Unique Laser Designs Vase Accents

Hello Everybody!

I am so excited to share this project with y'all.  It's my turn to make a project at Unique Laser Designs so I made these vase accents using ULD's wood pieces.

My vases started out like this.  I bought them each for 50 cents at a garage sale.  (Score!)  You can use a wine bottle, different shaped vases, whatever you have on hand that needs a little love.  These are both.  

I covered one with jute.  I bought a big spool of it at my big box craft store.  On the lighter colored vase I used butchers twine.  For the jute one I started off with a hot glue gun.  Do use caution with a hot glue gun!  Then I would use a general craft glue.  I alternated between the 2.  For the other vase I used less hot glue gun and more general craft glue.  It's a bit time intensive but the reward is so worth it.   

When I figured out I wanted to make jute covered vases, I knew they would need something more.  When I saw this heart and key I knew it would be perfect.  I used silver embossing powder on the key.  For the heart I just diluted some red brick distress ink and painted it on.  I love the decoration on the heart and didn't want to hide it.  

And here is a close up of the gears accent.  I love these gears (can you tell?)  I used copper, platinum, and gold embossing powders on the gears.  I glued them together with Fabri-Tac glue by Beacon.  

Here is each vase separately.  These accents are so cool because you can change them out.  So when you see a new design at Unique Laser Designs you can get it and know exactly where you will put it!  :)

Sometimes I have a hard time knowing how big something is online.  So these vases are about 7 and half inches tall.

Ok-now let me tell you that I do not have strong floral skills.  LOL!  This extends into the garden also, but that is a story for a different day.  

But I did want to show the vase holding flowers-just so you know it works.  :)

I am linking up these vases to Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #7 Ribbon, Lace, and Twine Oh My!  The Challenge is to use ribbon, lace, twine, yarn, etc on your project.  I used jute and butcher's twine.

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...what will you make with your Unique Laser Design pieces?  :)

Out in Nature Layout

Hello Everybody!

There's a new challenge at Scrap It Girl!  The challenge is to do a project for Mothers or Mother Earth.  How fun is that!

So I went with Mother Nature for this layout.  My son is even wearing a shirt that says Love Your Mother and then there is the Earth.  I love it when a plan comes together! :)

Here are a few close ups:

This circle is from a DCWV paper pad, the bird is K&Company, and the arrow is from Fancy Pants.  The 3 I received in a package.

Papers are from Jillibean Soup, My Mind's Eye, Bella Blvd, Coredinations Cardstock.  The green embossed tree paper-it has just been in my paper stash forever.  ;)  The birds on a line are a washi tape from Recollections.

These birds are Tim Holtz rubons. 

More Tim rub-ons and the light modeling paste was mixed with green tea Gelato to achieve this color.  I used a Heidi Swapp stencil.

I am also submitting this layout to Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #6.

This is their sketch.  Also there is a twist-use an old item and a new item and use them together.  My old item is the Out in Nature title banner and the leaf picture die cut.  My newest items are the 3 Tim Holtz Remnants (rub-ons).  

I cut the banner off of the sheet of die cuts.  This is from SEI from 2002.  Yeah, that's over 10 years old!  The leaf is from Colorbok.  It doesn't have a year on the package but trust me-I have a whole pack of these leaves, and they have been here awhile!

So I used a distressing tool to rough up the edges and inked the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress ink.  Welcome to the 21st century old banner ;)  

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Until next time my friends...Happy May!