Helmar Creative Team

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! 

Gratitude Shadow Box with Tamiko

Good day, good people, Tamiko here with a shadow box project just in time for any occasion. I like reminders of good affirmations and decided this was a perfect way to display some just using somethings I had around the house. 

 

 

 

Supplies used:

Helmar Super -Tac Eva

Double-sided Card stock

Ribbon

Faux Sunflower (or anyflower)

Scoreboard (not shown)

Bone folder

Gratitude Quote (any saying)

Scissors

 Seen below is a chart I used to create my shadow boxes. I am working on the courage to start recording in the near future.  If you have any questions please feel free to leave me a message in the comments or just search shadow box tutorials on youtube.  What I basically did is I chose to use a double sided sheet of decorative paper. Scored each side on the 1/2 inch four times from each edge of the page. The written directions get a little complicated from here! In the corners you have created 16 small boxes and on sides 1 and 3, which are opposite each other, you want to cut from the edge to the fourth score line. There are for lines like this, for sides 1 and 3. before you cut sides 2 and 4 you need to add a second set of score lines. The four score lines in each corner need to have yet one more 1 inch scored line. The reason for this is because as we fold on the lines and go around the sheet of card stock, some sides need to overlap with out the bulkiness factor. So on sides 2 and 4 at the 2.5 inch mark. you need to score up to one inch (that's the second score line on the page). This needs to be on all 4 corners on sides 2 and 4. go back and cut these lines with your scissors. Also on sides 2 and 4 you want to extend that last cut and go diagonally to the next score line.  Repeat this on all four corners of the 2 and 4 sides. and the last cut just goes forward to the center box ending at the 2 inch mark/4th score line.  The corner should fall out here. Repeat this step on each corner of sides 2 and 4.  Once all 4 corners have fallen. 

 

In this project I made two different size boxes., the directions given were based on creating the larger box, from a 12x12 piece of paper. 

Starting with the wider sides, side 1 and 3-

Decide which side of the paper you would like to use as the inside of the shadow box. Keep that side up, then barnish each scored line with a valley fold. Place Helmar's Super- Tac Eva glue on the outer most flap of the fold section and flip it inward creating a squared flat raised edge. Repeat to opposite side.

Sides 2 and 4-

Place Helmar's Super- Tac Eva glue on the outer most flap of the fold section and flip it inward creating a squared flat raised edge. Repeat to opposite side. These sides are shorter and you will see why you did the fancy extra cutting to those corners.  

I also connected the boxes after creating a bow with long tails.  I used the tails to connect the boxes like a wall hanging again using that wonderful Super Tac Glue!

 Finally, I very simply embellished the shadow boxes.  I had sunflowers I bought from Michaels. I cut of the blooms from the stem and collected the leaves for future projects. I saturated the bottom with Super Tac Glue and placed it in the smaller box. I fit my quote to size added some Super Tac Eva and plopped it in the center of the larger box!

 

Voila! Instant shadowbox with a message of gratitude!  I hope this process wasn't too confusing for anyone and I really hope if you have questions you will reach out and let me know!

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life! Thoroughly enjoy the longevity of ALL your artsy creations by including HELMAR in those projects!!

Easel Card with Robyn

Hello! It’s Robyn Wood with you today sharing an easel card featuring Helmar adhesive. I love making folded cards but sticking all the layers down can become quite time consuming, liquid Helmar adhesives make it so quick and easy.

I decided to make a card for a friend who is travelling overseas for the holiday season, our shared passion and the reason we became friends is photography. She is heading off on an amazing photography trip through parts of Europe so I thought the imagery and sentiment suited perfectly.

Easel cards look much harder than then are but once you know the secret they become very easy. The base is the same size as a normal card base, either rectangular or square, the piece that is usually the front is folded in half instead to give a flap for the card front to be glued to. 

I started with a card base 15cm x 30cm and scored it at 15cm and 22.5cm with mountain folds. The fold at 15cm stays as the spine of the card and the one at 22.5cm becomes the hinge for the flap that folds up to look like an easel.

Start by assembling the pieces to decorate the card. There are two panels to decorate - the layer that becomes the card front and the piece that holds up the easel. Following my dimensions, the front panel will be 14.5cm x 14.5cm and the second panel will be arranged over a piece of pattered paper 5cm x 15cm.

Once the embellishments and paper pieces were selected and trimmed, each piece was sponged with brown ink to give an extra layer of dimension. I used a fine black pen to add a line of faux stitching to the front panel of craft cardstock. Then I started to layer the pieces to the panels using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue. This glue makes it so easy to affix pieces that have fussy cutting, a little dab of Helmar Tacky Craft Glue and nothing will lift!

The narrower panel needs some pieces that have a little dimension, so the front panel can ‘prop’ up. Helmar Scrap Dots are the perfect adhesive to use for a touch of extra dimension, a few dabs on the appropriate pieces is all you need.

The layered square panel is affixed to the flap so that it can stand up and the layered rectangular panel is affixed just inside the card as shown.

To finish the card, I added a grunged up metal quote using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. I first painted it with a coat of gesso and just before it dried, I rubbed the metal back a little with a paper towel. A touch of dark grey permanent ink and a few scratches gave it the look I was after.

Supplies:
Helmar Tacky Craft Glue
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Mintay Dear Diary paper
Tim Holtz Idea-Ology metal quote

I hope you have enjoyed learning how this card came together. Until next time…

Band Camp

Hello Helmar fans, Raelene with you today sharing my Music layout that I created to document a special photo of my eldest at her first band camp.  

Items used

Helmar Acid Free Glue

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Maggie Holmes Willow Lane 6x8 paper pad

Crate Paper Wild Heart Thickers

August 2017 kit from Scrapping Fun Kits (washi, metal flowers and metal charms)

Green Tara Flowers

49 and Market Flowers

Dina Wakley paint in Eggplant

13 Arts Gold Glitter Paint

 

I started by getting out 3 photos I wanted to scrap - this one, a photo of my son at playing his sax with the school band at assembly for the first time and a group selfie from when my daughter toured as a cellist with Elvis to the Max when she was 19.  I then got out the last of my music themed kit from Scrapping Fun Kits last year and some left over bits from creating my Happy Days Diner layouts in September and set to work.  Once I had this all out I looked at the photos and decided the Band Camp photo was the one most suited to my supplies and started creating.

As my daughter loves purple I decided to paint the chipboard piece with my Dina Wakley paint in eggplant and then give it a coat of some gold glitter paint I got in a Dusty Attic Mystery box last month.  I dried this with my heat tool not thinking about the glitter in the pain and some of it melted so I knew when it came time to create my clusters I would have to strategically place things to hide the melted bits.

My background paper was created by cleaning up the left over purple paint by using the packaging technique (add water to the paint, smoosh a piece of plastic packaging in it and smoosh it onto white cardstock, I then smooshed/wiped the edges of the cardstock in the watered down paint that was left behind.

Once I had my background cardstock dry I started building my paper layers and adding my photo.  I used Helmar Acid Free Glue to adhere my papers, photo, chipboard and 2 of the washi pieces as it was the end or the roll and the washi was on a cardboard roll so needed some help to stick after I pulled it off.  I love this glue so much.

Now it was time to add my flowers  and metal bits to my layout.  I started by building the cluster on and around my chipboard and then balanced it out with some washi in each corner and adding 2 flowers and some metal bits to these areas.  I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to adhere my flowers, metal charms and metal flowers.  This is my favourite glue for adding the chunky bits to my layouts.

   

Once it was all down I added my title and a small amount of journalling.  This photo tells a story that needs a lot of journalling so I am going to get my daughter to write it down and add a second page to it that is just journalling.

Thank you for checking out my layout and I hope it has inspired you to create.  

 

 

 

 

A,B,C and More

I have an 18 month old granddaughter who lives far away from Michigan in Phoenix. We maintain contact through daily facetiming and visits as often as we can, but I am always trying to think of ways to strengthen our bond.  Lauren recently got a playhouse which has a mail slot. I thought of the perfect way to stay in touch by mailing her Alphabet Postcards. 

I made the cards from Watercolor paper cut to a 4 x 6 size. I kept them simple by writing the Capital and small letters and adding a picture associated with that letter. I wanted to make sure these would make it through the post office and be protected in case they got wet. I seal each card with a coat of Crystal Kote Gloss Varnish. This spray which dries clear will protect them from dirt and moisture. 

Lauren enjoys receiving this mail from Grandma!

 

It is important to seal your projects and I highly recommend Helmar Crystal Kote Varnish!

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Thank you for visiting today and I look forward to sharing an other project with you next time. 

 

 
 

Christmas Decorations...

Hi all Vicki-Ann here today for Helmar and I am doing some Christmas Decorations.. Hey what? Well I am in a few swaps in the facebook groups I am in. We have people from all over the world. So to get them posted out and delivered in time for Christmas, we do them at the start of November.

What you will need.

• Helmar Fabric Glue
• Scissors
• Fabric
• Stuffing
• Buttons
• Lace
• Green embroidery thread and a needle
• White cotton and needle

I cut out a star shape, out of paper to make a pattern. Then I doubled over my fabric and popped a pin through my star paper pattern. Then I cut around the star shape with scissors. 

With the wrong side facing using the Helmar fabric glue. I went around the edges, leaving a bit not glued at the bottom. Then I grabbed the second star shaped fabric and pressed it on the top. Leave that to dry. 

I then did a tree shape. I cut 2 large triangles. I just free hand cut them the size I wanted. Then using the Helmar Fabric Glue I glued the wrong side up 2 of the longer sides.  Leaving the bottom open. Once it was all dry I grabbed my embroidery thread and needle and sewed the edges for decoration. I did a blanket stitch around the edges that were glued. I then stuffed my star and tree with stuffing. Be careful not to over do the stuffing.

Using more of the Helmar Fabric Glue I ran some along the bottom edges and then pressed it closed.

You may need to hold for a little bit or pop a clothes peg or something on it to keep it shut. I then finished off the edge with more of the blanket stitching.

Then for the front I used 3 red buttons for decorations. I sewed the buttons on the tree with some white cotton.

I did not like how the stitching showed on the back so I popped some lace and another red button on it to cover it with a dob of the Helmar Fabric Glue.

For the star I threaded some embroidery thread through the holes and made a bow. I then sewed that button on in the middle of the star. Using some more of the Helmar Fabric Glue I glued some lace under the button.

Well I had fun making these, they were a quick little project to do. I need to make about another 3 trees. Think they will be a nice little gift to have on hand for Christmas. Of course I will have to make some for my tree too. 

Tri Fold Card...

Hi Vicki-Ann here today and I am shocking you with bright colours and doodling today.

I love adding all the tiny marks and doodling on my art work. It is so much fun.

• Helmar Premium Craft Glue
• Watercolour paper
• Watercolours and brush
• Black and White card stock
• Black and white Signo pens for doodling
• Neocolour II 
• Book paper
• Scissors
• Blue paint pen
• Word stamp
• Black Archival ink

So I cut a piece of watercolour card stock to size 5 x 6 inches and then lightly sketched a design of some flowers on it, with pencil. Then using a pink and purple in watercolours. I did a wash for the background. Sprinkled water and mopped it up to give some texture. Using some Neocolour II.  I coloured some book paper with scribbles in yellow and orange. Then added water to smooth it all out. I then used this for my flowers by cutting them into oval and circle shapes.

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Using the Helmar Premium Craft Glue I positioned my flowers on the lines that I redrew with my black pen.  Adding some squiggles and circles around my flowers.  I used a blue paint pen and white signo pen and filled in some of the lines.

Then I cut my design into 3, 2 x 5 inch strips. So I had 3 panels. 

I backed each one with black card stock cut to 2 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch and using the Helmar Premium Craft glue I backed my watercolour panel on to the black cardstock. 

I cut a piece of white cardstock 71/2 x 5 1/4 inch scoring it every 2 1/2 inches along the 7 1/2 side.

Using the Helmar Preium Craft Glue I attached my watercolour paper design. 

Stamped my you rock word and backed it with black cardstock and glued that together with the Helmar Premium Craft glue.  

I really think my friend will enjoy my funky card and she does rock. 

Pirates Arrrr Pirates Page with Tamiko

Hey Hey Good PEOPLE, Tamiko here!!  I hope you all are doing well and are enjoying this autumn weather!!  As for me and my household, we are thoroughly enjoy the brisk days, wearing sweaters and going outside to watch the leaves change and fall.  I am also doing anything and everything I can NOT to eat Halloween candy before Halloween (laughs out loud)!! Which is why my daughter Brook and I decided I would create a fun pirate art journal page.  Check it out!!!

 

 Items used for this project

• Helmar Decoupage and Paste
• Helmar Super Tac Glue
• Vera Lane Studios Digital Images (Pirates)
• Dylusions Journal
• Glitter
• Deco Art Decoupage papers
• Napkins
• Cardstock
• Colored Pencils
• Water brush
• Scissors
• Dish (for glue and water)
• Brushes
• Water
• acrylic paints

 I began by taking the Decoupage Paste which comes rather thick and adding a wee bit of water and mixing it till I was the consistency of milk. I added water because the paste is naturally thick for heavier papers and I will be using napkins and very lightweight decoupage papers for this project. Here I made sure I separated the pattern page from the extra 2 ply layers of napkins before I layered it to the journal.

 

After I layered the napkin, I added a second layer of patterned paper and overlapped parts of the napkin.  While the papers were still we with decoupage paste, I sprinkle a little glitter!  Yayyyy Glitter, now we are cooking with gas!!   While the lower half of the page is drying, I applied a few layers of acrylics for our light blue green sky.  I didn't need to, but I let the page dry over night. 

 

 I then bought some digi images I have totally been loving from Vera Lanes Etsy Store!  I played with the sizing on my pc before I printed them on cardstock and colored them.  After fussy cutting them out, I had to add some glitter to my pirates and birds too!!  I used a smaller brush and applied someHelmar's Super Tac Glue to the images.  I shook some glittter on generously and dropped the access back in my container.   I immediately dropped my brushes in water with a little oil soap so I didnt ruin the brushes after using them in glue.  After they were dry enough for me, I used the Super Tac Glue to adhere the images to the background in the art journal. EE so cute!!!  I let that dry for a few hours, since I had to eat dinner anyhow.. ::smiles::

 

 I have been taking some online classes over at Skillshare.com learning how to try to make bouncy lettering with Teela Cunningham.  I will admit this is my first time using it and I messed up, but hey I will only do better once I practice, practice, practice, yanno??? The wording here reads Why are pirates called pirates?  They just Arrrrrrrr!! (get it?? Pirates and Arrrrr hahaha)  So cute!! Check out these final photos.. ::smile::

 

Don't forget to get EVERY kind of adhesives you could possibly need over at Helmar USA and see you again really soon!!!

Happy Halloween

I was cleaning out a basket of supplies and found a cute wood pumpkin sign that was just calling to be altered. I painted it orange, then gathered my supplies including paper, flower trim, tags, etc. My Helmar 450 was the perfect adhesive for this project because it dries quickly and clearly. 

 

 

I adhered the paper to top border and added the orange trim. 

 

I proceeded to build my cluster using the Helmar 450.

 

 

And here is a picture of the finished project

 

 

I am taking this to my mom at the Nursing home. It will be the perfect fall decoration for her door! 

 

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Melted crayon art

Hi everyone, Its Bridget back again.  Today I am going to share another great craft you can do with your children, and that is melted crayon art.  This is a craft we have been meaning to try for a long time, and now we have done one we are ready to try another.  Here is our first creation. A flower garden.

What you need:

Crayons

canvas

paper flowers

sequins

Helmar's Craft Glue

heat gun

First thing to do is to sort out the order you want your crayons on the canvas.  Then glue them on using Helmars Premium Craft Glue.  This is a great glue to use for this craft as I find the heat gun melts the crayons but doesn't melt the glue, so the crayons stay where they are meant to. As you can see I just did 2-3 lines across the canvas the stuck the crayons on.  No need to individually glue each crayon.

Let dry.

Now for the fun part. Time to melt these crayons! Be sure to protect your surface with newspaper because the melted crayon can make a mess. If it does get on a surface, just used your heat gun to melt it then wipe it up with a paper towel.

Once your happy with the crayon drips, let dry.  Then using Helmars premium craft glue, glue on some flowers  and sequins to create a flower garden.

Once again here is our finished creation.

We had alot of fun watching the crayons melt and this is on our school holiday craft project list.

Until next time, happy crafting.