Hi everyone, I'm the host for this months CAS Stencil and the technique is gilding flakes!
There are a few ways to apply these, double sided tape, tacky when dry gel medium or embossing powder or flake glue, which is tacky when dry.
The design team have some great cards to inspire you, and there are some videos explaining the techniques on the blog site, so I hope you can play along.
I applied flitter glue with a piece of wet & dry sponge through my stencil. Be sure to put you stencil straight into a tray of water afterwards so the glue doesn't dry on it!
When the glue was tacky I placed on some of the Pentart metal flakes, these seemed like larger pieces than other flakes that I've used.
I also used a modified shoe box with the sides cut low when rubbing the flakes in, this contained the shiny mess quite well!
I'm linking up to these challenges:
Supplies:
Stamplorations Nestled Circles stencil; flitter glue; Pentart metal flakes; Simon Says Stamp hello die; versamark ink & clear ep.
Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x
Thank you Cathy for the fun and wonderful challenge this month. Your card looks fabulous and so unique x.
ReplyDeleteYou have created such a lovely effect with your gilding flakes, lovely colours and great contrast with the black shiny hello sentiment xx
ReplyDeleteThis was a great challenge for us this month Cathy! Your flakes are so pretty in their myriad of colors and your stencil creates a fun design - love the shiny black die cut Hello! xx
ReplyDeleteYour stencil works splendidly with the flitter glue and pretty flakes Cathy and the heat embossed sentiment in black really stands out. x
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great pattern for gilding flakes, Cathy! I love the effects of the texture and how you contrasted it with the black die-cut sentiment! Awesome card! Thanks so much for encouraging us to try this technique...I had fun!
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Beautiful stenciled panel with your gilding flakes, Cathy. I can just imagine the beautiful shine! Such a fun challenge. I used my gold flakes that had been neglected for several years! Thank you for the inspiration. Love and Hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteThose flakes have so many colours within them. Gorgeous with the stencil design you've used Cathy! Thanks for a great challenge! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Cathy! Must remember the shoe box - a really good idea to stop the darn flakes from getting everywhere!
ReplyDeleteLove the flakes subtle color variations. Fabulous card.
ReplyDeleteThis looks fab ...... great stencil design and I love those gilding flakes.
ReplyDeleteThank you for another great challenge, I'd forgotten how much fun it was using gilding flakes xx
You picked the perfect stencil, Cathy! Love this design with the shiny hello!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I do love the look of gilding flakes. Messy to work with, but your resulting card is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGraphic and shimmery, Cathy ... the shiny sentiment is fabulous with the stylish panel! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteThe gilding flakes make an elegant card, Cathy. I love the layered glossy sentiment. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Addicted to CAS.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Thanks for the tip about using a modified shoe box when applying the gilding flakes. I'll bet the card is super shimmery. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to CAS and apologies for the late comment.
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Gorgeous stenciling, Cathy with your Gilded Flakes. TFS your supplies and technique. So pleased you joined us at STAMPlorations Stencil Challenge. Stay safe and creative. Hugs..Nancy
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