Maya Road Design Team

Maya Road Guest Designer: Enza Gudor

We are so excited to bring you a guest designer whose work you'll love....Enza Gudor! August is shining bright with this scrapbooking star.

Each month we feature a new friend of Maya Road and their beautiful, unique & creative style! This month we'll be featuring Enza and her stunning scrapbooking layouts. We've fallen in love with her fresh color palettes and feminine style.

 

BIO:

Enza was born and raised in Italy but moved to the U.S. almost thirteen years ago to be with the love of her life.  She is passionate about photography and all forms of memory keeping.  Scrapbooking was non-existent for her growing up and only started being her creative outlet in 2008, when her son was born..  Her style has definitely changed over the years, becoming more detailed and colorful, while still being clean and simple. She enjoys working for Design Teams and always loves a good challenge when it comes to her creativity. Spending time with her husband and three kids is her absolute favorite.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Blog: https://creativefindingsblog.wordpress.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enzam78/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vincenza.gudor

 

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

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So Sweet Layout by Enza Gudor

Hello! This is Enza and I am so excited to be the guest designer for August. Thank you so much Maya Road for giving me this wonderful opportunity.
Today I am sharing a very soft and feminine layout, featuring the With Love Nature Die Bundle and the Vintage Pearl Roses. I absolutely love how delicate it came out and how everything just complements the photo of my daughter without being too distracting.

I started by using the With Love Nature Die Bundle set to cut several roses and leaves out of some patterned paper from different Maggie Holmes collections. All the die cuts were backed with some vellum to achieve a dreamy look. I incorporated several ephemera and fussy cut pieces to create movement and interest, and used foam dots to adhered everything down for added dimension.

Once my background was ready, I started working on the picture. I kept the layering very simple but I had to have some sparkle, so I used a couple of frames with glittery gold accents and a puffy sticker bow from the Crate Paper Carousel collection to embellish it.

Next, I added the title and a cute little banner from the same collection underneath it. The Maya Road Vintage Pearl Roses were the perfect finishing touch, coordinating seamlessly with the rest of the layout and contributing to that romantic look I was going for.

A cluster of ephemera pieces on the left hand side of the page balanced the right side and completed the layout.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. I'll have another layout to share in a few days. Have a lovely day!

 

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 Check back in on Friday for another gorgeous project from Enza!

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Cooper and I

Hi Roadies! I hope your summer has been filled with fun and friends.  It's Katrina here on the blog today sharing a selfie layout with one of our best friend's dog and I. They came down in July and Cooper is just an old softie!  We have known him since he was a pup and he is now around 12 years old.  Also, I used a bunch of Ken Oliver products on my layout today and we have a special on the website, 30% off all Ken Oliver products with the code KOlove.  So if you see something you like grab it while it's on sale!  You can find all those products HERE.

I love how Maya Road supplies just mix seamlessly with paper collections.  You can alter them anyway you need to, or the color choices are neutral enough that you can add them as is.  I recently got the Vintage Wood Mason Jars and when I saw the small chipboard hearts that went with the paper collection, I knew they would look cute filling the jar.  I finished the top of the jar off with some Ken Oliver Jute Craft String and a Ken Oliver Vintage Mini Key. I did use a little liquid adhesive to hold that key just where I wanted it!  I backed my picture with some pattern papers and an older Maya Road Kraft Envelope that I used Distress Oxide ink on in two different colors,

When I started my layout, I knew I wanted to use those Vintage Paper Leaves (Ken Oliver), but I had to decide what I wanted to go with them.  I wanted to keep it small, so the Resin Flower Sets in Cool Grey and White were my go to item.  The flowers come in a variety of sizes and I just figured out what worked with the look I wanted! I added a little shimmer to the leaves, but it's hard to see in the picture!

And to keep with the neutral embellishment color scheme, a Kraft Journaling Tag-Scroll to the rescue! I love bits and pieces tucked here and there.  I added a few of the pre-made embellishments from the paper collection and I have a layout of getting a selfie with Cooper!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!!  Have a GREAT week and enjoy the eclipse!  

Maya Road Products Used

Vintage Wood Mason Jars

Ken Oliver Jute Craft String

Ken Oliver Vintage Mini Key

Vintage Paper Leaves (Ken Oliver)

Resin Flower Sets  Cool Grey  and White

Kraft Journaling Tag-Scroll

Scalloped Lace Edge Trim

Kraft Envelope

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

Shine Together

Hi Roadies! Belly's on the blog today, today is the last day of our July shop promotions. It's charms... https://maya-road-llc.myshopify.com/collections/metal-charms . Check them out now at 30% off with coupon code CHARMED.

 

Today I would like to share with you my "shine" layout, a birthday party photo with my family members taken at home, a simple birthday party.

 

I love to do fussy cutting on layouts, but the most interesting part playing with the cuts is adding some more die-cuts using just white cardstock, they pop up so cool. I love those beautiful new butterfly and leaf dies from Maya Road, of course I love all others too :)

 

Ok, let's go back to our featuring "charms" this month. I added a link of charms using twine, placed on top of my fussy cutting flowers, acrossing the bottom of the page. What I want to show with this link of clock charms is ~ time over time...... we can still "Shine Together". Happy Birthday!

 

 

 

Enjoy!!!
Thanks for stopping by :)

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

 

 

 

 

12x12 | Ready To Fly

Hi Roadies!  Maya Road has all their beautiful charms on sale this month and it's the perfect time to add to your stash!

My layout features the Ken Oliver Vintage Bulbs & Keys and Vintage Art Supplies charms, mixed in with the lovely Soaring Bird Charms.  To begin, I used vellum and tissue paper behind my 3x4" photo, then added a clear sticker matted on vellum and tissue paper.

I fussy cut several flowers from a sheet of patterned paper, tucking them behind the top right of the photo and filling the top left of the paper.  The subtle color of the florals contrasts nicely with the photo, allowing it to stand out and for the charms to be the center of attention.

For this layout about feeling personally ready to take off and fly, the bird charms and the Porcelain Pink Resin Nesting Bird are a true symbol of how I feel and what I want this page to mean.  I placed the Resin Nesting Bird on a nest of white thread, nestled in the fussy cut flowers to represent feeling safe enough to soar.

The title is a mix of black alphas to tie in the black font of the sticker near the photo.  I sewed through the small stickers for more texture and to repeat the stitching I did to adhere the Soaring Bird Charms.  I also used glue dots to make sure all the charms were super secure.

A mix of Ken Oliver charms is placed on a single flower at the bottom of the page to represent the creativity and ideas I feel inside me right now.  When machine stitching items like the charms, I hand turn the needle wheel to ensure I can control the placement of the needle and line up the stitches through the charm rings.

I added a bit of journaling on the left of the page to make sure the thoughts about my "right now" are documented.

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my latest Maya Road creation!  Click on over to the store HERE and check out all the amazing charms and use the coupon code CHARMED to save 30%!

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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Flamingo Love With Maya Road And Simple Stories

Hey Maya Roadies!  It's Katrina from Paper, Scissors and Glue, to share my project for our swap with Simple Stories.  I was excited that I got the Summer Days collection to work with for the swap.  It was a perfect collection to pair with Maya Road goodies!  AND there is a giveaway for a $20 gift certificate to the Maya Road store/website!!!  You know you want to know how to win!!  Check out the bottom of the post for details!

I knew when I also got the new t, that it was going to work so well with some pictures I hadn't scrapped yet!  That flamingo was calling my name!  I cut the body out of some paper from the collection and then I cut the beak out of some black cardstock.  Then, to make them match my picture a little more, I added some extra color with my Prisma colored pencils.  The little die cut flowers I added some of the brads that were in the Simple Stories collection also.   I used the Danielle Mini Alphabet Chipboard painted with a color that would pull out the flamingos in the pictures. 

Next, I used a tiny scalloped chipboard frame to create a little cluster of embellishments, aka sun and cloud!  I painted the actual frame part with some acrylic paint and then the center I covered with some of the washi tape from the Simple Stories collection.  Added a few stickers and it makes a cute focal point!

When I first started my layout, I wanted to use a chipboard speech bubble but was undecided on how to embellish it.  Pink and green just remind me of flamingos, so I pull out the Self Adhesive Rhinestone Trim in Ballet Pink and Lime Green.  Then I just cut the rhinestones to cover the letter pieces of the chipboard. I tucked a Small Vintage Paper Flower in Pink behind it just for fun.

I love to tuck things in here and there and these Glassine Bags are perfect for just doing that.  They are fun to dress up with stickers, emboss them, etc. Very versatile and you can make them match any project!  I tucked some of the Kraft Large Tickets in just for fun and tied a bow around with some of the KO Jute String.

Hope you are enjoying the Simple Stories swap this week.  Also, chipboard is on sale for 30% off, using the code CHIPCHIP on the website!  

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/

Want to know how to win a $20 gift certificate to the Maya Road website?!  Leave a comment on our blog posts!  That's it!  Leave a comment on every blog post here for the swap and you will have multiple entries to win!!!  So leave a comment!!!  Happy Creating!  Thanks for stopping by Roadies. 

Maya Road Supplies Used

Surf's Up Steel Die Set

Danielle Mini Alphabet Chipboard

Self Adhesive Rhinestone Trim in Ballet Pink and Lime Green

Small Vintage Paper Flower in Pink

Glassine Bags

Kraft Large Tickets

KO Jute String.

Speech Bubble-Chipboard

 

 

 

 

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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

 

Enjoy!!!