Helmar Creative Team

Helmar Techniques

Hi everyone!  Today I thought I would share some cool things you can do with Helmar adhesives...but before I share some techniques, I wanted to just share this fun layout:

 

I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue to put it all together.  And those stamps are from one of our preferred partners: Unity Stamp Company.  :)  

Then I wanted to share one more layout with you that I created a while back but haven't shared yet.  It is a two page layout and it is just chalked full of Helmar techniques.  :)  

Techniques:

1.  I used lace cardstock as a mask.  I laid it over my two pieces of cardstock and the sprayed the V2 Vellum Adhesive over it.  Then, after allowing it to dry a few minutes, I poured embossing powder over my cardstock.  I then heat embossed.

2.  On the remainder of the lace cardstock I added a little bit of pearl ex to it for a bit of shine.  

3.  I took some plastic wrapping (trash) from previously bought scrapbook supplies.  I took my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive and drew a heart it on the plastic.  I let it dry a little bit, then I sprayed it with blue Glimmer Mist.  I allowed that to dry a little bit, then took a q-tip and picked up the excess Glimmer Mist from the plastic.  I allowed it to dry completely, cut it out and sprayed V2 Vellum Adhesive on the back to adhere it to my page. 4.  I also added white Zap Dots (1/4") to my design, in the bottom left and right corners.  I left the peeling on though and just used it as part of the design.  

Helmar Products Used:

1.  V2 Vellum Adhesive--for techniques and to adhere lace and lace cardstock to the page.  

2.  450 Quick Dy Adhesive--for technique and  to adhere bow to the page

3.  Quick Fix Adhesive Runner--to adhere papers, chipboard and photos to the page.  

4.  Zapdots--added to page as part of the design.   

Here are some close up's:

Thanks for checking out the blog today and I hope you are having an awesome day!!!

Pamela Young

Helmar USA Design Team Member   

July Guest Designer, Kathy Northup ~ Journey Album

Sorry for the delay in posting our July Guest Designer, Kathy Northup's final project but so worth the wait!

 

okay.........here is a album i have been working on for a Costa Rican Cruise

i took!   The album is Kolo with cream pages and NO page protectors......so

no small children with dirty hands will be able to handle this!

unfortunately!

 

I used Crate Paper and Bazzill Cardstock exclusively in this book!  The

Helmar Quick Fix tape runner is so fast and efficient at holding paper and

ephemera down!  I also used some 7gypsies embellishments throughout the

book. The Chipboard circles are attached with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots!  What a great

product that is!  I also used the clear Helmar Zapdots for popping things up for

more dimension.  The page pocket with the large tags needed the Helmar 450

Quick Dry to give it the hold it needed to keep those heavy tags in place.

I used the Liquid Scrap Dots to attach the clear buttons (they have rub-ons on them)

since I didn't want the adhesive to be seen. All of the chipboard is

attached with 450 Quick Dry to assure myself that these elements won't be

coming off anytime soon!  (((the discover hell isn't really missing an O for

hello.....there is a spot called HELL and I have a photo just waiting to be

attached there!)   I used the Helmar Premium Craft Glue to attach all the ribbons through

out the book!  

 
 

It has been an honor to have been the Guest Designer for the month of July

for Helmar Adhesives!  I hope at some point in the near future that I can

again come and play!

Thank you so very much,

Kathy Northup

 

Thank you Kathy for sharing your amazing work using Helmar Adhesives!!

Blue Suede What???

Well, that's all right, Paper Trunk

That's all right for Me

That's all right Paper Trunk, Everything you do

Well, that's all right, that's all right.

That's all right now Paper Trunk, Everything you do

I know that Elvis's version is much better, but this new Rockabilly Collection by Paper Trunk has me singing Elvis Tunes left right and center. The moment that I saw this line, I KNEW I had to have it. The patterns are simply DIVINE and those colors....oh those colors. Could one collection be any more perfect? I fair to say NO. This one is Boot Scootin BEAUTIFUL!!!

So what did I create with it? Why, thank you for asking. A card but of course, finished off with a Unity Stamp and some ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. LOVE IT!!!! I used Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner, Helmar Premium Craft Glue, Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots and Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to make this card sing.

See what I mean???? Those colors are capital A.M.A AMAZING!!! Aren't those little pins from Maya Road just perfect too? Yup, this collection makes Blue Suede Shoes look like a Non chart song. Goodbye Blue Suede Shoes.... HELLO PAPER TRUNK!!!

 Well, it's one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go.

But don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my Blue suede shoes.

Well, you can knock me down,
Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.

Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my Blue suede shoes.
Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

You can burn my house,
Steal my car,
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar.

Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

Well, it's one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, go, go.

but dont you step on my blue suede shoes,
well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

Well it's a blue blue blue suede shoes
Blue blue blue suede shoes
Blue blue blue suede shoes
Blue blue blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

Erika Taylor
Helmar USA Design Team Member

Creating an Endless Summer with Helmar

I love summer and I wish it was endless!  My niece and her friends spend as much time as they can at the beach, and are always good sports about participating in a photoshoot no matter how many people are around. 

I had fun with this layout, experimenting with different Helmar products to create my beach scene.

 
I created the umbrella by cutting the shapes from fabric scraps, doing a little machine stitching to define the shapes, and then dipping my fabric pieces into Helmar Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid.  I cannot tell you how much I love "sculpting" fabric with this product....so many creative possibilities! I shaped my umbrella and placed it onto a paper plate covered in plastic wrap to dry.  I adhered my finished umbrella to my layout using Helmar 450 Quick Dry - - the go-to glue for all things crafty!

   
My wave and beach effects were achieved using Helmar Gemstone Glue, cardstock, white acrylic paint and Pixie Stix Glitter from Pink Paislee (my "sun" was created using patterned paper also by Pink Paislee - - one of our fabulous Preferred Partners!)

I applied the Gemstone Glue using a foam brush which allowed me to quickly apply it to a large area before sprinkling on my glitter.

As always, all of my "paper to paper" gluing is done with Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue - - I am obsessed with this glue.  Absolutely love the "feel" of my finished projects using this glue - give it a try and you will know EXACTLY what I mean!

Thanks for stopping by today, and please share your own layouts using Helmar with us!  We love seeing them!

Shelly K. Hein-Simmons

Helmar USA Design Team

Cosmo meets Helmar

Hello All! Another Beautiful Summer day!!! I know some of you are already back into the swing of school... but here we have 3 more weeks of summer! WHOOT!! I just LOVE the weather this time of year too... not TOO hot, but not cold yet either... Just right! (I feel like Goldylocks! LOL!)

I had the fabulous honor of playing with some Cosmo Cricket JOY RIDE goodies this week! Cosmo and Helmar are such a great pair!!

Here is a layout that i created using the Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride collection, the chipboard and square alpha's along with some PK Glitz Glitter.

I just love working with the Cosmo Cricket chipboard elements! I'm such a big fan of dimension that I always have to use my Zap dots for it! Here I used the black 1/2 inch round to give some extra height to some of the elements.

I also added some PK Glitz glitter to the center of the flowers. To do this, I applied a small amount of the Helmar Gemstone glue to the area I wanted covered. This stuff works awesome, because it goes on white so you can see where the glitter will be sticking, but it dries 100% clear!

To add my usual journaling strips... (that I can NOT create a layout without! :)) I used the Quick Fix Adhesive runner. I love that this is not a bunch of small tabs, but it is a clear glue... it's perfect for my strips!

The rest of this page was adhered using the Premium Craft Glue. I don't think I could scrap without this stuff... it's what great pages are made of! :)

So, until next time, Happy Scrapping!!

Tina McDonald

Helmar USA Design Team

Supplies:

Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride collection and chipboard, Cosmo Cricket black square alpha's, PK Glitz Glitter, Momenta cardstock and alpha's, Helmar Premium Craft Glue, Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner, Helmar Gemstone Glue, Helmar 1/2 inch square Zap Dots

Last Chance for CHA Specials!

We want to thank all who came by our booth at CHA Summer in Chicago, IL.  This includes a ton of our Facebook Helmar Fans, Retailers (current and new!), Designers, the Media and more!  Thank you also to the Helmar USA Designers who were so much fun to work with at our Booth! 

We had so much fun and are excited to add a number of new Helmar Retailers!  We have been busy shipping CHA Orders and want to give EVERY RETAILER one last chance to save with our CHA Summer Specials.  So whether you were able to attend CHA or not, now is your chance to save!

We have extended our CHA Specials to

Wednesday, August 18th!

Please email info@helmarusa.com to request order forms. 

Stay tuned for photographs from the booth!  There is a lot of laughing and smiling to share!

Tracy A. Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA

Big Picture Scrapbooking Big Idea Festival - Helmar Giveway August 14th!!

Helmar is a proud sponsor of Big Picture Scrapbooking's Big Idea Festival!  Check out the Details HERE:

Join us for the Big Idea Festival!  Helmar has a giveaway TOMORROW (August 14th) so stay tuned!

Are you looking for some fun and free inspiration? Then join us for the Big Idea Festival at Big Picture Scrapbooking!

Each summer, Big Picture Scrapbooking hosts a free online event packed full of ideas and layouts created by their instructors. This year, in addition to all of the inspiration, there will also be daily challenges and tons of prizes.  Helmar USA, Inc. is proud to be sponsoring the event, and you could win some of our wonderful products!

What are you waiting for? Registration is free and easy! Click here for the full details (http://www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com/summerfun10.php).

We hope to see you at the Big Idea Festival!

Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.

Keep it Simple Scrappers

I don't know about you, but in the summer there is so much to do that sometimes scrapping takes a back seat. We're all enjoying vacations and taking photos, and when faced with the daunting task of scrapping them all  it can seem overwhelming. I've found that lately, keeping my layouts more simple helps me to get them done.

Not EVERY page has to be an elaborate masterpiece. What a revelation!

What is it that you want to draw attention to? It's your photo, right? Don't get me wrong, I love an elaborate "work of art" as much as the next girl, but there IS something to be said for a neat, liner page.  I find that keeping it simple really helps breakthrough the "scrappers block".....and getting pages done is what it's all about.

Of course, Helmar is my go to adhesive no matter what I'm doing. For this layout featuring Helmar Preferred Partner Cosmo Cricket I used my Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner.

I covered my Maya Road chipboard with Clearsnap ink, the embossed them with PK Glitz Powder Keg Embossing Powders. Simple, yet effective.

So the next time you have scrappers block, remember to "KISS" ;)

Until next time,

Marci

Helmar USA Design Team

Project Supply List

Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner, Cosmo Cricket "Joyride" Paper & Chipboard, Maya Road "Jonathan" Chipboard, PK Glitz Embossing Powder (Glided Grape Leaf, Glided Fern), Clearsnap Cats Eye Ink (Grasshopper, Mudslide)
 

Joy Ride ... Do you remember 15 when you got your drivers licence?

Oh to be 15 years old again and finally having the opportunity to get her drivers licence.

Fortunately Sam has had lots of driving experience on her families property since she was very young and had no problems passing the drivers test.

Featuring Preferred Partner Cosmo Cricket

To create this page I used several different Helmar Adhesive products to put it together. I started by using the Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive to adhere the orange paper to the main gray paper. The  Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive is one of my go to products when putting together a page. It works perfetly for thin strips of paper or punched borders.

For the raised embellishment on the page I used the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots which allow you to create the amount of dimension that you desire for your project. I also used Helmar Zap Dots   for some of the embellishment on the page.  Be sure and check out our link on the left of the Helmar blog. Answers for your Adhesive questions if you have  a particular need for your project.

Gayle Martin
Helmar USA Design Team Member

My Little Monkey Cricuts

CHA was such a blast! I could have easily spent 5 more days meeting people, looking at product and checking out all the LOs and projects! ok, back to reality... Provo Craft was handing out Cricut Imagine glasses and I managed to get 4 for all my kiddos :) When I gave them to my kids they went CRAZY!! I took well over 50 pictures of them in all funny poses and in this DPS are my favorite 6. I used the Jack's World line by Cosmo Cricket which is ADORABLE and very easy to create with!!

I used Helmar's Zapdots to pop up the monkey's belly and my journaling block. I also used Helmar's V2 Vellum Spray Adhesive on a few of the stickers to "candy coat" them because anyone that knows me knows that my LOs have to sparkle! To "candy coat" I sprayed the clouds and the stars with the V2 and then let it set for 5 minutes. Then, I sprinkled it with Stampendous' ultra fine glitter. And voila... candy coated! I also used Clearsnap's Chalk inks to distress the edges of the papers. Here are a few close up shots:

Make it a great day and do something scrappy!

Becky Teichmiller

Helmar USA Design Team Member