Maya Road Design Team

Maya Road & Photoplay Product/Blog Swap | 12x12 Layout -SHINE-

Hello Roadies!

 

 

Nathalie here to welcome you  to the last day of the Maya Road and Photoplay Product/Blog swap.  I hope you all had found inspiration on all the projects showcased this week.  Remember to take the time to visit both blogs, and comment along the way, one lucky comment will be winning a gift certificate to the store.  But know let me show you what i created for this swap using the beautiful Maya Road products, and the super fun Mad 4 Plaid collection from Photoplay.

 

 

 

For my project, I wanted to recreate a Christmas tree just like the one my daughter is sit under in the picture.  Since there are so many beautiful patterns in the Photoplay's  Mad 4 Plaid collection,  i tried to combined them all by using 1x12 in long strips to create paper rosettes.  These were then glued -and stacked- to recreate the Christmas tree silhouette.

 

 

 

Once the entire tree shape was created, I started adding details to the center of each rosette using the sequin stickers from the Mad 4 Plaid sticker sheet, along with some of the Maya Road Pearl Button Trim, and Pearl Flower Trim that were cut individually, and glued to the center of each rosette.

 

 

To tie in the picture to the layout, I used a few wood tokens as centers for some of the rosettes -the wood tokens come from the Wood Classic Tokens,  Wood Love Tokens,  Wood Beloved Tokens - .  A little bit of gold acrylic paint was all that was needed to add some shine to each of the tokens.   In addition, since the papers color palette had some grey in it, i added some Silver Star Pins scattered at the edge of the tree.

 

 

 

Every tree needs a topper!, so I pulled some of the Snowflake Chipboard Set, and used gold foil on two of their matching snowflakes (same star, different sizes) to tie in with the gold shine in the wooden tokens; then just glued them together, and affixed it to the top paper rosette.  Our Christmas tree usually has a large bow right under the star, so I added one of the White Pretty Resin Bow to recreate our Christmas tree.

 

 

 The Photoplay's  Mad 4 Plaid collection comes filled with gorgeous papers, and super fun stickers and die cut pieces.   I used some of the stickers to create clusters around the picture, and one of the die cut pieces "SHINE" serves as the title for this project.   To make the small title/die cut pop, i used the Sparkle and Die Steel Die set to create a few star sequin from some of the 6x6  papers from the collection, and then just glued them around the title.

 

 

 

Here is a close up of one of the clusters around the picture, once again,  i used a combination of embellishments, plus I added my favorite charm from the Ken Oliver Heart & Key Charm set to the cluster.  Remember there is a promotion going -30%off the entire collection- on this entire month on all Ken Oliver's collection on the Maya Road on line store.

 

A few flickers of gold paint, and a few lines of journal complete the page.  Can i say that the beautiful Maya Road along with the Mad 4 Plaid collection from Photoplay made it easy to document a memory in July (it was a humid day the day i created this page!!).

 

Remember to stop by the blog to check all the projects created this week, and leave a comment on each entry, there will be a prize for a lucky comment.  As usual, let me know if you have questions on how this came together.

 

See you all soon,

 

 

Maya Road Products used:

Pearl Button Trim

Pearl Flower Trim

 Wood Beloved Tokens 

Wood Classic Tokens

Wood Love Tokens

Wood Beloved Tokens

Silver Star Pins

Snowflake Chipboard Set

Pretty Resin Bow

Sparkle and Die Steel Die set

Ken Oliver Heart & Key Charm set

Maya Road Guest Designer: Nicole Nowosad & Summer Card Duo

Hey Roadies! We're back for more inspiring creations from July Guest Designer, Nicole Nowosad! If you missed her stacked pallet project that we shared with you on Wednesday, be sure to check it out.

We love Nicole's vibrant use of color and pattern paired up with fun embellishments.  She's even giving us a Maya Road mists flash-back! Anyone else still have some of those? Thanks so much Nicole for joining us again today! Take it away...

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Summer Card Duo by Nicole Nowosad

Good morning ! I am excited to be back again a guest this month! I decided to create a few fun cards using some great Maya Road embellishments for today.

 

I created this first card with some good old Maya Road mists -truth is, these are still my favorite mists, even though I have had them quite a while! I painted some of the mist to the card base and set to dry.

 

I diecut a sentiment on my Silhouette Cameo and then added some Resin Flowers in both shocking pink  and  sunshine yellow with an Acrylic Token too.

 

 

I added some Maya Road embellishments to the front of this card base that I created, they were the perfect addition to some punched items from my stash.

 

I added an Ornate Resin frame in white and then layered my sentiment overtop, and added in more of those fun Resin Flowers in both shocking pink  and  sunshine yellow to finish off the card!

 

Thanks so much for joining me today and Maya Road for asking me to guest this month!

 

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Thanks so much Nicol for sharing your talent with us! We absolutely love your card creations!

 

Maya Road and Xyron Blog Swap | Altered Picture Frame

 

Hello Roadies!

Nathalie here, to welcome to the last day of the Product Blog Swap between Maya Road and Xyron.  I hope you have been inspired by all the beautiful products the team has put together using Maya Road goodies, and the Xyron adhesives.

 

 

I received the Xyron Creative Station Lite for this swap, and it has been love at first sight from then on.   The ease with which this machine adds adhesive to different materials makes working on projects a breeze, not to mention mess-free.

 

 

 My daughter's cork board is full of Instax pictures, but she hates putting them away in the albums with the tack holes in the frame.  So I set to create a sort of frame/decoration piece that will house the pictures and add some sort of organization to her room, too.   I purchased an inexpensive shallow shadow frame for this project.   After retiring the plexi glass cover, I used a hand drill to create a hole at the top of the back of the frame.  Here I used a Silver Bulldog Clip, and secure it to the frame using a silver brad from my stash.

 

 

I run  fun foam through the Xyron  Active Station Lite so that i could use it to add dimension and secure pieces in this project.  Some of the foam was then  run through the machine a second time, so that it had adhesive on both sides of the foam.  

 

 

To add the sentiment /focal point of this frame, I used a Silhouette store cut file to cut the word "Smile" , three times, from  white card stock , and once from a paper from Pink Paislee's Oh My Heart Collection.   Since the word is just 5" in height, i was able to run all the pieces through the Xyron Active Station.

 

 

All the cut-outs were then attached together  to create dimension on the word.  The newly formed piece was then attached to an 8x10.5 in piece of paper form the same collection, and then glued to a letter size piece of white card stock.  The card stock was now placed on the frame using a few of the foam pieces to the top of the page, so that it can be secured to the bulldog clip.

 

 

To complete the look of the cut out, a small Vintage Butterfly Tranparency was glued to the word, and a small resin heart from the "Oh My Heart" collection was then added using a small piece of the foam adhesive -created with the Xyron station- to the dot on the "i" .  Now to the fun part, embellishing!!

 

 

 To complete the frame, I pulled a few Maya Road goodies  to create a swag at the bottom of the card stock page.  The double sided foam adhesive created with the Xyron Station worked to secure and add a bit of dimension to some of the pieces.

 

 

 The bottom swag was created using a few  Cream Felt Blossoms as the base for the swag;  two Ballerina Pink Tulle  Mini Blossoms were then added to each side of the swag.  A   Buttermilk Tulle mini Blossom was then placed at the center of the cluster.  

 

 

To add some more color to the page, and define the shapes of the flowers, a few leaves were created using a paper from the collection, and the With Love Nature Steel Die.   The new milk white Resin diamonds, along with some pieces from the Pearl  Mum Trim, Pearl Button Trim, and  Pearl center trim were  scattered around the flowers.

 

 

To complete the swag, a pair of wood tokens were added to the corners of the swag,  one from the Wood Love Token collection, and another from the Wood Thoughtful Sentiment Token collection.  The mixture of textures works great in this large cluster.  

 

 

To finish the cluster -also to anchor the swag, and to repeat elements in the project-  a small Bow Tie Clip was was glued below the white tulle flower.  In addition to tie in the colors of the paper collection, a few of the collection's chipboard elements were added to the project.  Here is what the final project looks now:

 

 

Even after adding the small adhesive foam pieces,  the dimension of the flowers was perfect even after sliding the plexi glass cover in the frame/shadow box.  I really love the end result, and now this project can easily serve as a frame and/or decorating piece in our home.

I hope this serves as inspiration to create a project for your home.  Thank you Xyron for the Active Station Lite, it is one of the most helpful machines in my craft room, now.

Don't forget to leave comments on this weeks posts.  A lucky comment will win a Gift Certificate to the store!!

 

I look forward to seeing what you create!

 

 

 MAYA ROAD Materials Used:

22 mm Silver Bulldog Clip

Vintage Butterfly Transperancy

Cream Felt Blossoms

Ballerina Pink Tulle  Mini Blossoms

Buttermilk Tulle mini Blossom

With Love Nature Steel Die

milk white Resin diamonds

Pearl  Mum Trim, Pearl Button Trim, and  Pearl center trim

Wood Love Token collection

Wood Thoughtful Sentiment Token collection

Bow Tie Clip

 

Maya Road & Xyron Blog Swap | Mini Album

Hi Roadies! It is Maya Road and Xyron blog swap this week, hope you have been enjoying what our design team members have created! 

Today it is my turn to share my mini album for the blog swap - Enjoy.

Creating mini albums are a wheeze with the right tools and embellishments. I like to categorize my work into several parts so making albums take lesser time for me. In fact, this album took me 3 hours from start to finish. The xyron creative station lite has given this project a big time booster! 

First I usually gather the necessary supplies for my album. I am using a selection of Maya Road dies as the base in this album. You can find my list of supplies at the end of this blog post. The dies from Maya Road can cut a variety of materials, I commonly use pattern paper and foam. After die-cutting, I collect the die cuts in a tray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second step is the secret of what makes the making of the album a whole load faster! I place all the elements through the Xyron Creative Station Lite and viola! What I like is the ease of use, just roll all the pieces through and you are all prepared to stick the elements into your album! You could even run your ribbons / laces through this unit. It saves you from the hassle of using liquid glue and getting a big mess onto your projects. Yes, do that for your photographs too! What I love about it is the full coverage of the stickiness, therefore ensuring that your photos or papers would stick permanently and not fall off over time.

 
The next part is really to get the album together. I used the xyron station to make the cover of the album. Then, I wanted to add some interest to the spine, so I used the Maya Road Jute & Twine Cording to perform some stitching. The album cover is first done by adding the MR lace, clock transparencies and kraft bracket tag. Later, I added the MR coffee wood token, resin diamond (coming soon!), wood slices, pearl ribbon and felt flower.

Speaking of flower, did you know that Maya Road is also having a special deal on flowers this month? Check this out!

Here are some close ups of the album using my favourite dies from Maya Road! It is easy to adhere the smaller pieces when you have the Xyron, you just need a pair of tweezers to help pick up the finer pieces and then place them onto your work. 

Thank you for joining me today and don't forget to leave a comment! Blog swap details can be found here.

 

 

 

 

Maya Road Supplies Used:

• https://mayaroad.com/products/enjoy-coffee-die-bundle
• https://mayaroad.com/products/diagonal-atc-die
• https://mayaroad.com/products/dots-atc-die
• https://mayaroad.com/products/glasses-and-stache-die
• https://mayaroad.com/products/heart-atc-die
• https://mayaroad.com/products/scalloped-frame-atc-die
• https://mayaroad.com/products/sunburst-atc-die
• https://mayaroad.com/products/vintage-dressform-die
• https://mayaroad.com/products/oh-snap-camera-die-bundle
• https://mayaroad.com/products/felt-roses-taupe
• https://mayaroad.com/products/mixed-mini-wood-slices
• https://mayaroad.com/products/kraft-journaling-tags-decorative
• https://mayaroad.com/products/resin-mini-mums-sand
• https://mayaroad.com/products/jute-twine-cording
• Resin Diamond (coming soon!)
• Coffee Wood Piece (coming soon!)
• Yellow Lace

Good Times Library Card Box

Hi Roadies!!  Hope you have enjoyed all the fun projects the team has created for you since the last time I posted.  And just in case you didn't know, there is a promotion for the fun wood products that Maya Road has going on over at the website.  So, I thought this was a perfect time to share my Library Card box I did for Creavation in January.  Wood is one of my favorite things to alter, so I knew I was going to have fun with this!

The best thing about these Library Card Boxes is that you can create and embellish as much or as little as you want!  You can add as many tags or add fewer tags, it's all up to you and what you feel like creating at the time!  

One thing I like to do with wood to prep it, is cover with a white paint in a couple of thin coats, letting each coat dry in-between.  I happened to use white chalk paint this time.  I then lightly washed a shimmery pink over the entire box, just to give it a fun feel.  I started to add polka dots, but I was scared that would take it too far!

While my box was drying, I started working on tags for it.  I cut them slightly smaller than the inside dimensions of the box.  This will allow you to stack, stand and flip thru them easily. I just created tags out of pattern paper, since I didn't have any shipping tags on hand.  I printed and cut a few pictures to fit the tags, but left room for me to embellish those tags with the pictures also. 

I am going to be honest, I spent a lot of time picking out embellishments.  Not because I was being a perfectionist, but because it was so fun to see how cute I could make the tags, yet make all of them different.  I will have a list of all the fun Maya Road supplies I used at the end of my post. 

And here is a little more about the promotion going on right now on the website.  And it's a new site that is bright, clean and easy to shop on!  New items are being added all the time, so be sure to stop by often!

Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road blog today.  Create something beautiful and share with us on Facebook and Instagram.  We would love to see your projects!

Maya Road Supplies Used

Ken Oliver Wood Library Card Box-#5 Size

Wood Tokens

Country Fair Wood Buttons

Alterable Wood Hearts

Felt Roses

Love Kraft Gift Tags

Mason Jar Kraft Tags

Man's Best Friend Clips

Ornate Resin Frame

Resin Mini Mums

Star Bright Charms

Tulle Mini Blooms

Linen Canvas Banner Pieces

 

 

 

 

 

Pallet Photo Display

Hi Roadies! It's Belly on the blog today. This is the first time I play with string art, so much fun but I'd tried for ten times, lol! I did it on the new Maya Road 8x8 pallet, this is the perfect size as you can use it for many different kinds of wall art.

I upcycled an wood embellishment box as the photo frame, cut the photos into 1.5 inch square and adhere inside the holes, some of them used foam. I left one of the hole free and put a piece of pattern paper with Maya Road Simple Heart Clips, I colored it with oil base marker in red.

To decorate the pallet, flowers are always my first choice. The Maya Road steel dies are super strong that I roll only one time with the felt and they came off easily. I am fall in love with this flowers.  I added a little pearl in the middle to let them look more elegant.

How about the leaves, they are just too cute to use the heart dies to cut, then fold and glue on a wire (I used the cut over wire from the paper roses).

I think I did say that "with love" dies is one of my favorite Maya Road dies, I used it with glittered foam sheet this time, easy and just perfect for adding a bit shine on the pallet. What kind of wall pallet art will you play with this new? Let us know.

 

Maya Road Products I Used:
DIY Wood Mini Pallet 8x8 (new)
Cherry Red Jute & Twine Cording
Simple Heart Clips
Wood Hashtag Tokens
Small Vintage Paper Flowers - Red
Firehouse Red - Vintage Tape Measure Trim
Wood Embroidery Hoops
"With Love" Script Die
Rolled Flower Die
Steel Die - Fanciful Love

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Random Moments And Keeping It Simple

Hi there Roadies!  It's Katrina from Paper, Scissors and Glue today to share a layout with you.  Do you capture and scrap the random moments?  Or are you an event type of scrapper? I love the random moments and I have a page with one of those pictures on it to share today.  I also went a little more simpler with embellishments than I normally do.  Sometimes it's nice to change up your routine!

I love the colors in this collection, but I loved the way the kraft library pocket played off of them when I was putting the layout together.  I think it's my favorite thing about the layout. I love embellishing pockets and envelopes with all the fun little bits and bobs!  Here I just wrapped some twine (one of my favs to do), added a die cut and then one of the stitchable wooden tokens on the pocket front.

  

I continued the heart theme on to the other side, with some of the chipboard hearts that Maya Road has.  The collection I used also had chipboard hearts as additional embellishments, so I thought it would be fun to mix the two.  To keep some flow, I painted the Maya hearts with some white acrylic paint.  Then I decided to dress them up with some sequins and enamel dots as little touches.  I love how they all look together.

This was one of my cleaner layouts, since I usually like a lot of "stuff" on projects.  But as you can see, sometimes it's better to go simple and keep the focus on the picture!  So, I hope I inspired you to mix it  up a little bit!  With colder weather coming here in the US, it's the perfect time to get a little extra scrapping time and try something new!

Maya Road Supplies

Kraft Library Cards w/Envelopes (K1347)

Vintage Wood Stitch Heart and Arrow Charms (WD2730)

Wood You've Been Framed Embellishments (WD2287)

Love Token

Mini Chipboard heart Confetti Set (C2359)

 

Envelope Hello

Hi Roadies!  It's Katrina from Paper, Scissors and Glue here to share a card with  you today.  I am going to admit I went a little nuts with this card, but I love how it turned out!

Have you tried using black in your card making or crafting?  It makes all of the colors pop that you are working with. That is why I chose a black card base, to make all those fun colors just yell "hello" at you!  Black will also make your white seem whiter.

I started with a Kraft Polka Dotted envelope.  To make it a little fun, I opened it up and then lined the inside with one of the papers from the pattern paper collection I was working with. I then used the Notepaper Die to tuck a little "note" inside.  I did trim it down, so it would just stick out a little from the envelope.  Then I tucked one of the Blackboard Kraft Post Tags  in behind the notepaper to set off the colors a little more.  A little silver acrylic mason jar was just a extra touch to the sentiment that I used.

And I am a big lover of trims, so the crocheted elastic trim was too cute not to put on the envelope!  Add a transparent butterfly and you have a fun card to send to a special someone or just to leave as a secret pal!

So try some black with your projects the next time you create.  You will LOVE the results!

Maya Road Supplies

Vintage Butterfly Transparency Pieces-White (T2764)

Crocheted Elastic Lace Trim-White (CCT2976)

Acrylic Mason Jars-Shine (AC3266)

Blackboard Kraft Post Tags (K2902)

Notepaper Die (DIE3350)

Kraft Note Envelopes-White Polka Dot (K2031)

 

 

 

Scrapping for Boys: Block Head

Happy Friday, Roadies! Jess here today with a BOY page for you. I like all colors, including pink, but really do love scrapping for my little guy. I’d love to show you how easy it is to go beyond floral and typically girly embellishments and create a fun layout for the boys in your life.


The first stand-out element of my design is the twine "sunburst" on the right half of the page.  I wanted some white space but it looked too empty with nothing over there so I added the rays with twine, taping the center parts and very slightly notching the edge where the twine ends wrapped around to the back. After I placed my photo mat layers the messy taped center was hidden. The twine also created a perfect fun set of lines for my title!


I added the 24/7 wood token above my title... because, as any mom of a little boy understands, the LEGO obsession is non-stop! The wood tokens are awesome for boy pages.  Basic shapes like circles are easy to incorporate into your design and the natural wood coordinates with everything.

I die-cut a notepaper and a tag here, as well, for additional layers.

You can also see an older Maya Road acrylic "potty person" boy that I adhered to the right of the photo.  It doesn't get more boy than that!


I used another wood token below my photo, along with a kraft insta card. Kraft elements almost always work well on masculine pages. I also love hearts for boys... yup! My little guy is definitely the more lovey of my two kids and loves drawing hearts.  So he gets hearts!

I added a length of preppy striped black and white ribbon to ground the photo, which is repeated in the piece tied on the tag.


Tags are an essential embellishment for the guys!  They can add color and texture, like I did here, with bits tied in the holes or the dimension of corrugate.

The star button completes a visual triangle of wooden circles in my design and the 5 metal clip adds even more texture.  I love these clips!

Now, rest assured I absolutely DO use flowers on my boy pages! But the embellishments shown here today are definitely my go-to choices for neutral pages for the guys in my life.  Thanks for taking a look!

Maya Road supplies:
- Wood 24/7 Journaling Tokens
- Wood Hashtag Tokens
- Lucky Star Wood Buttons
- Notepaper Die
- Gift Tags Die
- Corrugate Kraft Mail Tags
- Framed Sayings Kraft Pieces - White
- Preppy Stripes Trim - Dress-Up Black
- Number Clips
- Lemon Yellow Jute and Twine Cording
- Acrylic Potty People

Work Selfie

Hey Roadies!  It's Katrina from Paper, Scissors and Glue on this fine Friday to share a layout that is out of my normal scrapping element.  You might think it's the size, 8.5 x 11, but that isn't it!  It's the clean and simple look.  Yes, I am not a clean and simple girl at all, but it's fun to expand your creative side and I decided I was going to try it with this layout.  And it really just fell into place, without me trying to add more stuff.  Yes, I like stuff!

I knew I wanted to do a type of cluster in the corner, so I started pulling out things that I thought would work.  I ended up with the felt flower, resin frame, kraft tag and then the canvas triangle banner pieces.  

I started by placing the kraft tag under my picture and built my cluster on that.  I knew I needed something at the bottom of my picture and those canvas pieces were calling my name to use them.  

I love the new acrylic pieces and this "hello" one fit perfect on my layout!  I added a smaller date label underneath it just to anchor it to my page and not have it floating!

So, try something out of your normal crafting routine, like a different sized layout, pocket page, altered project, etc.  You might just find a new love and an added spark to your creativity!  Have a great weekend!

Maya Road Supplies

Mini Triangle Banner Canvas Pieces (CN1679)

Ornate Resin Frame-Gray (RES3103)

Felt Roses-Mustard Yellow (TK2973)

Feather Clip (MVT3014)

Framed Saying Kraft Pieces-White (K2760)

Hello Token