Join us for a Helmar and Simple Stories Blog Hop – Day 2 – with inspiration from design team members from both teams.
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Are you ready for some beautiful inspiration? We are excited to partner with Simple Stories for a 2-Day Blog Hop, which started yesterday. So, if you missed Day 1, don’t miss out and click HERE. We are keeping this blog hop simple for you and hopping between the Helmar blog and the Simple Stories blog. However, please take the time to visit these designers’ blogs for even more inspiration.
We will have a great prize package to give away from Helmar and one from Simple Stories, so make sure you LIKE our Facebook Pages (links below) and then visit both blogs and leave a comment about the projects as well as if you are a new Fan or have been a devoted Facebook Fan.
Ready to see what our Helmar Design Team created for us today?
First up on Day 2 today is Helmar Design Team member, Julie Tucker-Wolek. Here are her layouts made using Simple Stories Harvest Lane and Helmar's 450 Quick Dry glue!!! 🙂
“About a month ago, we took the kids up to a farm for their pumpkin patch — well Brookie saw this bouncy slide and used up the rest of her tickets to keep going on it! LOL!!! At first she was timid, going down the 'normal' way — but she got braver and braver going down the slide in more daring ways! :)” by Julie Tucker-Wolek
Julie appreciates Helmar Premium Quick Dry because it dries fast and is photo safe to preserve all her special memories.
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Next up is Jen Erickson, Helmar Design Team member, who says, “So I paired up some Helmar with some Simple Stories. I used the Take a Hike collection and if you are looking for some bang for your buck, this is it! I created 5 project life pages and two layouts. I still have enough paper and stickers to create a ton more. Seriously. Great stuff. Prepare to be AMAZED…”
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But wait, there's more…
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I know right know you are thinking…"Oh no she DIDN'T!!" I am here to say, "Oh yes, I DID!" Here are some more….
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“To adhere the photos and papers, I used a combination of the ACID FREE GLUE as well as the QUICK FIX ADHESIVE RUNNER. They rocked!” (LOL and it took Jen a while to be brave enough to use a liquid adhesive with her photos and layouts, but Helmar adhesives are photo safe!)
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Have a super day! By they way, you can make it EVEN MORE SUPER if you try out some HELMAR AND SIMPLE STORIES just like I did!! :)
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And our last project will not disappoint you. Amy Lassiter is one of our Helmar Educators.
“When I first laid eyes on them, I decided that the "Words to Live By" papers in the Simple Stories "Documented" collection, would be perfect for the cover of my Christmas Journal. I also have used the Sn@p 3×4 pocket pages on the inside of the journal, to make documenting each day easy (or I wouldn't stick with it!) Because the paper is so beautiful by itself (I could frame it),I cut it to cover about 3/4 of the page, and adhered the paper to the chipboard using Helmar Decoupage Paste. Once the main piece of paper was on the page, I decided to simply embellish around the outside two edges. I cut several of the sentiments out of the Bingo Card paper , distressed the edges, and created nice pointed, banner type ends; layering them up with other stickers and paper. The numbers on the bingo cards were perfect for representing the days of the month, so they are randomly placed on the page.
This was a fun, easy way to create a mini book cover with lots of class and beauty. Thanks to Simple Stories for the opportunity to work with their lovely papers!”
Here is a lovely close up shot of all those layers! Yum…
Our team had a great time playing and designing with Simple Stories. We hope you found some inspiration.
Don’t forget to HOP over to Helmar Facebook Page and the Simple Stories Facebook Page and then leave your comments on the Helmar Blog …..AND….the Simple Stories blog. Leave your comments by 12/15/2012 and Helmar will announce the winner here on our blog on 12/16/2012.
