Steampunk Heart

 So glad to share this first day of September and the first day of the new challenge over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity:  Bling It Up!  Who doesn't love some bling, and when we say "Bling It Up", that gives you permission to use all the bling you want.

It's Laurie here with a little card made using the Steampunk Heart stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Teri Sherman collection of stamps.  

The background for this is a piece of a gel print I made using orange and red paints and a stencil.  I bought some Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes recently and have been playing with them, and this is one of my results.   I used the suggested tacky glue and brushed it through a stencil onto the surface of my gel print.  After letting it dry (although it will still be tacky), and using my fingers, I rubbed some gilding flakes over the stenciled areas.  Wherever there was tacky glue, the flakes stuck.  I absolutely love the way these gilding flakes add so much to whatever I have used them on.

I stamped my heart onto some orange/red scrapbook paper and heat embossed it with some gold embossing powder.  I fussy cut it out and got out my drawer of "bling", adding some lovely "jewels" to my heart and the four corners of the card front.  I mounted it with foam tape and layered it to a white piece of card stock.

So get out you sparkly, bling-y goodies and show us how you can "Bling It Up".  Be sure to feature some rubber stamping in your creations for a chance to win some free stamps!