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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

VIDEO: Blast from the pre-pandemic past!

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Today's project is a blast from the past in a few ways! First, remember this ANCIENT video of mine? Oh my gosh - it's painful to even see these old videos, but I LOVED this technique and I did it at Maker Faire a thousand years ago, which was the biggest event I've ever taught at - so much fun. Also everything about that video is terrible and I'm sorry.

Second - remember parties? At least twice a year, pre-pandemic, I had my crafty garage sales at my house that were also parties. I made appetizers, served drinks and at the December one we had a white elephant style exchange where I provided all the gifts. So I had - have - quite the collection of pretty party napkins, now, gathering dust. Until today! 

I used both pieces of the napkin - the pretty part, and the plain white tissue that you remove before using the printed part of the napkin, so you don't even waste that. 

You can find some fun pretty napkins here. The one I'm using today is Caspari.

I used one of my pre-cut and scored mini slimline cards, and I don't recommend working directly on your card base, as you'll see in the video. Just do a card panel and adhere it to your card base. I used matte medium to adhere it, to seal it, and then I coated it with paper glitz - it's SO sparkly. I added this word die.


Then, I had a GENIUS idea! I wanted to make a matching envelope with my adorable mini-slimline die, but I knew cardstock would be too heavy. So I took a sheet of artist-tac and coated the napkin with it - why didn't I do that on my card? - and I stuck it to a piece of copy paper. The PERFECT weight for an envelope! Then I coated that with matte medium, and cut it with my envelope die. SO CUTE.


Here's what I did with the tissue piece! I crumpled it up, used matte medium to adhere it, and topped it with this gorgeous iridescent ink in blue and gold, misted with a stylist sprayer to encourage mixing and running of the ink. Then I deep dived the UFO pile from my lives, and found this gorgeous coneflower die cut that I had ironed multiple colors of embossing powder onto (video on that someday). I had this scrap of Paper Glaze - I mixed orange and brown with the brick wall stencil already die cut into a circle, and I added this sentiment.


So here's my quick video on this!



Here are all the supplies I used today.

SLIM-MINI ENVELOPE DIE - Dare 2b Artzy
[ DR2 ]
This is a Paper Hug Word Topper Die –...
[ PFS ]
Fancy Daily Sentiments – Picket Fence...
[ PFS ]
English Brick Wall 6x6 Stencil –...
[ PFS ]
Sketchbook Florals Dies
[ TE ]
Grafix Artist Tac - 8-1/2'' x 11'',...
[ BLIC ]
Liquitex Matte Medium - 4oz [5104] -...
[ JGG ]
Dr. Ph. Martin's Iridescent...
[ JGG ]
Dr. Ph. Martin's Iridescent...
[ JGG ]
Paper Glitz - Sparkle – Picket Fence...
[ PFS ]
Paper Glaze - Marigold Orange –...
[ PFS ]
Paper Glaze - Brown Dahlia – Picket...
[ PFS ]
Amazon.com : Stylist Sprayers Stylist...
[ AMZUS ]
Amazon.com: 3PCS Silicone Facial Mask...
[ AMZUS ]
Amazon.com : caspari
[ AMZUS ]
Understand Blue MINI Slimline Folded...
[ CTC ]
Understand Blue Slimline Folded...
[ CTC ]
Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #3...
[ CTC ]
Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #1...
[ CTC ]
Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #2...
[ CTC ]
Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Fine Line 05...
[ SSS ]
Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473
[ SSS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSP | SSS | ELH ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
[ ELH | SSS ]
Crafter's Companion GEMINI...
[ SSS ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring...
[ SSS ]
Storage Envelopes, Medium 25pk,...
[ ELH ]
CheckOutStore Stamp & Die Clear...
[ CHC ]
Extra Large -50 pk, Avery Elle Stamp...
[ ELH ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045
[ SSS | CST ]
Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies
[ ART ]



Have you used napkins in your cardmaking or art journaling? I'd love to know. For some reason it's way more fun than patterned paper - maybe it's that nice soft texture you end up with - and the process is super fun. 

I hope you're having a good week and staying healthy! We're halfway there!

Loveyameanitbye.


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2 comments:

  1. I have not tried the napkin technique on my cards- but after watching your video I want to! Looks fun and I love how your cards turned out. ❤️

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  2. I love how you combine different companies to create your masterpieces ❤️ These are all gorgeous 💙💙

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