Hello there, it's Sue. I wanted to scrap this picture of me and my daughter Daisy at Christmas a few years ago but every colour clashed! Daisy had bright blue hair at the time and our paper hats were green and purple. So I edited it in black and white and put a red tint through it, dug out some lovely Heidi Swapp Christmas papers, got my Helmar goodies together and here’s what I started with;
Helmar crystal kote gloss varnish
Helmar liquid scrap dots
Helmar tacky craft glue
Helmar super-tac glue
Helmar Gemstone glue
Jo Sonja’s texture paste
Heidi Swapp Believe paper collection
Bazzill gold cardstock
American Crafts scrappers spool
Crate Paper embellishment jar
Cocoa Vanilla Studio sequins
7 Dots Studio Burst Stencil
Kaisercraft red Kaiser mist
Studio Calico wooden stars
Kaisercraft wooden arrow
Heidi Swapp paper clip
Paper Fields twine
Gold marker
I started with Heidi Swapp Santa Baby paper and placed the stencil to the right of the page; I used the texture paste on the stencil and sprayed over it with Helmar Crystal Kote Gloss Varnish and waited for it to dry. Then I coloured over the paste with a gold pen. After that I flicked Kaisercraft's red Kaiser mist over the page.
I used Helmar Super-Tac Glue to place my picture in the middle of the page and added the Happy Holidays journaling cut out to the left of the picture. Then I tucked a few small pieces of paper behind both of them.
For the banner at the top of the page and the ‘25’ embellishment I used Helmar Liquid Scrap dots for dimension.
I finished with some banners at the bottom of the layout using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue. Then added the stars, buttons, enamel dots and sequins with Helmar gemstone glue; it’s so handy for small embellishments.
I loved making this layout, I hope it inspire you to make a Christmas layout using these excellent Helmar products.
