Fireworks and Fun with Helmar and the Red, White and Blue Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Welcome everyone to the second stop to the Helmar Red, White & Blue Blog Hop!

Why Red, White and Blue? Well our Design team is made up of three wonderful countries dawning these colors; Australia, Canada (shy the blue) and America. So grab a glass of your favorite beverage and lets get hopping. You should be coming from Helmar's Blog (the start of the hop) please feel free to fallow my blog or Tweet, FB share or Pinterest share this project. Your next stop on this hop is listed at the bottom of this post.

I am so glad you have stopped by, I have a fun project I think you will love.

 

Taking some inspiration from Katy Perry... LOL!  This song gets me every time with the video.

Here I go Decorating on a Dollar again! Cans of "trash" and old book pages... left over ribbon scraps and some glue. LOL!

First choose your containers, tear out some old dictionary pages (I chose ones that had words like "Liberty", "United" and "Patriotic") Get some Red, White and Blue ribbon and paint out of your stash and start creating some Helmarific Fireworks!  

Helmar's Craft Glue did the job with a thin layer of this stuff zigzagged across the outside of this Pringles Can, I quickly adhered the dictionary page that was per-measured and cut to fit. Using Helmar's Craft Glue I adhered the rest of the embellishments as well.

I used a wooden skewer to create that lit fuse look on the top with some foil tissue paper and shredding scissors. I glued that through a hole I punched with my Crop-a-dile.

 This is the final project for the hanging fire work. I made this one the same way but the Pringles can is upside down (I didn't have a lid for this one so the streams of torn fabric are glued into the inside of the can (I scratched it up so the glue would have some cardboard to stick to) with Helmar's Craft Glue. Using my Big Bite Crop-a-dile I punched a whole in the side and ran ribbon through it tying a washer to the inside so it would not slip through.

 Here is a shorter, rounder firecracker I created for this set. It is made from a Slimfast can.

Thank you so much for you time this morning, have fun on the rest of the blog hop and fallow me for more great projects and Helmar fun. Your next stop is the fabulous  Michelle Wallace - The art of Scrapbooking!

If you get lost along the way, you will find the order below. Make sure you leave your comments on every stop for your chance to win. We will select 1 Canadian, 1 American, and 1 Australian individual. So that is 3 prizes total. Now lets get hopping.


Helmar Blog
Grace Lauer - Grace's Scrap Attic <--- YOU ARE HERE
Michelle Wallace - The art of Scrapbooking
Lisa Wilkinsom - Create for 7 
Sandie Edwards - Delightfully Crazy too
Kate Vickers - Scrap Station
Susan Weckesser - My Sweet Earth
Rae Cooper - I'll Be Blessed
JJ Sobey - One Good Thing
Amy Lynne Lassiter - Sparkling Gnome
Cindy Royal - Royal Things
Jessica Morales - Kinder Stampo
Erin Morehouse - Girl Paper Scissors
Carisa Zglobicki - Lady Guinevere's inky Faeries

To win the prize for your country you must leave a comment below to enter, don't forget to like this blog also for future projects and more Helmar fun!

Thank you for spending your time today with us and Helmar... hop on to Michelle Wallace - The art of Scrapbooking for the next patriotic inspired Helmarific project!

One last little bit of info we have Kate Nolan-Denham has her Helmar live UStream class at 7EST TONIGHT! She has another great class this week. Come see what she will be creating Be there at 7PM EST!!! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/helmar-live

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Helmar USA website is now open for business!

Hello,
Exciting news for us USA Helmar fans... the new USA Helmar website is up and orders can be placed!

The minimum order is $20 so everyone can take advantage of purchasing Helmar. The N.American site is www.helmarusa.com and the Aussie site is www.helmar.com.au Thanks ladies.

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Prisoner of Azkaban "Wanted Poster" Photo Booth Tutorial for Harry Potter Party Post #8

Hello all you Prisoners of Azkaban,

Today I am going to share with you a bit more of the Harry Potter Party. I think I would not have broken it all down into so many post if this was not a DIY Crafty blog. LOL!

Some, ferocious dog I have... he is a Wizard in Disguise... LOL! This is a DIY post on how to make your own Harry Potter Wanted Poster Photo Booth. Using my Cricut and Helmar Acid Free Glue!

Supplies:
Cricut and the Pantin School Book Cartridge (or anything similar)
Helmar Acid Free Glue
1 - foam core board
1 - fine tip and one large black Sharpie
1 - printed graphic of the black box with small white text (I grabbed this from a larger image of Serious Black's wanted poster online)

Here is your step by step instructions:

Step 1: Print the black rectangle with white text from the Serious Black Poster image. Cut it out.

Step 2: Cut a large square out of the foam core board leaving about a 3" boarder along the left and right sides.

Step 3: Use your Sharpie to draw a 1" black border around the opening.

Step 4: Cut out letters on your cricut. The top title ones are about 3" and the small letters on the bottom in black are 1".

Step 5: GENTLY remove the letters from your mat and be extremely careful with the negative space around the smaller 1" letters. You can throw away the smaller letters but keep the negative space outline to use as a template for the small letter.

Step 6: Adhere the Larger Cricut letters to the board using Helmar Acid Free Glue center the letters on each line.

Step 7: Adhere the black rectangle with white lettering with Helmar Acid Free Glue to the bottom of the poster, just under the outlined opening.

Step 8: Use your negative space letter outline from your small Cricut letters and trace them onto the board using your fine tip Sharpie.

I taped up the back of the poster along a floor lamp so it would swing back, due to the tight nook space I used for this photo booth. I draped some fabric from the remnant section of my fabric store and some Halloween black gauze I got at the $1 store last fall.  This sets up the background to the photos too. Propped a stool behind it for the kids to sit on and boom! Photo Booth! See some of the results below.

 

The next two are my kiddos Trinity and Tristan (the birthday boy)

 I would have to say that this one is my favorite here.
A true Harry Potter fan!

For more Harry Potter Party Posts please see the links below. Thank you for your time. Leave a comment below if you have questions or would like me to know if you enjoyed this party. Thanks again!

Eats and Treats:
The Three Broomsticks - Butterbeer, Polly Juice Punch and more
Honeydukes Candy Display - 24 different candies
Owlery Cupcake Tower 
The Golden Snitch Cake 

Fun and Fancy:
Prisoner of Askaban Wanted Poster Photo Booth
DIY Olivander's Wands DIY

Party Decor and More:

Gringotts Display

Potions Cabinet Details DIY
Video of Helmar DIY projects for Harry Potter Party

Invitations and Printables:
Owl Post - Hogwarts Acceptance Letter Invitations mailed Owl Post 
Publications - DAILY PROPHET and the QUIBBER props 


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Gringotts Display for a Harry Potter Birthday Party #7

Welcome readers and Harry Potter fans,

This is a brief post about the Gringotts Display I put up for the Harry Potter Birthday Party  (is a video link) for my son. We had taken so much time into making each display I wanted the kids to have to do something in all the spaces around the house. We decided instead of doing a pinata we were going to have Honeydukes Candy Store. In order for the "student" (guests) to shop there they would need money. And the Gringotts was the place to get it. Here is the with drawl slip I created for them to withdraw 5 gold Galleons to spend at Honeydukes. Though with almost 40 kids attending our party filling out this slip of paper became chaotic so we nixed the idea to save time and sanity. However, we would have used it if we had 1/2 the people so I thought I would share it.

The Gringotts sign was created by printing the circle logo of the Gringotts store as large as I could on a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock, cut it out and pasted it on a $1 store plastic gold charger with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue.

 

The scale was borrowed from a neighbor. My community and friends really helped out with this. Saved me money by allowing me to barrow some decorations. Thanks KIM! 

The clock was a $1 bargain at a garage sale... don't know if it works but that was a good price for something pretty to look at. Also the "Coin Depository" was a garage sale find. I found Gold coins from a friend and at Oriental Trading Co. To thank Michele for letting me barrow her pirate treasure I gave her all the coins after the party was over.

For more of the Harry Potter party please see the links below. Thanks for your time and please leave a comment below to tell me how you like our party.

Eats and Treats:
The Three Broomsticks - Butterbeer, Polly Juice Punch and more
Honeydukes Candy Display - 24 different candies
Owlery Cupcake Tower 
The Golden Snitch Cake 

Fun and Fancy:
Prisoner of Askaban Wanted Poster Photo Booth
DIY Olivander's Wands DIY

Party Decor and More:

Gringotts Display

Potions Cabinet Details DIY
Video of Helmar DIY projects for Harry Potter Party

Invitations and Printables:
Owl Post - Hogwarts Acceptance Letter Invitations mailed Owl Post 
Publications - DAILY PROPHET and the QUIBBER props 

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Father's Day quick Photo project with a fun Shadow

Hello,
Happy Fathers day to you all and the Fathers you know. This was a quick project I found on Pinterest from this blog post "32 Best Homemade Fathers Day Gifts" and we altered it due to the time of day we had to take this photos (the sun and it's always moving thing... sheesh!). 

Hope you all enjoy your day with the Father in your life. 

If you would like to join us on the Helmar Fathers Day blog hop here is the link.

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