Napkins on My Cards - Part Two

Hello Everyone,
This is Part two of the napkin cards using wax.  The napkin cards seen to be a favorite on Pinterest.  See the post for part one on my blog here.

The backgrounds and layered pieces are made from wax covered napkins.  I have an older post on my blog with a short tutorial here.  This is very messy, but a fun technique to try.

The cards are larger and square:  5.5 inches

I made this card into a sympathy card.

The second card is not layered.  I added rows of pearls and a pretty bow.

Here you can see the wax on the card below.  Love all that texture.

This floral card is a bit smaller.

Hope you enjoyed the napkin cards!!  The finished cards have lots of impact so much of that lovely texture.

See you next time!!
Karen

Napkins - On My Cards! Part One

Hello Everyone!
I made more of my napkin cards recently.  The napkin cards a very popular on Pinterest and are pinned all the time.  So, I thought I would post a few more.
The background and layered pieces are all made from napkins.  I am sure you have beautiful napkins at home.  I will even buy them if they are so pretty I can't resist.  LOL

I have an older post that explains the process here.  Hot wax is used over the napkins.  Very messy, but stunning results.

The cards a square and measure 5.5 inches.

I layered some of the sections: the bird and a few of the flowers.

You can see the wax fairly well in the photo below.  Really gives an interesting shinny texture to the background.

Here is a second card.  Again, I layered the bird, leaves, and butterfly for interest.

A really fun technique to try sometime.  If you try it, make a lot of these, because, as I said it is messy.  So, make up a large supply of them to keep you stocked up for a while.
Thanks for stopping by.  I will share more of the napkin cards in the next post.
Karen

Floral All Occasion Cards

Hello Dreamers!
Just popping in to do a quick post.  I will also have more Fall and Halloween projects later this month. And Christmas Cards too.  Christmas already??!!  Yep.

Today, I wanted to share some quick to make floral cards.  I made the cards for an order.  I used a variety of stamp companies--whatever struck my fancy.  One card is made with a napkin.

On this card, I took advantage of a piece of DP with printed sentiments.  I stamped the flowers (Stampin' Up) with Stazon Ink and colored with markers

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This card utilizes a dry embossing folder.  I cut along the edge of the embossing and added pretty paper.  I swiped a magenta colored ink pad over the embossing.

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This card is made with a napkin that is held down to the CS with hot wax.  This is a fun technique, but very messy.  So, when I do this technique, I make stacks of them.  Making the completed card is then really a snap.  I choose napkins with lots of design possibilities. And, than really only require a few embellishments to end up with an awesome project.

So glad you stopped in today!  I hope you are having a great Monday!  See you later in the week for a Holiday project with Technique Junkie Stamps.
Karen

Halloween Card made with a Napkin

Hello Dreamers!
How has your week been?  I have had a fairly busy week.  My husband's band has a concert tonight.  And, then I have a card making day tomorrow.  I wanted to show you the Halloween card I made using a napkin.  I saw the napkins at Jo Ann Fabrics and thought it would make a cool card.  Here is what I did:

This card was pretty quick and easy to make--would be great for multiples.

Materials:

Halloween Napkin- Jo Ann Fabrics

Happy Halloween banner from Halloween stack - K & Company

CS: black and orange

Stamp: sentiment on inside of card-My Sentiments Exactly!

Instructions:

• Make a card from orange CS and layer with Black CS
• Separate the layers of a napkin
• Tear the napkin to size to fit the card
• Glue the napkin to the card --I used Pioneer glue stick
• Add the banner

• On the inside, tear a piece of white CS and use some of the napkin to decorate the inside
• Stamp the sentiment with black ink

******************Challenges for The Raven Halloween Card:

Crafts 4 eternity: Halloween

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Jo's scrap shack: Haunted wishes

Left of Center: Halloween

Sisterhood of Crafters: fall colors

Snarky Stampers: Halloween

Well, I better get moving and get ready for the concert tonight.  I have to go drink some coffee to get me motivated!  See you next time with more Halloween projects!!  Have a great weekend.  Love ya

Karen

Cards Created with Napkins and Wax

Hi Dreamers,
We had Card Ministry this week.  We had plenty of cards made and did not really need too much.  So, the members decided they wanted to learn something new.  I had learned how to make cards with napkins and wax a while ago from my stamping buddy Elaine Fellows.  This is the technique I demonstrated to the members at Card Ministry.  It is fairly easy--very messy.  But the finished product is pretty impressive.  Check it out.

 I stamped directly onto the wax with Stazon ink for the butterfly card.

 Butterfly Napkin by Ideal Home Range



Materials Needed:
A block of wax--the kind for making candles.  (I purchased from Michaels Craft Store)
A Craft Iron or a small travel iron.  (Do not use you regular iron--you will get wax all over it!)
Napkins
Cardstock
ribbons
Sentiment stamps
Stazon ink

Rooster Napkin from Amscan, Inc.

Instructions:

• Cut area from napkin that you want to make your card from
• Separate the napkin layers
• Lay the napkin on top of white CS
• Lay down lot of layers of newspaper to protect your work area--this is very messy
• Heat up the iron
• Run iron over the block of wax
• Run the iron over the napkin to transfer the wax
• Repeat until the napkin is completely adhered to the cardstock--usually about four layers of wax.
• Make two if you want to add a dimensional layer.---As on the butterfly and Floral cards

 See the cool effect of the wax!  Very antiquing!

Inside

 I added a fun sentiment of the inside ( Firecracker Designs)

Floral Napkin from Jo-Ann Stores



And, a couple more views.  I cut out the flowers and used dimensional adhesive to bump them up.

And, how about a few fun challenges for my Napkin Wax Cards!!
Simon Says Stamp: things with wings
Creative corner: things with wings
My time to craft: show us the inside--rooster card
Sister act: anything goes
Fashionable Stampers: anything goes

I am still working on my studio room.  Worked on it all day yesterday.  I decided to wash the walls and windows too.  LOL   I removed the old blinds and replaced them with new ones.  I was able to get my old table unloaded and removed from the room.  Also removed a few other pieces.  I have lots to do yet.  Haven't even started putting together the desk with hutch.  That will probably have to wait until Monday.  Have a great weekend.  Love ya.
Karen