Stenciled Shimmer Sheetz Holiday
Ornaments
by Judi Kauffman for StencilGirl
Products
It’s
so much fun mixing my favorite StencilGirl Products stencils with Shimmer
Sheetz, a durable, sparkly surface! This time, I’ve used the combo for
Christmas and Chanukah ornaments. As always, my color combination is offbeat,
but yours can be traditional.
I
love making flat holiday ornaments because they can be mailed in an envelope
for standard postage. They can be tucked into a card or sent instead of one.
Smaller ornaments make great gift tags, too. I used ornament-shaped dies from
several companies to do the cutting but you could hand-cut yours if you prefer.
A quick Internet search will yield many free patterns and a simple circle or
star will work just fine.
The
key to all of the stenciling I did on the ornaments is to pretend that your eye
is a camera with a zoom lens. Zero in on portions of the patterns. By using
this ‘trick’ you can make holiday ornaments with stencils that aren’t holiday
designs.
I
used five different stencils, two of them with elegant and easy to recognize
patterns – Lacy Lotus and Paisley Floral. But you might have a harder time
guessing what I used for the others! For example, the Star of David ornaments
include sections from the 9 x 12 Clustered Leaves stencil and when you look
closely at the other ornaments portions of Journaling Left Hand and Rolls will magically
appear.
INSTRUCTIONS
All
ornaments are a double layer of Shimmer Sheetz for extra stability. One-layer
ornaments are another option.
1.
Choose your favorite Shimmer Sheetz color for the front of the ornaments and
back a 5” x 12” piece of that color with double-sided adhesive sheet. Add a
second piece in the same color or in a contrasting color for the back side of
the ornaments. Shown – Turquoise Gemstone on the front, not shown – Black
Iridescent for the back.) Front and back can match; you can stencil both sides
so there isn’t a difference between front and back. NOTE: For smaller ornaments you can use smaller pieces of Shimmer
Sheetz like the 4” x 5” size sheets that come in the ‘sampler’ packs.
2.
Die cut the ornament shapes, making sure that the cutting blade of the die is
facing the color you’ve selected for the front of the ornaments. NOTE: Standard cutting dies (AccuCut,
Ellison) or Sizzix Bigz cut Shimmer Sheetz like butter, but if you are using
thin dies you MUST use a metal adaptor plate or the Sizzix Big Shot with
Precision Base Plate when cutting. Please review the Elizabeth Craft Designs
YouTube video tutorial if you are new to this technique.
3.
Protect your work surface and put on latex gloves if you just had a manicure –
alcohol inks are permanent and can stain furniture and your hands. Use alcohol
inks and an ink applicator tool to alter the surface of the Shimmer Sheetz. It
doesn’t matter if some of the ink gets onto the cap portion of the ornament.
Shown – Denim, Plum, Gold Metallic. NOTE:
I used non-traditional colors, but Shimmer Sheetz comes in Red Iridescent,
Emerald, Ruby and Imperial Garnet Gemstone as well as Red, Green, Gold and Green
Metallic so you can create ornaments that are much less offbeat!
4.
Use acrylic paint and a stencil brush to add pattern to the ornaments. NOTE: Move the stencil over the ornament
until you see the portion of the pattern that looks just right! If you don’t
want to commit to a design until you’re certain, cut extra ornaments out of
cardstock and practice on those.
5.
Paint the ornament cap with a gold or silver paint pen.
6.
Optional: Embellish the ornament cap with gold border peel-offs. Highlight the
ornaments with Glitter Dots peel-offs as shown on the two below
7.
If a hole is needed, use an awl to pierce one. Add ribbon or cord for a hanging
loop.
Here
are more photos to help kick start your projects:
SUPPLIES
StencilGirl
Products Stencils –
Elizabeth
Craft Designs –
Shimmer
Sheetz in Turquoise Gemstone, Black Iridescent (or color/s of choice)
Peel-off
stickers 1276 in Gold, 7018 in Violet
Ornament
dies –
AccuCut
Elizabeth
Craft Designs*
Stampin’
Up!*
Spellbinders*
*See
note in step 2
Other
–
Alcohol
inks in two or more colors plus gold metallic
Ink
applicator tool
Sakura
PenTouch paint pen in Gold
Stencil
brush
DecoArt
Americana Acrylics in Champagne Gold and Sea Breeze
These are stunning! Judi is a master with Shimmer Sheetz and that pairs perfectly with Stencilgirl stencils!!!
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