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I'm not sure if it's called anything in particular, but you could spray adhesive on the front of a card and lay the tissue over it. For an interesting texture you could crumple the tissue first and then smooth it out and adhere it. After it's dry you could stamp on it if desired. Either more images or a greeting or whatever.
You can cut out isolated images and, again using spray adhesive, apply the cut outs to a small clay pot. Add a coat or two of varnish and you've got a pretty pencil holder or whatever. If you seal the inside you can even use it to plant a real flower, lol.
Mmmmmm....the brain's running out of juice at the moment.
Oh wait! Duh...lol! You can stamp on plain white tissue paper using waterproof ink, wrap it around a pillar candle and, using a heat tool, melt the tissue paper into the candle so the image looks as if it were part of the candle.
I know my friend Ann has used napkins before. In fact, I have actually witnessed her scrounging thru a garbage can. :mrgreen:
Drop her a PM.
stamps&cars is her user name. :mrgreen:
If you decide to do the tissue/candle pillar technique with a napking, be sure to separate the napkin layers and only use the top, decorated piece. The effect will be more transparent than if you use both layers.
Rainsong
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I know my friend Ann has used napkins before. In fact, I have actually witnessed her scrounging thru a garbage can. :mrgreen:
Drop her a PM.
stamps&cars is her user name. :mrgreen:
Hee Hee, guilty as charged! Thanks dancingrain for the link. Stitchwitchery is awesome.
I've also just run a piece of CS through my Xyron, crumpled the napkin (after it is peel down to the single layer) and adhered the napkin to the CS wrapping the edges to the back to give it a finished look.
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I just lay the napkin (top layer) on white cardstock and paint over the top with modge podge and let it dry, then use as I would patterned paper. I have made some great designs and you can get a matte or gloss finish. I have also used PVA glue mixed with water (50/50) and got a similar effect. HTH. Stevie
Hi, I use napkins for an easy card or put it on a canvas for a quick present.
Use just one layer tho. I use PVA glue, I also do a 2nd one onto white card so that I can layer it for a 3D effect. It dries really quickly on top of the heater, and PVA over the top gives it a shine too. Good luck!
Here is a technique for custom made envelopes using freezer wrap, as the adhering supply. This is an older technique, I would check the "google search" for any other ideas You can also use the napkins, peeled apart, so you have a single layer, and make background designer paper to layer on your cards, or to wrap a small package. the napkin back does adhere to the wax paper, very economical projects, I have done it, and have a basket of these supplies somewhere, freezer paper is an economical supply, you get a big roll. Give it a try Carolyn
To make tissue paper envelopes you will need Reynolds Freezer Paper, large blue carton in with the saran wraps, wax papers, etc. in your grocery store. Take a sheet of tissue paper and wad the thing up, wrinkle the daylights out of it. Now smooth it out nicely, but you do want these wrinkles so don't get too carried away. Next, take a same size piece of Reynolds Freezer wrap and place it wax side to the back of the tissue paper. Iron, on the freezer paper, no steam, medium high setting. Remember the waxy side of the freezer paper goes against the wrong side of the tissue. The paper when heated fuses to the tissue. Then you have one nice sheet of paper. You can make envys from it, or use it for wrapping paper, backing on cards, etc. Napkins, paper tablecloths, fabric, text weight paper, specialty papers, and all work well
with this technique.
Tissue Paper Envelopes Tissue paper Freezer paper Iron Scissors Envelope templates Step
1: Crumple up the tissue paper as tight as you can in a ball. (Fancy napkins will work too)
2: Open up the tissue paper without flattening it too much.
3: Cut a piece of freezer paper the size of the tissue paper.
4: Place the shiny side of the freezer paper on the tissue paper and paper clip the edges together (one at each corner and one half way between on each side should be enough)
5: Iron on low to medium setting. The papers will stick together. If an area doesn't stick well, heat again.
6:Cut to the desired size and shape. You can use our envelope templates from our catalog. Or steam open an envelope at the seams, and trace it on the freezer paper after ironing.
As a variation, use as a full sheet, as wrapping paper .Use freezer paper or heat-n-bond to fuse crumpled tissue paper that has been stamped on colored card stock. The color will show through the stamped tissue paper to make a nice textured card stock surface.
Making your own envelopes out of glossy magazine ads/layouts, wallpaper, nearly any paper product is very popular and fun! If you don't want to buy an envelope template, the simplest way is to just make a cardboard template by opening an envelope the size you want and trace around it. Overlay the template on the paper of your choice, trace around it and cut out your envelope. You can assemble your envelope with permanent glue. Or you can make your own envelope glue for the flaps.
This sounds really neat and i would love to try it.....however i'm not following exactly what to do...It there an actual step by step out there somewhere with pictures ........i am very visual.....
I use pretty napkins to decoupage onto painted (Lumiere) blank cigar boxes. Next, I put other embellishments on the box and usually some painted wooden feet. This is a beautiful way to present a set of note cards to my customers.
the envelopes are easy, take a regular cardstock envelope, carefully open up the envelope for a template or pattern, trace onto your back of napkin sheet, adhere to freezer sheet and iron on, cut out around envelope pattern and glue together, as the prior envelope was folded
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This sounds really neat and i would love to try it.....however i'm not following exactly what to do...It there an actual step by step out there somewhere with pictures ........i am very visual.....
Where do you guys find Reynolds Freezer Wrap? I live in Raleigh, NC, and our biggest grocery chains, Food Lion and Harris Teeter, don't carry it, but I used to be able to get it. I haven't seen it at Wal-Mart or Target either! We do have Kroger and Lowes, and Fresh Market, but not close by. Thanks for all the tips everyone's posted!
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I just took a napkin with picture of a cardinal with pinecones and holly and put white stickles-like glue (t was a generic Stickles) in back, glued it to paper stock and then put the stickles all over the front and it came out really pretty. Wow...was so easy..g
graciez If you just want to use the paper napkin itself to base your card front on, hopefully my article will help a lot: Cardmaking: Easy paper napkin cards
earlier this week there was a techinque using plastic wrap w/ one layer nakins.
i can't find it now-sadly.
could someone help a fellow stamper out.
it was on a blog
thanks
I don't know the post but yes you can use plastic or cling-wrap with paper napkins too. Just trim to fit under your napkin and lay a piece of baking paper over the top and press with a med/hot iron, no steam. Placing paper on top just avoids any chance of stray plastic wrap sticking to the bottom of your iron.
Is there a technique using paper napkins with..
Napkins
Freezer Paper
