Sew Cute Techniques with Best Creation Inc - Blog Hop!!!!

Today we have a fun blog hop with projects using thread! Visit each Best Creation Inc Design Team member blog listed below to find the secret FALL words! Once you have found the FALL words, email them to mel@bestcreation.us for a chance to win Best Creation Inc's new 12x12 Hello Fall collection kit:

Winners will be announced Tuesday, September 6th!

I got this great little tool from WRMK, the Sew Easy, and they recently came out with a banner, so I played around with that.  I ended up piercing the banner pattern on the back of the Best Creation Inc Glitter Cardstock and instead of going in a straight line I gave it a bit of a curve.  I stitched with floss, then taped the back with clear tape and then cut around the shaped.  It might have been better to cut out the shape and then stitch though....live and learn :)  I used the Rock Star line for my layout:

I popped up the banner with my Helmar ZapDots and added some cute buttons I made with my Epiphany Crafts Button Studio and a heart shape bubblecap from my Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio.

So...now its time to continue on your Hop to the other Design Team members, and dont forget you are looking for Fall words that will appear in just a few of the blogs.

Good luck everyone! And your next stop is Monique's Blog where she will share another great thread technique :)

If you get lost along the way be sure to go back to the Best Creation Blog where you will find all of the blog links.

Have a great hop!!!

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 :)

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!!!

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!!!

Its time for Best Creation Inc and Helmar to team up!!!

And a great pairing they are....love me some Helmar and some Best Creation!!!  I am on both Design Teams so this is old school for me...I wouldnt consider any other combination!  So I thought I would share with you some of what I have done in the last few weeks with these two companies!!

First up I used the new line from Best Creation Inc called Loops and Scoops.  This paper is perfect for carnival and theme park photos or just the random Ferris Wheel photos you may have...I love ferris wheels!!  Anyway this time we paired up the collection with a sketch from Becky Fleck and I used my Helmar Adhesives :)

I popped up that arrow with the Helmar ZapDots, love me some dimension baby!!!  I used the Helmar Adhesive Runner for the papers and the Helmar 450 Quick Dry for the Glitter Cardstock.   A cute addition to this layout are the charms from Epiphany Crafts paired with the small round bubblecaps!!

Another of our assignments for Best Creation Inc was to create a layout and incorporate paper piecing.  I choose to cut a tree with my  Cricut Serenade cartridge and the Best Creation glitter cardstock, and then I ended up making a sun from a flower cutout as well.  I used the Bella line of papers from Best Creation:

The tree has individual leaves which I popped up with some Helmar Liquid ScrapDots....love that stuff for random dimension!!!

The sun was a last minute add on and was made from a flower cut with my Cricut, some loops of ribbon added to the back and adhered with my Helmar Adhesive Runner, an Epiphany Crafts large custom bubblecap adhered with my Helmar Liquid Scrapdots and the punches from a border punch that I had made earlier.

As you can see Epiphany Crafts adds the finishing touch to just about any project!!!

Thanks for Visiting!!!