Another Maya Road Favorite...Accordian Albums!

This was a really fun album to make. I love bright colors and these colors were right up my alley! It's time to be thinking about Halloween decor and gifts so I thought this would be a good store sample. The background paper is We R Memory Keepers new line called Black Out, the stamps are from Inkadinkado and all the little goblins and words are from the new Pinecone Press collection Hocus and Pocus. This paper made great embellishments! And as usual I embellished with buttons (Basic Grey), Stickles and some 3-D dots. I inked the edges in black and used some Bazzill black dotted swiss for photo borders.

Maya Road Tins

I love the Maya Road tins! There are several sizes and I like them all. The one featured here is the largest one, called Lunch Break. And they'r so affordable. Retail price is $4.99! I decided to make this one a card storage tin for all the handmade cards I'm accumulating. The beauty of the tins is you can change them to fit your needs. On this one, I wanted a bright color on the tin so I just used Citrus alcohol ink, the alcohol ink applicator...and presto, instant chartreuse tin! I also added some buttons from Basic Grey, the Petaloo paper flowers (with Stickles, of course!), Grungeboard letters (I added red ink) and the paper is from Pinecone Press.

Christmas Card Layouts

I'm supposed to be designing our next monthly card making class but I've chosen Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses as the theme and it's really hard to get motivated to create Christmas cards when it's 112 degrees outside! Here's one I finished using Burgundy Stickles. You gotta love Stickles! Now I only have 11 to go...