No sew with Helmar

Hello Fello crafters, Cathy here this fine day to share a sort of sew project, with no needle and thread but with something that is just like stitching to fabric...Helmar Fabric Glue.  I was real pleased how it turned out and wanted to go buy a bunch of plain lamp shades after to transform like I did to my plain Jane  shade I had bought some time ago.

Here is a picture of the lamp shade before I started and the Helmar Adhesives I used to complete the project...

I had some flower lace ribbon from Stampin up I believe and thought it would look perfect around the top of the lamp shade...

I had a small strip of the ribbon left over and figured I might as well use it up on the shade, so I applied the Helmar Fabric Glue across the back side of the ribbon and then rolled it in a ball to create a flower to add to the decor of the shade which you will see later..

My next step was to glue some lace ribbin from my stash that I got at Michaels'...

After the lace was glued on I went hunting for embellishments, and came across a stick pin, a heart one that used to be my mom's ( who is living with the angels) and a regular stick pin from Close to My Heart, and some beads to add to it.

I used the Helmar Craft Glue to add to the pin and keep the beads on.

 

Now here is a close up of the lamp shade, you can see the rolled flower I made top and center to which I added a vintage button to the center.  The rest of the flowers are from Michaels' Recollections collection.  I used the Helmar Fabris Glue on each pin to help hold them in as well as the feathers and leaves and flowers.

Below is the lamp shade all assembled....

and here it is back in it's place lit up...

So there you have it.. my completed lamp shade.. Hope you like as much as I do.

Til next time... Cathy

Home Decor with Helmar

Hello fellow crafters, Cathy here to share my Home decor project using Helmar adhesives.

I do not know about you but where I come from, we have had a whole lot of snow, so I decided I need a diversion, so figured I would do an Easter/Spring decor project..

first, I acquired 3 pieces of pine wood, one at 2x4x8 and 2 @ 2x4 x6.  I sanded them...

Then I purchased some white chalk paint, and gave each of them 3 coats of paint,

Then I took 3 coordinating scraps of cloth in bright spring colors and cut them out into bunny ear shapes and pressed them.

                                then I tied each of the fabric ears into aow in the middle

My next step I took thin floral wire and wrapped it around a pencil several time and then trimmed off.

I made several "loopy" wires.

With a couple of them I tird them around the ears to make hair for the bunnies...

For noses, I took some wooden hearts I got for Christmas and painted then light pink/

I wanted the ears to have a little stiffness, so I used my HelmarFabric Stiffner

I poured a little in a paper plate and brushed it on the backside of each ear and then ...

Draped them over bottle to dry.

I used my one inch paper punch and punched out enough circles to make 3 for each eye so they would be thick. and used Helmar Craft glue to hold them together.

Next I put down some small globs of Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to hold the eyes on the boards..it is just like using a glue gun without the burn...

I now want something thick to be able to hold my wire whiskers and the wooden heart nose and the ears and hair on top,..and what better to do that than the Helmar Scrap Dots

and Voila!! the finished Bunnies!!

Helmar products used...

Helmar Scrap Dots,

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar Craft Glue

Helmar Fabric Stiffener

Hope you like today's Home Decor project..thanks for stopping ,

   

Winnie The Pooh with Helmar adhesives

Hello crafty friends..Hope you all are ready for a little Winnie the Pooh decor.  Today I put together a picture frame that I am going to give to my sone to hang up at his apartment.  His little boy...my grandson Eli , LOVES Winnie the Pooh, he will sit quietly and watch a whole episode..so here is what I put together....

First I used my Cricut Explore and cut out the svg image of Winnie and Tigger and inked the edges and then assembled the pieces using Helmar Premium Craft Glue

After all the pieces are assembled and inked, I took the  Helmar Craft Hobby PVA Glue and glued the background papers to the chipboard photo frame backing...

The printed background papers I placed at the top and bottom frame section.  I then used a photo safe glue by Helmar, and glued on the picture of Eli I had... (he is such a cutie,,,)

I then decided to add a little ric rac ribbon to frame the picture of Eli and so grabbed my go to Fabric adhesive...Helmar Fabric Glue..

It dries quickly, clearly and strong..

And now tahdah... the finished product..I hope my son likes...

Here is a list of products used:

Helmar Fabric Glue

Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue

Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue

Tim Holtz Distress inks:

Honey and Barn red

frame from Walmart

flowers from Prima

CTMH black gems

ricrac from stash

thanks for stopping by, have a crafty day

Christmas treat box with Helmar

Happy Wednesday crafty friends.  Cathy here today posting for Helmar...I want to share with you a Chipboard container I decorated for the Holidays...

To start off... Here are 2 of the adhesives I will be using as well as the plain chipboard container..

Here are more of the products used..Craftwork Cards Christmas Cheer Ultimate Collection 

I started out by cutting some pattered paper to fit around the box and on the top of the lid..

The next step is to use the Helmar Craft Glue to hold the pattern paper on..

as well as the cover paper.

Below I used the Tim Holtz Distress ink ~ Vintage Photo, to ink around the edges to give it aged look.

One of my favorite adhesives I used next to glue on the lace ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon is Helmar Fabric Glue

next thing to do was use my Cricut cutting machine and cut out the KaDoodle Bug Designs SVG file!  Christmas Angel Bear and change it out a bit to work with this christmas box.  After each piece was cut, I inked the edges with  Tim Holtz Distress Ink... Rusty Hinge, and put pieces together with Helmar Craft Glue

To embellish I used Helmar Zap Dots to add dimension to the round pop out card stock pieces

Here is the project assembled..  Of course I had to add something for my sweet tooth!!

Here is the box closed...

Here is a side view...

I hope you enjoyed todays' project and that I have inspired you to get your craft on!!

Have a great crafty week!

Your crafty friend..Cathy