Yes,
It’s a little bit specific with Flattr.
You can receive donation only for specific “things”. But to create things in your Flattr profile, you have to put a Flattr button in an online web page.
To receive donation for your WP Dashboard Notes, for example, you can add the “auto-submit” button : https://developers.flattr.net/auto-submit/
https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=JeroenSormani&url=https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-dashboard-notes/&title=WP%20Dashboard%20Notes&description=[DESCRIPTION]&language=en&tags=WordPress,Plugin&category=software
You could do a link in your readme.txt plugin file for example.
Your “thing” is created in your profile when you receive the first donation.
I hope my explanations are clear enought ??
Good luck !
PS: you can also receive (or give) donation with your profile page on Flattr directly.