Maya Road Design Team

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! 

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

 

      

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 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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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

My Love Story

Hi Roadies! Belly's on the blog today. Valentines' Day is coming in short, let's get started to make something for your love. I've remade my favorite spool album this time with a valentine theme, which featuring a lot of lovely Maya Road new steel dies.

Love so much this rose pyramid, I die cut quite a lot of felt and fabric roses using Maya Road Rolled Flower Die and adhere on a paper cone. On the top part of the flower cone, I put a DIY Kraft Note Envelope decorated with twine and die cuts from Maya Road Steel dies - Vintage Doilies and Tags and Ticket Dies, I stamped a tiny little red heart on the tag.

Next to the flower cone, on top of the spool album, I tied and burlap bow decorated with lovely Maya Road Wood Token, twine and felt die cuts, Geometric Leaf Die for the green leaf, Celebrate Cupcake Die for the little red flower, the score cut on the flower is super great.

On the album pages, I used a lot of kraft, wood, burlap, and also a lot of die cuts using Maya Road Steel Dies, can you name some of them?

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

You are my Champion

Hi Roadies! Belly's on the blog today. I had made this kind of display mini album before, but I changed the theme this time. Trophy should not be just used for celebrating championship, it can also mean "you are the best" or as the title of this blog I've given "you are my champion". This trophy album I made for my friend to celebrate her boss first anniversary of being on that job, this is just cool to display at the office and remembering all the happiness of being working together in this year.

Down there in the album, I used a lot of Maya Road goodies to decorate, can't say more words of how they are great to be used on so many kinds of projects, you can see in this pic the pearl trim, the resin frame, the crochet trim and the kraft journaling tag, hohoho!

On the top of the album, I made a bow with Maya Road vintage burlap matched with a tulle flower, the birdie is used for decorating the back of the bow. Here at the back of the album, you will see burlap is always my favorite, ha, I used them a lot.

Okay, I can't miss the beautiful new Maya Road Steel Dies, here the front and back of the trophy. I die-cut two pieces of paper with the Maya Road Geometric Feather Die, adhered together on the cup before I sprayed it. You can find also the Banner Die I used to make the champion bow at the front of the trophy, the little heart is so cute.

 

Maya Road Products I used:
Vintage Burlap Roses - Barn
Tulle Mini Blooms - Sunny Yellow
Kraft Journaling Tags - Decorative
Ornate Resin Frame - Sea
Feathered Friend Resin Embellishments - Buttermilk
Trinket Pins - Vintage Pearl
Vintage Wood Sewing Spool
Geometric Feather Die
Banner Die

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by:)

Maya Road Guest Designer: Jeanne Jachna & the Faith and Love Binder

Hey Roadies! We're back for our second project with our November Guest Designer, Jeanne Jachna! If you missed Jeanne, her bio and first post on Wednesday, be sure to check it out here.

We are loving how Jeanne shows us how easy it is to alter our fab chipboard binders to make a great gift! What a great idea to create for someone for the upcoming holidays.

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

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I’m so happy to be a guest designer for Maya Road today!  I’m a huge fan of embellishments and Maya Road sets the standard with trendy, high quality products that are always a delight to behold.

I love the look of white on Kraft so while lots of the products I included on my project today are perfect for altering I left them “as is”.  I made a beautiful binder for my daughter to load up with journaling, photos and ephemera (ticket stubs and souvenirs) of time spent with her fiancé.

I started by adhering some pretty papers on the inside cover of the chipboard binder.   An easy trick to trim the excess paper from the chipboard edges is to take a sanding block and just sand them off.  This leaves a nice clean and smooth edge. 

Now for the fun part.. embellishing.

I started by wrapping Vintage Mums Trim around the cover of the binder.  The two ends come together on the front.  I hot glued them to the cover of the album.   Don’t’ worry we’ll cover up those edges soon!

Next I wrapped some twine around my hand 4 times and adhered the ends to the lace.   I want the lace to peek out from under a pretty floral arrangement.  When I adhere the flowers they’ll keep the twine in place.  Next I added a tassle to a Mini Safety Pin (you’ll notice later I added a second tassle to the pin on the finished binder).

I adhered a Tulle Mini Bloom with a hot glue gun and then added Paper Leaves and Posies adhering the wire stems (not the actual flower/leaves).   Since the leaves and Posies are on wire stems they are easy to move and arrange when the glue is set.

A few more embellishments are always welcome in my book.. how about a Wood sentiment from Faith and Love adhered over a Follow Your Arrow Clip?

And a felt flower on a Royal Crown Clip fit for a princess!

The finishing touch is a sprinkle of sequins (Gems would look great too!)

I know my princess will love this and treasure it for years.

Jeanne

What will you make today?

 

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5”

Maya Road Products

• Chipboard 5 x 7” Binder
• Vintage Paper Leaves White
• Small Vintage Paper Posies White
• Vintage Crafting Tassels – Milk White
• Grey Felt Flowers
• Tulle Mini Blooms – Ballet Pink
• Mini Safety Pins - Bronze
• Vintage Trims – Mums Trim
• Metal Vintage Trinket Follow Your Arrow Clips, Royal Crown Clips
  
• Wood Faith and Love Tokens

 

Hello Colours

Hi Roadies Angella here with you today sharing my latest creation, that is sure to brighten your day with the colours

of the Maya Road trims.

 

 

I have created a Mini Album and have totally covered the album in Vintage Rick Rack Crochet trim LOVE THE COLOURS !

You have to agree the colours are vibrant and popping that totally work all together.

 Start at the bottom of mini album then continue to layer all the way up till fully covered . I left the edges of the trim with the frayed edge as I like the look.

See any colours you like ? Maya Road Trims

 

I hope you enjoy my colourful share today

 

Have a great day

 

Maya Road Guest Designer: Gloria Stengel & a Holiday Instagram Album

Once again we have Gloria Stengel guest designing with us today! If you missed Gloria, her bio and first post on Wednesday, be sure to check it out here.

Thanks so much for joining us again today Gloria! Your project is fab for the holidays! Take it away!

Good morning, Roadies! It's Gloria from Scraps of Life with you again today! I have created a fun mini album for all your Christmas Instagram photos!

I love the idea of doing a little "December Daily" type mini album with little square photos inside! This would be a great project to take to a family holiday party, or other event where people take a lot of photos with mobile phones. You can print the photos at slightly smaller than 4" x 4" and just stick one photo per page!

I covered the album with decorative paper in a traditional red and green scheme. I wanted to add some pops of gold throughout, and I also added the wood and kraft tones for that vintage look.

This little 4x4 Binder Book contains 8 chipboard pages, each 4" x 4". The actual mini album is approximately 5" x 4 3/8" with a sturdy metal ring-binding . I covered each chipboard page with decorative Christmas paper. I won't add any embellishments to the pages until I figure out which photos to use.

I had fun adding lots of little "bits and bobs" to the front of my album. I started by cutting "Noel" with the Noel Holiday Die Bundle. I cut the lettering several times and stacked the die cuts together for a bit more dimension. I die cut the tiny snowflakes from the Noel set a few times and added some pizzazz with a gold star and some pearls.

I then began to stack some wood embellishments, starting with the Mini Wood Embroidery Hoop. Next, I added a Wood Beloved Token, which looked like a wreath, but it had a heart in the center. To cover up the heart, I glued a Bronze Christmas Tree Charm to the top of the token. To finish off my wood-themed embellishments, I added a Mini Wood Slice, which totally looks like the bottom that you chop off the Christmas tree! I glued the larger snowflakes to the wood slice and topped everything off with a twine bow made from Lemon Yellow Jute and Twine Cording.

I decided to add Kraft 4" Square Note Envelopes to the inside front and back covers. I replaced the white twine closures with Tomato Red Twine Cording. For the inside front cover, I added some detail to the envelope with a die cut shape made with the So Deer Steal Die. Mr. Deer is wearing a smart, twine bow!

The inside back cover also has an envelope with a "wonky" tree made with the Noel Holiday Die Bundle. I die cut the tree twice, once from green paper and once from plaid paper. Then I re-assembled the tree.

The spine and back cover are all decorated, too! I added a Saffron Yellow Vintage Crafting Tassel to the spine. The tassel is attached to the inside of the spine with more of the Lemon Yellow Jute and Twine Cording.

Thanks for stopping by today. I had a blast during my guest DT spot!

 - Gloria Stengel

Maya Road Products Used:

4x4 Binder Book

Noel Holiday Die Bundle - coming soon!

Mini Wood Embroidery Hoop

Wood Beloved Tokens

Bronze Christmas Tree Charm

Mixed Mini Wood Slices

Lemon Yellow Jute and Twine Cording

 Kraft 4" Square Note Envelopes

Tomato Red Twine Cording

So Dear Steal Die

Saffron Yellow Vintage Crafting Tassel

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