It’s that time of year where we all start thinking of the holidays so 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.
Hello everyone and welcome to my stop on the Helmar Holiday Hop. If you have been following along, you should have hopped here from Jen Erikson’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.
My project shows you the real strength and versatility of Helmar adhesives, particularly Helmar Premium Craft Glue and Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. This was inspired by the old-fashion magazine tree. These have been around for a while, you can Google the term to see many versions.
However, I decided to upcycle a stash of Christmas paper, some of which I’ve had for a few years, and make my own ‘magazine’ book. I cut all the papers down to 10 inches wide by 12 inches tall, except for the two I used to create a magazine cover. These two papers were 12 x 12 and scored at 10 and 10 3/8” on one side. My stack of paper was just about 1/4” thick.
I used Helmar Acid Free Glue to glue the two papers together overlapping the scored edges. This paper was single-sided so I used the blank sides for the outsides knowing that I was going to fold each end over. Many of the older papers I had were single-sided and these too were set in stack with pattern side down.
Helmar Premium Craft Glue was the ideal glue to use for this project. I needed a really strong liquid glue, but not one that would dry too very fast for this project. I coated the entire center binding area within the narrow score marks with a squiggle of Helmar Premium Craft Glue. After solidly stacking my paper stack I packed them into my DIY magazine cover. I jogged the papers while in the cover against my desktop in order to get them to pack down as tight as possible against my glue binding.
I used a couple of binder clips to hold my ‘magazine’ in place while it dried.
After leaving it to dry, voila, bound patterned paper.
I folded each page twice towards center and then folded up the bottom. I alternated which side the bottom folded up to on many pages for variety. These little folded pockets really help to hold my cards when finished. Use a bone folder to make your folds sharp.
When all my pages were folded, I had a lovely shaped tree. I added a little Tattered Angels Glam in Twinkle Toes and Big Apple. After drying, I misted randomly with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Gum Drop, Santa Baby, and Jingle Bells. While it was still wet, I sprinkled the tree with Mica flakes for extra glitter. By adding the Glam first, this dries stiffer and creates a resist so that my papers wouldn’t get too soft from the mists.
I didn’t want to add too many ornaments to my tree so that nothing would really interfere with my cards, but I did want a little more bling. I squeezed out a small amount of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots on my nonstick craft mat and using a pair of tweezers, I dipped each little rhinestone into the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. This was thick enough to hold the rhinestone on the edges of the folds to dry and strong enough not to get knocked off once dry.
I used a large bead cap and more Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots for my topper. I filled the bead cap with the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots and set the bead cap on top. I wanted it to dry so that it would hold my pin topper.
I created my own pin topper with two snow flake brads and an eyepin. I cut the brad posts off the back of the brads and glued them together over pin head using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. Once both the base and the pin were dry, I was able to place the pin into the top of my card holder tree.
Here is my card holder tree finished.
And since I haven’t received any Christmas cards yet, I pulled out some of last year’s cards for display purposes. Here is another look in use. I hope you not only found some inspiration, but really see how strong Helmar Glues are and how versatile they can be.
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 Jessica Diedrich’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.
Helmar Holiday Hop Blog order just in case you get lost along the way!
Tracy Weinzapfel www.tracywburgos.typepad.com
Rae Cooper http://illbeblessed.blogspot.com/
Connie Mercer http://www.craftygoodies.com/
L. Grace Lauer www.gracesscrapattic.blogspot.com
Michelle Wallace www.theartofscrapbooking.blogspot.com
Angie Blom http://angieblomdesigns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Evans www.createoften.blogspot.com
Linda Baldock http://atclindab.blogspot.com/
Beck Beattie http://justmebingme.blogspot.com/
GUEST BLOGGER & SPONSOR – Nikki Sivils http://nikkisdoghouse.blogspot.com/
Carolyn King http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com
Jen Erickson http://shut-up-its-true.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Boglioli www.cherylboglioli.com
Jessica Diedrich http://www.thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com/
Trudy Sjolander http://truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Carisa Zglobicki http://ladyguineveresinkyfaeries.blogspot.com/
Lydell Quin www.lydellquin.blogspot.com
Natasha Naranjo Aguirre http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com/
Martha Richardson http://themermaidscloset.blogspot.com
Erika Taylor http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com
Thanks again for stopping by today and Happy Holidays.
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This is a really useful project to get rid of any leftover design papers plus display Christmas cards too.. Not sure if I can get my hands on the Helmar adhesive in UK… I’ll have to check it out.
Paula x x x
This is such a lovely project! Awesome job, Cheryl!
Hopping by,
Jenny
ok this is AWESOME!!! and what a great way to use those old lines that you love but now you want the new ones? LOL well, maybe that’s just me…..hahaha
WOW – fab idea think i might have to make one of these – thanks for sharing xx
Beautiful tree and I love how you made the tree topper. Great job…thanks for the idea.
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Love your tree! I will be making one of these for sure as it will fit right in with my collection of mini trees I have made over the years!
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What a fabulous idea Cheryl. You are amazing!! I love it!
I haven’t made one of these since Girl Scouts back in the 70’s. Thanks for reminding me of how fun they are…gotta do this with the kids this week!!!
your instructions and photos are very clear and concise. I feel I can totally make this project! I’ve also pinned it to Pinterest
What a great way to use up older paper. Love that it hold cards. Thanks so much for sharing.
I remember making these trees as a kid from old magazines. Yours are much nicer though and a great idea for using up excess dp. I might have to give this a go.
great idea.. what a wonderful way to use up some papers that I have stashing away!! It looks amazing.
You tree is amazing. Great for holding cards but it’s so beautiful that I’d just use it as an accent piece on my mantle! TFS 🙂
Shari
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What a great idea this is! I’ve never seen one of these before. How creative!
LOVE this idea 🙂
Oh my goodness Cheryl — this is one of the fanciest card holders I’ve seen! What a wonderful way to enjoy that Christmas paper again. I just love your bead cap and tree topper too. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us!
The tree is great. I love this and want to make one myself.
Fantastic tree. I love this idea!
What a fun idea!!! Thanks for sharing!
i was needin a cute tree to make for my desk at the library and this is it..thanks so much for sharing….
Gorgeous project, thanks for the inspiration, I have lots of left over papers from past years too, I would love to make this for a serving table centrepiece for Christmas.
Cheryl that is stunning. Thank you so much for the detailed step by step. Love the idea. Thank you for posting.
Oh Cheryl, what a fabulous project…so unique! TFS:)
Awesome, so clever and creative! Thanks for the inspiration..:)
Wonderful idea. I’ve never seen it before. Thanks so much for the instructions. Can’t wait to try it out!!
love that tree very cute, scrap dots are the boom thanks for the inspiration
Get out! Never thought of using one of these type trees to hold cards! Fabulous creativity!
That is such a beautiful project and a great way to store all the cards without taking up too much room! Love it xxx
I love this idea. We get so many papers we are no longer interested in and never know what to do with them. Your tree is beautiful!
What a great use for papers that are no longer something that will be used in a scrapbook! Thank you!
Last night I was scrapping with my local scrap group and I watched someone destroy a real book making one of these trees. I’m gonna share your idea with her so she never does that again
that is a wonderful project!! i love the tree.
My grandma used to make Mr and Mrs Claus this way. Brought back some memories! Love it!
Oh I love it, what a great way to hold the cards! Love the way you topped the tree!
I love the cute project you made. I remember doing something like this as a kid using an old reader’s digest magazine. How creative. jeannett_mcgee@comcast.net
adorable~such a cute idea!!!!
This is such a great idea for holiday card display! And your tutorial was so easy to understand that I think even I might be able to get good results when duplicating this delightful project. WOW! Love it!
I am now a follower of your blog. So very nice to meet you! Stop over to my blog sometime and give me a shout out! And Happy Holidays to you and yours!!
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cool idea! TFS
Great idea! I’m always working out a way to display my cards!! This is perfect! Thanks for showing us how to create it!
Cheryl, this is beautiful. The colors and the stability are fantastic. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful Christmas gift idea. Toodles
Erika
This is so pretty and a great way to display Christmas Cards.
Gorgeous project! Love how you created it from top to bottom.
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Very nice!
Super cute idea! Love the topper you created. TFS!
Such a great idea! I remember making these as kids with Reader’s Digests….I had forgotten all about that!
that should help hold all the christmas cards that are arriving thanks for sharing
That is soo cool! GREAT idea to display cards and looks fantastic without them too!
Looks beautiful. Love that you used some of your stash to create it.
This is so cool, and clever. Loving this, thank you!
How clever! Love this! I need Scrap Dots!!!
This is so creative for sure!
Love the way to use up so many papers that would never get used otherwise.
Thanks for sharing
Helmar glues are amazingly strong! Your project was very inspirational! Shannon_Corbin@live.com
Awesome!
OOH, what a lovely version of the magazine tree! This is certainly inspirational. I especially like how you demonstrated the Helmar Scrap Dots. I’ve been wondering how best to use them since I purchased them. Also, what a FABULOUS tree topper. I am drooling!!!!! Thank you, and Merry Christmas!
Fondly,
Ellen ♥ CardMonkey
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Oh my gosh, what a fantastic project. I have tons of dp I could do this with. I am so excited to find out about these products. Thanks for this great tutorial.
What a great use of old papers, the tree is so cute!!!
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I really enjoyed this tutorial! What an super cute project, I can see making one of these to display my holiday cards!
Cheryl this is sooooo neat! Love your project and will be back later(with more time) to enjoy the hop and hopefully get some great ideas! Never thought to use the scrapdots on the edge like that….brilliant! 😉
Hugs
Tracy V
I am so going to try this!!!! I have not seen this type of tree before!!!! Really cool!
This is such a cool project Cheryl! Now I have a use for all of the old Christmas papers that never found a way into a project! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hugs,
True 😀
hey now…that things is really neat! so pretty and a cool idea!
I love your tree, cute idea.
Cheryl what a great project love this tree. TFS.
Debbie
Welp I can clearly see that you love scrapdots and i must own it 😉 Your tree is quite lovely!
Kindest regards,
Jennifer
What a fabulous tree! TFS =)
Ingenious girlie, ingenious! What a great way to use up that older Christmas paper.
That is brilliant. It just sparkles. Don’t you just love the many things you can do with Liquid Scrap Dots?
Fantastic!
wow… wonderful creation! Thanks for showing us such an AWESOME project!!
Sammi
xx
thankyou, great ideas and awesome project