Hi crafty friends!! I hope you all are doing well and I hope that 2019 so far is treating you well. As for me, aside from spending lots of time with my grandbaby, I have come up with many projects that I intend on creating this year. I am inspired by crafty friends, by Pinterest, and Youtube as well as other social media sites. For example, this project was inspired by a crafty lady on YouTube that I frequently watch. Her tutorials are so easy to follow. I hope that you will go check out her YouTube channel. With that said , here is one of the projects that I created using one of her tutorials. They are very easy to follow so I hope you will check out her channel!!
So here is my Photo Folio Card. I used the Prima Lavender 6x6 paper pad and cut outs, & sticker. What's wonderful about this photo folio card that measures 4 x 5 1/4 , is that it can easily be mailed to that special someone in an A2 envelope.
My experience has been that I try not to add too much or too thick on whatever surface that I am adhering. This prevents it from getting too wet and wrinkling your papers or your paper tearing. I do this with most of the wet glues.
If you follow the tutorial to this project, please keep in mind that the tutorial was for the base of this folio. Aside from following it, you need to adhere your design paper in between some of the steps.
I also love using the Tim Holtz Distress Inks on some of my projects for this one I used one of my favorite ones " Vintage Photo" . I didn't use any sort of embellishment, I did however use one of the thick stickers from the Lavender collection. Also you can use a brad to make your front pocket so it looks like a clasp envelope, as you will see in the tutorial. But I chose to use a piece of velcro instead. As a final step I cut out some of the sentiments from one of the 6x6 sheets as well as some of the journaling cards from the collection as well.
Well my crafty friends, I know this is short and sweet but I was having problems for a couple of days now on this blog site so I do hope you get to view this post! I wanted to post photos of the steps that I did but I do hope you take a look at the video tutorial and make one for someone special. I will be making a few more and sending them off to some crafty friends. Till next time!! Thank you for checking out my post for Jan. and I look forward to sharing with you all what I'll be creating in Feburary!! ~Hugs~ Jeanne
Hello! It’s Robyn Wood with you today sharing a vintage style, layered tag featuring Helmar adhesive that I’ve made using a bunch of items from my stash.
I found a coloured tag in my stash and decided to select a few items to go with it to create a project for this month. I always have bits & pieces left over from creative sessions and I tend to keep anything that could be remotely useful. Aside from saving a bit of creative time, I find the pieces tend to spark different ideas that are often totally different from the original project! Nice & handy when the creative mojo is on a holiday.
I also found this sweet pair of girls from the Tim Holtz Paper Dolls pack and decided they needed a starring roll in my project. I started by layering some papers onto my tag and adhering them with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue.
The girls needed some hats to hint at their playful personalities – vintage photos always look so serious! I cut a pair of tall hats from a scrap of sheet music and coloured them before adding to the girls along with a few flags across the top of the tag. The pieces were adhered with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue & I also used a little Helmar Scrap Dots to give a few of the flag pieces some dimension.
I noticed that the lyrics provided an interesting phrase for my tag, so the words were trimmed closely and adhered to a larger piece of cream paper. They were then trimmed again, leaving a small border and adhered to the tag using Helmar Scrap Dots for a touch of dimension.
The hats needed a little extra so I spread a little Helmar Tacky Craft Glue over parts of the hats and sprinkled with Tim Holtz Distress Glitter. Using a fine black pen, I edged the tag with a think line of faux stitching. At the last minute, I decided the text paper in the background needed a little colour, so used a small sponge to ink some brown onto the background and around the girls.
To finish the tag, I added a pair of buttons tied with twine to the girls hats using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. I find that when sticking anything to a glittered surface, you need the strength of 450 Quick Dry.
Supplies: Helmar Tacky Craft Glue Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive Helmar Scrap Dots Tim Holtz Paper Dolls & Distress Glitter
I enjoyed putting this sweet tag together, I hope you it inspires you to create something similar. Until next time…
Tis the season for hosting parties and get togethers. Today I have a simple decor idea that will make your table settings pop. And, the fun part is, they require no sewing!!
I created these with a fall/harvest theme but they could easily be adapted for Christmas or winter or even new Year's or any celebration through the year!
I gathered my supplies which included burlap, silk leaves, various ribbons, buttons and of course, Helmar's 450 and Helmar's Fabric Glue.
I began with a strip of burlap roughly 4 inches by 14 inches. To make the pocket, fold the bottom up about 3 1/2 inches. I creased the bottom fold a few times and then ran a bead of Helmar Fabric Glue along each side edge. I love this glue because it dries clear, has a flexible bond and grabs quickly. Hold that pocket for a few seconds until it sets.
Take your embellishments and create a cluster. I used a variety of leaves, a piece of flannel, a bow and finished with a button. To be honest, I just grabbed the Fabric Glue instead of the 450 to create the cluster which worked just as well. I ended up not using the 450.
Here is a close up of my cluster.
And here is the finished set of four
If you wanted you could personalize these and use them for table settings as well. I think they will look lovely at our Thanksgiving Table.
Thank you for joining me today for this home decor diy! I hope you are inspired to create something similar for your table!
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Hey folks Happy New Year, Tamiko here! Let me be first to acknowledge that I'm a bit of a nerd. Too uncool to be in anyone's spotlight, but not so nerdy that I have limited edition box set on Dr. Who or any other Sci-Fi related stuffage (please don't take me super serious or feel insulted, you SCI FI box collectors ::smiles and winks::) Let's check out my project.
I began with first sketching my nerdy male image. I thought of the old movie Revenge of the Nerds and I giggled the entire time. I really loved that movie, I'm sure you can get it on Netflix, DVD rentals or Redbox or even Google Movies. I drew my male image on watercolor paper and gently rolled my eraser lightly, there dissolving some of the hard lines.
After I drew my image I painted him with watercolors and made some glasses to prop on top. While those items dried, I was thinking of my friend Tiffany from SouthernGirlDesigns and she always says #useitupfillitup2 . What she means is stop buying all the extras and use up what you have! So i pulled out monoprints I made and grabbed one and adhered it to 5x7 canvas board with Helmar's Decoupage and Craft Paste. When you get it, it comes a little chunky because it is designed to hold thicker papers by default, like the cardstock I used. If you were using thinner paper you could easily just pour a little out in a old jar and add some water by the 1/2 teaspoonfuls till you got the consistency needed. I also use a stiff brush or a foam brush to apply it, you can use your fingers if you wanted to really put ya hands in your work.. ::smile::
Once my images were done drying I fussy cut them out and I stuck'em down to the monoprinted background prepared above using Helmar's Premium Craft Glue. I just love that stuff, it adheres fast yet remains flexible when needed on dried items. That means you don't have to just use it on flat surfaces! Below I show How i used the glue on the male image, the glasses and the quote that I hand lettered on some canvas fabric bits.
I did some mark making with some graphite pencils and some permanent pen. I doodled some formulas that I uses for basic math calculations. Had to include E= mc squared ::giggles:: that's nerdy humor (If you got it yayy, if you didn't.. awww) ::winks:: Here below is just a small close up of the fussy cut images, lettering and embroidary twine I felt obligated to use (just for a lil pop of color). Thank you guys so much for following my project today! Don't forget to #useitupfillitup2 over on instagram and and stick it all down and hold it in it's proper place with Helmar USA!!
Wood, 4 pieces to make a square and one big enough to back it
Metal for roof
Tin snips
Drill, drill bits
Nails
Screws
Pen
Ruler
Bracket
Bamboo
Hacksaw, angle grinder
Chain or rope for hanging
First I gathered all my pieces of wood. I have a heap of off cuts from a friend who builds stair cases. So I just looked through my pile of bits and selected them. 4 smaller pieces to make a square and one big enough to back them on.
I then marked where I wanted the holes drilled on the 4 pieces and the backing board.
We attached the square to the backing board with a bracket screwed to the inside. The bracket is covered with all the pieces of bamboo that we cut to fit with a hacksaw and an angle grinder. Cutting all the bamboo to size was the longest part to do. We used 2 different sized bamboo.
We had a bit of scrap metal so we decided to bend and nail that over the top to give it a bit more protection from the weather. I painted some chain with a hook, black. I recycled this from a hanging planter to attach through the holes at the top.
You could just tie some rope through the holes and knot it.
So the recommended place to hang this is under the eaves or the shade of a tree. It still needs to get some morning sun though. I wonder how long it will be before we get some bees and bugs making a home in here. It will be fun to watch and see how long it takes for them to find it. Bees do such a wonderful job pollinating my vegetable garden if we can help them in any way, I think it is worth doing.
A very hot hello all of you crafting Helmar readers. Kristina here with my latest blog post, a three storey rainbow fairy house made entirely out of Popsicle sticks. I have wanted to make something like this for over twenty years, I honestly just never had the right glue for it. The first time I used Helmar's Premium Craft Glue, I realised this was the glue that would do everything I wanted for my fairy house. So let's begin!!
First off the items required for this project:
Helmar Spray Adhesive
Helmar Gemstone Glue
Helmar P.V.A Professional Woodworking Glue
Helmar Fabric Glue
Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Popsicle Sticks, a lot.
Glitter, your choice of colour.
Craft Knife
Dremel (not required, was just handy).
Lots of decorations, like small flowers, rhinestones, xmas beads, anything your imagination desires to decorate the house.
Cotton wool balls unpeeled for the roof as snow.
Some wood for the base, or you can make the base from Popsicle sticks. I used Ply wood.
Procedure:
To begin with it is necessary to glue together the popsicle sticks and let them dry. I started by gluing two sticks together, then when they were sturdy I glued them to another set of two popsicle sticks as shown below. I used Helmar Premium Craft glue for this and most of this project. It dried so quick, I had no problems with walls falling down. I was actually so happy.
The amount of sticks you need to glue together will depend upon the size of your base board.
I also rubbed some of the wood glue on all the panels of the walls just to give them the extra strength that the wood glue should give. It worked like a charm. Once you have the required amount of sticks glued together to fit the base board, go ahead and make your design. I cut out one window before I glued that wall on to the base, and I decided where my front door would go.
I used both Premium Craft Glue and the Wood Glue to adhere the walls to the base.
**Make sure if you want any boards, or interior designs on the windows or doors, do it before you put the roof on. Yep, guilty as charged here. I can say it is definitely easier to do this without the roof on**
The whole process is gluing all the sticks to the base board, and cutting out the windows required and making the door. To make the door I just left a gap of about 6 Popsicle sticks, then I glued three sticks on one side slightly open, and three on the other side even more open. Using the Premium Glue for the initial bond then the wood glue for the strength.
The Front Doors.
After the base seemed dry enough, about 2 hours, we are very hot here in Australia at the moment, so in the colder areas it might be a longer wait. I began the roof/second storey floor. It is the exact same procedure as I did for the walls, the only thing that needs to be thought about is it you want a verandah and where you want that to be. Just so you can make sure that you have the sticks overhang in that spot. Much easier to do it now, than later. For the roof I glued two sticks across the row that was glued together, just to keep them straight and give them more strength, as pictured below.
I wanted a large verandah on both short edges so I made my overhang quite large. I put Premium Craft Glue and Wood working glue onto the roof and stuck it on to the bottom level.
Then I just began the second storey the exact same way as I did the first. Just make sure you plan your windows and doors.
Almost finished the building part, and then on to the imagination part, the decorations!!!
For the top of the second storey walls I used a firm but light weight cardboard (the insert out of a soft drink box). I glued this on, and the final part of the house building is upon us. I wanted a pointed roof, but if you want a different kind of roof, go ahead and do it!! I used Helmar Premuim craft glue to join two sticks together. I did approximately 20 pairs, because I calculated how big I would need the roof by counting the sticks on the second storey. I put glue on the base and top of two sets of two sticks, leaned them on an angle on the roof cardboard and added some woodworking glue to ensure it's strength. The picture below shows the angle of the roof. I just followed the step of gluing sticks to another two sticks until I reached the end.
Now for the time to let your imagination go wild. Decorate the windows with any trimmings you want. I used Helmar fabric glue to make the curtains and to glue them to the house. Anything that requires fabric I do recommended using the fabric glue, it just works so amazingly well.
I made this verandah fence just by using off cuts and gluing them across the verandah. I did warn the fairy involved that I am not a certified builder and it may not be amazingly perfect, luckily she is a hippy fairy and didn't much care. Yes I have made up a whole story about this fairy as it helped me to decorate her house.
I used Helmar Gemstone Glue to apply the door knobs (large rhinestones) and any other beads and gems I wanted applied.
No my fairy has not lost her legs lol, she is just sitting down. She's a hard working woman!
Curtains and gold embellishment glued on with fabric glue. Go crazy....have fun.... go overboard! I did. I have made a YouTube video on the whole process of the making of this fairy house.
Just one last note, while making this fairy house my two youngest boys seemed to hover a lot over me. Then they saw my stash of wood and embellishments and they just started to glue and glue and design their own houses. We all had so much fun sitting in my garage just building our houses, it was a great family night in. They are both so proud of their houses, they too used Helmar glue. So sit down with your kids, grandkids, dogs (yep my pugs definitely had to sniff and knock over everything) and have a wonderful and memorable day with Helmar, creating a fairy house. I am so thankful for the Premium Craft Glue, I couldn't of done this house without it!
Here are my wonderful boys and their awesome creations! So proud of them.
Thank you for reading, watching the video of the making of this fairy house, and I cannot wait to show you my next project.
Hi everyone, its Bridget here. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year!! Now the festivities are over it is time to preserve those memories and Helmar have the best Adhesives for the Job. Today I am showing you a scrapbooking layout I did of my girls santa photo. Here it is...
What I used:
Helmar Liquid Scrapdots
Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue
Corbett Creation wood veneers
Art star Christmas stickers
tags
watercolour
stamps
First I used the "smooshing" technique to add watercolour to my page. All you do is paint watercolour onto a piece of plastic flip it over and then "smoosh" it. Its super easy and makes some really great patterns. I used a red and a green.
After this dried I added some stamping to give the page some texture.
Next using the Professional Acid Free Glue, I added two Mat boarders to my photo. I love using the Professional Acid Free Glue near my photos because I know and trust it will protect the photo in years to come.
I didn't want my page to be so flat, so I added some Helmar scrap dots to give my photo more dimension.
Then using Professional Acid Free Glue, I added my embellishments.
Then because I used Scrapdots to give my photo some height I also had to support my wood veneer. So once again I used scrapdots and my wood veener seems to float on my page.
All that was left was to add some Christmas stickers to my page.
Thank you for joining me. I would love to see how you have scraped your holiday memories using Helmar's adhesives.
Hi Helmar Fans, Raelene with you today with some Dr Who Scrapbooking layouts I created.
Being a nerd family who loves all things Science Fiction especially Dr Who and having kids and hubby who love all things science I am always on the look out for science and space themed scrapping supplies so when I spotted this awesome space themed paper pad I just had to grab it and get some scrapping happening.
I pulled out my left over bits from my Who Kit from Scrapping Fun Kits and got to work scrapping photos of my boys cosplaying the 10th and 11th Doctor at FraserPop 2.0 and of our trip to Brisbane Supanova 2018, Mr E got his photo taken with John Barrowman and he cosplayed the 10th Doctor and I went as his companion Donna Nobel.
I selected a paper from the paper pad as my background and then trimmed my photos where needed and matted them on some shimmery dark navy paper from my stash with Helmar Acid Free Glue. From my embellishments I selected the TARDIS from the cut apart, the word WHOVIAN from the cut apart and the bow tie and Cyberman head die cuts for this layout.
I adhered the matted photos and TARDIS down with Helmar Acid Free Glue and I adhered the Cyberman head and Bowtie die cuts down with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to give them a bit of lift.
I finished my layout by adhering some wood veneer stars randomly around the page with Helmar Acid Free Glue.
For my second layout I decided to scrap the photo my husband messaged me of Mr E holding his photo with John as I was unable to make the photo session and he wanted me to see how happy E was.
I started by picking a background paper and then mounting my photos on the same shimmery navy paper with Helmar Acid Free Glue. I needed something light to do my journaling on so I adhered the matted photo onto some light paper from the paper pad, added my journaling and trimmed.
For my embellishments I decided to use the metal Sonic Screwdriver charm and Converse Charm I adhered these with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. For the Sonic I put some of the Helmar 450 Quick Dry down directly onto the page and then sat it in it and for the shoe I applied it to the back of the charm and then put the charm where I needed it.
I then added a small amount of the trim from the pack to look like it was tied to the charms and topped it with the WHOVIAN word from the cut apart which I inked the edge of with a very old navy mini ink pad, adding some Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots on the right side of the word so it would be popped up at the same level as the left which is on top of the charms and trim.
I love how this layout turned out. That background paper was perfect and meant I really didn't need much more.
For my third layout I scrapped the photos of taken with John Barrowman.
I trimmed them a little so they would fit better and journaled on a page I took out from the TN insert I used for my October Daily and November journal.
I matted my photos on a scrap of the light paper I had used in the second layout and matted my journaling with a scrap of the shimmery navy paper. I adhered them down with Helmar Acid Free Glue, added my title and built my simple embellishment cluster using a TARDIS from the cut apart and a trenchcoat charm which I adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.
I think the background paper feels like a time vortex. What do you think?
And for my final layout I scrapped the photo of my son and I at Supanova in our cosplays.
This one I started by building my layers behind my photo and decided on my background after doing this as I kept changing my mind about what I wanted as a background.
I matted my photo on a scrap of the shimmery navy paper and layered it with the scrap of light paper and this other cool paper from the paper pad. I added some nebula washi to my layers and decided on a white cardstock background so adhered my layers down to the cardstock with Helmar Acid Free Glue and then add some of the nebular washi and starry night washi to the corner. I added some starry night washi behind my layers.
I added my title and then added the charms to the layout using Helmar 450 Quick Drive Adhesive. I used the trim again on the Sonic and shoe charms but this time I added a piece of the London washi to a scrap from the cut apart and added it on top of the charm cluster with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.
I covered my photo with some plastic packaging, splattered some ink sprays around the page. Then I added some journaling to under my layers and finished with a doodle/scribble border.
I love how it turned out.
I have a Process Video for you so you can see how it all came together including my mistakes and changing my mind due to positive feedback from viewers regarding how they find this helpful.
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 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.
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
