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We would like to welcome you and thank you for hopping along today with our designers. This will be a wonderful way to see various Helmar products featured by each Designer. The Blog Hop starts with Helmar USA President, Tracy Weinzapfel. Please visit her Blog where she creates a variety of projects featuring Helmar Acid Free Glue
www.tracywburgos.typepad.com
The Helmar Design Team
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Helmar’s Design Team has created some unique dimensional projects for you.
Each designer will highlight a new creation, featuring one of her favorite Helmar products that will hopefully inspire your spirit. Whether this be a layering effect, a new technique for that special crackly look, or even just a lift of flower power, we hope you find our Helmar products to be the perfect match for your upcoming projects.
All of our Design Team will have their creations and links posted today, March 20th by 11am MST. You will have the entire weekend to participate in Helmar’s Blog Hop.
For any first time "Hoppers," this is how to join in on the fun.
We will start here at our Helmar USA Design Team Blog and "Hop" through a series of Blogs, which will serve as a stop. You will need to leave a comment at each designers stop, which in turn will enter you into a random prize drawing for that individual stop. Each designer will then link you to the next stop on your journey. Upon completion, you will hop back to the Helmar USA Design Team Blogand post your final comment and tell us what you have found to be your favorite Helmar product and why you liked them so much. This will complete your Blog hop.
On Monday, March 22nd, we will randomly pick a number and the person whose post on the Helmar USA Design Team Blogmatches the number picked, will win the grand prize from Helmar. All other individual blog posts will also be entered in a random drawings for individual blog postings of Helmar prizes. Each designer will randomly give away a Helmar prize from the individual postings on her blog. Yes, my friends, lots of cool “Sticky Adhesives” types of prizes!
You will need to complete the blog hop to be eligible for prizes.
And what a cool prize package we will have this weekend!
Check it out!
Who wouldn't want to win all these cool Helmar goodies?
And we all know how much we all need quality adhesive. They are a must!
Winners names will be posted on the Helmar USA Design Team Blogand the winners will send Helmar your address to receive your prize. Fun, creative, and super easy.
So get to hopping and click on over to our talented President of Helmar's Blog Tracy Weinzapfel-Burgos's Blog to see what she has created. She is the first stop on your hop!
Enjoy the Hop!
Beth Root
Helmar USA DT Coordinator
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Get ready everyone.....tomorrow is the big day!
Here at Helmar, our design team have been gearing up for a fun 2 days of blog hopping. We hope that with all these wonderful hints of Spring, that we will have some colorful inspriration and some "liftable" ideas to inspire our "dimensional" friends.
Remember, the Helmar Blog Hop starts at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Standard time.
So, start your engines according to your own time zone.
Here is the original post with all of your details.
Helmar Design Team Blog Hop Details
We will also update you with a fun kick off post tomorrow!
We hope to see you there!
Beth Root
Helmar USA, DT Coordinator
Helmar USA Design team Blog
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Hopefully for most of you the snow and winter season is a distant memory. Here in Colorado we're not so lucky! This is the time of year that I like to refer to as the "tease" part of the year. Days on end of gorgeous weather and then bam a snow storm!
Hopefully you all took tons of fun snow related pictures this past season! I know I sure did! And I was so glad I did because I had this amazing collection from The Robin's Nest that I knew would be perfect for this project! And I had the perfect stamps from Stampendous and my go to every time ink from Clearsnap The snowflakes are from Creative Impressions I love when I can use different embellishments from different manufacturers and they all come together just so seamlessly!
Of course, none of my projects would be complete without my supply of Helmar adhesives! For this particular project I used Liquid Scrap Dots, Zap Dots, Premium Craft Glue and Adhesive Runner
See those lovely dew drops by The Robin's Nest? To adhere them to the layout I used the Premium Craft Glue! Can you see any glue goobies? I didn't think so! That's what so amazing about Helmar Adhesives - it dries quickly and clear! No mess!!!
To give the snowflakes the much needed dimension I used the Liquid Scrap Dots and found that some of the adhesive came through the middle hole of the embellishment which worked out perfectly for me to adhere the dew drops to the top of the embellishment. Sort of a two for one deal! Love that!
Thanks for stopping by! Now get scrapping!
Laura Achilles
Helmar USA Design Team Member
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Check out this Prima Theater video featuring Donna Downey. She share her new Prima canvas camera bags using Helmar 450 Quick Dry and Liquid Scrap Dots. This is a wonderful tutorial:
Tracy Weinzapfel
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Hi! My name is Erin Gudge, and I am so excited to be the March Guest Designer for Helmar! I fell in love with Helmar after Helmar Design Team member, Shelly Hein introduced me to the products. I think I personally own almost every product, and I carry them in my store, www.treasuredscrapbooking.com.
In addition to owning my store, I am a mom to three, wife to one, and a full time college student studying for my BFA in Graphic Design. If you were to search my bag on campus, you’d find my pink mini laptop, scissors, rulers in several shapes and sizes, Sharpies (my not so secret addiction), a granola bar, Helmar 450, and Helmar Craft Glue. J I’m telling ya, I’m a junkie!
A little bit about me as a scrapper: I’ve been scrapping for about five years now, I think. I am a level 11 out of 10 addict. I turned my walk in closet into my scrapbook room, so now my poor husband can only have clothes that fit in a dresser. J Luckily he doesn’t mind. I have been luckily enough to be on design teams with quite a few of the Helmar DT in the small world of scrapbooking. I scrap across the board, sometimes I am simple and linear, sometimes I go full out multimedia with paint and tape and craziness. I like the idea of future generations seeing my pages, but I don’t really scrap for heritage as much now. I scrap for myself, I scrap for personal expression, and sometimes I scrap for therapy.
I am head over heels for anything dimensional. I don’t believe in flat pages, and my albums are fat and proud of it! The Helmar Zap Dots and the Helmar Liquid Scrapdots just SING TO ME for their excellent dimension. Here is a layout I made using both products and the March Kit from Treasured Scrapbooking.
Here is a close up, you can see that I stacked two Zap Dots on top of each other for one part of my cluster.
I also love how heavy duty the Liquid Scrapdots is. I have a heavy glass rainbow on my page and I used the Liquid Scrapdots to adhere it to my page. Worked like a charm!
Erin Gudge
Treasured Scrapbooking
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Good morning!
Are you ready for St. Patty's Day? I know I am.
There are so many things to do and ways to celebrate St Patrick's Day, I thought this year I would get prepared for those fun party pictures ahead of time (ok, just one day ahead of time hehe)
I was wanting to make a mini album for my pictures this year but had a hard time finding the "just right" paper to make it, for me anyways...then I thought FABRIC why not use some fabric!
I have plenty of scraps laying around from previous years...from all those parties and displays.
I cut 4 6X6" pieces of fabric and I soaked them in the Helmar Fabric Stiffener laid them on wax paper and used a spatula to remove excess stiffener. (*warning* this project is messy so start by a sink with running water)
I allowed the fabric to dry for about 6 hours (but it is suggested you leave it for 24 hours), then I trimmed the fabric and stitched 2 pieces together for the cover of the album and the back of the album.
Then I filled the album with papers (cut to 6X6 or larger for decorative edges) and added rings. Instead of using ribbon on the rings I wanted a more artsy-rustic look, so I used strips of torn fabric.
Oh and in the end I sprayed it all down with Smooch Spritz! Love that stuff.
I am officially ready for St. Patty's Day and all the fun pictures I can get!
Supplies Used
Helmar Fabric Stiffener
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue
Color Core'dinations Cardstock
Clearsnaps Smooch Spritz
Kiki Art Chipboard Heart
Ranger Stickles
Metal Rings from the hardware store
Fabric from fabric shop
Ribbon from fabric shop
Fiskars Border punch
If you decide to make a fabric project, please do share, we would love to see it!
Have a terrific day~
~Pinky
Helmar USA Design Team Member
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Due to the wacky weather, I've got triple the winter photos that I normally have. I think I'll be scrapping them well into the summertime :)
My girls have been loving it, and they even had their own "photoshoot" one day after school. They asked if they could borrow my camera and headed out to take some pics. I was quite impressed with some of the shots they got. This one that Audre took of Anna is my current favorite.
I used 3 Helmar adhesives to put this layout together. I used my Quickfix adhesive runner to attach my paper layers together, and to put my photo on the mat. I used Premium Craft Glue to attach my ribbon. Notice that you can't see ANY sign of the adhesive? No bleed through. I love that.
I used Helmar V2 Spray to make my own "die cut sugar coated cardstock". Say THAT 5 times fast ;) I cut the image using my Silhouette SD machine (which I LOVE), then after removing all the excess pieces of paper I sprayed it with the V2 then quickly gave it a sprinkle of glitter. I also used the V2 on the chipboard piece. I inked it up then sprayed the V2 and hit it with the glitter.
Thank you to Helmar Preferred Partners "The Robins Nest", "Creative Impressions" and"ClearSnap" for providing the products used for this project ;)
See you next time!
Marci
Helmar USA Design Team
Project Supply List:
Helmar: Quick Fix Adhesive Runner, Premium Craft Glue, V2 Vellum Spray
The Robins Nest: Paper (Winter Retreat), Rub Ons (Snow Fun)
Creative Impressions: Ribbon, Felt Snowflakes, Glitter Brads/Paper Fastners
ClearSnap: Cats Eye Pigment Ink (Frost White), Glitter (Winter Frost)
Chipboard: Maya Road
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Welcome Blog Hoppers!
We are excited to announce our Helmar Design Team, 1st ever, Blog Hop. Everyone seems to be on that continual hunt for creative inspiration, so what better way to beat the winter blahs, than to take a creative journey through the net.
Helmar’s Design Team has created some unique dimensional projects for you. Each designer will highlight a new creation, featuring one of her favorite Helmar products that will hopefully inspire your spirit. Whether this be a layering effect, a new technique for that special crackly look, or even just a lift of flower power, we hope you find Helmar products to be the perfect match for your upcoming projects.
All of our Design Team will have their creations and links posted Saturday, March 20th by 11am MST. You will have the entire weekend to participate in Helmar’s Blog Hop.
For any first time "Hoppers," this is how to join in on the fun. We will start here at our Helmar USA Design Team Blog and "Hop" through a series of Blogs, which will serve as a stop. You will need to leave a comment at each designers stop, which in turn will enter you into a random prize drawing for that individual stop. Each designer will then link you to the next stop on your journey. Upon completion, you will hop back to the Helmar USA Design Team Blog and post your final comment telling us about what Helmar product you discovered and liked the most on your hop. This will complete your Blog hop.
On Monday, March 22nd, we will randomly pick a number and the person whose post on the Helmar USA Design Team Blog matches the number picked, will win the grand prize from Helmar:
Each designer will randomly give away a Helmar prize from the individual postings on her own blog so don't forget to post those comments. Yes, my friends, there are lots of cool “Sticky Adhesives” for prizes! You will need to complete the blog hop to be eligible for prizes. And we all know how much we all need quality adhesive. They are a must!
Winners names will be posted on the Helmar USA Design Team Blog and the winners will need to EMAIL their address to receive prices. Fun, creative, and super easy! So get to get a' hopping and join us Saturday!
Enjoy the Hop!
Helmar
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