Tattered Angels and Prima and Helmar...oh my!

Hi everyone! Tattered Angels had a swap this month with Prima so the design team got to work with a bunch of Prima stuff this month. I had so much fun! They even sent me a canvas apron to alter!!!! I will get to my projects in just a sec...

First, I did something very hard for me this week. :) I set aside my good and faithful tombow mono adhesive runner that I use for everything. I have a hard time with adhesive...I just have not found any but that one that I even like...until now. You see Tracy sent me a bunch of Helmar products to use...I was a little leery at first because of my adhesive experiences, but now I want to shout "Thank You Tracy (and Pinky!)". So today I will also be pointing out what adhesive I used. :)

Ok, on to the projects...

Like I mentioned already, I received an AWESOME canvas apron from Prima to alter. Here is what it looks like now...

Hmm...should have ironed it first, huh. :)

I masked off sections and then sprayed repeatedly with Burnt Red glimmer mist and one of the Blossoms screens, so it looked like a printed fabric almost in the end. I also used some Lemon Grass glimmer mist and the butterfly screen on my apron. I then added my embellishments including Framed Fonts from Tattered Angels and flowers sprayed with glimmer mist. Here's another look at the finished project:

And some close up's:

I adhered my flowers and embellishments to my apron using Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive...I was pretty impressed...certainly beat what I typically would do...get out the old and faithful hot glue gun (which can get pretty messy!). But I didn't just use this adhesive to adhere my stuff done...I dabbed dots on my apron and the lightly sprayed with glimmer mist to give a little shine. Here's a close up where you can see what I am talking about:

Overall, I am really pleased with how this turned out. :)

Ok, and on to my first layout...

I can never get enough of those tree glimmer screens, and I used the Forrest Green glimmer mist. You will also see that I used a frame (from one of the framed fonts) and a glimmer glass piece, as well as some fun die cuts from Tattered Angels. The papers and the flowers from Prima go along with my theme of the layout perfectly...she's so delicate! Here's some close up's:

That glimmer glass piece is acetate and I always have a difficult time adhering it to the page. In the past I have stitched them on or adhered them where I know they are going to be covered. But this time I used the V2 Vellum adhesive from Helmar and I was SO PLEASED! It works perfectly, it dries completely clear and sticks good...I will be using this for all of my clear embellishments from now on! I used the Quick Fix Adhesive runner for the papers and the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive for the flowers. That Quick Fix adhesive runner is pretty amazing too...I like my adhesive strong and this one is strong! :)

And here is another layout for you...

That large shaped piece is actually from the packaging from the Prima apron. :) I sprayed the Burnt Red glimmer mist (again) on it over one of the Garden Lattice screens.

And check out the Glimmer Glass bike I used on my project...

I used the V2 Vellum Adhesive again on it....LOVE that stuff...in my opinion it is simply a miracle. :) I used the Quick Fix Adhesive runner for the papers and the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive for the flowers.