Saturday, December 3, 2011

Helmar Holiday Blog Hop

It’s that time of year where we all start thinking of the holidays and what better way to get your Holiday spirit than a great Helmar Holiday Hop, filled with so much Holiday cheer and some amazing projects featuring all the different Helmar Adhesives.
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Hello everyone and welcome to my stop on the Helmar Holiday Hop. If you have been following along, you should have hopped here from  Rae’s blog. If not, you just have to stop at the Helmar Blog and start from the beginning. There are goodies along the way and we don’t want you to miss a thing.
  So here we go~
   The Helmar products I worked with are the Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid and the Premium     
  Craft Glue.

First I wanted to share a little about each Helmar product. The Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid is very easy to use. It is a fast way to stiffen or color ribbon, lace, crocheted items or material.  This comes in concentrate form and may be thinned up to 50% with water.  Instructions are on the bottle.  The Premium Craft Glue bonds with almost all types of fabrics, paper, soft woods, and most other hand crafted materials. Dries clear and sets quickly!  So with all of that great glue this is what I made~


My 2011 Christmas Wreath, with all my favorite "little peeps" on it.  I cut tags out of Basic Grey Christmas paper and attached my photos to them.  I adhered them, all around the wreath, with Helmar Craft Glue.  Other supplies used were Tim Holtz's Rosette die and Holly leaf, Darkroom Door's Dear Santa Collection.


The number cards are by 7gypsies and the holly leaves were cut out of a brown paper bag and painted with Twinkling H2O's by Lumin Arte.   I added some red buttons and pearls by Kaiser to the holly leaves.


The next part is the garland { made with Darkroom Door's Dear Santa Montage set} and the bow {May Arts ribbon} that was stiffened using Helmar's Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid.


I used 1/8 of a cup and 1/8 of a cup of water. Soaked my ribbon in it and squeesed it out.  Held it up in front of a fan and it was dry and ready to tie on my wreath in 10 minutes.  I loved that. no mess and no wait!!! It acually looks like Kraft paper after it dried.   I made the garland by adhering the montage pieces to the bakers twine and then draping it in the center of the wreath~


I ended up with it here~love my "little peeps"!!!
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Make sure you leave a comment at every stop because the elves of Helmar will be giving away prizes to some lucky Helmar fans. Now hop on over to Grace’s blog to see another amazing Helmar Holiday project. The Holiday Hop will be open for comments until 11:59P.S.T December 4th , so take a look and enjoy a little holiday spirit from all of us on the Helmar Team. Thanks again for stopping by today and Happy Holidays.
See ya soon!!!!

85 comments:

  1. OMG that wreath is GORGEOUS, Connie!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about it!!!
    Thanks for the inspiration!
    Sylvia xx

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  2. OMGoodness Connie; your wreath is gorgeous!!!! It turned out just beautiful. Thanks for the good tips on the different kinds of Helmar glue. Happy Holidays!!!!

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  3. Thankyou Connie, this will be some awesome fun to get me into the spirit of the season

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  4. What a gorgeous gorgeous wreath!! I LOVE it!!! thanks for sharing with us!
    Sammi
    xx

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  5. Connie,

    So beautiful and I can adapt it easily to make it a Hanukkah wreath. Thank for the brilliant idea!

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  6. WOW Connie! Love your wreath!
    I would never have thought to use the Darkroom Door montages in this way. Love how you made some of them into 'banners'
    You have just inspired me :)
    Thanks for sharing.

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  7. What a wonderful wreath, love the way the draping fluid was used. TFS
    Debbie

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  8. What a fun and unique wreath Connie!
    I bet it will make the kids feel special too! :)

    Hugs,
    True :D

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  9. Connie your wreath looks fabulous! And the ribbon looks so cool!
    Kindest regards,
    Jennifer

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  10. This is amazing Connie!!!! What a great project to make!

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  11. OMGoodness ... what a beautiful wreath.

    pruttybird at comcast dot net

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  12. How delightful is this??!! Such a fun wreath - love the family photos! Great job, Connie!

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  13. What a crafty idea!! Love it!!

    miller896042 at bellsouth dot net

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  14. What a precious and sweet wreath Connie!

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  15. What an adorable wreath! Thank you for the information on the products, need to add some to my must have list!

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  16. That is so great Connie!!! Love how you uncorporated all the pictures!

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  17. Fabulous! Love your little peeps on it!

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  18. Love this! Thanks for sharing your process and the finished result!

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  19. Gorgeous, stunning, and a fabulous idea, rolled into one wreath with your grinning little elves. LOVE IT. Thank you for showing us how!!

    Merry Christmas!

    Fondly,
    Ellen ♥ CardMonkey
    http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
    E-mail: cardmonkey@comcast.net

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  20. What a great idea to add the kids pictures to the wreath. Love the way you made the bow too.

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  21. What a cute idea, love the inclusion of their ages! :) New follower! Shannon_Corbin@live.com

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  22. Connie, your wreath is so cute. I love the way the bow looks using the stiffener.

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  23. Creative doesn't begin to explain
    Love this personalized wreath and adorable layers-never seen the fabric stiffener used.
    Thanks for the inspiration

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  24. Looks fantastic Connie!!! Great job! :)

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  25. this is beautiful! I haven't tried the fabric stiffener, ah, something new to try!

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  26. Stunning! Just wonderful! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  27. Wonderful wreath! Love the photos and that lovely banner going across the center. TFS!

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  28. Your tags are such an adorable idea.

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  29. super sweet wreath thanks for the inspiration

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  30. This is amazing! Thanks for all the details. Your peeps are super cute!
    ;)

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  31. I really like your twist on the wreath by using pictures of family on it, very cool! I would like to try that fabric stiffner, it looks like something that would just bring out the creativity in a person!

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  32. This is beautiful! Love this idea. Thanks for sharing.

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  33. Simply STUNNING Connie. I love the combinations of Darkroom, 7 Gypsies and BG. This is truly beautiful

    Toodles
    Erika

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  34. This wreath is fantastic! I adore it! Great, Great, Great project!

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  35. Wow, wow, wow! What an amazing project and way to show the kids' progress each year!

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  36. Beautiful wreath, love all the little details!

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  37. So sweet, Connie!! Thanks for the inspiration. I love it!!!

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  38. What a cute idea for a wreath, using photos. Love it. jeannett_mcgee@comcast.net

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  39. Almost like a huge layout page only 3D!! Love it. Great job and that stiffener works great too.
    quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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  40. Very cute and not overdone...love it!

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  41. Your wreath is so fun - thanks you for instructions fro techniques I've never tried!

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  42. Oh wow, this is soooo amazing :)

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  43. This is so pretty, and thanks for explaining how to use the fabric stiff glue!

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  44. Oh how fun! What a clever & creative way to display your grandkids! Love it!

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  45. Beautiful Wreath Connie, gee your kids are close in age! Definitely on my to do list one Christmas (running out of time this one :D)
    xxx

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  46. Connie, I just love your style, always have! I especially love the organic feel to this wreath! Awesome!!!

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  47. Amazing wreath! So creatively clever and inspiring..:)

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  48. wow love this idea, great wreath :) thanks for the inspiration

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  49. Connie, what an amazing, creative job you have done. Your "peeps" are precious.

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  50. Hi Connie

    Love the idea of photo's on tags.

    Thank you for sharing :)

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  51. Gorgeous project, Connie! LOVE that bow!

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  52. Beautiful project Connie, love all that you've done here, great inspiration.

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  53. What a great wreath! I'm sure your family loves it also!

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  54. wow! that wreath is just beautiful!!! what an amazing idea!

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  55. now how cute is that wreath...i'm loving it and thinking that would make a nice Christmas gift..thanks for the ideas....

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  56. Connie, I'm a new blog hopper! I LOVE your little peeps on the adorable wreath. It is fabulous!
    Thanks for sharing the great ideas!

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  57. Love this wreath Connie!!!! I need some of that stiffener stuff for ribbon :)

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  58. Beautiful wreath. I'd want to keep it up year round.

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  59. I LOVE this. I have some little peeps that would brighten up a wreath.

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  60. Wow Connie -- what a wonderful idea for a very personalized family wreath! It turned out so well. Thanks for giving information on the Helmar products you used. They sound really good!

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  61. Absolutely gorgeous...might have to borrow that idea as its super :)

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  62. OMG Awesome! Love those tags w/the pictures. Thanks for the inspiration!!

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  63. Amazing Connie. I love your wreath.. and your kids are too cute!!

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  64. I LOVE your Christmas wreath! What a terrific idea.

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  65. This is lovely. I love how this could be created for so many seasons.

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  66. This is such a cute idea Connie!!! Now I know exactly what to make for the Grandma that has everything, she will LOVE this.
    Thanks for the idea ;)

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  67. Great idea for putting a wreath together. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  68. Oh, I think I might have to make one for our house too!! ;)

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  69. what a fun project and your little peeps will be so thrilled when they see at your house! Thanks for sharing

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  70. Absolutely love the wreath - as a former Helmar girl - the Fabric Stiffener has always been one of my most favorite products! Thanks for giving so much detailed info on this gorgeous project!

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  71. Very nice~ thanks for sharing!
    scrapthis @ aol dot com

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  72. omgosh, this is amazing!!!!! it's beautiful and heartfelt and just stunning. i can't wait to try some of that fabric softener now! :D

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  73. Love what you did! Thanks for that wonderful tip with the bow using Helmar's Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid.

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  74. Your wreath is beautiful! Thanks for the glue tips! Happy Holidays.....

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