Everything is Peachy with Gemstone Glue and Robin's Nest Dew

Good morning everyone! Today I am excited to show you my Peach Festival projects. I love everything peaches so there are a couple of projects to share.

Using one of my all-time favorite glues, Helmar Gemstone Glue partnered with The Robin's Nest Dew Drops I will show you how to create some unique book page flowers and the projects they were made for.

Here are my supplies. I used Faber Castell to water color the book pages to the shades I wanted them to be then Diecut them with some Spellbinders dies. These dies are special because of the fibers in the book pages I would not recommend the Cricut for this project. However if you are using different papers then that machine should work fine.

Adding some Helmar Gemstone Glue I adhered the fabric flower (see tutorial for Helmar fabric flowers) and filled the center with Gemstone Glue.

Insert The Robin's Nest dew drops round side down into Helmar Gemstone Glue and let set till dry.

While these were drying I made some mini peaches from The Robin's Nest's Large Clear Drops. Covering the flat back with Helmar Gemstone Glue and a round piece of paper colored to resemble a peach with Faber Castell PIT Pens and Gelatos.

I then added these flower and peaches to a headband with some tulle and more The Robin's Nest Dew Drops, Champagne color, down the side of the band.

Here are the flower blossoms and the mini peaches dried and set onto the final project. I love Helmar Gemstone Glue, how well it holds and how clear it dries. I pairs perfectly with the The Robin's Nest Products.

In my little town the Peach Festival is one of the largest events. I tore out the two chapters with the dates on them and reinserted them into the middle of the book next to each other with Helmar Acid Free Glue. The Peach Festival was decoupaged on with Helmar Acid Free Decoupage and Craft Paste

This project as the The Robin's Nest, Champagne colored Dew Drops in the centers of these blossoms.

One fun thing I discovered with this project is that as Helmar Gemstone Glue is drying. It turns from white to clear and it stays very tacky for a while. I decided to try something new with some foil I had about my studio. I put a fine tip top on the bottle of Helmar Gemstone Glue and drew some swirls with it. Soon after the Helmar Gemstone Glue in an area turned from white to clear I ran a sheet of foil across the top of it and gently burnished it with my fingers. Pealing back the foil it revealed a fun and beautiful way to free hand just about any design in a foil finish.

I have limited my work with foil to only using it with tapes and runners but this has opened a whole new world to me and I am loving it! What do you think?

Helmar Design Team Member