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Maya Road Guest Designer: Gloria Stengel

We're excited to be starting a great monthly feature here on the Maya Road blog! We love finding people that share a love of crafting and Maya Road products. Sharing paper crafters and their creations with you each month is so inspiring for us and we know you'll enjoy them as well!

So let's get this party started! We'd like to introduce you to Gloria Stengel!

 

My name is Gloria Stengel and I live in beautiful, southern California. I am a Christian, the happy wife of  Matthew (for 29 years), the mom of three (nearly grown) kids, and the owner of two cats.  We are a homeschooling family, having homeschooled two kids all the way to college with the last one now in homeschooled high school.

My passion for paper goes back to my childhood. I have been hooked on paper crafts all of my life. I have always loved to color, play with paper dolls, and create "projects"! In 1990, I discovered rubber stamping and in 1996, I stumbled across "modern" scrapbooking. I love all aspects of paper crafting: card making, scrapbooking, mini albums, altered art, up-cycling, you name it! I am happiest when I am making a mess! It's the cleaning up part that I don't care for!

I have been on a number of design teams over the past eight years. I love to work with all sort of various products and supplies.  I also accept guest design spots from time to time, and I am so happy to be the October Guest for Maya Road! I have a healthy stash of Maya Road products in my studio.

I have a Blog, a Facebook Fan Page, and a YouTube channel in order to share my creative work. Please visit my blog, Scraps of Life at www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com for more inspiration and for links to my other "hang outs."

 

And here's Gloria's fun Halloween design...

 

Good morning, Roadies! It's Gloria from Scraps of Life with you today, and I am so honored and excited to be the October Guest Designer here at the Maya Road Blog!

I have created a fun Halloween card to share. I used one of the Kraft 5" Square Note Envelopes on the front of the card. You can slip a gift card or treat right into the envelope! (Sadly, I could not find any chocolate bars to put in my envelope!)

I attached the envelope with the flap open to the front of a 5 1/4" x 6" top-fold card. The color inspiration from the card came from the Plum Purple Vintage Crafting Tassel!

I decided to alter some items to match my theme. That's the fun part about Maya Road products...they can be altered to fit your project! I sprayed the Cloud Vintage Lace Mini Mum with glitter mist and then rubbed the edges with a bit of black ink. What was a white flower is now a grungy, purple flower!

The Ornate Resin Frame was originally cream, but I "colorized" it with a dark gray Copic marker! Now, it is a spooky embellishment, perfect for my card. I spelled out my little message using Jonathan mini chipboard letters, also colored with a marker.

Thanks for stopping by today. Join me again on Friday for a sweet Christmas project!

 - Gloria Stengel

Maya Road Products Used:

Kraft 5" Square Note Envelopes

Plum Purple Vintage Crafting Tassel

Cloud Vintage Lace Mini Mum

Cream Ornate Resin Frame

Crystal Star Trinket Pins

Crystal Trinket Pins - retired

Jonathan Mini Alphabet Chipboard Set - retired

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Haunted House

Greetings, Roadies! Jess here today with a little Halloween fun. I get more excited to gear up for Halloween than I do for any other holiday! I love creating little home decor pieces each year to add to my collection of spooky and whimsical decorations. 

This year I created this fun Halloween haunted house from a cheap Target Christmas house that I found in the dollar spot last year.  Sometimes you just have to look beyond the packaging to see new possibilities!


I covered the house in acrylic paint and Halloween themed paper to start. I used punched strips for the roof. All of this served as a base for adding all kinds of fun embellishments.  I started with adding the gray lace crochet tape to the bottom and hot gluing the avocado green glitter tulle to the underside so it flares out and looks like grass below the house.


I added the Maya Road wood protractor above the door, painted the same green so it would blend in.  I love the metal clock charm above the door. But my favorite tiny addition in the adorable set of metal keys hung up in the entrance. Watch out... you don't know who lives in there!

I created the windows from a set of ornate resin frames and some trimmed up chipboard houses. Again I had to think creatively for the window panes but I love coming up with new shapes from my chipboard pieces. 

And how cute is that little stack of mini wood slices?! I layered them into a tree stump for my paper raven.  A sprinkling of paper roses along the base completed the lower embellishment area.


The chimney was a perfect anchor for the large bottle cap moon I added.  I also fussy cut two bats and added them with foam tape (on the bottle cap) and a length of twisted wire (free floating). I used a chunk of cork glued to the back side of the bottle cap to secure the two star pins. 


Finally, I managed to carve out the bottom enough to slip a battery operated tea light under the doorway.  It's a super cute touch to have it glowing on my mantel!

Thanks for joining me today... Happy Haunting!

Maya Road Supplies:
- Measure Once, Cut Twice Wood Embellishments
- Ken Oliver Clocks and Hands
- Vintage Metal Key Ring Charms
- Avocado Green Pleated Glitter Tulle
- Vintage Lace Tape: Fog
- Ornate Resin Frame: Grey
- Welcome Home Chipboard Set
- Mixed Mini Wood Slices
- Small Vintage Paper Flowers: White
- Jumbo Bottle Cap
- Yellow Star Pins

Halloween "BOO" Banner

Hey Roadies! It is Melody here on the blog today with a Halloween Banner. Fall is my favorite season and I look forward to hanging this banner on my mantle next month! 

For the base of my banner I used 5 tags. You could use ready made tags or die cut tags to the shape and size you want to use. The tags are hung on Twine Cording and attached with Wood Mini Clothes Pins in Gold. 

Here is a closer look at each tag. I used the Rolled Flower Die and orange felt to created the flower and then added Small Paper Leaves and a Small Vintage Paper Flowers in White. I also added a Corrugated Kraft Mail Tag and a star die cut with the Fanciful Wish Steel Die from gold glittered card stock. 

The letters that spell out "boo" are from the Lisa Lowercase Alphabet. These are chipboard letters. You can cover them, color them, or paint the letters. Here I colored the letters with a black marker and embossed them with a black and gold embossing powder. The orange card stock is cut with the Scalloped Frame ATC Die. I love Maya Road's Tassels! So cute. This Vintage Crafting Tassel Fog is in Fog Grey. At the bottom I attached a Vintage Key. 

I embellished this tag with an Resin Nesting Birds Snow White sitting on a wooden twig.

To add a little shine I added a Sparkle Sequin Bow Embellishment in Glam Gold and at bottom a cute, little Alterable Wood Bingo Motif that I accented with a black marker. 

And here is the last tag! At the top I attached a Ornate Resin Frame in Grey and in the center of the frame a Wise Owl Resin Charm in Snow White. Like the first tag, I finished off with another Rolled Flower in black felt, paper leaves and small paper flower. 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you feel inspired to start creating for the upcoming holiday season. 

Supplies: 

Twine Cording

Wood Mini Clothes Pins in Gold

Rolled Flower Die

Small Paper Leaves

Small Vintage Paper Flowers in White

Corrugated Kraft Mail Tag

Fanciful Wish Steel Die

Lisa Lowercase Alphabet

 Vintage Crafting Tassel 

Vintage Key

 Scalloped Frame ATC Die

Resin Nesting Birds Snow White

Sparkle Sequin Bow Embellishment in Glam Gold

Alterable Wood Bingo Motif

Vintage Pearl Pins

 

Spooktacular Halloween

It's almost Halloween and we've been getting spooky and fun here at Maya Road! I love this time of year and get a real kick out of creating whimsical décor to fit the mood.  It may not be out for long but I look forward to decorating for Halloween more than I do for any other holiday.

Today I bring you something Spooktacular!


It started out as a wood tray from the Dollar Spot at Target (who doesn't love Target!?) and I added a variety of chip shapes, trims, flowers, and metal.


The right side is a little village scene created from the Our Home chipboard houses.  I popped them with foam tape to give depth and added details like the tiny chipboard Cameo head behind the window, open door, and Decorative Filigree Frame.


I used a double layer of trim, including the mocha Tulle Pleat trim, on the bottom of the frame to give the impression of the dry autumn ground.


The left side is the foreground and I got sparkly on this side! The large moon is simply a Jumbo Bottle Cap that was covered in paper and glittered around the edges.  Now that's a Harvest Moon!

The tree branches from the chipboard Birds of a Feather set were painted black and rubbed with pearl dust. I hung a couple of pearl charms from the branches as well.


The chipboard cage got gilded in glitter, as did the raven in the tree. I tucked a Vintage Linen Burlap Rose and a few other flowers into the corner for a bit more nature.

I wrapped the tray up in a fun black and white striped ribbon with a bow on top.



Maya Road Products:
Decorative Filigree Frame
Our Home Chipboard
Cameos Mini Chipboard
Tulle Pleat Trim - mocha
Jumbo Bottle Cap
Birds of a Feather Chipboard
Canvas Flower
Chipboard Birdcage
Vintage Linen Burlap Rose

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a spooktacular Halloween!

 

Pumpkin Cutie

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

Here in Hong Kong we don't normally buy pumpkin for display during fall seasons and Halloween, but I love so much the color combo of this season, so how about make one by myself for displaying my girl photos which was trying a costume in a shop.

Orange, green, purple... what a colorful combo, I love so much Maya Road Lilac and Lime Vintage Burlap Trim which are easy to add colors and dimensions to the projects.

In order to make a softer look, I used Maya Road Cream Burlap Trim to connect the gabs between chipboard pieces, just love how it comes out.

I added Maya Road Felt Roses in chocolate brown, Big Leaf Charms, Mini Leaf Charms and Vintage Leaf Pins on top of the pumpkin to make it more alive, as well as some of my goodies and handmade satin brown leaves.

The new cutting dies are super cool when I used it for the foil gold paper, here the new Fanciful Be Happy Mind Steel Cutting Dies just released this fall. Let us know what decorations you have made for this Halloween and fall season, we always love to be inspired!

Maya Products I used:
Fanciful Be Happy Mine Steel Cutting Dies
Chocolate Brown Felt Roses
Vintage Leaf Pins - Pearl Cream & Brown
Mini Leaf Charms
Big Leaf Charms
Vintage Burlap Trim - Lilac
Vintage Burlap Trim - Lime
Burlap Trim - Cream

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)

 

 

Halloween Photo Display

 

Early Halloween?!? Ha, yes, it's time to start making some Halloween decoration now. I have just made this photo display box which fit for a 3x4 photo, but why it is a box? Because this is a 2 in 1 display box.

 

 

Remove the top and open it, I've arranged a Halloween scene inside, and the photo can be changed with the acetate sleeve.

 

 

If you would like to make it now and wait for a new photo, you can just leave it without photo, it can also be a beautiful Halloween decor.

 

 

Maya Road Owl Resin Charms are so cute to put on the roof as well as inside the scene, love the snow white color which stand out great. I backed up a chipboard piece with one piece of Maya Road Kraft Month of the Year Set, it is just like a bow behind, and gives a good backdrop for the embellishments.

 

 

The stars metal dies are new releases from Maya Road, they will come in variety of choices, super good quality, stay tuned on this exciting news!

 

 

I used the new Maya Road dies for the title as well, layered up two or three color and pattern paper die-cuts, it gives out a shadow like result, so cool!

 

 

Maya Road Products I used:
Wise Owl Resin Charm - Snow White
Yellow and Turquoise Star Pins
Wood Measure Once, Cut Twice Embellishments
Kraft Months of the Year Set - White
New Dies (coming soon!)
New Crochet Trim (coming soon!)

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Halloween twine-ing

Hi Roadies Angella here with you today to share a cute table centrepeice for Halloween !

As you can guess I love creating with Maya Road twine Cording , the colours are just gorgeous and the twine is a great change from covering projects with paper. Just apply glue to your base and wrap with the twine!

 

Here i have used a paper maché witches hat with the Craft jute cording ,  twine cording Blackberry and Tulle trim .

For the top part of the witches hat I added  3 Stained wood star buttons with the paper twine cording.

 

For the stand i have glued the hat onto a empty trim spool reel covered in twine,

and also I  coloured some burlap trim - black and a tulle Mum flower,  I attached a Vintage wood stitched scallop circle charm with a Handmade wood button in the middle

So you can see roadies  sometimes you can have a change from pattern paper, just for something different.

Happy halloween twine- ing Roadies

Have a great day

All Dolled Up!

Hi Roadies!  Jennifer here.  Today I'm sharing a doll, I created using a mixture of materials. The project was inspired by the costumes in the HBO mini series Elizabeth. The doll definitely has a playful Halloween theme, but I think the "Elizabethan vibe" is still very visible.

1. You can see how I used a page from the Keyhole Album to create the torso of the doll. For the skirt I used two pages from the Mixed Half Circle Chipboard Album.
2. This is how the pieces looked once they were pieced together.  I repeated the shape (for the back) onto some raw chipboard and cut it out.  The two pieces were then sandwiched together, using spacers. (I used 2" wood blocks at the base and foam core for the rest, gradually getting thinner as I got to the neck and shoulder area.)
3. Some fabric was used to make a head and also cover the neck and shoulder area of the chipboard.  A wood dowel was placed into the neck of the doll, so the head could be attached.
4. Each arm was made out of four Ribbon Spools and a Wood Twig.  The spools were threaded together using some thin wire. To attatch the arms to the body, the remaining wire was wrapped around Pearl Ball Pins that had been glued in place on the shoulders.

Now that the doll has been put together, you can have some fun dressing her up with patterned papers and embellishments.

Before the head was attached to the body some wool roving (hair) was attached and facial features were drawn on with black colored pencil.

Here are some close ups of the finished piece.

The headdress was made out of some Vintage Pearl Pins, Ball Pearl Pins, a Teardrop Pearl Center, a large Leaf Charm and some Twine Cording.  A little glue was applied to each to secure.

The eye patch was cut out of canvas, colored with black marker then embellished with a small  glittered star.

The top of the dress was decorated with lace and trim.  Then just below that a Decorative Scroll, some beads and a Mini Leaf Charm were used as embellishments.  Some Twine Cording was also used to outline the bodice of the dress.

To add some more detail to the piece, a chipborad star was added along with a small sign.

Here's one more look at the finished piece.

Maya Road Supplies: Keyhole Album, Mixed Half Circle Chipboard Banner Album, Vintage Ribbon Spools, Twine Cording (Blackberry), Wood Twigs, Lucky Star Set,  Decorative Scrolls, Teardrop Pearl Center, Afternoon Tea Trim, Cream Pearl Ball Pins, Vintage Pearl Pins, Perfect Shot Arrow, Star Pin, Mini Leaf Charm and Big Leaf Charm.

 

Blog Swap with Xyron - Day 4

We are on day 4 of our blog swap with Xyron. I hope you are enjoying the fabulous projects so far.

Happy Halloween, Roadies! Are you ready for all those trick-or-treaters? Well, if not, I have a sweet project for you to whip up.

Halloween is my favorite time of the year. I am especially excited for trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood and I wanted to surprise my neighbor with a little bag of Halloween treats. So, I grabbed a glassine bag, some patterned paper, a page from my Scroll Edge Chipboard Binder Album, my Danielle Chipboard Alphas, my Autumn Mini Chipboard set, Licorice Black Tulle Pleat Trim, Grass Paper Twine Cording, a Super Mega Bottle Cap, Sunset Burlap Trim, Just My Type Alpha Stamps, and some of my Earl Grey Organza Tea Garden Trim.

I used my Xyron glue stick to adhere the patterned papers to my chipboard pieces and trimmed the excess off with a craft knife.

I layered up my black cat, pumpkin, and my bottle cap and adhered them to the chipboard using the Xyron Double-Sided High Tack Tape. That stuff is strong! And I love the little cutter teeth on the end of the packaging so I don't have to get my scissors all gummed up with adhesive. After I stapled my organza trim, the paper cording, and the burlap trim to the bag, I adhered the finished bag topper and my stamped out sentiment, all with the Double-Sided tape. Lastly, I embossed my "booed" with some lime green embossing powder, then I ran my little letters through the Xyron X Sticker Maker. This thing is PERFECT for covering the backs of my mini alphas with adhesive because you know that can get tricky sometimes.

I don't know how I lived without this thing! Its amazing!

After, I stuffed my bag with treats, I folded it over and used a few Xyron glue dots to keep it closed.

Here are a couple close-ups...

Thanks for joining us today for our blog swap! Don't forget that you still have a chance to win our giveaway! Make sure to go read the details on this post.

Have a  great day!