Hi HELMAR fans...I'm Martha Richardson and it's my 1st post as a Helmar Design Team member. I'm super excited because I love me some HELMAR...since discovering it after a recommendation from "THE" Erika Taylor I haven't looked back!! Creating projects with a good adhesive is so important...but I found the BEST adhesive and what a difference it makes.Over the next 6 months I hope to share several altered projects that you will find easy to create. Here are a few of my MUST HAVES that you will find in my toolbox and the products used on this project:
My project this month is using the wooden shadowbox from Pink Paislee, created as a gift for Christmas. I did not embellish the inside, leaving that to the gift recipient. I utilized the following HELMAR products to complete this project, Decoupage & Craft Paste, 450 Quick Dry Adhesive and Liquid Scrap Dots.
I started this project by covering the frame with several colors from the Fall Collection of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, a flourish screen and to define the opening I stamped with Archival Jet Black ink to insure the next layers of color would not bleed through. The inside of the shadowbox was covered with random sheet music and pages from a book using Helmar Decoupage & Craft Paste. I do a lot of mixed media canvas and let me tell you I LOVE this stuff! I used the Harlequin stencil from The Crafters Workshop and gesso to lay down a layer for texture. When dry I misted with Tattered Angels Nougat Glimmer Mist allowing it to drip giving it a look of being old. I attached the wooden cut-out embellishments from Kaisercraft with the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive and the Dragonfly brass embellishment from Out There Chippy with Liquid Scrap Dots.
Look how smooth the paper is with using the Decoupage & Craft Paste, that doesn't always happen with other types of the medium. The great thing is you are also able to apply other mediums over it without any problems what so ever!
I also want to share with you what I like to call a "STASHBUSTER" project. No more than 10-15 minutes to complete and helps to make a dent in that stash of yours. Utillizing a plain, clearance pumpkin from Big Lots, some 450 Quick Dry Adhesive and Liquid Scrap Dots and left-over Prima flowers and leaves I turn dull and boring into...a nice addition to a Thanksgiving centerpiece.
Before it was just a pumpkin with a just a lonely stem but now with the help of HELMAR we have a pumpkin that all glammed up!
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my projects. I would love to hear what you think and if you have any questions about techniques used don't hesitate to contact me.
Helmar USA, Inc. Design Team Member