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A Merry Christmas

Hello Helmar fans its Kim again today on the blog.

Today I am sharing a LO I have created using a photo on my beautiful Billy an Australian Brumby from the Australian High Country.

I have used today my wonderful Helmar 450 Glue for all of the LO it sticks and holds everything with just the smallest amount. If you look closely you will see the glue .

I have used the Helmar 450 Glue to completely adhere the  elements of the LO.

Billy was an orphan foal and taken in by the Hoofs2010 Brumby Rescue team.

A bit about Hoofs2010, while saving Brumbies headed for slaughter, we are also working toward providing plans to government for environmentally sound, cost effective and humane solutions to ensure Brumby numbers are sustainable in the wild and most importantly their removal from the Feral Animal Register.

We are also working toward building a working station where visitors can come spend time with the Brumbies we have rescued and work with and eventually be able to be hands on with the Brumbies in residence so visitors can experience the satisfaction of helping to protect the horses that helped to build our country.

We are currently working on compiling factual studies on the exact numbers in the areas we are dealing with along with the actual environmental effect of the Brumbies in these areas. Hoofs2010 is a registered non for profit organisation.

 

I hope you have like my LO to day and would like to wish you a Merry Christmas.

Kim Kendell

Happy December

Good Morning Everyone,

Today I would like to share a project with you I made for Helmar, I used some of their Acid Free Liquid Adhesive to put all my card together.

I stamped out Ellie's Bauble from Whimsy Stamps onto X-Press It Blending Card Stock using Memento Tuxedo Black. I then coloured him up using Copic Markers.

  

I then started putting my card together by trimming some layers of patterned papers from Kaisercraft First Noel 6.5" Paper Pad I then cut mat layers for those using American Crafts Cardstock.

Using some of the pop outs from the paper pad, the Merry Christmas, and the striped arrow I trimmed them down using EK Success Cutterbee Scissors. The Merry and Bright sentiment is from one of the patterned paper sheets, I trimmed it out using my Scissors.

  

I cut two Christmas Trees from Kaisercraft Decorative Die- Christmas Trees using the mat layers I had to cut to save paper - I cut them from the centres as they would be covered up with all the layers anyway.

I punched a Gold Star using Home & Co A4 Metallic Paper and my EK Success Star Confetti punch and adhered it to the top of the Black tree.

I ran the image through my Sizzix Big Shot using Spellbinder's Nestabilities Labels Twenty-Two.

The Nanna name I printed from MS Word onto some white card stock then went over it with Ranger Emboss it pen and added Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder which I melted using my heat tool.

I adhered all my layers together then added them to a Couture Creations card base using Helmar Acid Free adhesive.

I love the way this card turned out!

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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Copic Markers Used

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N5, N7
N1, N3, 0
R17, R37, R39
BG02

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DIY Christmas Flowers

Hello there and welcome to the Helmar Blog. Today we are going to be making some Christmas Flowers for our Holiday decor, I've been putting up my decorations and realised I needed something on top of my cupboard as it was looking a little under dressed compared to the rest of the room, so I decided a few large flowers would be nice. Just a little note before we begin, this is not a 'quick' project and this post is also photo heavy :) :) 

What you will need:

Helmar glues - 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Craft and Hobby PVA Glue and Spray Adhesive. Medium weight fabric and paper of your choice, wire - at least 24 gauge, small wired pom poms, glitter of choice and scissors along with any decorations you wish to add to the centres.

The first thing to do is cut out your petals, I wanted large flowers (my finished flowers measure approx 28cm (11") when shaped) so I made my petals 10cm x 6.5cm  (4" x 2.5") and 15cm x 9cm (6" x 3.5"). I drew them freehand on a piece of cardboard for a template but then found it was much easier to cut one of each size from my fabric and then just cut around this for all the others. You will need four small petals and five or six large petals for each flower. For my fabric I used pre-loved wedding dress satin (because that's what I had) but of course you can use any fabric to co-ordinate with your own decor, just be sure it's not too lightweight.

The next thing to do is find your wire and cut it approximately 10cm (3-4") longer than the petals. Once you have cut them all out, run a generous bead of Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive down the centre of the fabric petal (like a vein) on the wrong side of the fabric. I left a little space on the tip of my petal without wire.

Place your wire on top of the glue and then run your finger carefully down the wire to give a good stick, continue to do this to all the petals and then allow to dry.

Now that the petals are dry we are going to cover the back of the petal (the wired side) with some paper. I am using and end roll of newspaper that I have which is white but of course you can use a complimentary colour or any colour of your choice, just be sure that the paper is not too heavy as you want to be able to bend the wired petals.

Using the Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue, I removed the applicator and used a paint brush to apply the glue all over the back of the petal.

I then placed my petals on top of my paper (fabric side facing up) and allowed time for them to dry before cutting them all out. This is a great time to watch a few videos or a movie :) :)

Now that all the petals are dry and cut out we can start putting the flowers together.  Decide what you are going to place in the centre of your flowers, I am using some wired pom poms, I covered them in Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue and then rolled them in silver glitter and then let them dry.

The next step is to take one small petal and apply Helmar 450 Quickdry adhesive on the bottom part where the wire comes out on the fabric side, and then glue the pom poms (or whatever you are using in the centre) to this. Apply the glue to the next petal and affix it opposite the first petal and then glue the next two  small petals opposite each other in the same way. The larger petals should be glued in to place one after the other rather than opposite (see picture of flower upside down). Make all the flowers in the same way and allow time for them to dry.

With your flower all glued and dry it is time to pretty them up a little. Taking the Helmar Spray Adhesive, lightly spray the petals of the flowers (following the directions on the can) and sprinkle on your glitter, I used Ranger, 'Clear Rock Candy' Distress Glitter which gave a lovely subtle sparkle. You can also run a bead of glitter around the edges  or on the tips of the petals in a contrasting colour if you desire.

Because my flowers are quite large I wanted to add more to the centres, I had a silver leaf garland that I trimmed a few small sprigs off and using my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, I glued them around the pom poms, three in each flower.

As I mentioned before, my flowers are very large and I felt that over time they may loose a bit of shape so I decided to reinforce the base with some hard plastic. First I cut a strip of the previously used paper and wrapped my wires up, being sure to bend the ends up so everything is smooth. I then cut a piece of plastic from a used bottle and arranged it around the base of my flower until I was happy with how it held the flower. I used some sticky tape to keep the plastic in place.

Now that my flowers are complete, I'm going to arrange them on my cupboard together with some paper flowers I have previously made out of book papers.

I have to say I am pretty pleased with the way my Christmas Flowers turned out, I kind of wish I had made more now!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will consider giving it a try, remember you can make these flowers in any size and shape you want and for any occasion. 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog and I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and and a very safe and happy New Year! :) :) 

Jeanette xx

Shabby Christmas Mini Journal & Altered File Folder

HAPPY  HOLIDAYS MY CRAFTY FRIENDS!! I am excited to share this project with you that I've been working on and off  in between other projects. I love love anything shabby chic and I definitely had to have this amazing kit that I purchased from Ooh la la Vintage Treasures on Zibbet. Doreen is the owner and she puts together beautiful shabby chic kits, this one was called Chateau Holiday Kit. I hope that you love what I created just as much as I do!! I think I am still going to be working on the altered folder and make a small tag album to go inside the embossed glassine bag. When I do I will share it with you on another post!

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To alter the folder that came in the kit, I decided I would use different papers that I have been hoarding for the perfect project.  For the folder I used Stamperia's Sweet Christmas. This kit came with a mini junk journal that just needed to be put together and I used papers and tags from that same collection, Sweet Christmas and I also used some papers from Recollections Sugar Blush. The kit also included some papers and I used some from there as well. 

 

         

I also altered these Guest checks that came in the kit, I used lace, I fussy cut the bow and cut out these adorable small tags. The super adorable charm came with the kit. I absolutely love it!!

 

 

  

On all of the papers that I adhered on the file folder and mini journal, I used Helmar Tiger Grip, I also used the Helmar Fabric Glue which is a favorite of mine. On a couple of areas on the mini album that I wanted some embellishments propped up I used Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots, which are great to used in place of dimensional dots or tape because you are able to control how propped up you want your embellishments.

                                         

   

       

Here is a short video I created of my Shabby Christmas Mini Junk Journal. I hope that you like what I created this month and I want to wish each and everyone of you a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I'll see you all in 2020!! God Bless You All~ Hugs~ Jeanne

 

 

 

Christmas Traditions - Santa Photo

My boys still get a Santa photo each year, which I think is absolutely awesome.  I think it is because their sisters were teens when they were little and it was just normal for teens to be in Santa photos in our family, my girls participated in this Christmas Tradition until they moved away for Uni at age 18 and 19.  Or it is because they know I love having these photos to scrap.  Either way I think it is awesome.  And it is likely to continue as we are moving to Brisbane and will be near my granddaughter so they will have the chance to have Santa photos with her.

So today I am sharing a layout with you of last year's Santa photo.

I wanted to have red and black in my layout due to the colours my boys were wearing so I mounted my photo on black cardstock with Helmar Acid Free Glue
Then I selected some left over papers from Simple Stories Simple Vintage Christmas 6x8 paper pad (I love that this paper pad included a black plaid as my son was wearing a black shirt) and then pulling in embellishments from Kaisercraft Letters to Santa Collectables, Crafters Choice Nostalgic Treasures and from a old Scrapping Fun Kits DD Kit. 
I was torn on position of one piece of paper and the lace so I bounced ideas off my feel Helmar Team Members.  I love that I have this group of amazing crafters that when I am feeling a bit stuck I can bounce ideas off of.

Now that I had decided on where things would go it was time to adhere things down, starting with the little Santa Hat.
I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to adhere this to my photo.  I put a blob on the back of the corner then slid the hat over and pressed down.

Then working with one layer of papers at a time I cut away paper that would be hidden behind things, added a line of Helmar Acid Free Glue and adhered the top layer down.
I found myself wanting a simple background of cardstock but a layered cardstock with black, red and white.  I did the same thing with layering these.  I cut a one inch window inside my black and red layer, the red layer was cut down to 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inchs and my white layer to 11 1/2 x 11 12 inches.

To adhere the lace down I ran a bead of Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive down where I wanted my lace to go and then put the lace down and tucked it around the paper layer it was ending at.

I adhered some Prima Marketing leaves to one of the Kaisercraft die cuts and then to the page with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.


I needed to make a pocket for my tag I was going do my journaling on. 
I decided to build 4 layers of thin strips of scrap cardstock to give me a higher pocket.  
I then adhered them to the back of the tree die cut I had chosen from Crafters Choice Nostalgic Treasures die cuts pack with Helmar Acid Free Glue.

Once I had my lace, tree and Prima Leave flower down I added the rest of my flowers and a tag that says Christmas Traditions down with a mix of Helmar Acid Free Glue and Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots so I could adjust the height of things as needed.

I then adhered my whole cluster down to my cardstock and realised my green paper was slightly crooked so I added some scraps to detract the eye from this with Helmar Acid Free Glue.

I love how this layout turned out, the hints of black is just what it needed.

It's beginning to look like Christmas!

Hello everyone!

Today's creation is one I've been thinking about for awhile and when I got my Helmar Fabric Stiffner and draping liquid I knew exactly how to go about creating my shabby chic Xmas ribbon tree

I started with some calico and sized out a circle big enough to drape over the top of the styrofoam cone tree.

Once I had cut out the calico it was time to totally soak the calico in the Fabric Stiffner Glue.

I then draped this over the tree cone gathering and creating pleats to add dimension to the trees skirt.

This then has to sit a dry for at least 24 hours.

I have then sprayed the calico tree with a shimmery gold paint by Bo Bunny dried this off and then added some Lindys spray paint in a shimmery green.  

Once dried, it was time to break out my huge collection of lace, ribbons and crochet trims in cream colours.

I have then used a dress pin on the top of the tree to secure my trims and began to drape them adjusting thicknesses and styles so none were double up.

Once I was happy with the look I take my ever faithful 450 glue and start to,glue the trims in place.

Oh my! It's starting to look good!

But, it still needs something so out with the can of Helmar Spray Adhesive and some glitter and tiny sparkly confetti!

Leave this to dry overnight.

Finish off with some lace stars and some pearls.

I'm very happy and proud of this project! 

Enjoy!!

 

Recycled Gift Box

Hi Crafters!

I'm back today with a recycled gift box idea, just in time for the holidays. When I saw these "Laughing Cow" cheese boxes, this idea popped right into my head! It's inexpensive to make and a great way to use up leftover craft items in your stash!

 

 

First - gather up your supplies, (see supply list below) choose your papers and embellishments you'd like to decorate your box with. I'm using, Crate Papers "Bundled up" paper collection to cover the top and bottom base of my box. Lightly trace around the base of the box with a pencil, and cut them out. Glue your 2 pieces to the top and bottom of your box with glue. I'm using Helmar's "Craft & Hobby PVA glue" it dries clear and works well with paper and cardboard surfaces.

Next, choose ribbon or lace trim and measure your piece around the rim of your box, both top and bottom edges. I used Helmar's Fabric glue to attach my ribbon to my box. This glue is both flexible and made especially for fabric and trim and holds firmly.

Now for the fun part of decorating the top of your box lid. I cut out a tag from one of the papers, added a foiled bow die-cut from Anna Griffin Minc embellishments, and chose a matching chipboard piece to add dimension. Then I glued it on top of my tag. I added some glitter on the top of my chipboard stocking piece. Glued a " Starburst" green gem from Queen & Co to the center of my bow.

You can then fill the inside of your box with candies, chocolate, cookies, anything else you may like. 

To finish off my box, I added Nuvo Drops around the edge of the top lid of my box.

I hope you have fun and will make some of these gift boxes for all your special friends or family, to share this holiday season!

Supply List

1 empty Laughing Cow cheese box

Leftover craft papers and embellishments of your choice 

Ribbon or trim

Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Craft Glue 

Helmar Fabric Glue

Scissors, Pencil

Bow of your choice (use any diecut bow or make one out of ribbon)

Gems or Crystals

Nuvo Drops Red Berry and Woodland Green

Merry Christmas to you all! Thank you for checking out the Helmar blog!

Dana

No sew sewing panel

Hello again my crafting friends

Today I have created a very bright and funky butterfly appliqués panel.

I have used a quilt die to cut out the butterfly bodies from some coordinating batik dyed materials.

I used my Big Kicks machine for the die cutting...

...to create the background I sprayed it with some bright Dylusion Sprays and then layer a large stencil over the top and blotted off.

To assemble the butterflies I first glued the wings to the bodies using the Fabric glue, what an awesome glue, works fast and securely adheres the fabrics together.

No Sew Sewing!

After the sprayed background was dry I was ready to add my butterflies to the panel.

I have gone around the edges of the butterflies with a black enamel paint just to help define the butterflies from the background

Finished off with 2 strips of ribbon around the edge and some pretty pink flowers with black centres.

And that is my No Sew Sewing Panel!

Darcelle Altered Wooden Box

Hello Helmar crafty friends!!! This month I'm back with a super adorable project that I created a newly released paper collection from Prima Marketing called Darcelle.  It's stunning and was part of a scrapbook kit I purchased from Tres Jolie Kits! I decided to alter a wooden box.  This post won't have a detailed tutorial as I didn't take down measurements while creating this but I did take photos of my process so I hope you all will enjoy it! 

                               

In this project I was inspired by Frank Garcia a designer for Prima Marketing. He did a similar design for a mini album parcel that I subscribe to. I just added all of the flowers and other small elements.  I took the wooden box that came with this kit, note these weren't the papers for that parcel. I painted the wooden box first, just around the edges because I wanted a little bit of the box to pop out. 

 


I trimmed and cut the papers that I wanted to use for the outside of the box and adhered them using Helmar Premium Craft Glue  . After adhering all of the papers to the box. I used some faux leather strips to make the "luggage" straps on the box,  I adhered them using Helmar Fabric Glue.  After this I began embellishing my box adding a variety of things for example, the wooden pieces on both sides of the box,  I used some packaging from the Prima Marketing flowers that I was gonna use on top of the box, I used some metal hardware from Prima as my focal point. 

   

           

 I really enjoyed altering this box. I made some 3x3 cards with envelopes , tags that I had in my stash, I added some papers from the collection to them, they came with some twine so I added that to the box, I also altered a small hardcover notepad. I couldn't find a smaller notepad at the time and of course after I altered this one I came across smaller ones that I had in my hoard. No worries this one came out nice. This can be used as an address book or just a journal. 

 

 

    

   

 For some of the embellishing in front of the box, the kit that I received from Tres Jolie came with some chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments, I decided to alter them using some Lindys Stamp gang Magical's on the flower as well as some of their Glimmer Mist Spray for the leaves.  I then arranged my  Prima Marketing flowers on it, finished it of adding some glass beads from Frank Garcia's collection.  Lastly added the " This Beautiful Life" sentiment on the metal hardware . I forgot to add that I had inked all of the paper edges on the box, cards, & some embellishments with the Prima Chalk ink that came in the kit as well. 

 I do hope that you were inspired to create something like this!! These sorts of projects make great gifts for the holidays, birthdays, keepsakes, etc. I do hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family as I will do with mine, although my daughter and her family will be spending it with her other family but my sons will be here and I'm not too upset cuz I get to have her for Christmas . Talk to you all soon ~Hugs~ Jeanne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                

A Rainbow of Magic

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing with you a shaker card I made using products from Helmar Adhesive.

I used a stamp set from Stamping Bella called Unicorn Sentiments, I stamped the image out using a Lawn Fawn acrylic block onto X-Press It Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black.

I then coloured the image using Copic Markers, I will have those listed below.

Once I had the image coloured I began putting the card together.

I used Helmar Quick Dry and also the Acid Free to adhere all my pieces.

I started by making my rainbow, I used a whole lot of scraps from my leftovers bucket to cut all the strips then used the Quick Dry adhesive to adhere them all together, I did this on my glass media mat so I didn't make a mess.

I then added some puffy clouds to the ends of the rainbow and glued my unicorn the left side on top of one of the clouds. I also cut a sun and added that behind the rainbow on the right.

I used some clouds patterned paper from Pebbles to create my shaker laker, I ran a Lawn Fawn stitched circle die to cut out the centre and create my window. I didn't have any clear vellum left so i used some leftover acetate from packaging and ran that through with the same dies but the next size up and adhered that to the back of my clouds piece using the quick dry adhesive.

I added some foam tape to the back of the acetate and used star sequins from Beebee Craft for my shaker element.

I stamped out a sentiment from Studio Katia Birthday Greetings onto some vellum using Ink on 3 Blackout ink and carefully used my heat gun to make sure it was completely dry, I added some bling to the ends so I could hide some of the quick dry adhesive.

I cut a number 2 from Paper Rose Studio Jumbo Numbers using some pink card stock from my stash and added that to the sun in the top right corner..

 

Finally I adhered everything to a couture creations card base and my card was complete.

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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Copic Markers Used

V20, V22,
RV00, RV02, RV04
N0, N4, 0 Colorless Blender

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