Helmar Creative Team: October 2010

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October 2010

October 20, 2010

Happy Halloween!!

Hi there!! It's Karen, and I have a "Happy Halloween" wall hanger to share with you today! You can hang it on your wall or door, or wherever you heart desires!!

Today, I am using these fabulous Helmar products: Helmar Premium Glue, Helmar Gemstone Glue & Helmar Zapdots...

alongside these wonderful preferred partner products: Cosmo Cricket - Designer Papers, Unity Stamp Co - Sept Monthly Kit Stamps, and Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist.

This came together pretty quickly and I hope it inspires you to create one too! You can always make one for any holiday!! I used a Silhouette die cut to make the base of the wall hanger. You can see I used it three times in three different sizes! Then, I added all the designer papers and lace, ink distressed, and adhered it all with Helmar Premium Glue!!

The birdie stamp and sentiment were stamped onto a Spellbinder die and then ink distressed! Two of the die cut layers were popped up using my Helmar 3D Zapdots!!

Lastly, I tied some twine to make a little hanger holder. Tied and frilled some Glimmer Mist crinkly ribbons for a little flair, and topped it off with a two-toned coffee filter flower that was adhered with more Helmar Premium Glue! Then, down toward the bottom, I added some orange rhinestones with Helmar Gemstone glue!! That's it..and now it is ready to hang on my front door!!

Enjoy your day!!

Karen Maldonado

Helmar USA Design Team Member

Posted on October 20, 2010 at 03:08 PM in Creative Team, Products | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBack (0)

October 19, 2010

Helmar Halloween Howler Blog Hop Winners!

We would like to thank all our wonderful design team members for their beautiful Halloween/Fall creations for the Helmar Halloween Helmar Blog Hop! Special thank you goes to our Guest Designer, Lolly Chessie (a.k.a. Lolly Chops).

A last but not least.........thank you to everyone who joined in the fun all day. We had such a great time giving Helmar prizes away and just getting to know everyone! It was so much fun!

Congrats to all those Helmar winners awarded yesterday via Facebook

Australian Prize Winner - Anthea Peterson
Helmar/Lilly Bee Design Giveaway - Kamie Betterly
1900 Fan Giveaway - Erika "Falk" Seever
Refer a Friend Giveaway - Lisa James, Mandie Wade, Breann McFarland & Amy Harper
Helmar Giveaway - Carrie Trutt Slaughter
Liquid Scrap Dots- Jennifer Van Pelt
Adhesive Runner Giveaway - Beth Meyer Elmor
Zapdots Prize Pack - Tanya Pehnis

Now it is time to announce the rest of our Winners!

HELMAR TWEETING WINNER - ERIKA MICHAELS

Special Guest Designer LollyChops Winner.........NANCY WYATT:

Nancy Wyatt said...You are so amazing Lolly! I wish I could think up all the incredible projects you come up with! Hugs from Conroe, tx

Winner of our Blogging Friends Giveaway...thank you to GINNIFER MALONEY for blogging about Helmar:

and our GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF THIS FABULOUS PRIZE:

Drum Roll please.....................................................

.................................................CONGRATS TO: MELISSA ELSNER!

Posted by: Melissa Elsner | October 17, 2010 at 09:11 AM
Congratulations to all our winners! Winners, please email your shipping addresses to: [email protected].

What a fun Helmar Hop!!! Soooo much inspiration! Thank you for a terrific time!!!

Thank you again and stay tuned. We have aother big plan in the works to spend the day together and giveaway great Helmar products. Don't forget to request Helmar at your local stores.

And stay tuned this week for the announcement of our NEW Design TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!

Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.

Posted on October 19, 2010 at 01:19 AM in Contests/Giveaways, Creative Team | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack (0)

October 17, 2010

Helmar Halloween Howler Hop

Double, Double Toil and Trouble

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!!!

Welcome everyone the the first annual Helmar Halloween Howler Hop. Filled with scary and forboding projects. A little fall thrown in to keep us from being scared off our brooms!!!

We are so glad you've stopped by today and we are ready to share with you a HUGE amount of Helmar inspiration at its finest. From Zapdots, to Premium Craft Glue and everything in between; We are here to share with you some of our favorite ways to use Helmar products and inspire you with a great array of Fall and Halloween goodies.

Each one of our talented Design Team members is showcasing a few of their favorite Helmar products and we have a few Spooktacular surprises along the way. An awesome Guest Designer, a new full time designer and PRIZES galore.

We are interacting with Facebook today too, so make sure to share this hop on your wall. There will be a few tricks and lots of treats, so lets get hopping

First up we have Tracy Weinzapfel.

If you get lost along the way here is the order of the hop for you.

Helmar USA Design Team Blog
Tracy Weinzapfel
Erika Taylor
Laura Achilles
Marci Knecht
Becky Teichmiller
Shelly Hein-Simmons
Tanisha Long
Aymee Gandy
Cathy La Hay
Pamela Young
Tina McDonald
Eva Dobilas
Karen Maldonado
Amy Teets
GUEST Blogger (it is a secret so keep hopping till you find her)
Helmar USA Design Team Blog

Make sure you leave some love at every stop, because there just might be mystery treat bags hidden.

Looking for extra ways to win? Follow along on Facebook all day today for more ways to get your hands on the best adhesive treats out there

At the end of the Hop, make sure to come back here to the Helmar blog and leave a comment to win an AMAZING assortment of Helmar Halloween Goodness. One lucky Winner that leaves a comment on every single blog and here at the Helmar blog will win this...

Now get hop on your brooms and enjoy all that the Helmar Design Team has to share today. See you back here at the end. You can click on the button below to take you directly to Tracy's Blog

Posted on October 17, 2010 at 01:59 AM in Contests/Giveaways, Creative Team, Guest Creative Team Members, Products | Permalink | Comments (86) | TrackBack (0)

October 15, 2010

Helmar Halloween Howler Prizes OH MY!!!!

You've heard of the spooky Halloween Howler Hop that the Design Team at Helmar is brewing up. Now if the amazing inspiriation wasn't enough to get you to stop by, what about a look at all the GHOULISH GIFTS you might just win.

We've got lots of prize packages to giveaway just by playing along with our Helmar Facebook Page happenings on October 17th. Here's a look.

Now who wouldn't want to try to win that package of Helmar Goodies???? That 450 Quick Dry will certainly fix up a witches broken broom MUWHAHAHAHAHA.

Maybe this next one calls your name...

Zapdots and Premium Craft Glue with a sprinkle of Acid Free Glue... Perfect for that crafty Halloween concoction.

A little bit of this next prize pack will keep that Eye of Newt in place for sure...

Need some extra ingredients for your witches potion? How about this.....Helmar & Lily Bee Design!

And this is just the beginning. There will be more prizes given out on our Facebook Fanpage through the day on the 17th. So get ready to celebrate during the Helmar Halloween Howler...

And what is the grand prize.... for participating on the Hop itself??? Grab the Blinkie at the top of this post and make sure you've got it on your blog. If we select you, you will win this HUGE TREASURE TROVE of Helmar Halloween Goodness

So like our Facebook Page and get ready to hop along the Helmar Halloween Howler path for your chance to win some of the best adhesive for Halloween. See you on the 17th of October. MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,

Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

The Helmar USA Design Team

Posted on October 15, 2010 at 09:43 PM in Contests/Giveaways, Creative Team | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)

Helmar Australian/NZ Design Team Call 2010

Thank you to all who applied for the Helmar Australian/NZ Design Team for 2010-11. We are amazed at the amount and talent of designers who applied for our team. We are so excited!

We apologize and know that we said we would post the designers by October 15th however we have not made our final decisions and will be posting the team next week by October 22nd.

Again we apologize for the delay and thank you to everyone who applied!

Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.

Posted on October 15, 2010 at 02:01 AM in Creative Team | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Crate Paper Love

Hello every one I hope you are having a great week!

My projects this week feature the rich colors of the Crate Paper Lines. These collections were fun to work and the diversity of the papers gives you a range of designs to incorporate in your pages or projects.

The top page used the Crate Paper- Pink Plum Collection and the bottom page uses the Crate Paper-Brooke Collection. Both collections have beautiful chipboard collections and stickers that work with the paper collection lines to compliment them.

For both pages I used the Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner to attach the main papers on the page. The photos are mounted on chipboard and then I used Helmar Zap Dots to put them on the page.The chipboard elements are attached using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

On the Top and Bottom pages I have used Shimmerz Spritz in - Concrete and Shimmerz Vibez in Fiery Fiesta. Both are spray on colors that are very easily used on your pages and give you pages a fun look.

Thanks for visiting our design blog this week. Come back ofter to see more exciting designs.

Gayle Martin

Helmar USA Design Team

Posted on October 15, 2010 at 01:48 AM in Creative Team, Products | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

October 14, 2010

Helmar's in CK

If you flip open to page 61 in the Nov/Dec issue of Creating Keepsakes you will find a two page holiday layout from our own Helmar Designer Pamela Young.

It doesn't list the specific adhesives used under the supplies, but Pamela used Helmar's Premium Craft Glue to adhere almost everything. The lace in the corner was actually sprayed with Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive before laying on cardstock.

We love Creating Keepsakes! Thanks for noticing our designer's work!

Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

October 13, 2010

It's almost here!!!!

The Helmar Halloween Howler is only days away and I thought I would get us in the mood by posting a little bit of Halloween. :) I made a layout, here it is:

I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue to adhere everything except a couple things that I lifted up with Helmar's Liquid Scrap Dots.

Come back on the 17th for tons more Halloween inspiration. :)

Pamela Young

Helmar USA Design Team Member

Posted on October 13, 2010 at 06:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

October 11, 2010

A day in the city...

Several weeks ago I saw a magazine cover that I thought was so fun and full of inspiration so I saved it. I didn't know what I would use it for but I just knew that I would eventually find something. Well this past Sunday I spent the day down in Chicago with family and friends, we went to see the Lion King. My husband took several photos of Emma and I and when I saw the pictures I knew then what I would do with it.

Here is the layout that I created using the magazine cover as my example

Emma is my cousins daughter and the inspiration for many of my layouts. She is as sweet as can be and I try to spend time with her as often as I can. We call our time together "Dates". This is why I titled my layout as I did.

For this layout I used several Helmar USA products. Each one serves a special purpose to insure that everything I have placed on my cardstock will stay permanently. For the pieces of Crate Paper patterned paper I used Helmar USA Quick-Fix Adhesive Runners. Behind the photo on the left I have some hidden journaling so this required a heavier adhesive so I used the Helmar USA 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. The photo on the right was popped up using Helmar USA Zapdots.