Helmar Creative Team

New Year's Greetings

Happy New Year's Eve!

Today I have two creations to share with you that will be given to the host of our New Year's day dinner.  I will start with showing you the greeting card I created to celebrate the new year.
 

To begin I start with pulling together all of the items I plan on using for my creation. 
 

  The Helmar supplies used for this card are:  Zapdots 1/2" round white and I also used the Clear Zapdots 1/2" round and Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive.  These are my general go to items when creating greeting cards.

 

Using my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive I begin to add my layers of pattern paper. 

 

Next let's begin to add dimension with layers.  Using the clear 1/2" Zapdots for my first layer of pattern paper.  The clear Zapdots are not as thick as the white, which is exactly what you want on this layer.

However, on your final pattern paper layer you want that pop.  Using the Zapdots 1/2" white will give you that effect.

Continue by adding ribbon and floral embellishments using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to complete.

 Next up is a canvas greeting

I used a small 5X7 and 2X2 sized canvas to create a display to be used on the food table.

 

To complete this entire design I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.  After adhering and embellishing the basic background, I begin adding embellishments.

 

Here you will see how I use clear glass rocks to create my own embellishment.  Using decorative paper, I adhered the glass rock using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive and placing it on the feather design I want to show through the glass. 

 

Continue to add layers of embellishments, including flowers and twine using Helmar 450 Quick dry adhesive.

To complete the design I will now add a bit of height to the sentiment and splatter more ink.

 

I wish you all a very safe and HAPPY NEW YEARS

New Year's Party in a box

Hello, Nicole here on the blog.  I have a New Year's project for you today.  

Every year we have a New Year's party with friends.  We eat, play, games, and ring in the new year together.  This year I thought it would be fun to make some homemade poppers the kids can break open when the clock strikes twelve.  Like most projects I start though it soon got a little out of control and I ended up putting a whole box of items together to take to the party.  It's like an instant New Year's party in a box.  

Here is a look at some of the things I gathered together as I started working:

Helmar Craft Glue

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Helmar ZapDots 1/4" squares (not pictured)
box
dowels
tissue paper
toilet paper rolls
wrapping paper
shredded foil (not pictured)

I started first by taking the toilet paper rolls and cutting them in half.

Next I cut the tissue paper in half (about 10" wide) and placed the roll on top.  Filling each of the ends with some of the shredded foil, a few pieces of candy, and a small bottle of bubbles.  

Place the two halves together and place a line of Helmar Craft Glue along the ends of each roll.  

Take the edge of the tissue paper and place it onto the Helmar Craft Glue. 

Continue rolling tube to the end of the length of tissue paper.  Rolling carefully so the contents don't spill everywhere.  

Once you've reached the end of the tissue paper tie the ends of the tissue paper shut with a little ribbon.  

You can leave them as is or you can go a step further and decorate with a label or a little wrapping paper around the middle.  I chose a few Non-Christmasey wrapping papers and wrapped a bit around the middles of each popper.   

Here they are all finished and lined up.  

Next I started working on a few photo props.  I found a few in the Silhouette store and using just a few pieces of cardstock and glitter paper scraps I cut these out on my Cameo.  

On some of the pieces I used Helmar ZapDots to add just a little more dimension to the props.  

Once all the props were put together I added them to small dowels with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.  I added the adhesive first to the dowels and then laid the dowel onto the back of each of the props.  

I LOVE Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.  By the time I added glue to the last dowel and placed it, the rest of the props were all dry and ready to go.  

At this point in my creating is when I thought it would be great to find a box and put all my creations in to take to our party.  All the online Christmas shopping I did came in really handy since I had the perfect size box sitting here empty.  I also chose this box because the lid was attached and it would be a tad bit harder for my three year old to open ;)

To make it a tad more festive I took a little silver spay paint to the outside.  

Once the spray paint was dry I added a few New Year's cuts I found in the Silhouette store.  

Inside I have the photo props, homemade poppers, a few noise makers, and some sparkling cider.  

I'm excited to show up to our party with this festive little box.  I wish all of you a very Happy New Year and Happy Creating!

 

New Year's Eve - Fun DIY Centrepiece

Oh the fun of the New Year, Christmas is all done and everyone is relaxing and having a good time with family and friends and then before you know it it's New Year's Eve. 

Take advantage of leftover Christmas decorations and what you may have laying around the house to make a fun centrepiece for your New Year's Eve table.

What you will need:

Helmar 450 Quickdry Adhesive, clean jar/bottle, sparkly fibers, numbers '2, 0, 1, 5', sparkly pipe cleaners, sparkly flower springs (in fact anything sparkly!!) cardstock of choice, a couple of feathers and anything else that catches your eye.

Firstly with your cardstock cut our two mask shapes in your desired style.

Apply glitter glue around the outside edge and eye holes.

Once the glitter glue has dried, turn over one of the masks and apply Helmar 450 Quickdry Adhesive to the inside and attach some sparkly fibers all the way around the outside edge.

Then apply a thin bead of Helmar 450 Quickdry Adhesive to the inside of the other mask and sandwich the two together with the fibers inbetween.

Using the glitter glue once again, trace around the outside of your numbers and allow to dry. Roll up a sheet of cardstock or music paper and make a 'stick' for your mask.

Attach the stick to the corner of your mask, glue on a couple of feathers and let dry.

Fill your jar/bottle with some of the sparkly fibers, insert your flower springs and curl your pipecleaners and insert them into the jar/bottle also.

Tie a bow around your jar/bottle and arrange everything to look pretty!!

 

I would like to wish every one a very very safe and Happy New Year and may 2015 be a wonderful year for you all :)

 

One Day till Christmas with Tamiko

Wow!  Can you believe it's Christmas Eve?  I am sure snacks are already being prepared for my family. We do Christmas Eve, so we can spend Christmas Day reflecting the day, going to church or whatever else one wishes to do.  So let's get started!  

 

I created a pinecone Christmas tree and a charger that I did the countdown from December 1st as Day 25.  My daughter has autism, she pays attention to a time clock, but not physical days on calender.  For some reason she understands, when you count backwards you will finally get to a goal/destination.  She also likes and prefers minature things, hence the smal tree.  We have another tree, but this one is for her, in her sitting area.

As usual I used a lot of Helmar adhesives and while it is not neccessary to use everything I have here, it is great when you can CHOOSE to USE the BEST.. and DO SO!!

Let's start with my pinecone tree.  I first used a bunch of Deco Art Acrylic Paints, in my fave bright color hues to color one side (actually the underside) of the seed scale.  I let it dry.

 

I sat it to the side to dry and then went to build my base.  I cut out 2 round circles from cardboard to adhere to a cyclinder shape piece, to build a stand.  I first painted them white, then I used Helmar Decoupage and Craft Paste to do a lil collage and give the stand some texture.

  

Then I took some Helmar Super Tac EVA and adhered the cyclinder shape to the flat circles.  I cut off any excess papers.  Then I took the same glue and added a flat back pearl trim to edges of the stand.  

  

I finished the stand off by adding color with my fingers, decided I couldn't do anything just black and white! :)By this time my pinecone tree was dry, I grabbed my Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue.  I chose this glue specifically because it comes out kind of runny, for lack of more techinical term.  I needed that, because I planned to use my paint brush to apply my glue.  I wanted to be able prepare as many seed scales as I could, so I could glitter in batches.  I hope that makes sense?

  

As my tree dried... I prepared my final day for my charger.  I got a wooden bird from Sandee Setliff, a dear friend and #HelmarDT Sister.  After painting my little Partridge I added him to the charger with black Helmar Zap Dots.  I love those double sided deminsional tape circles!  They are so AWESOME!  I mean I knew it before today.. I am just reiterating it to you! (giggles)  They really, really held that wooden piece to my plastic charger!!

 

 

I also took some wooden snow flakes.. painted them.. and painted some of the Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue yet again and sprinkled some more glitter.  ::loved sprinkling glitter will probably being weaing it till NEXT Christmas.. smiles::

 

 

Then I added Helmar Scrap Dots to prop my flakes up on my little bird and charger.

 

 

And finally a close up of the my birdie on charger.... 

 

Well.. I have held you up LONG enough!! (smiles)

I want to WISH you ALL a MERRY CHRISTMAS from my family to you and yours!! 

 

Christmas Tree

Hi everyone Monica here with an easy fun Christmas tree decoration that you can do with the kiddos!!  All you need is a stryofoam cone just like this one, some ribbon, your Helmar glue and whatever embellishment you would like for the top of your tree.

 

 Take your ribbon and Helmar Super-Tac glue and glue as you wrap the ribbon around the cone as shown below

 Once done your tree will look like this

Now take whatever embellie you chose for the top of your tree.  I am using a chipboard flower from Tando Creative.  I used my Helmar Super-Tac and spread the glue all over and then sprinkled it with some super fine glitter

 

It ends up looking this

 

Adhere your embellie on top of your tree and walla this is what you have.  A super easy Christmas tree decoration that you can put anywhere in the house or you can give it as a gift.

 

 

 

 

 I hope everyone enjoyed my post for today and Happy Holidays to everyone and be sure to check out all the amazing design team projects on the Helmar blog and don't forget us on Facebook!!

 

 

 

 

Victorian Lady Ornament

Greetings and salutations! Jennifer, here, with a fancy ornament project perfect for vintage decorating.

I'm pretty obsessed with my Victorian home and, in addition to our usual Christmas decorations, I was set on creating a more traditional Victorian-style tree for the library. The Victorians often decorated their trees with paper ornaments--a pretty good place to start for a crafter, right?

After finding some images of Victorian ladies on Dover Pictura, I decided to combine them with some simple, gathered "skirts" I sewed, attaching them and their trim with Helmar Fabric Glue. The Victorians love their fussy fripperies, so I also added additional braided trim and sequins to the ornament.

I finished the ornament with coordinating glitters attached with Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue that I applied with a brush for maximum precision. 

I'm looking forward to putting the finishing touches on my Victorian tree this year and building upon the tradition on future Christmases.

Wishing you creative days,

Are you the reason?

Happy Holidays everyone, Sandee here to share with you my latest obsession...

altering paint brushes!

I can't get enough of them as they are so much fun to make!!

So, have you been good or naughty?

First I begin by painting the bristles of the brush and the handle. Then for the Santa face I wrapped a piece of paper around the silver metal part of the brush and adhered it with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

Then I laid out all my embellishments to add to the brush to make Santa.

Most of the embellishments like my piece of handmade paper that I created using my Arnold Grummers Paper Making kit were adhered with the Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, but some of my embellishments got a special touch of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots so they will stand up and away from the brush and that way add some dimension. I love how fast the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots hold yet remains flexible so I can adjust the height levels. This is amazing stuff!

 And my favorite fun quote of all:

"Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip"

quote by Gary Allen

Merry Christmas!

Decopauge Wrapping Paper

Hey everyone, Katie here! For today's project I wanted to share with you guys this custom wrapping paper I made! It's fun and artsy and looks great wrapped around your Christmas presents.

 

 

I used Helmar Decopauge and Craft Paste. This stuff is really awesome, it doesn't leave you with any big wrinkles that you have to work out and it adheres so nicely!

 

 

I had this pile of Christmas themed gelli prints I'd made and I wanted to turn them into wrapping paper. so I used Helmar Decopauge and Craft Paste, applying it to the backs of my gelli prints and adhereing them down onto a larger piece of paper.

 

 

Once I had them all stuck down, I went back over them with a top coat of the Decopauge and Craft Paste to finish and seal my wrapping paper and let that dry.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today! There are only 10 days until Christmas so if you need a little inspiration, take a look around. The other ladies on the design team have been posting a ton of lovely projects!

 

Merry Christmas!

 

 

Supplies Used: Helmar Decopauge and Craft Paste

Burlap and Christmas with Kitsnbitscraps

Hi Veronica here today to share with you some home decor. 

I have seen these paper mache trees at craft stores and have thought each year, "I'm going to make one."  Well, finally I did!

I also wanted to try out the Helmar Tacky Craft Glue because it is an "all purpose" glue for crafts.  While at the craft store I found some snowflake jewels that I thought would look good on my tree, so I used my Helmar Fabric Glue to adhere my snowflakes.

Helmar Tacky Craft Glue

Helmar Fabric Glue

 

Here are my steps:

1.  Choose a color to paint your paper mache trees.  I chose gold.

2. Cut several burlap strips approximately one inch wide.

 

3.  Using a brush to smooth out your Tacky Glue; paint your trees with glue one section at a time.  Then start to wrap your burlap strips around your trees.

 

Once your trees are wrapped in burlap, now you can decide how you will decorate them.  I have a country style Christmas tree so I chose to paint one of my paper mache trees and adhere snowflake jewels to my second tree.  Do remember though, that if you have a traditional or elegant decorating style you could use any ribbon or string to wrap your tree to the style that fits your home.

 

 I chose to paint red dots on one tree with my red sorbet paint and my stencil.

 My second tree I decorated with snowflake jewels and ahdered them with my Fabric Glue.

 

 

I am getting excited for Christmas, my tree is almost up and my presents are mostly all wrapped.  Next comes baking!  My scrappy friends and I are getting together for a crop soon and we were talking about a cookie exchange.  I am going to bake some cookies and shock them, they know I do not normally bake.  It does not mean I can't bake, so I will surprise them with Christmas cookies.

Happy Scrapping and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

Helmar Product Used:

Helmar Tacky Craft Glue 

Helmar Fabric Glue

 

USMC Ball 2014- 17 Years

I haven't done a layout in a while, so I thought it was time!  I went a little shabby with this one, but really like the way it turned out.      

For this layout I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry along with two different sizes of the zapdots.

 

The key to doing a layout that has some distressing is where you place your adhesive.  Liquid adhesive is the best to use, but don't put it next to the edge. 

Instead, leave a little room for you to tear and fold in your paper.  When you tear off paper, don't throw it away either.

As you can see from the photos, I used a torn piece up top over the 17 card.

 

I would love to see any recent layout's you've done!