Helmar Creative Team

Giveaway for Helmar/Best Creations Week!

6/20/11 UPDATE:  This concludes our Helmar & Best Creations Week!  What a great week it has ben and congrats to our giveaway winner.........Lagene Sands!

I would really love to win some Helmar adhesives!!!! Posted by: Lagene Sands | June 19, 2011 at 01:13 PM

Congrats Lagene!  Please email your shipping address to [email protected] to claim your prize!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US FOR A GREAT WEEK! and Thank you To Best Creations!

Being that this week our socks have been knocked off for Helmar/Best Creation Inc. week......

 

We need to celebrate and give some of your favorite Helmar Products away!

 

All you need to do is leave a comment on this Post and/or on Helmar's Facebook Page...make sure to "Like" us on Facebook! Double your chances by commenting in both locations!  Let us know what you enjoyed the most this week.  Was there a particular project?  Did you see some new technique?  Did a designer catch your eye? Just let us know and we will pick a random winner this week! 

Make sure to check out both our blogs for all the fun we have had this week; Best Creations Blog and right here on the Helmar Blog.  Thank you Best Creations for teaming up with us for a Rockin' Good and Creative Week!

 

Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.

Gonna have to face it

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I'm addicted to Helmar's 2-step crackle medium. (Robert Palmer is probley rolling in his grave) Oh yeah...wanna join me?  We could start a self help group....but alas I don't really  want the help.  This stuff is too cool! Today's project is a "trinket" box and card gift set.   I painted my surface white ..the chipboard box you see.. and than did the crackle process.  I than added some brown shoe polish for aging.  LOVED the look of the creamy white with brown crackling.  I took some close ups to show you the effect.  With this old fashion look I knew I wanted to use the ever lovely Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden collection.  For my adhesive I used Helmar's 450 quick dry.    So hope I might have tempted you to crackle something!  Once you start you wont stop!  cherry

Helmar Guest Designer....Glue Dad on Father's Day!

In honor of Father's Day we have a very special Guest Designer.....my Dad, Gerald Weinzapfel (aka Glue Dad!). 

 

Yes, he is here to show his latest creation featuring Helmar Super Strength Wood Glue, 450 Quick Dry and PVA Wood Working Glue which also happens to be his favorite adhesives for all his wood working projects! 

 
My dad made a center counsel for their car....

 

 

Here it is all ready to install......

Installed and ready to load up!.........

 

 
Way to go Glue Dad!  Happy Father's Day to the most creative guy I know!  Thank you for sharing your creativity for all of us.  And Glue Dad has some another cool idea he has been working on.  If you catch my LIVE Ustream shows you know what I am talking about!  And we plan on showing off some prototypes on tomorrows LIVE Show so don't miss it.  Here are the Details:

Remember, we are LIVE every Monday on Helmar's Ustream Channel.  Remember all classes are LIVE and absolutely FREE! 

 
 
Lots of fun things happening so mark your calendars for EVERY MONDAY NIGHT at 6:30 pm (PST)...CHECK YOUR LOCAL TIME ZONES!

Monday , June 20th - Live with Tracy Weinzapfel!  6:30 pm (PST)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THOSE DADS!

 

 

Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.

The Princess and The Pea

What no song for you all today? No serenading? No belting out a tune? Not today my friends, (but I promise I'll make it up to you). Erika Taylor here today I wanted to share a little silliness...

 

What a fantastic week this has been filled with Best Creation goodness and Helmar Adhesives. I couldn't sit back and not contribute for the Princess collection had me remembering a funny little picture we took of our daughter when she was 1 1/2. The colors in this collection from Best Creation was the perfect fit. Adding dimension to all that fussy cutting and here you have it. An ode to my sweet princess...vegetable and all

And a close up of all that dimension for certain...

I think this is one of my "Best Creation"s to date hehe.

Five Fat Peas
A counting fingerplay especially
useful in the spring and summer.

Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed
(children hold hand in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest.
(put thumb and fingers up one by one)
They grew and grew
 (raise hand in the air very slowly)
And did not stop,
Until one day
The pod went POP!

Erika Taylor

Helmar USA Design Team Bember

Little Ballerina and a Cupcake

 
 
 
 
 
 
       What does a ballerina and a cupcake have in common you ask???  Helmar adhesives of course!  I am back today here on the Helmar blog to share my Best Creations projects.  They have some of the most adorable papers...and I must say I got to relive my girl hood fantasies of being a ballerina!  The first card uses their Ballet Princess line...which is so sweet and I love how there are so many things that can be fussy cutted!  I knew when I saw the the little ballerina she would be the star of the show.  I cut her out and diecutted a frame to make her center stage.  I used zap dots to get that rawkin 3-d effect.  My beloved adhesive used was Helmar's 450 quick dry.  Love this stuff! My little tu tu on the ballerina dried super fast!  For my other card I wanted to see how versatile the ballerina papers could be so I decided to do a cupcake theme using Best Creations basic glitter paper and more of the princess ballerina collection .  The bright pinks and happy colors were perfect!  I used more of my sweet zap dots , 450 quick dry and also quick fix adhesive runner.  Well hope you enjoyed my Best creations and Helmar blog swap creations!  cherry

A few "Best Creations" for my two BEST boys...

Hey everyone!

Jess here and I'm totally excited and honored to be wrapping up our SUPER inspiring blog-swap week with our friends, Best Creations!   I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I've been FLOORED by the creativity and amazing projects that our friends at Best Creations plus our very own Helmar Design Team have been showcasing this past week.   WOW! 

I have to admit that when I was going through my Helmar Design Team box, my twin 9 year old boys zeroed in on the Best Creations paper IMMEDIATELY-especially the ROBOT papers!   I saw the glitter...and I probably gasped audibly.  I LOVE the look of glitter, but I have..um...'issues" with how quickly it goes viral aka ALL over the place LOL!  Much to my THRILL, Best Creations paper has a lovely coating on it and ALL the glitter stays PUT!  BONUS!

Well, I'll dive right in with a few photos :)   With school being out, I wanted to reward my sweet boys for a job well done this year, and also give them something to occupy them a bit.  My Jacky loves to draw, stamp, and sketch, while Nicky really enjoys writing.  I took some scrap cardboard and cut up notebook paper for Nick's book and plain white cardstock for Jack's.

Using Helmar Acid Free Glue and a sponge brush, I coated the cardboard and used some of the adorable robot paper to create my outside covers for their little doodle books.  

LOVE this glue-it doesn't go on SUPER sticky and if you need a little 'give' you have a few seconds to pull it up and put it back down, but after that, it stays PUT!  One thin layer is all I needed to tack down even this heavy cardstock.

Once the glue dried, I added some zipper trim (Maya Road) and some chipboard letters to spell out their name. Although the ribbon is thick and heavy because of the metal zipper, HELMAR 450 Quick Dry did the job beautifully and I LOVE that it won't buckle or bleed through ribbon- it is the BEST adhesive! 

I love that the Best Creation paper had these cute little image boxes that you can cut out and make the focal point of their books, or even on a card like I did for my boys today too :)  

I used Black 1/2" circle ZAP DOTS to pop up the main panel on the books and it gives it just the right amount of dimension :)

After punching holes at the top and inserting the inside pages, I fastened both sides with some jump rings and voila!  The boys were SO excited to wake up to these the other day:

In addition, I made them each a card to congratulate them on making the HONOR ROLL, and Jack got the perfect attendance award for the 4th quarter of school.  Nicky received the "most Helpful award" and highest average in his class in Spelling, while Jack receive the "class librarian" award and also got the highest average in Science in his class.  I am BEAMING with pride for them!  

The Helmar Tape Runner is seriously the BEST tape runner I have ever used and trust me, I've used a LOT!  It is SUPER high-tack which I love- once you adhere it, it's not going anywhere!  Being primarily a cardmaker, I tend to use LOTS of thick layers, sewing, etc. so I really need something to stay put and this tape runner delivers-LOVE it!

I'll leave you with a few close ups of the card/book combos for each boy.  Here's Jack's:

...and here's Nick's:

Thanks SO much for letting me come and hang with you guys again today.  I LOVE Helmar and really enjoyed this week of amazing inspiration with Best Creation! Thanks for visiting!

Helmar and Best Creation- My two worlds collide.

I am so lucky to work on two amazing design teams, and this week is a dream with Helmar and Best Creation combining for some crafty goodness. It's been great to see my fellow designers exploring with each other's products.

Today is my day for a little share. I have been working with the brand new June release from Best Creation called Rock Star. I have two budding little Rock (band) stars in my house and was lucky enough to catch a few shots of them rocking out on the guitars. I love the colours in this, and the fact that I can get away with using swirls on boy layouts. There is just the right amount of glitter to catch the eye, without crossing to the tacky side. 

I created two layouts with this collection, one for each child. You can see one here, but for the other, head over to the Best Creation blog. Here's a little sneak peek to get your attention though.

You've probably noticed by now that all Best Creation papers are embossed with glitter, but the best part is that the glitter DOES NOT flake off. I am a big fan of glitter, but having it all over my house drives me crazy, so this company and I get along just fine.  Also, there are always plenty of fun little things for to cut out. Happy day!

 

 

So, on with the layout. I used a little glimmer mist to grunge up the background, then focused on the papers in the range with blues, and layered them up. One thing I have found with the glittered papers, is that they are more heavy weight than most papers, and the glossy glitter means that a top quality adhesive like Helmar Quick fix tape runner is absolutely essential and the perfect match.

 

Being a boy page, does not deter my deisre for dimensional pages, so I used Helmar Zapdots for the guitar and the stars. Finally, Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots was the only logical choice to adhere the handcut swirl. 

I hope you have enjoyed our week long adventures with Best Creation this week. If you don't have any of their papers...get some, you wont regret it. 

 

Cheers

Alicia Barry

Helmar USA/Australia

 

 

Sparkle it with Best Creation and Helmar

OK so I never do flowers on a boy layout and I rarely even do sparkles, but gee did I enjoy sparking it up with the paper from Best Creation!  I absolutely fell in love with this paper VERY quickly and I just LOVE the glitter on them.  

My eldest boy recently turned two years old and I took this photo to mark this milestone age.  When I got this range of paper by Best Creation I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it and the photo I wanted to use.  I instantly fell in love with the finish on it and the beautiful design.   The colours were also perfect seeing that my boys are usually wearing blue and red.  Although the range which is called 'All American' was very 'Stars and stripes' themed there are a number of more generic themed sheets which are perfect for layouts of my boys, and this is what I came up with.

I started out by doing some fussy cutting from one of the feature sheets that the layout was basically centered around.  If it had glitter on it - it was cut out.  I wanted to team it up with a contrasting background and so I took a trusty piece of Kraft cardstock.  I added some white Gesso with a pallet knive and some sprays of blue colour and then started to layer up the elements I had cut out.

When I am creating my layouts, I love when the paper is tied into the photo in more ways than one, and the sparkly finish just did this.  My son truly does always have sparkle in his eyes and this photo really shows it.  I also accented this with the title for the layout which was cut out with my Pazzles machine.  I just couldn't leave it plain and so I needed to add some sparkle to the words as well.  I couldn't believe how well the crystalline Kindy Glitz matched the sparkle on the paper, so it teamed perfectly.  So when I finished playing with the awesome Best Creation paper and setting out the layout, I reached over for my Helmar adhesives to put it all together.  

There is a great deal of dimension in this layout - AGAIN :) and I have done this in a number of different ways.  With the large piece on the left of the photo, I cut out some thick cardboard (the type with the corrugated centre) out of a shipping box just smaller than the piece and adhered it to the layout using some Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  I find it stronger to raise a large area in this way than with foam as it give it more strength and keeps it all very flat.  You do need to use a good glue to ensure that it stays stuck down well though.  

The fine cut pieces such as the swirl above the centre of the photo and the double star at the bottom right of the photo have been strengthened as well using some acetate.  To do this there is nothing better than Helmar V2 - I simply gave it a quick spray let it go tacky then stuck a small piece of acetate to it.  I then cut the excess off from around it .  You can hardly see it, but it protects those fine parts when they are not stuck down onto the paper.

After I gave the title a coat of Kindy glitz and allowed it to dry, I repeated the step above with the Helmar V2 and stuck it down and cut off the excess.  I really wanted the layout to have some major pop factor to match in with the range, so I then got out my trusty Helmar Scrap dots and got to work again. I layered up some major dollops of Helmar Scrap Dots underneath the letters prior to sticking it down ever so gently.  

 
 
I also got to work on a number of stars in the same way allowing for them to have varying height levels. It is amazing that even with this large amount under the title, you can hardly see it in the finished layout.

I stuck down the paper underneath the photo and some of the stars using Helmar Acid free glue.  For the photo I used my Helmar Premium Craft glue to adhere it to the layout.  

I have really enjoyed working with this paper from Best Creation so I hope you have enjoyed my little share today.  Now head on over to the Best Creation blog for some more inspiration using Helmar and Best Creations paper ranges.

Happy Creating

Beck Beattie

Helmar USA Inc. Design Team Member

 

 

Helmar & Best Creations Inc. dance right out of this world!

Good afternooon Helmar and Best Creation Inc. fans!

I am so excited to share with you my projects I have been creating with the most wonderful papers around. Best Creation Inc. and Helmar partnered up this week and wow, what a ride it has been. I have had a great time with these papers. They are a very nice printed quality accented with the greatest (non-flaking) glitter coating! No mess!!! Now, love glitter in my hair maybe a bit more then the next girl but ... no mess... that is just amazing!

I had so much fun with the Robots line from Best Creation Inc. My son saw this paper and immediately wanted a sign for his door... he also wanted me to add, "Trinity NOT Allowed!" That would be for his sister... LOL... like those three words would be some magic force field protecting his room from her. Well I said no, thus shattering that force field dream. However, he does love his new sign for his door.

Best Creation Inc. and Helmar  are extremely good partners. I love to fussy cut and Helmar  makes all those detail images just pop out of the project. I love the dimension you can create with Helmar‘s Zap Dots and Liquid Scrap dots. On this project I only used Liquid Scrap Dots because the height and levels are all adjustable when you work with a liquid. This product is one of my favorites to use! I placed Liquid Scrap Dots at the bottom of the images around the planet. Once it dried they are very secure. Also I used them to lift up the spaceship, rocket, and planet on the front of the project and to lift up the yellow ring around the planet.

My next favorite product from Helmar  is their Crackle Medium! Now I have to say that this is the very first time trying this product. It is so easy to do and just look at the results! I inked, spritzed and doodled on the planet before applying Helmar 's Crackle Medium (step 1 and 2).

Once step 2 was dry I took some blue craft in on a sponge and accented around the edge of the planet and in the craters. I then wiped off the excess blue ink with a clean dry paper towel. This left the blue ink inside the cracks in those areas and I just LOVE how it fades in and out around the planet! Don't you?

This Super Star LO is one I have wanted to do for a while but usually I have a harder time scrapbooking in primary colors and in a boyish style. My son is seen here with his first science project he did in the first grade. I love the proud look on his face. These Best Creation Inc. Robot papers made this page a breeze!

 

I used Helmar 's Zap Dots to layer everything up all the gears. The word "Super" is raised by the wonderful Liquid Scrap Dots, because it was to thin to use the squares or circles of the Zap Dots. Helmar 's got the right tool for every job.

Now it is time for my favorite project of the week... mostly because it is pink and about dancing, two of my 10 ten favorite things. It also has my favorite daughter in it (she is my only daughter... LOL). This is a shadow box I got a while a go on clearance... it is from Martha Stewart. I thought it would be the perfect stage for my daughter's dancing photos. Look at her cute little friends that came by from the Ballet Princess line over at Best Creation Inc.

The adhesives of choice on this project were Helmar 's Zap Dots, Quick Fix Adhesive Runner and the best liquid glue... Helmar 's 450! The 450 was used to adhere the ribbon and the clear sequin trims around the edge of the box. Also under all the flowers. The Zap Dots were used behind the curtain to adhere the close-up photo of my daughter and behind her body shot photo to raise her up from the back of the box. Using these Zap Dots gave this shadow box all the shadows it needed to create depth and dimension.

Pst.. .remember I mentioned my love for glitter… here it is! See it on the curtains? The coating they use to put their glitter on is great! Notice there is no glitter flakes flying all around inside of the shadow box?

I know we usually chat about the 450 and Zap Dots being the bee's knees a lot and for good reason... but today I want to chat about Helmar 's Quick Fix Adhesive Runner. I have to say it is really amazing! It glides on with ease and leaves a solid strip of adhesive. Has less "boogers" than other tape runners I have used and it has a great hold! Usually I would have used the 450 on the ribbon around the sides here but I wanted to try out this Quick Fix Adhesive Runner on the ribbon. It went on very smooth over all the grosgrain bumps and gave it a seamlessly smooth finish once adhered to the box.

I hope you have enjoyed reading up on all the fun projects and wonderful products I have had the pleasure to create with this week. I hope you all have the same opportunity with these Best Creation Inc. papers and of course the best adhesive in the world... Helmar!

There is one spectacular day left of this beautiful partnership. Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see more creations with this winning combo.

~ L. Grace Lauer ~

Helmar USA, Design Team Member

Ballet Princess & Robot ~ by Jimmi

Hi there, it's Jimmi here with 2 FUN cards using Helmar and Best Creations, Inc.!
I am having a lot of fun playing with these papers.
I didn't do much stamping for these cards.
I used the Best Creations, Inc. papers as my images by cutting out just the parts of them I wanted to use for my cards.
I've made a card for a little boy and one for a little girl, too!

For my cards I used Ballet Princess and Robot paper:


I used Liquid Scrap Dots on my ballerina and on the space ship below.



I also used my Quickfix Adhesive Runner.

I hope you liked my SUPER easy cards I've made for you!
I had so much fun making them, playing paper dolls with the Best Creations, Inc. paper I used!
Have a FABULOUS day!

Jimmi
Helmar USA Design Team Member