Maya Road Design Team

Maya Road and Jillibean Craft Swap Day 3

Hello and welcome to day 3 of the swap!  Aren't the other projects shared just so lovely?!?!  Jillibean sure has beautiful paper and mixed with Maya Road it is simply perfection.

My project today is made with the "Grandma's Lima Bean Soup" Collection pack.  I love the color combinations and the sweet patterns. 

This is made from an old barn window.  I lined the back of the glass panels with the patterned papers then made a few embellishments to hang on the Maya Road Twine Cording using the new mini clothes pins.  I can hardly stand how cute those tiny clothes pins are!







Grandma's Lima Bean Soup collection has fun sentiments on tags, labels, and stickers so it was easy to make the perfect embellishments to go along with my photos.

 Of course nothing goes better on any project than the Maya Road chipboards, trinket pins, wood items and flowers.

I used the Jillibean papers and journaling labels & stickers to make layers with the Maya Road chipboard tags & coaster book pages.

Thanks so much for stopping by today for the blog swap and don't forget to check in tomorrow for another project made with Jillibean and Maya Road.  You'll be glad that you did!  Remember that you still have a chance to win our blog swap giveaway.  Make sure to go read the details "on this post."

Have a wonderful day!

Maya Road & Jillibean Craft Swap Day 2...

Welcome to Day 2 of Maya Road and Jillibean Soup Craft Swap.  I am simply crazy about the combination of Maya Road goodies mixed with a healthy serving of Grandma's Lima Bean Soup from Jillibean.  So much fun and most definitely inspiring.

I created a set of gift tags using Grandma's Lima Bean Soup collection and heaps of Maya Road products including Kraft Notes and Envelopes, White Krafty Owls, White Time Flies Kraft Clocks, the Scallop Basic Album, Cream & Red Velvet Pleats, Mini Wood Clothes Pins, Vintage Button Stick Pins, Pink Vintage Tape Measure Trim, Saffron Yellow Twine Cording, Little Birdies Metal Vintage Trinkets , and Our Home Metal Vintage Trinkets.       

I also used  velvet trims from Maya Road including 1/4" Leaf Green and Ocean Turquoise Double Stitched Velvet Ribbon along with red gingham ribbon.  

I love the sentiments included throughout the sweet Grandma's Lima Bean Soup collection...perfect for friends young and old.

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 for more details.  

Here's a peek at what's up for grabs and make sure to keep checking back throughout the week for more inspiration!  There are lots of fun projects ready and waiting on the Jillibean Soup blog as well!

Thanks for visiting.

Melissa
 

Maya Road & Jillibean Craft Swap day 1

Hi Roadies, Angella here,  to kick off day 1 of our Jillibean  swap !

With this Combo  it is truely starting to look a bit like christmas , with a chance of christmas gift at  the end.. 

 today I am going to share with you my project 12 days of christmas using Jillibean Winter  Tortellini & Spinach Soup and Maya road shadow box

 

 

the Jillibean Winter tortellini & Spiniach Soup Collection pack  with the fresh green and red colours in the paper collection, teamed up with  Maya Road goodness , makes for one creative combo.

I have Joined the 2 shadow boxes together to form the 12 days of christmas book, by using the pattern paper as my book binding...  the new Maya road Kraft typography numbers  worked really well as the number countdown. With so many Maya Road textures; the wood collection, Kraft Collection, Metals you can create so much.

So Roadies, Thanks for joining me today for our blog swap! Don't forget that you  have a chance to win our giveaway!

 Make sure to go read the details on this post  Here. or the post just below

but be sure to come back here everyday this week to see more inspiration !

have a great day everyone.

Maya Road & Jillibean Craft Swap Week!

We are about to kick off  a great week this week pairing with Jillibean Soup.  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 yourself in 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 Jillibean Soup'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. 

 

autumn sunset

Hello Roadies! This is Leah, checking in with my very first post here on the Maya Road blog! I'm so excited to be joining the team!

Today I'm sharing a layout that I made using a bunch of fun goods from Maya Road. I don't really get to experience the seasons anymore, since I live near Miami. But one thing I always DO notice is a change in the light - the sun takes on more of a golden cast in the autumn, and I love catching some photos of the sunsets. We start spending a bit more time outside, too, since it's cooler. This is one of my personal faves from last year...The Summer Sun Yellow Maya Mist creates a perfect backdrop for this photo of our boys. I added a few drips of the Red Pepper Mist, as well, to help frame out the photo.

The burlap flowers add just the perfect touch of texture.

To contrast the lovely texture of the burlap flowers, I decided to emboss the wood twig branch.

I capped it off with one of the butterfly masks cut from kraft that I painted to match my fabric. 

I hope I've help inspire you to capture one of your favorite things about the autumn season and document it! Enjoy a fabulous weekend!

 

Is it or isn't it ?

Hi Roadies Angella here !

Just because it is a  Album !  And  the packet said so !  it dosn't have to be  ! So I say  jump out of the box and create something a little bit different.

The project i just taught at Artistic Journey is the perfect example

Soar butterfly chipboard Album

I like to do alot of 3D projects and see how I can change things up a bit, I do love the challenge !

Products I have used : Zipper trim , Brown felt posies, Fabric leaves, Vintage tiny rulers, Wood bingo, Vintage tape measure, Alterable wood buttons , Kraft flag buttons Scrolls Mini Chipboard, Scallop frame set, Mini Chipboard love set, Twine, Trinket Alterable trinkets, Spools, Vintage rabbits,Satin Pleat edging, Heart tart tin , Ink, Mists, Canvas button , Kraft tickets white, Tu-Tu tulle vintage , You are singleton stamp

and of course the pages and back view

So roadies I hope I have inspired you to look at Chipboard Albums in a different way !

A great coffee table piece or christmas gift for giving ! love to see what you create !

Have a great day

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!

It's just around the corner!

Hello!  Thanks for stopping by today. 

You know what Im talking about, right?  Winter... Christmas... cold.   I've been seeing the signs for awhile now.  Sweaters on store racks, Christmas ornaments in Hobby Lobby, commercials on TV for cute boots, and Pinterest is loaded with Christmas and winter projects. 

Whether you like winter or not, there are some really fun things about the season and one of my favorites is winter crafts.  I don't know if it's all the glitter and sparkle that gets to me and goes perfect with the season, but I always find myself especially inspired when it comes to Christmas.  I made my first project for this year in July for Maya Road and CHA so that's what I'm sharing with you today.

This snowball scene project has lots of wonderful Maya Road items that are so easy to work into a craft project.  The base is 2 of the new Vintage Tiny Rulers that are adhered to the bottom of a Vintage Wood Spool.  The wood is lightly stained and the spool is wrapped with Twine Cording, Double Stitched Velvet Ribbon and then topped off with a Wood Snowflake.

I used a 3" styrofoam ball for the snowball.  Before painting it with white paint I smoosh it up with my fingers and add some indentations so that it's not perfectly round.  Once the paint is dry I add some clear glitter and then use a light brown inkpad to distress it up a bit. 

Next I decorated the top of the snowball top with a Vintage Wood Twig and Vinage Wood Bird.  The bird was painted red then I added some clear crackle medium and sprinkled a bit of clear glitter onto the crackle while it was still wet.  Once dry I always distress the outer edges of items in my projects with a brown inkpad.

I painted a large chipboard Snowflake and added rhinestones and glitter to add to the back side of the winter scene.  The chipboard "Joy" was painted turquoise. I used hot glue to adhere all of the pieces to the top, but you can also buy a styrofoam adhesive if you don't like to work with a glue gun. 

Once I added some more wood snowflakes I finished off the project with some Crystal Star and Pearl Leaf Trinket Pins.  They always are the perfect final touch to any project. 


This project would be great as a small unique gift or you could even make it into an ornament for the tree.  Make sure to pick up these Maya Road products and more for unending inspiration for your upcoming winter and Christmas projects.  You'll be glad you did!



Maya Road Product List:
Vintage Crystal Star Trinket Pins
Vintage Pearl Leaf Trinket Pins
Large Snowflake Chipboard Set
Vintage Wood Birds
Vintage Spools
Vintage Wood Snowflakes
Vintage Tiny Wood Ruler
Twine Cording
Double Stitched Velvet Ribbon
Christmas Words MIni Chipboard Set

Make a point to always cheer for yourself

Hi everyone!!

This is Karen Grunberg. I am back this month to share another layout with you. 

I have two sons and I often hear people say that they worry they can't use flowers or pink on their "boy" pages, so I thought it would share one of my recent layouts that has both:

not only does this layout have flowers, but it has a LOT of flowers. I wanted to have fun with it so I made a collection of them and just mixed sizes and colors I liked.

and then I added a few more on the other side just to balance it out a bit.

I cut that little yellow rose out of our trim. Isn't it cute alone like that? I used a blue one on the corner, too. Don't be afraid to cut out trim (or any embellishment really.)

I also had fun with my zipper trims. I added two layers and snuck some other colored trim in between and then some pins in the back. I stitched them all down to make sure they would not move. 

And there you go. Flowers, pink, boys... all happy together.

The journaling on this page says: I was watching you play with the batman toy. How you pick a type, you think and then you choose your answer. And when you get it right you do a little dance and cheer yourself on. I love that you take the time to congratulate yourself for a job well done! Make sure to always always take time to do that in your life. You're a great example to all of us. I love you Nathaniel!! 

And there we go. Do you dare use flowers and pinks on your boy pages or are you reluctant to do so? If you have some flowery pink boy pages, link me up in the comments so I can see it!

 

It's a minialbum. Yet not really?

Hello there!

Today I figured I'd give you a closer look at this wickedly cool vintage memory box that Maya Road now carry.

It's sort of a minialbum. In a box. That looks like a cube. A 3 inch minicubeboxalbum. Honestly, I find that exciting!

It makes a curious gift, methinks. There's chipboardpages that comes with the box. Sturdy and easy to decorate (the smaller the area the more fun it is to decorate).

This is the top of the box. I love altered stuff, I find that they allow me to use bulky stuff without worrying too much (I worry too much when it comes to layouts, I can't help it!). But if it's a box? Then I just go wild with the dimensional flowers. Notice how the hexagon chipboard makes a nice platter/background for the top, with it's red glitter frame? And that trinket star pins goes to like, anything? Gotta love the vintage rabbit figurines as well :)

I had to decorate the insides too. Just a little tad. *Love* the ornate vintage butterfly stamp! And the combo of spraying dragon fruit pink maya mist onto chipboard letters then adding glossy accent upon. Shiiiny, vivid letters!! Not to mention the various twine cording used for the coasters that makes the pages for this somewhat untraditional mini album.

I kept the "pages" very simple. A b&w photo and a trinket or two on the front,

And the mini kraft tags (love them, such a sturdy material too!) w/ white splatter and text on the back.

So yeah, if you get the chance, give this vintage memory box a try!

If you don't wanna use the coasters as "pages" for the minibook, why not just alter the box (and put something else inside, as a gift) and use the coasters separately, like, say, for personal Christmas tree decorations? I'm thinking if I find a sturdy twig/branch, spraypaint it whiteish...then I'd love to hang these "pages" on it as decoration...

Or perhaps you have other suggestions as what to use these boxes for? Please do share! :)