Hi There! This is my very first official Helmar blog post! I am excited to share some projects that I have created with the wonderful Helmar products. Since Thanksgiving is next week, I thought it would be a good idea to create some place cards but then I thought about it and I am so delighted to NOT be hosting Thanksgiving this year so I created a few "thanks" cards that can easily be used as place cards if you omit the sentiment and add names on them 🙂
Let's get started! Unfortunately, I am a messy crafter. I try but I always end up with a crazy messy office at the end of every week. So I pulled a few supplies out to work on my kitchen counter. Here is a peek of the mini cards I created:
Here is what my work area looked like in the middle of the process:
I used Bella Blvd patterned paper for this project. (Finally Fall: Quadrants, Borders, Cute Cuts). I just fell in love with the cute cuts so they became the starting point for my cards.
I used Helmar Quick-Fix Adhesive Runner to adhere the patterned paper to the card base. Each smaller panel was inked on the edges with Dark Naples Ochre marker by Faber-Castell and then it was popped up with some Helmar Zapdots and most of the designs I cut out were as well:
I love using Helmar 450 Quick Dry for things like adhering the little twine bows to the pumpkins and attaching the small buttons:
Here are individual pictures of each card. All the twine is from May Arts:
Other supplies:
Stamp set- Very Square Sentiments (Mint Motif)
Mini clothespins (Tree House Studio)
rhinestones (Recollections, Michael's)
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Carolyn King
Helmar, USA, Inc. Design Team Member
