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"I love your designs....but wood is too thick..."      

 "Your embellishments are amazing, but I've never tried using wood..."    

"I'm just not sure I'd know how to use MDF..."

"I couldn't use wood on a card !"

These are some of the comments we frequently hear from people who see our products. 

In an attempt to help solve this conundrum, we chose to work with a group of talented designers, and nearly daily, projects are posted to help inspire you with all sorts of different ways that ULD products can be used...on just about every type of surface and in just about any way you could imagine...projects to show you that MDF isn't something to shy away from, but rather something so embrace !

Change can be scary, the thought of trying new things can seem daunting, stepping out of your comfort zone is overwhelming...  
So...in an attempt to give everyone the opportunity to have access to our amazing designs, and possibly "test the waters" and maybe try their hand at wood...we've decided to produce our designs in a more well known material that you'll be familiar with

...CHIPBOARD !

A tiny selection of whats available in chipboard

Due to the nature of some of our designs, not everything will be able to be cut from chipboard, but there is an enormous selection still to choose from.  

As a way to try and slowly show you that you can do the same things (often times with more successful results) by using MDF in your projects...I'll add a little special something to each chipboard order. ;)   I ask that you keep an open mind and use it.  I'm sure you'll soon realize that it is much better than you anticipated it would be !  :) 

Here are a few projects using our MDF products in places some wouldn't consider doing so.

Home Decor Items. Designed by Katy

Banner - Designed by Kisha.

Burlap Canvas.  Designed by Katy

Kids love ULD !  Designed by Samantha

ATC - Designed by Rachelle

Cards !  Designed by Kelly

Mini Album.  Designed by Kimberly

Scrapbook Layout.  Designed by Heidi

Gift Bag.  Designed by Kisha

The Arrows Point Here!

Hello Everybody!

I have a fun scrapbook layout to share with you all today!

For this layout I used small & large arrows, a brick, and a small border swirl I.

(For this layout I just used happy, but look at a few of the cool bricks that come with the brick stencil!)

So here are the closeups of the pieces on the layout.

First I painted gesso on all of the arrow pieces.  Then I painted Tim Holtz's Distress Paint on all of the arrows.  I used the following paint colors: spiced marmalade, peeled paint, picked raspberry, chipped sapphire, and mustard seed.

Then I glued a Happy Brick under the photo.  I love the natural color of this brick against all of the color and felt heart.

Here is my journaling square, and I have more arrows pointing to it.

I used the swirl under my titled.  I painted it mustard seed first (sans gesso) and then spiced marmalade.  The yellow blended into the background (which I thought it might--but I had to try!)

These pieces were super fun to use.  I know we will enjoy looking back on this page and enjoy not only the picture and the memory, but the ULD pieces that help keep our memories alive. :)

Supplies: ULD pieces, Bella Blvd Feathers and paper and sticker letters, Tim Hotlz Paints, Gesso, Fancy Pants felt heart, Stampin' Up and Recollections cardstock.

Father's Day Burlap Canvas

Hello Unique Laser Design Friends!

Katy here and I am excited to share with you a burlap canvas that I made for my dad using Unique Laser Designs!

Here is what I used:  2 polaroid frames, heart, 2 musical notes, smile, and 3 bricks from the brick wall stencil.

The base is a 6X6 inches burlap canvas that I bought at a big box retailer.  I painted gesso in the middle of the canvas so the paint would show up better.  Here is a picture of my planning out process.  I like the idea of doing a then and now photo.  Originally I was going to use the memories word but I liked smile better for this project.

I took off my wood pieces and started adding Tim Holtz paint to the gesso and canvas.  This is my first burlap canvas and to me it's different than a paper surface.  I tried to stamp on it but it didn't come out well.  It's probably because of the texture of the burlap.  I had also put some transparent embossing paste using a buralp stencil and that didn't come out as well either.  But it's ok!  There are some shiny spots here and there but I think it blends well overall.  It contributes to the artsy organic feel of the canvas.  :)

I wanted to show you guys the bricks that I used.  When you get the stencil you get a pack of wooden bricks.  Some of the bricks are blank and some have words.  Besides the ones in the picture, some bricks have  happy, today, and hope on them.   In this close up you can also see that I used light modeling paste and gelatos in the background.

Here is one another picture of the finished canvas.  I layered the polaroids and heart.  For the heart I painted it barn door red (Tim H) and covered it in glossy accents.  I used 1 layer of pop dots under the small frame and 2 pop dots on top of each other for the heart.  I used fabri-tac adhesive to glue the different embellishments.  Lastly, I painted the musical notes with Tim Holtz paint.

Thank you for stopping by!

Would you like to show off your projects using wood embellishments?  You are in luck!  We are holding a Design Team Call!  Find out all the deets here!

Playing with Mud.

Hello Unique Laser Design Fans,

Today I am showing you a one page layout I did, using tons of ULD products.

I love the splats that ULD has and I had a plan for them the second I received them.  I also LOVE the wood brick stencils and arrows.. all of these items came together for my layout.

The stencil can be used on projects or saved and used over and over again.

I bet you can think of other ways to use the splats.

You can write on the bricks to high light important dates.

It really does look like mud.

 

6 splats for $2.00 visit the site for other wood embellishments.

Thank you for checking out my layout.  If you haven't done so yet.. make sure you are following us on FACEBOOK.