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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

Maya Road + Photoplay Blog Swap | Christmas Mini Albums

Hello Roadies! It is Stacy here today on the blog. This week, our designers on Maya Road blog are pairing with Photoplay to share some inspirations! 

 

I was very excited and inspired when I received the gorgeous Mad 4 Plaid Christmas collection from Photoplay. I knew I had to get ready for the upcoming Christmas (it is just 4 months away!) 

 

Therefore I started with a mini album, which opens up to a Starburst effect. One of my favorite is the homemade holidays stamp set. I used it to emboss some snowflakes onto the pattern paper. Other embellishments include the merry christmas diecut, Fanciful Wish diecut, Silver Snow Crystal Charms and Crystal Circle Buttons.

 

 

On the inside of the album, I decorated it with red Rick Rack trims, and Christmas die cuts. Here I used the merry christmas steel die.

 

 

 

The album can be opened up fully displaying a starburst effect. I used the gold bulldog clips to secure the ends. Just to add some flair, I have also added the Vintage Crafting Tassels - Fire Red and snowflake charm, held by the mini safety pins.

 

 

But I got carried away and made another 2 more albums! I made these slightly smaller than each other.

 

 

Each of these mini albums are binded with coptic stitch using Ken Oliver waxed hemp threads.

 

 

The albums fan open to a star shaped manner.

 

 

Now with these 3 albums I am ready to build my very own Christmas tree! I intend to place a photo each day as I start the countdown towards Christmas, I think it would be fun! 

 

 

Hope you are enjoying the inspiration so far!

 

To celebrate this blog hop, we are excited to be giving away a $20 coupon to the Maya Road online store!

 

One winner for the prizes will be chosen from entries on all of the blog posts here on the Maya Road Blog about the swap. Winner will be announced here on the blog next week. So stop by and comment each day for a chance to win! Be sure to also stop by Photoplay and social media for lots of inspiration as well! (Be sure to first check out here and you can hop from there on.)

 

This same month, use code KOlove to enjoy 30% off Ken Oliver Charms too!

 

 

This month is surely a fun filled month, thanks for checking out the blog today. Don't forget to drop by tomorrow again! 

Shine Bright | 12x12 layout

Hello Roadies!

Nathalie here with you today!

Our focus for the month of July is CHARMS.  We have a special going on for the entire month,  30% off all metal charms,  just use the code CHARMED at checkout to obtain your discount.

 

 

 

There are so many beautiful products to chose from the store, but i wanted to mixed them up in one single layout, so I opted to create a banner type  design to showcase a picture of my daughter.

 

 

This layout took very little time to put together.  It all started by marking the two holes where the brads would be located.  A bit of mixed media (using shimmer inks in this case) adds interest, and color to the simple design.

 

 

Once the background was dry, the brads were put in place, and a bit of gold wax  cording was run only through one of the brads.   Here is where the fun started!.  My idea was to center the picture, and add embellishments to each side of the picture.

 

 

I started by using the Geometric Feather  Die  to obtain some feathers, one from pattern paper (Carta Bella's Flora 1 collection), one from vellum, and one from cardstock.  I tied them together with some jute twine, and used a Resin Flower  to add some decoration to the bunch.   Now to start building my banner!  I worked from left to right (making sure the picture was centered). 

 

 

First i thread some stickers from the Hello Lovely collection from Simple Stories, next a key charm from the Ken Oliver Heart and Key charm set,  a tag from the Flora collection, followed by the feather bunch.   Next i thread the picture, and secure it to the mat using foam adhesive -s0 that there is dimension to the picture-.  

 

 

Once the picture was secured, i added  a Geometric Heart Die cut backed with vellum, and a Star Bright charm, before adding my journal tag.  A few more stickers and tags from the two collections being used, and finally a Soaring Bird charm completes the banner.  Then the string was secured in the  brad.

 

 

Now to complete and balance the page, I used the Sparkle and Shine Die Set to create the title of this page.  By simply cutting the title from some of the papers used in the layout, and then layering them with a bit of an offset creates the illusion of a dimensional title.  A few add ons complete the page.

 

 

I hope this inspires you to take a look at all the beautiful MAYA ROAD products available at the online store.  Remember there are still a few days to take advantage of the CHARMS promotion.

You can always contact me if you have any questions on how this page came together.

 

Til next time!

 

 

 

 

 

Maya Road products used:

Geometric Feather Die

Resin Flower Set in Snow White

Ken Oliver Heart & Key Charms Set

Geometric Heart Die

Star Bright Charms

Soaring Bird Charms

Sparkle and Shine Die Set

 

 

 

 

Summer Memories mini album with Maya Road and Simple Stories

Hi Roadies! It's Daniela here for the last day of the Maya Road and Simple Stories Product Swap! I hope you enjoyed all our creations this week and don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Maya Road on-line store.

I created a little mini album using index cards. It's my favorite go to idea for mini albums. 

I cut the word out of one of the cards and layered a cluster of chipboard pieces along with Jute & Twine Cording and Vintage Crafting Tassels (Gold Cap) - Milk White .

The mini album pages are all the same.  I start with a strip of patterned paper on the right side, adding embellishments  at the top or bottom. I leave room for a photo. 

I like to add other bits and pieces to the album like this Vintage Wood Mason Jar. I added washi tape and a sticker.

Once the photos are added I fill in with more embellishments and stickers.

For this little insert, I filled Basics - Glassine Bags - 2" x 3.5" with sequins and added washi and stickers to the front.

I love using 3D foam squares to add dimension to some of the elements. 

I die cut the sunglasses using Beach Time Die Set and added Deco Foil to them for that extra shine. To finish the mini album I added  ribbon to the top hole and tied it into a bow. Make sure the bow is not too tight so you can flip the pages. 

Pretty simple, right. Can you spot the similarities between the pages? Simple Stories Summer Days collection and Maya Road make this even easier with all the adorable elements. 

Make sure you stop by Simple Stories blog for more inspiration and for a chance to win their Summer Days & Cabin Fever collection kit!

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/

 

Maya Road Supplies:

Vintage Crafting Tassels (Gold Cap) - Milk White 
Jute & Twine Cording
Ken Oliver Heart and Key Charms
Resin Flower Set - Tempting Teal
Beach Time Die Set
Basics - Glassine Bags - 2" x 3.5"
Rose Garden Sentiments Stamp Set
Vintage Wood Mason Jar

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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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

 

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

Buttons

Hi Roadies;

Angella here with you today sharing one of my CHA projects - Buttons  the Robot

I have created my robot out of  the  Maya Road Wood photo box 6 x 8 and 3 x 4  I have  hinged the smaller box onto the larger box, this way when you flip his head it gave the robot the easel option for storage. You can store your pens and tags or whatever you would like to store in your  photo boxes

Once the boxes are hinged together 

• smaller photo box as the head and the larger box as his body.  
• dismantle a MR pallet for the arms using screws and bolts to attached the box.
• Legs are off a wooden toy

then you can proceed to decorate into whatever you would like . I made the body  shape into a robot - Buttons*

Mini Wood embroidery hoop

Antique wood Ruler

Vintage Wood Beading Spools

Antique Room Key

Vintage crafting Tassels

Shine Bow Party Gold

Twine

Say What Speech bubble chipboard

Ken Oliver Embellishments

I hope I have inspired you today Roadies  to create outside the box -  literally :)

Have a great day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Times

Hi Roadies Angella here with you today for some Christmas crafting, It is my favourite time of year for holiday projects.

Christmas Times - At Christmas Play and Make Good Cheer, for Christmas comes but once a Year - Visions of Sugar Plums

Using 2 of the Countdown Alterable shadow boxes and  joining together to form a book, makes for a delightful holiday fun project, you can alter the squares to form your shadow box into any shape of squares. It is easy to cut the chipboard with out losing the form or strength in your project.

And of course you have all the Maya Road Embellishments for the trimmings, weather you want the traditional colours or make your own colours. And of course I love using the wooden spools to stand my project on display.  

 

 

Using Countdown Alterable Shadow boxes

Nesting Birds Resin

Ornate resin frames

Oh Deer Charms resins

Wooden Spools

Kraft Scroll Frame Journaling tags

Tu Tu Tulle flowers

Vintage Stained Wood Buttons

Twine

Bottle Brush Trees

Ken Oliver Key

Vintage Crafting Tassel

Candy Dot fabric tape

Glitter tape

All at your one stop place  Maya Road

Thank you Roadies for joining me today

from me to you have a great day

 

 

 

Fabulous & You Are Home - a pair of layouts -

Hello Roadies!

I am so blessed and happy to be sharing some of my work as part of this amazing group of designers.  To say that i am excited to work with all the Maya Road products is an understatement, so for my first post, I decided to create a pair of scrapbook layouts that speak of my style.

 

My first layout is all about my family, and my love for hand stitching and embroidery art.

  I used 3 sets of dies to create the pieces in this cluster (all the papers come from Pink Paislee's Take Me Away collection by Paige Evans).   I tied them all together by having the dyed piece of ribbon on the background, and ending with the small wooden embroidery hoop.

 

My title was created using a cut file from the Silhouette Store, and a few hand stitches.   I used the small die-cut flowers to continue the detail of the page.

 

 

To add details to my picture, i used some small pieces from different Maya Road products, and created a second tag using one of the lovely Maya Road dies.   Here is the complete layout:

 

 

 

For my second layout, "Fabulous",  i chose to use the Rolled Flower die to create lots of flowers from Pink Paislee's Take Me Away collection.

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I used the paper flowers to fill the inside of  hand-stitched heart.  Once i had filled the heart, I added my daughter's picture  along a few small pieces from the beautiful Maya Road products

 

I love the versatility of the products, and how they softly enhanced the picture.  Here is the completed layout (which is now hanging in my daughter's room):

 

 

I really loved incorporating all the small details to both my layouts using the beautiful Maya Road products.  Here is  the list of  the Maya Road products used in these projects:

Rolled Flower Die

Vintage Findings -Perfect Shot Arrow

Crafting Tassels -Turquoise Trail

Ken Oliver Vintage trim -Scallop Dot Trim

Acetate butterfly -white

Bobbin & Scissor die

Needle & Spool die

Vintage Dressform die

Ken Oliver Vintage trim - Seam Binding

My story- wood veneer

Kraft corrugated tag

Mini embroidery hoop wood veneer

 

Thanks for visiting today, and I look forward to seeing you all very soon!