Easter decoration

You need inspiration for modern Easter decoration? Here we show you how to create a colorful Easter decoration made from LaserPaper and acrylic sheets TroGlass satin. Download your graphic templates and instructions here.

Easter decoration

Looking for inspiration for an Easter decoration? Follow our tutorial to create a colourful piece made from LaserPaper and TroGlass acrylic. All materials available from our engraving supplies webshop.

Preparation

Materials used

LaserPaper Maple
1/4 sheet TroGlass Satins lemon green with adhesive
1/4 sheet TroGlass Satins light pink with adhesive
1/4 sheet TroGlass Satins yellow with adhesive
Picture frame (e.g. RIBBA 40x50 from IKEA)
Cover material for the laser, such as paper

Laser machine used

Speedy 360
80 watts
2" lens
Aluminium Cutting Grid Table or Honeycomb Cutting Tabletop for processing LaserPaper
Acrylic gutting grid for TroGlass Satins

This sample can also be made on any machine from the Speedy laser engraver series.

DIY-easter-egg.zip

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Step by step

Step 1

Step 1: Import the design

Import our template and adapt it to your requirements. Send the job of the background to the laser using the driver settings below.

Tip:

Put the sheet in 0/0 position and place the job to the same position on the plate in JobControl. Due to the size the paper will not be cut.

Print settings:

Process mode:	Resolution:	Cut line:
Standard	500dpi	none

Halftone:	Others:
Colour	-

Laser engraved LaserPaper for Easter decoration

Step 2

Step 2: Laser process LaserPaper

The laser parameters will vary depending on your laser machine and its available laser power.

Laser Parameter	Colour	Process	Power (%)	Speed (%)	ppi/Hz
Laser Engraving	black	Engrave CO₂	60	100	500
Positioning	blue	Positioning	-	-	-

Passes	Air Assist	Z-Offset	Direction	Advanced
1	ON	3	top down	-
-	-	-	-	-

Step 3

Step 3: TroGlass Satins

Send the job for the three different TroGlass colours to the laser using the below settings.

Print settings:

Process mode	Resolution	Cut lin
Standard	500dpi	none

Halftone	Others
Colour	enhanced geometries

Step 4

Step 4: Laser cutting TroGlass Satins

The following parameters will vary depending on your laser machine and the power available

Laser Cutting Parameters

Colour	Process	Power (%)	Speed (%)	ppi/Hz
red	Cut CO₂	50	0.2	5000

Passes:	Air Assist	Z-Offset	Direction	Advanced
1	ON	-	-	-

Step 5

Step 5: Assembling your artwork

Begin by putting the LaserPaper into the picture frame, adding the acrylic circles onto the engraved areas on the paper, smallest to smallest and so on. Make sure to align each of them to the center.

Tip:

To make the picture more stable we put the thin plasitc sheet behind the LaserPaper. Once this is done your finished Easter decoration is ready.

Why use Trotec materials for this application?

TroGlass series acrylics are especially suited to laser cutting and engraving. Our wide of TroGlass sheets is available in numerous colours and with different surfaces or degrees of transparency.

LaserPaper Wood consists of a real wood surface with a white cardboard on the back and enables extraordinary results when printing, laser cutting and laser engraving.