Little Bands of Sunshine

Evening everyone,

Well the sun stayed shining today, in fact we even had to have the conservatory door open for a while during class, so that was good.

We had a wonderful time playing with Gilding Flakes today. You definitely don't want to sneeze while you are using them, or have a fan going lol.  

I showed everyone various ways of using the flakes including Sticky Embossing powder which they have all previously struggled with.   

The gold leaves on this card have been stamped with versamark and then coated with sticky embossing powder. There is definitely a knack to using it, and a few tips that I have picked up.

•  Don't tap too hard after you have coated your image with the sticky powder, you want as much powder as possible to stick to your image. Any stray specks can be gently removed with a paintbrush. Using an anti static cloth before stamping can help.
• The powder heats very quickly so make sure that your heat gun is very hot before you take it to the stamped image.
• 'Chase the change' in the powder across your card. Don't be tempted to over heat it. Work systematically across your card moving the gun as soon as the powder changes.
• Press the gilding flakes firmly onto the heated powder before removing the excess.

Adding Gilding Flakes to strips of DSST is just one of the many ways of using this product on a card.

These notecards were inspired by a tutorial from the lovely Jennifer McGuire that I found on YouTube.

One of the girls pointed out that they would make a nice box of cards to give to someone as a gift. And of course you may have already guessed that the first card was made with the left over panel from making these two notelets.

You know me, I can't stand to waste anything.

Hope you have a good weekend, and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx