ROSE FOR SPRING CARD

Hi friends, Martha Lucia here with you to share a sweet card with a Rose Cut Out in chipboard, one of the great products from Unique Laser Designs that I used to create my card.

This is the original Rose without any alterations. This flower  called Rose is available in MDF, Chipboard and cork. Also in two different sizes, 4-1/2"x3-1/4" the size that I used and 2"x1-1/2". In any form that you decide to use it´s beautiful, because you can decorate it with a lot of techniques to get different looks and textures like I made with mine.

This time I decided to work with PowderPuff Chalk Inks from Quick Quotes Scrapbook Company. Their colors are vibrant and the texture is very soft at the same time. 

I applied the color directly from the ink pad over the flower. I started with the leaves using the colors Soft Sage and Kakhi. Then I continued with the body of the flower, using the colors Coral and Orange Slice. The PowderPuff Chalk Ink dried very quick and when I was satisfied with the color, I covered the entire flower with Wink of Stella Brush to give it a bling.

To finish my card I created a base with Pistachio Pudding Card Stock with a second layer in the same color. I made a dry embossing to the second layer using a Plaid Background Embossing Folder and inked it with the same color of Classic Ink to create a tone by tone background. 

To give m card a more delicate look, to go with my Rose, I cut a piece of Vellum Card Stock, I pierced the vertical borders and stamped my sentiment on top with Versamark and Embossing Powder Wild Wasabi. 

Remember to heat the vellum when your heat tool reaches a stable temperature and to always heat from behind to avoid the paper bursting into flames.

After this, I pasted the vellum centered behind the Rose with glue dots and covered the glue dots with  little pearls.

Working with good quality products and finishes from Unique Laser Designs definitely makes our creations representative of us and allows us to express our creativity in the est way. That's why in the ULD Store you will find a wide variety of products for all styles and activities. I invite you to visit the ULD Store to fall in love with all of them like me. 

Se you soon with another unique project specially for you!

Martha Lucia

Altered suitcase

Hello! This is Maya here and today I will share a cute project featuring Unique Laser Designs Rose deco frame. This design is so pretty that I thought it will look great as an embellishment for a box cover.

I found small paper suitcase at Target. The suitcase itself was green and the cover was kraft.

I glued the frame to the suitcase cover using a strong adhesive. I actually like this naked look as well but I decided to go one step further. I painted the cover using acrylic spray paint in lilac.

I than colored the rim of the suitcase cover with Faber-Castell big brush marker in manganese violet. I used the same marker to color the butterfly. To add a little shine I misted the butterfly with deep plum Glimmer Mist.

I pulled out my purple bling box and added pearls, jewels and acrylic rain dots.

Here it is - all ready to hide fun treasures or to be given as a gift to someone special.

Don't forget to join us in April challenge. It is so easy and you don't have to own Unique Laser Designs products to participate.

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