Easter Candle Ring

I am super excited to bring you my first project as an official member of the Unique Laser Designs Design Team. And boy oh boy do I have a fun project for you.  How about an adorable candle ring with lots of bunnies and Easter eggs.

So let's get moving, and I'll show you how it was made.

I went through my stash of embossing powders and pulled out all the fun spring colors.  All but one piece on this candle ring was heat embossed.

 For this egg,I embossed the entire egg in a pastel purple, the added a layer of embossing glitter around the edges.

As you can see, I love to add glitter and bling to my projects.  It's a rare day that I make a project that doesn't have shine and shimmer on it somewhere. :)

The rabbits were also embossed.  For these guys, I added several layers of embossing since I wanted a bit more texture.

To finish the rabbits, I added a bit of Smooch ink to the nose, a crystal to the center of the flower, then a pom-pom to make a super cute fuzzy tail.

This is the one piece that is not embossed.  I simply inked up this adorable bunny with spray ink, then with a layer of shimmery ink.

Now it's time to start adding on the finishing pieces.  Each egg was decorated differently, some with flowers, some with crystals, some with buttons.

As for the bunny, I simply adhered a small butterfly. Then, it's simply a matter of attaching the pieces together.  I used a hot glue gun and simply attached all the pieces together in a ring shape.

How cute is this? A perfect way to create a centerpiece for your table.

One word on safety...the pieces are made of wood which are highly flammable.  If you are using a candle with a flame, be sure to remove the candle ring while burning the candle.

If you're using a flameless candle, then there's really no need to remove the ring while the candle is lit.

Egg-cellent Easter Card

Hello Friends!

Katy here and today I am going to show you a CAS card using these awesome Easter Eggs!

I used light modeling paste mixed with 2 shades of green Gelatos-lime and spearmint.  I used that over a leaf stencil from Dylusions/Ranger.  Then I stamped the sentiment (Hampton Art).  Lastly, I adhered my Unique Laser Design Eggs to the card.

For these eggs I painted them with Tim Holtz's Distress Paints spun sugar (pink) and peeled paint (green).  Now you can use a different type of acrylic paint on them.  This is what I happen to have on hand.  Then I used Crystal Stickles to give the eggs some shine.

Thank you for stopping by!  Oh!  And our April Challenge is still going on...have you submitted your project?

Paint Brush Holder

It's Heidi here, back again with a cute little project which is super quick and very inexpensive to create.

I really needed a seperate holder for my paint brushes, so I have used a cleaned Baked Beans tin and covered it with some paper.  The measurement for this tin is 8.2inc in Diameter and 4 inch wide. 

After I cut the paper, I painted the tin using Faber Castle Gel Medium and then placed the paper on top and smooth it over to make sure it was stuck down nicely, if you don't have the Gel Medium you can use Modge Podge as it will work the same.

I then painted the entire tin again with the Gel Medium to protect it and secure it even more,

For the Lady Bugs, I have used some Studio Calico Misty Huey's Red for the body of the Lady Bug and to fill in the holes to show spots I used some black Eyelets and glued them in.  For the head I just used plain black paint and made some little eyes with a white pen.

To put them on the top I just used some twin and wrapped it around the tin to secure them.  Final stage was to put some black Washi Tape at the bottom.  All done for less and a $3.00.  Quite a nice gift to give Teachers to thank them, or even easy enough to do with your children during the holidays.

Happy Scrapping

On The Hunt

Ready for another fun Easter project using Unique Laser Designs products? How about a cute tag with even cuter Easter eggs! Well, first let me introduce myself. 

I'm Jamie.  I live in small town Georgia, right outside of an Air Force Base.  I have one furbaby, one nephew, and three nieces I love to spoil.  I've been crafting in one way or another for as long as I can remember, but I've been scrapbooking for eight years now.  I've recently branched off into altered projects and mixed media projects, and love it just as much as making layouts and cards.  I am absolutely thrilled to be part of the ULD team and show off the wonderful items they have.

Now, let's get moving on this tag and how it was made.

Starting with a Unique Laser Designs tag, I inked it heavily with Gelatos, gave it a spritz of water, then used my handy finger to blend the colors.  Nothing better than getting your hands all inky lol.

Then I grabbed my spray ink and stencil and created some background circles.

Then I grabbed my jar of iridescent medium, a palette knife, and the same stencil and created another layer of circles.

Then, I created several layers of "grass".  Lots of fun texture!

Now for the embellishments. I took my Easter eggs, inked them with Perfect Medium, then brushed on a layer of Perfect Pearls.  Lots of shimmer and shine.

Lastly, I added the sentiment, layered the Easter eggs and a butterfly, and added some ribbon.

Got Wheels? Get a Box!

Hello,
Today I am showing you another fabulous product by Unique Laser Designs that you may not of seen yet.  Take a look at this puzzle box.   I just love that you can easily connect it together after embellishing each side.  It is so much easier to decorate then working on a solid cube or block.

I decided to paint each side gold.   I plan to distress the edges and I wanted to colors to match the Tim Holtz paper I used. 

Here are the pieces before I got started.

You can piece it all together & paint or take it apart.

I used gold paint to cover each side.

I love the wheels from Tim Holtz.

 

Waiting for my wheels to secure.. even though I did use a few screws too.

 

Another favorite embellishment is the hinges from Tim Holtz.

 

I added a Tin Star & a Door Fixture on two of the sides.

I added one of the ULD mustaches as a layer to the Tim Holtz Ruler.

I love the variety of Gears from ULD. 

the top view.

Gears and wheels.. I added a vintage key and a key from TIm Holtz.

Although the inside is empty and I glued it all shut.. it is really interesting to look at and everyone that sees it has to push it to see if it really moves.. & YES it does.. It is a conversation piece in any room .. and if you Love Unique Laser Designs and Tim Holtz you can now see how well the two go together.  So if you have wheels.. you need to order a box.  The best part is all of the screws went through the wood sides with out any problems.. so those wheels are meant to last.. even though I did add extra adhesive.  I hope you enjoyed seeing another side of Unique Laser Designs.. I love that their is finally a hollow box that makes using all of our embellishments so much easier & fun. 

 

ULD Designer, Kimberly Congdon

Cute As A Button!

Hi there crafters!

 Rachelle here sharing my first post for

Unique Laser Design.

As a little girl growing up I always had a

new spring dress for Easter.

Today's project is just that.

Let's take a look.

"Cute as a Button."

To create the dress I simply googled a

dress pattern. It was a bit small so

I drew the pattern onto the pattern paper

and used a ruler to keep straight lines.

The dress came out perfect.

Next, I stitched the edges of the dress.

I then added Maya Road Roses along the
neckline along with pearls.
While stitching I added the ribbon.

 {Laser cut out  saying: Cute as a Button}

 I painted the cut out word in advance.
So I just attached it to the dress along
with other embellishments; pearls,
resin flowers, and white bow.
There you have it, a pretty
spring dress. 
Cute as a Button.

You can find this cute 
wood laser cutout word and so much more at the
Unique Laser Designs Website. 

 Don't forget to join in
are first April Challenge by clicking here. 

Thanks for stopping by and see ya soon.
 

Hearts and roses

Hi, Unique Laser Designs fans!

It is Maya here today, with my first post for Unique Laser Designs!

First few words about me.

I live in New Jersey with my husband and our three kids. Before than we lived 10 years in Wisconsin.  I love everything scrapbooking and paper related. I scrapbook from 2005 and blog from 2007 here, in my tiny corner of the web. Stop by to say hi :) I am very excited to be on the very first Unique Laser Designs Design Team!

Today I will share a spring card featuring the beautiful rose design. When I first saw it I immediately thought about stained glass and that's the look I decided to go for.

I adhered the naked shape to watercolor paper and used Faber-Castell gelatos as watercolors to color inside the flower. When everything was dry I cut off the excess paper with a craft knife. I painted the flower itself with gelatos without adding any water - just colored the wood and smudged well with my fingers.

I covered the flower with a thin layer of Faber-Castell glaze to add a little shine.

To make the card I used one of the 4x6 cards from Dear Lizzy Project Life mini kit. I added kraft mat and trimmed the front of the card to fit the narrow Project Life card. (Instead of the standard 5"x6.5" size the front of the card is 4.5"x6.5")

I added border sticker to the inside of the card from the matching Dear Lizzy paper pad. Few more flag stickers, small ULD heart covered with Faber-Castell glaze and three pink glitter gems finished the card.

You can find the shapes that I used and many more on Unique Laser Designs website. And don't forget about our April challenge! Find more info right here.

--Maya