Hi, my name is Tracy Weinzapfel and I am thrilled to be a guest blogger on the Creating Keepsakes blog this week in celebration of Adhesives Week. Personally, I think this should be made an international holiday, complete with a day off of work to craft. What do you say? Are you with me on this?
I suppose it makes sense that I react to Adhesives Week in this way, as I’m the President of Helmar USA, an international adhesives company. Yes, I have a lifetime supply of glue, and I even glue for a living, which is a pretty great gig. Sometimes I want to pinch myself because I can incorporate my business management and creative skills in one dream job.
With this experience, I’m delighted to celebrate the fall season and show off some of our awesome adhesives today with a fun Halloween mini album. This is a fast and easy way to showcase those fun Halloween photos.
Trick or Treat Mini Album by Tracy Weinzapfel. Supplies Chipboard album and patterned paper: Nikki Silvils; Die cut tags and stickers: Best Creation Inc.; Ink and stamp: Inkadinkado; Buttons: Buttons Galore & More; Trim: Creative Impressions; Tools: We R Memory Keepers (hole punch) and Helmar (Glue Spreader); Adhesive: Helmar (450 Quick Dry, Acid Free Glue, Liquid Scrap Dots and Permanent Adhesive Runner).
Step By Step Instructions
1. Cover chipboard album with Acid Free Glue and spread evenly with Glue Spreader.
2. Adhere patterned paper and trim excess with a craft knife.
3. Sand all edges with sanding block and distress with black ink.
4. Punch hole in upper left side of album.
6. Print ten wallet-size (2″ X 3″) photos with black border (or mount photos on black cardstock).
7. Adhere each photo to your album with permanent adhesive.
8. Adhere ribbon and buttons to pages with 450 Quick Dry, which will not bleed through even the sheerest of ribbons and fabrics!
9. Cut out ghost and pumpkins from the patterned paper and adhere with Liquid Scrap Dots, which will allow your embellishments to pop off the page.
10. Stamp “Trick or Treat” on patterned paper and apply to cover with Liquid Scrap Dots.
11. Assemble album with a jump ring, and tie ribbon and tag to ring to complete the look.
Helmar USA carries a complete line of adhesives to meet your every gluing need. Make sure to visit our new website and check out our design team blog for more creative ideas using our products. Our creative team regularly shares project ideas that amaze me.
Giveaway
In honor of Adhesives Week, I want to share some of our great products with 10 lucky CK blog readers. Please leave a comment for a chance to win a variety of Helmar products.
Thank you. I hope you’ve enjoyed all that this week has had to offer. Adhesives Week may not be an internationally recognized holiday yet, but I still think we should all take the day off to craft.
Happy gluing!
Tracy Weinzapfel
Note: Winners for this and all Adhesives Week blog posts will be listed under our “Giveaway” tab at the top of the blog on Tuesday, Oct. 27, so please be sure to check back to see if you were selected. You have between now and Sunday, Oct. 25 to qualify. Simply leave a comment on any of our Adhesives Week entries. Thanks!
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I just checked out your Helmar blog and I can’t wait to go through all the projects. Thanks for the link! Liquid Scrap Dots, that blows my mind!
What a cute mini album!
That’s the cutest mini album! And I’m totally excited to read about these adhesives- Love to win some & try ‘em out! Thanks for the chance!
wow cute album. Love that and would love to win that nice selection of adhesives.
ohhhhh Scrap Dots, the possibities are endless! I want this product! To think I had never heard of it!
Wow thanks for sharing such great products with us. I have to say that I that album is so cute. And the adhesive is woowie! I am on a mission to find a store that carries it and if not I will be talking with my LLS!
What a fun project! Thanks for sharing!
i’d never heard of the liquid glue dots before – they are now on my shopping list – too cool!
I can never have enough of different types of adhesive. I’m with everyone else too, I need to buy some liquid glue dots!
Caity,
you can get on Helmar’s website http://www.helmarusa.com and contact our Australian office for Australian distributors and retailers. Thanks for asking.
Adorable project. I am an adhesive junkie
– Tuesday is my birthday so maybe I’ll be lucky and win;)
Thanks,
Teresa
What a great project and I always love to learn about different adhesives to try.
Thanks for sharing such a cute mini book… and the demo of the different types of adhesives.
I have not heard of liquid glue dots either! I need to find them!
Thanks for sharing your project with us Tracy! What would we do without adhesives?!
Thanks Tracy!! love the no show through fabric!!
That ghost mini album is just too darn cute! I love that you gave step-by-step instructions too, as I’ve never done a mini-album and now I have an idea as to how to proceed…thanks!
Love your Halloween mini-album!!!
Thanks for the tips and also for the chance to win!
Those products look amazing! Where have I been not to know about this stuff?! Great album!
I LOVE this!! I have been scrapbooking and making cards for years but did not know about some of these products! I am so excited! Thank you! Keeping my fingers crossed to win!!
Beautiful stuff Tracey!! Wish i had a Glue Spreader!!
Really cool stuff!! Who knew that playing with adhesives could be so much fun?! Hoping to win some
Lovely font too! I’m off to download it.
I haven’t seen these products before so I am excited to try them out! Especially an adhesive that won’t bleed through ribbon – genius.
I’m always looking for new adhesives that work well-definitely interested in the liquid one for ribbon!
Thanks for this project. Would you believe that I have never covered chipboard with paper because of my fear of ruining my project? I used to use glue early on in my crafting days but switched to tape because of a few bad glue experiences. It’s amazing to see all the different kinds of glue for specific tasks, I really should give it a second chance!
I love your ghost mini album.
Where can I find those liquid glue dots? I live in BC, canada.
I love the ghost album! I will have to make one for our family Halloween this year! I also will have to search for the glue in my local craft stores!
thanks for sharing all the adhesive info–Ive never seen those liquid glue dots before and I am definitely going to check them out!
This was very informative. Thank you for sharing. I especially want to try out those liquid glue dots.
I too am in love with the liquid glue dot idea… Hmmm no limitr to the size you want…
I love adhesives! Never heard of liquid glue dots though.
I tried but it doesn’t look like yours. I think I need a little more practice.
cute projects
Beautiful idea Tracey! + I can never have to much adhesive. Thanks for the chance!!
There’s been a fair few on this page today, so I’m sure it’s been useful.
it’s a fantastic site. These tips are very useful. it is a really long post.
thanks for your information