Maya Road Design Team

Tag You Are It

Hi Roadies!  It's Katrina, from Paper Scissors and Glue, here today to share a couple of tags that I made with you.  I am needing to get a couple of gifts purchased and given, so I though a tag with some Maya Road products would be a nice personal touch.  I also thought it would be fun to use multiple tags on a tag!

To make these, for my base tags, I used the #5 Kraft Shipping Tag and then covered that with some pattern paper, trimming it to fit.  NOTE: The papers I used here are digital , which are a great option if you don't have anything to match or just aren't "feeling" it with the paper you have in your stash.  I also used a corrugated kraft tag just as it was on each of my tags. 

The first tag, I used a trio effect and lined 2 smaller and varying sized tags up with the bigger tag.  Place some Bias Tape Trim at the bottom to give the tag a little border.  A Tulle Mini Bloom in Bluebird on top of the bias tape trim, gives the tag a little springy, bright feel.  I added some of the Popsicle Blue Twine Cording for a bow at the top of the tag, I ran the twine thru all the tags and then just tied a bow.

I love the Fanciful Thank You steel die and knew it would look perfect on this tag.  I cut it out of some heavyweight cardstock three times and then just layered and glued them together.  I love how it looks like chipboard or an acrylic piece!

This tag has a lot of kraft, white and resin to it!  I trimmed down a small Kraft Polka Dotted envelope and tucked it under a Scroll Frame Journaling Tag that I was using as the focus of the tag.  I used smaller tags here again and fanned them instead of stacking right on top of each other. 

And resin bits are a weakness of mine!  Did you know that Maya Road now has these new fun resin flowers??  LOVE! And there are three different sizes in the package, perfection I tell you!  I teamed them up with a wooden token and a Mini Wood Embroidery Hoop.  The token fit perfectly inside the hoop! I tucked a couple of vintage leaves under the kraft journaling tag, because it was just a little "bare" and needed something!  That's the great thing with Maya Road products, you can always find a fun filler if you need it!

So now I have a couple of fun tags for gift giving and I may just skip the card!!  Thanks for stopping by the Maya Road Blog today!!!

 

Maya Road Guest Designer: Heather Leopard & Pallet Love

Hey Roadies! We're back for our second project with our March Guest Designer, Heather Leopard! If you missed Heather, her bio and her beautiful altered ATC Box on Wednesday, be sure to check it out here.

We are loving  Heather's fab style with her bold mix of prints and beautiful altered projects.

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

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Pallet Love by Heather Leopard

 

Hi everyone, Heather Leopard is back again with another project.  This time, it's all about pallet love!  

 

 

I have been so fascinated by the pallet craze for the past few years.  You can make so many unique things with them so when I saw this wooden pallet piece, I just new I needed to create a photo holder with it!

 

It was a lot of fun to create. I simply traced around each piece of the pallet on two coordinating patterned papers and cut them out.  Seriously so easy. Then I alternated them on the wooden strips.

 

Next, I used the bull clip and metal flower to adorn the newly decorated pallet. I decided to soften them up with white rosettes.

 

I adhered them to the pallet in a triangle pattern to help with the balance and to also draw the eye around it, similar to how I design scrapbooking pages.

Last but not least, I added a 2x3 photo to the display!  I would say this could even fit 2 2x3 photos or one 3x3 photo.

 

 

 

I want to thank Maya Road for having me this week.  I still have lots of goodies left to play with so please be sure to follow me on Instagram (@heatherleopard) to see how I use them up!

 

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And thanks again Heather for sharing your talent and creative inspiration with us and our readers here at Maya Road!

 

Maya Road Guest Designer: Heather Leopard

It's guest designer time again! March can be dreary but our March guest designer is anything but!  We are so excited to bring you our March guest designer....Heather Leopard!

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 Heather and her beautiful creations. We adore her bright bold use of color, her fab photography and her amazing scrapbooking skills.

I’m Heather Leopard and I am thrilled to be guest designing for Maya Road. I was born and raised in the Lone Star State and live in Cypress, Texas with my family – hubby, 2 daughters, 1 bonus son, and 2 rescue dogs. I lead marketing and thought leadership initiatives for a major tech company but my real passion is playing with paper, glue and scissors. While I usually focus on scrapbooking layouts, I love DIY projects so I'm loving all the wonderful Maya Road goodies!  

 

Instagram: http://instagram.com/heatherleopard

Blog: http://thespottedleopard.blogspot.com/

 

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

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Altered ATC Box by Heather Leopard

I have a thing for keepsake boxes so when I saw the fun little wooden box in the kit I was sent, I immediately knew I wanted to make a spring themed box.  It also happens to go with my daughter's new room - a cafe style loft bed with adorable little flower pots in the windows.  

 

To create this I pulled out the wooden box, felt flowers and some fun Spring themed papers.  

 

I trimmed the sides with a white and black script and then I covered the slide out lid with flower themed paper. I was a bit worried it might not slide back in but it slides in and out with ease!

 

Once the lid was on, I trimmed down a 3x4 card, added just a tad bit of a green frame and adhered it to the box using foam adhesive.

 

The last step was to add a border around the front edge and flowers on the front and the top.  I positioned the flower on the top back just enough so that the lid could still slide out with ease.

 

I can't wait to give this to my daughter. She's such a sweet little thing and I just know she'll find lots of treasures to keep in it!

 

Thanks for having me today.  I hope you enjoyed this fun DIY project.  Connect with me on Instagram - I'd love to get to know you all better!

 

Maya Road Supplies:

 

Wood ATC Box

Felt Blooms Hibiscus (coming soon!)

Felt Blooms Smoke (coming soon!)

Medium Vintage Paper Flowers White

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 Check back in Friday for another gorgeous project from Heather!

 

 

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Things About Me-Wood Pallet

Hey Roadies! It's been awhile since I posted, it's Katrina from Paper, Scissors and Glue.  Maya Road released a bunch of new and fun things at CHA and I am here to share one of my projects from the show with you.  One of the fun Wood Pallets in the 8X8 inch size.  These are perfect for a fast and fun altered project or home decor item!  You can see here that I used strips of pattern paper to cover my pallet.  That's just one of the ways you can customize these for YOUR project!

I used some of the new flowers, tassels and wood tokens to create a cluster at the top of my picture.  And those clips...LOVE!  You get quite a few in a package, so how fun is that?!  And I mixed some older Maya Road product in with the new...some of the vintage leaves, paper roses and button stick pin. 

I am a sucker for a tiny envelope and the DIY Mini Envelope Die I knew I would have fun with!  I created four facts about me and stuck them in the envelopes.  I adhered a Resin Mini Mums on the closing area just for some fun and whimsy. And the Resin Bows are made to coordinate and match with the Mums!

I hope you had fun and are inspired to create a pallet about yourself now!  If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment (along with your email address) so that I can get back with you!  Get Creating Roadies!!!!  Thanks for stopping by the Maya Blog today!!!  

 

Wood Pallet: What really matters

Hi Roadies! Stacy on the Maya Road blog today! Time sure passes fast! This is my first Maya Road project for 2017. Today, I made use of the 4" wood pallet and decided to add a photograph where I can change along the year to highlight different events!

This is a really simple and fun project to do. First, I started by applying gesso on the chipboard pieces.

Adding some random chipboard numbers to the pallet and topping it up with another layer of gesso:

Next, I added some textured paste using the diecut piece from Maya Road Dots ATC Die. Using the diecuts as stencils, I obmit the step of cleaning after use. That's one faster way of crafting! After the textured paste dries, I added some random stamping all around. If you need to, just dab lightly some additional gesso to reduce the contrast of the stamping. On the next step, I used 3D foam dots to pop up the MR Scalloped Frame ATC diecut.

I always love to have some vintage tone to the florals I use in projects. Here, I simply mixed some gesso with a little water, and applied lightly to the petals of the MR Medium Vintage Flowers.

Additionally, i used a piercer and twined the stems of the flowers around it. It looks like vines around the flower and I prefer this look.

Here I have a closer look at the completed project. I did add some light misting randomly to enhance the pink tones for this project. Kept it light, so it would not overwhelm the focus.

Another closer look at the portions with the textured paste. Love how it gives a random textured look.

I used the gold bulldog clip so I can change the photo whenever I wanted! That clip is really a must to all projects!

Adding elements to this project was easy. I used MR Vintage Doilies as a backdrop, and added the resin bird coupled with paper flowers and wooden token.

Last but not least, i added some porcelain pink resin mini mums to fill some empty spaces. This step is all i need to make the project feel complete.

Hope you like what I have shared today! Best wishes for the new year and till the next post!

 

 

 

 

 

2017

Hi Roadies - Happy New year, may the new year bring you Joy, peace and happiness to you and your family.

Today I have created the below  tag for my word for 2017

Confetti -throw the love, kindness and laughter around like confetti.

I have created the tag using

Manilla Shipping Tag

Ornate Resin frame - Sea

Medium vintage flower

Mini Wood embroidery hoop

Twine

Vintage Crafting Tassel

Pearl flower trim

 

I truly do wish you all-  the very best year ever  filled with everything that makes you happy and keeps you safe. And remember throw the confetti around.

 

Have a great day

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

 

Birthday Cards by Yasmin Tölche

Hello Roadies! I hope everyone is doing good, it's Yasmin here on the blog today and I have a couple of cards to share with you. 

So this first one is a birthday or what you like kind of card. I've used some awesome Maya Road products, like the twine, leaves and rose. This is a very quick card to make, but sometimes we need a quick cards right? 

So this card is also a quite quick card to make and I used some layers and I used some roses, resins, pins and a leave to finish my card. 

This are the products I've used on my cards: 

TK2968 - Felt Roses - Milky White 

TK2998 - Vintage Paper Flowers - Pink

VF2926 - Paper Leaves - Medium

Trinket Pins

RES2978 - Wise Owl Resin - Snow White 

TC3063 - Twine Cording - Lemon Yellow

 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a nice day! 

 

Fall Home Decor

Hi Roadies! It's Melody here on the blog today. Fall is definitely my favorite season! I have been adding a little fall decor around my home and decided I needed something new for my mantle. 

I started with four wooden blocks and painted them an off white and sponged on some distress ink. Next I covered the centers of the blocks with patterned paper. 

The chipboard letters are from the Lisa Lowercase Alphabet. I painted them with a gold paint and adhered them the the center of each block. Then I just pulled out embellishments and started playing! 

Here I cut leaves from felt with a new die that is coming soon, and added a Felt Rose in Maroon Red, and a Small White Paper Flower I misted with an orange spray. I love these cute Vintage Crafting Tassels! I added two, one in Bark Brown and one in Fire Red. I finished this block off with a Wood Classic Token and two Resin Mini Mums in Turquoise Sea. 

Behind the "a" I added a doily cut with the Vintage Doilies Dies and the word "thank" with the Fanciful Thank You Die. At the top of the block I added a Wooden Heart Button, a branch, and an Resin Nesting Birds in Snow White. 

I covered  chipboard from the Welcome Home Chipboard Set with patterned paper and added a Mini Tree Charm. In the corner I placed a Wise Owl Resin Charm in Snow White, a Small Paper Leaf, and a Small Vintage Paper Flowers in Red.

Here's the final block where I used a Tulle Mini Blooms in Teal, two Leaf Trinket Pins, and an Oh Deer Resin Charms in Cream. 

 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope I inspired you to added some seasonal decor around your home!

Here are the Maya Road Products I used: 

Lisa Lowercase Alphabet

Felt Rose in Maroon Red

Small White Paper Flower

Vintage Crafting Tassels

Wood Classic Token

Resin Mini Mums in Turquoise Sea

Vintage Doilies Dies

Fanciful Thank You Die

 Wooden Heart Button,

Resin Nesting Birds in Snow White

Welcome Home Chipboard Set

Mini Tree Charm

Wise Owl Resin Charm in Snow White

Small Paper Leaf

Small Vintage Paper Flowers in Red

Tulle Mini Blooms in Teal

Leaf Trinket Pins

Oh Deer Resin Charms in Cream

Maya Road Guest Designer: Gloria Stengel

We're excited to be starting a great monthly feature here on the Maya Road blog! We love finding people that share a love of crafting and Maya Road products. Sharing paper crafters and their creations with you each month is so inspiring for us and we know you'll enjoy them as well!

So let's get this party started! We'd like to introduce you to Gloria Stengel!

 

My name is Gloria Stengel and I live in beautiful, southern California. I am a Christian, the happy wife of  Matthew (for 29 years), the mom of three (nearly grown) kids, and the owner of two cats.  We are a homeschooling family, having homeschooled two kids all the way to college with the last one now in homeschooled high school.

My passion for paper goes back to my childhood. I have been hooked on paper crafts all of my life. I have always loved to color, play with paper dolls, and create "projects"! In 1990, I discovered rubber stamping and in 1996, I stumbled across "modern" scrapbooking. I love all aspects of paper crafting: card making, scrapbooking, mini albums, altered art, up-cycling, you name it! I am happiest when I am making a mess! It's the cleaning up part that I don't care for!

I have been on a number of design teams over the past eight years. I love to work with all sort of various products and supplies.  I also accept guest design spots from time to time, and I am so happy to be the October Guest for Maya Road! I have a healthy stash of Maya Road products in my studio.

I have a Blog, a Facebook Fan Page, and a YouTube channel in order to share my creative work. Please visit my blog, Scraps of Life at www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com for more inspiration and for links to my other "hang outs."

 

And here's Gloria's fun Halloween design...

 

Good morning, Roadies! It's Gloria from Scraps of Life with you today, and I am so honored and excited to be the October Guest Designer here at the Maya Road Blog!

I have created a fun Halloween card to share. I used one of the Kraft 5" Square Note Envelopes on the front of the card. You can slip a gift card or treat right into the envelope! (Sadly, I could not find any chocolate bars to put in my envelope!)

I attached the envelope with the flap open to the front of a 5 1/4" x 6" top-fold card. The color inspiration from the card came from the Plum Purple Vintage Crafting Tassel!

I decided to alter some items to match my theme. That's the fun part about Maya Road products...they can be altered to fit your project! I sprayed the Cloud Vintage Lace Mini Mum with glitter mist and then rubbed the edges with a bit of black ink. What was a white flower is now a grungy, purple flower!

The Ornate Resin Frame was originally cream, but I "colorized" it with a dark gray Copic marker! Now, it is a spooky embellishment, perfect for my card. I spelled out my little message using Jonathan mini chipboard letters, also colored with a marker.

Thanks for stopping by today. Join me again on Friday for a sweet Christmas project!

 - Gloria Stengel

Maya Road Products Used:

Kraft 5" Square Note Envelopes

Plum Purple Vintage Crafting Tassel

Cloud Vintage Lace Mini Mum

Cream Ornate Resin Frame

Crystal Star Trinket Pins

Crystal Trinket Pins - retired

Jonathan Mini Alphabet Chipboard Set - retired

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