Hi everyone, it's Tracey back to share a special Thanksgiving card with you today.
As you probably have figured out, my go to adhesives these days are the Helmar liquid adhesives that work so well with my mixed media style. However, when putting a card together, the Helmar Quickfix Adhesive Runner works great to make quick work of putting all the paper layers together.
"A Day of Thanks"
Tips and Techniques
I prepared my layers by trimming to size, inking the edges and stitching. Then to adhere, I simply ran the Helmar Quickfix Adhesive Runner around the edges. There are two things I appreciate about the Helmar Quickfix Adhesive Runner. First, it is very tacky, so I don't have to worry about my project coming apart. Second, it is just adhesive - no stiff tape component, so it's easy to apply to curvy shapes as well as straight lines.
I also used the Helmar Quickfix Adhesive Runner to adhere my strip of ribbon.
I selected flowers, a berry sprig and jewelry pendant from my stash. These heavier items were adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.
I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on white cardstock, then centered and die cut it before rubbing with several shades of ink to color.
I also stamped and embossed the inside sentiment. Here is where I really love using the adhesive runner - to build layered frames. I cut out my sentiment, then applied the adhesive runner to adhere to the darker cardstock and used a transparent ruler and craft knife to trim the mat for perfectly even edges.
Before adhering my layers, I created this design on the top layer by dry embossing the grungy fall color paper. I then sanded the raised edges to expose the white paper core.
Thanks for dropping by today to check out my project.
I hope you've been inspired to create!!
Helmar Products:
Other Products:
BoBunny Vintage Double Dot - Butterscotch; We R Memory Keepers - Black Widow Collection; Brown Cardstock; BoBunny Blossoms - Wildberry Daisy; Petaloo Darjeeling Mini Mix; Satin Ribbon - Cappuccino from Really Reasonable Ribbon; Tonal Duets - Pendant; Creative Imaginations Clear Stamps - Thankful; Darice Embossing Folder - Fall Leaf; Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Wild Honey; Clearsnap ~ Donna Salazar - Mixed Media Inx: Leather; Clearsnap ~ Donna Salazar - Mixed Media Inx Embossing Powder: Leather; Clearsnap ~ Donna Salazar - Mixed Media Inx CHOX: Sparrow; Spellbinders - Decorative Labels Twenty-Two; Sizzix - Big Shot; Core-dinations - Sanding Block; Tim Holtz - Grid Blocks; Sewing Machine
~ Blessings ~