Tag: Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits – Merry & Bright

Tim Holtz Texture Fades and Dies w/ Metallic Gilding Polish!

November 2, 2025 November 2, 2025 by PinkWhisperDesigns in 3-D Texture Fades, Holiday Cards, Metallic Gilding Polish, Sizzix, Tim Holtz No Comment

Hello and Welcome!

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I’ve got and extra special “pretty in pink” metallic holiday card to show you today! We will not only be using several wonderful Tim Holtz products but also the gorgeous Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish!

If you haven’t seen these gilding polishes before you may want to check out these videos that I had previously posted. There is lots of information about the gilding polish and the opal polishes as well. I will link those here for you:

So for today’s card, let’s begin by setting the scene for the poinsettia that we will be creating by embossing some white 100lb cardstock using a 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder. Almost any pretty, swirly, background embossing folder would be perfect for this card. Once the embossing is done, we will add some Gilding polish in Citrus Green, Coral Sands, and Pink Sunset. I’ll talk about some techniques that I use to apply the Gilding Polish to my projects in today’s video.

Let’s use those same colors to create a “woodgrain” style background to mount the embossed panel onto. This will coordinate perfectly and bring everything together!

Next, for the beautiful poinsettia, we will use the Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits – Vault Seasonal Sketch. Again, using those same gilding colors we will apply the ink to some white cardstock and then die cut the poinsettias and leaves. Now we can assemble the flower and leaves!

For the center of the flower, we will add a few sparkly gems for a bit more interest and dimension. To give these a bit more dimension you can easily shape the flowers with your fingers by just curling up the petals. It is a simple touch that adds so much to your flowers and leaves!

Let’s die cut the word “Merry” from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits – Merry & Bright die set. We will die cut 3 or 4 of these and attach them together to create a nice thick sentiment. We will add some of the Pink Sunset Polish to this sentiment first and then scrape on some of the Coral Sands in a few places. You will love how this looks!

Finally, let’s assemble the card and add a strip of white embossed paper just underneath the poinsettia for a simple way of visually grounding this beautiful flower!

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All of the supplies used in today’s video are listed below. Click the products below to make a purchase. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which are at no additional costs to you.

Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish – Citrus Green

— https://tidd.ly/43G5RBd (Scrapbook.com)

Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish – Coral Sands

— https://tidd.ly/437g2i2 (Scrapbook.com)

Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish – Pink Sunset

— https://tidd.ly/3LzXWPC (Scrapbook.com)

Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades – Vault Flourish or Vault Botanical Large

— https://tidd.ly/4qBWo7Y (Scrapbook.com)

Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits – Vault Seasonal Sketch

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Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits – Merry & Bright

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Tim Holtz Titanium Shears 9.5″

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Tim Holtz Paper Trimmer

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Pinkfresh Studio Gems – Sparkle and Shine

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Pinkfresh Studio – Brass Triangle Tray

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Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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#0 Paintbrush

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Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

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Spellbinders Platinum Scout Die Cutting Machine

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Cricut Weeding Tool Kit

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Marvy Jewel Picker

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Strathmore Bristol Smooth 100lb Cardstock

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Pretty Poinsettia Card – Embossing using your dies!!!

November 15, 2023 November 14, 2023 by PinkWhisperDesigns in Art Impressions, Holiday Cards, Winter, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers No Comment

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Today let’s create a pretty and elegant Christmas card using the brand-new Ai WC Poinsettia Set (5828). We will be using the three sizes of the poinsettia images to create some very dimensional flowers. I also want to show you how you can easily use your dies to emboss your cards. This technique can be used with any of your dies!

Let’s begin by stamping the poinsettias onto some Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock and then we can color them using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Sugared Almond Pink, Wine Red.

Using our detail scissors we can cut these out and then we can add some dimension using a sculpting mat and tools. Now we can layer these flowers. For the larger flower we will use all three sizes and for the smaller ones we will layer the medium and small flowers.

Let’s add a gold center to each flower using the Hero Arts Pearls in gold!

We can also die cut some greenery and berries using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits – Merry & Bright set. By adding more of the Hero Arts Pearls in the White we can give these berries a touch of elegance! And to the sprigs we can add the Tim Holtz pretty Rock Candy glitter!

Let’s die cut the snowflake frame from the Ai Snowflake Frame Set (5782). We will layer this frame onto some vellum paper and a pretty snowflake paper from the Ai Christmas S2 Paper Pack (5812). We can also stamp the word “magic” onto to the vellum paper using the Ai Christmas Sentiments Set (5566).

The beautiful “Christmas” die cut sentiment is from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits – Vault Series: Christmas 2021. We will die cut this from some pretty gold sparkle cardstock.

I’d like to show you a really fun and easy technique today. This technique will allow you to do some beautiful embossing using your dies! This is a great way to get more use from you dies! I’ll show you exactly how to do this in today’s video! I’ll be using the Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting machine, but you should use the instructions for your specific machine.

Let’s do a quick assembly of all of these wonderful elements! You could totally change this card by changing the color of the poinsettias and greenery.

As I mentioned in the video, there is a Christmas Evergreen Bundle Set (c5854) currently available at a discounted price. If you buy all four sets, including the one we are using today, you will receive a 20% discount! This is a great deal, and you will find it listed down below for you as well.

All of the supplies used in today’s video are listed below. Click the products below to make a purchase. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which are at no additional costs to you.

Art Impressions Christmas Evergreen Bundle Set (c5854)

— https://shrsl.com/4avgm (Art Impressions)

Art Impressions WC Poinsettia Set (5828)

— https://shrsl.com/4avgo (Art Impressions)

— https://shrsl.com/4avh9 (Scrapbook.com)

Art Impressions Lg Snowflake Dies (5353)

— https://shrsl.com/4avgr (Art Impressions)

Art Impressions Snowflake Frame Set (5782)

— https://shrsl.com/4avgs (Art Impressions)

— https://shrsl.com/4avhb (Scrapbook.com)

Art Impressions Christmas Sentiments Set (5566)

— https://shrsl.com/4avgu (Art Impressions)