After making a bunch of napkin cards using the freezer paper technique (see post here), I had a bunch of the inner layers left over - plain white or with a bit of bleed through from whatever was the top layer. What to do with them all? I hated to just throw them away! I decided to find ways to color them & then use them with freezer paper like the top layers of the napkins.
I used 4 coloring mediums for coloring them - but basically all meant getting the napkins wet & then gently drying them with a heat tool. I used:
- Color Burst - The dark green in the foreground & the pinkish one on the right both were colored by sprinkling Color Burst powder over them & then misting with water. (The green one also had some white Perfect Pearls added.)
- Perfect Pearls - I sprinkled various colors of Perfect Pearls on some & misted with water. (I put this on several, but in the picture you can see it best as the silvery/white on the dark green.
- Distress Oxide Inks - I used the ink pads to add ink to my craft sheet, misted the colors with water, and then put the napkin over it to soak up the colored water. I found that I had to be VERY careful so the napkin didn't tear (this was true for all of them, but more so for this one since I was laying the napkin into the color rather than just sprinkling/spraying on top. It was best to add a bit of color, dry the napkin thoroughly with a heat tool, then add more color if needed. The peachy/red at the top was made this way.
- Glimmer Mist - I sprayed them with various colors of glimmer mist. I love Glimmer Mist and used it on many of my examples, including the silver, and light greens that you can see in the picture.
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