Leafing Flakes or Gilding Flakes as they're also known are making a come back in the craft world. They will stick to anything that's sticky and some would have you believe that you must use a specific type of glue for them, nope...untrue. A tacky surface is all that's required for the flakes to adhere to but some work better than others. If you look at my samples below, the first 3 and last 1 all have used die-cut shapes cut out of JAC paper (double-sided sticky paper) and this is the absolute easiest way to use the flakes. I have a tub of gold, silver & copper all mixed together but I also have one of just gold and one of just silver. I store them in a 1.5-litre lunch box as it's really easy to just dip your card in with the sticky exposed, press the flakes on and brush off the excess, all within the confines of the container. This stuff floats EVERYWHERE!!!
The 4th sample below (Music speaks) is one that I have used by Zig glue pen to trace around the edges of the drips, wait a good 10 minutes for it to get tacky and clear (it goes on blue), then press on the flakes. Perfect! Of course, double-sided tape works really well with gilding flakes.
As an experiment, I also tried out using clear embossing ink and the sticky embossing powder with a stamp. I was the least happy with this as it was a little patchy in areas though if you were after a random background effect it'd work ok. Just be really careful to not overheat the sticky powder as it won't be sticky if you heat too much. It's a fine line. 😉
"Enchant"...
"I'll wear black"...
"Life is short"...
"Music speaks"...
"Stay creepy"...
