya Mist 
Frayed Edge Pleated Trim- Denim
Frayed Edge Pleated Trim- Faded Cherry
Frayed Edge Pleated Trim- Khaki
Vintage Denim Rose
Mini Gingham Trim- Apple Red
Small Organza Roses Trim

A Crafty Mini Album

Hey Roadies!  It's Melissa here, and I am so excited to be sharing with you, one of the last (but not least!), projects I created for this past Winter CHA.  I wanted to create a mini-album just for me...something to represent my love of crafting in its so many different forms.  I'm sure you can relate!

Now, I love being creative artistically, just never mind the fact I'm not too terribly creative verbally, as represented by my title, "heart to craft."  Haha!  I used the 4" Canvas Binder, which was so cool, because it also came with canvas pages!  I also went crazy with my cover...grabbing different Maya Road chipboard alphabets, a cut piece from the Scallop Frames Chipboard (to make my large "C"), a selection of some Trinket Blossoms, the new Large Ric Rac, Vintage Wood Tiny Ruler, Pink Vintage Tape Measure Trim, and finally, fun Maya Road trims from the ribbon collection.

I jam packed my album with goodies, so much so, it couldn't stay closed.  Aren't those kinds of mini-albums just the best?!

But I'm sure you're ready to some of the inside, right?!

My "homemade" page on the inside cover...because everything is better homemade.  I used one of my favorite Maya Road stamp sets, Cute as a Button.  I love this stamp set! (You've seen me make a card with this one before ;))

The next page representing my trinkets nearest and dearest to me...love my ever-growing vintage stash.

And I could NOT go without including one of the new Vintage Burlap Treasure Bags here.  Just dressed it up a bit and it's ready to tuck away the savory-est of treasures. :)

And on the backside, my other love of cameos.  I swear, I fall hook, line, and sinker into any trend flung at me...but cameos have really stuck.

LOVE that new Vintage Wood Bird stamped with the new Houndstooth Singleton stamp.  It came out sooo beautifully!

And finally, a very distant hobby, but still so near to my crafting, is sewing.  Ok, I mainly do sewing on my projects, but it's still sewing!! :)

And that is it....so far. Always more room to add on.

So what would you include in your Craft album?  I bet there is much more to be included in something so near and dear to you too!  Please feel free to share your creations on the Maya Road Facebook page, I would love to see. :)

Maya Road + Authentique Paper Blog Swap Day 2!

Oy!

Ania here, to continue on the inspiring Blog Swap between Maya Road and Authentique Paper!

To my delight I saw I got to play with the Delightful collection...hm..no pun intended!

Here's what I made, using the 6x6 inch paper pad (they even made these double sided, adding solid colors to the B sides...well, solid-ish, in the way I love solid patterned papers :) ) and one of the die cut cards as well.

See the punched border? Or the chipboard-bird (from the Home Tweet Home Mini chipboard set)? Pretty, solid-ish paper :) All the sheets also got this grey polkadot-border, I liked it so decided to keep it for this layout. Gives the sheets a bit of continuity, hm?

Lots of little bits and pieces added to this cluster. Like the Daisies Vintage Lace Trim in Mauve, it's really growing on me....I wouldn't really have used it on its own, it's not really "me", but as a backing for the other flowers (here: Velvet Pleats in grey) it looks amazing methinks. Oh, and see the pearl butterfly? Cute! (One of the new things from CHA-W - looks darling alongside the Crystal trinket pins). See the "plate" the title (from the Love Words Mini Chipboard set) is adhered to?

It's made by covering the Love Chipboard Banner w/patterned paper then adhering them together upside down to a strip of scrap paper.

The Scroll Corners is covered in crackle paint, softened up w/slight dabbing of ink and backed w/Tulle Pleat Trim in Earl Grey (such a versatile color :) ) and a piece of Mums Vintage Lace Trim in Silver.

Supply list:
Chipboard: Scroll Corners chipboard set, Love Chipboard banner, Love Words Mini chipboard set, Home Tweet Home mini chipboard set, green thumb mini chipboard set
Ribbon: Mums Vintage Lace Trim (silver), Tulle Pleat Trim (Earl Grey), Daisies Vintage Lace Trim (Mauve), Ruffle Edge trim - yellow
Trinkets: Pearl Butterfly trinket pin, Crystal trinket pin, Trinket Love Hangers, Alterable Buttons, Mini tickets transparent - black, Velvet pleats (grey and yellow)
Authentique Paper: Delightful 6x6" bundle paper pad, baby girl "icons"

Made an additional card w/the things I got...using one of the die cut cards from Authentique Paper, along with some of the patterned papers.

The tag is from the Baby girl "headlines" card..I just added patterned paper over the middle where it said "Baby girl"...so the card can be used for whatever occasion.

MR Supplies used:
Tulle Pleat Trim in Earl grey, Felt beaded trinket flower (light/dark pink) and butterfly chipboard set.
Authentique Paper: Delightful 6x6 bundle paper pad, baby girl "headlines"

Thanks much for watching - and by all means, do come back tomorrow - we're not done showcasing the blog swap-projects! :)

Want more inspiration? Now go and visit Authentique Paper's blog and see what they have in store for you! And don't forget that you still have a chance to win our giveaway! Make sure to go read the details on this post.

Easter means chocolate!

While the egg-hunting part isn't that all too common here in Norway (it's my impression it's not that big a tradition as in the English speaking countries, at least), huge eggs filled with candies and chocolates has always been a part of the Easter-tradition for the children (honestly I don't understand why grown ups aren't included. I want Easter Eggs too!!).

This one's fairy easy to create.

• Purchase a paper egg (the cheap kind in the dollar bin) - or grab last years' egg
• Tear small pieces of thin patterned paper (I used a vintage book)
• Apply the pieces to the surface of the egg with decoupage adhesive or multi medium
• Make sure to apply decoupage/multi medium to the surface too, to seal the paper in
• Optional: whitewash the surface with thinned out white paint. Remember to reapply sealer.
• Start decorating! Use a strong kind of adhesive - personally I used hot glue for the larger embellishments.

I love the chipboard-butterflies. So pretty, especially when backing it with tulle and applying the surface with glossy crackle medium!

Sure, you could decorate a whole egg (I am when giving away easter eggs), but I think using the two halves on the table sort of seem more inviting. Like, telling people it's ok to just take a bite =)

Maya Road supplies used:

• Mini Gingham Trim - Coffee Brown
• Butterflies Mini Chipboard Set
• Daisies Vintage Lace Trim - Mauve
• Velvet Pleats - Yellow and Grey

 

Have a nice Easter!

-Ania

 

On this extra day of the year..

I figured I'd share a recent layout I created. Oh, how I envy my sisters outdoor-all-year-round-jacuzzi! The kids had great fun in the jacuzzi - in minus fifteen degrees celsius! That's 5 degrees fahrenheit to you US peeps!

I decided to do a real snowwy sort of layout. Did you know Maya Road offers lots of different snowflakes? Pictured above are the chipboard one, the white transparent ones, and the awesome vintage wooden ones. And that's not all the snowflakes Maya Road have in their assortment:

On the tags here I used the clear stamp ones as well. They're tucked into the open Kraft-envelope.
Then you have kraft snowflakes, and black transparent ones, and the coaster one, so you can create real big chipboard-snowflakes or a snowflakemini...in short..Maya Road have got lots of great wintery accessories! Speaking of the tags: I tried different approaches to these two seen here: First I stamped the snowflakes w/watermark-stamp, added white fine detail embossing powder to them and embossed the snowflakes onto the tags. Then I sprayed a mix of Popsicle Blue, Earl Gray and Silver Plated Metallic Mist spray onto the top one. The latter made the tag pretty metallic-looking, and the gray spray added shadows to it. For the bottom tag I sprayed Popsicle Blue onto a sponge, added it evenlyish to the tag then smeared white distress stain onto the whole tag, getting a mily white, lovely sheen to the whole tag. I think I really like the latter result the better!

And I adore the new Kraft owls, as well as the larger kraft tickets! I also find the 2012 Kraft Calendar quite handy! It's both informative and pretty-as-an-accessoire at the same time :) Here it's placed upon a whitepainted snowflake-chipboard. Notice the star-pins? I figured purple gemstones in the middle of them would make the whole layout a bit more exciting, breaking with the brown-white-blue colored theme :)

I dabbed some white distress stain on the vintage wooden snowflakes - the whitewashed look added to the vintage feel methinks. The chipboard ones got a coat of white gesso, before adding sugar coating glitter on them. The glitter was then sealed in by a layer of diamond glaze on the top.

Maya Road Supply List:
Maya Mists: Earl Gray, Popsicle Blue, Silver Plated Metallic Mist
Chipboard: Snowflake Chipboard Set, Jonathan Mini Alphabets
Wood: Vintage Wood Snowflakes
Transparent: Let it snowflakes - white,
Kraft: 20120 Kraft Calendar, Kraft Large Ticket Strips - white, Krafty Owls - black, Kraft envelopes - square
Trinkets: Vintage Raspberry beads - clear, Trinket Pins - Stars, Trinket Pins - Crystals, Vintage Paper Roses, Vintage Paper Posies, Gingham Point blossoms - brown & beige
Ribbons: Zipper trim - earl grey, Small organza roses - turquoise, twine - red, burlap trim

Other: Distress stain, gesso, sugar coating glitter, gems from KaiserCraft, doily, diamond glaze, papers from My Little Bicycle, Heidi Swapp heart, Glue Arts adhesives.

Happy Leap Day!

-Ania

Sharing my CHA Projects

Its been a long time between posts for me.!! Today I am sharing 2 of my projects with you all. First is a little Wall hanging.

 

 I used the following items to create this:

1. Rectangle chipboard

2. Scroll chipboard coaster page

3. Velvet Resin Blossom Cream Flower

4. Vintage Findings Pearl Centers

5. Trinket Pins Vintage Round Pearl Hot Pink Hearts 

6. Doily

7. Medallion  flower

8. Wavy Layerabl Chipboard Banners

9. Paper by Crate Paper

10. Pearl scroll

11. Extra flowers are Prima

12. Pearl bling by Kaisercraft

13. Mini alphabet stickers

My second project is a canvas heart album I used the following items to complete this

1. Canvas heart album

2. Patti Mini  alphabet chipboard

3. Buttermilk Cream Maya Mist

4. Metallic Cotton Candy Maya Mist

5. Die cut Kraft doilies (layered over the heart and mist to create pattern on canvas)

6. Vintage Metal Heart Tart Tin 

7. Wood Die Cut Doilies

8. Vintage Wood Spools

9. Kraft doilies

10. Trinket pins hearts

11. Small Daisy Vintage Lace Trim

12. Tulle

13. Bling

Thanks for looking

Sarah M

 

Antiquated Collection Sampler

One thing I love stumbling upon while shopping in thrift stores, antique malls or flea markets are  vintage samplers. I love all that I find as each one is so unique. Well with all those samplers in mind, I created this piece. A project like this is a great way to use up all the extra baubles you might already have on hand in your scraproom. 

Another fun project to create using extra embellishments you might have stored away is this, what I call, junk style bracelet. All you need is a bracelet with bezels and some E6000 to attach the embellishments. I wore this one at CHA-W and it was pretty popular. 

So pull out all the extra Maya Road embellishments you have one, two or three pieces of and think about creating a sampler or bracelet. Both are super fun to make.

Hugs!
Lisa M. Pace 

Good Old Fashioned Textiles

I love fabrics, thread, ribbons, and trims.  I always have and can remember in my teen years that I found fulfilling quiet time with a needle and thread to be so soothing and inspirational.  Maya Road certainly does not fail to please me with the many textiles in their collection of products. 

The new Frayed Edge Pleated Trim and Canvas Shipping Tags seen here are a textile lovers dream... then add in the new Linen Burlap Trim and flowers and I am in heaven!  One of my favorites from Maya Road is still the Canvas Albums.  I love them all made up into an album, but I also like to use the canvas pages individually in my projects like I did for a banner that I made recently.

The base of my banner is made from a vintage hand towel and then it is loaded up with little mini canvases made from several of the coaster albums.

 


I treated each canvas page as you would a tag or a card that you are embellishing.  Trinket Blossoms were used to create a few flower gardens with embroidered stitches added for stems and french knots embellish the Crushed Velvet Ribbon and Ric Rac.


I even turned one of the canvas pages into a house by adding a roof and a door made from a Mini Chipboard Scalloped Frame.   Vintage Paper Posies, one of the new Tiny Rulers  and a Wood Bingo Motif piece adds to the "curb appeal".




Lots of the new Mini Organza Roses Trim was used to pretty up the piece.  I think it will probably be one of those things that I can't use enough of because the roses are the perfect size for trimming up so many things and I adore the netting edge.  Along one edge of the Roses Trim I added some embroidered cross stitches, but you could even machine sew some stitching there to add another bit of detail to your projects.

The Home Word Chipboard Album was used to make the "Home" on the banner.  I added fabric, paper,  a Medallion Flower for the "o"  and some hand stitching there also.

I loved the Bird Chipboard Coaster Book the first minute I saw it, so I wanted to used one of the pages too.  I machine stitched a piece of muslin onto it then used a Scallop Mini Banner pieces for a wing and Crystal Star Trinket Pin for a lovely little flourish.

There are so many Maya Road items on this banner that I'm sure I'll forget to link something.  It was so much fun to make and to see all of the wonderful product come together all in one place.  Be on the lookout for some of the new products that I used here and for the many other things in the CHA Winter Release.  You can go check them out at  the Company Blog HERE .... happy creating!

Linda :-)