I love Christmas, but not necessarily for the reasons you may think! It's the pretty paper and decorations that gets my attention. Today, I'd like to share the Helmar products that transformed simply tissue wrapping paper into a unique embellishment feature for my layout.
The first product I needed was the Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive.
The second product I required was the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots (one of the many Helmar products that I can't live without!!!)
Last Christmas, my DH purchased me a gorgeous carry bag. But the best part of that gift, was the beautiful aqua blue polka dotted tissue paper that it was wrapped in. Do you know he actually tried to throw it out? Yes, you can just imagine me yelling "DROP IT!!!!". He wanted to know why I wanted to keep it. Sigh! They just don't get it, lol!!! Anyway, I wanted to use the tissue paper, but I wanted it smooth and firm, and not just glued to the cardstock/paper background.
So I grabbed a piece of transparency, sprayed it with some Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive, and adhered my piece of tissue paper, smoothing it down gently. Once it was dry, I simply cut around the shape I wanted, and adhered it to the page with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots so that it could be raised without white dots showing through underneath (it is semi-opaque). It was that easy to make my own unique embellishment. I then decorated with pearls, tags, chipboard stickers, and buttons (which I adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive).
I finished off my layout with a FUN chipboard banner in the corner, and a little coloured twine. With the twine underneath the chipboard stickers, I knew they wouldn't sit flat on the page. So I simply added a small amount of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to each chipboard letter, and then adhered it to the twine and page. This kept the letters balanced and even, so that it looks like a real banner, hanging from above.
So who says Christmas is all about the gifts? In this case, it's the wrapping paper that counts...
Helmar USA Inc. Design Team Member
