Helmar Creative Team

Digging into my stash!

I know that the majority of you will understand what it means to dig into your stash...and I know that the majority of you have a stash that could last you years if you never bought another thing....except Helmar Adhesives, lol!!!  I cleaned my disaster of a scrap studio a few days ago and although it took me on and off all day it was so refreshing!!!  I dont really have any assignments or deadlines at the moment so I was free to create whatever and I decided it would be from stash :)

I found this great little box...I believe it is Cosmo Cricket and since it was black I looked for something bold to compliment it and landed on these great old American Crafts papers!  When working with something like this where you want to cover the surface with paper I have found that the best adhesive is the Helmar Acid Free Glue...it goes on smooth and doesnt wrinkle the paper!

a cute little flower made from pleated circles was the perfect touch for the top and the perfect adhesive?  Why it's Helmar Liquid ScrapDots!!!  The Helmar 450 Quick Dry is also perfect to add to chipboard alpha's to make sure they arent going anywhere, especially with an altered item that will get lots of handling....just a dot on each letter will do it :) I added some clear Dew Drops to some of the circles in the graphic of the paper and my Helmar Gemstone glue was a perfect choice.

and I even did the inside :)

While I was looking for the papers for the box I came across two sheets of paper, also from American Crafts, that I just loved the color combo of them together so I decided to make a layout......the orange/peach and turquoise combo is awesome when you add a little white so I looked for a photo that had white as its main color and came up with this:

My Helmar Adhesive Runner was the perfect choice for the majority of this layout!!  My dimensional scallopped border was created with circles that I punched with my circle punch, folded in half and one half adhered with the Adhesive Runner.  The ribbon, paper, photo and accents were all adhered with the Adhesive runner as well.  I did pop up the photo with my Helmar ZapDots :)  Again a little dot of the Helmar 450 Quick Dry to each of the alphabet letters and the stars assure me that they will stay put.

The 450 also worked great with the little foam pieces!!!

And again I am reminded that Helmar has a glue for anything you can come up with :)

Thanks for visiting and I hope that I have inspired you to use your stash...along with your Helmar Adhesives :)

Julie Walton

Helmar Design Team Member

http://seejuliescrap.blogspot.com/

 

Fly the coop birdy

 
 
 
Birdy flew the coop...yes he did.  He did it with the help of the wonderful products made by Helmar.  I finally broke out this birdy cage I got last year from Maya Road and went to town painting it a cream color and than used Helmar's two step crackle medium.  I wanted a demensional look to this piece and got it by using the super cool Zap dots.   I also used the Premium Craft Glue to adhere all my fun embellishments.   Awesome awesome stuff!  Hope you enjoy!  Thanks for letting me share.  cherry

My Go-To Glue + Clothespins = Awesome Fun Project!

I love frames. I love framed art. And I absolutely love my Helmar 450 Quick Dry. I've said it before, so I probably sound like a broken record, but I use the 450 Quick Dry on everything I create. Layouts, cards, altered projects ... everything! 

 

I'm excited to show you this fun project I created with pattern papers, wooden clothespins, a 4x6 frame, a little ribbon, and my trusty 450 Quick Dry!

First, I took the glass out of the frame, and left the cardboard backing in the frame. Then I took regular sized wooden clothespins {i bought a big pack of them at the Dollar Store} and covered them with pattern papers. My tip for covering the clothespins with the paper is to trace the side of the pin you want to cover onto the paper, then cut, adhere, distress the edges with sand paper, then ink. Can you guess what I used to adhere the paper to the pins? 450 Quick Dry of course!

I'll insert here that before discovering 450 Quick Dry, I didn't particularly enjoy doing altered projects because the glue I was using didn't hold well, and more than once I would walk by a completed project that was displayed in my home only to see the paper was peeling away from the project. UG! That has never once happened with my trusty 450. It holds like no other glue I've ever used. LOVE it!!! {okay, broken record again}

 

 
After adhering the pattern paper to the pins, the rest is quick and simple. I smothered the top 1/2 of the cardboard piece inside the frame with, you guessed it, 450 Quick Dry!! Then I pressed the top row of clothespins onto the glue smothered cardboard piece, alternating the direction of each clothespin as I adhered. {bottom of pin, top of pin, bottom of pin, top of pin, etc.} Before repeating the same step for the bottom 1/2 of the frame, I held down the glued pins with my palm for 3-4 minutes, making sure they were dry enough to continue.

After all the clothespins were glued down, I kept the frame laying down on a firm surface until all pins were completely dried and solid in the frame. After everything was dry, I topped off my project with a little bit of ribbon on random pins.

 
 
This is a fun project to just have displayed "as is" in your home, or you can use it to clip notes or photos onto. I love practical projects! Thanks for taking a look, and I hope you give this a try; I had a blast making it! YAY for 450 Quick Dry!! Have I mentioned that I love this stuff?

 

 

 

day late

and dollar short.....that is me lately.    Summer is just wheezzzzzzzzzzzzzzing by and I have not had time to breathe.   We will be leaving here shortly to go on vacation and I am looking forward to it.  Sooo I will again be awol.   I wanted to pop in (I am always popping in) and share a project I did for Helmar .   It has an  
 
 

 abundance of crackling.   Teeeee heeee I love it.  Is there such a thing as too much crackling???  Not in my book.   I also used the ever sooo lovely ( I need more of it ) Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden .   Now for the low down on the adhesives used....  I used zap dots  (to add a shadowbox effect), helmar's two step crackle medium ( of course),  and Helmar's premium craft glue.  Hope you enjoyed as much as I enjoyed making it!   cherry

White On White...

Heellloooooooo!!!! I'm back. (-: Now, first things first. I've had several requests to do a tutorial on my accordian and heart flowers. And because I am so nice (Ha! Ha! Ha!), and because you all asked so nicely, I will do the accordian flower tutorial for you next week. The heart flower will follow the week after. So I expect you all back here on Tuesday for your lessons. Right? (-:

Today, I'm going to show you how I pushed myself out of my comfort zone (I often do this when I am either bored, or stressed, lol!). I'm not a huge card maker at the best of times, but to do a white on white card, I thought might be asking the impossible of myself. Firstly, I'm used to using bright colours, and secondly, glue mishaps show up on everything when it is white. You can't hide it. Or can you? Yes, that is where Helmar is a life-saver for me. You can't see my mistakes on the card.

 
I've embossed the card for texture, and added a flower, a photo corner, ribbon, bloomers, and pearls, for decoration. But because I used my Helmar 450 Quick Dry, and my Helmar Permanent Adhesive Runner (on the back of the bloomers), you can't see any glue marks. And there are no cloudy marks on the pearls either. That's because I used the Helmar Gemstone Glue to make sure they were adequately adhered to the bloomers.  

 
That white glittery photo corner, in the top left corner of the card, was originally dark green. I simply painted it with gesso, added some Helmar Craft Glue, and sprinkled lots of white glitter over it. Once it was dry, I adhered it to the card with my Helmar Permanent Adhesive Runner. Although, I'm fairly certain the Helmar 450 Quick Dry would also do a great job. And last, but not least, I used my Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to adhere that beautiful, big, white feathery flower from Prima. Isn't it divine?

Here's a run down of everything I used:

 
Helmar 450 Quick Dry

 
Helmar Gemstone Glue

 
Helmar Craft Glue

 
Helmar Permanent Adhesive Runner

 
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Wow, who knew you could use so many different Helmar glues on one card? So, the next time you are bored (or stressed), I dare you to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Who knows how you might amaze yourself? (-:

Thank-you for stopping by, and I'll see you all back here on Tuesday for you flower lessons, lol!!! (-:

Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

Design Team Member for Helmar USA/Australia.

Helmar LOVES our Retailers and YOUR LOCAL STORES!

Attention Helmar Preferred Retailers and all those who frequent their stores!  We have said this time and time again but Helmar Loves our Retailers and your local stores!!  They are the backbone to our industry and provide that personal customer service we all love!  It is time to shout out and show our love for those local and online stores! 

 
We are more than proud to point customers your way to purchase their favorite Helmar products.  And we want to hear from you!  We want to see your display of Helmar products.  We want to shout you out to our Helmar Fans (we LOVE them TOO) !!  Here are some fun ways to become interative with us! 

• Post and plug your store on Helmar's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/HelmarUSA!  This is a great way to tell our customers more about your store.  Where are you located?  Do you sell online? 
• Share a photo of your Helmar products on the shelves!  Email photos to [email protected] and we would be happy to share them.
• Do you have Helmar products listed online?  Send us a link........shout it out on Helmar's Facebook Wall!
• Have any special offers?  Let us know and we will share!
• Want to team up with Helmar?  Send us your ideas!
• Do you have a local event, retreat or expo and want to carry Helmar.  Contact us for more information about supporting your event. 
• Interested in HELMAR DAY at your Store?  We teach classes designed to focus on Helmar tips & techniques!  Email us!
• Did you know Helmar does LIVE shows on Ustream every Monday and YOU can be a part of that.  YOU can promote your store for free?  All you need to do is log in on the Helmar Ustream Channel Monday nights at 6:30 pm (PST)!
• Do you have a blog or website?  We would be happy to be a guest blogger to share projects featuring Helmar!
• Want to try out Helmar products for your store or expand the line you currently carry?  Free samples available to qualified retail stores.  There is a Helmar product for just about every crafting need!
  
   
   

AND to you BELOVED FANS.........do you want your local stores to carry and partner with Helmar?  Request our products at your local store and give them our contact details:

 
Drop us an email with the store contact details and we will be happy to contact them.  If your store places an order and mentions YOUR name we will send YOU a THANK YOU HELMAR GIFT!   

For a complete list of Helmar Preferred Retailers check the left side of our blog!  Make sure to let them know we sent you!  There are a number of ways for us to partner together!  Drop me an email at [email protected].  We are happy and proud to support our retailers!  Here at Helmar we believe in "sticking" together!

Tracy Weinzapfel
President, Helmar USA, Inc.

Classic Beauty by Helmar Adhesive Ambassador Laura Achiles!

We love it when our prior design team members aka Helmar Adhesive Ambassador's stop by and share their Helmar creativity with us.  Welcome back to Laura Achilles.  She created this beautiful layout to share...

 

Here’s how to create the banner:

 

I used the stamped images from Pink Persimmon Stamps and stamped two different images multiple times.  I then used two different punches to punch out alternating circles.  I used a circle and a scalloped circle punch to alternate.

 

Fold over the circles in half.  For dimension and depth use zap dots to secure the ends together.  I used small black square Zap Dots.

  
Very easy, yet dimensional on her page!

 

 
 
Just love all the detailers adhere with Laura's favorite Helmar adhesives

Thank you Laura for continuing to be a Helmar Ambassador and sharing your creativity with us!  As always we LOVE your work and adore you!

Please visit Laura's Blog at:  http://lauraachilles1.wordpress.com/ 

Hodge podge weekend craft projects~

Hi everyone~I started this weekend with so many ideas in my head for crafty projects~some worked some didn't so I'm showing you the ones that worked, the ones that didn't are for another time or maybe  never *** {I knew you would understand}.  Let's start~

 

I made a pin cushion out of a small picture frame ~ a very craft friendly project when you have Helmar 450 Quick Dry !!!  After I painted the frame with Claudine Hellmuth's acrylic paint and it was dry I then used the Helmar crackle medium on the frame ~ loved how the project turned out!!

 

To finished the pin cushion, I cut a piece of antique fabric larger than the size of the opening of the frame, then glued it in loosly with Helmar 450 quick dry.  Then stuff the cushion part and add cardboard, the size of the frame, to the back.  The last thing, antique the frame with a wash of brown acrylic paint and then wipe it off leaving the antique {Helmar crackle medium} finish.  The spoon is an old silver spoon  {that was black} I shined it up and sewed it to the pin cushion making a nice place for extra buttons to land.

 

Continueing forward on my crafty weekend~I took some vintage tart pans and made these cuties.

 
 

Cut a piece of fabric about 1" wider than your tart pan.  Run a stitch all the way around and cinch it up until it fits inside the tart pan.  Place Helmar 450 quick dry on one side and hold it with a clip, when it is dry do the other side and then one of the ends~leaving one open ~ so you can stuff the tart tin.

 

Super cute!!!  I used the Helmar 450 quick dry to glue on vintage trims and buttons.

 

    and my last project for the weekend, these magnets using vintage dominoes!  I put alcohol inks { by Ranger} on the dominoes and stamped with Stazon ink.  Used the Helmar 450 quick dry to adhere felt, trim and a magnet to the back of the domino.  Have a great day and I'll see ya when I get back from vacation!!  by ~ Connie Mercer /DT

 

 

 

Scrapping on Vacation

Have you ever brought your scrapping stuff with you on vacation?  I found myself in the middle of a 6 week contest for The Last Scrapper Standing while I was packing to leave for ALASKA!!!  Thank goodness they were giving hints for the next weeks challenge as I was packing....so I put together a little (or big) kit of sorts and packed it all away.  Of course I made it to the next round, so it was time to create.....onboard the Golden Princess while at sea, lol!!  Packing my adhesive was of course a no brainer, I took along my Helmar 450 Quick Dry, my Helmar ZapDots, Helmar Liquid ScrapDots and my Helmar Adhesive Runner..check it out:

And here is my scrapping space.....aka my mess in my room:

The people I was travelling with got a kick out of it!!!!

So being the week of the 4th of July I had to use 7 stars (and they couldnt be designs in the paper), the given sketch, red, white and blue with one of the colors as a main color. This is what I came up with:

And let me share with you how I did it :)

The flower:  I cut thin strips of paper and curled them with the blade on my scissors.  I put Helmar Adhesive Runner all over on the backside of the chipboard button and attached the curly strips all around.  I then added a large Helmar ZapDot to the back and attached it to the paper, adding the rhinestones as an accent.

The bloomers:  I adhered them with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry, then added some Helmar Liquid ScrapDots to the centers and added the sparklers.

The pearl strip and the glitter stars were adhered with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  For everything else I used my handy dandy Helmar Adhesive Runner.

A note about the little doilys.....they were on our soup plates at lunch and everyone saved them for me...I just inked them with some ink :)

And.......I did make it to the next week of the competition with this layout!!!

So tell me......have you scrapped on vacation????

Thanks for your time and I hope that I have inspired you just a tad :)

Julie Walton

Helmar Design Team Member

http://seejuliescrap.blogspot.com/

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Today I have a project to share of the cutest little bird houses.  

The birdhouses are a chipboard kit pack manufactured by Scrapware and I teamed the kit up with some beautiful papers from Prima Marketing.  It would have been impossible to get the finish I did without the use of my Helmar glues!

I started out by glueing and covering all the little birdhouses together using my Helmar Acid free.  This glue is just fantastic for bonding the chipboard together as well as the paper to it.  All the birdhouses then had hessian adhered to the roof using my Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  

To strengthen the fences that were cut out of the paper using my Fiskas fence border punch, I glued some fine strips of paper along them using a fine line of Helmar Acid free.

 

I love to have all of my prep work done first so all that is left is to put it together... so here are some of the details for creating this project.  

The houses were embellished with paint, gesso and some doodling.  The tree was sprayed with Tattered angels chalkboard prior to adhering pieces of paper to the back of the circles and colouring in all the birds and adding little pattered paper wings.  The sail’s shell was created using paper clay prior to painting with Glimmermist sprays and paint.  The grass was coloured using two colours of Copic markers.  The picket fence was painted with Tim Holtz ‘picket fences’ paint.

Now to put it all together!

To add a little dimension to the fences  I used some Helmar liquid scrapdots on the houses to adhere them.  

After I applied the dots I gently placed the fences on the outside of each little house.

The rest of the kit was glued together using my Helmar 450 Quck Dry as you really want these type of kits to adhere quickly as well as being super strong.  I added the moss like gras,s a little chipboard snail, and the tree to the bottom using my Helmar 450 Quick dry.  

I then ended up with this cute little project all finished.

Happy Creating

Beck Beattie

Helmar USA Inc. Design Team Member