Metal Flakes

Dawn from Topaz was very kind the other day and loaned me a box of metal flakes so that I could see what they do. Since then I've been having a play and trying out several techniques including the one used on this card which uses a glue pen as the size (the medium which is sticky). I took a swirly design, printed it out onto card and then followed the outline with the glue pen before applying the metal flakes. I've seen several techniques and its down to each individual's preference. For me, I had best results when applying the leaf with a brush then burnishing off with a special abrasive sponge. I initially started out with a much larger design but in the process of making a card out of it, I over worked it until it looked a mess. So I rescued a section of it using a circular die and used this in the above card. Well waste not, want not.