Trying out a new-to-me product

 Hello and welcome!

I recently purchased a jar of Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes, 

and had some fun getting crazy messy with it.

The jar I used is called Summer Meadow. It has gold, copper,

and turquoise flakes. So pretty!

I don't have any dry-to-tacky glue yet, but I got around

that by adhering an adhesive sheet to some black card stock.

The sticky side is actually the side you want to apply the

gilding flakes to. Here is a good tutorial that explains it.

The only thing I did differently is that I used a stencil brush

instead of my fingers to burnish the flakes.

One thing: if you try this, make sure your window is closed, and

your fan is off, and don't sneeze! LOL!

It's so incredibly gorgeous in real life!

I used some alcohol ink looking paper for the main panel, added a 

clear sticker trimmed onto some white card stock, and finished the

butterfly with some black rhinestones.

I die cut other images along with this butterfly so I'll be showing

how I made them into cards in the near future.

I hope that you have a great rest of your day. Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Supplies:

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Ocean

CS: Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Flutter Zen Layering dies, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle,  Nesting die; Just Everyday Greetings stickers; Creative Expressions - Summer Meadow Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes; MISTI; Recollections - black rhinestones; stencil brush

Adhesives: Stampendous adhesive sheets; 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares