Maya Road Design Team

At the Shore Mini Album

It had been a while since I created a mini album (one of my favorite things to work with) and what better way to show off TONS of great embellishments?

I used the Maya Road Love Shipping Tag Coaster Album for the base.



I used the oval cut on the front as a frame for the title area and surrounded it with flowers, trims, and more. And I can never call a mini album complete without some fun stuff on the binding ring!  I tied a lace bow and hung a coordinating tassel and metal leaf. 



Each page spread coordinates with the opposite side... one of my tricks to keeping an album cohesive. I chose white, teal, yellow and kraft not only because it's one of my favorite color combos but because it's great for a non-gendered project.  It looks great with the soft beach photos of my boy and girl. 



I made use of both a plethora of embellishments like the banner, buttons, and metal arrow you see here and the paper itself, which I carefully cut to layer on top of the photo and ruffled and stitched for the end of the page.



See that "love"? I was able to use the Maya Road metal dies to cut felt!  It's beautiful and adds such great texture to your projects.  You can see bits of die cut felt all throughout this album. 



I left one page without a photo because I couldn't resist fussy cutting the bird bracket and that yellow rose to pair with the resin frame, pleated velvet flower, bow, and lace trim leaves.  So pretty! You can see another felt die cut, the doily, on the opposite page.

I absolutely adore how this mini album came together. I hope you've enjoyed it too!


Maya Road Supplies:
- Love Shipping Tag Coaster Album
- Vintage Ric Rac Crochet Trim - Natural Ecru
- Big Leaf Charms
- Vintage Crafting Tassel
- Velvet Pleat Flowers
- Medium and Small Paper Flowers - White
- Felt Roses - Milk White
- Chipboard Alpha
- Corrugated Kraft Mail Tags
- Steel Dies
- Kraft Doilies
- Lemon Yellow Jute and Twine Cording
- Alterable Wood Hearts
- Mini Safety Pin - Bronze
- Wood 24/7 Journaling Tokens
- Linen Mini Pennant Banner Pieces
- Mini Triangle Banner Canvas Pieces
- Alterable Crochet Trim - Double Dot
- Roses Vintage Lace Trim - Cloud
- Burlap Trim - Cream
- Satin Scallop Edge Trim
- Vintage Felt Posies
- Feather Clip
- Lucky Star Wood Buttons
- Arrow Charms
- Super Star Pins - Gold
- Pretty Resin Bows - Sand
- Trinket Pins - Vintage Pearl

Pinata with Love

Hi Roadies, here Belly's on the blog today!

Hearts, chocolates and flowers are most of the time representing LOVE, especially for Valentine's Day. Let's mix all together with an mini album inside a heart shape Pinata, and show off your love.

I used chipboard to make the heart shape Pinata box with open top, then adhere crate paper on the outside. The Maya Road Barn Red Vintage Burlap Rose is just perfect to be used on the heart to decorate, simple but elegant, the red is just dark enough to pop up from the crate paper.

A simple heart shape mini album using pattern paper, cardstock and tied with ribbons is made to put inside the Pinata for keeping sweet memories.

In order to match the gold foil vellum, I add some orange and wood colors on the front of the mini album, twines and cheese cloth are perfectly matched with them.

Finally add in your batch of chocolate, this would be sweet enough to show your kindness and love!

Let's make your one now:

Check out How to Make a Mini Love Pinata Album With Maya Road by PL Li on Snapguide.

 

 

Maya Road products I used:
Vintage Burlap Roses - Sunset
Vintage Wood Mini Ruler
Mason Jar Clips
Vintage Wood Stitch Heart and Arrow Charms
Tulle Pleat Trim - Frosting
Wood Cinnabutton
Trinket Pins - Vintage Pearl
Vintage Burlap Roses - Barn
Twine Cording - Tomato Red
Steel Die - Fanciful Thank You

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

BOO-A Witch's Kettle

Hi Roadies!  Katrina from Paper, Scissors and Glue to share a little Halloween door hanger that is quick to make with some Maya Road goodies.

I picked up the kettle at a local craft store. It was already black, so it was quick to get started on.  I replaced the sheer ribbon they had with some the Paper Twine cording in the Cloud color. The white was too stark, so I just took some black watercolor paint and changed it to black. I hit it with a heat gun to dry it quickly, so that I could move on to decorating.

Starting at the top, I created the "boiling potion" by adding various strips of ribbon. First, attach the Satin Scallop Edge Trim-Cream at the top of the kettle at the back. Attach Crochet Twill Trim-Green on the front of the kettle, adhering slightly lower than the Scallop Edge trim.  Attach Tutu Tulle-Sunrise Orange to the front, overlapping the Crochet Twill trim.  Make spider out of Mixed Blossom Mini chipboard.  Cover with glue, add gold glitter and then eyes.  Attach at top of pot.

I used a piece from the Canvas Pendant Banner Album, but you could use any canvas pieces that you have laying around, to cut a ghost shape out of.  I painted white, outlined with a black marker and attached some enamel dots for eyes.  Adhere to the back of your pot, letting him peek out over the potion.

Cluster some embellishments, tags and goodies in the corner. Paint wood veneer bird with black paint.  Use a Mini Triangle Canvas Banner piece to create a witch hat.  Color banner piece black and let dry. Cut an oval out of black paper slightly larger than the base of triangle. Cut a slot in the middle of the oval and slip banner piece in slot.  Run Twine Cording in Blackberry around hat and adhere in the back. Make a bow and attach to front.  Add a Bingo Motif button or two if you like!  I also added some of the Satin Scalloped Edge Trim in Midnight as a cute little ruffle border. This is where you PLAY and have fun!

Create your title by altering some chipboard letters. I had a hard time deciding between the Lisa Chipboard alphabet sets I had. I decided on the uppercase one, but I was tempted to use the lower case! After covering with pattern paper, I sanded the edges down.  I like the way the white made the letters stand out, so I did not ink my edges. I actually sanded a little more than I normally do, to make the white more prominent!  Mount your letters on a Kraft Decorative Journaling Tag. Add a Wise Owl Resin Charm in White, because well...it's cute, it's for Halloween and he's really cute!

And there you have a cute door hanger for your house, teacher's room or office.  Yes, this is going to my office to hang! Get to crafting, you know you love fall crafts!

Supplies Used:

Canvas Pendant Banner Album

Mini Triangle Canvas Banner Pieces (CN1679)

Crochet Twill Trim-Green

Paper Twine Cording-Cloud (PT2325)

Twine Cording-Blackberry (TC2044)

Scalloped Satin Edge Trim-Cream (SSE2436)

Scalloped Satin Edge Trim-Midnight (SSE2537)

Tutu Tulle-Sunrise Orange (TL2965)

Mixed Blossom Mini Chipboard (C1540)

Lisa Chipboard Alpha Sets

Kraft Decorative Journaling Tag (K1199)

Bingo Motifs

Wise Owl Resin Charm-Snow White (RES2978)

 

 

Fall into Autumn Décor!

Ahhh, the fall has hit New England! I can smell it in the air, I can taste it in the food, and I can see it on the houses and front porches of my neighborhood.  Autumn is my favorite time of year for many reasons but one of the best is the chance to bring out rustic, warm home décor like the wreath I made today.


I wrapped a small wreath form with torn strips of muslin fabric and wrapped the main embellishment areas with some dark brown Burlap Trim for contrast. 


I added tons of flowers to this wreath.  My color scheme was a warm neutral with a focus on cream, brown, and light yellow. The top of the wreath features a cluster surrounding a large vintage beige Tu-Tu Tulle flower surrounded by a circle of cream scalloped trim. 


I echoed the top cluster on the bottom, but larger to add weight to the lower half of the wreath. More flowers, including a Tulle Mum, Vintage Burlap Rose, Satin Scallop Edge Bloom, Felt Rose, and more.  I also added a small bow with crocheted trim. 


The Linen Mini Banner Pennant Pieces were too cute to not use on the middle of this project! I alternated them with Vintage Wooden Beading Spools and tied it around the opening with twine.  I added another Lucky Star Wood Button and a Love Heart Charm to one of the pennants. 


As you can see this wreath perfectly fits in with the rest of my fall decor and gives my mantel that rustic vintage charm that is perfect for the season.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Maya Road products used: 
- Mocha Burlap Trim 
- Vintage Linen Burlap Roses
- Velvet Pleats
- White Felt Roses
- Vintage Beige Tu Tu Tulle Flower
- Frosting Tulle Mum
- Saffron and Cream Satin Scallop Edge Bloom
- Cream Scallop Edge Trim
- Linen Mini Pennant Banner Pieces
- Wood Mini Spools
- Lucky Star Wood Buttons
- Love Heart Charms

Play More And Create Art

Hi Roadies!  It's Katrina from Paper, Scissors and Glue on the blog today to share a layout with you. The main thing I LOVE about Maya Road products is they allow you to create, play and make your project YOURS! And that is just what I did with this layout that I am sharing today.

AND there are a few new items from Maya that I used on my layout. We are excited to share these with you and you will see more coming soon!

Some fun new corrugated kraft tags and mini clothes pins for starters.  I painted this tag with gesso and then used a border punch on the end to make it a little more decorative. Add a fun wood token, with some other small embellishments and your tag is as cute as can be! I also took one of the transparent doilies and covered the back of it with some gold texture paint to add a little shimmer.

I cut a kraft journaling tag in half and tucked it above my picture for my journaling. Those mini mini canvas pieces are so fun to make into any color that will match your project. I used a different color of gelato over each one and then used some water to spread the color around. 

Now we are to the title (and wait, there are some new products used!) and having fun with some chipboard letters. I love the "Lisa" lowercase alphabet set. I covered my letters with gesso first and then used the same gold texture paint on the letters that I did on the transparent doily to create a flow to the layout.

 

See that "create art"?!  Does it look like it was made with some dies??  Yes, Maya Road now has several different dies for you to create with!! They cut all kinds of mediums wonderfully.  Here I cut pattern paper and then also cut felt out to use as a shadow behind the pattern paper. These are going to get lots of usage in my crafting arsenal! 

Well, that's all I have for you today!  And new Maya Road is a must have right?!  Stay tuned for more new goodies to appear!

 

Maya Road Supplies Used:

Vintage Wood Stitch Heart and Arrow Charms

Lisa Chipboard Lowercase Alphabet

Mini Triangle Banner Canvas Pieces

Kraft Journaling Tags-Decorative

Doilie Transparency-White

NEW-Kraft Corrugated Tags, Mini Clothes Pins, Dies

Happy Home

Hi Roadies! It's Jocelyn on the blog today, and and I'm sharing a home decor project. When I saw the House Shadow Box, I knew I wanted to create a personalized project that worked for all seasons.

I started by painting the house in aqua. Once the paint was dry, I dry-brushed white to give the house a more rustic look. Next, I cut new Crate Paper patterned papers for each square. On the roof, I dry-brushed the edges of the paper with white paint.

I clustered the Velvet Pleat, Felt Flower, Kraft Butterfly, and Wood Stitch Heart. On the butterfly, I added glitter to the edges and separated the Mini Silver Clothespin to use half as the butterfly's body. For the Heart Lock Charm, I gilded it in silver paint. To the edge of the roof, I added the awesome Mini Pom Pom trim--I love how it reminds me of icicles.

For the top-left square, I created a shaker element using the Hexagon Chipboard. To make this shaker:
1) (Optional) Paint all of the edges of the chipboard with white gloss paint.
2) Stack and adhere two of the hexagon rings on the base.
3) Add a mix of sequins.
4) Trim a piece of acetate to fit to the edge of the hexagon ring. Adhere the acetate to the stacked rings.
5) Adhere the final hexagon ring over the acetate.

The shaker reminds me a little of window. In the box, I also added a Mini Canvas Tag and the Rocking Horse Charm.

In the upper-right box, I printed a picture of our house from last fall. Under the photo, I twisted a piece of Shine Gold Cording. For the Tree Bottle Brush, I used a re-inker to dye the tree yellow. I think I need to dye these trees in a rainbow of colors!

In the bottom-left corner, I painted the Welcome Home Chipboard house and glittered over the top. For the roof, I trimmed a piece of patterned paper and added the Gold Heart Charm Tag. The Resin Deer is one of my favorite Maya Road products, and I knew I wanted to include one in the shadow box.

For the final square, I layered several elements and added a sticker from the same patterned paper collection. Under the Felt Rose, I added our monogram ("O") and a Granny's Wood Doily.

I made this project for our home, but they would be fun to make for holiday presents or as a new-home gift.

Thanks so much for stopping by!


Supplies
House Shadow Box
Kraft Vintage Butterfly Pieces
Felt Roses--Mustard Yellow
Velvet Pleats--Coral and Sea Green
Wood Mini Clothes Pins--Silver
Heart Lock Charms
Vintage Wood Stitch Heart and Arrow Charms
Mini Pom Pom Trim--Cloud White
Rocking Horse Charms
Hexagons Chipboard Set
Mini Tag Canvas Pieces
Feathered Friend Resin--Buttermilk
Bottle Brush Trees--White
Twine Cording--Shine Gold
Oh Deer Resin Charms--Sky Blue
Sunny Day Clips
Gold Heart Tag Charm
Welcome Home Chipboard Set
Granny's Mini Wood Doilies
Matthew Lowercase Chipboard Alphabet
Felt Roses--Milk White

Smile Card

Hey Roadies!  Hope your summer (or winter?!) is going well.  It's pretty hot here where I am, so it's fun to stay in and craft when the heat index is over 100 degrees!

I have a card for you today using a lot of Maya Road goodies, including a piece from a canvas mini album!

This is a rather large card, 5x7 inches, but it gives you a base with plenty of room to create with. I started by covering the card base with a sheet of pattern paper trimmed 4.75 x 6.75 inches. Then I went to work altering my Canvas Pendant Banner piece. You could do this with any of the canvas pieces, the heart or the star also.

I covered the canvas with a thin layer of gesso, mainly because most of what I was working with was colored white, not ivory!  Using washi tape, placed a stencil over it, taping the stencil tightly down. I mixed three different pink colors of gelatos and some water together to create a type of colored paste. Then using a stiff bristled brush, I painted and daubed over the stencil. Here is the result once I was done.  Pardon the messy work mat, I am not sure how anyone keeps those clean, because I can't!

And then some more fun layering embellishments together to create the focal point of the card. Using a kraft envelope, felt flower, transparent butterflies, framed saying and more.

I ran some sheer ribbon thru the grommets of the banner piece and tied a bow.  After a misting mishap (eek!), I tied a separate bow and added it with the other one.  Tucking some of the vintage trinket pins in behind the bows finished off that area.

Thanks for coming by Roadies!  There are some fun things in the works and we cannot wait to share!

Supplies:

Canvas Pendant Banner Album

Kraft Note Envelopes-Hot Pink Polka Dot

Felt Roses-Earl Grey

Vintage Butterfly Transparency Pieces-White

Wood Mini Clothes Pins-White

Framed Sayings Kraft Pieces-White

Vintage Pale Pink Pearl Ball Pins

 

Altered Hoop With Printed Muslin

Hey there, Roadies! Jess here today with an easy project with endless possibilities.  Embroidery hoops are inexpensive and can be found in any arts and crafts store but offer a simple way to display smaller "canvases". 

For mine today I went for a soft look and lots of Maya flowers!


You'll need:
- A medium (mine is 7") embroidery hoop
- Muslin or other lightweight fabric
- Ballerina Pink Tu Tu Tulle Flower
- Earl Grey Felt Rose
- Grey Diamond Center Flower
- Assorted small flowers
- Fog Vintage Lace Tape
- Scrap of coordinating ribbon
- Smoke Burlap Trim
- Rectangle Canvas from ringed album
- Mini Chipboard Heart Confetti
- Shot Through the Heart Chipboard
- Gray Vintage Pearl Pins
- A printer
- Spray adhesive
- Light colored cardstock
- Acrylic paint


Fit your muslin or fabric to the hoop and trim to about 1/2" around the back.  Do not fasten the fabric until you have added any sewing you'd like to the fabric. 

I wanted to keep the soft fabric feel to this hoop so instead of printing the photo on paper and adhering it I decided to print directly onto a piece of muslin.  It's really quite easy!

1. Cut a piece of light colored fabric about the size of the cardstock you want to use.  I did an entire letter size sheet at a time and save what I don't use for other projects. Iron your fabric.

2. Use spray adhesive on the cardstock and cover the entire sheet. 

3. Carefully lay the fabric on top of the tacky side of the paper and press out all bubbles and wrinkles until it is a smooth sheet.  Trim the edges if any overlaps.

4. Run the fabric sheet through your printer as you would any photo.  Choose the setting for standard paper rather than photo paper.


Peel the cardstock off the fabric and there you have it.  I sewed a rough border around the edge and frayed it a bit before adhering it on the main circle.  This is also when I added the rectangle from the Maya Road canvas album for a patchwork look and sewed messy circles around the outer edge.  I tucked a small scrap of burlap trim to the edge of the photo and added a couple of stick pins as well.

At this point you can position your fabric in the hoop and stretch it so it lays flat.  I encircled the outside of the hoop with the fabulous fog vintage lace tape... perfect! I also added a circle of cardstock to the back of the hoop for stability and to make it more opaque.


At this point you can just go crazy with embellishment! I added "weight" to the bottom of the hoop with a swathe of flowers in various sizes. I chose gray and pink for my color scheme to match my daughter's room.


I also added a small cluster of chipboard hearts to the top after painting them and sanding the edges.

A bow on top completes this sweet framed project!

Breathe.Love.Be Mini album with Yasmin Tölche

Hello sweet Roadies! It's Yasmin on the blog today and I hope everyone is enjoying summer.. I have a Canvas mini album with a new video tutorial to share with you today. I hope you all enjoy it. 

So here it is! I've had such a blast making this. I've used so many lovely Maya Road embellishments. Almost all of the flowers are Maya Road, the vintage key and the leafs are also Maya Road. 

Here is the video tutorial on who to make the cover of this lush mini album. I left out the insides so it wouldn't be lengthy video to watch. We only have 10minutes to spare right?! 

 

 

It's super thick and I punched a whole on each side of the cover to pull some seambinding ribbon through so I could hold it together. 

Here are some of the inside pages: 

I've added some extra pages by using some of the Maya Road packs as sturdy insides and covering them with paper and embellishments. 

Here are the list over supplies: 

• Canvas Binder 4" - CN1841
• Maya Mist - Bubblegum Pink
• Maya Mist - Gold
• Glitter Dust - Sparkle - G2921
• Felt Roses - Milk White - TK2968
• Satin Blossoms - Cream - TK2431
• Key to my heart - Charms - VF2696
• Big Metal Leaf - Charms - VF 2696
• Vintage Garden Rose - Charms - VF2662
• Metal Trinket - Lovely Leaf Clips -  MVT2674
• Satin Edge Trim - Cream - SSE2425
• Jute  Cording - Natural - TC2705
• Scallop Frame Chipboard Set - C1976
• Shot through the heart Chipboard set - C2225
• Vintage Pins - Vintage Pearl - TK1079

Thank you so much for joining me today! This mini would be awesome as a wedding gift using an Instax camera photos and glueing them in on the day! Have a creative monday! 

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Hello Roadies, it's Melody here on the blog today. I have an 8 x 10 canvas to share. I have been working on adding some mixed media pieces to my studio. This on has definitely found a home!

I pulled out some pretty doilies, flowers, wooden and metal pieces, chipboard, stick pins and leaves and played until I came up with a layout I liked. 

I thought I would share how the canvas looked before I added the embellishments. I started with a blank canvas, added a coat of gesso and black paint around the edges. Next I covered the canvas with patterned paper and used a stencil and crackle embossing paste to add texture. 

Once the paste was dry I sponged on distress inks. In the left corner I used a white Vintage Doily Transparency, an Ornate Round Filigree, a Milk White Felt Rose, and a sentiment from the Black Rubons Sentiments. 

In the right corner I covered a Manila Shipping Tag with patterned paper. Then I embossing a sentiment from the Love Words Mini Chipboard Set with embossing powder. I added another felt flower and metal embellishment, a medium Paper Leave, two Leaf Trinket Pins, a Kraft Library Card, and a Feathered Friend Resin Embellishment. 

Here's a look at the bottom part of the canvas with includes a Kraft Ticket, a house from the Welcome Home Chipboard Set that was embossed, a Mini Tree Charm, and a Wooden Ruler. So many pretty embellishments!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

 Vintage Doily Transparency

Ornate Round Filigree

Milk White Felt Rose

Black Rubons Sentiments

Manila Shipping Tag

Love Words Mini Chipboard Set

Paper Leave

Leaf Trinket Pins

Kraft Library Card

Feathered Friend Resin Embellishment

Welcome Home Chipboard Set

Mini Tree Charm

Wooden Ruler