Helmar Creative Team

Helmar is spider-licious!

Hi everyone, it's Sandee here with a last minute and super easy Halloween project. A fun one to get the kiddos involved in too! I'm making a sparkly spider web doiley and some glittery spiders to guard the candy!

I love making little spider web doilies for my Halloween decor! Take a piece of wax paper and "draw" your spider web design on top of the wax paper with your Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue.

After "drawing" your spider web pattern, dump a whole lot of glitter on top making sure all the glue is covered. Set it aside to dry. I usually leave mine alone for a couple of days just to make sure that even the thickest part of the "strands" are completely dry.

Next, peel off your web and take it outside to spray with Helmar Crystal Kote Gloss Varnish to seal all that wonderful glittery goodness so that you don't leave glitter everywhere...unless you like leaving a trail og glitter...lol 

Next, every web needs a sparkly spider to go along with it, after all who's going to guard the treats? I "painted" the plastic spider first with Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue with a paintbrush ( you can use your finger too ) !

Next, the glitter application!

And then comes the sealing process which is done outside!

Happy Halloween y'all!

 Helmar Crystal Kote Gloss Varnish

Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue

Mixed Media Halloween

Hi everyone, it's Sandee here with a fun mixed media sign to make for Halloween.

 

Adhering pearls and rhinestone to plastic can be kind of scary unless you have Helmar Craft Glue , which worked like a charm adhering the pearls and rhinestones to the plastic spider.

 

A close up shot of all the pearls and glitter, I love a glue that can hold it all together for me!

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots was perfect for adhering the spider's body to the board. Since he was hollow, I filled up the space with the Liquid Scrap Dots and then smooshed him down to the board and released. When it was released the Liquid Scrap Dots filled in the gap between the board and the spider's body.

I used the Helmar Crystal KOTE Gloss Varnish to seal in all the inks and sprays that I used creating the background. 

 

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar Crystal KOTE Gloss Varnish

along with:

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Want to Scrap - pearls

Martha Stewart - glitter

 

 

 

A Lifetime Is Not Long Enough to Love You

It's Tracey here to share my first project as a Helmar Designer. I'm so excited to be here sharing my creations with you! For today's project, I have featured Helmar Acid Free Glue to create "Rusty Metal Chipboard." I've included a tutorial so you can create some rusty goodness for your next project. I've also used other Helmar products which I will be telling you about as I describe my page.

Two of our children have married within the past two years, so I enjoy creating layouts of their beautiful love stories. This photo is one taken of Joseph and his bride, Rachel, on their sunny Florida honeymoon. I adore the way sun rays stream over the two of them.

 "A Lifetime Is Not Long Enough to Love You"   

Whenever I adhere paper to paper as in my layered photo mat, my go to adhesive is Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

 

Close-Ups:

Rusty Metal Chipboard - See tutorial below. I adhere all my heavier embellishments like chipboard using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

Another Rusty Metal Chipboard close-up. Isn't this texture gorgeous?

 

Flower cluster - adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. You can see the flower tucked under the photo mat, which I adhered with Helmar White Round 1/2" Zapdots. I like to be able to tuck flowers and other embellishments under my photo mats, and the Zapdots are perfect for this!

 

A close-up of the flower cluster near the title with wood veneers and button:

   

Here you can see my mixed media background with stenciled molding paste and misting beneath my flower cluster tucked in and under the photo mats. If you are starting to work with mixed media, you will find that it can be a challenge to get your elements to stick to the media used. Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive is higher in solids content and works wonderfully to get a great hold when attaching your embellishments.

 

I painted and inked this Dusty Attic chipboard title and adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive:

Now it's time to share how I created the Rusty Metal Chipboard. Who said glue is just for adhering? I've used it as a mixed media product to create this grungy, textured, rusty looking chipboard!

Rusty Metal Chipboard Tutorial

Supplies:

Supplies:

Helmar Acid Free Glue

Chipboard (Dusty Attic Key Holes used)

Ranger Alcohol Ink in rusty colors

Heat Tool

Nonstick Craft Sheet (Ranger used) Wax paper or foil could also be used

Small tip paint brush

• Step 1. Cover chipboard piece liberally with Helmar Acid Free Glue. Be sure to get all the way to the edges. If you are working with a larger chipboard piece you can apply the glue and heat in phases instead of all at once.
• Note ~ do NOT attempt this technique with glues that are flammable such as Helmar 450 or Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

• Step 2. Apply heat to the glue using a heat tool until it bubbles up and even pops. Sometimes the heat causes bubbles that are quite large, when you're done heating and it is cool enough to handle, you can push those bubbles down. You will see the glue look like it is bubbling and boiling down below the surface - that's what you want to see. It's OK if some of the glue get's a little browned since you will be covering it.

 

• Step 3. Select colors of Alcohol Ink that resemble the color of rust you would like to achieve. Place a small pool of each on a craft sheet or scrap of waxed paper or foil.

• Step 4. Start by brushing some of the lighter colors of alcohol ink onto your bubbled glue chipboard piece.

• Step 5. Brush on rust and red alcohol ink to blend with the golds. I don't clean the brush between colors, but let the colors blend and bleed into each other, pooling in and darkening the cracks and crevices.

 

Here's the finished "Rusty Metal Chipboard" keyhole on the layout:

I hope you will give this fun technique a try!

Helmar Products used on this page:

Helmar Acid Free Glue

 

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

 

Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Helmar Zapdots

Thanks for stopping by the Helmar blog today. I hope you've been inspired to grab your Helmar adhesives and create a project today.

~ Blessings ~

Tracey Sabella

Needle Keep/Book

Hello everyone, Jeanette here again and this time I'm bringing you a sweet little project that I've put together.

 

This little book is called a 'Needle Keep' and as the name suggests, it's a little book that you keep your needles in.

I absolutely love small projects where I can use up some of my scraps of laces and appliques and this was perfect for that.

To start with I used an offcut of a cotton doiley and cut it to the size I wanted, approximately 11cm x 14cm (HxW) then folded in half. This piece already had lace on two sides so I only had to add a little lace to the remaining sides using 'Helmar Fabric Glue'. I also cut a piece of felt slightly smaller and glued this to the underside of the fabric.

Using some pinking shears I cut another piece of felt slightly smaller for the inside pages and pinned everything in place.

Using a very simple running stitch and strong thread I then sewed the layers together. 

Now comes the fun part of decorating the basic Needle Keep using up small pieces of lace and offcuts of appliques it's a very quick and easy project.

Another little inclusion on the inside pages is a 'hump' for the needles to pass through, this is simply a small square of felt that's folded into thirds and glued into place using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive for best results.

 

You can then cover the 'hump' with a scrap of lace

Once you have made the pages how you want them you can finish up the decorating using either Helmar Fabric Glue for light laces and Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive for heavier items such as buttons etc. Be sure to attach a little ribbon or seam binding to the front and back covers for a lovely bow closure.

Cover (front and back)

And there we have it, a lovely little Needle Keep/Book that is soft and simple to put together and by using these wonderful glues, even those who don't sew can make one of these little lovelies!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today

 Jeanette :)

Helmar Teaser

G'day Helmar Fans it's time for another challenge!

A little late I know but dealing with some horrific bush fires here in Australia at the moment.

Our hearts go out to those who have lost their homes and sufferred great loss. 

We hope you are safe and well. Our praises go out to all our emergency services especially the 

Rural Fire Service and NSW Fire & Rescue fire fighters for the work they have done and will continue 

to do for many days and nights ahead.

We also thank those inter-state fire fighters and support agencies for their help.

More free stuff if you can figure this out!

Basic Rules.

1.	You must have liked the Helmar Facebook page.

2.	You must share this post on your Facebook page.

3.	You must live in the US, Canada or Australia (only locations we can ship prizes to at the current time)

4.	First correct answer wins.

5.	If there is no correct answer by the next Helmar Teaser this prize will carry over additional to the prize for the next Helmar Teaser.

6.	Answers must be posted on this post on the Helmar Facebook page.

7.	Design Team members current and past are ineligible to enter.

The prize for today's Helmar Teaser is 1 x Helmar Premium Craft Glue 4.23 fl.oz. (125ml), 1 x Helmar Acid Free Glue 4.23 fl.oz. (125ml) & 1 x Helmar Crystal Kote Fixative 14.11 oz. (400g)

Question.

I was named after a Duchess. Hemp and flax was my purpose but I'm more well known for a tree.
History runs very deep with me.

Make your own Curly Q'sI

Hi Helmar fans!  Christine back on the blog with you today and ready to share a fun new technique I discovered!  I made my own Curly Q's using bakers twine and the fabulous Helmar Fabric Stiffener and Draping Liquid!  I also used the Helmar Craft Glue on my card as it dries quickly and works for all sorts of embellishing!

Just wait until you see how easy this is!

Put a little bit of the Fabric Stiffener into a bowl.  I used it sparingly (you can always add more).  Then drop your twine in and swirl it around with a paint bruch until you think it is coated.  Take it out and run the length of the bakers twine thru your fingers to remove the excess.  

Wrap it around a pencil and allow it to dry overnight.  When you go to remove it, it will feel like it is stuck on the pencil.  Don't let that frighten you, just pry off one end and then remove the whole thing slowly.  It will hold it's shape perfectly and then you have a springy curly Q!  As you can see this also works great for ribbon - I am saving those ones for another project!

You can see from this picture how solid that Curly Q  is!

So there you have it!  A simple way to add some extra wow to your creations using our Fabric Stiffening and Draping Liquid!

 

 

Helmar Supplies Used:

 Fabric Stiffener and Draping Liquid

Craft Glue

 

Vintage Fabric Photo Album

Vintage Fabric, I believe is trending right now and this style of design has caught my eye.  Team mate Jeanette and I have discovered many friends through this journey and have enjoyed the creative side of this medium.

To-day, I would like to share how Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive makes my fabric album an easy construction with great presentation results. 

 

 

    Detailed Fabric Lace album instructions are available for purchase at My Desert Cottage.

     http://www.mydesertcottage.com/ 

 Start out by sizing your fabric to fit your album, add some padding under the cover fabric and close off the album covers by adhering the fabric edges on backside of the cover using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

I Finish off the album covers by adhering your first page of your album to the backside of   your outer covers of your album. This first fabric page of your album has been already machine sewn as a signature , which is explained in detail in the album instructions.  There are many styles on youtube as to how to assemble signatures for albums.

A few pages from the inside of the album.

And here is a look at how quick the Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive makes adhering trim to your fabric pages.

The optional spine binding is one that can be customized to each type of fabric album design.

Be sure to have a full bottle of Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive on hand to ensure you have enough adhesive based on the number of pages you have within your album.  A fabric album does finish up quick once your signature has been sewn together  beforehand.

Start collection those vintage fabrics and trim, so that you have the opportunty to give this a try with your vintage photo's.

 

Supplies

Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Liquid Scrap Dots, Premium Craft.

Paper:  Core’dinations Cardstock, Shattered, Whitewash, old paper core essentials

Stamp:  Unity Stamp Co. (Regal Greetings, Little Whispers, Moments in Bloom, Dream with your Heart, Naturally you)

Ink:  Clearsnap, Colorbox Chestnut Roan

 

May Arts Ribbon

Want2Scrap Rhinestones, pearls

Maya Road stick pins, vintage leaf pins

My Favorite Things Die, Leaf-Filled Flourish

Darice Dot 5x7 Embossing Folder

Muslin, Lace, Material, felt, chipboard, thread, photo’s

 

 

Helmar Teaser

G'day Helmar Fans it's time for another challenge!

More free stuff if you can figure this out!

Basic Rules.

1. You must have liked the Helmar Facebook page.

2. You must share this post on your Facebook page.

3. You must live in the US, Canada or Australia (only locations we can ship prizes to at the current time)

4. First correct answer wins.

5. If there is no correct answer by the next Helmar Teaser this prize will carry over additional to the prize for the next Helmar Teaser.

6. Answers must be posted on this post on the Helmar Facebook page.

7. Design Team members current and past are ineligible to enter.

The prize for today's Helmar Teaser is 1 x Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive 4.23 fl.oz. (125ml), 1 x Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots 1.01oz. (30g) & 1 x Helmar Crystal Kote Gloss 14.11 oz. (400g)

Question.

Here I stand the tallest in the land and as shiny as can be. I have a Presidential link whom you will find on a two dollar note.

Who am I?

Stuck on Helmar Adhesives

Hi everyone, it's Sandee here with my first Helmar Design Team post, bringing you a easy gift idea for the upcoming holidays. A sewing box, made sew easy with Helmar Adhesives.

 I love to re-cycle, up-cycle and re-purpose just about anything and today my project begins with a discarded ribbon card board tube and a foam insert that you find in your package of brads.  So the first thing I did was to paint the cardboard and cut the foam into a circle.

Using Helmar's Craft & Hobby PVA Glue I attached the paper to the cardboard tube. This glue truly grabs hold and secures the paper, even along a round shape.

Then I added ribbon around the box, leaving one side open. You need a strong glue like Helmar's Fabric Glue to make sure the ribbon holds up to the opening andclosing of the box.

I used Helmar's Foam Glue to attach the ribbon onto the foam.

I attached the foam pin cushion to the top of the box, again with Helmar's Foam Glue.

There are 12 thin layers of flowers secured with Helmar's Fabric Glue and a dollop of Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive which holds the gold bead in the center of the flower and holds the flower onto the foam base.

I love that Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive dries to a crystal clear finish because, sometimes, what you don't see is the most important part of your artful creation!

Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue
Helmar Fabric Glue
Helmar Foam Glue
Helmar  450 Quick Dry Adhesive
along with:
Core'dinations - The Chocolate Box paper
Maya Road - Butterfly stickpin
Little Yellow Bicycle - woodedn stickpins
May Arts - ribbon, 421-05-33

 

Helmar Teaser

G'day Helmar Fans it's time for another challenge!

More free stuff if you can figure this out!

Basic Rules. 
1.	You must have liked the Helmar Facebook page. 
2.	You must share this post on your Facebook page.
3.	You must live in the US, Canada or Australia (only locations we can ship prizes to at the current time)
4.	First correct answer wins.
5.	If there is no correct answer by the next Helmar Teaser this prize will carry over additional to the prize for the next Helmar Teaser.
6.	Answers must be posted on this post on the Helmar Facebook page.
7.	Design Team members current and past are ineligible to enter. 

The prize for today's Helmar Teaser is 1 x Helmar Craft glue 4.23 fl.oz. (125ml), 1 x Helmar Decoupage & Craft Paste (8.45 fl.oz.) & 1 x Helmar Crystal Kote Fixitive 14.11 oz. (400g)



Question:

I originally resided under the sea but now I'm out for all to see.
I am very old and famous but alone. I have two names both are very well known.
Thousands visit me every year. I change my colour depending upon the time of year.

Who am I? 

Hint (Could be a person, place or object)