Glow in the Dark Dinos

Hello Everybody!

I have a super fun project to share with y'all today using the dinosaurs from the Unique Lasers Designs store.

I know I do a lot of projects involving things from various thrift stores.  But today I will decorate a picture frame from IKEA!  

Here is the frame as it comes from the store.  It's new and ready to have a picture put in it so it can be hung up on the wall.  But I have other plans!

First I get the Dinosaurs ready.  Here are the 3 dinosaurs that I am using.  They are in various stages.  The top one is in its natural wood state.  The middle one has gesso on it-priming him for painting.  And the bottom dino has been painted blue (with Tim Holtz Distress Paints salty ocean).

Here are the other 2 dinos painted and ready for the next step (using TH mustard seed and spiced marmalade.) 

Here is where the magic comes in--wait for it.  Wait for it---Glow in the Dark Embossing Powder!  So COOL!.  So for each dino I applied Versamark to it and covered it with glow in the dark embossing powder.  I heat set it like normal.  Then I did it all a 2nd time to make sure they were nicely covered.

For the frame I mixed light modeling paste with 2 shades of green Gelatos-Lime Lime and Green Tea.  Then I used a stencil from Dylusions. 

Here's the frame almost finished.  The dinosaurs will go in the areas without squares.  (I do finish that corner.) ;)

Here is the frame in the daylight.  

And here is the frame in the dark!

The shapes come out great!  So fun and easy to do when you have Unique Laser Design pieces to work with.  The details are perfect!  :)

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Pocket scrapbooking with Unique Laser Designs

Hello Unique Laser Designs fan!This is Maya and today I am going to share a layout I made using so popular pocket page protectors.

The second I spotted these adorable dinosaurs on Unique Laser Designs page I knew I have to make a layout with the pictures from the dinosaur exhibit. I had quite a few photos from our visit to the exhibit but I didn't want to make a mini album. Pocket pages to the rescue.

I slipped the photos into the pockets and added few pieces of dinosaurs themed patterned paper that I had in my stash forever.  Now it was the time to the fun part.

I mixed yellow, brown and green acrylic paint with sparkle texture medium and painted the dinosaurs. After the paint was dry I cleaned the clogged holes in the shapes and misted everything with gold mist.

I added the dinosaurs to the outside of the page protectors using liquid paper adhesive.

They look great and they are just the perfect embellishment for my layout.

I was able to tell a story with very little but carefully selected product.

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope I inspired you to try different things and not to be afraid mixing old papers with new embellishments.

Cute Lil' Dinosaurs

Hello Unique Laser Design Fans!

Katy here and I have made a cute scrapbook page using these super cute dinosaurs!

When I saw these dinosaurs I was instantly reminded of this little dinosaur outfit my son had.  It was one of my favorites.  So as with all Unique Laser Design wood pieces-I totally customized my dinosaurs to match the color scheme on my layout.

Since I wanted the dinosaurs to be bright and stand out, I painted gesso on them.  I did two coats-on one I tried to apply ink one coat in and you could see the streaks.  (Remember I'm not patient.  LOL) ;)

Once the second coat of gesso was dried, I used a sponge applicator and put shabby shutters and salty ocean distress ink on the dinosaurs.  Then I used applied some Versamark and clear embossing powder.  I usually apply embossing powder and glitter on a coffee filter so it is easy to get back into the bottle.  I have a whole stack so if one has purple glitter on it then I can grab a clean one.  

Here is the completed blue dinosaur-he's shiny even though I didn't capture it as well as I thought I did.  And he has a goggly eye.  Fun!

Here is the T-Rex.  I added a moustache brad to him.  I could't help it.  I think it's fun though.  To make the hole-use a crop-a-dile!

The things you can do with ULD is really limitless!  What will you create?  See you tomorrow! :)