Napkin Xmas #1

I'm on a mission to use up a bunch of the stuff I've had sitting in my stash.  Right now, I'm going through the napkins I had prepared for card making (see this post).  I had quite a few already prepared, but was having trouble getting inspired.  I decided to do something similar to a technique I had seen in a u-tube video that had been mentioned on paperwishers message board.  In the video, Kylie Bertucci talks about cutting up a piece of scrapbook paper to help you get started with making cards from it.  Since I don't tend to make very many A2 cards, I didn't cut things the size she mentioned, but chopping up those napkins really did help - showed me that I didn't need to keep the WHOLE picture when I was dealing with large-sized images in the napkins.  If I had thought about it, I'd have also taken pictures BEFORE I chopped them up - but I didn't.  Anyway, here are the 4 cards I made from this poinsettia/holly napkin.

FIRST (6.5" x 5") - at the top of the page.  For this one, I trimmed the wide borders on the left/bottom & added the trimmings to the right/top.  A few gold stickers finished it - sentiment, border strips & "Jewel Dazzles" (HOTP).

SECOND (7"x 5") - all borders except the one on the left were trimmed off - one of the leftovers was added to the right side, trimming the leaves so they overlapped the border.

THIRD (5" x 7") - This one was created as a portrait-style card.  A piece of red paper was heat embossed with a gold powder (from "Christmas Labels and Trims" - HOTP).  This is outlined with thin gold border stickers.

FOURTH (6.5" x 5") - The last card was made in a similar way to the 2nd one - with the addition of a sticker greeting.