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Tri-fold Double Shutter Photo Folio featuring Teresa Collins Urban Market

Hello again Helmar friends!!! Today I am sharing with you a project that I created this week. I came across this paper collection in my hoard vault, I honestly had forgot I had this paper collection. I really need to start going thru my hoard vault once in a while to create with these papers that are just sitting there only because I don't want to cut into them. How unrealistic is that right!? I'm sure a lot of you know exactly what I am talking about! Anyhow I'll get around to using them ......eventually.....at a very slow pace...."giggle giggle"! Anyhow so I love all projects that Teresa Collins creates and she's a BIG fan of memory keeping and folios just like I am, so I knew this is what would be perfect for this paper collection to get used for. 

I am also a fan of Helen Griffin, a great paper crafter & YouTuber as well as blogger. Well I came across a project she created which is this " Tri-Fold Shutter Mini Album" , I changed the title of mine since to me it looks more like a folio in a sense. Well I must say that while watching her video on how to create this, I was going along with her just great until.....I wasn't anymore. So I guess my project took a different turn somewhere so I had to just go along and finish it out my project a little differently. That is okay because I am posting her YouTube channel here as well as her blog site 

Here is the photo process of the album , I hope you are able to follow my steps, if not you can check out her video as well. You will get what I "originally" was trying to make and it's pretty much the same with just a small difference in a step as well as a little something extra I added to mine as well. ENJOY!!!!

I started with some white American Crafts Core'dinations White Card Stock , using my paper trimmer I cut it to 12 X 9, I then used my score board to score it at 3in, 6, & 9in. on the 12in side. 
Then on the 9 inch side you are gonna cut the lines to make the "shutters" or "accordion" , the areas that fold in other words. I find it easier to do this with a ruler & score board. You are going to make a light mark on the 3 in line u with a pencil on where you will be cutting you papers to make these folds, Place your paper onto the score board, then you will measure from the top 1.5 in  on 6 in and 3 in lines, you can either mark with a pencil first or you can just cut directly on the 1.2 in mark down to the 10 in mark. As you can find on the last photo above right hand side.  If this is too hard to follow, I've posted the video tutorial HERE that I followed. 

 

Once you have cut the two lines, you will use your bone folder to make sure your lines are folded, scored to a crisp. Above on the right hand side photos , this is what your base should look like on both sides. Okay so the next step I cut a couple of cardstock @ 1.5 X 3 , which is to cover the back from showing up on your front view. You don't see this on the project that I created because of the next step is where I messed up on. 

So the next step you will be making the covers of the folio. You start by cutting 
some card stock @ 4.25 X 10.25, score all around each side @ 1/2 in. Fold them and use your bone folder to make your folds crisp.  You are going to next cut each corner diagonally so that you are able to adhere them and they will have a neat lines.

 
  

Once you have that done, you will adhere the cover pages to your shutter piece. Fold it up to make it easier but you can adhere it how you find it simpler.  Once you have adhered those covers you will see on the pic below on the left hand side, I believe this is where I mess up on mine, I just glued it and didn't pay attention to which side it was supposed to be, as you see though, I ended up just created a double side instead of just one side. Lastly , the square "photo mats" on here are 4.25 X 4.25. Make sure you add the ribbon closure before adding your photo mat to that section. Then of course embellish the front however you like!



As I mentioned above, if you check out the video tutorial that I went by, hers is only the one side. So I figured since I messed it up a bit, I decided to just add more paper to those squares on that side as well. So the design paper that I used I was searching thru my hoard vault and was excited to use this paper not only because it is beautiful but also because I honestly didn't think I had any Teresa Collins Studio products, I want to say it was sent to me in a RAK. Anyhow I also thought the colors were different than what I normally create with and I truly love it! Anyhow I do hope that you like what I came up with for this project. Even though I ended up creating it with a different twist! 

Here is a short video of the project in it's entirety. Enjoy!!

 

I will be back next month with more projects! Until then, enjoy the rest of the Helmar Creative Team! 

Hugs,

Jeanne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Watercolours

 

Today I am sharing a project I have created for Helmar Worldwide. 

 

 

I had fun playing with my Altenew Watercolour pans today, I love the vibrancy of them. 

 

 

 

I used the Fresh Cut Flowers  image from MFT Stamps onto Mi Teintes Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black then restamped using Ink On 3 Embossing Ink, I added some Clear Embossing Powder then melted it using my Heat Gun. 

 

 

 

Using my Watercolours and a Silver Brush Company Round Brush I painted the image, drying inbetween to give the extra layers. 

 

 

 

 

I used Honey Bee Stamps Happy Birthday stamp set and stamped it out onto Vellum using Ink on 3 Embossing Ink and white embossing ink, and meted it using my Heat Tool, making sure to alternate between front and back to not burn the vellum. 

 

 

 

 

I layed the Vellum over the image and used my bone folder to carefully crease the sides of the vellum so I could fold it over the back and adhere. I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry to make sure the sides adhered quickly and I could move on with my card. I also added a small amount behind parts of the sentiment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since I already had the quick dry out I used it to finish putting my card together. I cut down a layer of black cardstock using American Crafts Black cardstock. I then adhered all the layers to a Couture Creations Card Base. 

 

I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Sea Breeze to finish the card off.

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, if you have any questions feel free to send me a message or contact me via facebook (all links can be found below).

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Memories

My post this week is a creative waterfall mini album

 

I have used some lovely brown and blue papers to cover my Kraft album pages with

using the best Helmar all purpose glue...Helmar Premium Craft Glue!

I have inked all my edges to tie everything together.

I have cut my papers to size and glued onto the Kraft pages. 

used photos of our trip to the Maleny Botanical Gardens with my mum for her 70th birthday

A little bit of fussy cutting,

glueing,

and inking...

was all that is required to make this memorable treasure! 

Until next time, 

Happy Crafting!

Quick Birthday Card

Hello Helmar Fans, Raelene with you Today.  June and July are hectic Birthday months for me so I need to make some quick cards.  Today I wanted to share with you the cards I made for my nephew's Birthday

My nephew loves cars so I wanted to make him a car themed card, I had this car themed 3D punch out sheet in my stash so decided to use this as the inspiration for my card.  I carefully popped out the layers and then adhered them together with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots, they really are perfect for this as I can adjust the height of my layers by using this awesome adhesive.

I set this aside to dry and started working on my card base.
I cut a piece of red A4 cardstock in half and then scored and folded that piece in half.
Then I went through my stash and found a cool piece of black embossed paper, trimmed it to size and adhered it down with Helmar Acid Free Glue.

To finish off my card I adhered my 3D car to my card base with Helmar Acid Free Glue and then raided my alpha stash for a nice big number 5 and some alphas to spell out Happy Birthday.   Tip stick down your alphas with Helmar Acid Free Glue to ensure longevity and if you have the time give your card a coat of Helmar Chrystal Kote Matte Varnish to protect it from anything little fingers get on it.

 

I am really happy with how my card turned out and best of all my nephew loved it. 

Summertime Tags

Hello Crafty Friends! Happy July! I hope you all are having a good and safe summer. Today I have some summertime tags. I chose Simple Stories "Summer Farmhouse" collection to use for making these tags. It has so many fun embellishments that match these cute papers. 

Supplies: 

Simple Stories "Summer Farmhouse " 6x8 and 12x12 Papers, 4x6 sticker book, chipboards  assorted empherma packs, Brads and enamel dots

3 chipboard tags, ribbon, tulle or twine

Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA glue, Helmar Premium craft glue and Helmar Scrap Dots 

Scissors, hole punch, Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Doodlebug flowers, Gems

Whit Opal Liquid Pearls

Grab any size tags you would like to use. The tags I used measured 3 &1/2 x 6 & 1/2. You can also make your own tags out of cereal box cardboard. 

I chose 3 bases papers and traced my tag shape on the back and cut them out. Repeat for each tag. Don't forget to punch a hole at the top of your paper tag shape before gluing. Then use Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA glue to adhere your papers onto your tag base. This glue is great for cardboard and is quick drying too! Be sure to cover both the front and back of your tag with your matching or coordinating papers.

For the next layer I chose a coordinating paper and cut it slightly smaller so your first layer of paper shows around the edges. I used Helmar Scrap Dots to adhere my paper onto the top of my base paper. Helmar Scrap Dots add such dimension and they set within 10 mins. 

Next I chose what embellishments and stickers I wanted to use to decorate my tag.  I planned where I wanted them before gluing them down. I  used Helmar Premium craft glue to adhere my embellishments to my tag. This glue sets quickly dries clear. I also fuzzy cut out some images from the papers in this collection, inked the edges with distress ink before adhering them down on your tag.

Last add some ribbons through the top hole of your tag. I glued one of the matching brads to the top. You add some matching enamel dots and gems scattered around on your tag. 

You can repeat tgis process for the other two tags. I'm sharing examples below of how I decorated my tags.

For the tag with the truck, I glued some Doodlebug flowers over the flower image to make them stand out. Then added a flower center using White Opal Liquid Pearls.

Hope you enjoyed this tag project and you will create some for yourself. Thanks for stopping by the Helmar Worldwide blog! See you next month!

School Holiday Fun!

Hello Everyone,

Today , I am sharing a project which was created partially created by my son and the rest by me. As I my son is in his school holidays, we went to the local Bunnings store and purchased a MDF frame.

I also purchased some acrylic colour pens from Life of color and I loved how smooth they are to work with.

Firstly, my son did some zentangles on the frame with Life of Colour black pen and made some geometric designs on it.

 Then I went ahead and filled it with the some coloured Life of Colour pens.

 Once finished off my painting I sealed it 2-3 layers with the Crystal Kote Gloss Varnish. to get a glossy finish.

 I hope you like my project.

The products which I used from Helmar you can buy them on this website.

https://www.helmar.com.au/Helmar-Products/crystal-kote-gloss-varnish-spray.html

I really enjoyed this project making it with my son as his holiday project.

Hope you all like it

Thanks

Neha

Maggie Holmes Journal of memories

Hello Helmar friends!! This month I thought I would do something a little different! I don't know if you all know how much I love all of the Maggie Holmes collections and I also love every single parcel that Frank Garcia has created! So our June parcel from Frank Garcia was a faux journal , the Maggie Holmes collection "Sweet Story"!  So I decided that I would combine some of the other collections from Maggie Holmes because I feel that all of her collections go great with one another!! 

So since Frank usually send in a "how to" guide for these kits, I won't be sharing the entire process of how I put this together even though I usually always try to change mine up a little! 

I began doing the cover of this faux journal that is by Crate Paper , super adorable!! Even though you are unable to really see it but this journal cover does have a shaker on it. I created it using the piece of velum from the sweet story collection and a frame from the Prima Marketing flowers. But before adding this shaker , I did layer some papers from the collection. I then added the shaker on top. I added some Ranger Liquid Pearls in Opal and Ballerina along the edges of the papers. 

I used the Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue  on this entire project because I wanted to make sure everything was secure with a strong hold. Once the cover was done I decided to add papers from a variety of Maggie Holmes collections onto one of the journals that came with this parcel. I used the one that had blank pages to do this because I wanted to use the other one for bullet journaling. I have never tried that but seen many tutorials and page ideas on Pinterest. 

             

Aside from adding the design paper , I added calendar cutouts from one of the collections, left spots for photo mats and also added some pockets on some of the pages. 

                 

I absolutely love how it turned out and will definetly be using it most likely at the beginning of the year! I also think I'll be using it for important birthdays, special dates and whatnot. 

I hope that you enjoyed what I have come up with this month!! I will be back next month with a full tutorial as I usually post. 'Till then I hope you keep up with the rest of the Helmar Creative Team!! Please keep safe as we are still dealing with so much going on the world. 

                                                                                               Hugs,

                                                                                             Jeanne

 

Clothespin Magnets

Hello everyone! Amylove here with another adorable easy project. I love making these and clothespin magnets ares so cute and fun to use. I have a few of them on my refrigerator holding onto notes. 

Materials needed:

Helmar Craft Glue

wooden clothespins

magnet strip stickers

glitter glue

scraps of pretty paper

cheesecloth 

and embellishments of your choice

I begin by adding strips of paper to one side of the clothespins. I pull pretty papers right out of my scrap bin for this. I adhere them with Helmar Craft Glue.

I cut strips of the magnet tape to adhere to the other side of the clothespins. Now it's time to embellish!

I like to wrap the floral wire around the end of a paintbrush to add a curly stem to my flowers.

I add lace snippets and cheesecloth 

and then I glue on the flowers and other embellishments. 

I always like to add a bit of sparkle with some glitter glue. 

They turned out so cute! I hope you give them a try!

Easy 'No Sew' Tab Binding

I was recently browsing around Youtube and came across a tutorial by '49dragonflies'  using a hinged tab binding for a junk journal she was making and was excited to give it a try. I remember seeing this method years ago but never had a use for it back then so I'm very happy to have stumbled across it again :)

What you will need:

Helmar Fabric Glue, envelopes or papers, scissors and fabric.

I have decided that I will be making a little envelope ephemera journal/book. I rummaged around looking for some old envelopes (found in the op-shops) in a couple of different sizes and colours along with some old sheeting fabric.

The first step is to cut your fabric strips to size, I chose to rip little strips as I am going for a 'vintage' style look and made them about 5cm x 2cm (2" x 1"). The tutorial I watched used fabric tape with a sticky back but I will be using Helmar Fabric Glue for mine.

Now gather together your envelopes or papers and put them in order.

Place them face down in a stack with the back envelope/paper on top. 

Starting with the back envelope/paper, place it face down and on the edge opposite the opening start positioning five of the fabric strips. This is the back of your journal/book.

Remove the second and the fourth strip.

Glue the remaining three strips into position using Helmar Fabric Glue.

Flip your envelope over (facing up with the opening to the right) and place the next envelope/paper (face down) next to the first one and place the other strips of fabric in the empty spaces.

Glue these two tabs into position on the back side of the second envelope/paper.

Flip the second envelope/paper over and then glue the three tabs of the first envelope/paper to the front of the second envelope/paper.

Once you have done this place the third envelope/paper face down next to the second one and glue three strips to the back of the third envelope/paper.

Once again flip this envelope/paper over and then glue the two tabs from the second envelope/paper to the front of the third one.

I know it sounds a little confusing on paper but believe me, once you have glued a couple you will see how it all comes together with each envelope/paper. Each page (envelope/paper) should end up alternating and looking like the pictures below.

I chose a smaller envelope to place on top and was sure that there were only two tabs connecting to this.

This really is a fun and easy method to bind things together (once you get used to it), you can make it with as many pages as you want and add anything you like and make it in any style.

The binding itself is actually quite effective,  it would also look lovely using a strong lace instead of fabric for a more 'shabby chic' style.

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today and I hope you found this tutorial of some help and will give it a try yourself. 

I will be decorating this little project for my next blog post so I hope you will visit again, take care :)

 

Jeanette xxx

Happy Birthday to....

Hi Everyone, 

 

Today I am working with Helmar Worldwide creating a birthday card.

 

 

Here is the card I made using an old retired stamp from CC Designs Swiss Pixie Collection - the rubber stamp is called Princess Birgitta.

 

 

 

I have used the Acid Free adhesive to adhere all my card layers together, this is my go to for liquid adhesives.

 

 

 

 

I coloured the image up using Copic Markers (I did this off camera a while ago) then fussy cut her using EK Success Cutterbee Scissors.

 

 

 

All the patterned papers on my card are from my leftovers box, such a fun card to put together when you get to use a whole lot of papers that are from different companies all together in one card. 

 

 

 

I used some of the same patterned paper and EK Success Star Confetti Punch to punch out some stars.

 

 

 

 

 

I ran some patterned paper through my Sizzix Big Shot using a Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle die.

 

 

 

I adhered all the layers to a Couture Creations Card Base using Helmar Acid Free liquid adhesive. 

 

 

I used leftovers of the same patterned papers to decorate the inside of my card.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, if you have any questions feel free to send me a message or contact me via facebook (all links can be found below).

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