Maya Road Design Team

Driftwood Sailboat by Yasmin Tölche

Hello Roadies! It's Yasmin here on the blog today and It's been a while since I've posted anything on the blog but I'm back today with a little project I've made. Hopefully you will like it as much as I do. 

I love to rummage around down at the shoreline where I live and you can find all sorts of things that's floated in from the ocean. So I collect interesting pieces of driftwood and this time I figured that I wood just make a little boat.

So the boat is made by pieces of driftwood and twigs. I decorated it with paper to make sails added lace and other things. To keep the sails to the mast I used Maya Road Twine and it worked perfectly!

The Canvas banners where perfect in the top of the mast along with one of the star wooden buttons. I also use the new die set "Sand and Sea" to die cut out the words Sea and a couple of starfish. 

Products used on this project: 

Sand and Sea Die-Set 

Lucky Star Wooden Buttons

Twine Jute Cording - Popsicle Blue

Triangle Banners - Canvas

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look at my project today! 

Short on Time? Maya Road Quick Cards!

Hey Roadies!  It's Katrina, from Paper, Scissors and Glue back on the blog today. If you are anything like me, you might be a procrastinator when it comes to getting things done.  Wait, what?? You aren't?!  Well, I am going to show you a couple of different quick cards you can make using Maya Road products to embellish with!

As I was gearing up for my project for this blog post, I was looking thru my stash of paper and thinking about what type of card to make.  I kept running across all the papers I had that had pocket cards on them.  Then the thought came to me, just embellish the pocket cards themselves and use them for the front of a card!  You can trim them down to what will work for your card.  The "life is lovely" I didn't trim at all, but the "heart" card I did trim a little.

Flowers from Maya Road are perfect to add to these pocket cards to dress them up.  This first card I used a Tulle Mini Bloom in Sunny Yellow, along with some Vintage Paper leaves in Green, a trinket pin, and some of the Crocheted Elastic Lace Trim (love this stuff!).  I tucked half of a paper doily over on the other side, under the card, and then a linen mini banner piece.  The mini banner piece tied the woodgrain theme into the card. 

For the next card, I loved the saying and I also loved the flowers that were already printed on the card.  But that pink flower fell onto the card, and it was a happy accident that it just worked!  So, I used a Felt Rose in Princess Pink up in the left hand corner.  I didn't have another one to use for the opposite corner, so I started playing around.  When I found the colors of the Resin Mini Mums that I had on hand, I knew they would work!  I used Porcelain, Sand and Coral colors for those. 

So, by adding a few fun Maya Road embellishments to those pocket cards, you can create some fun and beautiful cards to give away.  Also fun for the kids to get involved with and make some cards they can give their friends!  

And bonus...flowers are on sale this month, including some of the ones I used above!!!  You can find the sale category HERE.  So pick some up to decorate your cards with!  Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road Blog today!!!

Maya Road Supplies Used

Tulle Mini Bloom Sunny Yellow

 Vintage Paper leaves in Green

Crocheted Elastic Lace Trim 

linen mini banner piece

Felt Rose in Princess Pink

Resin Mini Mums Sand

Resin Mini Mums Porcelain

Resin Mini Mums Coral

Love Always

Hi Roadies! Belly is on the blog today.

I showed you a mixed media card which is much feminine months before, but I really want to create one good for man, so here you go this month.

I started by having Maya Road Vintage Trims on the base, in the lower part of the card. Then adding embellishments on the right, like the mason jar kraft tag, wood slices, tassel and the oh deer resin charm.

I then die cut white doilies and black scalloped frame, and layered them together. I also die cut "with love" with a piece of scraps and used as stencil, heat embossed the words with white and gold embossing powder. The heart chipboard accents on top of the die cuts had been gessoed and heat embossed with UTEE.

Lastly I added stamped canvas banners, a tulle flower, some tiny glass beads and flicked some blue ink over the card.

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

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

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Joy

The reason that most of us create is for the sheer joy of it. Sometimes it's because we need something but often being creative is not the necessity of an end product (although that's very nice), but more out of a creative need inside. We love to create. There is a joy in the process.

Hi everyone...it's Julia here and today let's start 2017 with creating just for the joy of it.

 

Each year I sit down and take some time to ponder a word for the year. One that I will think about and one that will inspire me. This year I've chosen joy. 2016 was just plain difficult for me and my family. It brought a lot of tears and heartache and this year I've decided that while I can't change many things in my life.. no matter what I'm going to choose joy for 2017.

Today's project is an altered wall hanging that full of all kinds of creative goodies and it's going to hang in my creative space to remind me to choose that joy day in and day out. It also reminds me of the joy of being creative and that a little time taken to steal away from the every day is priceless therapy.

This oval wood piece is covered first with patterned paper and then layered with die cuts and then embellished.

There's just so much on here....little bits and pieces from my desk, paper flowers, rolled flowers and paper leaves. I've also tucked in some of my favorite die-cuts using the File Folder, Hearts ATC and Notepaper dies. You can find all the links below at the end of the post.

Here's another peek at those rolled roses and some other sweet Maya Road embellishments as well.

I love mixing everything together. Metal arrow clips with resin deer, paper die-cuts with ribbon, wood embroidery hoops and tulle posies.

How are you kicking off a creative new year? Pull out your favorite supplies and get crafting!

Maya Road Supplies:

Ken Oliver Vintage Crafting Tools Charms

Tabbed File Folder Die

Hearts ATC Die

Notepaper Die

Rolled Flower Die

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers - Pink

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers - White

Tulled Mini Blooms - Teal

Wood Embroidery Hoops

Oh Deer Resin Charms - Sky Blue

Follow Your Arrow Clip

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Maya Road Guest Designer: Jana Eubank

A huge welcome for our December guest designer....Jana Eubank!

We are so excited to bring you yet another guest designer to the Maya Road blog! Each month we feature a new friend of Maya Road and their beautiful, unique & creative style! As we finish up 2016, Jana's stunning style is sure to inspire you with some fabulous photo based projects. Today's is super festive and a great holiday accent that you're going to adore!

And with that, stay tuned as Jana introduces herself and then shares lots of wonderful details about her altered wood pallet for the holidays!

 

Hello, Everyone! My name is Jana Eubank. I'm so happy to be here and have the opportunity to introduce myself to you. I have been scrapbooking for over 15 years and still love it as much as I did when I first started. I have worn many hats in the industry including graphic designer, creative director, and product manager, but my favorite thing to do is design projects with the products. I love making something meaningful to both me and my family. I love this hobby and I love this industry. It has enriched my life in countless ways. I love sharing my creative heart and inspiring others to explore theirs. Connect with me on my blog (www.JanaEubank.com) or find me on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube (Jana Eubank). I'd love to get to know you!

 

2016 FAMILY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT by Jana Eubank

 

Each year I try to create an ornament with our family picture to add to our Christmas tree.

 

 

I used the 6x6 DIY Wood Mini Pallet as the base to my ornament, covering it with 6x6 patterned papers. I hot glued a ribbon to the sides of the pallet for hanging on the tree.

 

 

Next, I printed our family photo in black and white and matted it with white cardstock and accented it with a glittery snowflake.

 

For the center of the snowflake I used the Homemade Holidays Clear Stamp Set to stamp and emboss the "JOY" circle in white and gold embossing powder on a kraft cardstock circle.

 

Below the snowflake I added a Metal Arrow and Metal Vintage Ken Oliver Bird Cage as accents.

 

 

I adorned the top of the ornament with the year our photo was taken, using the Number Clips attached to the Linen Mini Pennant Banner Pieces. I strung them together with some white embroidery floss and added a metal Royal Key as an accent.

 

 

It looks so pretty hanging on our Christmas tree!

 

Stay tuned as Jana will be back again on Friday with another beautiful project!

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Create Art Mixed Media Canvas

Hi Roadies! It's Melody here on the blog today. I have a mixed media canvas to share with you today. Next month I am going to be moving to a new home and my new studio! This canvas is my first project for the new room! I used the Fanciful Create Art Steel Dies for inspiration. 

 I started with an 8 x 8 canvas and painted the canvas with a pale yellow paint. When the paint was dry I sprayed on a white distress stain and splattered white paint. When the canvas had completely dry I used a stencil and a light texture paste to add texture to the background. 

I cut the words three times from white card stock and layered them together to add more depth. The sentiment is layered on a Corrugated Kraft Mail Tag and I added a Mini Arrow Charm to accent the tag. 

Maya Road has so many beautiful embellishments and dies! In keeping with the art theme, I cut two flowers from watercolor paper with the Geometric Blossom Die, and watercolored the flowers with pretty blue and green watercolors. I added the flowers to two of the corners to anchor my embellishments. Next I just played with my embellishments until I came up with a look and feel that felt right to me. I used the Rolled Flower Die to create to two flowers from felt. I love the touch of texture felt can give to a project. 

I added a few more flowers, a Tulle Mini Blooms in Milk White, a small and medium Vintage Paper Flower, and a pearl flower. Under the pearl flower is a Ornate Resin Frame in Seafoam. I finished the corner off with a Metal Vintage Trinkets - @ Clip and a wooden token is from the Wood Geometric Shape Tokens. 

I picked up a very inexpensive paint brush and added a couple coats to Gesso the the brush. Once the Gesso had dried I added a strip of Self-Adhesive Rhinestone Trim in Sparkle Silver, two strips of Vintage Rick Rack Crochet Trim in Cloud White, and a Crystal Circle Button. The My Story token from the Wood 24/7 Journaling Tokens and just seemed perfect for the canvas! Then I had to add one of my favorite embellishments, a Vintage Oh Snap Camera. 

The canvas is finished off with a Feathered Friend Resin Embellishment, a wooden embellishment from the Wood Measure Once, Cut Twice Embellishments, and a scattering of Resin Mini Mums in Turquoise Sea and Snow White. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are inspired to take some time to create something pretty! 

Maya Road Supplies Used:

Fanciful Create Art Steel Dies

Corrugated Kraft Mail Tag

Mini Arrow Charm

Geometric Blossom Die

Rolled Flower Die

Tulle Mini Blooms in Milk White

Vintage Paper Flower 

Ornate Resin Frame 

Metal Vintage Trinkets - @ Clip

Self-Adhesive Rhinestone Trim in Sparkle Silver 

Vintage Rick Rack Crochet Trim in Cloud White

Crystal Circle Button. 

Vintage Oh Snap Camera

Wood 24/7 Journaling Tokens 

Feathered Friend Resin Embellishment

Wood Measure Once, Cut Twice Embellishments

Resin Mini Mums

Wood Geometric Shape Tokens

The Daily Grind: Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Maya Road is once again super excited to be a Super Sponsor for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! This time around the theme is good ole summertime. Hot or cold, we love coffee, and tea as well! Let's celebrate with this beautiful altered canvas project by Maya Road designer Belly Lau.

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Hi Roadies! Belly is here on the blog today. There are so many uses of canvas, mixed media is one of my favorite! Paint, draw, for expressing your personal creative minds... But it's also great for making with dimensions and pop-ups like what I am going to show you today.

 

 

Great coffee is the most refreshing way to start your day! This mug is a die-cut chipboard piece which I colored, stamped and covered with embossing powder. Just before the top layer of melted embossing powder cooled down, put the Maya Road Wood Daily Grind Token inside in order to let the mug uniquely.

 

 

Folding a stack of newspaper print pattern papers to form the scene, I put a Maya Road Tall Cup Clip behind the papers to give this corner an eye catching point, which can also match with the dairy scene.

 

 

 

 

The flowers on the top part reminds us of garden houses, the smell of flowers and leaves, and the beautiful bird songs flying in the air, our dream place to have a chat and a cup of coffee with friends.

 

 

Maya Road Products I used:

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers - Red
Small Vintage Paper Flowers - Red
Tu-Tu Tulle Flowers - Vintage Buttermilk
Tulle Mini Blooms - Sunny Yellow
Resin Nesting Birds - Sand
Vintage Ken Oliver Bird Cages
Linen Mini Pennant Banner Pieces
Tall Cup Clip
Wood Daily Grind Tokens

Enjoy!!!

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Maya Road is excited to share this amazing Vintage Beauty Crafting Kit with one lucky winner from the project link-ups.

 

Winners for all the Super Sponsor prizes will be drawn from the project linkups. Winners will be posted on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog Sunday, June 26th.

You can find the full list of the blog hop participants on the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post. Commenting for the prizes will be open from Friday, June 17th until Friday, June 24th. 

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy this creative blog hop and have fun creating!

 

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

 

Canvas: We

Hi crafty friends! It's Stacy here and it is my turn on the Blog today! This time I am back with a canvas! I wanted to create something to document my upcoming wedding and I am excited to put this together!

I do love hexagons. This is one shape that is special yet not over cluttering when placed on layouts. You can do the same layout with other shapes as well. I first treated the canvas with Gesso, and then painted with colors of my choice - pink and a hint of green. I opted for the more dreamy colors in this layout. Then I added the hexagon chipboard and roses vintage lace trim - cloud directly onto the background. I painted these to match the background color so they do not look overwhelming.

Then, I misted the chipboard swirls in silver to match the overall color tone. I added this to 3 parts of the layout in order to achieve a visual triangle to balance things out. 

 

After the background elements were done, I added the hexagon box to the canvas. Decorating this was easy. First, I added jute & twine cording to the wood spools. Next was the painting portion. I painted the royal key charms with gesso, so they do not look overwhelming against the entire layout. I took the heart element from the Chipboard Say What Speech Bubbles and also painted it red. Flowers are my best friends in crafting! Here I used 2 of my favorite Mayaroad flowers - Felt Roses & Tu-Tu Tulle Flowers - for layering. Last but not least, this dreamy birdie here took my breathe away! They are such a pretty sight, I could not resist but to add them to the layout as well!

After the main frame was done, I moved on to decorate the other parts of the canvas layout. I selected some chipboards with love phrases from my Maya Road stash and painted them. You can choose to add glitter to the words in order to create attention.

 

 

Here comes my favorite part of the entire canvas! Here, I used the pretty resin bows and acrylic tokens for layering. The resin bow was painted to match the colors of the entire layout. I really love how subtle yet pretty the acrylic tokens are! For sure it will be appearing again for my projects! 

Next, I added some more Tu-Tu Tulle flowers, felt roses, daisy clip, pearl flowers and tassel for layering. The tassels are super yummy! I love to use them on my projects! Love how it comes in many different colors!

Hope you like what I shared with you today!

 

Maya Road Supplies Used: 

• Tassel
• Acrylic Tokens
• Pretty Resin Bows - Coral
• Beautiful Daisy Clips
• Resin Nesting Birds - Snow White
• Roses Vintage Lace Trim - Cloud
• Hexagon Chipboard
• Swirls Chipboard Set
• Sweet Love Chipboard Set
• Chipboard Say What Speech Bubbles
• Felt Roses
• Tu-Tu Tulle Flowers
• royal key charms
• jute & twine cording
• wood spools

 

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