Welcome! I have been wanting to use napkins as an element on a card for some time but I did not want to use glue or an iron to adhere the napkin to the card stock. I have seen many videos using those techniques and decided there must be an easier way. I decided to use Stick It paper with the napkin....a much quicker and easier way and no messy glue. I simply peeled the top ply from a napkin and laid this carefully to a sticky side of the Stick It paper that I trimmed to 4."x5.25" or whatever size fits best to the design on the napkin. I then trimmed the edges of the napkin beyond the panel of Stick It. The best thing to use for this is a pair of sharp scissors. A trimmer does not trim a smooth edge on the napkin. I then attached this to a base card with glue, tape, etc. For the top card, I inked the edge of the panel with a Copics before adding to the base.
On the bottom card, I inked the edge of the panel with a Pilot Gold Metallic marker picking up the gold text on the printed napkin. I finished with die cut words from Cheery Lynn to create a Thank You card. Textured Green card stock for the bases was from my stash.
This was a quick and easy process to make cards using paper napkins. It would be easy to make a gift box of these cards which I probably will do. I can do 4 cards from each napkin.
The top card uses a large napkin that I have saved for a few years and the bottom card is from a pack of cocktail napkins that I recently purchased.
Challenges:
Love to Craft Challenge Blog: LTCCB #50 September Anything Goes. Craftting with paper napkins
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Theresa
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