Mixed Media Wedding Card for Helmar

Weddings are such special occasions. I created this card for our cousin who will be married in a couple weeks. I've used Helmar Fabric Glue to adhere layers of lace onto the card and show how I arranged and adhered the circle of lace beneath the flower.

Wedding Card

Tips and Techniques

In the past, I would have stitched the edge of the lace to gather before placing on the card. Instead, I've used Helmar Fabric Glue to arrange, position and adhere. I squeezed out some glue in the center of the doily as shown.

Next, I bunched the edge of the lace together with my fingers to form a half medallion and set it into the Helmar Fabric Glue. This adhesive works perfectly because it gives me time to work with the lace and position it just right, then sets within a minute or so to hold it in place. 

Before adhering the paper doily in place, I adhered a strip of lace across the card using Helmar Fabric Glue, just down the center of the lace where it would not be visible on the finished card. Then once the doily and lace medallion were in place, I adhered the smaller scalloped lace and ribbon roses using more of the Helmar Fabric Glue.

I've been working on cleaning out my scrappy area and had thrown some scraps of white cardstock into the trash. As I was designing this card, I decided to rescue those scraps to create my focal flower using the Sizzix Tattered Florals Die (Tim Holtz). I adhered the flower layers together using Helmar Super-Tac EVA Glue. If you're looking for stamens to use for handcrafted flower centers, check out the wedding floral department of your local craft store.

I know, I know - It looks like I've covered up most of that lace medallion I created; however, the layers add so much lovely dimension as seen here, and the card just wouldn't be the same without those details. 

Because I have created a mixed media background, most of my other elements such as the bow, flower, and die cut leaves are adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

The base of my card front is a piece of patterned cardstock weight paper that I gessoed, painted. stenciled, stitched and distressed. After decorating I adhered it to my card base using Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

Helmar Products

Fabric Glue

Super-Tac EVA Glue

Premium Craft Glue

450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Other Products

GCD Studios by Donna Salazar ~ Spring in Bloom 12 x 12 pad

Cardstock, white

Glossy Cardstock ~ white

Petaloo ~ CMC Canterbery Spray, white

Stamen - can be found in the wedding floral department of your craft store

Hug Snug ~ Seam Binding, white (Really Reasonable Ribbon)

Lace and Vintage Lace ~ Stash

White Thread

Liquitex ~ Gesso, white, clear

Caran D'Ache ~ Neocolor II

Grumbacher ~ Academy Artists' Watercolors

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Martha Stewart Crafts ~ Stencils, Eyelet Lace

DCWV ~ Template, EM-011-000010

Sizzix by Tim Holtz ~ Tattered Florals Die

3 Tailed Chrysanthemum Cut File ~ Silhouette Store Image

Doily Cut file ~ Created from PixelScrapper Image
Zutter by Donna Salazar ~ Distrezz-it-All

Martha Stewart ~ Mini Score Board

Sizzix ~ Big Shot

Silhouette ~ Cameo

Darice ~ Heat Tool

Viking ~ Designer 1 Sewing Machine

Thanks for stopping by today! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Hope Card ~ Guest Designing for Craft Hoarders Annonymous

I'm so delighted to share that the amazingly talented Gloria Stengel has invited me to guest design for her Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog this month. This first project is all about folding, and I've created a pleated butterfly (lots of folds here) to adorn my card. Her challenges encourage us to use our hoarded supplies, so I've used items that have been in my stash for at least a year and many of them much longer than that. 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #9 Fold It

Use some sort of "fun fold" on your project. You can make a fun fold card, a pop-up card, an explosion box, or other type of project that makes use of folded cardstock or paper. You can share some folding techniques that are perfect for scrapbook layouts or mixed media pieces. Create a mini album with a folded binding. Fold some ribbon to make pleats. De-hoard those supplies and show us your folds....paper folds that is!

Sponsors: WorldWin Papers and StencilGirl

"Hope"

Tips and Techniques

I created this lovely butterfly using a pattern and tutorial posted by Leeann Greff at Flowerbug's Inkspot. You can find her tutorial here.

Once I folded and created the butterfly, I brushed it with several colors of Ranger's Perfect Pearls powders mixed in water to distress and color. The body is a jewelry finding piece from my stash.

The glittered Hope transparency sticker came in a kit I bought years ago. I just never had the right project for it, until now!! 

 I clustered these older Petaloo flowers along the side with berries and dried grape vine sprigs. 

Here's a final, angled shot. 

I squeezed glossy accents in the corner below the sticker and sprinkled with silver microbeads which were popular in paper crafting a few years back. I've been seeing them used in mixed media this year and have raided my hoarded stash to bring sparkle and dimension to my projects in recent days.

Products

We R Memory Keepers ~ Anthologie - Medley, Potpourri

Ivory Cardstock

Fancy Pants Designs ~ Glitter Cuts Diecuts - Hope

Petaloo ~ Velvet Hydrangea - Blue

Petaloo ~ Chantilly Mixed Blooms - Cream

Berry Sprig ~ Stash

Grape Vine ~ Stash

Jewelry Finding ~ Stash

Creative Charms ~ Vintage Brads VP-8206

Kaisercraft ~ Pearls - Lemon
Queen & Co ~ Pearls - Sunflower Yellow
Ranger ~ Perfect Pearls - Heirloom Gold; Blue Patina; Perfect Bronze
Beadies ~ Microbeads - Silver
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Helmar ~ Premium Craft Glue
Helmar ~ Liquid Scrapdots
Idea-ology ~ Paper Distresser
Martha Stewart ~ Mini Scoring Board
Ranger ~ Heat It Craft Tool

I hope you've been inspired to dig into your scrappy hoard to create a project for the Craft Hoarders Annonymous Paper Folding Challenge. Stop by the blog here for details and to link your project.

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Irish Blessings Birthday Card ~ DT for Helmar

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

And happy birthday to my dear friend, Mandy!! Mandy's birthday falls on St. Patrick's Day, so when I found out that I was to do a St. Pat's themed project for Helmar, I knew it would be a card for my sweet friend. So you'll see lots of green and Irish touches on this card. I've added some gems, in green of course, and used Helmar Gemstone Glue to adhere them. 

Irish Blessings Birthday Card

Tips and Techniques

Gemstones can be a challenge to adhere and have them really stick without adhesive oozing out around them. Helmar Gemstone Glue is a perfect solution. I simply placed a drop of glue on a paint palette, then used tweezers to dip the back of the gem into the glue and then placed it in the center of the lace design. 

Here's a close-up. I love to peruse thrift stores for papercrafting supplies. Once, I found some beautiful vintage, lace-edged handkerchiefs and this Irish lace was cut from one of them.

This beautiful Garden Circle Frame by Leaky Shed Studio was quick and easy. I heat embossed with Fran-tage Embossing Enamel for this gorgeous finish. Of course I adhered it with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

I hand dyed this ribbon with mists to coordinate and tied in a triple loop bow. I used some Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to help raise and position the flowers around the cluster and Helmar 450 to adhere the bow, jewelry piece, and smaller flowers.

One final look. All the paper to paper layers are adhered with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

Helmar Products

Gemstone Glue

450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Premium Craft Glue

Liquid Scrap Dots

Leaky Shed Studio Products

Garden Circle Frame

Other Products

Tim Holtz ~ Crowded Attic Collection

BoBunny ~ Timepiece - Villa; Timepiece

Petaloo ~ Penny Lane - Small Flowers, mint; New Camelia, Mantis Green

Jewelry Medallion - Stash

Hug Snug ~ Seam Binding, white (Really Reasonable Ribbon)

Stampendous Fran-tage Embossing Enamel - Aged Ivory; Aged Gold

Perfect Pearl Mist - Heirloom Gold

Heidi Swapp - Color Shine, gold

Ranger Clear Rock Candy Distress Paint

Zutter ~ Donna Salazar Designs - Distrezz-it-All

Martha Stewart ~ Scoring Board 

Thanks for stopping by today! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Timeless Love ~ for Donna Salazar Designs

Here's my latest page for Donna Salazar Designs. Weddings are a special day for a bride. For this layout, I combined soft blues and pinks from all three of Donna's latest GCD Studios collections: Natural Beauty, Family Jeans, and Fun & Funky to showcase this dreamy photo of our daughter, Elizabeth, on her special day. 

"Timeless Love"

Tips and Techniques:

This focal flower features Donna's Spellbinders Grand Peony and Bitty Blossoms Dies. All the details can be found below in my Shabby Layered Blossoms Tutorial. 

I finished out my flower cluster with a variety of Bitty Blossoms. I also tucked in several crystal flourishes from Donna's Want2Scrap Build Your Own Bling. The chicken wire and heart buttons are from my stash.

The Bitty Blossoms from another angle.

I used Donna's Art Gone Wild Heart Applique stamp with Chiffon Mix'd Media Inx and Clearsnap Clear embossing powder to create these hearts that I fussy cut for my banner. I tucked in lace pieces adorned with Want2Scrap Teardrop Pearls. 

The large doilies are cut from Family Jeans - Heirloom and Natural Beauty - Blue Fence then the edges inked with Mix'd Media Inx and adorned with Want2Scrap Pearls. I stenciled here with Donna's Want2Scrap Heart Stencil and above the photo with her Leaves Stencil using molding paste then spritzed with Donna's River Mossy Smooch Spritz by Clearsnap. 

This double loop bow is tied with Iridescent Champagne Organza from Really Reasonable Ribbon topped with a Bitty Blossom flower. The ribbon is also looped through the design of the smaller doily. 

I embellished the denim back side of this Fun and Funky Yellow Polkas paper with Donna's gorgeous Art Gone Wild Brass Corner and Bubble Wrap Stamps. I combined Mix'd Media Inx and Mix'd Media Inx Embossing powders to achieve these shabby corners. And of course I used my favorite scrappy tool, Donna's Zutter Distrezz-It-All to distress the edges. 

I painted this Want2Scrap Fancy Chipboard Word with white gesso and inked with Bluejay Mix'd Media CHOX Inx. When dry I heat embossed with clear embossing powder by Clearsnap. 

Notice the grid design on the background. Before adhering my flowers and photo, I randomly placed pieces of drywall mesh tape and spritzed the page with River Mossy Smooch Spritz. When dry, I removed the tape leaving these great grid marks. The smooch added a ton of sparkle along with the subtle color. 

Now I'd like to share the details on how I created my layered focal flower. 

Shabby Layered Rose Tutorial

Supplies:

Supply List:

Spellbinders ~ Grand Calibur (not pictured)

Spellbinders ~ Donna Salazar Designs - Grand Peony

Spellbinders ~ Donna Salazar Designs - Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders ~ M-Bossibilities

GCD Studios ~ Donna Salazar - Natural Beauty papers of choice

Ivory Crushed Voile Fabric

Tea light or other small candle

Bowl of water (not pictured)

Step 1. Die cut the following papers and fabric:

3 Grand Peony #6 from paper for outer petals (numbered from smallest to largest dies)

3 Grand Peony #4 from ivory crushed voile

1 Large Bitty Blossoms from paper for flower center

Step 2. Emboss the three outer Petals.

Step 3. Roll and shape Bitty Blossoms flower for center.

Step 4. Curl edges of crushed voile petals by pulling each petal close to, but not in the flame of your candle. Be sure to have a bowl of water next to you just in case your petal gets into the flame and needs extinguished. 

***Hint*** Start with a short candle wick. You don't want your flame to be too large. 

I have found that I can cut up to 5 layers of crushed voile at a time with the following sandwich ~ listed from the bottom to the top: cutting plate, cardstock, fabric layers, die - face down towards fabric, and on top another cutting plate. You may need to run this through your die cut machine several times for a complete cut.

Step 5. Shape outer embossed petals by curling each petal over a round pencil and pushing the petal upwards.

Step 6. Curl each petal side down over a round pencil to create a natural petal shape.

Step 7.  Assemble the three outer petal layers by placing a drop of quick drying glue in the center of each set of petals and glue together, off-setting the petals as shown.

Step 8. Assemble the three fabric petal layers, off-setting as you glue them together as in the previous step.

Step 9. Glue fabric layer on top of embossed layer.

Step 9. Glue the Bitty Blossoms flower to the center of your flower.

*** Hint*** If you would like a flatter flower you could use a large decorative crystal brad or button in place of the Bitty Blossom flower.

Side view of finished flower:

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my layout and tutorial!! 

~ Blessings ~

Tracey

Supply List

Paper:

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Family Jeans - Heirloom

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Family Jeans - Denim Stripe

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Family Jeans - Family Dots

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Family Jeans - Denim Stripe

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Fun & Funky - Yellow Polkas

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Natural Beauty - Twiggy

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Natural Beauty - Blue Fence

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Natural Beauty - 6" x 6" Pad

Chipboard:

Want2Scrap ~ Fancy Chipboard Word - Love

Stamps:

Art Gone Wild: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Brass Corner, Heart Applique, Bubble Wrap

Color/Inks:

Clearsnap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Mix'd Media Inx - Jasmine, Chiffon, Denim

Clearsnap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Mix'd Media Inx CHOX - Bluejay

Clearsnap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder - Jasmine, Denim

Clearsnap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Smooch Spritz - River Mossy

Clearsnap: Top Boss Embossing Powder - Clear

Stencils:

Want2Scrap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Heart

Want2Scrap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Leaves

Dies/Embossing:

Spellbinders: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Grand Peony

Spellbinders: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders: Pendants In Spades

Spellbinders: Heartfelt Creations ~ Blossom Corner

Spellbinders: M-Bossabilities - Flora

Punches:

Martha Stewart Circle Edge Punch with Flower Arches, Modern Lace

Embellishments:

Want2Scrap: Donna Salazar Designs - Build Your Own Bling

Want2Scrap: White Pearls, Teardrop White Pearls

CTMH: Timeless Charms

Really Reasonable Ribbon: May Arts Iridescent Sheer Ribbon - Champagne

Stash: Lace, Heart Buttons, Cherub Charm, Chicken Wire

Mixed Media:

Liquitex: White Gesso

Golden: Light Molding Paste

Adhesives:

Helmar: 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Beacon: 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Art Glitter: Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Tombow: 3D Foam Tabs

Tools:

Zutter: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Distrezz-It-All

EK Success: Honey Bee Scissors

EK Success: Tweezers

Darice: Heat Tool

I have entered this at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #94 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~