Hi Helmar fans,
Vicky blogging today. I am a scrapbooker by nature but once in a while I get a desire to create off the page (OTP) projects. Here is a step-by-step on how I altered this canvas purse using my favorite adhesives and some fantastic preferred partner products. Since it is breast cancer awarenes month I went with my favorite color - PINK!
My mom gave me this 10x10 inch canvas purse she bought for $2 at a dollar store and said "Can you make something with this?". Ummmm, YES!!!
So, I started to mist it (outside) and realized I was going through A LOT of mist without the result I wanted. It looked so "blah". Then, I remembered the awesome cross promotion products the Helmar DT received from Faber-Castell this summer.
I started to play with a pink gelato and a green stamper's big brush pen. I made a pink paste in a plate with a gelato (scrape off a chunk of gelato and add a bit of water) and a green puddle with a big brush pen (scribble and mist some water) and painted it on with a paintbrush for a nice vibrant color. I then stamped with the green and used the brush pen directly on the stamped image to darken it. Next, I created a handmade flower and glued it to the canvas using my all-time favorite Helmar product - the 450 quick dry. This stuff is better than any hot glue and won't yellow (or burn you). It's great for heavier items like this canvas flower or metal.
I also used thin gesso and a stencil for smeared writing and then added some water to my left-over gelato paste to create a mist. I misted the script stencil for crisper pink letters. I next added some gorgeous lace from Green Tara using Helmar's Premium Craft glue. It works great on delicate fabrics - you can't see the glue and it won't yellow the lace.
Lastly, I gave this finished purse a spray of Helmar's Krystal Kote Matt to seal the colors in. It won't be washable so I wanted it a bit resistant to dirt.
Before I go, here is a second OTP project I created to be worn by yours truly next week. I took a plain dollar store mask and added some left-over embellishments from my October Swirlydoos kit. I used my trusted 450 quick dry on this to make sure nothing falls off when placed around my face.
Thanks for taking a peek at my projects today!
Vicky Alberto, Design Team Memeber
