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Dreams by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

 

I had this photo of my son which I stole of his Instagram I think it was - teenagers are hard to get photos of and this was taken at a party lucky for me someone had tagged him and I saw it LOL 

 

I had the perfect size canvas for this photo and thought it would make a great project for my Helmar Blog post. 

Make sure you visit the Blog and see all the great projects that the other Design Team Members have come up with.

 

 

 I used the Helmar Super-Tac Glue to stick book paper down onto the canvas tearing it into random shapes and scrunching it as I lay it down.

 I put a layer of the Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue over the top of the paper to make sure it is all stuck down then put a thin layer of clear gesso over that so that the Magical's would take to the surface.

I used Bachelor Button Blue, Tweedle Dee Denim, Mad Hatter Mint Green and Shabby Turbine Teal over the background sprinkling the colours then spraying the water and drying in between until I was happy with the colour of the canvas. 

After using the Magical's I like to use a coat of Helmar Crystal Kote Fixative to make sure when I'm sticking anything down to make sure the Magical's don't smudge or run with the wet glue.

 

I used the Helmar Super-Tac Glue to stick the cardstock die cut to the canvas.

 

I used the Acid Free Glue to adhere the photo to the cardboard. 

 

I used the Helmar Craft Glue to adhere the cardboard to the canvas. 

 

I used Memory Maze Square Mesh Grunge Chipboard for some added texture and covered it with the  Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Brushed Iron.

 

I love metal so I added some metal washers and some old metal pieces that I had in my stash. 

On the Hexagon die cut cardstock I added some Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Brushed Iron so it matched my metal embellishments.

 

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Superman Pop Up Box Card

As a family of nerds Superman is one of the characters we loved so I thought a Superman pop up box card would be a great addition to add to our card stash so it is ready for someone to grab when they need a card and add a number or message as needed.

This is my third box card and I found using Helmar Acid Free Glue to be much easier than double sided tape when assembling the box card as it can be fiddly getting the pieces lined up just right on the inside so the glue gave me the wiggle ability needed to line things up just right.  It has been a few months and I couldn't think of the measurements I used so I did a quick Google image search for a box card template and used this one here.

    

If you haven't made one of these cards before there are a number of tutorials on YouTube.

I decided I wanted to kind of build a scene so I printed a picture of a cloudy sky to use on what will be the back to panels when closed and a cartoon/clip art style cityscape for the 2 front tabs, I printed the cityscape so that the tops of the tallest buildings would poke over the top to add to the scene.  I used a trimmer for the straight cuts and fussy cut the top and sides of the building.

I fussy cut the Daily Planet globe, Superman word and 3 images of Superman flying so I could play with them for the inside sections work out which Superman suited my card best.  I didn't want to put a lot in these sections, I wanted it to be a simple scene.  I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue to glue these items on to strips of plastic from a sticker sheet so they would be floating.

  

I love how my scene turned out, both when closed and open. 

I will definitely be making more Pop Up Box Cards with these wonderful glues as it came together much easier with them.