Maya Road Design Team

thank you to everyone who stopped by to check out our design team blog! we are so glad you could share with our excitement for our products.

the winner of the giveaway is:

Oh my gosh! I could spend DAYS making things with this stash! :)

Posted by: Allison L. | November 24, 2008 at 09:36 AM

congrats! please contact us here and give us your info and we will get the prize package out this week!

and for the rest of you please make sure you check back because you never know when we will have something exciting to giveaway again (hint: it will be before the year end!)

and there was  a question about whether we post outside of the US for our little giveaways, yes we do. we have never limited giveaways to the US - we feel that any blog reader should have an equal chance of winning!

and we wanted to leave you with this:

andrea wiebe from our design team created this and as a freebie for you all, we have turned the how - to instructions into a recipe card here (under ribbon tree) ! this is a really quick and easy project you can do in about 1 hour!

so enjoy!

Giveaway

We all here are thankful for many things - especially all of you who stop by and check out what new creations our Design Team and other Maya Road Lovers are doing with our products! Thank you so much for supporting us!

As mentioned in this last post, we have a giveaway for someone that we will randomly pick from all the commenters on this post or the last one.

Check out what we have here that we will pick a commenter for by the end of this week.

Lots of rubons, chipboard (of course), sheers, acrylics, albums and more!

So post here if you haven't yet to put your name in the hat for this little gift! We will pick one winner from all the comments at the end of the week! Please enter only once!

And we have big plans coming in 2009 from our Design Team so make sure you bookmark this blog. For more inspiration, check out our Creative Corner for ideas. And did you see all of the idea cards you can download here?

Have a great Holiday Season!

bag tag inspiration

With the Holidays just around the corner, we thought we would start sharing with you some Holiday and Gift inspiration!

Check out this bag tag which Susan Lui sent us.

 

Here is what Susan had to say about this project.

"The altered cupcake chipboard can be used as a gift tag or as a bag tag. I covered the chipboard with pink and white patterned papers because those are my daughter's favourite colours on cupcakes. To simulate the icing swirls, I embossed the pink and white cardstock using an embossing folder, then added stickles onto the embossed area to enhance the swirls. White flowers and a pink crystal were added to give the impression of cherry and icing on top. Finally, I personalised the tag with my daughter's name and some  ribbons were added to finish up the pretty little cupcake tag. I intend to make a lot of these as fun and quick presents. "

 

List of Supplies:

Chipboard Cupcake: Maya Road

Patterned Paper: your choice

Cardstock: your choice

Flowers: your choice

Ribbons: your choice

Alphas Stickers: your choice

 

Enjoy!

 

ETA: We have put together a little Maya Road giveaway of some stamps, chipboard, sheers, ribbons and more! Post here to let us know you stopped by and we will pick a winner next week!

Wendy has the Key to our Hearts, with this Mini Album!!

  Wendy Vecchi has made the Maya Road Car Key Coaster Book into a soft, vintage looking treasure called "The Key to A Happy Home".  Not that we're surprised though...everything Wendy touches turns out beautiful and unique which is why she's on our Design Team!

  The other thing we like about Wendy is she uses a TON of product on her work...she artfully places it here and there, gives it her special little touch and turns it into a work of art!  So, let's count...and see how many Maya Road products she used.....1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.....OK, lost count...so we'll list them for you!

Well, the Car Key Coaster Book, Trinkets buttons ( specifically... Pebble, Grass and Earth), Trinkets Elements Blossoms (I know, these happen to be one of her personal favorites!), Chipboard Letters (  Jonathon, Noah ,Simply Luxe Outer Loop and Philadelphia Upper Case ), Heart and Home (the cute little houses on the front), Vineyard (which she claims is the most unrecognized jewel in the whole Maya Road line and she's right), Foundations,  Blossoms 2 and 3, Motifs,  Microchip hearts Neutral, Scroll Ru-ons, Velvet Sparkle Blossoms,Velvet Blossoms, Wire Flower Clips and Of Course, Stamps (Defined, Scrolls and Foundations Journaling ) !!  See, I told you it was A LOT!

 

Wendy has supplied us with a list of other supplies you will need f you are interested in trying her techniques or re-creating this project yourself.

Ranger Products-

Jet Black Archival Ink

Coffee Archival ink

Distress inks Black Soot, Vintage photo, Brushed Corduroy

Blending tool

Distress Crackle Paint Brushed Corduroy

Dabber Paints Gold & Silver

Snow Cap White pigment ink

Pitch Black Pigment ink

Cloudy Blue Pigment ink

other supplies-

Paper

Glaze Pen Black

Precision Pen Black

Adhesive

Ribbon scraps, rhinestones, small brads, lace scrap, vintage leather reinforcements, black embroidery floss, misc. gems

Miscellaneous rubber stamps

Wendy also sent us the instructions....so NOW you can really make this project!!  Thanks Wendy!  You can see more of Wendy's work on her blog Studio 490. 

1. Paint the edges of the cover with crackle paint & set aside to dry. When dry, add multiple colors of paint, using the dabbers to create a rusty metallic look, then rub black pigment ink on & wipe off before it is completely dry.

Also apply the crackle paint (medium/thick) to a large chipboard flower. let dry & crackle. When dry, rub black soot

into the cracks, using a blending tool.

2. Cover the fronts & backs of each page with patterned paper. Sand the edges to distress, then ink with distress inks.

3. Ink the letters, roofs, and flowers black, using pigment ink.

4. Ink the blue letters & flowers with cloudy blue pigment ink. Use Brushed Corduroy ink on the others.

5. Cover the 3 houses with scraps of coordinating paper.

6. Stamp each page as desired, then add the embellishments as shown. Here's a little tip...

   **Always get your stamping done on BOTH sides before adding embellishments. It's MUCH easier to stamp on a

    flat surface.**

7. Pen stitch around the edges of the page. The more detail...the better your result. The smallest details adds interest.

8. Glaze pen dots/doodling also add interest and just a little shine to the project. *WARNING*  The tiny dots are very addicting & FUN.

9. The metal trinkets blossoms can be altered by stamping on them, then using a hemostat to bend the petals up.

As you can see on the "Live" page, I also altered one by cutting it & using just a portion of it. At the bottom of this page, the corner is a piece of the square frame from the foundations tin. *Always look @ the POSSIBILITIES* and look for other used of chipboard pieces.

10. On the "success" page, the flower center was stamped on grungeboard, cut out, then inked with vintage photo ink. Curl the petals up, by rolling them from the edge.

11. The velvet blossoms started out white. I altered the color by lightly blotting them with Cloudy Blue pigment ink. I then stamped them with black pigment ink.

12. One more embellishing tip...Layer your alphabets to create dimension and vary the fonts used, for a unique look.

13. HAVE fun! Try different techniques...Make ART!

wendy