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Everyone at Helmar USA, Inc. would like to wish you all...........a very
We Thank You all for visiting with us, sharing with us, crafting with us, and celebrating Helmar products! We look forward to a wonderful New Year of seeing your creations, bringing our products to stores near you and celebrating all that is Art!
Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.
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And Happy New Years Eve to you all!!
Hi all, thanks for stoping in on New Years Eve 2010. 9 years ago today I married my husband Joe and though there are times that I would like to bust his behind, I'm thrilled that we are growing old together. He makes me laugh daily with his silly little jokes that I've heard OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. He has tons of silly little saying's that my friends and I call "Joe-ism's". We know most of them so well that we can all say them at the exact time that he would.
Isn't he a distinguished looking gentleman? Must be that sexy grey hair and as he would say.....He pay's extra for that. (as he shakes his hair back). Yes, that's is a "Joe-ism".
My girlfriend had given me several books to tear apart and use the covers from. One of the books was titled MEN- an owners manual. I have had so much fun with this book. You can see the title of one of the chapters behind our photo.
I used tons of embellishments on this layout so I needed a fabulous adhesive and one of my favorite's is the Helmar USA 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. I used this to put down everything except for my Maya Road chipboard alphabets. For them I sparayed them with some Tattered Angels glimmer mist and then turned them over and sprayed the back side with my Helmar USA V2 Vellum Adhesive spray.
Behind the "you and me" sticker I used my Helmar USA Zapdots to give it a dimensional look. The flower was created using ribbon and Helmar USA 450 quick Dry Adhesive. You can find a tuturial on my blog HERE on how they are made.
I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday. I will be celebrating 9 wonderful years with my hubby and friends.
Happy creating!
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My mom wanted me to make her an address book for Christmas. I thought about one for her purse, but she tends to lose things in there ;) For her the best one that I could come up with is something to hang on the wall, this way it won't get lost anywhere.
Papers are from my 8x8 paper pad from fortheluvofart.com , Chipboard designed by me for Magistical Memories covered in Tim Holtz crackle paint,The Robins Nest- Dew Drops- Turquise bling, Mist is Silver Foil Smooch from Clear Snap, Tiny Type Alpha- Jenni Bowlin, Thickers Alpha for "addresses", Jute rope is from Canvas Corp., Helmar Tape Runner and Zapdots. I believe I got this in a holiday pack from Michaels a couple years ago.
TFL Amy Teets
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The Winner of our Teresa Collins 25 Days of Giveways is....
Happy Holidays!
Posted by: Cindy Royal | December 24, 2010 at 07:04 AM
Cindy has won.......
Cindy, please email your shipping address to [email protected] to claim your prize! Thank you everyone who commented and Thank You Teresa Collins!
Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.
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The new year is right around the corner. I made a little treasure box for 2011, it's very simple to make. I'm running low on my bottle of Helmar's Premium craft glue, so get a laugh and watch me squeeze the bottle with a lack of grace, lol.
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This is one of my favourite sayings and everyone who knows me also knows how much I LOVE butterflies, you will often find them on my projects! When my daughter was having a clean out recently she was about to throw out this red box, I quickly grabbed it knowing exactly what I had in mind to use it for!
Here are the Helmar products that I used on this project - Helmar Fabric Stiffener & Draping fluid, Helmar Foam Glue and Helmar clear Zap dots.
First I took a piece of calico and I soaked it in the Helmar Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid, I squeezed the excess out and left it to dry overnight on baking paper. The next day I used a Sixxiz die with my Big Shot to cut out all the butterflies. I then coloured them using various Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists and Glimmer Glam paints. I then mounted them onto the black backing foam using Helmar Foam Glue.
I finished them off by adding some rhinestones and cutting up some inspiring words from Collections sentiment cards which I adhered by cutting up (very small) pieces of Helmar clear Zap dots.
Happy Holidays
Helmar Design Team (Australia)
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Join us LIVE on Monday night with Helmar Educator, Becky Teichmiller for another of her creative projects! She will be using a variety of Helmar adhesives & art mediums showing new tips and techniques.
So make sure to tune in
Monday, December 27th at 6:30 pm (PST)...check your local time zones.
Tune in LIVE on the Helmar Channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/helmarusainc
See ya then!
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Every year I struggle with getting something for my parents for Christmas. The same old story really.. nothing they need and they get a little upset about us buying them something. They prefer to leave Christmas for the kids.
Every year however I struggle with this idea because my parents do so much for us that I feel I want to give them something just to say "Thank you". This year however I was a little more prepared and decided that I would give them some recent photos of the kids. I wanted to make them a little bit special though.
While cleaning my scrap room I found a 12 x 12 canvas and my brain started ticking over with ideas. I had some paint left over from the kids school Christmas parcels, so I played around with some Helmar Crackle Medium again on the base of the canvas. I really love using Helmar Crackle Medium. It is so easy to use and the effect is amazing.
I then got to work layering felt, patterned paper, paper lace, and ribbon. With a little help from plenty of yummy Helmar goodies, like Helmar 450 Quick Dry for the ribbons, my every favourite Helmar Scrap Dots (btw.. am a little guilty here of having a little basket next to me now with over 6 tubes of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dotsin it at all times so I have it on hand all the time..lol) to create dimension for all my embellishments, and my Helmar Tape runner for all the paper strips.
Did you know that Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive works a treat on paper lace and felt. My felt border wasn't adhesive and too fiddly for my liking for glues.. so I just lightly sprayed it and allowed it to dry till sticky. Then adhered it to the canvas. That simple!
Here's a close up of some of the embellishments.
Must say I am very happy with the end result and I know that my parents will love this little homemade gift better than a bought gift.
Best of all it was made with a little help from my friends...
All my Helmar goodies!
Hope that your having an amazing Christmas. Best wishes to everyone and hope that you all have a wonderful time with family and friends.
Happy Holidays!
Michelle Wallace
Helmar Australian Design Team Member
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Hi Helmars fans and a Merry Christmas to you all. I hope your day is filled with plenty of cheer!
I love a product that can be used in more than one way. So I wanted to show you another idea on how I use the Helmars Decoupage.
I like to use the decouage to stiffen my twine so that i can create funky frame.
Materials: Helmars Decoupage, cotton twine, shimmerz, bowl, a glove.
Step 1: Add some colour to the cotton twine. Place some of twine in a bowl and spray with your desired colour of shimmerz. Using your hand that has the glove on roll the twine around the bowl to soak up all the shimmerz. This is great because you don't waste leftover color.
Step 2: Pour some Helmars Decoupage into the bowl. The amount of decoupage will depend on how much twine you are using. So be you own judge here. Again swipe and roll the colour twine around the bowl.
Here's how you twine will be looking - cool yeah!
Step 3: Now just wrap you funky coloured twine around your decoupage jar. Let it dry. Once dry have some fun with it and use it as an embellishment.
Detail of the colour twine used on the hot air balloon as an embellishment.
Some other samples of the twine being used. The black and white twine I prepare in the same way using a bowl and then just added it to my page, and just allowed it to dry where I had place it.
Another sample using the colour twine as a frame on a photo.
How I like to adhere my colour twine is I use Helmars 450 Quick Dry and just place a few drops on the twine. Then just place over the photo and allow to dry.
So there you have it. And I am sure you can think of a few more ways to use your twine now too.
Thanks and a Merry Christmas to you all once again!
Helmar Inc, Australian Design Team Member
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UPDATED 12/25/10 - Merry Christmas! it is not too late to ENTER to win. We will have our random draw on Monday, December 27, 2010. Enjoy the holidays and THANK YOU!
Helmar USA, Inc. is a proud partner of Teresa Collin's Favorite Things Giveaway!! Make sure to check out her BLOG TODAY for a chance to win these Helmar products!:
Helmar Products Included:
In order to be entered to win Leave a Comment on our Blog here or become a Fan by "Liking" Helmar's Facebook Page (click the icon) and comment there! Leave a comment in both locations and be entered TWICE....AND if you leave a comment on Teresa's Blog you are entered to win a THIRD time. So THREE ways to increase your odds! We will select a Random winner!
Thank you Theresa for partnering with Helmar for your 25 Favorite Things. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.
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