Helmar Creative Team

Let's Get Organized

Does your desk look like this? Tools that you need scattered about? You have to hunt to find things? 

 

I have a way to  get us organized which is a good goal for the New Year!

 

Let me show you how to make a beautiful desk organizer! I bet you have all of the supplies on hand! 

Start by grabbing paper towel or toilet paper rolls, cereal boxes, toothpaste boxes whatever boxes you have. The fun part is you can choose the shapes, sizes and arrangement. 

The adhesive I chose for this project is Helmar Tiger Grip Glue. This strong all purpose glue is perfect for this organizer.  

First I cut the boxes and tube to various heights. I applied a coat of white paint to the edges. I lined them up in different arrangements until I got the one I liked. 

Get out some of that pretty pattern paper and use the Tiger Glue to cover all sides of the boxes and the tubes. It adheres quickly so this takes no time at all. I finished off the top of each piece by gluing on a ribbon. 

After that, it is on to assembling the organizer. I cut a square piece of heavy duty cardboard and covered that with pattern paper as well. Once I had the arrangement I liked, I used the Tiger Glue to secure each piece to the base. I personalized it with some flowers as well. 

Here is my finished desk organizer. 

Now everything is just where I need it! This will really help me when I work on my projects! The fun part is they can be personalized with different papers or embellishments for a girl's room, or a boy's or a kitchen desk. 

 

I hope you enjoyed my organizational project. If you need to get organized, give this a try! Be sure to share with us on Facebook. Don't forget the product link is in the right corner. This well help you find the adhesives you need for your projects. 

 

Thank you for visiting and I look forward to seeing you back here next month!

Magic by Suzanne Franin 28/12

Hey Everyone

 

This week on the Helmar Blog I've made a grunge/steampunk type frame for a friend who loves that style and loved this quote.

Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the rest of the Design Team 

 

With the whole frame and embellishments I used the Helmar Premium Craft Glue as I have limited supplies at the moment where I am and I find this glue sticks everything from paper to metal.

 

 

 

So I started with an old timber frame and painted it with some Art Alchemy Impasto in Dark Chocolate with some sand mixed in then I randomly put some Finnabair Red Rust Paste over the frame.

I also did the same with the Memory Maze Chipboard pieces I used.

 

 

 

 

I used an acrylic Unicorn Head from Memory Maze with some white paper flowers.

 

 

I used a few pieces of paper clay which I covered with Art Alchemy Vintage Gold Wax with a stipple brush which gives a great coverage and gets into all the the little hard to reach places.

 

 

On the background of the frame I used Memory Maze Lots of Squares Stencil. 

I then used the Colour Blast Artist Inks in Calypso and Rust.

 

Next, I added some Memory Maze Chipboard Chicken Wire.

 

 

 

I used a few bits of metal and a little jar of Magic with a few glass cabochons which I placed randomly after I added some Vintage Gold Wax to the back of them. 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will be back soon x

Banner Bloom...

Hi all Vicki-Ann here today for Helmar. Every year I pick a word to be my word of the year. For 2019 I have picked the word Bloom. I have been doing a lot of gardening and when I was looking for inspiration for my word this one just seemed right.

 

 

What you will need for this project...

• Helmar Spray adhesive
• Hessian
• Patterned fabric
• Pinking scissors
• Pins
• Scissors
• Sewing machine (optional)
• Alphabet stencil
• Black Paint Pen
• String

I made a pattern out of paper so I got my sizes the way I wanted them. Then I used these for cutting out my pieces. I cut 5 pieces of hessian and 5 pieces of fabric. I pinned and cut around the shapes.

Now grab the Helmar Spray Adhesive  (Excuse the hands with the ground in dirt on them, the hazards of gardening.) Make sure you have a well ventilated room and pop some paper down to catch any excess adhesive. Now holding the Helmar Spray Adhesive spray can 20 to 30 cm away from your material, give it a quick spray on the wrong side of your printed fabric. 

Now just turn it over and position it on your hessian pressing it down flat. 

Grab your stencil and because I wanted to position my lettering in the centre and see how it looked. I placed my stencil over my fabric and just used a pencil to get it all in the right spot before getting my black paint pen.

Now this bit is optional as it is already on there really well with the Helmar Spray Adhesive  I really like the stitching though it just added a bit of detail. I stitched around the edges using a zigzag stitch. As the Helmar Spray Adhesive  was on there holding it, everything stayed in the perfect spot. So I did not have to pin anything. How awesome is that. It also made it really easy to fold it over at the top. I just stitched it on the wrong side, so that I now had an opening to thread my string through.

I cut some strips of the same fabric using my pinking scissors and just tied them on the ends and in between each of the letters. I thought this added a nice finishing touch to my banner. I just used a bit of washi tape to hang up my banner on the shelf above my desk.

I will enjoy seeing this hanging in my art room for the year 2019 and beyond. 

Have you chosen a word to inspire you for 2019? 

Upcycled box Fireplace and Pool Noodle Centrepiece

Raelene with you today, I hope you are having a great Christmas Eve!

I wanted to start by sharing how I came to be creating my project.

I originally started creating the word MERRY from large wooden letters that I was decorating with various papers and embellishments, I was in the middle of my first letter when I thought to myself this decoration really needs to be on a mantel but I don't have a mantel.  So I decided to make a box fireplace.  There are so many versions of this on the internet but I wanted to make one that was kinder to the environment and stronger thanks to using Helmar wherever possible.

So I collected 6 identical wine boxes and 2 laptop identical laptop boxes and assorted non-recyclable clean plastic rubbish and foam packaging that was't recyclable to fill the boxes to give them stability and strength, I sealed the boxes with packing tape, this was the only time I used tape in this project.
I set to work constructing my Fireplace.   I glued my boxes together with Helmar Hobby & Craft Glue at first but later switched to Helmar Premium Craft Glue as I thought it would give more strength and it definitely worked better when I experimented to add texture with fibreglass tape.

I created my base by cutting down a box from a fan and adhering my fireplace to it with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.  I also cut multiple strips from the fan box to use for adding details to the fireplace.

I stacked some boxes of books on top while it was drying to ensure enough pressure was applied to both sides while the glue dried.  And I was hoping it would help my laptop boxes straighten out as they were a little warped.  

I added a back to the fireplace and then I added details to the front with the strips I cut from the fan box earlier.

I decided to try covering my fireplace in crushed packing paper and then a coat of beige paint to give it what I hoped would be a rendered look.

When adding the paper I found it best to work in small sections to ensure the details came through.
I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue where the packing tape was to ensure a strong hold.  Add the glue then apply the paper here first.

Then I used my Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA for the parts that didn't have tape on.  Again working in each detail section at a time.

Once these front sections were covered I applied the paper to the sides and inside as far as it would go.

Now it is ready to be painted.  

I was hoping my sample pot would be enough to give me a good coating but still allow my details to show through and that the overall effect would be a rendered look.   However I ran out of paint after 1 coat and my back was not happy so I decided to love it the way it is.

Here is a close up of the top.  What do you think?  Did I get a rendered look?

During one of the breaks I took while making the Fireplace  I saw a post about creating a pool noodle table centrepiece in a Mum's group and there were so many Mum's who had burnt themselves using hot glue to create this, I knew I had to make one with Helmar so people would know they could avoid the burns by using Helmar for projects like this.

I wanted to be as environmentally friendly as I could be by using old/damaged decorations a friend gave me and a damaged pool noodle.  I wound up buying the green pine tinsel on sale for 50% off and some extra red and gold decorations as there wasn't quiet enough in the box my friend gave me but I tried to keep my environmental footprint for this as small as possible so I only bought what I needed.

I first experimented with doing a all gold one just to see if it would work.  I looped the tinsel garland and bead garland and applied Helmar Premium Craft Glue in sections to add these garlands to my pool noodle.  This was a great way to get it on quickly.  I would wind up removing this before it was dry so I could instead use green pine type tinsel garland and a mix of red and gold decorations.

So the LED candles could easily be turned on and off and fit where they needed to go easily I cut the packaging they came in into 3 and added it onto my pool noodle where I wanted them to be with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.   

I added some of the gold bead garland to the candle packaging as it is clear and I needed to hide the pool noodle when the candle is in it.

I then started adhering the green pine tinsel around the bottom and cutting some pieces off the end to fill in the top between the candles.  

I then started adding decorations, just adding them where I thought they looked best and keeping in mind when putting them near where the candles would go that they should help provide stability and support to the candle packaging.  
When adhering each decoration I would put some Helmar Premium Craft Glue to the parts that would be touching something else, I would hold whatever it was touching together until dry, whether that was the tinsel and another decoration or 3 decorations.

I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue for the entire pool noodle decoration.  It has been great for this project.  This was my first experiment creating anything like this and next time I will experiment with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive as I think this will give me a even better hold.  

And here is the finished Fireplace and Pool Noodle decoration all set up with LED candles and LED wire lights ready for our Christmas celebrations.  I love how they turned out.

Christmas Tree Decoration - Lydia

Hello wonderful Helmar supporters. It's Lydia here and I am finally back sharing a Christmassy blog post. 

It's been a busy year with myself graduating from high school and getting ready to head to university early next year. But today I am here to share a fun little Christmas decoration with you all.

For this project you will need:

- Patterned Paper (Here I have used Rinea foiled paper)

- Helmar Super-Tac Glue

- Twine

- Scissors/Paper Trimmer

- An embellishment for the top (I ended up deciding to use the foil paper instead of the flowers in the image below)

First step I took was cutting two pieces of the foiled paper at 2inches. 

I than concertina fold the two strips.

The previous two steps were than repeated for 2 strips of paper at 1inch and 1 strip at 1/2 an inch.

Than both ends of the concertina strips were adhered together with Helmar Super-Tac and were placed to dry in a circular formation to create  rosette.

Rosettes were than shaped within sizing to create a Christmas tree shape and were adhered again with Helmar Super-Tac.


Last but not least an embellishment of your choice can be adhered to the top of the tree to represent a star. As well as a looped piece of twine so decoration is able to be hung.

And here is the final decoration hanging in one of the trees in my garden with beautiful looking red Christmassy flowers.

I hope you all enjoyed this little decoration project. 

I would also like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I will see you all back here on the blog in 2019 sharing more Helmar project.

Lydia xxx

 

Easy Christmas Pudding shoes and decoupage xmas shoes for less than $12

Good Morning, Afternoon everyone in the blogging world.  I decided to put away my Bah Humbug for the day and I designed these awesome Xmas pudding shoes, with Santa on the heel holding it all together.  I also did a quick decoupage xmas canvas shoe, that took less than ten minutes to do, and honestly cost me less than $2.  I bought the black canvas shoes from the Op Shop for $1, and everything else I already had on hand.  Here are the glamour shots of these festive beauties......

 

 

To begin with you will need a pair of high heel shoes for the Xmas pudding design, and almost any kind of shoe will work for the decoupage shoes.  

 

These are the products I used from Helmar:

 

Crystal Kote Matte or Gloss Varnish

Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue

Scrap Dots 

Premium Craft Glue and 

Super Tac Glue

Other required items are:

Shoes

Xmas decorations

Brown Acrylic Paint

White Acrylic Paint

Wrapping paper with xmas designs you want on the decoupage shoes

 

Ok so to begin with I sat down in front of the television and began watching Xmas shows, yep, I did that. 

I cut out lots of xmas pictures from wrapping paper, and xmas tissue paper ready to be glued onto the black canvas shoes.  

Once I had everything cut out I just glued them onto the canvas shoes where ever I wanted them to be with the Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA glue. 

I used a paintbrush to put the glue on the shoe, then I placed the pictures on top, then another layer of glue on top of the pictures. I added some tiny little xmas bows using the I had to decorate the edges, to add some sparkle to it.  Must have sparkle!!

Once I had done this, I decided to get some of the xmas ball decorations that go on a tree, and I used the Super Tac Glue to adhere them to the edges of the shoes.  Once dry, spray with the Helmar Crystal Kote Varnish spray and there you go.  A quick, inexpensive and unique pair of everyday xmas shoes to wear around town.

 

 

 

 

Christmas Pudding Shoes

 

I found these cheap pair of high heels in the Op Shop, $5, absolutely perfect for what I wanted them for.  The only type of shoe I didn't want was a fabric one like canvas, it would just make it a little harder to paint.  It can still be done though.

The first step, or it can be the last step if you think Santa will get in your way, is to glue santa, or a bauble onto the heel of the shoe.  Now I tried a number of different ways to do this and I found the Premium Craft Glue to be the best way to adhere Santa in the shortest amount of time.  

After Santa was happy, I glued on some more of those little xmas balls across the bottom seam of the shoe, using the scrap dots from Helmar.  It is quick and easy to apply and I could raise and lower the little balls as much as I wanted.  

 

I had two little bells with some mistletoe attached that I thought would look perfect on the front of the shoe.  I attached them using Super Tac Glue.  Some red ribbon added to the front of the shoe with PVA glue makes them look like a wrapped up pudding.

 

I'm betting no one else is going to have these festive shoes at that work Xmas party!

 

Now for the icing of the pudding I wanted it to be layered and dripping.  Premium Craft Glue is the perfect choice for this part.  I applied a thick layer across where I wanted the icing to approximately end, allowing for some dripping,  I then filled in the rest of the top of the shoe with the glue and allowed it to dry.  It took less than fifteen minutes before I could paint the icing.  It honestly is that quick.

 

 

I tipped the shoes a little before the glue dried to get the drips of icing.  I then painted the icing in white paint, it needed about two coats.  I painted the rest of the shoe in raw umber (brown) acrylic paint, and they are completed.  When the paint is fully dry I recommend using the Crystal Kote Varnish spray just to protect everything.

 

This is the first coat of paint, to get a nice even coverage at least two coats of paint are required.

 

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year.  Fingers crossed for an Arty New Year!!

 

 

Merry Christmas Card with Robyn Wood

Hello! It’s Robyn Wood with you today sharing a quick and easy Christmas card featuring Helmar adhesive and a non-traditional colour scheme of red and aqua.

With Christmas edging ever closer, you probably don’t have a lot of time to create cards for giving, so I wanted to share this one that makes the best use of stickers & printed papers. I raided my stash, but I’m sure you all have ‘Merry Christmas’ type stickers and suitable printed papers hidden somewhere! For the printed panel, use either patterned papers featuring ‘frame’ type images or the papers that come with 9 or more smaller images printed over the sheet.

I’ve matted the frame paper with a complimentary coloured blue layer that had been torn along the bottom (All the layers have been adhered with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue). I then tied a thin piece of red ribbon across the bottom and used Helmar Fabric Glue to adhere the ribbon so it stays in place.

The layered panel was attached to a red, tent folded A5 card base using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue. I found a cool sheet of glittery baubles in my stash so I punched out a trio of them using a circle punch, then adhered them to the frame using Helmar Scrap Dots to give a little dimension. I used a fine, black pen to draw in the strings.

Despite being different brands, I found a sheet of Christmas words that perfectly matched the frame colours. So, a greeting was selected and matted with a scrap of aqua cardstock and adhered over the left side of the frame.

If you don’t happen to have anything suitable, a variety of greetings can be easily printed using your home printer.

Finishing touches of buttons and gemstones completed the card in no time.

Supplies:
Helmar Tacky Craft Glue
Helmar Fabric Glue
Cardstock, patterned paper and stickers
Red ribbon, buttons & gemstones

I hope you have enjoyed learning how this card came together. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and I look forward to continuing to inspiring you in 2019!

Vintage ATC's

Hi my crafty friends!! I hope that my project that I have been wanting to post for a while now will finally go through. This project was fun to maket o me because not only do I love anything vintage but because I love that an ATC (Artist Trading Card) , it is a wonderful way for you to not only have an amazing piece of art from crafty friends all over the world or even someone who inspires you, but these are super easy to keep stored. I will be showing you in an upcoming project sometime, just a few ways on how to store these fun projects. But for now I decided that I would share how to create these with those of you who might be new to paper crafting or maybe you just have not made these before.  So here is another quick and easy photo tutorial for you to follow. 
         

                                   

For this project I used some 65 lb. ivory & kraft color card stock, I used the Tim Holtz "Wallflower" 12x12 paper pad. I had noticed some sizes in this paper pad that are similar in size to the ATC, I only had to trim off 1/2 in off the top and side for it to be 2.5 X 3.5.  I had previously cut my card stock at the same size. I then inked the card stock & design paper using my Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink and my dauber. . Once I had them inked I decided on using the adhesive from Helmar Tiger Grip Glue to adhere the design paper to the card stock. As you can see on my photo I only applied it in small dots, in this case, less is more. Even with the amount that I applied, I am not at the least bit worried that my papers will come apart or that my embellishments will not hold either as I decided to use it on my embellishments as well. I did also use my brayer once I added my design paper to the card stock that had the adhesive to make sure I spread the adhesive out evenly. 

                                         
                                      

 

                                                               


I do hope that you found this project easy to follow and that you will share it and other creations with us on the Helmar facebook page. Thank you for checking out my post today and hope you look out for my Christmas themed project here on the  Helmar Creative Team Blog 

Be back real soon! ~Hugs~ Jeanne 

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Christmas card with double sided paper...

Hi all Vicki-Ann here and I have made a Christmas card out of some pretty double sided Kaisercraft 12 x 12 paper.

What you will need for this project. 

• Helmar Premium Craft Glue
• Creen card stock
• Double sided Kaisercraft decorative paper
• White card stock
• Merry Christmas stamp
• Green ink 
• Oval or shape of your choice punch

I loved this green paper with its lovely words on one side and the pine tree theme on the other. I thought this was a great way to show both sides. You can really make this to any size card you require. 

So to start I grabbed some green card stock and cut it into 2 one smaller than the other. Then I scored and folded it in half. The bigger of the the 2 I cut the right half part of the card off. Working of this part I opened to what is now going to be the inside of your card and cut the card stock for the larger half with one side of the paper and smaller half with the other side of the paper. 

I then grabbed the Helmar Premium Craft Glue and glued these on the the inside of my green card. 

I then cut some more of the pine side of the paper and covered the front of the smaller right half of the green card stock.

So this part is now done. 

Now grab the other smaller piece of green card stock and open it and using the Helmar Premium Craft Glue  you cover the inside right hand side with some white card stock. I stamped Merry Christmas on this using some green ink.

I also stamped Merry Christmas and cut it out with my punch to use on my cover. Using a scrap piece of green card stock, punch out another one of your shape so you can back your Merry Christmas. I just cut this in half add some of the Helmar Premium Craft Glue and pop it on so you now have a green border around your Merry Christmas.

I cut more of the paper, this time the word side and covered the front of this card. Then using the Helmar premium craft glue I attached this to my cover and then added my Merry Christmas element. Then for the final part all you have to do is add some Helmar Premium Craft Glue to the back of the smaller card and attach to the centre of the bigger card. 

I think this is such a simple idea. Once you make one you will be hooked. I really like the way it folds out. You can make it any size you like, it is a fabulous way to use up some lovely double sided papers, so you get to show both sides. 

Tip... Make sure you score both cards so they will sit flat. 

Recycle those Wrapping Paper tubes!

If you are like me, then not only are you buying presents but you are wrapping them as well. I hate when I get to the end of the roll and I have the long tube to throw away. Instead of tossing it, let's use it! 

 

 

We are going to use that tube ( or a toilet paper or paper towel tube) to make cute ornaments!

I gathered my supplies. In addition to the paper tube, I have paint, tissue paper, batting,  and, of course, my

Helmar 450.  This quick drying, clear adhesive is perfect for craft projects like this one! You will also need glitter and small embellishments - buttons, gems, etc. 

 

To begin -  cut a series of strips from the tube. These will be molded into shapes for Santa and the snowflakes. 

 

Santa is simply a series of shapes glued together. Paint 1 piece red and 3 pieces white. 

Shape the red piece into a hat which will be filled with red tissue paper. Grab some tissue paper and scrunch until you get it to fit into the hat.  Once you are happy with the size and shape, run a bead of 450 on the inside and put the tissue paper back in.  Shape a white piece  into a circle which will be his face. Glue to bottom of hat. Make a moon shape and  adhere to the face. Next come his whiskers. Shape the tube into an upside down heart. Fill with batting as we did with the hat.  Secure where it touches the face. Apply more glue to the outside of his face and add batting for hair. A pipe cleaner is perfect for the brim on his hat and a pom pom. I also gave him a red cherry nose. Add a string or ribbon for hanging. 

For the snowflake, cut 15 strips and paint gold. Glue 5 ovals together to make a star. Fold the rest of the strips in half and adhere between the points of the star. Continue until you have it filled in. 

 

I ran a bead of 450 along the outer edges and dipped it in crystal flakes. A painted chipboard snowflake with a layer of glitter was adhered to the center. Add a piece of yarn for hanging. 

Here is a close up of each one. Don't they look cute! And check out the sparkle on the snowflake! What a fun project for the entire family. You could make other shapes as well - a snowman, hearts, and more. Other embellishments can be added or they can be personalized. 

So instead of throwing out those wrapping paper tubes , turn them into ornaments!! Thank you for joining me this holiday season! 

 

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Wishing you and your families all of the best this holiday season!