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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 & 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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Thanks card

Well hello Roadies!  This is Daniela. Our focus this June is CHIPBOARD and we have a special going on all month. Make sure you visit the store and use coupon code CHIPCHIP to get 30% off all chipboard.

For my card today I used Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner. I love using chipboard just as is. In this case I used it as a base for my flower bouquet. 

I stamped the images using Rose Garden Sentiments Stamp Set and then I fussy cut them. Aren't they beautiful I just love that stamp set. The card base is made up of bits and pieces of patterned paper. The Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner has two holes in it that I thread Twine Cording - Blackberry through and tied it into a bow. I tucked Vintage Pearl Pins - Hot Pink through the center.

The center flower is adhered to the card using foam adhesive for dimension. It gives it a little lift so it appears to be hanging over the chipboard banner. I added enamel dots from my stash mimicking some of the colors in the card. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set to the bottom right of the card using black ink. 

 

Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road blog today.

Maya Road Supplies:

Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner
Rose Garden Sentiments Stamp Set
Twine Cording - Blackberry
Vintage Pearl Pins - Hot Pink

Chipboard Goes Shabby

Hi everyone! Julia here with a sweet and shabby style card to share with you today. It's a fun mix of this and that which just goes to show how many different product types you can mix and match together!

 

This month at Maya Road the product focus is on chipboard and I've pulled out some cute little chipboard houses from my Maya Road stash and made them the central focus of the design. I love using chipboard in my designs as I love the heavy accent it brings to the design. The sturdiness of chipboard always lends itself so well to so many different technique!

As I love a vintage look, my go-to technique for chipboard is to paint it. I use either a gesso primer or a white or pastel acrylic paint and brush it over the chipboard. Usually it takes a couple coats to really get a solid look. THEN, once it's dry, I take some sandpaper and sand the edges to get a nice vintage look to it. On these sweet houses, I've painted them white and then sponged on some ink to get different pastel shades to each house.

A tip for working with chipboard...use a really strong liquid adhesive or a hot glue gun to adhere this heavy duty embellishment to your project!

Once my chipboard houses were complete, I've layered them together with some other embellishments from Maya Road such as paper flowers, a wood ticket and a pink card stock die-cut. With the little houses and fun homemaking paper I've paired them up with, this card makes a fun "thanks for the hospitality" card design.

Are you crazy for chipboard? Stay tuned throughout the month for lots of inspirational design featuring chipboard. It's also on sale for the month of June! 30% off with coupon code CHIPCHIP  in the Maya Road online store here.  I think that deserves a chip, chip, hooray! Don't you?

Supplies:

Vintage Button Card Die

Welcome Home Chipboard Set

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers Red

Small Vintage Paper Flowers White

Gold Bulldog Clips

Vintage Wood Ticket Tokens

Vintage Findings Paper Leaves Small

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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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Framed Bouquet

Hi Roadies! It's Julia back on the blog today with a home dec project. It's a fun frame that I designed for Creativation 2017 and wanted to share with you. I love being able to take my paper crafting supplies and use them in other ways besides cards and scrapbook layouts. Not that there aren't fun, but more so that I like to try new ideas and get lots of use out of my favorite products.

To create this shabby style frame I started off with a frame that I picked up from a local home discount store and took out the glass. This gives me more room to work and also allows me to make the frame so much more dimensional. The inside is lined with some sweet patterned paper layers that are also distressed by sanding the edges.

The main design of this frame was inspired by a brand new Maya Road product, the Wood Vintage Mason Jar. It's so fun and I swiped the edges with white pigment ink to add some dimension to it. I've seen mason jars filled with real  flowers on Pinterest and though how cute it would be to make my own little floral bouquet...crafty style.

The top of the wood mason jar is "filled" with lots of sweet Maya Road flowers and other goodies and layered over the Vintage Findings Paper Leaves. I love mixing up different colors and textures for lots of interest and a fun mixed media look. Paper crafting doesn't have to be limited to paper! Feel free to mix in some wood and felt and metal or anything else you can think of!

Maya Road Supplies:

Wood Mason Jar

Wood Spool Sentiment Tokens

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers White

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers Pink

Vintage Findings Paper Leaves - Medium

Pearl Ball Trinket Pins

Jute & Twine Cording

Felt Roses - Mustard Yellow

Vintage Crafting Tassels - Milk White

 

And don't forget that April is flower month at Maya Road and we are having a great promo on til the end of the month! Just use coupon code FLOWERPOWER at mayaroad.com to get 30% off all flower product!

Thanks so much for joining me today! Happy creating!

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Short on Time? Maya Road Quick Cards!

Hey Roadies!  It's Katrina, from Paper, Scissors and Glue back on the blog today. If you are anything like me, you might be a procrastinator when it comes to getting things done.  Wait, what?? You aren't?!  Well, I am going to show you a couple of different quick cards you can make using Maya Road products to embellish with!

As I was gearing up for my project for this blog post, I was looking thru my stash of paper and thinking about what type of card to make.  I kept running across all the papers I had that had pocket cards on them.  Then the thought came to me, just embellish the pocket cards themselves and use them for the front of a card!  You can trim them down to what will work for your card.  The "life is lovely" I didn't trim at all, but the "heart" card I did trim a little.

Flowers from Maya Road are perfect to add to these pocket cards to dress them up.  This first card I used a Tulle Mini Bloom in Sunny Yellow, along with some Vintage Paper leaves in Green, a trinket pin, and some of the Crocheted Elastic Lace Trim (love this stuff!).  I tucked half of a paper doily over on the other side, under the card, and then a linen mini banner piece.  The mini banner piece tied the woodgrain theme into the card. 

For the next card, I loved the saying and I also loved the flowers that were already printed on the card.  But that pink flower fell onto the card, and it was a happy accident that it just worked!  So, I used a Felt Rose in Princess Pink up in the left hand corner.  I didn't have another one to use for the opposite corner, so I started playing around.  When I found the colors of the Resin Mini Mums that I had on hand, I knew they would work!  I used Porcelain, Sand and Coral colors for those. 

So, by adding a few fun Maya Road embellishments to those pocket cards, you can create some fun and beautiful cards to give away.  Also fun for the kids to get involved with and make some cards they can give their friends!  

And bonus...flowers are on sale this month, including some of the ones I used above!!!  You can find the sale category HERE.  So pick some up to decorate your cards with!  Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road Blog today!!!

Maya Road Supplies Used

Tulle Mini Bloom Sunny Yellow

 Vintage Paper leaves in Green

Crocheted Elastic Lace Trim 

linen mini banner piece

Felt Rose in Princess Pink

Resin Mini Mums Sand

Resin Mini Mums Porcelain

Resin Mini Mums Coral

Sweet Pink Altered Hoop

Greetings Roadies! Today I'm bringing you a little something sweet and girly.  I have a little four year old tomboy in my house who, despite preferring snakes to unicorns, loves the color pink. I've found with having a little girl I discovered a love of pink that I didn't have previously.  This altered embroidery hoop brings a bit of feminine style to any room and would especially make lovely decor for a nursery, little girl's room, or as a gift for the romantics in your life.


I started with a small embroidery hoop and a piece of pink patterned fabric. After that I went overboard with all the pink, white, cream, and tan embellishments I could find! The first touch of romantic detail I added was the scalloped pink trim around the edge.


I have 100% love for the amazing and versatile Maya Road dies and I love to cut non-paper materials with them.  This "canvas" was the perfect place for some felt die cut doilies and rolled flowers. I had more neutral pre-made embellishments so I decided to use the dies to add in more shades of pink.


The rolled felt die flowers blend in perfectly with the other Maya Road felt flowers.  They look like they were meant to be together! I topped some of my flowers with tiny resin flowers, tucked in some white paper leaves, and strung a metal leaf and vintage tassel from the bottom.  I love these small touches!


I rolled a length of tulle trim to create the main flower on the right side. I also used an ornate resin frame under a felt flower for an another texture.


I topped the hoop with a die cut felt bow right on top of the screw closure. I also tied a small loop of twine and a metal bird charm.

You absolutely could add a small photo on here or a sentiment.  I nearly did both! But I decided I liked having a non-specific decor item to hang and I can always tuck a photo in when the mood strikes.

Thanks for joining me today!

Maya Road supplies:
- Bow Die
- Rolled Flower Die
- Vintage Doilies Dies
- Vintage Linen Burlap Roses
- Felt Roses: Taupe and White
- Trinket Pins
- Big Leaf Charms
- White Vintage Paper Leaves
- Violet Ornate Resin Frame
- Resin Mini Mums
- Soaring Bird Charms
- Trims and Lace
- Medium White Vintage Paper Flowers
- Milk White Vintage Crafting Tassels

Good Times Library Card Box

Hi Roadies!!  Hope you have enjoyed all the fun projects the team has created for you since the last time I posted.  And just in case you didn't know, there is a promotion for the fun wood products that Maya Road has going on over at the website.  So, I thought this was a perfect time to share my Library Card box I did for Creavation in January.  Wood is one of my favorite things to alter, so I knew I was going to have fun with this!

The best thing about these Library Card Boxes is that you can create and embellish as much or as little as you want!  You can add as many tags or add fewer tags, it's all up to you and what you feel like creating at the time!  

One thing I like to do with wood to prep it, is cover with a white paint in a couple of thin coats, letting each coat dry in-between.  I happened to use white chalk paint this time.  I then lightly washed a shimmery pink over the entire box, just to give it a fun feel.  I started to add polka dots, but I was scared that would take it too far!

While my box was drying, I started working on tags for it.  I cut them slightly smaller than the inside dimensions of the box.  This will allow you to stack, stand and flip thru them easily. I just created tags out of pattern paper, since I didn't have any shipping tags on hand.  I printed and cut a few pictures to fit the tags, but left room for me to embellish those tags with the pictures also. 

I am going to be honest, I spent a lot of time picking out embellishments.  Not because I was being a perfectionist, but because it was so fun to see how cute I could make the tags, yet make all of them different.  I will have a list of all the fun Maya Road supplies I used at the end of my post. 

And here is a little more about the promotion going on right now on the website.  And it's a new site that is bright, clean and easy to shop on!  New items are being added all the time, so be sure to stop by often!

Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road blog today.  Create something beautiful and share with us on Facebook and Instagram.  We would love to see your projects!

Maya Road Supplies Used

Ken Oliver Wood Library Card Box-#5 Size

Wood Tokens

Country Fair Wood Buttons

Alterable Wood Hearts

Felt Roses

Love Kraft Gift Tags

Mason Jar Kraft Tags

Man's Best Friend Clips

Ornate Resin Frame

Resin Mini Mums

Star Bright Charms

Tulle Mini Blooms

Linen Canvas Banner Pieces