Nikki Sivils and Helmar help me scrap out of the box!!!

I am enjoying the partnership between Helmar Adhesives and Nikki Sivils so much!!!  Hope you all are enjoying and being inspired by all of the projects the teams are creating this week!!!  I received the Max & Mollie line and the We are Family line to play with and I decided to stay on my out of the box kick that I have been on....meaning projects other than layouts :)  When I do that I use just about every Helmar product I have in my scrap studio, lol!
So what I decided to play with first was the Max & Mollie line and continue on my mixed media/canvas kick I have been on.  I am using a 6x6 canvas that is about an inch and half deep:

I started this project with the canvas, Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist and some bubblepack.  I sprayed the entire canvas including the sides, actually drenched it pretty good and then I used the bubblepack to pat on and remove paint as I went, it took awhile but the result was awesome!!!

I did add some rubons to the edges as well, very random and I wasnt careful about how they went on....so freeing!!!  I think it would be really cool to paint the canvas a color then spray and then pat off some of the paint with the bubblepack too...next project :)
Once the canvas was dry I brushed on a heavy layer of Helmar Acid Free glue and applied the Nikki Sivils paper that I had previously wet, crumpled and distressed and then dryed.  While this was drying I cut out a sun from another NS paper and my photo and applied the Crackle Medium step one and when that was dry, about a half hour later step two of the crackle.  I applied the step 2 Crackle Medium on the photo with a one inch foam brush and had something happen that I havent had happen before......huge cracks far apart......so cool!!!  Once the Crackle Medium was dry (the next morning) I rubbed some Tim Holtz Distress ink over the sun and the photo and then rubbed it off, this makes the cracks show up alot more...gives it more of an antique look.  To finish off my canvas I did some fussy cutting of some more of the Nikki Sivils papers and applied them with Helmar Liquid ScrapDots and Helmar ZapDots for great dimension!!  The ScrapDots work great when you are working on an uneven surface.  Some Nikki Sivils stickers from the Max & Mollie sticker sheet and a title finished off my canvas.  Once everything was dry I used the Helmar Antique Acrylic Sealer to seal the entire canvas.  I just adore how this project came out!!!


Now...I am not done yet, lol!!!  With the We are Family line I decided to tackle a project that my grandson requested.....really out of the box this time.  My grandson Trevor will be 5 next week on the 7th of July.  Trevor is completely obsessed with the LalaLoopsy dolls and I mean completely, you never saw a kid so crazy over a toy.  So of course he wants a LaLaLoopsy cake which a friend of the family is going to decorate using the dolls and such, but he wanted houses too.  They have these cool whimsey looking houses much like the houses in Nikki Sivils paper line We Are Family.

So what I did was freehand cut out pieces of the houses from plain white cardstock and then adhere the Nikki Sivils papers with my handy dandy Helmar Adhesive Runner!  Then I got out the Helmar ZapDots and had those squares flying as I put my houses together!!!  I used my Epiphany Crafts Button Studio to make the various buttons I used and adhered them with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  The Helmar Liquid ScrapDots worked great for the trims..I just put a thin line where I wanted my trims and applied, easy peasy!!  I added a couple of Robins Nest Dew Drops for door knobs and flower centers and adhered them with Helmar Gemstone Glue.




Trevor was over the moon when he saw them this morning and once he figured out I was taking pictures of them with a few of his LalaLoopsy dolls he wanted me to use ALL his LalaLoopsy dolls AND their pets, check it out:

And there you have some out of the box scrapping with Helmar and Nikki Sivils!!!  I had fun....hope you did too!!!
Julie Walton
Helmar Design Team Member

I have officially jumped on the mixed media boat!!!

I saw a friend had posted a couple of She Art Girl canvas's and I have to say they really grabbed my attention.  I went over to Christy Tomlinson's blog and watched a video on mixed media art, more specifically canvas's and officially fell in love!  This is so me!!!  I used to be a tole painter years back, and a good one too if I do say so myself, so I can totally see where it will benefit me with the mixed media!  Anyway, i want to take Christy's class on the She Art Girl but I have to wait till I have a bigger block of time to play....might have to wait till the kiddos are back in school for that, lol!!!  But I was so inspired by her video and I had a couple of 6x6 by 1.5 inches deep in my scrap studio so I decided to play!  I saw an ad in a Scrapbooks Etc magazine that had the coolest tree made from circles and decided to try something like that.  This is what I came up with:

I started with one sheet of the Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden paper, a circle punch, my Epiphany Crafts Shape Studios in small and large round, some wire, ribbon, paint, rubons and a ton of Helmar Adhesive products!  I punched 3 different sizes of circles, inked them and applied them with Helmar 450 Quick Dry and then with Helmar ZapDots for dimension.  Then I made some bubble caps with my Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio and applied them here and there on the tree with the 450.  I made a tree shape with wire and wound ribbon around it and adhered it to the canvas with my Helmar Liquid ScrapDots...love that stuff, so perfect for uneven surfaces!  The paper was applied to the canvas by brushing on a liberal coat of Helmar Acid Free Glue and after I was finished I used my Helmar Antique Acrylic Sealer to seal everything over.  So much fun to do!!!
And now everyone wants it.......buts its MINE all mine :) ha ha ha!!!!  evil grin :)

Day 3 of the Let's Celebrate Party!!!

Webster's Pages has knocked it out of the park with the new Let's Celebrate line...an early release of the five new collections for Summer CHA!!  Yep, you can use this line of paper for just about anything, birthdays, party's, life celebrations, everyday, little girl you name it!  Today I focused on a party, my grandson Jeromy's 6th birthday and the traditional cake, song and candle blow out:

 I love how I can use these papers for boys and girls :)

In honor of our new collection we are hosting a week long launch party at inspireME, complete with games, prizes, surprises and more! Starting Monday, June 20^th and ending Friday, June 24^th our design team members will be sharing inspiring projects each day...from cards, to altered projects, digital projects and layouts for both the intricate and the graphic style scrapbooker. We have also put together our most interactive game to date for our members called I SPY and you can have a chance to be a part of daily giveaway prizes and the grandest prize of all the ENTIRE Let’s Celebrate Collection! You can find all of the fun and festivities in our Let’s Celebrate forum HERE

We have a game of 'I spy' planned and would like you to join in on the fun. All you have to do is click on the I spy image above and join in from there! (You could increase your chances of winning by letting me know where you've linked to.

Have a great day!!!

Day 2 of the Celebreation - Let's Celebrate from Webster's Pages!!

 Its Terrific Tuesday and  I am so excited to continue the party with "Let's Celebrate"a brand new collection! Can't wait for CHA? Webster's Pages is announcing an early release collection, Let's Celebrate! It's one of 5 new collections from Webster's Pages!  Bright. Bold. Cheery. Sweet.  Let's Celebrate is all about having fun celebrating the special moments in your lives. With our signature Webster’s Pages whimsical images on the front and fun, colorful, graphic patterns on the back, this line TRULY has something to offer EVERY papercrafter. Featuring  6 new double-sided 12x12 papers plus 1 die cut paper, we have brought back some favorite embellishments such as our fabric ribbons and tickets, embroidery threads, netting and our best selling bloomers and trim packs PLUS a few new embellishments up our sleeves, this collection is worth eating an extra slice of cake for.

Take a look for yourself:

So half of our presents are now unwrapped, but we still have a few up our sleeves. You will have to come visit inspireME to see them in full. However, we just might have a few hints as what embellishments are to come.  What present is complete without beautiful wrapping: such as our *NEW* Netting, always fabulous Trim and trendsetting Bloomers.  And what about a little something pretty for on top: our *NEW* Whimsies and Sparklers really take the cake!  Plus a few flowers always add a little something special: our *NEW* Florals and Pins are extra sweet.  Finally a bit of the unexpected is always in order: introducing our first ever, *Brand New* Dazzle Me Gems are show stoppers!!

In honor of our new collection we are hosting a week long launch party at inspireME, complete with games, prizes, surprises and more! Starting Monday, June 20^th and ending Friday, June 24^th our design team members will be sharing inspiring projects each day...from cards, to altered projects, digital projects and layouts for both the intricate and the graphic style scrapbooker. We have also put together our most interactive game to date for our members called I SPY and you can have a chance to be a part of daily giveaway prizes and the grandest prize of all the ENTIRE Let’s Celebrate Collection! You can find all of the fun and festivities in our Let’s Celebrate forum HERE

We have a game of 'I spy' planned and would like you to join in on the fun. All you have to do is click on the I spy image above and join in from there! (You could increase your chances of winning by letting me know where you've linked to.

Today's assignment with the new papers was to create a layout featuring a "Daily Moment"

Its so easy to create an everyday layout with these papers as well.  They were perfect for the soft loving moment shared by my granddaughter Jenna and our Chihuahua Ariel! My digital layout was created with the Let's Celebrate digital collection!

Check here daily as the Design Team posts projects using our new "Let's Celebrate" Collection!  Please click on the banner and it will bring you to a thread that we created in Webster's Pages InspireMe Ning where they will tell us what you spied in the project!  I can't wait to hear from you!

Thanks for dropping by!  I hope you are now inspired to play with this new collection!

Winner Winner!!!!!

And the winner from the Creative Water Techniques with Best Creation Inc papers is:

annamills2001 said...

my favorite place to swim is in a nice, quiet pool...no fishies or gunk :)

June 19, 2011 7:33 AM

 Anna I will get a hold of you to get your mailing addy!!!

Creative Water Techniques with Best Creation Inc

Best Creation Inc has the best paper line for water play called "Splash fun"....so many possibilities with this one!!  I just love the colors and all of the glittery accents!!!  So they (Best Creation Inc) challenged the Design Team to use a technique to create the look of water using this new line.  The Blog has some fun contests going on today and tomorrow (June 17 & 18) and lots of giveaways so if you didn't come here from there you will want to head on over ;)  Also I am going to giveaway a fun selection of papers from this line including the die cut pages and a page of stickers!!!  I have to limit it to US only for shipping purposes though.  All you need to do to be entered for my giveaway is to leave a comment on this post and tell me where your favorite place to swim is :) (by Monday June 20)

So if you came from the Best Creation Inc Blog you know what you are looking for right????  Let me share my layout with you, some close ups and some tips :)

 

One of my go to techniques for water is to use a mist on the background, I love a great white background with a couple of colors of mist :)  I used Maya Mist for the background on this one in blue and orange....a little bit goes a long way, lol!!

I added a Chipboard die cut to the circle and used my Helmar Adhesive Runner to attach it.....its not going anywhere now!

 I love using wave patterns and scallops to imitate the look of water too!  Best Creation supplied me with those patterns as well in both the paper and the sticker sheets!  One other thing I like to do is fussy cut and that's just what I did with the water splashes!!  Adhering them with my handy dandy Helmar 450 Quick Dry made the job super easy!!

One last thing I love to use are epoxies, shiny and glossy they look like water!  I made my custom epoxies with my Epiphany Crafts Shape studios in the new Oval shape, the large Heart and small Circle.  Best Creation Inc has the best graphics to cut and punch out!!  A little dab of the Helmar 450 Quick Dry and they are all set!

So there you have it....a great water layout created with the Splash fun line of papers from Best Creation Inc, put together with Helmar Adhesives with the added touch of Epiphany Crafts epoxy's!!  I hope you have enjoyed your visit and don't forget to leave a comment here on my blog for my giveaway!!!

Webster's Pages....Let's Celebrate!!!!!

Its that time.....time for new collections from Webster's Pages!!!  Webster's pages will release 5 new lines just in time for Summer CHA.....and the let's celebrate line will be release a wee bit early......like next week!!!  The Design Team is busy working with the new lines and next week Webster's Pages is celebrating all week long with lots of eye candy, fun things to do and what else...prizes!!!  So stay tuned here and on all of the Webster's Pages Design Team blogs...and facebook, and other gallery's and message boards.  I do have all of the Webster's Pages DT blogs listed on the side bar for you to surf with :)

Let's Celebrate Promotion Week - June 20-24
(on Sale Friday June 24 - shipping Monday June 27)
Promotion Theme - To Celebrate New Products ~ Fun Activities ~ Big Prizes!
Can't wait for CHA? Webster's Pages is announcing an early release collection, Let's Celebrate! It's one of 5 new collections from Webster's Pages

Best Creation......Rock Star....oh yeah!!!!

So the Best Creation Inc Design Team coordinator challenged us to create something with acrylic...using any line of papers.  I went through my acrylic stash and settled on a little mini album by ScrapWorks....just 2x3 in size, which I used to make a hanging banner for my grandson Trevor.  And low and behold the new Rock Star line had the exact same blue plaid pattern that Trevor has in his room...not only that there are tons of black accents and thats what Trev has in his room too!  What a great find!!

I spattered the fronts of each acrylic piece with black acrylic paint using an old toothbrush and then I dipped the edges in black paint as well.  I love to adhere paper behind the acrylic because it gives such great dimension so I used the 6x6 papers from the Rock Star line, perfect for the size of the banner I was making!!  I used my Helmar Gemstone Glue to adhere the papers to the acrylic, just a little dab in each corner and it worked so well I cant even see where I did it!!  Cant beat that!!!

 In my stash I found some great felt alpha's in black from American Crafts so I adhered them to the front of the acrylic....again gives great dimension over the paper below the acrylic.  I added some stickers from the Rock star line as well to add to the design below the acrylic on the paper.

 I punched additional holes in the small acrylic sheets for the purpose of threading ribbon in order to hang them one below the other.

By accident I punched holes in the last sheet, the last letter of his name, when I didnt need to so I searched around my stash and found these great Heidi Swapp Chandelier beads in black.....the perfect touch!!!  I love when accidents work out so well, lol!

All in all this was a super easy and quick project...but dang its so cute!!!  If you happen to be at CHA summer in Chicago this year you can check this project out in person at the Best Creation booth!!

Thanks for visiting!!!

Best Creation, Punky Sprouts and Helmar, oh my!!

Now that is a mouthfull!!!  I had the priviledge to work with Best Creation papers, an awesome Punky Sprouts album and my favorite Helmar Adhesives!!!!   The album I was given to work with was Punky Sprouts Steampunk'd, such a great combination of cardboard, acrylic, canvas and chipboard!  I decided to team it up with the Best Creation Robot line of papers, stickers and chipboard diecuts:

 I used a slew of Helmar Adhesives for this book, with so many different mediums you have to have a great selection and Helmar sure does!!!  When I adhered the paper to the chipboard or cardboard I used Helmar Acid Free glue, perfect for this type of application because it does not wrinkle or warp the papers or the cardboard or chipboard.  The Robins Nest Dew Drops were adhered with Helmar Gemstone Glue.  The alpha title is self adhesive but I have found that with time they fall off so I add a dab of Helmar 450 Quick Dry to each letter and they stay where I put them....forever!!!  I added a small charm from Epiphany Crafts to the first page with the small round bubblecap...such a great touch!!

 

I love the Best Creation Glitter Cardstock for mats!

 The Helmar Gemstone glue worked great for the acrylic page! Along with a Helmar ZapDot to raise up the star!

 Whenever I am adding the Glitter Cardstock I use the Helmar 450 Quick Dry and find that it works best!

 I love the Best Creation Basic Glitter Dot paper for backgrounds!

 

Working with the canvas page was so fun!!!  I used some Heidi Swapp stars as masks and sprayed some Maya Mist on....love how it came out!!  I also sewed a border and made some custom buttons with my Epiphany Crafts Button studio (the hearts) and sewed them on too!!!

 More Helmar ZapDots and some Best Creation Glitter Cardstock and Basic Glitter Dot papers were perfect for my little book!!

And there you have it....a great collaboration between some of my favorite companies!!!