Maya Road Design Team

Shabby Bliss...a canvas

Hi Roadies! It's Julia here on the blog today. I'm sharing an altered canvas with a very shabby look. It was lots of creative fun layering lots of mists, papers and stamps to create a unique background.

This canvas is going to hang in my crafting room. I love soft colors so the pretty mix of pinks and greenish blues worked for me. Maya Road trims are huge weakness of mine. They are perfect for layering together and also work really well with that beautiful new fabric tape.

 

To create the background, I adhered layers of subtle patterned paper and some vintage sheet music to the canvas. Then it was time to paint, mist and stamp to my hearts content. The Vintage Wallpaper Stamp Set and the Ornate Vintage Butterflies stamp sets are so versatile that I find myself pulling them out for so many different projects.

My favorite part of this project was playing around with Maya Mist and coloring the stunning Vintage Edge Mum. It's been soaked up from the bottom for a reverse look.

 Why not follow your creative bliss and create your own artistic canvas? They are a great place to try out some new techniques you've been wanting to try but haven't yet had either the time or the courage.

Happy creating!

Maya Road Product Used:

Lilac Pink Zipper Trim

Vintage Tape Measure Trim Pink

Slushie blue Twine Cording

Linen Burlap Trim

White Mini Organza Roses Trim

Seafoam Blue Tu-Tu Tulle

Vintage Edge Mum -Cream

Lisa Uppercase Alphabet

Bottle Cap

Jonathon Chipboard Alphabet

Ornate Vintage Butterflies Stamp Set

Coal Black Fabric Tape (coming soon)

Antique Butterflies Metals

Dark Brown Pearl Trinket Pins

Vintage Wallpaper Stamp Set

Wood Bingo Motifs

Cotton Candy Metallic Maya Mist

White Calendar Rub-ons

"Today you are You...

that is truer than true.  There is no one alive that is youer than You."

I love that quote written by Dr. Suess.  It is perfect for teaching little ones that they are special & unique and its a good reminder for the rest of us too.  Today I am sharing a layout that I made that features the quote and a photo of my precious new baby grandson who just turned 4 months old.  I am so in love with him!  I had fun making a layout with Maya Road products that can be altered to be just as unique as he is.  That's one of  my favorite things about Maya Road!

I used the new Hexagons Chipboard that you can see in the raw form HERE.  Love them!  I used both paint and patterned papers on mine.  Some were layered and one I used to frame one of the "What a Hoot" black rub ons.

The "Today" title is made from the new "Lisa Uppercase Alphabets" that are a perfect 2" tall size.  Various other Maya Road chipboards were used too... because I can never use enough of them on any given project ;-)

One of the best elements on my page (in my opinion) is that awesome new "Vintage Wallpaper" Stamp Set.  Oh my!!!!  I can't stop using this little set.  It is perfect for everything and more.  You can see a close up below that I embossed with white.  I also embossed one of the other pieces, but used black powder.

Have a creative week ahead!

 

You are Special Tag

Hello Roadies, Ronda here today sharing with you a tag created using the new summer release butterfly mask set and You Are singleton stamp set.  This sweet simple tag is the perfect addition to any gift. 

Here's a quick step by step to create this tag.

1. Paint tag with white paint or gesso
2. add bits of torn old book paper in random areas
3. add clock rub-ons in random areas
4. lay down solid butterfly mask shapes
5. spray with Maya Road Spray inks
6. lay down matching open butterflyshapes on top of orginal areas
7. using a paint brush, brush on spray ink into the open areas
8. out the open butterfly shapes with black pen
9. stamp butterfly images in black in random areas
10. stamp sentiment on patterned paper and ink edges
11. add 3-d adhesive to sentiment and place on tag
12. outline tag with black oil pastel
13. tie a bow in black twine cording to the top of the tag

Maya Road Supplies: You are Singleton Stamp, Butterfly Mask Set, Pomegranate Pink Mist, Sunflower Mist, Turquoise Metallic Mist, Lime Metallic Mist,  Blackberry Twine Cording, Clocks White Rub-ons, Ornate Vintage Butterflies Stamps.

A Crafty Mini Album

Hey Roadies!  It's Melissa here, and I am so excited to be sharing with you, one of the last (but not least!), projects I created for this past Winter CHA.  I wanted to create a mini-album just for me...something to represent my love of crafting in its so many different forms.  I'm sure you can relate!

Now, I love being creative artistically, just never mind the fact I'm not too terribly creative verbally, as represented by my title, "heart to craft."  Haha!  I used the 4" Canvas Binder, which was so cool, because it also came with canvas pages!  I also went crazy with my cover...grabbing different Maya Road chipboard alphabets, a cut piece from the Scallop Frames Chipboard (to make my large "C"), a selection of some Trinket Blossoms, the new Large Ric Rac, Vintage Wood Tiny Ruler, Pink Vintage Tape Measure Trim, and finally, fun Maya Road trims from the ribbon collection.

I jam packed my album with goodies, so much so, it couldn't stay closed.  Aren't those kinds of mini-albums just the best?!

But I'm sure you're ready to some of the inside, right?!

My "homemade" page on the inside cover...because everything is better homemade.  I used one of my favorite Maya Road stamp sets, Cute as a Button.  I love this stamp set! (You've seen me make a card with this one before ;))

The next page representing my trinkets nearest and dearest to me...love my ever-growing vintage stash.

And I could NOT go without including one of the new Vintage Burlap Treasure Bags here.  Just dressed it up a bit and it's ready to tuck away the savory-est of treasures. :)

And on the backside, my other love of cameos.  I swear, I fall hook, line, and sinker into any trend flung at me...but cameos have really stuck.

LOVE that new Vintage Wood Bird stamped with the new Houndstooth Singleton stamp.  It came out sooo beautifully!

And finally, a very distant hobby, but still so near to my crafting, is sewing.  Ok, I mainly do sewing on my projects, but it's still sewing!! :)

And that is it....so far. Always more room to add on.

So what would you include in your Craft album?  I bet there is much more to be included in something so near and dear to you too!  Please feel free to share your creations on the Maya Road Facebook page, I would love to see. :)

Maya Road tape album!

I am always on the lookout for different ways to accessorize my Maya Road albums and today's post I will share with you my "tape" book. This little album includes one of my favorite albums, Maya Mist, Maya Road embellishments, masking tape, and duct tape.

First I took the 3-ring Square Round Tab Chipboard album and cut off the tabs. Next I covered each page with either duct tape or masking tape! On the cover I applied some Maya Road white rub ons knowing that by adding color over top I would get a resist looking effect.

Next I used alcohol inks to color the duct tape. Just put some ink on a cotton ball and work the color into the tape. Maya Mist works best on masking tape (which is a bit more porous). Same technique as will the duct tape. You can also stamp on the colored masking tape to make your own washi tape!

Another technique I used was stencils/paste. I  colored my paste with several drops Maya Mist and then using a stencil, applied it to my pages for some dimension. I also colored Maya Road's clear tickets with alcohol inks.

Once your pages are put together it is time to add the embellishments. I used Maya Road's Tulle Pleat trim and Frayed Edge Pleat Trim in Cherry to embellish. I lined the inside of Maya Road Kraft Envelopes after spraying them with Maya Mist (Cherry), and created a flower.

I added lots of other Maya Road goodies too like Kraft Doilies and envelopes (colored with Maya Mist and painted with acrylic paint), Mini ticket strips in clear (colored with alcohol inks), Vintage Pink Tape trim, and Wooden Doilies.

Once my pages were embellished I used my Bind-it-all to bind my album. I hope this post has inspired you to make your own "tape" album using Maya Road's incredible selection of products.

Shelley

Chipboard love...

Hello!  Thanks for stopping by.   I have a little Maya Road chipboard love to spread today.  The chipboards are some of my absolute favorite things to work with.  You can do so many things to them using lots of different mediums.



I created this pretty simple layout that really is made special with  all of the little chipboard pieces.  Many of mine were either painted, covered with patterned papers, glittered or distressed.  That list is small compared to the possibilities that  chipboard brings to the creating table.


 
You can leave them plain or add a base of paint or paper and then you can sand them, crackle them, mist them, sew on them... sew over them, fold  and bend them, apply rub ons to them, glitter them, gloss them, stamp on them, grunge them up, sew on a button, stick a pin into them, layer them, splatter them, dye them, emboss them, cover them with fabric and lace, staple them, punch shapes into them or wrap them in ribbon or string and don't forget to bling them up!



Wow!! Like I said so many possibilities and I'm sure that I've forgotten some.  I bet that you can think of more too.  It's a great way to add some unique elements to your scrapbook pages and projects without spending a lot of money or time.

Here is a list of the Maya Road products used on my layout.  Have a wonderful week!   Linda

Mixed Scallop Mini Banner
Mini Scallop chipboard
Motifs Chipboard
Mixed Blossom Mini Chipboard
Tiny Banner Chipboard Bits
Border Scroll Rub Ons
Trinket Pins Crystal Star
Trinket Pins Leaf
Tangerine Metallic Mist
Cotton Candy Metallic Mist
Ruffle Blossoms- cream

More Tags in a Frame

Hey everyone!  I know I've posted a project similar to this before, but I just can't get enough of making these!

This time, both of my kids are getting their time in the spotlight, and I can't think of anything better to pair them with, than all of the gorgeous embellishments that Maya  Road offers! 

And you can see exactly what I mean with these close up photos that highlights so many of the ways to use chipboard, kraft, trinket flowers, pins, ribbons, and whatever other Maya Road goodies you can get your hands on!

One of my favorites from the latest CHA Winter release last month are these cute vintage wooden bunnies.  I think it goes with this theme just so perfectly!

And these adorable kraft owls...oy, too cute!!

And did you happen to see the new kraft pin tags?  I just can not get enough of these. 

See what I mean?  Love this!  This project really comes together rather quickly.  The backless frame can be purchased at any of your local hobby stores, and then literally, just put some screws right into the back of the frame to hold your brand new Maya Road colored twine.  Cut your tags, grab your pictures, your patterned paper, and pile up all of the Maya Road embellishments that you can find.  I promise you, it will all come together quickly!!  I hope you enjoyed seeing another project with the frame. :)  Just goes to show you how you can dress up little 2"x3" tags so cutely!!

Thanks for looking and I hope you get inspired to create your own! :)

Melissa Sauls

Maya Road Products Used:

Scallop Frames Chipboard

Vintage Gauze Blossoms - Hot Pink

Krafty Owls Black

Hearts Chipboard

Butterfly Chipboard Set

Home Tweet Home Mini

Tiny Banner Chipboard

Portrait Mini Chipboard

Jonathon Mini Chipboard Numbers

Satin Pleat Edging Golden Yellow

Country Gingham Posies - Blue and Purple

Gingham Point Blossoms - Pink and Green

Ruffle Blossoms - Golden Yellow and Turquoise

Velvet Resin Blossoms - Cream

Vintage Paper Posies

Trinket Pins - Antique Gem

Kraft Doilies

Kraft Journaling Tags - Decorative

Die Cut Kraft Doilies

Crowns - Black Rubons

Trinket Pins - Crystal Star

Trinket Pins Star - Yellow

Trinket Pins Star - White

Wood Bingo Motifs

 

 

 

 

 

Standing mini canvas project

I am so love the look of the thick canvas projects popping up in scrapbooking land! With some amazing Maya Road products and a day to play this is what I came up with!

For this project I used a small canvas (4x4). First I applied my tissue papers with a decoupage medium. Then I started adding some Maya Road goodness! I inked, applied, and sealed my kraft clock and tickets with the decoupage medium. Once dry I added my rubons. I stamped my word from the Maya Road "Just My Type" stamp set onto kraft paper, punched them out with a circle punch, and then adhered them and sealed them with decoupage medium. To jazz up some pins I dipped my star pins into glue and then sprinkled them with Maya Road glitter. With the Ledger stamp I simply stamped randomly on the canvas.

Next, I inked my wooden ruler and organza trim, wooden snowflake, and wooden spools. Then I stamped onto two pieces of canvas fabric with the Maya Road "Measure Twice" stamp set and wrapped those around my spools.

Next, I adhered my distressed looking Organza trim to three sides of my canvas and then added my embellishments to the front of my canvas. Lastly, I glued the two canvas stamped spools to the underside of my canvas for a stand. I love how it turned out and am ready to make some more for Christmas presents!

I hope this post will inspire you to make your own canvas using some of the incredible products from Maya Road! Happy Creating! Shelley

 

Supply list: Small canvas block, tissue paper, decoupage sealer, ink.

Maya Road:

Kraft clocks: K1839

Wooden ruler: WD1827

Rub ons: RUB627

Star Pins: TK1410

Black glitter: G1555

Kraft tickets: K1461

Wooden snowflakes: WD1867

Ledger stamp: SMP1436

Measure Once stamp: SMP1719

Wooden spools: WD1835

Just My Type stamps: SMP1858

Peach Organza trim: OR1950

US Mini album with a sheer tip!

I created this "Us" mini album using the beautiful Scroll Edge Chipboard Binder Album.  My husband Andy & I celebrate 17 years of marriage this past summer & i wanted an album just about us.  I covered the front with tissue paper and then used a Maya Road Heart from the Canvas album.   I love the sheer alphabets and will show you a little tip down below on how to "color" them with Mists.  The canvas flowers went perfectly with a little mist washed across them.  Love the banner chipboard and the rub-ons fit perfectly on it. 

The interior pages were so fun to create using lots of Maya road products, especially those mists. 

I wanted to show you a quick tip on how to color those Sheer Alphabets.  You can either color the front for a loud splash of color or flip the piece over to have the color peeking through the sheer.

Next apply some clear liquid glue and drops of your favorite maya mists.  This one is Turquoise Metallic. 

I like to use my finger and just rub the mixture of clear glue & Maya Mists over the entire letter.  You could add in other colors as well just making sure you use similar colors (Analogous) or you will make mud.

It's so easy to make those sheers pop with Maya Mist.  Once it is dry, i sometimes take a black pen and trace along the outside to make the letters pop even more.

Have fun getting messy!

Ronda Palazzari

Two Altered Kraft Envelopes

I'm excited to share a couple of Maya Road Kraft Envelope tutorials with you! 

The first is a little notebook...

Maya Road Supplies:

Kraft Envelopes

Resin Blossom - Red

Mixed Blossom Mini Chipboard Set

Trinket Button - Flower

Maya Mist - Hydrangea Blue

Maya Glitter - Cherry Red

Rubons - The Cubicle

Kraft Doilies

Other Supplies:

Pattern Paper (Sassafras Lass);  Adhesive;  Thread;  Ink;  Notepaper;  Prong and Fastener.

1.  Cut the sides of a Maya Road Kraft Envelope and lay flat.

2.  Trace envelope onto a piece of pattern paper and cut out.

3.  Adhere pattern paper to the inside of envelope and fold along crease lines.

4.  Punch holes and insert prong.

5.  Trim notepaper to desired size, punch holes that line up with prong, insert into prongs, and attach fastener.

6.  Trace front flap of kraft envelope onto pattern paper, cut out and decorate.  Punch hole where the circle fastener is located on the front flap of kraft envelope.

7.  Fold circle fastener from front flap of the kraft envelope and apply adhesive to the front flap.

8.  Attach decorated flap to the kraft envelope.

9.  Add Kraft Doilies to the second front flap and you are done.  I attached a second envelope to the back for storage.

inside of notebook...

Next is a card that is "built" into the envelope!

Maya Road Supplies:

Chipboard Letters - Jonathan

Maya Mist - Cotton Candy

Trinket Blossom

Trinket Beads - Butterflies

Chipboard Butterfly

Resin Blossoms - Pink

Trinket Button - Sunshine

Small Organza Roses Ribbon - Pink

Vintage Crochet Trim - White

Trinket Leaf Pin

Trinket Pin - Pink Pearl Flowers

Other Supplies:

Pattern Paper (Sassafras Lass);  Adhesive;  Thread;  Embroidery Floss;  Ink.

1.  Cut the sides of a Maya Road Kraft Envelope and lay flat.

2.  Measure the inside of envelope so you'll know what dimesion your card will be, design and make card, and attach to the inside of envelope.

3.  Decorate front as desired.

and you are done...

Have a wonderful Monday,