Helmar Creative Team

DIY memory Dex box - Jaymi

Hello everyone, it is Jaymi here, and I am very excited today to share my first design team post with Helmar!

Today I am making a memory dex box for some new memory Dex cards I have been making.

I started with a  piece of cardstock measuring 11.5 x 8.5/8 inches. I then scored 2 inches on every side. Then I cut 2 pieces of chipboard measuring  4.3/8 x 1.3/4 and 2 pieces of chipboard measuring 1.3/4 x 7.3/8. Then a piece of chipboard measuring 4 x 7 inches. 

 

I used the Helmar spray adhesive to glue each piece of chipboard onto the cardstock paper.

 

I then used the Helmar Tacky Craft Glue to glue on some matting pieces on top of the chipboard. 

To glue the box together you cut up one side of each small square. Then I used the Helmar Tacky Craft Glue to glue together the side pieces together. 

I added some straws at 1 inch apart. I added a few memory dex cards and the box is finished. I love how quick and simple this box was to put together and is a great decoration in my craft room. 

Quick tip cleaning off gunk

Here’s a quick tip for you! 

Ever get a messy braver  or really inked up acrylic blocks? 

Well, get yourself a bottle of H3000 and go to town cleaning all your crafting messes!

Comes straight off and everything is nice, clean and looking new again! 

Pretty pot

I am back today with another upcycled pot!

This pot is an op shopped white pot with an old Doily and lots of bright colours added!

First, we need to paint the pot in a white gesso to give it a good surface to work on

or

you could lightly sand the surface. 

Once dry, I have used the amazing fabric stiffener and draping fluid to attach the recycled doily

to use this fluid you need to thoroughly saturate your material you are using with the fluid then squeeze the excess out before moulding over the project you are working on. 

Allow this to dry for a good 24 hours or more.

Once dry it can be removed and used on its own as a stiffened doily but I have chosen to reattach to my pot and use as a cover for my pot. 

I have decided to make this pot a nice really bright creation

using some Lindy Magicals mixed with some water to paint the doily covered pot.

Once my pot was painted I allowed this to dry then added a couple of brightly coloured flowers to highlight the colours of the pot. 

To protect my pot for future use with a potted plant I have taken this pot outside and given it a good, solid coverage sprayed with Crystal Kote Gloss. 

Steam punk pot

Like a bit of rust, grunge, steam punk ?

What about this pot ?

This is a plain white pot painted in white gesso.

Once dry, I have mixed up a slurry of Tacky Craft glue and water 

and used this to apply my rice paper to the pot. 

Allow this to dry thoroughly. 

The next step was to create some grunge using some assorted texture pastes. 

Again, allow this to dry and we move on to adding some rust colours. 

Once coloured and thoroughly dry, I have chosen some metal embellishments,

attached these randomly around the sides of the pot 

and highlighted the whole pot with some gold wax.