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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

Notebook | Single Coptic Book Binding

Hi Roadies! It is Stacy here on the Maya Road blog sharing a hand stitched notebook today! I will never get tired of stitching notebooks, they are special with different stitching patterns and a useful gift for the recipient!

 

There are many chipboard albums from the Maya Road collection which I dismantle to make my notebooks. They come with tabs, which makes the notebook very different from what you can get with regular rectangular chipboards. I intend to use this notebook to document my travels, hence the travel token come in handy on the front cover. I like to keep the front cover of the notebook as flat as possible, so as not to hinder when I write. 

 

With the same thought in mind, I hang some charms on the tabs of the front cover with the help of a bulldog clip and a mini safety pin. I like dangling charms - they are always pretty on albums or notebooks! The bulldog clips allow me to hang these beautiful charms and removing it when I need to.

 

 

Charms are very useful in every project! They are good as decor, either pasted as an embellishment or hung for decorations. Here, I am using the single coptic stitch for this notebook. The KO Waxed Hemp is perfect for this stitching! It gives me the perfect tension, and a good visual for the coptic loops. The waxed hemp is also strong enough to support the weight of charms dangling from the spine. 

 

Maya Road is also having a promo in July - Charms! Get your supply of charms at 30% off now!

Thanks for joining me through this post and dropping by the blog today~

Supplies Used:

• Ken Oliver Vintage Compass and Mini Arrow Charms
• Ken Oliver Vintage Tick Tock Charms
• Ken Oliver Vintage World Traveler Charms
• Ken Oliver Vintage Art Supplies
• Ken Oliver Vintage Clocks and Hands
• Ken Oliver Vintage Gears
• 22mm Bulldog Clips - Bronze
• Mini Arrow Charms
• Bronze Gift Charms
• 2-ring Round Tab Chipboard Journal Book
• Work It office Die Bundle
• Mason Jar Kraft Tags
• Wood Travel Tokens
• Vintage Crafting Tassels - Milk White
• Mini Safety Pin - Bronze
• Ken Oliver Waxed Hemp Tangerine

 

Mini Album | What I Like

Hi Roadies! Stacy here and I am back on the Mayaroad blog today with a mini album to share! Making this album had been fun! The design team has been sharing many ideas on how to use chipboards in our projects, and today, I will also share how I made use of chipboards in my mini album.

I wanted to make an album to house some of the things I love, and here is my mini album:

First way I usually like to use the chipboards - as album covers! There are many chipboard albums available in different shapes and sizes, great for use to construct mini albums! I used the 5x5 tabbed chipboard album to construct this mini album. 

Like always, I always like to spice up the spine of my mini albums with some stitching! This time, I am using the Ken Oliver Waxed Hemp (Tangerine) for the long stitch binding on my spine! I love this waxed hemp for stitching, and it comes in a variety of colors! 

Another way I used my chipboards is to paint them white, and draw some stitching lines on them! This is a fun and easy way to decorate the chipboards, and give it an interesting look too. Try dry brushing gesso onto chipboards, I like how some of the pieces give a weathered look!

Of course, adding acrylic paints gives the chipboards an entirely different look. With a base coat in place, I have also added some shimmer with some glitter glues on top. It gives a shiny coat and highlights the title.

Of course, I really love to dress up my chipboards! One of my favourite ways is to add some stamping on top of the base coat. Try it with raw chipboards as well, this gives a different texture and feel to the entire embellishment! On the top right corner, I have also tried coloring the chipboards with brush pens / markers.

 

Last but not least, use the chipboards as they are! Raw chipboards are pretty as they are - so feel free to use them directly on your projects. Raw chipboards gives a very good background to your embellishments, they are not cluttered or too colorful. On some chipboards, I also used some foil papers to back up the negative spaces for a little glow amongst the raw chipboard pieces.

Chipboards are the basic materials everyone needs for that next scrapbook project! Hope you find some inspiration! You will also be happy to know, that Mayaroad is having a promo this month for chipboards! Use the coupon code CHIPCHIP for 30% off all chipboards during your checkout! Enjoy the promo code!

Supplies Used:

• Lucky Stars Chipboard Set
• 5x5 Tabbed Chipboard Ring Album
• Love Chipboard Banner
• Ken Oliver Waxed Hemp (Tangerine)
• Hexagon Chipboard Set
• Camera Chipboard Set
• Speech Bubble Chipboard Set

 

      

Maya Road & Simple Stories Product Swap | Day 5

Hello Roadies!

 

It's Nathalie, and i am the so happy to be part of  the Maya Road & Simple Stories product swap.  I hope you all have been inspired by all the beautiful projects members of both design teams have been sharing this week.  

 

 

 

I am lucky to serve as a member on both design teams, so this project was a dream to work on.   Today, I am bringing you a new layout that was completely inspired by the floral designs in the new Summer Days collection by Simple Stories.

 

 

The flowers in this collection resemble the ones from the  Maya Road Flower Die Set.   So i pulled some white texture card stock, and cut a few of the flower die cuts.  Since I wanted to make this page cheery and fun, I pulled the So Much Fun paper from the Summer Days collection to serve as the mat for this layout.

 

 

 

 

The color lines in the paper was the  starting point for the color blocking in the die cuts.  I simply used watercolors and inks to try (at best!) to replicate the colors of the paper lines in the die cut flowers, and leaves. To tie in the design, the centers of all the flowers were cut from the B side of the Lazy Days paper.  

 

 

 

Once the picture of one of my littles was set in the center of the page, all the flowers were attached to the page following the color line they landed on.  Now it came time to decorate, and embellish!

 

 

I chose to add some wood tokens from the Wood Snapshot Token set, and the Wood 24/7 Journaling Tokens as centers in two of the flowers closest to the picture on each corner.  A Resin Diamond in Snow White as well a few Vintage Pearl - Trinket Pins were added around some of the flowers to bring the white color in the layout's mat.   

 

 

In addition, i used some of the papers and stickers from the collection to cover some pieces from the Mini Chipboard Heart Confetti Set and Love Chipboard Banner so that they also continue the colorful striped pattern in the layout papers.  A little bit of glue attaches the paper to the chipboard, then a bit of fussy cutting, and you can easily create new chipboard stickers for your projects.  These pieces were then used to frame the picture in the layout along with a few more stickers and paper pieces from the Simple Stories Summer Days collection.

 

 

 

I love the final look of this layout; lots of dimension and different textures bring the happiness of cheerfulness of a pool day on a hot day to the layout.  The Summer Days collection from Simple Stories is just beautiful, and our super versatile Maya Road products bring that special touch to this project.  They are a match made in "Craft" heaven!!

 

I hope you all have been inspired this week!  Don't forget to check the new Simple Stories  blog for more inspiration, and their new collections...

Website - https://www.simplestories.com

Blog - https://www.simplestories.com/blog

Facebook - http://bit.ly/1ntY7fw

Instagram - Simple Stories - https://www.instagram.com/simplestories_/

Instagram - Carpe Diem - https://www.instagram.com/carpediemplanners/

and all the newly released Maya Road products (there are so many new goodies) available on line.   Remember to comment on this week's blog posts, one lucky comment will be receiving a $20 gift certificate to the store (YAY!!!).    

 

I am comment away if you have questions on how this came together (though it might take a few extra hours, as this goes live we are on route to beautiful Ecuador!, but my phone is with me, so i will get to the comments as soon as I arrive in Quito!)

 

Thanks for Stopping by!

 

 

Maya Road Products used:

Flower Die Set

Wood Snapshot Token Set

Wood  24/7 journaling Tokens

 Resin Diamond - Snow White

Trinket Pins - Vintage Pearl

Mini Chipboard Heart Confetti Set

Love Chipboard Banner

 

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12x12 | Simple Stories Swap

Hi Roadies!  It's Jill with another fabulous Simple Stories project featuring our lovely Maya Road embellishments!  

I totally fell for the vintage camper chipboard piece from Simple Stories, so I used it as my layout inspiration for this page about a day trip with some of my favorite girls.

I started my layout with the Sunny Days and So Much Fun papers, machine stitching the perimeter of my page with pale pink thread.  I used one of the patterned branding strips below my photo, then mat it with tissue paper and Summer Snapshots papers.  I added in the gorgeous Scallop Crochet Trim at the bottom of the photo, then clustered a few Simple Stories stickers and die cuts with the Turquoise Sea Mini Resin Mums, Porcelain Pink Resin Nesting Bird and Champagne Pearl Vintage Butterfly Pins.

I added in the cardstock sticker Happy Banner, sewing it to the layout as well.  More embellishment clusters using Maya Road resins and another stick pin, plus Simple Stories die cuts and stickers.

For the page title I used a mix of Simple Stories alphas and Maya Road Danielle Mini Alphabet Chipboard that I heat embossed using gold powder.  I added in the Summertime Sweetness washi tape below the title and then machine stitched through the alphas.  I used a few strips of patterned papers and sentiment stickers for more color and texture on the page, adding in another chipboard sticker.

I found this giant arrow sign on the Vertical Elements paper, so I fussy cut it and added it to the layout with foam adhesive.  I think it adds more of that vintage vibe to the page, emphasizing the vintage camper in the photo.

I absolutely adored working with this line from Simple Stories, and it mixes beautifully with the Maya Road pieces!  

Thanks for checking out the Maya Road blog today, make time to make something crafty!  Make sure to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a $20 credit in the Maya Road store.

Check out the chipboard special this month on the Maya Road site and use the code CHIPCHIP for 30% off your chipboard purchase!

If you're looking for some more information on Simple Stories, be sure to check out the following links...

Website - https://www.simplestories.com

Blog - https://www.simplestories.com/blog

Facebook - http://bit.ly/1ntY7fw

Instagram - Simple Stories - https://www.instagram.com/simplestories_/

Instagram - Carpe Diem - https://www.instagram.com/carpediemplanners/

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Ah um ... do not disturb!

 

Hi Roadies! Belly's on the blog today. The chipboard promotion is now live, 30% off all chipboard using the coupon code CHIPCHIP, remember to check out on Maya Road site.

 

Chipboard works great together with various techniques and you certainly sometimes don't want to use a lot of time to alter them. On this layout, I used only two very very simple coloring methods on the chipboard, let me show you.

 

The main technique I used on the chipboard is pressing Distress Ink directly on them, you can also work with other kinds of ink too, see the above example of the green arrows and big button, also the red heart chipboard. If you would like to make them shine, Glossy Accents or UT are the choices.

 

 

The second technique I used on the chipboard alphabets is just spray o. If you want to have a shinny gold color, you cannot use water-based spray ink, it is important to use the home decor one, this can give you a cool shinny and more rich gold color than the water-based one.

 

Other Maya Road products I used on this layout:
Geometric Blossom Die
Acrylic Mason Jars - Classic
Crystal Flower Buttons
Medium Vintage Paper Flowers - Red
Small Vintage Paper Flowers - Red
Wood Holiday Tokens
Vintage Crafting Tassels (Gold Cap) - Ocean Blue

 

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Well hello Roadies!  This is Daniela. Our focus this June is CHIPBOARD and we have a special going on all month. Make sure you visit the store and use coupon code CHIPCHIP to get 30% off all chipboard.

For my card today I used Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner. I love using chipboard just as is. In this case I used it as a base for my flower bouquet. 

I stamped the images using Rose Garden Sentiments Stamp Set and then I fussy cut them. Aren't they beautiful I just love that stamp set. The card base is made up of bits and pieces of patterned paper. The Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner has two holes in it that I thread Twine Cording - Blackberry through and tied it into a bow. I tucked Vintage Pearl Pins - Hot Pink through the center.

The center flower is adhered to the card using foam adhesive for dimension. It gives it a little lift so it appears to be hanging over the chipboard banner. I added enamel dots from my stash mimicking some of the colors in the card. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set to the bottom right of the card using black ink. 

 

Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road blog today.

Maya Road Supplies:

Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner
Rose Garden Sentiments Stamp Set
Twine Cording - Blackberry
Vintage Pearl Pins - Hot Pink

Maya Road Guest Designer: Gena Glover

April brings sunshine and showers, warm weather and flowers. It also brings a new guest design to the Maya Road DT Blog. We are so excited to bring you our  guest designer of the month....Gena Glover!

Each month we feature a new friend of Maya Road and their beautiful, unique & creative style! This month we are thrilled to introduce you to Gena and her fabulous creations. We adore her beautiful attention to detail. While Gena may be new the Maya Road blog, her work is no stranger to the Maya Road booth at tradeshows and other events.

 

 

My name is Gena Glover and I live in Red Oak, Texas. I have been married to my best friend, Kris, for 20 years! We have 4 children, the youngest about to complete her first year of college. I have been scrapbooing for 19 years and I have loved seeing the evolution of our hobby. I began with Creative Memories and now not only love layouts, but chipboard books and mixed media projects. I teach and design for The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, Texas.  I love sharing my art with others.  You can follow my projects and classes on Facebook

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

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Campfire Mini Album by Gena Glover

Maya Road Supplies:

 

Felt Blossom Turqouise

Felt Roses Chocolate Brown

Mixed Mini Wood Slices

Jewel Center Burlap Blossom Natural

Wood Wild & Free Tokens

Chipboard Landscape Binder

Mega Wood Etched Button

Pearl Mum Trim

Wood Vintage Mason Jar

 

 

I love the Maya Road chipboard albums and create many of my classes using them. I found the new Photoplay Campfire paper and knew I would be perfect for this project.  The Maya Road pieces accent it beautifully!

I began by painting the edges of the Landscape Album with brown paint and covering each of the pages with different patterned pages from the collection.  For the cover, I added foam tape to the back of my Natural Burlap Blossom so that it would be a little easier to tuck some of the pieces behind it and give it even more dimension. Once the burlap flower was set I tucked a Mega Wood Etched button underneath and layered a cut paper circle and a token from the Wood Wild Token set. I added Wood Slices and two pieces from Pearl Mum Trim. To bring it all together I added a strip of the Pearl Mum Trim along the bottom.

Here is a close up of the layering…

 

 

Here is a peek of the pages…

 

 

 

I wrapped some jute around the Wood Mason Jar ad added the Pearl Button piece in the center.

 

 

I love the Envelopes to add extra little places for journaling or extra pictures.

 

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Thanks so much Gena! With summer on the horizon, this mini album is a wonderful place to store all those camping memories!

Check back in Friday for another gorgeous project from Gena!

 

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12x12 Scrapbook Layout - DREAM

Hello Roadies!

Happy Spring to you all!

Nathalie here with you today sharing a new scrapbook layout using one of my favorite Maya Road products:  dies.

 

Maya Road offers a large selection of dies that are just so beautiful, and can be used for all kinds of crafts.  This time, I wanted to share the last project created for Creativation 2017 using  the Geometric Stars Die set.

 

 

This project started with a bit of mixed media on the background.  By simply using some watercolor, and the packaging technique, the background was set to look like a blue sky.   While it dried,  A large moon was cut on the Silhouette Cameo.   I wanted to keep the layout monochromatic, but brought just small color pops by backing the cut file with papers from Maggie Holmes' Gather collection.

 

 

A little bit of hand stitching does not only secure the cut files together, but adds texture to the project.  Before gluing the crescent moon to the background,  a hole was poked at the top  corner of the moon.  Here I used some crochet thread to attach two Star Bright Charms, and  a Ken Oliver Vintage Heart and Key Charms, so that they hung on top of the picture i was about  to add.

 

 

 

The picture of my little sleeping on my brother in law's arms was perfect for this layout.  I simply layered some gold vellum behind the picture, and a piece of Ken Oliver's Vintage Trim- Rick Rack edge -.    A small cluster was created at the opposite side of the picture using a Journaling Wood Token, some Vintage Crafting Tassels (Milk white), and a small Chipboard heart (colored with gold paint)

 

 

To add to the dreamy feeling of the project, the Geometric Stars die was used to cut smooth white card stock.  A small piece of gold marbled vellum was then sandwiched between two of the die cuts, so that there white edge of the star will show on both sides.   These stars were then attached to create clusters around the big crescent moon.

 

 

To finish the project, a large cork sticker was added to create the title for this piece, and some small embellishments just add little pops of color around the page.  Here is the final layout:

 

 

I hope this serves as inspiration to stop by the Maya Road on-line store, and check all the beautiful projects being used in this project, as well as the large selection available.  Remember to use the code DIESOFMARCH to receive 25%off all your die purchases until March 31st.

 

As always, I am a comment away if you have any questions on how this project came together.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Maya Road products used:

Geometric Stars Die set

Star Bright Charms

Ken Oliver Vintage Heart and Key Charms

Journaling Wood Token 

Ken Oliver Vintage Trim - Rick Rack Edge

Vintage Crafting Tassels - Milk White-

Mini Heart Chipboard set

 

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 :)