Roadies, we have a fun little giveaway for you today. We took some of our new CHA-W 2011 products and turned them into fun downloadable tags you can use for the Holidays! Here is a preview of them here. Even though they are unconventional colors, you can mount them on some lovely greens, silver or cream to make them fabulous for the Holiday Season. Use our link and download the full size file directly from our website.

Here are 2 ideas for using them - how about with some brown paper bags and pretty patterned paper for a fun type of wrapping:

Or you can mount them on some lovely felt and then use them as a tag for your Holiday Gifts:

Enjoy and have a Happy Holiday Season!

I couldn't resist using Core-di-nations "Black Magic" as the foundation layer for this card. I cut a piece and used my Big Shot and a Tim Holtz Embossing folder to create the sunburst background. The colors in the core of the cardstock peek through and give interesting texture.

I used a Maya Road star, swirl chipboard, bird chipboard, a sheer calendar, a felt flower, and pins to create the card.

Happy Holidays to all!

I'll admit, I have a slight addiction to chalkboards and chalkboard paint; I look at every surface as a potential place to create a chalkboard. 

I also love Thrifted Silver Trays.  I have quite a little collection of them.  I always have my eye out for them when I am at the Thrift Store.  So when I saw that people were making silver trays into chalkboards, I was super excited to dig one out and try it. 

So, first I needed to tape off the area that I didn't want to get black spray primer on.  I found it difficult to completely cover the delicate curves with the tape.  So, I went back and filled in the little missed areas with Maya Resist.  Maya Resist is applied like a glue and comes out blue; it dries clear (this is how you know it's dry) and creates a rubbery mask to the area below it.  So, bottom line is...you can paint or mist over it and it will protect the surface underneath it. 

  The nice thing about the bottle is that it has a precision tip so it is easy to apply to hard to reach places. It also comes with refills.  :)

 Next, I sprayed 2 light coats of black primer (let dry in between coats and do not overspray) and then I sprayed it with a coat of spray chalkboard paint.

Once, totally dry...I gently peeled away the tape and Maya Resist (peels off in a solid piece once it's dry) and presto, super cute silver tray chalkboard.

I used mine and made a Christmas Decoration out of it.  But it sure would make a cute menu board, Message Board, etc....

Happy Holidays!

~Katie

Hi Roadies!

Maya Road held a Project Challenge over at Two Peas In A Bucket and we are excited to share with you the winning project by Angella Peardon here!

 
 
Angella created this beautiful 'book' by attaching two Maya Road Trinket Shadow Boxes together with a piece of mulberry paper on the spine (imagine that!) and look at the beauty inside the Trinket Boxes when you open the book up!

 
 
Angella shares some tips on how she created this project below. She says:

To create the book-like project, I joined two Trinket Shadow Boxes together. Cut a piece of mulberry paper 3.5" width by the length of the Boxes. Also cut a piece of vintage paper in the same size.

Machine-sew both pieces together and then using a very strong glue or tape, attach to the edges of the Boxes to bind the spines of the 'book'.

Sand the top layer of the vintage paper and ink to create an aged look.

Here are some close-ups of Angella's book.

 
 
 
Other Maya Road goodies that Angella used on this project are: Velvet Pleat Blossoms, Birds with Cages Mini Chipboard Set, Trees Mini Chipboard Set, Vintage Pearl Trinket Pins, and Suede Stitched Blossoms.

Congratulations Angella and thank you for sharing your beautiful project with us!

We will be back soon, Roadies to share with you the two runner-up projects in the Two Peas Maya Road Project Challenge. Here are sneaks of the two projects by Mollie D and Patricia R, we can't wait to share more on these cute projects with you!