"Snow Days" Mixed Media Tag Using Unique Laser Design's "Snowman" Wood Embellishment!

We were hit with a couple of "snow days" earlier this week on the east coast. I decided to create a mixed media tag for my pocket scrapbooking layout to document the winter weather. 

"Snow Days" Mixed Media Tag

Started with an Avery Shipping Tag

Added Acrylic paint to my Gelli Plate

Used a Brayer to Gently Blend the Acrylic Paint

Placed a Textured Piece of Foam
(Face Down) on the Gelli Plate

Placed the Tag (Face Down) on
the Textured Foam

Textured Foam Stamped Image

Selected Unique Laser Design's
Snowman Wood Embellishment

Painted the Snowman with Golden
Iridescent Pearl Fluid Paint

Colored the Snowman's Arms with
a Bronze Sharpe. Colored the Hat & Outlined
all of the Edges with a Black
Uni-ball Signo Pen

Added 'Star Dust' Stickles
to the Body of the Snowman

Added Rhinestones for the Buttons

Distressed the Edges of the Tag with
Black Archival Ink

Pulled Some Pre-Painted Deli Paper Shapes
from my Stash

Folded the Circle Shape as Shown Above

Cut Different Shapes in the Circle to
Create a Snowflake 

Adhered Piece of the Snowflake to
the Tag with Uhu glue and
Outlined with a Black
Uni-ball Signo (Broad) Pen

Lightly Painted the Snowflake with
Golden Titanium White
Fluid Acrylic Paint

Added White Cirles & Doodled Around
them with a Gray Inktense Pencil.
Added Neon Orange Zig-Zag
Stitching to the Left Side of the Tag

Added Additional Green & Blue Paint
Using Paint Pens. Used the Circle Stencil
(in the Previous Photo) to Stamp
a Pattern on the Snowflake.
Added Tim Holtz Alpha Stickers
for the "Snow Days" Sentiment

Added Aqua "Nail Bling" to
Accent the Top of the Tag &
Doodled Around the Edges

And Voila'!
"Snow Days" Mixed Media Tag
Using ULD's Snowman Wood Embellishment

Thanks for stopping by today. Please be sure to check out all of the amazing mixed media embellishments at Unique Laser Designs TODAY!

Much love,
Shelley

I love you!

Love is in the air and this season is to express our love. My project today  is a Love Card that I made using only one piece of the Love Set, that I called "My love in a bubble"

To make this card I only used acrylic paint and classic ink to decorate the chipboard piece.

Let me show you how I made each part:

Fist I painted the chipboard bubble with white acrylic paint, the letters with black acrylic paint and the heart with Classic Poppy Parade Ink.

When the ink was dry, I covered the heart with a thin layer of glue, using a double glue pen, to sprinkle it with Dazzling Diamonds. Then I assembled all the parts.

Now that my main part was created, the next steps were very quick. I cut the different layers of my card and I aligned them easily with the Get-It-Straight Laser Square.

I used three different layers of papers for the base and one for the top.

To compliment the decoration of my card, I cut five word bubbles from a die cut framelits that are a little smaller than my decorated piece and I aligned all the pieces in two rows,  and pasted all the pieces with dimensionals.

Finally I tied a bow of red and white bakers twine on top of my card.

Other cuts that you can find in the Love Set are these cute cupids and these sensual lips, that you will see in another project that I will create just for you!

Materials:

• Love Set, Unique Laser Designs
• Acrylic Paint White and Black
• Poppy Parade Classic Ink, Stampin Up
• Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin Up
• Card Stock Whisper White and Real Red
• Designer Series Paper
• Word Bubbles Framelits Dies, Stampin Up
• Get-It-Straight Laser Square, KellyCrafts
• Baker Twine.

Love is in the air and for Valentine's Day Unique Laser Designs Store has a great selection of products that you have to see. Love you!!!

{{Hugs}}

Martha Lucia

Mixed Media Gift Wrap Tutorial Using Unique Laser Design's Swirly Christmas Tree Embellishment!

Why buy holiday gift wrap when you can create your own? ;D

Today, I have a super cool, step-by-step tutorial on how I created this holiday gift wrap using Unique Laser Design's swirly Christmas tree wood embellishment.

Mixed Media Gift Wrap Using
Unique Laser Design's Swirly Christmas Tree
Wood Embellishment

Okay, here we go:

Started with a piece a kraft paper
that was large enough to wrap
around my gift box.
Grocery bags are also GREAT!
Used washi tape to adhere
the kraft paper to my work surface.

Used black archival ink
to add this Stampabilities 'Faith'
stamp as a background layer.

Selected three shades of turquoise/teal
& pearl acrylic paint
for my Christmas tree color.
Placed a generous amount of
each color on my Gelli Plate.
Marbled gently with a paint brush.

Unique Laser Design's MDF Wood
Christmas tree embellishment

Gently placed the ULD wood
embellishment in the acrylic paint

Used the paint covered 
ULD wood embellishment 
to create several stamped images 
on my background

Splattered Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine
on the background 

Used Tim Holtz's 'Picket Fence' 
Distress Paint to create white circles 
on the background

Doodled around all of the stamped marks
with a black Uni-ball Signo (broad) pen.
Added sparkle & dimension to the 
white circles with 'Star Dust' Stickles

Added Prima Marketing "Say it in Crystals"
bling embellies as Christmas tree toppers

Doodled around the bling embellies
with a black Uni-ball Signo pen

Added messy ink marks inside the
white circles with a
neon green Painters pen

The completed mixed media gift wrap background

Added acrylic paint to the other side of
the wood embellishment

Added 'Star Dust' Stickles to the
wood embellishment

Distressed the embellie with Tim Holtz's
'Weathered Wood' Distress Ink

Wrapped my gift with the mixed media 
gift wrap, added a ribbon & my 
painted ULD wood embellishment
as a final touch.
Tied decorative cord at the top of the 
embellishment so it can be used 
as a Christmas tree ornament!

Close-up of Unique Laser Design's
Christmas Tree Embellishment

I pray you find this tutorial helpful. 

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of you!

Much love,

Shelley