Radio for Helmar

Hey Everyone 

I was given two old radios by my dad and couldn't wait to use one the other I couldn't bring myself to use it's to old and vintage looking and I think I'd like to just clean it and have it on display 

The one I chose is on old GE which you could use with your TV and had an antenna that you used with the TV as well I didn't bother using that

I videoed the whole process so here's the linkto my YouTube video

 

So I started off by pulling the radio apart and taking the whole inside out, then pulled all the parts off - all the wires, batteries, everything off the. circuit board Wow a lot of work goes into making an electrical product

I painted the radio with some Rusty Paper paint which I was going to make it all grunge and rusted looking but after glueing the parts onto the radio I changed my mind

There was too much detail in all the little bits and I liked the look of the different textures and details they had so I kept them that way

I mainly used the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive on everything as I hate waiting for things to dry and wanted to get things stuck LOL

I also added some Memory Maze Thistle Flowers for a different texture

I decided I wasn't happy with the Rust colour so I used some Aged Brass Art Alchemy Metallique Wax with a bristle brush over the whole radio and a little over some parts but not enough to cover them

Then for something different I added some Colour Blast Colour Bling Paste

Using a Stencil Girl Stencil - Go your own way Arrows by Mary C. Nasser

Well I hope you like my Radio I had a lot of fun doing this project

Thanks for visiting and I hope you will be back soon xx

Baby Girl For Helmar

Hey Everyone

My turn on the Helmar blog

This time I decided to create a layout showing how you can use a few different glues depending on what you need to adhere to your layout

Helmar have every type of glue you could ever need 

I started off with the Acid Free glue to adhere the different papers together and then to the cardboard  

I used the Craft Glue (this is a clear thick glue) to adhere the cardboard to the background paper that I had stencilled on I wanted to make sure I used thicker glue to make sure it stuck because of the stencilled pattern

The Fabric glue for the lace and then some Liquid Scrap Dots to give the butterfly some height without having cardboard or foam that you have to try and cut to fit to size 

For the rest of the embellishments I used 450 Quick Dry Adhesive because I know it sticks everything from the chipboard to the metal 

The Baby Girl chipboard is from Memory Maze and I painted it with Finnabair's Impasto Acrylic Paints - Rasberry Pink and Snow White, then stamped over it with a background stamp that I have in my stash 

I also randomly stamped over my background paper which is a 7 Dots Writer's Block Sincerely which is an older range but you can still get at some stores

The butterfly is a sticker sheet that is just butterflies from an old range from Kaisercraft so are the words sing, laugh and dance 

Lots of embellishments that I've had for a while in my stash 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will be back soon xx