Abstract: A method is disclosed to form an image on a substrate. The method supplies an adhesive applicator (200) comprising a housing (210), a porous carrier (220) disposed within said housing and extending outwardly therefrom, and an adhesive releaseably disposed within that porous carrier. The method further provides a substrate (510) and a plurality of particles (810). The method contacts all or part of the substrate with an adhesive-coated image-bearing surface (320) to form one or more adhesive-bearing portions (610) on the substrate (510). The method then disposes the plurality of particles (810) onto those one or more adhesive-bearing portions (610) of the substrate (510) to form an image on the substrate.