Helmar Creative Team

Crazy for Crackle Winners!

Congratulations to our two Crazy for Crackle Winners.........
                        

Commenter #1 (Abby)

I totally love vintagey, distressed, shabby-chic type stuff, and I think Crackle would be the perfect medium to achieve that look! I'd love to try some!
Posted by: Abby | March 18, 2009 at 08:51 AM

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Commenter #6 (Starla)

Let's see....cover of an chipboard album....frames....chipboard embellishments...over designer paper....(I think I need this stuff!!)

Posted by: Starla(star) | March 19, 2009 at 01:30 PM

Yeah for you guys!  Please email me your mailing address and I will get the Crackle sent to you!  Stay tuned 4/5/09 for our April Giveaway!

Tracy Weinzapfel Burgos, Helmar USA Design Team Coordinator

Brighten someone's doorway...

This floral door hanger will brighten the entrance to any room.  Just think of the possibilities with this project, you can hang it in your home, office or brighten someone doorway in the hospital or nursing home.  You can create so many projects with Helmar Adhesives!      

 

 

 

Helmar Adhesives Used:

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Other Products Used:

Door hanger – Prima Product Package

Prima - Chipboard Alphabet,  Embroidered House, Felt Gate, Flowers,

Die Cuts with a View Stickers

Directions:

1.      Use the Prima product package as the foundation for the door holder and cut an opening in it for a doorknob.

2.      Attach the felt gate with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

3.      Add the fabric house with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

4.      The floral vine is attached to the layout with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots.

5.      The chipboard letters already have adhesive backing but I like to secure with Helmar’s Premium Craft Glue. 

6.      Tie a ribbon around the entire project, secure with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.  Enjoy!

Tish Treadaway, Helmar USA Design Team Member

 

Whoot, Whoot, Whoot.....whooose ready for spring?

 

Whoot, whoot, whoot....who's ready for Spring!
I just could not resist the idea of a cute little owl, with pretty Spring flowers.
I am so ready for the pretty spring days ahead.....are you...who? whoo? whooooo?

Whoot, Whoot Card
Products Used:
Scribble Scrabble Patterned papers
Stampendous Flocking
Helmar ScrapDots
Helmar Liquid 450
Prima Bling
QuicKutz 4x4 owl Die Cut
Doodlebug Rubbings

Process:
1)Cut basic card style and add solid colored cardstock.

2)Cut out flowers from Scribble Scrabble Paper
Add Liquid 450 to center and then add flocking. Let Dry.
Add Scrapdots to under flower and layer until desired level is met.

3)Cut out Owl and adhere wings/feet, eyes, and other body parts with liquid 450
Add liquid 450 to feathered area prior to adding flocking. Dry.
Adhere flocked/owl to card with Scrapdots
Add dimensional flowers on top of owl with layered Scrapdots
Let dry.
Add rubbings.

Cracking up over Crackle! - Giveaway Reminder

We are still coo coo for Crackle this month.  I know, the craziness continues and this is your chance to win....

Leave a comment attached to this post:  Crazy for Crackle in March!

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Crazy for Crackle in March!

We are crazy for Helmar Crackle this month and want to share these awesome Helmar products with you!  This easy 2-step process promises the crackle effect every time!  All you need to do is crank out a comment on how you want to create with Crackle.  Ok, so I got a little carried away.  Just leave a comment attached to this post and we will pick two random winners on March 31st!
                    
Get cracking people and commence with the crackle creative comments! (sorry, again I could not resist).

Tracy Weinzapfel Burgos, Helmar USA Design Team Coordinator

We are crazy for Helmar Crackle this month and want to share these awesome Helmar products with you!  This easy 2-step process promises the crackle effect every time!  All you need to do is crank out a comment on how you want to create with Crackle.  Ok, so I got a little carried away.  Just leave a comment attached to this post and we will pick two random winners on March 31st!
                    
Get cracking people and commence with the crackle creative comments! (sorry, again I could not resist).

Tracy Weinzapfel Burgos, Helmar USA Design Team Coordinator

Sticky Goodness....and that's not just the name of my layout!

I had the opportunity to work with Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue for this layout and I was thoroughly impressed with the quality of this product!

I used the adhesive to adhere the patterned paper to the chipboard circles.  Which by the way the paper is from Paper Trunk and if you know Carrie, the owner of Paper Trunk at all you know how wonderful their products are!  Thank you Paper Trunk for providing product for me to play with!

Just because I like to get messy when I work with adhesives I took the lid off and poured a bunch out onto my paper plate and used one of those nifty foam brushes to smear it all over my chipboard before adhering the paper to it and letting it dry.  When it was done drying I was so impressed that the paper had not buckled which has happened to me before when I've used "other" name brand adhesives in the past.  Seriously no buckleing or bubbles.  I love that!

Thanks so much for looking and have a great week!

Laura Achilles

The Helmar Glue Patrol is Looking for YOU!

Today we are proud to feature Lynda Lindley who won Helmar goodies at a Serendipity Scrapbooks crop.  We are excited to show off her projects featuring Helmar products:

Blog:  I Am A Scrapaholic - Frame Project
 

Lynda's Blog - "Smooth" Layout
 

In Linda's words.....

'For my projects, I used two different Helmar adhesives for different reasons. For the frame, I used the Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive. This adhesive dries clear and it also dries slow enough to allow the crafter to manipulate their project to get things just right when they are working. I like that it spreads smoothly out of the bottle in a nice clean line; allowing me for my project to run lines for my ribbon and beads without needing more than one pass of the bottle.

For the layout, I used Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots because I wanted some extra height and dimension on my page. I LOVE that it is easy to control how much of the adhesive is used; a small pile for lower items; a tall pile for extra height. I appreciate that the consistency of the product is somewhat solid and allows you to actually see how dimensional your final embellishment will be while you are working. I also like that it dries slowly; thus allowing me to add additional items underneath my flowers for added interest to my page (the ribbon curls).

I will continue to look for ways to use Helmar Adhesives in my crafting projects.  Love the adhesives and wanted to say thank you to Helmar for supporting paper crafters with wonderful prize packages and creating such amazing adhesives!!!!"

Thank you Lynda for sharing your creativity with us! 

Do you want to be featured on the Helmar USA Design Team Blog?  We want to see your work so the HELMAR GLUE PATROL is looking for you!  Please email us a link to your work and let us know what you liked about the products.  Our design team is patrolling the internet to see what you are working on. 

Decorating Your Scrap Space

I just love making decorative items to spruce up my scrap space! I kill two birds with one stone when I decorate an item that also organizes my scrappy stuff!

First, I painted the tray and sprayed the heck out of it with Glimmer Mist. Then I applied the paper using the Acid Free Glue by Helmar. I applied the Acid Free Glue directly onto the tray and spread it out using a foam brush. I made sure I didn't spread the glue to close to the edges so I could roll/distress the edges. Make sure you wash out your brush when you are done applying the paper ;) The Acid Free Glue does not dry immediately which gave me play time to make sure that my paper was centered... well, centered enough. I did have to pull the paper up a few times to readjust and it's still not perfect, but close enough. I continued to work on it even though the glue didn't dry completely.

So while the glue was drying I placed the alphabet on spelling "Becky's" to use as a mask. I sprayed Glimmer Mist over the letters and took them off. By now the glue is set enough for me to distress the papers with Ink and paint and roll the edges.

Now, to embellish - Love this part! I added my alphabet first and even though they are adhesive backed I ALWAYS glue my alphas down with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

All the flowers are adhered with Liquid Scrap Dots to make them pop right off the tray. TIP: when working on something like this tray I would suggest that you stand it up so your work surface is horizontally flat. Before adhering the flowers I glittered 2 of them using the Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive - I sprayed the V2 on the flowers, let them sit for 5 minutes and then sprinkled on Stampendous glitter. Easy peasy!

The Butterfly was also adhered using Helmar's Liquid Scrap Dots. And the really cool thing about using the scrap dots is that I could tilt the butterfly.... now try pulling that one off using pop dots ;)

 

Have a scrappy day!
Becky Teichmiller, Helmar USA Design Team Member

Spring is in the air!

A pretty floral tag is evidence that spring is in the air.  This is a quick and easy way to showcase a favorite photo.  Helmar makes it all possible with their fabulous adhesives!   

   

 

Helmar Adhesives Used:

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Other Products Used:

Prima Flowers, Packaging, Pebbles, Ribbon and Lace

Die Cuts With A View Sticker

Staples

Directions:

1.      Use the Prima product package as the foundation for the tag.

2.      On the package, add a Prima journaling tag and photo using Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

3.      Place a Sticker Quote on the journaling tag.

4.      Use Helmar Premium Craft Glue to attach the ribbon to the tag.  Place a decorative staple both sides of the ribbon.

5.      Secure flowers and a pebble on the tag with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots.

6.      Now, tie a ribbon through the opening on the top of the package. 

Tish Treadaway, Helmar USA Design Team Member

We have a winner!

It's the 19th, and as promised I have drawn a winner at random for the Helmar 2 Step Crackle Medium....

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers: 10

Timestamp: 2009-03-20 01:41:30 UTC

So, who is comment #10?.......

"Marci, that LO is beautiful, and that effect on the letter is SO cool!! TFS!!
Posted by: RobinWade March 12, 2009 at 12:47 PM "

Congratulations Robin! Please send me your mailing address so that I can get your goodies in the mail to you : )

V2 Vellum Adhesive - The Magic Spray!

I love Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive better than I like hairspray.  Now, I am not recommending you use it as hairspray but I do it more than I use hairspray.  It is so versatile!  I collaged these photos in Adobe Photoshop
 
I wanted to adhere them to a Clear Scraps (one of our new preferred vendors!) heart shape where the photos would be visable through the clear acrylic.  So I sprayed the FRONT of the photos with Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive and adhered it to the acrylic. 

I attached it to my layout with Helmar Premium Craft Glue and voila here is the final layout:
 

No visable adhesive
 

Now if I could only get my hairspray to work so perfectly! 

Tracy Weinzapfel Burgos, Helmar Design Team Coordinator