Italian Ristorante Napkin Cards

(inside:  Wishing you an amazing birthday and your best year yet!)

My sister is very excited about her upcoming trip to Italy so I thought I’d make a card for her birthday using an “Italian Ristorante” scene napkin.  (I think the man and woman in the blue and red vaguely look like my sister and her husband – lol!)

I really struggled with this one and tried a few different layout ideas before “settling” on the design above.  The napkin was just so colorful and busy, and finding the point between “unfinished” and “a hot mess” was tough!!  It’s a good thing each napkin had 4 usable panels as I only ordered 3 individual napkins from Etsy!

The finished card measured 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.  I made a square envelope with my envelope punch board so a trip to the post office was required to mail it .

Here are a few more of the samples that didn’t end up in the trash…

I had to stack/layer several of the greeting die cuts on each of these in order for them to stand out.  In hindsight, I think a lighter background behind the “mosaic tiles” might have been better on the second sample.  And while I kind of liked both of these layout ideas, “my sister and brother-in-law” weren’t visible!

This next sample (5 x 7) was made using a sketch that was meant for an A2 sized card.

I think mine ended up looking a little too tall and stretched out.  In hindsight, I think I would have liked it better as an A2 sized card.  (Not crazy about my diagonal size/placement either!)

At some point however, you just need to move on to the next project – lol!!

Click here to see how I created the napkin panels for my cards.

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Cupcake Card

This fun birthday card features the Sizzix “Cupcake Fold-its” die set (#561843) and a stamp from Technique Tuesday’s “Sassy Birthday 2.0” stamp set.

The pink card stock used was “April Lovely” by Core’ dinations, “Party Time” by Pebbles, and PPR3109 by Love Nicole (no longer available?).  The greeting was stamped with Gina K Designs Bubblegum ink.

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Paris Napkin Birthday Cards

After discovering how to create “card stock” with napkins which can be used to create beautiful cards,  I now find I am always looking for “great” napkins when I’m out and about!

The napkin used to create the card front above was so pretty and had so much going on that I felt like it didn’t need much of anything else.  For this 5″ x 7″ card, I added a greeting on a matted die cut panel, a faux ribbon (ok- a strip of paper – lol), and a mat.

Click here to see how I created the napkin panel for my card.  (My technique was adapted from the instructions here in Karen’s video where I changed up a few things I was having trouble with.)

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Flower and Frame Birthday Card

(inside: Wishing you all the best today and throughout the coming year)

This card features dies that I’ve had in my collection for quite some time.  They are all by Spellbinders and are from the following sets:  “A2 Filigree Delight” (S5-177), “Spiral Blossom One” (S4-351), “Floral Ovals” (S4-356), and “Foliage” (S4-328).

The patterned paper used for the blossom and background is digital paper from a set called “A4 Fruit Harvest” (no longer available?) from a shop called “vintagebyme” on Etsy.   Gina K Ivory and Dark Sage card stock was also used.

The greeting is from the “Birthday Greetings Stamp Set” from Recollections/Michaels and was stamped (and sponged) with Dark Sage ink.  The inside sentiment is from the “Happy Birthday to You” set from Gina K Designs.

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