Welcome to Maya Road Week

We enjoy making new friends around here and this is one friend in the industry we’ve been looking forward to working with.

Maya Road has long been known in our craft industry for their beautiful products ranging from chipboard albums, ribbons and trims to canvas embellishments. Put them all together with our Epiphany Crafts products and you’ve got one sure fire amazing week of creations!

 

 

Trick or Treat Card by Audrey Pettit

Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Shape Studio Tool and Round 14 Clear Bubble Caps
Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Button Studio Tool and Round 14 Clear Button Cap
Epiphany Crafts Round 25 Clear Bubble Cap

Maya Road Kraft Note Envelopes- White Polka Dot
Maya Road Scallop Frames Chipboard Set
Maya Road Kraft Typography Numbers- White
Cardstock and String: The Kraft Outlet
Patterned Paper: BasicGrey
Vintage Clip Art: Crafty Secrets
Chipboard Bat: Little Yellow Bicycle
Alpha Stamps: Hero Arts
Memo Pins: Tim Holtz
Trim: May Arts
Ink: Clearsnap and Tsukineko

1. Create a card base from kraft cardstock. Cut two 4″ x 1″ strips of polka dotted paper and adhere one strip to the bottom of the card. Add two layers of patterned papers to the top of the card and adhere the second 4″ x 1″ strip of polka dots across the top, as shown. Machine stitch.

*NOTE: to give my projects a bit of a shabby, distressed look, I like to edge my papers with ink. For this project, I used white ink on the kraft cardstock and dark patterned papers and black ink on the light paper. I gave the papers even more of a distressed look by dragging my fingernail across the edges.

2. Add trim. Create four custom bubble caps embellishments using a Maya Road Kraft Note Envelope and the Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Shape Studio Tool. Adhere across the bottom strip of polka dot paper. Add a Round 25 Clear Bubble Cap to a Maya Road “31″ Kraft Typography Number and adhere to the center of the polka dot strip.

3. Ink a scalloped chipboard frame with white ink and edge lightly with black ink. Adhere to the center of the card with foam adhesive. Edge a kraft envelope with white ink and adhere to the center of the chipboard frame.

4. Stamp sentiment onto thin strips of patterned paper and trim into banners. Attach banners into memo pins and tuck pins into the envelope. Adhere a vintage clip art die cut to the outside of the envelope. Affix a chipboard bat at the bottom of the clip art using foam adhesive.

5. Add a bow to the left side of the frame. Create a custom button using the kraft envelopes and the Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Button Studio Tool. Thread button with string and adhere to the top of the bow.

Smile Banner by Gina Lideros

Epiphany Crafts Supplies: 
Epiphany Crafts: scallop 25 shape studio tool, round 25 shape studio tool, round 14 shape studio tool, scallop 25 shape bubblecaps

Maya Road: canvas banner pieces (from canvas banner album), wooden bird pieces, craft doilies, buttons
Pebbles: pattern papers, smile sticker, smile clothespins (Sunnyside collection)
Studio Calico: Mister Huey’s spray mist (mint julep)
adhesive: Beacon’s 3-in-1 quick dry glue
Brother: sewing machine
Guterman: thread

To create my banner, I first sprayed some Maya Road canvas banner pieces with spray mist:

Then I used my Epiphany Crafts scallop 25 shape studio tool, to make scallop epoxies and adhered them to my banner along with Maya Road craft doilies and Maya Road buttons.

Next, I used liquid glue to adhere Maya road wooden bird pieces.

Lastly, I punched some pieces of pattern paper using my Epiphany Crafts scallop 25 shape studio tool, round 25 shape studio tool, and round 14 shape studio tool.

Then I sewed them together in a long chain to make a stitched banner to hang from the top of my canvas banner. I then attached them with wooden clothespins.

We’d like to invite you to visit the Maya Road blog for more ideas for using our Epiphany Crafts products along with Maya Road’s beautiful products.

Then tune in all this week for more tutorials and projects to help you recreate the projects we’ve shared.

We’ll also have a giveaway or two to share with you this week.  Lots of fun!!

Speaking of fun… let’s first announce last week’s winner of our Round 25 Tool and that is…

 

This September, step right up to the Big Picture “Big Top” for a FREE 14-day festival filled with big ideas, big prizes, and big fun!

Grab a front-row seat; you won’t want to miss the spectacle of the season. Seven of your favorite BPC instructors are teaming up with seven surprise instructors—who will be unveiled on opening night—to share their biggest big ideas with you.

While we can’t guarantee that there will be elephants and acrobats, there will certainly be energy and excitement to spare. Register now for your chance to join in the hullabaloo and share your big ideas, too.

 

The seven BPC instructors

AliEdwards

CathyZielske

StacyJulian

CourtneyWalsh

MayFlaum

KarenGrunberg

AmySorenson

For 14 days straight enjoy daily challenges and amazing giveaways, generously provided by some of our favorite companies, don’t miss out!!

So how many of you are going to sign up for Big Picture Festival?  Or have you taken a BPS class before that you enjoyed? We’d like to hear from you and for posting a comment today we have something special. Our friends at Big Picture Classes have generously offered to us a chance to give you a seat in Cathy Zielske’s 10 Tips for Type! (Class starts September 6th!)

Join Cathy Zielske, for a class that focuses on how to create better type on your scrapbook pages. Whether you’re a traditional scrapbooker who likes to add type as a hybrid element, or a digital scrapbooker who works fully in Photoshop, using type well is something that will enhance the overall design of every page you create.

Basic concepts in type go a long, long way in sophisticated and timeless design. Build your confidence with type today.

Just post a comment and we’ll announce our  random winner this Friday, August 31st!