Pierced Shimmer Sheetz Thank You Card

by Judi Kauffman

 

Suzanne Cannon posted a project on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog featuring hand-embossed Shimmer Sheetz surrounding a die cut. She used a stylus tool to draw de-bossed lines and doodle patterns around the sentiment. I thought it would be fun to take that concept in another direction.

For my project, I used a piercing tool in addition to a stylus and did most of the work on the BACK of the Shimmer Sheetz. Pierced holes form a raised dotted pattern on the front. The stylus, in turn, creates de-bossed dots that help to flatten the Shimmer Sheetz around the word ‘Thanks’ since piercing will distort the Mylar and cause it to curve. This is not a problem with the butterflies so there is no stylus work on those.

Change the color combination to suit your taste, and if you don’t have alcohol inks on hand to alter Shimmer Sheetz for the butterflies, skip that step.

Instructions:

1. Die cut the word ‘Thanks’ from Shimmer Sheetz or heavy cardstock that has Clear Double Sided Adhesive on the FRONT side. Adhere the word to the back of a piece of Pink Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz (or whatever color you’ve selected).

 

 

2. Place the piece on a soft mouse pad or piercing pad and use a piercing tool to create a dotted outline around the word as shown in the photo above. Pierce larger holes in some of the areas, smaller and more closely spaced holes in other areas for variety and interest as shown in the photo below.
 

 3. With the piece facing up, use a craft knife to scrape lines on the inside of each letter (lines will be white, the core color of the Shimmer Sheetz). Use a stylus tool to create randomly spaced de-bossed dots all around the word as shown in the photo below. Cut a rectangle measuring 4.25” x 2.5”, back with Clear Double Sided Adhesive Sheet; mat to Perfect Pink Soft Finish Cardstock, leaving an eighth-inch border.

 

 
 

4. Alter a piece of Pink Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz with alcohol inks (Optional). Put black outline butterfly peel-offs on the BACK and selectively pierce around and inside the outlines. No need to pierce all of the pattern lines. Pull away and discard the butterfly peel-offs.

 

 

5. Turn the Shimmer Sheetz right side up and use fine pointed scissors to hand cut around the butterflies. Bend wings upward as shown below.

 

 

6. Emboss a 5.25” x 4.75” piece of Light Pink Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz with the butterfly folder. Lightly sand to tone down the sparkle and bring out the white core color.

7. Cut a 5.75” x 12” piece of Rosebud Soft Finish Cardstock. Score at 6”, fold in half for card base (fold at left side).

8. Assemble the card front as follows: Embossed Shimmer Sheetz rectangle, centered left to right, a quarter-inch down from top edge; greeting (foam tape beneath rectangle for added dimension); butterflies (secured with small slivers of Tombow Power Adhesive Tabs, ideal for holding Shimmer Sheetz to Shimmer Sheetz).

 

Supplies:

 

Quietfire Design A Way With Words –

Thanks die  Quietfire site | Elizabeth Craft Designs site

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs –

Shimmer Sheetz in Pink and Light Pink Iridescent

0412 Butterflies peel-offs in Black
Soft Finish Cardstock in Perfect Pink and Rosebud
Clear Double Sided Adhesive Sheet and Tape
KB101 Butterflies embossing folder

 

Other –

Tombow Power Adhesive Tabs

Foam tape
Piercing tool
Ball stylus
Fine pointed scissors
Piercing pad or soft mouse pad
Craft knife
Sanding block

Thank you so very much....

Hi Everyone it's Teresa here today to share a fun card that i did using the "Thanks" metal cutting die and the "Thanks Cuddlers" set of 7 that goes with it.  I wanted to make something different this time so i used Basic Grey Aurora papers, die cuts and pockets and then used the Thanks to create a die for the title of my card on the front.  It was fun and easy to do and that always makes it great!!

This was a fun cosmic inspired paper line so i added gold around the edges of the layers

and then embossed one of the layers of the Thanks die cut in gold too.  The black staggered

layer really made it pop and the gold makes it fun and shiny.  I love that!!

Here is a closeup of the Thanks die cut and the embossing.  Embossing things with ink and

gold or silver powder is a great way to achieve a gorgeous effect without having to find

the perfect paper, especially when it's late into the evening and stores are closed :)

Inside of my card i stamped 3 of the sentiments in black but you

could do whatever you needed since there are so many to chose from....

And ... that's all for today and so glad that you stopped over to see what

was new!!  Have a really fun and happy Halloween!!

Thanks! Connie Nichol Guest Designer

Hello everyone! It's Connie Nichol here. I’m so happy to be joining Quietfire Design as a guest designer this month.  
 

  
I had a lot of fun playing around with a couple of Quietfire Design digital cutting files and combining them with the “Thanks” metal cutting die produced by Elizabeth Craft Designs.  These cards are so quick to put together and the designs on both the digital and metal die cuts look so elegant, especially when combined with metallic paper.   

For these cards, I used the Quietfire Maple Tree Four Seasons cut file.  In addition to the tree, the file contains leaves, snowflakes, a bird and a swing, so you can customize your tree to look however you like!

Quietfire .svg :: Silhouette .studio

 I use a Sizzix Eclips2 as my electronic die cut machine, and it was a snap to load the svg files and cut trees and leaves of different sizes out of Core’dinations specialty cardstock.    I added a little stitching with gold thread to fancy it up even more.

Quietfire svg :: Silhouette .studio

This card uses the Flourished Leaf Rectangular Frame cut file available from Quietfire Design.  I loaded the svg file into my Eclips 2 and sized it so it would fit perfectly around the “Thanks”  metal die.  I love the flexibility of manipulating digital design files to whatever size you need.  And I love the simplicity of using a metal die and manual die cutting machine.  Combining them kind of gives me the best of both worlds.

 

Quietfire site :: Elizabeth Craft Designs site

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to go check out the gorgeous digital cutting files that are available in the Quietfire store.

Connie Nichol is a contributing editor with Canadian Scrapbooker magazine and has been with them since the magazine launched ten years ago. 

When she is not scrapbooking, Connie works as a soil scientist and occasional university lecturer. She is an avid gardener with two green thumbs and an enthusiastic amateur photographer. Connie lives near Sherwood Park, Alberta, with Ron, her husband of 26 years, and their two sons, Ben (15) and Marty (13).

 

Being Thankful

It's Wanda here today on this beautiful Wednesday!!  There is much to be thankful for and Suzanne's stamp set, Being Thankful, has some very important ones.  I have combined stamps from that set along with the beautiful Thanks die to make this card. 

I lined up all the stamps from the Being Thankful set that I wanted to use on an acrylic block and stamped them onto vellum using Archival Ink jet black.  After drying the ink, I tore the vellum into a square around the words and inked the edges with Distress Ink mowed lawn.  

The next layer is a sampler pack size piece of gold shimmer sheetz from the metallic pack.  I inked over the piece with Alcohol inks (sunset orange, rust, raisin), embossed it with the curvy leaves ECD embossing folder, sanded it, inked the edges with Archival Ink jet black and heated the edges lightly allowing the shimmer sheetz to curl a bit.  The piece of stamped vellum is attached to the shimmer sheetz using a tiny attacher just along the top edge and the rest is left lose.  

For the next layer I used the curvy leaves embossing folder as a stamp.  I inked the side of the folder with the raised leaves using Distress Ink (wild honey, barn door, spiced marmalade), lightly misted over it with water and then pressed it onto white cardstock.  I repeated this to fill the cardstock and dried it.  The edges are inked with Distress Ink mowed lawn.  

Thanks is die cut from a black velvet adhesive sheet, attached directly onto the background as shown, and the shimmer sheets piece is attached with foam tape.  Everything is attached to a folded rust colored card and then I added some black dots using a Glaze pen.  The finished card measures 6 1/8" x 5 1/2".

Thanksgiving Easel Card - Kelly Klapstein, Guest Designer

Hello Everyone! I’m so pleased to be joining you again this month as guest designer, and today I have a Thanksgiving card to share.

The beautiful stamp set “To Give Thanks” is perfect for a Thanksgiving card. I made an easel card base and added pieces of patterned paper and a pumpkin, along with stamped images.

To Give Thanks, set of 4 stamps

Quietfire Thanks die from Elizabeth Craft Designs

 

The die “Thanks” was cut from black cardstock and layered onto paper that has the “To Give Thanks” text stamped onto the background.  You can easily make your own script paper by stamping text onto it.

I just love this stamp set and die combination! 

It was wonderful to have the opportunity to work with the Quietfire Design products, and I am thankful for the invitation. The exceptional quality makes crafting a delight!

Kelly Klapstein

Additional Supply list:

Core'dinations cardstock; FabScraps paper; Brother ScanNCut; Clearsnap Ink; May Arts Twine; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner and Crafty Foam Tape.  

To see more of Kelly’s projects and learn some crafty tips, visit her website www.kellycreates.ca