Steps:1. Cover your work table with the plastic cover. Wash and dry vase.
2. Tear a half sheet of red; a half sheet of fuchsia and a quarter sheet of gold colored tissue paper into small, irregular pieces, ranging from 1/2 inch to 3 inches. Spread the papers out across the top of your work area for easy access.
3. Using pigment ink, stamp a variety of butterflies on gold colored tissue paper, leaving at least 1/2 inch between the images. Stamp out at least two of each design. Lightly sprinkle the images with copper embossing powder (figure A). Tap off excess powder. Cover images with gold embossing powder and tap off excess. Heat emboss (figure B). Note: Stamp a few butterflies at a time and emboss. Repeat the process over again until you have enough butterflies. By stamping a few images at a time and them embossing them right away, you won’t have to worry about the ink drying out too quickly.
4. Tear butterflies from tissue and spread out along one side of your work area according to size and design (figure C). Note: Don’t work in an area where a vent or fan is pushing air around, because it may also blow the tissue pieces around.
5. Using a 50/50 white glue and water mixture, assort and randomly glue butterflies (embossed side) to the inside of the vase (figure D), tilting the wings in various directions and leaving generous space between each butterfly (figure E). Start with the largest designs and fill in with the smaller designs. You can easily apply the glue mixture using a Colorbox stylus with white foam tip.
6. Using an overlapping technique, fill in the majority of open spaces using the red and fuchsia tissue papers alternately (figure F). Fill in the remaining areas with the gold colored tissue. Note: Use papers with straight, cut edges at the top of the vase to ensure an even line and a cleaner design. Allow vase to dry.
7. Paint the rim of the vase with gold leaf adhesive; allow to dry according to product instructions and apply gold leaf to rim (figure G). Brush off excess. Seal gold leaf. Optional: Seal inside of vase when totally dry. Insert a glass vessel liner if you wish to use this vase for fresh flowers.
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