I’m pleased to welcome Maya De Groot to The Digi Files for the first time! Maya has a very vintage,weathered style that sometimes includes doodles, great type combinations, and great elements that create cohesive collections. My team found they really enjoyed creating with this kit! Let’s take a closer look at “Brocante” that is included in The Digi Files this month:
This is ONE of SEVEN collections you get when you become a member of The Digi Game this month. You also get an interactive Playbook (in PDF and iBooks formats) that has lots of ideas for using the supplies including techniques, tips, and tricks! All of that, including access to exclusive collaborations every four months you are a member, for only $7.50 total per month! Here are some layouts created using Maya de Groot’s contribution:
Layout by Ronnie. Supplies: Brocante by Maya de Groot; Fonts: April Lisa.
Layout by Sula. Supplies: Brocante by Maya de Groot; Fonts: Penstyle.
Layout by Kimberly K. Supplies: Brocante by Maya de Groot; Font: Another Typewriter;
Photo by Natalie Atkinson (http://www.natalieatkinson.com/).
Layout by Katie. Supplies: Brocante by Maya de Groot.
You can see more layouts created with this kit on our “Team Inspiration” page.
Hi, I’m Maya of Maya de Groot Designs. I’m a 20 year old student from Amersfoort, the Netherlands. I study Architecture at the University of Technology in Delft and live with two other architecture students in a student house in Pijnacker. On the weekends, I go home to my parents and 14 year old brother. My studies take up most of my time, but when I do have some free time I love to have fun with friends, be creative, design and scrap.
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I love to doodle and I wanted to make a Steampunk style kit for a long time, so I decided to combine those two. While working on my Zen & the Art of: Steam Machines kit I started playing around with the doodled elements to see if it would work with the theme. I wanted to make it look like it’s a complete background that takes over the frame/picture. I had the elements placed the way I wanted, but I couldn’t think of a title or journaling. So I saved the page and started watching TV. That night the Titanic was on and when Jack started singing “Josephine and her flying machine”, I knew that would be my title. This is one of my favourite art journal pages, since it combines my love for Zentangles, Steampunk and Art Nouveau. A tip on art journaling: I’m really bad at journaling, I just can’t do it. But I love the style of the layouts, so I use lyrics instead. No need to come up with my own words!
During the summer holidays of 2005 my niece and I got all excited about making our own jewellery. Two years later, when I was on vacation my aunt bought my niece and me some scrapbook letters, so we could make a scrapbook page about the summer. I got all enthusiastic and told my mom about it, but she wasn’t so sure. I just got all these beads and stuff and she thought: ooh it’s just another hobby. But I really wanted to do this, so I convinced my mom how much fun it would be. We bought lots of paper stuff (only made some pages), because when searching online for paper supplies, my mom discovered digital scrapbooking. We tried and both fell in love with it. That was fall 2007. The very first forum we joined was Oscraps.com and it became our home. My mom and I started as a regular members, soon started CT-ing for Oscraps designers and both became a Site CT member at Oscraps. I love scrapping and one day I just thought let’s try designing. That was a couple of years ago. Just making some freebies, but in the summer of 2010 I decided I really wanted to design and since December 16th 2010 I’m part of the Oscraps design team! And now my mom is even CT-ing for me!
Inspiration, for me, is everywhere. Magazines, TV-commercials, Ads, Movies, Songs, Architecture, Colour palettes, everything. I just love to get creative with paper and paint or photoshop and combine those in scrapbooking.
Computer: I have a HP Elitebook 8540W ( 15,6 inch, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, IntelCore i7, NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M graphics 1 GB video memory, 4GB RAM, Weight: 6lbs 7.2oz), but I mostly use it for my architecture study (needs to run heavy programs). For designing I often use my parents Acer Aspire 7750 Laptop. (17,3 inch, Windows 7, IntelCore i5, 6GB DDR3 Memory, 500 GB HDD).
Program: I use Photoshop Elements 5.0 to design. I do have PSE9 PSE10, PhotoshopCS5 and IllustratorCS5, but I don’t used these to design much, mostly because I don’t know exactly where everything is/how everything works in these programs. And pencils, fine liners, markers and paint for handmade elements.
Camera: I have a Canon Powershot SX 10IS
Anything Else: LaCie Starck 1,5 TB EHD, Canon CanoScan 4400F, Wacom Bamboo Fun M Tablet.
A tip: don’t be afraid to try something new! There are so any styles and ways to make a page, there’s no right or wrong way. And with digital scrapbooking you can just start over if you don’t like it or use the Ctrl-Z option. Don’t know where to start with a new style, try scraplifting a layout or join a specific style challenge.
Zen & the Art of: Steam Machines is my favourite product. I loved the style, which I discovered while watching Castle (Season 3, Episode 4). Since the day I decided I wanted to design, I’ve wanted to make a steampunk style kit. The dark colours, Victorian/vintage style and gears. I started on it two years ago and made some parts every once in a while. Last summer I decided I needed to finish it, I did just before my 20th Birthday. So it was a sort of birthday present to myself, to finally have finished this kit. I love that it can be used for all sorts of layouts, Art Journaling, Heritage, Clean, Clustered, Collage. I can’t wait to make a part two (but I guess that will take some time before it’s ready).
Travelers Treasure Box is my most popular product, probably because it has been featured on several sites. And I think because it’s a travel kit and people like to scrap their vacation pictures. (at least that are the type of pictures I like to scrap most). I wanted to create a travel kit, with colours and elements that could be used for any type of vacation I had been to. I started looking at pictures from Rome, France, the UK and Los Angeles and decided on colours that would work for pictures of all of these vacations.
Here are some of my favorite products by Maya de Groot:
Here are some more inspirational layouts using Maya de Groot’s products. All of the layouts are linked to the originals with credits.
Discount Coupon for 30% off any order in Maya de Groot’s store (expires 15 march 2013; use couponcode at checkout: MdG_30offTDF).
Go have a look in Maya de Groot’s store! We will randomly select a winner from the comments to win $10.00 in product from her store! (Comments must be posted before midnight EST to qualify)!
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thanks for this wonderful article about Maya. You are so young and already so talented. When I first got a steampunk kit from one of my designer I ct for, I was a little it afraid. It was so different than all those “normal” kits with flowers and so on. But I had also a lot of fun to think a little it more what to do.
Your passion to paper kit looks amazing for me, love it !
I had recently discovered Maya during the OScraps 7th Birthday celebration. I really liked her Traveler’s Treasure Box
I had no idea you were so young! LOL I am a new fan as I just found you, and I’m so glad I did. Thanks for the coupon and a chance to win!
P.S. I love that your mom paid a visit!!!!
Maya, you are just amazing! You take digital scrapping to a different level. Your kits are so beyond belief – each one is better than the last.
I love the Steam machine kit too … and the other Zen kits but mostly I love all the neat quirky stuff Maya adds to her kits… thanks for being part of the Digi Files this month and for the coupon
Loved the interview and I love Maya’s products! Thanks for the coupon!
I particularly love her travel stuff. My daughter and her family are living abroad and have done a lot of traveling. Lots of things to scrap. Would love to have the ability to pick up something free from her shop. Great find for The Daily Digi.
Wow…there is some seriously amazing stuff in her store. i want them all
Wow…there is some seriously amazing stuff in her store. TFTC!
Congrats Maya!
The moment I found Maya’s stuff, I fell in love with them. They are absolutely brilliant for scrapbooking & art journaling! I even met Maya and her mom, Diane last year in London and I can tell you they are absolutely lovely in person!
Beautiful kit
I have Travelers Treasure Box sooooo cute
Very unique! and so young!
WOW only 20 years old and designing such awesome products! You are truly an inspiration.
I love this wonderful kit ~
I am excited to see Maya’s kits. We are headed to Spain in a few weeks and she has several kits that I am planning to use for the pages I make when we get back. She is a very talented lady!
WOW! I’ve never checked out Maya’s store before and I’m blown away. She’s so versatile and a true artist. Thanks for spotlighting her!
I loved Brocante the minute I saw it but truly know I will use it over & over after seeing the layout samples. Maya is so talented….look forward to hopping over to her store!!
Thanks again Steph for letting me contribute to TDF. And I want to thank the rest of the team for the awesome layouts they created with my kit! I love them!
Thanks to everyone else for all the lovely comments and I hope you enjoy the kit!
Maya
From Maya’s shop I especially liked Travellers Treasure Box. She has many interesting designs — and at age 20 which blows me away. Hope we’ll be enjoying her interesting designs for years to come. Thanks for the chance to win.
I have liked Maya’s designs since she first started. There are so many kits I like, I can’t begin to single one out as a favorite. I’m also eager to get a recently added one, Miss Jasmine.
Congrats, Maya!
Maya – you know I love your stuff! Terra Toni is my favorite kit. Wonderful colors that match my cats
Great job Maya and such a varied collection. I do like The Travelers Treasure Box but there are a few others in the store I could easily put in my collection. nWe travel to Amsterdam the end of April and it will be fun to see some of the newly refurbished museums.
I never knew Maya’s designs before but LOVE the Brocante kit. That art journal page you are showing here is brilliant. A perfect combination and the best of both worlds.
Brocante is a great kit, and shows Maya’s style well. Lots of fun to use!
I like your kits, and I would like to win to enjoy your designs. Thanks
Congratulations Maya, I’m so glad that more people are bumping into this amazing talented young woman .Her creations are so versatile, there ‘s always something for every one in the kits whatever your style.
I’m lucky to have met both Maya and Diane in real life and boy they are some duo, full of laughter and humor and so nice to see them bouncing off ideas against each other.
It must be great to share a hobby .
I have the Passion for Paper Kit and love…love…love it! Zen and the Art of: Steam Machines is on my wish list, so thanks for the coupon code! And the chance to win.
I’m honoured to say I’ve known Maya for a few years now (through our time together at oscraps) and I was even been lucky enough to meet her (& her mum, Diane) in real life last year. She’s an AMAZING designer and has so much talent and she’s absolutely sweetheart to chat to as well! So happy for you. Congrats, Maya xoxoxo
HUGE Kudos to Maya for having passion and drive at 20 to be a successful digital designer. Thanks for the coupon, I picked up passion for paper, which I had on my digiscrap wishlist on Pinterest.
Some very neat items in her store! Thanks so much for the kit and the chance to win!
New to me designer. Thank you for introducing us to her. She’s so young – I feel so old
I liked Terra Toni, Typography Wordart Travel, Show & Tell Sets 1 & 2, Passion for Project 365 Journaling Cards and Documenting December the Bundle. Thanks for the opportunity and for this month’s contribution to TDF.
Great interview! She is a new to me designer and it was great reading about her young life. I think I’m going to go pick up “Zen & the Art of: Steam Machines” right now. Thanks for the coupon!
I loved Maya’s set in this month’s Digi files. The colors and the elements are divine. Thanks for the coupon and the chance to win.
I meant to say one of the products of hers I have. LOL I don’t only have one product!
maya, you just rock!
I don’t have much to add on that!
Congrats
(diane… wow!!)
Fun to read more about you Maya and I love your favorite kit too!
I was astounded when I read that Maya is only 20 years old! So much talent and drive in someone so young. Well done!
Wonderful article Maya! Congratulations! Love your Steam Machines stuff, can’t wait to see part 2!
What an interesting read!! I did not realize how young Maya is and that is so inspiring to me. Great product Maya!
one of the things I have always appreciated about Maya’s work is that she touches on EVERYTHING – templates, full kits, artsy journal looks, doodles… just so versatile and each piece is gorgeous,
Maya really has an amazing talent and I do hope she’ll continue in the digi world once she becomes an architect. I especially like one product I have of hers – the papers of BackPackers set 5.
I’m so glad you included Maya!
Beautiful artistry, Maya!
I appreciate how you introduce someone new (maybe just new to me) and I see them in a different light. Maya’s items in the store are all so wonderful, but particularly I will have to make a note to get her Christmoose collection this winter. I love the kraft and red combination.
I was thrilled to see Maya’s kit as part of the files this month, she has a wonderful style.
I so enjoyed reading about Maya. I am so impressed with all she has accomplished at such a young age. Her creations are lovely. I also enjoyed reading how she got into scrapbooking and how she and her mom began their digital scrapbooking journey together. And I really enjoyed seeing mom’s post above.
I like all Maya’s designs and especially like her typography series, Passion for Paper, and her favorite as well, Zen and the Art of Steam Machines (I’m also a Castle fan). Thanks for another nice profile.
I have my eye on Travelers Treasure Box
Love this kit–probably because of the birds. I’ll have to figure out something special to do with it.
So glad to be introduced to Maya and discover her unique style. I am in love with Travelers Travel Box and Travel Notes papers!! Thanks so much for the chance to win the ten!
LOVE the travel kits, will go check those out. Thanks for the coupon!
The kit is gorgeous and Maya, the summer of 2008 I spent a month in Delft and I LOVED it there. Netherlands are a beautiful, friendly and perfectly organized country. Or I thought so, being Italian it was a good contrast LOL.
Ari
Okay, I admit, I was wrong back in 2007.
Scrapping is great hobby and it’s even better to do it together!
Congrats on being part of the Digi Files Maya!
Diane
hihi, thanks mom!
Wow only 20 years old and already such a great name in digiscrapping. After looking at Maya’s product, it’s easy to see why! From her shop I loved the templates (lots of pictures!) and word art, Passion for Paper (of course!), and Zen and the Art of All Hallow’s Eve. Thanks for the coupon and a chance to win!