Napkin Xmas #10

These cards are really from two napkins - one larger, one smaller, with similar artwork on both.  This first card is an extra large one - 8 1/2" by 5 1/2".  In addition to the napkin (matted on the red glimmer paper), there is a piece of embossed glimmer paper (Cuttlebug 5" x 7" embossing folder called African Weave).  

The decoration over the embossed paper sort of evolved.  It started with a border strip die cut with a die from Spellbinder's Holly Accents & Motifs. I cut a piece off of the strip to form a border along the bottom.  Then I cut a narrow piece of the card stock thinking to form a tag.  Another piece from the die-cut border strip seemed to make a nice embellishment on one end.  However, I couldn't figure out where to put a tag that looked good.  SO, I kept playing around with it & suddenly realized if I placed it in the border it looked a bit like a candle!  After adding a tag to it (Hunkydory Essential book of Greetings) - along with a ribbon from my stash, I found I liked the look.

This next card was a standard 5"x7" really straight forward: cut napkin to size, run a piece of ribbon across the bottom to create a border, and add a ribbon bow.

Feeling the last card was a bit plain, I wanted to do a bit better with this second 5" x7" card. I started with a green embossed piece (Imperial M-Bossabilities).  I fussy cut around the bird on the napkin piece and removed the printed napkin border.  The remaining piece wasn't large enough, so I added another piece on the right-hand side and covered the join area with a border (piece of red glimmer paper left over from the 1st card with a piece of cream ribbon from my stash).

The greeting is a Spellbinder's Happy Holidays cutting die.  I cut the die from the red glimmer paper.  Next, I drew around the die on cream colored paper & fussy cut it to create a mat.  Next, I created a green mat using "magic matter" to draw around the cream piece and then fussy cut it.

This final card is an A2 size.  I matted a piece of napkin on red glimmer paper and glued it to the card front.  The border was created by cutting a piece of cream colored card stock with a Sue Wilson die called Snowflake Mini Striplet and matting it on the red glimmer paper.  The greeting is stamped with a JustRite stamp (Deck the Halls) on a die cut (from Spellbinders Holly Accents & Motifs) matted on red glimmer paper.