I am over the moon to be sharing my first project as a member of the Helmar design team! I am absolutely blown away by the amazing, diverse quality of Helmar's products, and feel so blessed to be able to use them on each and every one of my recent projects. For the layout I am sharing today, I used some of my favorite Helmar discoveries: Craft and Hobby PVA Glue, Helmar 450 Quick Dry, and Zap Dots. (I couldn't just use one, I love them all so much!) 
I thought that I couldn't think of a better way to use the gorgeous, feminine (to me at least) color palette that Lydell found and created for our challenge, than by using these photos of my grandmother and her three daughters, taken in 1947. I mean, you can't get any girlier than that, unless you had maybe 10 girls. Hehe. As the mother of three girls herself, I'm always comforted by the fact that my grandmother successfully raised her daughters (my mom is the littlest girl, on the left), and that she is hopefully whispering encouragement in my ear from above. 
For all of the one-dimensional elements on this page (mostly paper), I used the Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue. When I "wormed it" (my phrase for winding streams of glue) onto the back of the paper, I then spread it very thin using a Pampered Chef stoneware scraper. A old credit card could do the same job...or hey, a new credit card could work too, it would keep you from using it later. Or maybe you could just explain to the store clerk how much you love your Helmar? Anyhoo, I love how the glue then adhered perfectly and smoothly to the base paper, even with gesso and paint and such on it. 
For the very first time EVER, I was able to adhere one of these vintage plastic doilies to my layout, and then photograph it so closely.....because there weren't any glue strings! Helmar 450 did the trick! It spread so nice and thin, but was still re-positionable, AND you can't see the adhesive on the doily itself, or the paper. Perfecto! 
The Helmar 450 Quick Dry was also perfect for sticking this heavy clothespin to the fabric sticker, as well. There's nothing better than security in knowing the clothespin won't eventually be laying at the bottom of an album.
I'm so glad that you stopped by the Helmar blog today, and that I got to share my layout with you! I hope that maybe I gave you a little inspiration, and that you are ready to go get gluey! Until next time,big, sparkly gluey hugs to you all. <3
