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| Bling Bling! gold leaf |
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Bling Bling Gold Leaf with Sticky Powder
For this technique, we use Sticky Powder and Bling Bling gold leaf. This same technique works great with glitters, glass beads, flocking, foils, coffee grounds, Pearl-Ex powders, dusts...... This technique also works on wood, leather, glass and tile!
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Ink stamp with any embossable ink - clear or colored - just not white so you can see just when the powder melts. This is a great way to use up those colors of ink you don't like! The gold leaf will cover any color.
Stamp your image.
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Sprinkle Sticky Powder over the image. We like to work in a plastic container and dip our card into the powder. Gently shake off excess powder. |
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Run your heat gun off to the side for a couple seconds to preheat it. Heat your image until shiny. As you see the powder melt, quickly move on to the next area. This is quicker than regular embossing powder. If you overheat the Sticky Powder, it won't be sticky. This is where a colored ink pad comes in handy as it makes it easier to see when the powder first starts to melt. |
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| Keeping your gold leaf in a plastic container makes it easier to work with. Use your fingers or the side of the brush to press the Fashion Flakes onto the image. |
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Going against the bristles, brush off excess gold leaf back into your container. There is virtually no waste! As you work with the gold leaf, the left over pieces will become smaller and smaller until you have a fine metallic glitter. |
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| Buff with a soft colth. All colors of Fashion Flakes are 100% metal. Buffing will bring out a beautiful shine like no other product can match! |
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Bling Bling Gold Leaf with Embossable Tape
With this project, we use Embossable Tape and bling bling gold leaf. You can also use glitters, glass beads, flocking, foils, coffee grounds,
Pearl-Ex powders, dusts......
This tape holds up to the heat of a heat gun - you can use it with embossing powders or to decorate lamp shades.
Plus, this tape sticks to virtually anything -- including candles!!
This is wonderful for perfectly straight borders!
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| Although any double sided tape will work, we prefer to work with the embossable red liner tape. Because it is thicker, it is easier to work with and make smooth, straight, wrinkle free borders. |
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| Place tape in desired location on project. |
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| Remove liner from tape to expose the sticky surface. |
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| Press on gold leaf. |
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| Go against the bristles of the brush to brush off extra flakes. |
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| Buff with a soft cloth. |
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Bling Bling Gold Leaf with a Glue Pen
Here we use Zig 2 way glue pen and bling bling gold leaf.
With this technique, you can add writing to your project. You can also color in parts of you image to add a touch of gold leaf.
This works great on tile, leather and more!
This also works on fingernails!!!
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If you are going to color in part of your stamped design, first stamp and emboss your image.
Any two way glue pen will work. It needs to dry with a little bit of tackiness to it -- like the glue on the post-it notes. With a glue pen, color in the area where you want to apply gold leaf. You can also write or draw with the pen.
Wait a few minutes until the glue dries. If you are using a Zig or Quickie pen, it goes on blue and dries clear. The glue should be tacky but not wet. If you do not wait for it to dry, you will smear it.
With your fingers or the side of the brush, press flakes over the glued area. Going against the bristles, brush off excess flakes.
With a soft cloth buff the flakes.
If you miss an area, color it in again with glue and repeat steps above.
If flakes come off when buffing, your glue probably wasn't dry enough. Start over and let project dry a little longer.
If you are applying to fingernails, cover with a clear protective coat.
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Drizzle hot glue directly onto your project.
Once it becomes cool enough that you can touch it without it sticking to your finger and leaving strings, press on gold leaf. Scrub with your brush until you get the excess off and the gold leaf shines.
To make fun and unique trading pins, drizzle glue onto freezer or release paper, apply gold leaf, collage pieces together and add a pin back.
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Fill your mold with hot glue. We like to use black glue because it makes the colors of the gold leaf more intense.
Once your trinket is cool, remove from the mold. It will appear very dull. Heat with your heat gun until the surface appears shiny -- be careful not to melt it! If you can't touck it without it sticking to your fingers, let it cool for a couple seconds.
Press on gold leaf. Scrub with the brush until all excess gold leaf is removed and the trinket it shiny.
If you missed an area, reheat and repeat steps above.
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