Maya Road Design Team

Maya Road Guest Designer: Nicole Nowosad

It's sweet, sweet summertime and things are heating up as we kick off July! We are so excited to bring you one of our July guest designers....Nicole Nowosad!

Each month we feature a new friend of Maya Road and their beautiful, unique & creative style! This month we'll be featuring not only one but two guest designers and  we are thrilled to introduce you to Nicole and her fabulous creations. We have a huge crush on Nicole with her multi-faceted design skills and know you're going to love her as much as we do!

 

Nicole lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada with her husband Ian and three children, Noah, Lucas and Addsion. When not working full-time, or driving her kids between activities, Nicole can be found doing something creative, including creating digital cut files for JustNick. Nicole has her creative work published regularly in magazines, can be found teaching at events across Canada as well as online and her work seen on several manufacturers blogs.  Nicole has been paper crafting for almost 20 years and her style is bright and colorful and full of pattern!

 

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

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To the Stars Wood Pallet by Nicole Nowosad

Good morning ! I am excited to be on the Maya Road blog as a guest this month! I created this fun wood pallet project by combining two Maya Road wood palettes together!

 

 

 

I started by painting the 6x6 mini wood palette white and sprinkled it with some black droplets and set it to dry. Next, I painted the 6x6 Mini Star Palette yellow and set it aside to dry. Once both pieces were dried, I sanded the edges of all the wood pieces lightly and then the fun began! I adhered the mini star pallett to the top of the square one, using some craft glue dots. I diecut the sentiment from black vinyl and adhered the words, adding in a few punched glitter stars for fun and a little sparkle.

 

 

I added a Ken Oliver Vintage charm to some Jute kraft string I tied around the mini star and an Acrylic Token to finish it off!

 

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 Check back in Friday for another gorgeous project from Nicole!

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Mixed Media Pallet

Hi Roadies! It's Julia here with a mixed media project I created for Creativitation 2017. I love all the Maya Road wood pallets but this new 8x8 inch size is really wonderful with lots of space to create on. The wood can be left natural, stained, covered with paper or as I have done, layered on lots of mixed media layers.

To create this pallet I first started by coating them entire front the wood with Gesso. After allowing it to dry I then laid a dot patterned stencil over the pallet and applied some white texture paste through the stencil for added texture and interest. At the top of the design I adhered a gesso painted paint brush that I had mistakenly allowed to dry out. Rather than throw it away, I love how repurposing it here on the pallet adds a creative dimension to the design and gives it new life.

The rest of the design is comprised of a wonderful mix of Maya Road flowers and embellishments and a few vintage buttons. They are all adhered with a hot glue gun and then brushed with a small amount of gesso to add to the shabby look.

Maya Road Supplies Used:

DIY Wood Mini Pallet - 8x8

Shimmering Pointed Petal Flower - Fushia

Wood Spool Sentiment Tokens

Landscape Kraft Envelopes

Pearl Ball Pin

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers Pink

Small Vintage Paper Flowers White

Tulle Mini Blooms

Vintage Findings Medium Paper Leaves

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you've been inspired to get creative!

 

 

 

 

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I am a Star

Hi Roadies! Belly's on the blog today. This month we are featuring resin products, this is one of my project which had been displayed in the Winter CHA show and I used a few of beautiful Maya Road resins on it, how lovely is the resin matched with the sprayed golden Maya Road Star Pallet.

While I got this star pallet on hand, I knew I wanted to make it like a flower standing on the pot, so I recycled an old flower pot and altered it with pattern tissue paper. I covered a piece of wooden stick with lace trim and glue it on the back of the pallet. Here on the star, I decorated it with, of course, my photo, framed with Maya Road Stackable Wood Frame Charm, together with two matched tokens.

Next to the "this makes me happy" token, I placed a Porcelain Pink Pretty Resin Bows which highlighted with gesso.

I seldom have such kind of cutie photos, so I used the "#lol" token on this pallet. The Resin Nesting Bird is just fit to placed here facing the photo. On this pallet, I adhered a few Resin Mini Mums and splashed on gesso to finished it.

On the pot, not only the star pallet, there is also a burlap banner standing there. Love sooooo much the rabbit, the lace matched with the burlap banner, I used a BBQ stick to let it stand.

Other than the feautred resins, I used my favorite Maya Road Geometric Leaf Die and the Rolled Flower Die on this project, hope you like it!

 

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Maya Road Guest Designer: Gena Glover and Pallet Pizazz

Hey Roadies! We're back for another inspiring creation from our April Guest Designer, Gena Glover! If you missed her beautiful mini album that we shared with you on Wednesday, be sure to check it out! Just scroll down one post on the blog.

Gena has not one but TWO projects to share with us today. Our wood pallets are totally addictive to design with and Gena has taken two different approaches to inspire you. Thanks so much Gena for joining us again today! Take it away...

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Scroll Wood Pallet Jewelry Holder by Gena Glover

Maya Road Supplies:

Wood Mini Scroll Pallet

Mega Wood Etched Button

Pearl Mum Trim

Pearl Button Trim

Mini Pearl Trim

Embossed Metal Flower Embellishment

For my first pallet, I wanted to create a simple piece that could hang in my bathroom to hold some of my favorite longer necklaces.

I started by coloring the wood pallet with my Sepia Colorburst.

Next, I first centered and added the Mega Etched Wood button to the pallet with hot glue. Next I added the Embossed Metal Flower and on top of that a piece from the Pearl Button Trim.  I then added Pearl Button trim on each side and Mini Pearl Trim on the top and bottom.

 

Last, I added screws in the bottom for a beautiful, perfect necklace holder.

 

Starry Dreams Wood Pallet by Gena Glover

Maya Road Supplies:

DIY Mini Star Pallet

Cloud Die Set

Pearl Button Trim

Mini Pearl Trim

Felt Blossom Turqouise

 

The first time I saw the star pallet I immediately thought it would make an ADORABLE baby  décor piece.

I began by first adding some watered down yellow paint to the pallet.

Next I added Mni Pearl Trim around the star.  I found a sticker in my stash with “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and added with foam tape. I die cut the stars, moon and dream in gold paper and the clouds in white paper from the Cloud Die Set. I attached the word dream to the sticker. I added foam tape to the clouds and layered the moon and gold star ontop. The Felt Turquiose flower was tucked under the clouds. For the final touch I added the small gold star next to the flower and the little gold heart to the sticker.

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Thanks so much Gena for sharing your talent with us! We absolutely love your pallet designs!

 

This month at Maya Road we have a special promo on flower items. Gena has used beautiful felt and metal flowers on her designs and they are all on sale! Stop by and check it out! Coupon code FLOWERPOWER

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Wood Pallet | Love

Hi Roadies! This year marks my first visit to Creativation 2017 and I am very excited to share my Creativation projects this year. Do read till the end! There are some awesome deals happening in Febuary!

 

 

Maya Road wood pallets are fun to work with. There are different sizes and shapes available - let the creativity flow! This time, I chose a 8x8 wood pallet to work with. 

 

 

 

To coordinate with my wedding dress, I chose red and white as the primary colors. 

 

 

First, i primed the wood pallet with gesso, then using the Dots ATC diecut as template, i applied textured paste on. These die cuts are so useful in a whole load of ways! Then I painted with hint of browns lightly. I wanted the base to stay natural.

 

Then i used the Cherry Red twine cording to go around a embroidery hoop. When this is done, I used some jute to sew in the centre so it looks like a dreamcatcher.

 

 

When the sewing is all done, I did some diecutting with the rolled flower die. This time, I used felt. It gives a soft look - and I love it! When you are done, just add pearls to the flower centre.

 

 

Now it is time to assemble all the other pieces together! Layering all the Maya Road goodies together is always the fun part! Here are the supplies which I have used:

 

• Shimmering Pointed Petal Flower - Cadmium Red

• Felt Blossom - Cloud

• Embossed Metal Leaf Embellishment

• Ken Oliver Vintage Compass Charms

• Ken Oliver Vintage Mini Keys

• Acrylic Token

• Mixed Wood Slices

• Stained Wood Star Buttons

• Silver Star Pins

• Love Kraft Gift Tags

• Geometric Diamond Die

 

 

Lastly, I decided to add some tassels to complete the project! Here I have used the Fire Red tassels and Milk White tassels. 

 

Hope you get some inspirations from the project! Now, for the special deal! Don't miss out! It is time to stock up the wood supplies!

 

 

 

 

 

Maya Road Guest Designer: Daniela Dobson & Fresh Beginning Wood Pallet

Hey Roadies! We're back for another inspiring creation from our February Guest Designer, Daniela Dobson! If you missed her beautiful card that we shared with you on Wednesday, be sure to check it out.

Daniela uses a lot of different paints to alter her projects and we love how beautiful and unique it makes each one. Thanks so much Daniela for joining us again today! Take it away...

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Fresh Beginning Wood Pallet by Daniela Dobson

Maya Road Supplies:

DIY Wood  Pallet – 8x8
22mm Bulldog Clips – Bronze
Ken Oliver Vintage Ornate Buttons
Jute & Twine Cording
Medium Vintage Paper Flowers – White
Ornate Resin Frame - Sunshine
Vintage Linen Burlap Treasure Bags
Vintage Ken Oliver Bird Cages
Resin Nesting Birds - Snow White
Vintage Crafting Tassels (Gold Cap) - Milk White

 

This is an 8x8 pallet and I thought it would be perfect for displaying inspirational quotes here in my craft room. I went to Pinterest and found this quote that I really liked. The quote is printed with black ink with my laser printer. I ran the quote through my laminator using Deco Foil.

I painted the DIY Wood  Pallet – 8x8 cream color and let it dry. Once it was dry, I used a sponge to add Deco Foil liquid adhesive. Once it’s dry you can apply foil and the foil with stick to the adhesive only. The same process was used for the Resin Nesting Birds - Snow White and
Ornate Resin Frame – Sunshine. I colored the flowers with watercolor to match the other elements and let them dry.

I designed the flowers and leaves in my Silhouette Studio and cut them out using Silhouette Cameo. I watercolored the cut pieces and adhered them to the pallet. I layered Ornate Resin Frame – Sunshine with the Medium Vintage Paper Flowers – White and Resin Nesting Birds - Snow White. Bellow that I added Vintage Linen Burlap Treasure Bags with Jute & Twine Cording and Vintage Ken Oliver Bird Cages

. I tucked in Vintage Crafting Tassels (Gold Cap) - Milk White and two Ken Oliver Vintage Ornate Buttons that fit perfectly between the slots.

 

Here is a closer view of the Deco Foil printed quote. The 22mm Bulldog Clip – Bronze is holding the quote in place and can easily be changed with another quote for a different occasion or season.

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Thanks so much Daniela for sharing your talent with us! We absolutely love your pallet design!

 

This month at Maya Road we have a special promo on wood items. If you'd like to create you're own altered wood pallet or design with our other beautiful wood products they are all on sale! Stop by and check it out! Coupon code WoodUBeMine

 

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About Me | Wood Pallet

Hey Roadies!  It's Jill, and I'm sharing my wood pallet created for the Maya Road booth at Creativision (CHA).  This was my very first project of this kind, and I found that making this altered art/mixed media pallet was super easy using all the Maya Road goodies!

I started by doing a few coats of white acrylic paint on my pallet, letting it dry completely between coats.  Next, I used embossing ink and white embossing powder to alter all the metal embellishments.  If you do this, please be careful!  Those metal trinkets get super hot!  I used Ken Oliver Vintage Mini Keys, Ken Oliver Vintage Crafting Tools, Ken Oliver Vintage Bulbs and Keys, Mini Safety Pins and White Vintage Crafting Tassels for the element along the top of my pallet.

The next section of my pallet showcases the gorgeous Geometric Feather Die.  Feathers are an all-time favorite icon to use on my layouts and projects, so I had to include it on this pallet.  I used my sewing machine to stitch down the center of each feather, then adhered these to the pallet using a multi-medium matte glue.

Adding a photo (taken by my friend Tracy and printed on Instax) was the last step, clipping it to the pallet with a Bulldog Clip, also embossed in white. To embellish this area I added one of the Classic Wood Tokens painted with a thin layer of white paint.

I added some splatters of watercolor paints to the pallet to break up the white and tie in the other colors used.

Thanks for checking out my first wood pallet project!  Have a beautiful day :)

Creating with Maya Road Wood Pallets

Hi Roadies!  It's Melody here today and I am sharing my wood pallet I created for CHA.  Maya Road released lost of new, fun products at CHA and I have used some of those products to create my project,  including the new 8 x 8 Wood Pallet. 

First I painted my pallet with a white paint. Once the white paint was dry I add a little watered down green and aqua paint here and there on the pallet. I used a photo that says a few thing about me and attached it with foam tape to the pallet. Using foam tape allowed me slide a few embellishments under the photo. 

 

In the top corner I used the Notepaper Die,  a Small Vintage Paper Flowers in White, and Resin Mini Mums in Snow White. and Turquoise Sea. 

In the bottom right corner I created a flower with the Rolled Flower Die and two Vintage Findings Medium Paper Leaves. I used one of the Mini Wood Embroidery Hoops and added a Wood Classic Tokens with the perfect sentiment to the center. To finish off the corner I attached a Antique Wood Ruler and a Vintage Ken Oliver Art Supplies Charm. 

The new Typewriter Die is on of my new favorite products! I cut it twice, once form cardstock and once from a gold foil. I add the gold foil behind the card stock with the keys attached. Behind the typewriter I used the DIY Mini Envelope Die to add the small envelope. The word "create" is cut with the Fanciful Create Art Die. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hope I have inspired you to create a pallet of your own!

 

Maya Road Supplies:

8 x 8 Pallet - Coming Soon

Notepaper Die

Small Vintage Paper Flowers in White

Resin Mini Mums in Snow White

Turquoise Sea

Rolled Flower Die

Vintage Findings Medium Paper Leaves.

Mini Wood Embroidery Hoops

Wood Classic Tokens 

 Antique Wood Ruler 

Vintage Ken Oliver Art Supplies Charm

Typewriter Die - Coming Soon

DIY Mini Envelope Die

Fanciful Create Art Die

 

Mixed Media on a Pallet - By Yasmin Tölche

Hello Roadies! It's Yasmin here on the blog today and I want to share one of my CHA projects with you.. My Mixed Media Pallet. 

These pallets are fantastic to use with any project. I've used the 6x6" pallet to make a fun mixed media project using loads of Maya Road products. 

I glued loads of the new mini wood slices and added lace, resin flowers and such to my pallet. The photo is a vintage photo I found in my stash. Maya Road products are perfect for all sorts of projects, also mixed media ones. 

The small resin flowers with bling and roses are all Maya Road products. Also the little leaves. They are form Ken Olivers new line :) 

Here are the products used on my pallet: 

DIY - Wood Pallet - 6x6" 

Mixed Mini Wood Slices 

Ken Oliver - Scallop Dot Lace Trim

Mini Sparkle & Shine Resin Flowers - Cloud

Resin Mini Mums - Sand

Ken Oliver Vintage Paper Leaves - White

Small Vintage Paper Flowers - Pink

Kraft Scroll Frame Journal Tags - White

 

Thank you so much for joining me today!

A little fun with the Maya Road wood pallet

Hello Roadies! It is Yvonne here to share my Maya Road wood pallet for CHA 2017.

 

I had so much fun dressing up my wood pallet. The pallet was first painted with chalkboard paint in aqua and then I sanded some parts of it for a slightly distressed look.

 

Can you spot the Maya Road goodies I've used on my wood pallet?

Crystal flower button

Vintage Ken Oliver clocks and hands 

Resin mini mums turquoise sea

Ornate resin frame

Geometric leaf die

Felt blossom in turquoise

Vintage findings paper leaves

Kraft envelope landscape

Satin Scallop Edge Bloom

Trinket pin - vintage pearl

Vintage crafting tassels in fog grey and milk white

 

This month's a great time to stock up on wood products!