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Wreath Inspiration: Girly Girl

Hello there, Roadies! MandyKay here to share a soft girly wreath with you. If you're the kinda girl that loves pink and a little bling, this could be the wreath for you! And its neutral enough to use it all year long, if you'd like.

I started my wreath out by wrapping a foam wreath with some white yarn, then randomly wrapping some Blackberry twine on top of that. From there, I started layering up my flowers. I always begin with my larger flowers. So the Houndstooth Licorice Winter Rose and the Smoke Burlap Rose were added first. Then, I rolled up some flowers with my Zipper trims in Cloud White, Midnight and Bubble Gum Pink. It didn't feel complete so I, tucked in a couple of the White Velvet Pleat Flowers and a couple flowers made with the Earl Grey Tu-Tu Tulle and Licorice Black Tulle Pleat Trim to round out my cluster. To add a bit of shimmer and bling to my flowers, I used some Pale Pink Pearl Ball Trinket Pins, a few Clear Jewels, a Raspberry Bead, a Vintage Round Pearl Pin, and a Pearl Butterfly pin. And to finish the whole thing off, I created leaves with some Paper Twine cording.

To create that little leaf shape, cut off a desired lenght of the Carnation Paper Twin Cording and while holding tightly to the very end, untwist the twine til you are able to pull it apart, into the shape you want.

I hope you are enjoying our Wreath event, here at Maya Road, and don't forget to keep coming back, because we have a ton of inspiration left to share with you!

Thanks for stopping by, today!

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One last Ode to Winter...

I know... we are all tired of it.  Most of us have had more than enough of the snow and cold and are ready for Spring!  (I think that I just heard today that there are only 20 more days until Spring... yay!!)   I'm ready to do the countdown, but that doesn't mean that I don't love creating with the photos and colors of winter.  I mean, who doesn't love a wintery stamped image or a glittery white wood snowflake?  Maya Road has the best things to use for all of your winter layouts, mini albums and projects.

I made this using the Landscape Binder with tabbed pages album.  Such a sweet little book that you can stuff full of Maya Road embellishments.


On the front I made a snowman using the Alterable Wood Buttons that I painted white and topped off with some clear crackle medium and glitter. The houses are from the Welcome Home Chipboard set and of course there plenty of the Vintage Wood Snowflakes both here and throughout the album.



On each of the pages I used words from the Art Journaling Words Clear Stamp set. 

I love the Sea Blue Zipper Trim with the snowflakes, the reds and the glitter so I also added the color to some of the chipboard pieces like the Hexagons.  The Let It Snow stamps were made using white embossing enamel.



The Red Velvet Pleats add a nice pop of color to the pages as does the Gingham Trims in apple Red and Licorice black.

As always I use lots of Trinket Pins and a Vintage Wood Spool or two. 

Thanks for stopping by and I promise that my next project will have nothing to do with winter... think butterflies and flowers! ;-)  Have a great day!

It's time to trim the tree!

Hello Roadies! Mandy Kay here, to show you a couple quick ornaments, I created for teacher/co-worker gifts.

For the first ornament, I started with some Blackberry Twine, a doilie, a Natural Button, a chipboard heart from the Tiny Banner set, Bubblegum Metallic Mist, and a Large Chipboard Snowflake.

I embossed the snowflake with silver glitter embossing powder, sprayed the heart with Bubblegum Metallic Mist, layered the button, doily, and heart on top, and tied it all off with some twine.

 

And for the next ornament, I used a page from the Canvas Star Coaster Album, a Denim Rose, Cream Flower pins, Cream Organza Rose Ribbon, a Linen Tag, Blue Slushie Twine, and the alphas from the Just My Type stamp set.

Did you see that I embossed the canvas? I didn't know you could (safely) emboss the fabric until I tried it on this project. Cool huh? **I had the most success with the "Glitter" powder. I tried just a plain white powder on another piece of fabric and it didn't really do as well as the glittered.

These were so quick and easy to make, I plan to make them in bulk for gift giving. They would even look pretty as a gift topper. 

I hope I've inspired you to handmake some gifts this holiday season.

Thanks for stopping by!

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 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!

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!

Need a hostess idea? Don't worry...

Hey there, Ania here with a little idea to share with you today!

I love bringing hostess gifts, and what better these days (upcoming Christmas and snow and winter and cold and all..well..for those of you lucky enough to experience the changing climates of the year..or whatever you'd call it) but to decorate boxes with extra long matches?

It's a superb way to use the scraps you have lying around, or, as I did here, using 6x6" paperpads. And - just pull together bits and pieces of Maya Road embellishments to adorn the front of the match boxes...just remember to make sure to keep one side somewhat flat-ish. Or not. *smile*

The vintage wooden spools was cut in two (just use a small and sharp pair of scissors) then decorated with scraps of paper or fabric (here: scraps from the ribbon small organza roses in olive). I also framed in the wooden vintage mini butterflies (love these!) with a frame from the scallop frames chipboard set, colored with dragon fruit pink mist (my fave color I tell ya!) and finally glitterified.

I'll admit to not really knowing what to do with the scroll corners chipboard set...but adorned with a large vintage lace mums in apple..which looks pretty christmassy..yeah..that works, doesn't? Love the sunflower yellow mist here by the way - the color is so intense and vibrant!

And sure thing, butterflies aren't really Christmassy, but if you add red glitter on it can be, don't you think? Notice the decoration on the spine by the way...

Did you know that Maya Road has ubercool snowflake-chipboards? I like layering them, to create unique snowflakes..

Not to forget the Christmas Words Mini set...really, if in doubt...add glitter!

Now, don't forget the spines either...ribbon, trinkets, bits and pieces..or just plain paper. Anyhing works :)

Create a few of these so that you have a reserve in case of an unexpected invite.. where a little gift of gratitude would be handy...I also like to create some of these, uhm, how to put it...more modern...with like, trendy, hipster papers... or wintery..so it's not just limited to Christmas, but to this time of the year where lighting a few extra lights or a fire might be more common than othertimes...

They're also nice as small gifts to coworkers, or like extra, personal gifts for family members for Christmas....or to keep yourself...*smile*

In the meadow we can build a snowman...

Hello Roadies!  Are you ready for winter?  If you live somewhere that gets snow it doesn't officially feel like winter without it.   Winter and snowmen seem to go hand in hand and I always like to make snowmen of the artificial kind for my crafting projects. 

This snowman (or rather, snowgirl) isn't in a meadow, but in a white distressed lantern.  I have a bunch of lanterns around since we used them for my son's wedding last fall so I like to try and use them for different things besides candles.

She is all decked out for some snowy celebrating in her Maya Road goodies.  Notice her fancy pearl necklace made from the new Pearl Trim.  She also wears alterable Wood Buttons and Trinket Pins galore.


Her hat is embellished also with the TuTu Tulle that is held in place with a Vintage Lustrous Button jewel.

Did you notice the bottle brush tree behind her?  It's also decorated with Maya Road pretties like the Vintage Rhinestone Trim, a Velvet Point Blossom in Cream, more Trinket Pins and a Wood Snowflake.  The base of the tree is a large Vintage Wood sewing Spool that is wrapped with floss and shining at the tip top is a Crystal Star Pin.

Also inside the snowy scene is a large painted Chipboard Snowflake and some of the Raspberry Beads strung on some wire.  Don't they just look perfect for a winter day?


I can't forget to mention the always "perfect for any project"... Maya Road's Chipboard Mini Banner pieces that I wired to the top of the lantern along with a Vintage Wood Snowflake.



Thanks so much for stopping by to see my wintery snowgirl in her new home for the season.  I must say that after "building" something inside of a small space that I greatly admire those people that have built ships in a bottle ;-)   I hope that you're inspired to use something in a different way and that you'll look to Maya Road for all of the  beautiful embellishments.

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,