"Lovely" Mica Charm - Pt. 1

I've been working on lots of cards and books and things for a while so I decided it was time for a change of pace. 

I think it's time for a charm....a mica charm to be exact!

Mmmmmm, if you've never worked with mica I highly recommend it. 

It's one of my favorite things to work with. 

It comes in many forms...the piece below is a mica tile. 

The great thing about the tiles is you can peel them apart and get many sheets from one chunk.  You'll notice that the thicker or more layers a mica tile has the deeper the sepia color is - single sheets have a transparent, vintage quality to them. 

Here are a variety of thicknesses so you get the idea.

I took two fairly thick sheets of mica which I wanted to use for my charm.  I gathered up the goodies I wanted to sandwich between the tiles and my Crystal Lacquer.

I applied bit of the CL to the tile then began layering on the flowers & sentiment.

Once I had everything where I wanted it, I added more CL and then added the 2nd sheet.  Now comes the hard part....  Dry Time!  Yuck - LOL!!   I'm not very good when it comes to waiting but this will take a while to dry because it's very humid here today and of course it is sandwiched between two non-porous surfaces.

So, this is where I'll leave the charm today and we'll pick it up again tomorrow once the tile has dried.

Hope to see you then!