Maya Road Design Team

Charging Station

Hi Roadies! Belly's on the blog today. Promotion is 30% off all Ken Oliver product with the coupon code KOlove, don't miss them out!

DIY home decor is one of my favorite, especially making those where I can't find anywhere, and I've got myself already an idea on how it should be look like.

You know what, this charging station was made as requested by my hubby, he said, "I think you can make anything, let's make one charging station and it wouldn't look messy here when the phones are charging, and they are not going to be fall down from the cabinet easily." So then ...... here it is!

 

I didn't make it shabby as I think it is for family, but sorry, I still put a Maya Road big red bloom on it, ha. Next to the flower, I hide a wood token as well as a Ken Oliver compass charm, this my style, like me, I'm a shine one.

 

I hide another Ken Oliver clock charm top of the burlap bow, it's so cute, isn't it?

The other favorite Ken Oliver product of mine, other than the charms, are the trims. Suitable length of a pack, natural white color and they just match perfectly with my fave vintage look projects.

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Summer Lovin' Card Kit Fun

Attention please! Love crafting? We're thrilled to release our latest Maya Road Kit that's full of stunning of papers, colors and embellishments. It's called Summer Lovin' and is a carefully curated mix of goodies that we know you'll adore.

Be sure to check out the exclusive flair and other exclusive items. We put our heart into creating these kits and the value and detail is incredible.

This latest kit is designed to create 6 cards...and more! It's fun and tropical and will instantly make anyone's day better. Summer Lovin' features a gorgeous array of papers and journaling cards, a stunning exclusive stamp set, a myriad of embellishments and even a tag die set! And while you can create cards with this kit, it's also perfect for storing your summer or vacation memories in when you simply add in an add-on chipboard mini album. What will YOU do with it? Whatever you decide, you're sure to make it fun and creative and unique!

Love unique paper crafts?

If you love to create unique and fun, then this kit is for you! Stunning colors, super sassy and on-trend prints, touchable textures and beautiful blooms are what you'll find in each kit. All the papers, flair and fun exclusives make it easy to just open the package and get creating. Our kits are limited edition so if you want it, make sure you purchase it right away. Quantities are limited.

 

Here is what I made with my summer lovin' card kit: 

Summer Lovin' Gallery by Caroline Lau

 

Click here for printable PDF  of this kit!

Ready to purchase? Grab your kit and add ons here!

 

Pallet Art

Pallet art has always been super cool to me! This week I decided to have my kids help out with some pallet transfer art:

I had my daughter and niece with me on some mornings this week and we decided to transfer one of their cousin photos onto a 6" x 8" ken oliver scroll pallet. Here is a collage of them at work:

A couple of tips on creating these:

1. You have to use a laser transfer photo (or laser copy photo).
2. If your photo has words on it you need to flip it before transferring to the pallet (or the words will be backwards on the print).
3. Burnish your copy onto the pallet with firm strokes so that the transfer goes smoothly.
4. A sponge makes an easy tool for removing the paper .
5. Be careful around edges as the medium transfer can easily be broken there.
6. Just when you think you have removed all the paper, there will be more that shows up. There is a fine balance between what you cam remove and what is left.

And when you are 7 and 8 and done, this is what it looks like:

These were done on our 6" x 8" scroll pallets . And all Ken Oliver products are on sale this month for 30% off. Use the code KOlove to save on the Ken Oliver Collection!

 

Maya Road Guest Designer: Nicole Nowosad

It's sweet, sweet summertime and things are heating up as we kick off July! We are so excited to bring you one of our July guest designers....Nicole Nowosad!

Each month we feature a new friend of Maya Road and their beautiful, unique & creative style! This month we'll be featuring not only one but two guest designers and  we are thrilled to introduce you to Nicole and her fabulous creations. We have a huge crush on Nicole with her multi-faceted design skills and know you're going to love her as much as we do!

 

Nicole lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada with her husband Ian and three children, Noah, Lucas and Addsion. When not working full-time, or driving her kids between activities, Nicole can be found doing something creative, including creating digital cut files for JustNick. Nicole has her creative work published regularly in magazines, can be found teaching at events across Canada as well as online and her work seen on several manufacturers blogs.  Nicole has been paper crafting for almost 20 years and her style is bright and colorful and full of pattern!

 

Thanks so much Nicole for joining us today! Take it away...

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To the Stars Wood Pallet by Nicole Nowosad

Good morning ! I am excited to be on the Maya Road blog as a guest this month! I created this fun wood pallet project by combining two Maya Road wood palettes together!

 

 

 

I started by painting the 6x6 mini wood palette white and sprinkled it with some black droplets and set it to dry. Next, I painted the 6x6 Mini Star Palette yellow and set it aside to dry. Once both pieces were dried, I sanded the edges of all the wood pieces lightly and then the fun began! I adhered the mini star pallett to the top of the square one, using some craft glue dots. I diecut the sentiment from black vinyl and adhered the words, adding in a few punched glitter stars for fun and a little sparkle.

 

 

I added a Ken Oliver Vintage charm to some Jute kraft string I tied around the mini star and an Acrylic Token to finish it off!

 

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 Check back in Friday for another gorgeous project from Nicole!

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Easy Pallet Wall Art

hi Roadies, it is Caroline here. Today, I want to share with you a simple piece of pallet art you can make for your home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love this piece as it is so easy to change out the heart by only gluing on the bulldog clips to the pallet. If you assemble and arrange everything else to be attached to the heart, you can change it out seasonally to match all your decor! With a couple easy embellishments you can totally turn this into something you hang year around in your home. Pick your favorite paper and then add some maya road goodness to complete the look. 

Our pallet was painted with plain acrylic paint. I then added the following:

1. Patterned paper (mine is from our friends at Photoplay)
2. Jewel Center Burlap Blossom
3. 8" Wood Pallet
4. Embossed Metal Flower Embellishment
5. Big Leaf Charms
6. Earl Grey Jute
7. Afternoon Tea Rose
8. Antique Wood Ruler
9. Bulldog Clips (Bronze)

With about an hour you can create this amazing pallet too! Enjoy!

 

Mixed Media Pallet

Hi Roadies! It's Julia here with a mixed media project I created for Creativitation 2017. I love all the Maya Road wood pallets but this new 8x8 inch size is really wonderful with lots of space to create on. The wood can be left natural, stained, covered with paper or as I have done, layered on lots of mixed media layers.

To create this pallet I first started by coating them entire front the wood with Gesso. After allowing it to dry I then laid a dot patterned stencil over the pallet and applied some white texture paste through the stencil for added texture and interest. At the top of the design I adhered a gesso painted paint brush that I had mistakenly allowed to dry out. Rather than throw it away, I love how repurposing it here on the pallet adds a creative dimension to the design and gives it new life.

The rest of the design is comprised of a wonderful mix of Maya Road flowers and embellishments and a few vintage buttons. They are all adhered with a hot glue gun and then brushed with a small amount of gesso to add to the shabby look.

Maya Road Supplies Used:

DIY Wood Mini Pallet - 8x8

Shimmering Pointed Petal Flower - Fushia

Wood Spool Sentiment Tokens

Landscape Kraft Envelopes

Pearl Ball Pin

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers Pink

Small Vintage Paper Flowers White

Tulle Mini Blooms

Vintage Findings Medium Paper Leaves

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you've been inspired to get creative!

 

 

 

 

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Gift Wrapping

Hello Roadies!

I hope you all had a fun and blessed Mother's Day!

Today, I want to share with you a few ideas on how the beautiful Maya Road products can easily upgrade simple packaging into beautiful gift wrapping.  

 

 

This year, I chose to wrap my mom's  presents individually.   The papers used all come from a single 12x12 paper collection, and I chose the  B sides for the boxes, while creating the bag with the A side of one of the papers.

 

 

 

To create harmony on this collection, I used to wrap all the presents with Earl Grey Jute and Twine cording, and add accents of gold to all three wrappings. 

For the bag, after sealing it, I used my hole puncher to create a pair of holes where i could thread some of the twine.  After the first twine loop, a heart die cut- created from gold cardstock using the Geometric Heart Die - was added to the twine.  After another loop, a pair of Vintage Crafting Tassels (gold capped)  were added before tying the ends together in a bow.

 

 

 

The larger box was the one containing the sentiment.  I chose to add a large altered tag on this box;   I simply used the With Love Nature Die to cut the sentiment from gold cardstock, and glued it to the tag a bit off center.   Next I added a few of the Pearl Flower Trim - i just cut each flower individually - to the lower left corner of the tag, and glued a Pink Tulle Mini Bloom on top of the trim's flowers.  To complete the tag, I added a Pretty Resin Bow in white to the top of the tag, and a new an upcoming diamond resin piece around the flower.

 

 

 

To complete this trio of presents, I used some of the same elements on this box.  However, I added a Vintage Linen Burlap Rose, a  token from the Wood  Thoughtful Sentiment set,  a heart from the Ken Oliver Heart & Key  Charms,  and a gold butterfly die cut -created using the With Love Nature steel die - to make this box a little different, yet complimentary to the other in this group.

 

 

I love the final look of this set, the simple wrapping of the boxes is the perfect background for all the Maya Road embellishments.   I hope that you all check out all the beautiful products used, and take advantage of this month's Resin promotion over at the Maya Road website.

 

 

 

 

Remember that i am always available if you have any questions on how this project came together.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

MAYA ROAD products used:

Earl Grey Jute & Twine cording

Geometric Heart Die

Vintage Crafting Tassels (gold cap)

With Love Nature Die

Pearl Flower Trim

Tulle Mini Bloom

Pretty Resin Bow -White-

Wood Thoughtful Sentiment set

Vintage Burlap Rose

Ken Oliver Heart & Key Charms

 

I am a Star

Hi Roadies! Belly's on the blog today. This month we are featuring resin products, this is one of my project which had been displayed in the Winter CHA show and I used a few of beautiful Maya Road resins on it, how lovely is the resin matched with the sprayed golden Maya Road Star Pallet.

While I got this star pallet on hand, I knew I wanted to make it like a flower standing on the pot, so I recycled an old flower pot and altered it with pattern tissue paper. I covered a piece of wooden stick with lace trim and glue it on the back of the pallet. Here on the star, I decorated it with, of course, my photo, framed with Maya Road Stackable Wood Frame Charm, together with two matched tokens.

Next to the "this makes me happy" token, I placed a Porcelain Pink Pretty Resin Bows which highlighted with gesso.

I seldom have such kind of cutie photos, so I used the "#lol" token on this pallet. The Resin Nesting Bird is just fit to placed here facing the photo. On this pallet, I adhered a few Resin Mini Mums and splashed on gesso to finished it.

On the pot, not only the star pallet, there is also a burlap banner standing there. Love sooooo much the rabbit, the lace matched with the burlap banner, I used a BBQ stick to let it stand.

Other than the feautred resins, I used my favorite Maya Road Geometric Leaf Die and the Rolled Flower Die on this project, hope you like it!

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Dream Catcher

 

Dreams are the whisper of our soul

Hi Roadies Angella here with you today with my latest project, Dream catcher using the Mini Wood Embroidery Hoop can you  imagine  all the different varieties you can create.

 

To create the dream catcher I glued to hoops together with my dream web design inside the hoops using MR twine,  Layer the twine and lace hanging down then decorated with flowers and spools.

 

I have used the Tu-Tu Tulle flowers , Vintage Paper Flowers , Maya Road spools  and of course my favourite Maya Road Twine to create my dream catcher

 

 

And of  April is flower month at Maya Road so it would be easy to create dream catchers  with the  great promo on til the end of the month! Just use coupon code FLOWERPOWER at mayaroad.com to get 30% off all flower product!

thanks Roadies for joining me today and of course have a great day xxx

Framed Bouquet

Hi Roadies! It's Julia back on the blog today with a home dec project. It's a fun frame that I designed for Creativation 2017 and wanted to share with you. I love being able to take my paper crafting supplies and use them in other ways besides cards and scrapbook layouts. Not that there aren't fun, but more so that I like to try new ideas and get lots of use out of my favorite products.

To create this shabby style frame I started off with a frame that I picked up from a local home discount store and took out the glass. This gives me more room to work and also allows me to make the frame so much more dimensional. The inside is lined with some sweet patterned paper layers that are also distressed by sanding the edges.

The main design of this frame was inspired by a brand new Maya Road product, the Wood Vintage Mason Jar. It's so fun and I swiped the edges with white pigment ink to add some dimension to it. I've seen mason jars filled with real  flowers on Pinterest and though how cute it would be to make my own little floral bouquet...crafty style.

The top of the wood mason jar is "filled" with lots of sweet Maya Road flowers and other goodies and layered over the Vintage Findings Paper Leaves. I love mixing up different colors and textures for lots of interest and a fun mixed media look. Paper crafting doesn't have to be limited to paper! Feel free to mix in some wood and felt and metal or anything else you can think of!

Maya Road Supplies:

Wood Mason Jar

Wood Spool Sentiment Tokens

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers White

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers Pink

Vintage Findings Paper Leaves - Medium

Pearl Ball Trinket Pins

Jute & Twine Cording

Felt Roses - Mustard Yellow

Vintage Crafting Tassels - Milk White

 

And don't forget that April is flower month at Maya Road and we are having a great promo on til the end of the month! Just use coupon code FLOWERPOWER at mayaroad.com to get 30% off all flower product!

Thanks so much for joining me today! Happy creating!

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