Valentines day Cards made with Authentique Paper, Book Pages and Helmar Adhesives

Dear readers,

Thank you for stopping by today! I am so happy I get to share with you some unique valentines day cards i created for CHA. Helmar adhesives were used to create these and they were displayed in the Helmar booth. Happy Helmar Day!

 

The photo above used Authentique papers ... LOVE IT! I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry on the ribbon trim and Zap Dots for the layers on the heart and Happy Together sticker.

 

I just love the idea of the "One and only Love" implied here! The pink twine is from May Arts. Each hart has a Helmar Zap Dot behind it to bring dimension to the card.

This "Love" card was created with men in mind. Once again Authentique Papers were used with Tim Holtz stamps. Once again These L O V E stickers were raised with Helmar Zap Dots and the book pages were adhered with Helamr Permanent Adhesive Runner

 

 Authentique paper is stunning with these tangerine poppies and the teal. The Helmar 450 Quick Dry was used for the ribbon and to secure the sticker saying. Helamr Permanent Adhesive Runner was sued for the Poppy paper and some Helmar Acid Free Glue around the fussy cutting of the poppy paper.

Leave a comment below to let me know if you like them or if you have any Valentines cards that you want to share leave a link for me to check them out! Have a wonderful day!

The P K Glitz Can Challenge...

Check out the P K Glitz Can Challenge here.


This gift can was created for my son's teacher. Every year we try to give something back to the teachers he has and this is year we decided to give her some gift cards. We needed a container. It matches the card I made for her, highlighted in P K Glitz's June 5th blog post.



The details of the glittering on the flowers and the patterned paper designs were done by painting the glue onto the flowers or patterned design with a small detail brush. I chose to use Crafter's Pick Decoupage as the adhesive for this. It is one of the liquid adhesives I have that takes longer to dry. I painted a few petals then glittered them then painted a few more to avoid the decoupage gel from drying before glittering again. Same with the patterned paper detail. I would paint a small section then glitter it... then paint another. I chose not to paint the entire design on the patterned paper in glue to have it glittered. I left some of the design showing through and used a fine tip navy marker to shadow areas of the design after I used the glitter. This made it stand out more from the other patterns on the blue patterned paper.


This close up shows the brush strokes on the petals and the detail of the glitter and marker in the pattern on the paper.

This can was first opened by a pampered chef can opener. However I know there are many companies that make these style of openers, the kind that cuts around the top of the can on its side. You should open this can from the bottom, with the can opener, leaving the pull tab at the top alone. This is key to create a gift can that has the pull tab top in tact. Empty and wash the inside of the can and bottom. You may re-stuff the can with the gift and tissue paper first, but I prefer to decorate it before I stuff and reassemble the can. Having one end of the can open gives me more control over holding it when doing the detailing of the designs. Once it is decorated stuff and reseal the bottom with a thin strip of tacky tape or a liquid adhesive that works well with metal.



Thank you so much for reading about my projects. I hope you enjoy them.

Dream of Being More - Card

I am so excited to be part of the P K Glitz Design Team. My first card for them is now posted on the P K Glitz blog.

"Dream of Being More" is an inspirational card created to encourage someone who is taking the step to pursue their dreams. This sweet card was created with a stamp layering technique. I stamped the flower/leaf image four times. The first one I cut out the entire image then less and less with each layer, using foam dimensionals to pop the layers up. The final stamped image I cut each leaf and petal out and ran them through the xyron face down. I glittered the petals and leaves individually before attaching them to the now layered flower. This gives it a stunning three dimensional effect. Nothing like Glitzing it up to make this technique just pop!



This close up shows the layered technique well. As you can see some petals are flush with the base image and others are popped up with foam dimensional adhesive.



Please check out my post on the PK Glitz blog and see what all the other members of the design team have created.