Maya Road Classic Crafting Kits: January 2014

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January 2014

01/27/2014

Love Card With Satin Flower Card Tutorial

Thank you to everyone who has purchased our Affectionately Yours Card Kit! We hope you are enjoying the ideas from the gallery and we are here to walk you through this Love card today!

So let's walk through this card today and show you how simple it is!

1. Fold your card base- this card horizontally.

2 Cut the blue/beige patterned paper about 4.0" x 5.25". Ink edges in pink.

3. Cut about 1.25" off the top of the glassine bag. Trim a piece of the pink words paper to fit inside that is about 2.75" x 5". Ink edges in pink. Attach the glassine bag to the card.

4. Cut one of the mini journaling cards from the journaling cards paper - the one used here has the mini words heart on the lower right. Ink the edges in pink. Wrap a piece of the grey stripes ribbon around the top part of the card. Glue to the page.

5. Stamp "always" in black on the pink ledger paper. Cut out.

6. Create the flower by cutting out of a 0.75" of scrap paper a circle. Take 8" of the scallop trim and spiral and glue onto the scrap circle. (Hint: hot glue is easiest to use to make this flower). Glue the love badge to the front of the flower. Attach the flower to the card.

7.Take a piece of jute about 10" long and tie into a bow. Attach to the card.

8. Add the tiny ruler and cream heart pin and enjoy your card!

You can also put a fun letter or GC inside the envelope to present to your receiver!

To purchase your kit today, check out the details here.

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01/16/2014

Fun Free SVG Files For Our Affectionately Yours Kits!

Roadies, we are back to bring you our free SVG and PNG files that coordinate with our Affectionately Yours Card Kits!

PNG Affectionately Yours File (right click on the file when it opens to save as to your computer)

SVG Affectionately Yours File (right click on file when it opens to save as to your computer)

And check out the kit that everything coordinates with!

It's the time of year where we like to warm things up with a little love. At Maya Road we're excited about our new Classic Card Kit, Affectionately Yours. It's perfect for Valentine's and throughout the year with it's fabulous stamps and embellishments. Whether you're celebrating the love of your life, a new couple saying I do, family love or the beauty of friendship, this is the perfect kit to create memorable and heartfelt cards.

Affectionately Yours has all you need to create 6 cards (and more). Envelopes, papers, trims, stamps, flair and fun exclusives make it easy to just open the package and get creating. All our kits are limited edition so if you want it, make sure you purchase it right away. Quantities are limited.

Here's what you get in the Affectionately Yours Kit:

We're excited to have put together such an amazing kit of fabulous product. Each kit has been designed for versatility, amazing value and ease of use. It's a wonderful way to jumpstart your creativity. Just open the package and get to it. If you're looking for extra inspiration we have a kit gallery full of ideas to get your started. Check it out here. Each kit is $25.49 and a flat $5.50 shipping in the US!

Before you buy, you may have some questions and you can find the answers on our FAQ's page.

As an additional bonus we have a coordinating digital die cutting file to share with you. It comes in both PNG and SVG formats to work with the majority of the electronic die cutting machines on the market.

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01/15/2014

Full of Love Card

With Valentine's Day not too far off, now is a great time to be thinking of what to send this year. The Affectionately Yours Classic Card Kit is perfect for the event.

Today we're sharing one of the card samples created for this kit with you. The kit samples are a great way to see the kits and Maya Road product in use and our designers always have fabulous ideas and techniques you'll want to try. If you haven't visited our kit galleries, there's a lovely little tab just under the blog banner or click on this link for quick access.

We love this sweet card by Julia Stainton...it's certainly full of love. Everything to make this card is included in the kit, all you need are a few basic tools such as a paper trimmer, heart punch and some brown ink if you like the distressed look on the edges.

Here's the instructions:

Cut black damask paper to 4.25"x5.5" and adhere to card front. Ink edges if desired.
Punch 6 hearts from various patterned papers from the kit. Apply adhesive to back of 5 hearts and arrange in glassine envelope.
Fold top of envelope over and fix with arrow clip.
Adhere remaining heart to front of glassine bag where you want the stitching. Use a removable adhesive. Stitch around heart on sewing machine. For accuracy lift presser foot and pivot with needle in down position. Reapply presser foot and continue stitching. Doing this often will allow for smooth intricate curves when stitching.
Adhere glassine envelope to card front. Tip: apply adhesive where it won't be seen under the punched heart areas.
Cut out xoxo paper accent from patterned paper sheet. Ink edges and adhere under arrow clip.
Tie ribbon bow around arrow clip.
Adhere love flair button with hot glue or strong adhesive dot.

Happy creating!

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01/03/2014

Affectionately Yours January Classic Card Kit: The Release

Here's what you get in the Affectionately Yours Kit:

Before you buy, you may have some questions and you can find the answers on our FAQ's page.

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Neenah Papers are among the best in the industry for stamping on. Each kit includes one half sheet but we know many of you stampers will like to have some on hand for additional projects. Our add-on package includes an extra 8 half sheets for your to create with.

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We love the glassine envelopes. Each add-on package has 10 envelopes that you can use on card fronts, to hold special items or even mini cards. Each envelope is 3" x 6" and exclusive to our Maya Road Classic Card Kits at this time!

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This Love Notes paper pad is so much fun you may want to purchase extra. We love the beautiful prints and great color palette.

You are going to want this add-on! We are head over heels in love with the Rose Lace Tape and darling flair buttons.

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We're having a love affair with metal clips and these are some of our favorites.

This gorgeous flower confetti is an exclusive you are going to want more of!

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Affectionately Yours Card Kit

Roadies, now that the Holidays are over, come check out some peeks of our quarterly card kit. Our latest one is debuting tonight - Affectionately Yours! Lots of fun goodies with exclusive stamps and more. We have a special guest designer and some extra fun goodies included. Check out all the details here and purchase one for yourself! http://mayaroad.typepad.com/kits/

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Affectionately Yours Final Peek

It's release day at Maya Road Classic Card Kits! We're excited and counting down the hours till the Affectionately Yours release at 8 pm CST tonight. It's not long now!

Maya Road is known for our fabulous trims and this kit is chock full of them. The variety is wonderful. From jute to twine cording, striped grosgrain to burlap, this kit will have your projects all trimmed out. Did you see that beautiful lace tape? It's high on our list of personal faves!

To give you an idea of what you can create with this kit, here's one last peek at one our creative designs. Our full Affectionately Yours card creations gallery will go live tonight with the release so that you'll have lots of ideas to inspire you along with the kit.

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01/02/2014

Affectionately Yours Kit Sneak Peek No. 4

One of our favorite parts of each Maya Road Classic Card Kits is the exclusive stamp set. This one is no exception and is a wonderful mix of fabulous sentiments and images.

We've designed this set to be used in so many ways throughout the year and all the images work together seamlessly. Maya Road stamps are made with the highest quality photopolymer ensuring crisp beautiful stamped images, easy stamping placement and a set that will last and last. As previously mentioned...this stamp set is exclusive to the January Affectionately Yours Kit. That means you won't be able to get it anywhere else. Affectionately Yours is available for purchase Friday January 3rd at 8 pm CST. That's tomorrow!

Which stamp is your favorite from the sneak peeks?

We'll be back tomorrow morning for one last sneak peek before the release tomorrow night. See you then!

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01/01/2014

Happy New Year & Another Peek at Affectionately Yours

Happy New Year from all of us at Maya Road! We're excited with all the possibilities of a fresh new year. We'd like to wish you and yours a year of joy, health and peace.

At Maya Road, we're planning a wonderful year of creativity for 2014 and hope you'll join us. Our latest Classic Card Kit, Affectionately Yours, is a great way to start off the year with a stack of beautiful card creations to share with your loved ones.

We have a special guest designer for this kit release and are excited to share some of her designs as today's sneak peek. This kit has tons of product and exclusives in it...enough to make 6 cards and lots of other projects as well.

Today we have an extra sneak peek as well. These metal Maya Road arrow and love clips are super sweet. Look closely and you'll also see a muslin bag and a peek at our exclusive floral confetti.

Got a crush on Affectionately Yours yet? This January kit is available for purchase Friday January 3rd at 8 pm CST. Just a couple more days!

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