It has been a while since I played with the Sticky Cuts Sweet die cuts and glitter, so I thought it was time for another project combining these fun and easy tools. Many of the die cuts in Sticky Cuts Sweet are flowers, begging for bright colors. But, I've been in a Fall kind of mood lately, and so I was hankering for some Fall colors. Don't ask me why, considering I live in Florida and it is still 90 degrees here, but I suppose I'm dreaming of cooler days!
Normally, when using the Sticky Cuts, you remove it from the sheet, pull off the backing and adhere it to the card, then pull off the front covering and add glitter. But, I wanted to use 3 different colors of glitter (all from the Fine Supernova Glitter pack) and I was worried that would get a bit messy. So, I popped out the die cut, then stuck a Stampin' Dimensional to the back. This gave me a little "handle" to hold onto while I worked with the piece. Then I removed the front covering and stared sprinkling glitter.
When I first used this technique, I used three plastic spoons to add small amounts of glitter. The thing you have to remember is that with glitter, you normally spill as much as you like over the die-cut, then just add the leftovers back into the jar. But, because this project uses 3 different colors, I wouldn't be able to add them back into their respective jars, unless I wanted to create a new jar called Fall (which wouldn't be a bad idea, by the way!).
After sprinkling on the colors oh so delicately, I finally decided to just take the die-cut and mush it down into the glitters that had mixed on my Powder Pals small tray. Don't you just love my technical terms?? Anyway, after I had finished with this leaf, I had enough glitter sitting in the tray to do one more, so that is exactly what I did and now I have an extra one waiting to go on another card! The beauty is that because the glitters are mixed, each leaf is different, just like in reality. Not that I ever get to see a Fall leaf in Florida, but a girl can dream!
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