Leafing Flakes on Acrylic Shapes & Video!!

Today I wanted to share a VERY quick and easy technique to help use up some of those acrylic shapes you might have lying around. Some companies call them sheers, other ghost shapes but no matter what the name, shape or color they will all work for this technique!

Now even if you don't have any of these pre-made shapes on hand, you can hand-cut or die-cut transparency sheets or even product packaging!

I know some of these shapes are self stick but most will need to have adhesive added. To do so the easiest way I know of is to simply run it through your Xyron. If you don't have a Xyron handy you could substitute any of the adhesives I shared yesterday.

You need the adhesive on the back side of the letter if it's clear. For the sheer or opaque shapes I would suggest applying the adhesive to the front side but that's totally up to you. Just depends on the finished look you're going for.

After you've run your shapes through the machine, you're ready to begin!

Place the acrylic piece sticky side up on your work area and sprinkle with the leafing flakes.

Rub the flakes into the adhesive until you can't feel any more sticky areas. It only takes a few seconds and what's great is the smaller flakes you've rubbed from the larger flakes will help cover the rest of the shape.

Here is a little video showing just how quick and easy this technique is....

And here are a couple examples of how the finished acrylic piece looks on a project. To adhere them to both the card and ATC I used Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue.

(flakes applied to the backs)

(flakes applied to the front) Please excuse the glue holding the watch parts...I couldn't wait for it to dry any longer.

Very quick and very easy just like I promised :)

Tomorrow I'll share another fun technique to use those flakes up!